The Irony Of Spring

The rain has FINALLY stopped, the sun is shining, the birds are singing, and it's a lovely [soon to be] warm day outside. I hate it. Or, more accurately, I hate spring. Being an allergy sufferer, this is one of the worst times of the year for me, and just another reason I prefer fall and winter, and hate spring and summer.

Already, from just the little time I spent outside this morning, I can feel my sinuses starting to close off. I'm starting to sniff and have a runny nose, and my eyes are starting to feel strained. Just from my brief exposure, I could already be in for a rough night. And usually the "rough night" turns into a rough week or two, with symptoms rapidly getting worse, and then I end up with a sinus infection or bronchitis, or worse. Yes, I truly hate spring.

It's all the more annoying because Kate, Mike and Jacob are here at the moment, and they're all outside with Monica, enjoying the day (except for Mike maybe. He's working on the gold Saturn, so I'm not sure how much fun HE'S having.) But the point is, I want to be out there with him, to be outside enjoying the lovely weather. But I'm sequestered inside with a runny nose, trying to keep my allergies from getting any worse than they probably already are. Add to that the fact that, with all the medicine I have in my "pharmacy", I currently don't have any ALLERGY medicine, so I'll have to run out to Wal-mart later to get some, and that's using gas I'd rather reserve, and spending money we really don't have.

Anyway, all of this is to show what a cruel irony lovely spring days are to people like me. I REALLY want to be down by the water's edge fishing, or out hiking in the woods, but if I do that, it will take me a week or two to get over it, and most of the time it's just not worth it. So here I sit, alone in a chair in our living room, typing about how I'd love to be outside with everyone else who's out there ENJOYING this wonderful weather. Oh well, at least the rain's stopped.....