The Sense of Smell

I can't really figure out if I'm some Mutant belonging at the Xavier Institute or if I'm just a woman with a keen sense of smell. You tell me.
I'll present the evidence.

**I can smell a dirty diaper through a shut door two rooms a way.
**I can tell you which kid it is too.
**The smells of Mountian Dew & Stove Top stuffing bring back VIVID memories
of hurling them up projectile style.
**The scent of men's cologne makes me rather turned on.
**The smell of anything bad quashes that feeling quickly. For days.
**Being pregnant, my sense of smell is even more keen.
**The smell of boiling chicken makes me feel sick to my stomach.
**Afta aftershave = my dad.
**Glade Powder scented air freshner (most powder scents) reminds of living with Teresa McCammon in college. (hate the smell-liked the times)
**Estee Lauder Youth Dew (the old lady smell) is something I smell at 50 paces in a grocery store.
**Cleaning the kichen this morning with Fantastic made me think of the
hours of cleaning our first house we bought. I could see the house when I closed my eyes.

I love the scent of clean laundry and used to think my clothes had no smell growing up. Everytime my friend Jenny was around, I could smell her house on her clothes. I soon realized everyone has a smell. Their own smell. My parents best friends house always smelled like Coast soap. Everyone has their scent we smell. Some good-some not so good.

Obviously,smell brings home a lot of things to me. I mean, no one wants to get stuck behind a cattle truck & everyone HAS a sense of smell. But I wonder if it's a girl thing that I can smell things SO much more strongly.
My sense of smell really has a lot to do with ME. I can be "in the mood" or NOT. I can be nostalgic or sick to me stomach. I'm learning that smell is VERY VERY important to me. I keep a handkerchief of my grandmother's with her bath powder in it because when I start to forget what she looked like, and her memory starts to fade in my mind, I can get it back. Fresh & like new.

I don't know if smell is as important to everyone else, but to me it can make or break my mood, sometimes my day. Maybe everyone has a sense that's more developed or highented. I just know for me candles and good smelling things keep me happy. So do I need to find Storm & Wolverine or what??

The Grass Is Always Greener

As I run around the house cleaning up after the kids & sweeping up Wednesdays mess, I think did I really WANT to have company??
I haven't seen my cousin since my wedding & I'm thrilled for him to meet the boys, but all this comes with it? We don't have a lot of company. It's hard to keep the kids (read:Carson) dressed & we don't meet a lot of people since we don't get out much.
I was thrilled to be having my cousin for the weekend & now as I sweep up more ritz crumbs I wonder, "Hmmm wonder how long they'll stay?" Heh.

The grass always seems greener on the other side. In almost everything. There's always someone elses mom that seems more cool than yours growing up and physical issues are endless. I wish my nose wasn't so pointy or so LONG like a witch. I'd love to have a cute button nose like Meg Ryan's OLD nose. And how many countless women wish for Angelina Joeli's lips?? I'm sure she wishes there was something of hers that she could trade.
The grass is always greener. I'd be suprised if everyone didn't have SOMETHING or someone they'd trade for something of someone elses. Maybe that's why not coveting is in the ten commandments.

I go onto to another room to clean after a child leaves it knowing I just straightend it 5 minutes before. The cycle goes on & on. The company will come & I'll be sad when they go wishing it wouldn't end. I think if Jesus was coming I'd still be cleaning. Probably more so.
Just call me Mary cause I'm sure she wished she was more like Martha. The grass is always greener on the other side.

Adult Onset of ADD?

I don't know what's with me lately. I can't seem to concentrate on much. I keep flitting from one thing to another. I can't stay on a web page long, read a book for much at a time or even watch tv. I'm just from one thing to another constantly. Is it possible to get ADD as an adult?
Maybe it's from going so much lately. I've been on a couple trips, gotten the kids in their summer school schedules and been to numerous family functions.
I think I've been going so hard & fast lately, I can't slow down even when I have much less to do. I don't know what to do with myself going that slow of a pace. My mind keeps going even though my body has slowed down.

I DO go in cycles of what hobbies I'm liking. Computer games, knitting, reading a lot, scrapbooking or movies. But maybe this is more about the "GO GO GO" pace of the average adult. I don't even have that much to do as a parent yet. My kids aren't into three different sports or activities each. And they won't be allowed to be.
Not because I'm a selfish mother, but because I've seen too many parents (some friends included) that's lives are set at that pace. The "GO GO GO" pace.
My neighbor's son is in two sports that overlap each season. And I had a friend who had three kids aged 3 yrs, 8 yrs & 10 yrs old. Each kid took ballet, soccer & Little League. Not to mention the girl scouts & boys scouts. And playgroup for the three year old. Church & those activities for the kids.Now tell me, HOW do you get all that done & still have time to BE, just BE, as a family???? Personally, I don't think you can.

Granted my kids are "different" in the category of activities but, come on! I mean, is it more important that kids start so early on all life has to offer?? (do NOT get me started on 4 yr old kindergarten) And we as adults/parents, should we ALLOW them to set the pace of our lives??
Maybe I'm selfish & not the norm, but I say NO WAY! At my house, there is a lot MORE down time than activity time. We don't get out all that much, but our time together as a family unit, far outweighs our time with the outside world. I want to stick close to my children, I want to be there so they don't have to ask anyone else what french kissing is when they hear it for the first time. Or what gay means. Or when they scrape their knee.

Hear me out, I'm no overprotective mother. Far from it. I just think when the time comes, each SEASON each KID can have ONE sport & one other activity like boy scouts. There will be no overlapping days & our Saturdays & Sundays will NOT be littered with multiple practices & games. There has to be a line for when family time is & when the world is let inside. And I just happen to be drawing it in the sand before the "GO GO GO" ever rears it's ugly head at my house.

So maybe I need to slow myself down NOW, before I acquire the adult onset of ADD from this "GO GO GO" pace.