Bloomin' Allergies

The calendar doesn't say so, but it is effectively Spring here in the Southland.

In the daytime, we're reaching into the 80s, and things are starting to bloom.

Including our allergies.

Our azalea bush is starting to bloom. I didn't want an azalea bush, but it came with the house. It wouldn't help us to get rid of it. Azaleas are very popular here - our neighborhood is inundated with them.

For me, it's pretty mild. I did take an allergy pill yesterday. I may take that or a sinus pill today. I feel a sinus headache starting to build up.

It is much worse for Alison and Benjamin. They both already take an allergy pill every day. Additionally, Benjamin takes a daily pill for asthma and has an inhaler. He'll be coming down from Georgia College in Milledgeville for Spring Break next week. 

So, yay, warmer weather, y'all. The return of all those charming flying insects, especially gnats, who swarm me like they are in love with me. Please, do not tell me all your home remedy ideas. My solution? STAY INSIDE as much as possible.

It's not the North is any great treat, at least in the summer. In Michigan, the mosquitoes are much more aggressive and present. The bees are more hostile. On the other hand, Michigan does not have gators, multiple species of venomous snakes, or spiders the size of VW Beetles,

Our cars are turning dingy yellow from all the pollen. The line-up to car washes are like traffic jams to escape hurricanes or Kyiv.  

So, I do not greet Spring with the same enthusiasm I greet Fall (even if it takes until late November to get here).

At some point, the pollen phase will be over, and we will be in the feels like 112 phase.

Anybody has any suggestions where the temp highs are mid-fifties to mid-sixties pretty much year-round, please let me know. Alison and I would definitely check into it!