My car is solid yellow with pollen right now. Actually – 9 out of 10 cars on the road are yellow with pollen. It is thick around here: In the air, on our cars, and stuck to our windows. All of this is an obvious message to those of us who suffer from allergies to stay inside!
Unfortunately, I’m an outdoorsy kinda gal and much prefer to be outside when it’s a nice warm Spring day. So, NikkiZ and I went to a shopping center this morning to run some errands. We probably ended up walking about 2 miles around the complex (a few times) and finally had to cut our adventure short when I started sneezing and couldn’t stop.
Between sneezes (and my poor daughter trying to keep up with the “Bless You!”s) I finally got her in the carseat and we headed home. I sneezed the entire drive home, worrying if I was going to sneeze at that exact moment where I held our lives in my hands. Luckily, it was a safe ride. As we walked in the house, I was still sneezing and headed straight for the Benadryl.
The fit has finally stopped. Twenty Minutes Later. I sneezed for 20 minutes non-stop. I don’t think I’ve ever done that before in my entire life. My whole body aches from the flailing and flinging as I sneeze because if there’s one thing I’m not – It’s a dainty sneezer. When I sneeze it’s loud (LOUD!) and violent. Every muscle in my body participates in my sneezes and all of those muscles are now throbbing as my whole body is thinking, “What in the HELL was THAT about?”
I’m thinking maybe we won’t be heading to the Botanical Gardens today. If for no other reason but pregnant women sneezing = pregnant women peeing and I don’t want to have to bring 12 changes of clothes with me…just in case.
I’m not even pregnant and I still sometimes pee when I sneeze… Too much information?
Oh, that is so me. I D.R.E.A.D the big pollen days.
Although, since it is snowing here today I’d take that in a heartbeat.
I’m with katie on this. I’m allergic to pollen, but after waking up this morning to what may be a blizzard and a foot of snow within a couple hours – I’d take the pollen.
today’s pollen is over 2800!!!!!!!!!!!!
I’m not a dainty sneezer either. I prefer to categorize mine as “Full Body” sneezes.
That’s awful. Even when my allergies are at their worst, I’ve never gone 20 minutes.
I look like I would be a non dainty sneezer but that is not the case. I know what you mean about having allergies throw asthma on top of that and spring is just so much fun for us.
I’m having the same problem, but I’m coughing, not sneezing. And at 7 months pregnant, coughing + baby lying on your bladder = definite need for protection. I got a funny look buying pads at the store when I’m hugely pregnant, but you gotta do what you gotta do. I can only do so much laundry! (Sorry, TMI)
Every other day I walk into work, the guys are out front with their blowers. Ugh! Blowing around the bushes and grass. What is the point of that? Except to get all the stuff flying around in the air. Kills me. I end up holding my breath til I get my key in the door and am safetly locked inside.
Bless you.
I am an incredibly loud sneezer, too. I used to scare people in school when I sneezed. Now I try very hard to sneeze as quiet as I can when I’m in a public place. Wouldn’t want anyone to have a heart attack.
Haha you should hear my sneezing fits – little tiny annoying ones all in a row! I think my record is twenty-something. Other people say it’s cute. They’re crazy
I always worry about it when I’m driving too – because the short multiples sort of have a strobe effect! Dodgy!
Okay that isn’t normal!! How annoying for you!!
Damn pollen.
It’s just as bad here,too. I never used to have problems with it. Until I had children.
Same goes with the peeing thing.