Today’s pollen count is 9.4, which feels the same as yesterday’s 9.5.
I am still mostly nocturnal, in a desperate attempt to avoid breathing in the pollen that spews by day.
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Spring Pollen Season – Day Thirty-One
The pollen count today is 9.5, which is only a teeny tiny bit better than yesterday’s 9.8. I guess. I mean, I’m not experiencing any noticeable benefit.
I remain nocturnal, trying to get work done before the sun comes up and the plants spew pollen into the air – again.
Everything hurts. I’m at the point now where this pollen season has been going on for so long that it’s beginning to feel like my new “normal”. This is a depressing observation.
It is literally too dangerous for me to go outside.
Spring Pollen Season – Day Thirty
Question for anyone reading this. Have you ever been sick for 30 days/ an entire month? I figure this is not very common, even among people with allergies.
The instant the sun came up I started sneezing, having a runny nose, having a severely unhappy digestive system, and bad joint pain.
The cumulative effects of the pollen – for the past month – are becoming devastating.
Spring Pollen Season – Day Twenty-Nine
The pollen count today is 9.7. It is officially considered to be a high amount of pollen – even for people who do not have any pollen allergies.
All I can do is sleep.
Now, I get to make a choice. Sleep and rest more in the hopes of being in less pain – or push myself to get work done so we can pay bills.
Spring Pollen Season – Day Twenty-Eight
Once again, I worked through the night and went to sleep when the sun came up and my eyes started itching.
Today’s 9.3 isn’t noticeably better than yesterday’s 9.4.
I slept for twelve hours straight and would have slept more if my husband hadn’t woken me up for dinner.
Spring Pollen Season – Day Twenty-Seven
The pollen count is 9.4, and everything hurts.
Too much Benadryl for too many days and things are getting weird.
The hallucinations have started – this time, it’s small, perfectly round, “bugs” that move like they are in a video game.
I know they aren’t real.
Spring Pollen Season – Day Twenty-Six
Yesterday, I went outside to get groceries. My Epi-Pen was going to expire in April, and I was able to get the much less expensive CVS version instead.
My husband and I played Pokémon GO in the short distance between the grocery store, the CVS, and a restaurant we picked up food from.
This was enough to knock me out for the day.
Spring Pollen Season – Day Twenty-Five
I’ve been waking up dehydrated for days in a row. It could be due to the allergy medications I’m taking (more often than when it is not Spring Pollen Season). Or, it might be due to frequent sneezing/coughing stuff out of my throat and lungs/extra histamine my body is producing from the pollen.
I didn’t get enough sleep.
My eyes are itching, again, and that’s starting to be my “new normal.”
Things from Mad Men that are Different from Today – Season Three
My husband and I watched the entire Mad Men series together, one season after the next. In nearly every episode, I noticed some things that were very different from today. This list covers the things there were different in Season Three.
You might want to start with the list I made for Season One of Mad Men and the list I made for Season Two of Mad Men before reading the Season Three list.
Warning: There are spoilers.
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Spring Pollen Season – Day Twenty-Four
I was up really late – and into the morning – once again trying to work while the pollen count was the lowest. Things didn’t go so well.
It was extremely windy the whole time. Wind kicks up dust, dirt, and pollen, and spreads it all over the air. Makes me cough, even when I’m indoors.
My eyes are itching and I’m about to take medication for that. Yesterday, I started getting the unfortunate digestive symptoms that happen when I’ve been overloaded with pollen for too long.