breathe in, breathe out...

i suppose this is a place where i can just talk about things, any things, mind you, at length and, even, ad nauseum, and seeing as it has been some time since i last wrote, here we go:

my allergies have been killing me for the past few days. headaches, stuffy nose, runny nose, itchy eyes, and so on and so forth, my symtoms abound, and it seems that even with all the anti-allergy "meds" that i am taking, i still manage to have snot dripping out of my nose holes at an alarming rate. yes, even when they seem stopped air-tight. it's great because there are times when i will not be able to breathe, at all, through my nose. most of the time, it is simply one nostril, which is manageable, sure, but sometimes (that is, when i'm trying to sleep), it's both. let me tell you, it doesn't get any better than waking up after a few hours of breathing through your mouth.

to add to this bothersome state of sinusoidal affairs, amid the pens and staplers of the office supply closet, there is no cache of kleenexes or any adequate, generic brand available. so, being left to my own devices, i have found a reasonable alternative, but i fear the folks at work will soon notice something strange is happening to the kitchen's supply of napkins.

i'll close with this brief, but related, observation for those of you out there to ponder: one can only imagine how much of my own mucus has been transmitted to the many items with which my hands frequently come into contact during the course of my day (i.e. keyboard, mouse, handshakes, people's lunches in the office fridge, etc). i'll pause for a moment to let the possibilities sink in...

so, yeah, other than that, i love spring time.


...and yes, i am actually washing my hands a lot.