From Dead Fish to Mouthwash

Yes, Jin and I have been back to getting some "hiking" in -- I've been lazy, however, and heading out late so our hikes haven't been very long...

Anyways! Tonight Jin found a dead fish. No biggie, because she finds them all the time to roll on and never really smells afterwards. Well, apparently that's because longer hikes help to get rid of the smell...this was not a long hike. When we got back to the Jeep I smelled something weird...wasn't sure what to think, but it was definitely in the Jeep. Well, it took until the Dunkin' Donuts drive-through window before I realized it was dead fish smell on Jin (I wasn't sure if I'd stepped in something or if it was her, or both). Yay, right?

Once home I wiped her down, then tried Palmolive to see if that'd help. Not really.

Next step was spraying a paper towel with Nature's Miracle, letting it sit a bit, then wiping off. Tried that twice. No luck.

Tried a dryer sheet at a friend's suggestion, but no luck. Tried baby powder -- well, looked for some but we didn't have any.

So finally I did a search online and it seemed most suggestions were the same as for skunk smell. Well, just so happened I've been reading about de-skunk methods! Went and grabbed the mouthwash and a washcloth and went to work wiping Jin down. It seemed to work! Jin says I'm a jerk though...but at least I didn't put her in the tub, I say. A sniff test just confirmed that she still smells largely of mouthwash, with just a touch of stink...but it's mild (from what I can tell) and I can deal with that. She's still not happy with me, I don't think.

I took the camera along but wasn't able to really get any pics. You see, I'm a shitty photographer. Plus the sun was working on setting so the light was interesting as well. The river looks really neat at that point in the day though, which makes it too bad I suck at taking photos.

The last time we went hiking (God, I can't remember if it was yesterday or the day before...) we went to Dunkin' Donuts afterwards and the girl at the window was nice and gave Jin a piece of bacon (after asking if she could first). Next time she waits on me I'm gonna give her a few bucks for tip, because I think it was good for Jin (she almost got her to come close enough to take the bacon) and she gave me a lot of whipped cream on my Coolatta. I love whipped cream.

Hmm...otherwise, not much has changed. Keeping my options open job-wise but dunno what that will do for me. Otherwise I'm making enough money to squeak by. I think I'm losing a little weight, which is good, as I've been wanting to/trying to. I think my folks get back from vacation tomorrow...