I keep forgetting that they cut the grass every single Monday now. It’s one of the dubious perks of having a deployed spouse and living on-post. I don’t have to worry about managing the yard, because the housing people take care of it automatically. Why dubious? Well, because being that my allergies have been in overdrive, having pollen and grass flying every single Monday morning is not boding well for me.
Yesterday was particularly bad … as was today. It was quite windy for the last 4 or 5 days with no rain and a small amount of sun to go with. This means that pollen is flying unimpeded all over the place. Add to this picture the fact that I open the back door and front window for the kittehs each morning so that can watch kitten-TV, and you have the perfect recipe.
I woke up this morning and every word on every piece of paper or on my computer screen was blurry – like the letters had fur. My doctor said to me today I should get my eyes tested … except that I can’t imagine that my eyes could deteriorate literally overnight. Plus, with the itching, dryness … I had to believe it was allergies. Add to THAT my irritated nose, post nasal drip, little tiny hives that keep popping up all over my skin (in crevices like my elbow pits and arm pits) and I just said that it’s gotta be my allergies.
Doc said “but we’ve pretty much exhausted all the meds I could possibly give you now” and I am like “I know Doc – I don’t know what to doooooo” – she smiled and said she’s just give me a steroid shot and see how that works. So I am watching that. Maybe I’ll have a little relief now? Keep your fingers crossed fro me.
So Oklahoma is being pounded by tornadoes. Yay. That’s the state above this one; nevermind that it’s a good 5 hours drive (or more) North, tornadoes travel under completely different rules. Just what I need while I am here alone without hubby to hug me tight and tell me it’ll be alright. I think I’ve made up my mind – tornados are running a VERY close second to earthquakes on my list of most-hated weather phenomenon. Frankly – they’re probably the only 2 on that list. Hurricanes have been off it since my first tornado watch a couple of years ago. I’d give ANYTHING to swap hurricanes with tornados.
In any case, my thoughts are with the Oklahomans (is that what they call themselves?)
Binky, the newest addition to the family, has started to drive me stir crazy – getting into everything, chewing on everything, pulling my towels off the rack in the bathroom, rearranging my furniture and rugs, terrorizing Nala at feeding time … hubby was right – I probably didn’t want to have to go through the new-young-kitty experience again. /sigh
It’s ok tho – he’s cute enough to make me forgive him each and every time. He looks considerably like Nala did when she was his age. I suspect they will look almost identical once he grows a little except for maybe having a little more definition in his tabby stripes. He’s a lover … I can barely hear him when he cries … IF he cries. More often than not, he’s silent and deadly. And he isn’t shy – pizza delivery man came yesterday to the door, Nala did her usual vanishing act, Binky tried to go outside between my feet to see who it was. 
He is a sweetheart… when he isn’t being the devil’s own.
And the little Amazon.com box that sits under my desk with bubble wrap is his little hideaway … he loves crawling in there when I am working and snuggling in amongst the wrap.
Ah … kittehs. /sigh
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