Chlorine

I smell like chlorine. Tonight Quinn and I had swimming lessons at Bridgeview Elementary. It's a heated pool and smaller than the high school pools. Quinn loves swimming, or rather, he loves jumping in the shallow end. Anywho, the scent of chlorine is SO strong and always reminds me of a few different things:

1. Middle School swimming. We were required to swim and even though I was a good swimmer, I didn't want to swim in front of everyone. Plus, it meant that in the middle of the day you had to shower, dry your hair and try to look middle school ready for the next period. Traumatizing and impossible. So, I would lie to my gym teacher and tell her that I had my period. Of course, I would tell this lie more often than is biologically appropriate. I always had to make up the swimming early in the morning before school. This at least meant that I had the locker room to myself instead of being crowded with bunches of people. So, even though we all showered after swimming, the whole day was spent with the waft of chlorine on us. Ick.

2. Swimming lessons at a neighbors pool. Very fun.

3. Sinus infections. At a certain point, swimming in chlorinated pools seemed to always trigger a sinus infection. Bleh.

You might ask yourself where this all is going...

What are the scents in your life that are powerful? Why?

Another scent in my life is of Listerine. Anytime I smell it I think of my grandfather who passed away 7 years ago.

What are the scents in your life?