So a sometimes-drawback to being female is that we have more sensitive senses of smell than males. The more-than-sometimes drawback to being a hormonal female is that I can smell *everything*, be it garbage, exhaust, smelly socks, BO, etc. A whiff of cologne can make me swoon during this time ... too much can make me pass out. I didn't figure out till about halfway down the street last night that the reason all I could smell was garbage was because today was pickup day. I felt like everyone was looking at me, thinking 'why does she constantly look like she's smelling something bad?' ... well, it was because I was smelling something bad.

This month has also been accompanied by a lack of short-term memory ... last week, I forgot shoes for the dress fitting and my checkbook; on Monday, I forgot a towel so that I could take a shower at the gym; on Tuesday, I forgot my hair gel; today I forgot to look in the mirror before walking out the door, so it wasn't till I got to work that I realized that my tank top didn't match my overshirt in a bad way.

But, as I've mentioned before, my birthday is next week. And the party is on Saturday. We have a very fun group going - if you're interested and didn't make it on the evite, it wasn't personal and you should let me know so I can invite you. I have also drastically cut down on my computer-at-home usage this week, and gotten a lot of knitting done (directly related, yes).