So the husband and I went in for our allergy testing this morning. While he is no doubt more allergic than I, I do experience some spring-time misery. I spend minimal time outside in the spring to avoid the crushing sinus headache that always hits once I’ve hit my limit; in bad tree-pollen years, such as we had a few years back, just walking to and from the car is enough to do the damage.
Turns out, after 52 scratch tests and 7 injection tests, that I am allergic to nothing. nada. There was no swelling or itching, just cute little pink dots at each of the test sites.
On the other hand, after 52 scratch tests and 3 injections tests, the husband is allergic to EVERYTHING. Trees, grass, weeds, mold, dust mites, and cats. Yeah, cats - like the two little darlings that sleep in the room with us every night, and who are unlikely to be banished anytime soon due to the husband’s general, um, pushover nature when it comes to the cats.
So the husband will soon be starting his allergy shot regimen, going in weekly for the next 6 months, to hopefully be desensitized to all of the ‘poisons’ that are currently plaguing him. After 6 months, he has 4 and a half years of monthly visits to look forward to. After a year, though, he should see a significant reduction in his allergies, and should be able to tone down the meds he needs to take.
I, on the other hand, suffer from a malady known as ‘non-allergic rhinitis.’ Which basically means I have all the same symptoms - runny nose, itchy throat, congestion, sinus headache - but not for the same reason. My nose is extra-sensitive, and anything sets it off. Like, say, huge amounts of tree pollen floating through the air. Or the dust in my office - my coworkers have given up on the ‘bless-yous’, seeing as I’m just a fit of sneezes all day long.
My treatment involves a lifetime of nasal sprays and neti-pots. There is no way to train my nose to give it up already. [sigh] Though, at least now I know I can give up the anti-histamines, seeing as I don’t seem to be having a histamine response. [achoo!] Excuse me.
Sitting at work this morning, I stared at the hibernate crap that’s been driving me nuts for the last week and a half, and realized that I didn’t want to be there. At all.
So I sent out an email (this place sucks, I’m leaving, kthxbai) to let my coworkers know I was bailing for the day, got in my car, and drove to the outlet mall.
Did you know that there is nobody at the outlet mall on a Tuesday morning at 10 am during a recession? It was great, I had the place to myself for the first hour, and it never really got crowded.
Four and a half hours, $319, 3 pairs of jeans, 8 shirts, 2 sweaters, 6 scrunchies, a belt, a set of pajamas and a vending machine Twix later, I was all set. And my arms were killing me. Carrying around shopping bags is a killer on the elbows.
Now it’s time to clear some space in the closet! I think the husband has some things that need to go …
Late last year, b3 asked for my address. Assuming he had decided he was an adult and was sending out Christmas cards for the first time, I gave him the address and didn’t think anything more of it.
I was pleasantly surprised a few weeks later to find a package in the mail. When I opened it, I found a super-comfy long-sleeved t-shirt, courtesy of b3. I was even more pleasantly surprised to find that he had managed to pick the right size for maximum comfy-ness!
With winter currently transitioning to spring, I’ll have to put it away soon. But that just means I’ll be excited all over again when falls rolls around and I unpack all my cold-weather clothes. 
The man who sold us our house hasn’t paid his taxes in 3 years; the IRS and Social Security peeps keep sending us his mail. And we keep on sendin’ it back.
And he called himself a financial planner …
I keep getting all these great Spring deals in my email inbox: 6 days in Paris, flight AND hotel: $499. Flight to London: $200. Rome: $300.
I wish the husband had more vacation time. Oh, and a desire to travel …
On the up side, we are taking a day trip to Gettysburg in a few weeks. I’ll take my adventure where I can get it.
March 8th,2009
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Oh, the crying and the screaming and the yelling and the blaming on what’s supposed to be a fun snow day. I can’t help but think I’m glad I don’t have any of my own to contend with …
The husband’s birthday was this last weekend, and so that meant it was time for our Firefly party! There were some great costumes. Kaylee was my favorite, but Mal, Simon, Saffron, River and Shepherd did excellent jobs of capturing the essence of their characters.
Check out pics in my new firefly gallery!
I’ll post further details of my party when it’s not Cheroes night …
I’m writing a firefly murder mystery for the husband’s birthday party. I knitted him a jayne hat, bought some strawberries for kaylee, and even found the ingredients for the nastiest sounding drink I ever heard of. (Root beer + yoo hoo = seriously sick guests.)
Seeing as the party’s tomorrow and I haven’t quite finished the story, guess I better get moving …
February 20th,2009
nerdly |
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Both things that take half an egg! You know, so the husband gets to eat what he wants, and I get to eat what I want. (Hint: my dinner doesn’t have any spam in it).
February 18th,2009
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