Skunkwear

The cat managed to get sprayed not once but twice within the span of five days. Both times he was hanging out on the back deck and encountered the neighborhood skunk. The first time he smelled, but I don’t think it was a direct hit. The second time was really something. I’m pretty sure the skunk got him right in the face. The Banana was practicing the harp, and I was practicing the cello. She asked me a question and I came into the dining room to answer, and all of the sudden there was a terrible stench, and I just knew the cat had gotten it again.

The cat was begging to come inside, but there was no way that was happening! Everyone upstairs came downstairs to see what the horrible smell was about. It was literally so strong you could taste it. In fact, it brought tears to the teenagers’ eyeballs. All three of them grabbed masks and shirts and bandanas and doused them in essential oils before tying them onto their faces. The Banana even put on a pair of swimming goggles because the smell was making her eyes water so much.

No one was going to be able to sleep, and the cat was so miserable, so the three of them decided to go out and give the cat a bath in dish soap and hydrogen peroxide at midnight. Dr. Peds went to bed grumbling. I went to bed laughing at all of them!

The next morning the smell was still so strong! In fact, the morning after that the air had finally started to clear, but when I would open a cupboard in the kitchen that had been closed, the smell would come wafting out again!

The cat is still outside. He’s on the porch during the day and in the shed at night. The smell is fading, but not enough for him to come inside yet.

It would have made a great episode on a reality TV show. Who needs TV? Our household is far more entertaining!