My two months of yearly allergy hell ends!!
Historically speaking that is.
But not a single sneeze today and only a weak sniffle or two.
Whatever it is within the grass pollen family that sets me off, loses steam after July 14th.
For as long as I can remember ..... which is 62-ish years.
(The memories are a little hazy for the first six years of life.)
Someone told me once that occasionally a person outgrows it.
I think they were lying .... or ill-informed.
But I have made it through the last two or three years with less use of OTC meds.
Less = None this season.
And less time spent on my back with wet towels over nearly swollen shut eyes.
Not a single person asked me this season, what was wrong with my eyes.
I credit improved discipline ..... Keeping my hands away from my eyes.
Resisting the urge to attack that itch. The temptation eventually fades.
The sneezing fits still happened but I made efforts to stay calm .... don't thrash about and kick up more pollen.
At the high point this year, the first two weeks of June, a few days of rain moved in providing a brief respite.
The pollen didn't return or rise up as potent as before the rain.
Maybe the following five days of 100-plus degree weather zapped its energy.
Whatever it was, I'm grateful.
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