« The Park Slope Flea Market | Main | Mother's Day »
May 11, 2006
Sneeze, Cough, <Blows Nose>
Well, <sneeze> the bee poll<sneeze>en doesn't really seem to have done <sniffle> much. Snot pours out of my nose <sneeze> at odd times of the day, and I ride the <blows nose> train with pockets full of tissues. I'm too lazy/busy to go to the doctor, and I've eaten all the regular pills in the house to no avail. I've even gotten a bloody nose, and I've slept practically upright to allow airflow to my lungs. I keep hoping it'll be over soon, or my tolerance will suddenly start to build. After all this punishment, it should, right? This stoic suffering should get me something, shouldn't it?
I learned a disturbing fact about the trees in the city recently. The city plants "male" trees instead of "female" ones because they have shallower root systems and therefore wreak less havoc on sidewalks (can't confirm or deny this). The only drawback is that they spew out more pollen, and I suffer. Honestly, I didn't know that there were male and female trees. This seems somewhat sexist. Maybe I can start a movement to give female trees equal representation?
I _think_ the allergies are marginally better than last year, which isn't saying much. Oh, and I haven't really been taking regular doses of bee pollen. I ate a bunch of it like candy while watching TV one night and got terrific stomach cramps later, so I kept my distance for a while. So much for lofty experiments with alternative therapy.
Posted by csageday at May 11, 2006 08:58 AM
Comments
Female trees also = fruit = mess = bugs.
But yeah, the boys (tree boys) can be hard on a girl.
Posted by: Amber at May 12, 2006 05:29 PM
Fruit
+ mess
+ stench
+ bugs
+ broken sidewalk canyons
+ resulting broken ankles/legs
= so much more tolerable than allergies.
Posted by: Cindy at May 12, 2006 05:46 PM
I think the thing with "male trees" is just about ginkos -- I could be wrong, though. I think most regular street trees (the ones giving us all the pollen right now) like oaks and maples and sweetgum, those have both boy and girl parts in their flowers, and will drop acorns, or propeller seeds, or those little prickly balls, when the time comes.
Posted by: Rose at May 15, 2006 04:16 PM
Hey there -- here's what the Times had to say this week about allergies!
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/14/fashion/sundaystyles/14allergies.html
It's just a very bad allergy season this year!
Posted by: Rose at May 16, 2006 11:21 AM