FALL IS IN THE AIR

So is the pollen.  There has been a great deal of sneezing, coughing, watery eyes, headaches, sinus pressure and overall misery.  Along with that there is some sort of viral infection going around which started with my husband, moved to me and then to my mother.  My husband and I are still sputtering stuff up but my mother has had a hard time with it.  It hits a little harder at her age.

The weather has been a factor in San Diego as last Monday, the 4th of October we had record breaking temperature of over 110 degrees.  One week later we are in the midst of another record breaker, this time rain and cool temperatures.  The rain is a welcome relief and everyone knows how scary fire season is here so we are happy to have it.  The problem is along with the rain came lightening which starts the fires.  But we were lucky again, we had three to four days of heavy drizzle and on again off again rain which saturated the area. 

All of this mixed with wind and you've got a perfect recipe for allergies.  It's an ongoing battle here because we never really experience  cold temperatures or snow that kill the allergens.  We have year round plants and pollen.  It's okay, it's the price we pay for living in "America's Finest City".

If you think this is a chink in our armor then call me when you are having your Thanksgiving and Christmas meals wrapped in your Snuggies and we are on our patio in our shorts.  Add that to the fact we never shovel snow, have frozen pipes, barely turn on our furnaces or air conditioners, grill year round and we don't have a mosquito or fly problem. 

If we want some "season" appeal we drive one hour up the mountain to Julian, eat some apple pie, throw a snowball and come home and enjoy the warm sunshine. 

So even though I am aggravated from time to time because of the allergies, I just take a pill and smile knowing this is probably as bad as it is going to get.