mental note to self: 1a

Dear brain,

When you have fish for dinner the night before, don't forget to take the rubbish out the next day...

• do not wander aimlessly around the house, looking for the source of the particularly troubling smell,
• do not think that it must have ingrained itself into the walls,
• do realise that if it is getting worse throughout the day, then there is definitely some form of a problem,
• do not think that it has ingrained itself in your clothes,
• if it is getting worse, do something about it,
  
• do not think that it has ingrained itself in your skin,
• do not try and pretend it is not that bad,
  
• do not open lots of windows for 2 hours, risking pneumonia, in the idle hope of removing smell,
• do not, necessarily, blame yourself for the smell (you may be getting older but come on),
• do not think that the cause must be the leftover food which is in a closed fridge,
• note 1b: if it was yesterday's leftovers - throw them away,
• do not ignore the problem,
• if it has happened before (and it has) then remember what caused it last time,
• do not have abstract thoughts of dead mammals under the floorboards,
• do not look out the window in the idle imagination of a malignant seagull flying by (or circling),
  
• do take out the firkin' rubbish!