Triggers

Do you ever smell or taste something that triggers your memory bank and takes you back to a certain time in your life?

Yesterday, I was walking down the street and a guy was washing his car.  Immediately, the smell of the water coming from his hose triggered the memories that I have of when I was 17 years old washing my car in the hot, humid summers in Virginia.  The smell of clean, cold and almost metallic water flowing from the hose.

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We had a fairly long driveway and I would park my Honda close to the house, fill a bucket with water and soap, grab a huge sponge and wash away.  There was always something gratifying to me to wash my car myself.  Like many tedious chores, when you was your car, you can see the results instantly.  I find it satisfying.

Living in San Francisco, there are rules or at least guidelines around washing cars at home to prevent soap run off into the Bay.  Plus, we don't have the capability at our apartment to do it ourselves.  So, we take our car to the local car wash.  $30 later you have a nice clean car but not the satisfaction of doing it yourself.

I miss that chore and I can't wait until Mark and I have our own home and I can wash our car myself.  If I think hard enough now, the smell of the water coming out of the hose yesterday is still in my mind.  There's just something about it that I love.

Is there anything that you've smelled or tasted recently that took you back to when you were a teenager or another fun time in your life?