Yuck!

I don't know what happened to our beautiful, but brief weather, but I want it back. Today started out sunny then has ended up to be a terribly windy and overcast day. It was so bad that I'm pretty sure that if I unpinned one of the umbrella's at work that I could fly away Mary Poppins's style across the parking lot. Don't get me wrong. It sounds fun and gives a great visual, but I'm pretty sure it would hurt. Bad.

Does Anyone Smell Rotten Eggs?

Yesterday was pretty uneventful with the exception of an ominous smell. Later in the morning I was walking up the stairs when it hit me. That dreadful smell of mercapten. You might know the smell in association with natural gas. Mercapten is the chemical added to make the detection of natural gas easier. Well, as it turns out, we didn't have a leak. Thank goodness. But a little later in the day while Justin was washing and waxing the Jeep, the neighbor from across the street came to ask of Justin a favor. She too smelled the unfavorable odor and wanted someone else to check it out. Justin obliged and this time he decided it would be in her best interest to call the fire department so they could use a more accurate detection system. They came. They detected. Then we all waited to hear what the gas company had to say. We found out that there was a new guy at the gas company who had, by mistake, placed double the dose of mercapten normally used. Hence the smell. They had a guy in the area already due to this very reason. It didn't take long for the man to arrive to check for himself. And it was lucky that our neighbor called, because she actually did have a leak. Poor girl. Thankfully she had the smarts to get a second opinion. Who knows what would have happened? Thanks smelly egg smell!