Sniffing it out

I have an uncanny ability to smell things that no one around me can smell. I am always the first to smell the daily office perpetrator that burns the microwave popcorn or if the roller on the printer is jammed and getting hot. It has always been this way for me. My mother says I get my sense of smell from my great grandmother - Grandma-ma. She was legally blind my whole life and we've all heard what they say about your other senses kicking into overdrive when one is no longer working. She once walked onto the back porch at my grandparents house and could tell that the night before (she hadn't been there) that someone had been sitting on the porch smoking even though no cigarette butts or ashtray lay around stinking up the country air.
Not only can I smell things others can't at first but, I also like weird smells. For example - I am crazy about walking into a shoe store - especially cheapy PayLess. Something about the fake leather and cheap rubber smells amazing to me. And Rick can only shake his head every time I sniff my Ugg boots and smile before I put them on!
For me - my olfactory works overtime. Therefore it should really be no surprise to me that today while waiting in line at the cafe downstairs my nose tempted me into ordering a sandwich I knew I wouldn't like. Something about the ham today just smelled good. Boy was I wrong! First I am not a big deli meat person; it's slimy and just plain gross. Second I am not a ham person - the occasional seasonal (i.e. Easter) ham - but never deli ham. And third I don't eat white bread on a normal basis - I like sourdough or french but just regular white - NEVER. Of course then what do I order? A ham sandwich on white bread with mayo and mustard. WHY WOULD I DO THIS? My nose - that's why, it smelled good so I ordered it.
So, here I sit trying to swallow slimy meat and sticky white bread. I am thinking of trashing the whole thing and opting for a vending machine lunch of poptarts. Poptarts smell good - like fruit and pastry and all things right from a vending machine!