yay, for spring.
Looks beautiful, doesn't it?
Makes you want to look up, and spin like a little kid.
Makes you happy to be alive and able to breath in fresh new air. Ahhhhhhhhhhhh.
Makes you feel safe being surrounded and comforted, as if you were being hugged.
Makes you miserable during the month of May.
Anyone with seasonal allergies will tell you all the not-so-nice things about our days getting warmer and sunnier. It also means that everything is blooming at an amazing rate, and while some of us can't wait to wake up and smell the spring in the air, I am often rudely awakened by the spring in the air.
I'm talking about the beautiful blooming of trees, particularly Birch - my enemy as of late.
These lovely little buds are growing like there's no tomorrow, and I have proof to back it up. According to The Weather Network's Pollen Report, anything above 80 grains per square meter is considered high. Imagine how how high the concentration of Birch is, if it listed as 200 grains per square meter - that's extremely extremely high - skyrocketing - and ohhhhh, I can most certainly feel it. To get a feel of how not normal this number really is, compare it to the other pollen sources, such as Oak, Maple and Adler, being 66, 30 and 2, respectively. Birch has definitely pulled a number on us this year.
So how am I affected and why am I still whining?
Well, this year, my eyes are so itchy that for the first time in my life, I am actually using eye drops, nasal spray, and still take allergy pills, only to bring minimal temporary relief. I give my eyes cold compresses all the time, and my nose hurts from sneezing and blowing 50 times a day. Yesterday, I actually looked like I beat myself up at night, as I was unintentionally rubbing my eyes in my sleep, and woke up with a red big patch under my eye. I have been woken up everyday at 5am this past week, and I'm lucky if I can go back to sleep (often times, I don't), as that is the peak time for Birch to be producing pollen.
Remind me again why I love spring so much?
