Sunday, February 15, 2009

An Unfamiliar, Yet Familiar, Scent

Yesterday was great. Valentine's Day. Usually, in my opinion, one of the most useless, if not depressing, holidays humans could whip up. But this year was different. Amanda, Josh, Dan, Eric, and I all sat down together on the web cam and opened the boxes we shipped to one another.

Though the gifts I sent were meager, in my opinion, they meant a lot to me, so I hope they meant a lot to Josh. I hope with all my heart he really liked them. I know what he sent me meant a lot to. He sent me a plushie of L, a character from the anime Death Note, a card that I absolutely adored, and a plastic ring, which I wear every chance I have, might I add. Better yet, the L plushie was sprayed with Josh's cologne. His scent. It smelled so good.

When I first took a whiff of the doll, it was odd. The scent. It was so new, something I haven't smelled before, but at the same time, it seemed so normal to me. Like I have been around that smell before...like I was used to it. I didn't know why I felt like that, as I haven't been around that smell before...but...I think it is because it was Josh's scent that my brain smelt the scent, and triggered the thoughts of Josh and how comfortable I am talking to him, and thus made me feel comfortable with the scent...as though I was familiar with it.

And I must digress, I was also a bit jealous before and after the camera session. Josh went to breakfast with Drew and then dinner as well on Valentine's Day. I wish I could've taken Josh to dinner. I was jealous.

Oh! That actually reminds me, I have yet another quote from A Portrait of a Lady that goes along with this topic.

"Jealousy, after all, was in a sense one of the symptoms of happiness."

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