Curse You, Fall Allergies!!

There's a very valid reason why Winter is my favorite season.

Because in winter, I don't suffer from allergies.

In the spring, I'm a miserable mess of sneezing, coughing, and rubbing my itchy, watery eyes.  Those nasty feelings follow me in to the first few weeks of Summer, and then they go away.  And I'm left in a miserable mess of being hot, sweating like water feature, and rubbing my itchy, watery eyes because sweat keeps dripping in to them.  Finally, fall starts to come around.  Back to being a miserable mess of sneezing, coughing, and rubbing my itchy, watery eyes...but then throw in the hot, sweaty stuff and that's what I'm dealing with this time of year.

Fall allergies have started..with a vengeance.  But nobody's bothered to send the memo to Mother Nature that fall is coming.  She's still blasting us with summer temperatures.  Not fun.  I hate having allergies and being hot and sweaty and miserable.

OK, so winter brings cold.  Big whoop.  No sneezing.  No coughing.  No itchy, watery eyes or sweating like a pig (which is a stupid statement, because pigs don't sweat).  And, I know there's the possibility of winter time colds and flu - but that may consume a few days rather than an entire season, so I'll take it.

I'd much rather add a few extra layers of clothing to keep warm than not be able to take any more off.

Yesterday was a REALLY bad allergy day.  I woke up feeling a little stuffy.  I started sneezing, and then the headache kicked in.  After a shopping trip, I came home and felt a migraine starting to take hold.  I only suffer from migraines a few times a year.  And allergy season is when they hit.

Each month, after Aunt Flo has had her visit, I get a really nasty headache that teeters on the edge of being a migraine.  But, when my allergy migraines kick in... I know the difference.  The headaches I feel at the end of my menses are nothing compared to a seasonal allergy migraine.  Those bad boys bring on nausea, sensitivity to light, and a pounding comparable to a jack hammer drilling behind my eyes.  The headaches I have each month are bad, but livable.

Yesterday, I was like a bear with a sore head.  Literally.  I was moody, grumpy, and just felt like poo. I wanted nothing more than to lay my head down and shut myself away from the world until the pain started to go away.

No such luck.

My brother decided to call Butter and set up plans for Butter to go spend the night at my parents' house.  Wouldn't be so bad, except my mom wanted me to drive Butter to her while she was grocery shopping.  On any other day, taking him to the grocery store is no big deal.  It's a five minute drive down the road.  But, when I can barely stand the light coming in the windows, and I have to drive in the blazing sunlight - it's just plain torture.

So, my already bad mood of being in pain was elevated to "take cover" mode.  I was MAD.  To make matters worse, I had already agreed to cook dinner, and I was thinking that a small nap would make me feel a lot better to take that task on.   A drive down to the grocery store took the plan for the nap away, and then I battled through cooking while still trying not to burst in to tears from the pain my head was sending.

Hubby offered to cook.  He could see how much pain I was in.  He was mad that I didn't tell my mom no, and just make Butter stay home.  But, being the stubborn ass that I am... I took Butter AND cooked.  Basically for the sole purpose of making myself even more miserable by trying to prove a point that I do what I say I'm going to do - no matter how bad I'm feeling.

That's what moms do.

It doesn't matter how sick or tired I am... the show must go on.  Moms don't get sick days.

Thankfully, today, I'm feeling better.  I went to bed early last night, and I woke up with no headache or even stuffiness.  Not sure how long that will last, but I'm going to take advantage of it right now.  I'm going to get all the work done that I'd planned on doing yesterday.  I didn't get my lesson plans done or my grades or the cleaning.  I will get it done today.

Because, one thing I know about seasonal allergies is that they are unpredictable.  I never know when another attack is going to hit...and I need to focus on doing what I can when I can.  

HURRY UP WINTER!!

Have a great Sunday!

Enough is Enough! Truthful Tuesday....

It's been along time since I wrote a Truthful Tuesday post.  And, with the mood that I'm in this morning, I think it's a perfect time to rekindle the fire of this almost forgotten feature.

So here goes...

To be honest... I've been off work for almost a week, now, and my house is still in disarray from the move.  Six days should be MORE than enough time to get everything unpacked and put away... but no, it still sits in piles and boxes in my office area.

To be honest... The reason my house is still not completely finished is because I've spent the last six days doped up on more allergy medications, pain medications, decongestants, and asthma inhalers to last a life time.  None of them have really helped and all they do is make me really sleepy and groggy.  I have no energy when I'm awake, and want to do nothing but sleep.

To be honest... I HATE TAKING MEDICATIONS! With a passion.  Every time I put one of those pills in my mouth, I die a little inside.  I have spent my entire life counting on my body to heal it's self when it gets sick, using natural remedies to treat ailments, and have come out just fine.  But, I just reached a point where I was so desperate to escape the misery that was brought on by my allergies that I had no choice but take medication.  Then I get a sinus infection, which brought on the major headaches and tooth aches, which requires more medications.  UGH!!

To be honest.... I've slept twice as much in the past 35 hours than I've been awake.  I went to bed Sunday night at 11pm, and woke up yesterday morning around 8am.  I was awake until 4pm and then slept until almost 6pm.  Got up and had dinner, was back asleep by 8pm.  Woke up at 10:40pm because of more pain... took more medication, back to sleep by 2am.  Then slept until 10am this morning.  So, since 11pm Sunday night, I've been awake 13 hours and have slept 22 hours.  Totally ridiculous!!

To be honest... I've had enough!  OK, my allergies and my sinus infection suck - but the feelings I get from the medications suck worse.  I can't do it anymore!  This is supposed to be a time for me to enjoy with my family, enjoy my new home, and be happy and carefree.  Not miserable and unhappy and sleeping all of the time.

To be honest... Because of the fact that all the medicines do to relieve my discomfort is make me sleep, I'm going to try and make it through a day without them... just to see how I feel.  I can deal with the sneezing and watery eyes and even the coughing.  My weakness is the toothache that comes from the constant sneezing and sinus pressure.  It's not even a real toothache.  It's just pressure in my gums where I've been slamming my teeth together when I sneeze.  Toothaches are the WORST!

To be honest... I really want to start getting out and walking, jogging, and swimming.  I've had enough of my clothes becoming tighter and tighter, and want to start thinking about exercising again.  Not really planning on jumping on the diet train again, but I think if I get out and start getting more active - the weight will start to fall off.  Being that my teeth are being such a pain right now, I'm not really eating that much anyway.

To be honest... I really need to get off of this computer and start doing some work.  Sitting here complaining about it isn't getting me anywhere.  I have to get this house unpacked... STAT!