Its ragweed season!
It's early, but it's already started. It usually hits in August, but it's already started to bloom here. Thanks to the rainy, cool spring and then the rainy early summer. I've been dealing with my summer allergies for a few days now, and I am NOT looking forward to the rest of the summer allergy season. I think Otter is beginning to have her summer allergies, too. I asked her if she needed anything from the store and she said one word: CLARITAN. At least she has an allergy medicine that works for her, unlike me. My issues with allergy meds not working is very probably part of the Redhead Curse - the metabolism of medication part of it.
Sigh.
I know it's early, but I'm beginning to see reminders about flu shots. I don't think anyone has the serum yet, but I generally get mine on Labor Day weekend. Because I have a 3-day weekend and sometimes the reaction I have takes me all weekend to get over. The reaction could also be part of the Redhead Curse, but it may not be. A few years ago, some places started offering the shots in August and I got one the first year they offered it so early. But then I went back to my Labor Day weekend schedule because that particular year was a bad reaction and it took me the weekend plus a couple of days. I'll have to check with Otter and see if she wants to get hers when I do. It may depend on her work schedule. She does have a reaction, but it's usually pretty mild. Although sometimes it isn't mild, but she has only had one time when it was a really bad reaction - the year that the Tulsa Health Department froze the serum and then it thawed out and they didn't know it; the upshot was that the serum was essentially worthless that year and just about everybody got the flu. Including Otter and then me shortly after!
(Yes, I'm still getting ice cream as my after-flu-shot treat!)
Oklahoma rattled yesterday. More than once. Tulsa felt two of the earthquakes. I was at work (in Tulsa) and did not feel the first one, but I did feel the second one. I was sitting at my desk and I heard what sounded like the ceiling lights rattle, and then I realized that I felt something move slightly under my feet. Otter was at our house (not in Tulsa) doing her laundry. She was sitting on the couch when she realized that the couch was moving. She called me, she sounded very surprised. The first one was 4.0, it was as 12:49 p.m. The 2nd one was 4.5, it hit about 1:15. They were both centered in the Crescent, which is near Oklahoma City. We didn't feel the first one, but it was felt in parts of Tulsa. The 2nd one was felt in most parts of Tulsa, and quite a bit further. Missouri and Kansas felt it and it was recorded on a sensor in Georgia. Although we just felt it for a few seconds, it lasted several seconds. Like Otter says, this is tornado alley - we aren't supposed to have earthquakes! By the way, the beagle slept through both of them. :)
So, Froggy. Got any plans for tomorrow? Like maybe a birthday cake? Although I don't know what kind you could come up with, since you don't eat sugar and are mostly vegetarian. Happy Birthday a day early!
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