This is more of a living with environmental allergies...
Pollen is creeping up and I have been tracking. Mainly been trying to figure out what DH is allergic to because he is always miserable at the start of the season. Our local board lists trees out individual (weeds and grasses as well). But I have been stumped by the Unident tree. What in the heck is a Unident tree. Okay, let's Google it...
And then there is the moment when you slap your forehead, wish you had a V-8 when you realize the Unident tree you are searching for is actually short for unidentified species.
Dork.
Because of a few posts here, I got up yesterday and told my Mom I have to start watching DD. We are still snow covered, but when the grass and bushes are all uncovered, pollen will be quick to show it's face and we will be behind. Some years without snow cover, the pollen starts in February.
Then DD came downstairs...............her face swollen, her eyes purple and swollen, her nose running...............................it turns out I'm late anyway. Allergra D and Pataday (which I bought when you all started posting about pollen) and a short nap and she was feeling so much better. This morning she asked if she should take it again because we still have lots of snow.....I asked her how she was feeling and she said, my face feels puffy...................ummmm, yes. Then she wanted to know how there could be pollen when it is 20 degrees and snow covered and I said the birds brought it from the south! I don't know! Perhaps I should have blamed the Unident Tree! (I've never heard of that one!)
And this morning, when I logged into my computer, I got my first pollen allergy alert. Juniper, Cedar and something else.