Figures! The one time I managed to watch a bit of the weather channel, it said that TOMORROW marks the start of the allergy season. Wrong! It started today. I woke up feeling just miserable and couldn't even manage to drink a cup of coffee for several hours. The only reason I DID, finally, was in an effort to try to rouse myself and feel better. I did not realize that it wasn't my cold making me feel so lousy. It wasn't until it dawned on me that my eyes were watering and my sinuses kept filling up plus I was doing a lot of sneezing. Then, with the vision of the peach blossoms in my mind, it finally dawned on me. My allergies had kicked in full blast.
I tried taking a couple of Dristans before I realized that they didn't work for me last season and that's why there were so many of them left in the bottle. Duh! After taking them, I couldn't/didn't dare take anything else so I just had to suffer. I did manage to rouse myself a bit and set the clocks to the correct time ( the Beast left it to me since he had to leave early) then was back in bed until I figured I had better make something to eat for me and the Beast when he got home.
I actually got dressed and drove down to Dollar General to pick up a couple things I needed for the Shrimp Scampi I planned to make (you can't make it with Angel hair spaghetti...not for me, anyway) and we were out of parmesan cheese. I would have preferred fresh but no way was I going to drive anywhere else.
I even looked out at the chickens a few times to check on them but they were enjoying themselves with the decent weather we were having. There was no rain and almost no wind to speak of.
After the Beast got home, he came in to compliment me on how good the scampi was. I told him he should have made himself a salad from the fixings in the fridge but he said he wasn't that hungry and the scampi tasted great to him. I didn't have that much of an appetite and only ate about a half bowl but was still blowing my nose every 15 minutes or so. At least I seem to have stopped sneezing since I used the Allerest nasal spray but it has only slowed down the need to blow my nose. Good thing it's done that much because my nose was starting to get a bit sore. The outside, not the inside.
I know it's the pollen from the trees and I expect to start finding that yellow stuff covering the deck, table and chairs out there any time now. I hadn't even considered my allergies. This year seems to be one of the worst I've suffered in a long time. Maybe it's cyclical. I just know that I hate feeling this way. It will be a couple weeks before the worst of it is over. I truly think it's all these pine and spruce trees around us that is doing it to me. My allergist in Florida never wanted to give me full allergy testing because he swore it makes allergies worse and it's better to treat the symptoms as they happen. I trusted him and I still do so I will suffer this through until it eases up. I'll feel better in a day or two, actually. It gets better as I use the nasal spray as far as all this damn mucus goes. That's the part that I hate.
I'm heading to bed now. You'll pardon me for that, won't you? Love you all. Be happy. Watch out for any allergies YOU may have. It's that time of year....or almost anyway....for many areas. ***Hugs***
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