Maggot Water

Gioconda has been telling me all day that there was an odd smell in the house.

With the dogs,  cats, teenagers, and babies anything is possible, so I begin my list 

"Is is poop or pee, some kind of dead or dying animal.  Is it rotting flesh?" I asked  

She shook her head

"Is it molding food, or a backed up drain, does it smell like a hair ball?" by this time I am racking my brain for disgusting odors.

"No, I can't pin point it, but I think it smells like maggot water," she replied.

Maggot water is not something I would have guessed, and although I had a vague idea of what she meant, it wasn't until I actually got a whiff I completely understood.

Apparently, the Yorkie needed hair product and determined maggot water would be the best choice.  After seven rinse and repeats, the smell was dissipated.  Although Gioconda and I had an extensive conversation about the source of the maggot water, and how the Yorkie was able to find the maggot water, in the end it is a mystery we will never solve, and at some point we both accepted this reality.

I'm not sure maggots live in water, yet even with this doubt in my mind I entertained about three hours of conversation about maggot water.  Keeping in mind before we agreed on the maggot water on the back of the Yorkie,  we spent the entire afternoon trying to find the offending odor.

When I was young and imagined the life I would lead, spending a Sunday trying to locate the source of a really foul scent never factored into my scenarios.  

Granted  most of us don't necessarily live the lives we imagined at 19, yet objectively, a disproportionate amount of my time is spent on down right repugnant activities.

I calculate 1/3 of my time is spent in cleaning up poop.  Pig poop, dog poop, rabbit poop and now I am dealing with baby poop.   

Poop has become an intricate part of my existence, and I can't help but wonder, how did I get here?  Where was the turning point, when did my life take this curve?

I suppose it is living with children and animals, yet I never considered the possibility I would be so involved with the bodily functions of others. 

So todays search for the odor culprit was actually a nice change of pace.