Rude Awakening

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Do you smell what I smell?Well, I finally discovered one of the not so positive aspects of living in our apartment. We live on a major thoroughfare and our bedroom is facing the road, with cars parked only feet away. At first when we moved in, the noise was rather disturbing and made for some very restless nights. However, with a fan in the background as extraneous noise, I managed to live through that and mentally block out the racket. But this morning, waking to the unappealing smell of diesel fumes in my nostrils was horrendous, especially when wakened from an intense skydiving dream!

Egads, do I need to have a gas mask on hand for those truly special moments in life?
slaDE~ may be gaseous at times, (not that I’m an angel 😉 but this really takes the cake!

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