May 14, 2011

Anticipation...making me wait

Well it is a cruel reality of mine that the time of the year I want most to be outside is the time of year that it is worst for me to be outside. My allergies have been killing me this year.  I long to hike but the winter was so cold and snowy and icy, the spring so rainy, and now, POLLEN.  It's simply impossible to hike when you can't breathe.  So I've been inside.  With the windows shut against the warm spring breezes.  *sigh* 


The past few weeks I've had a horrible cough and couldn't breathe, but after 2 weeks i broke down and got the antibiotics and I don't know if it's them or just time but things are improving, and rapidly.  Today I went down to the park and walked around and came back, which is 2 miles and felt fine, very little coughing, and not the hacking I've done for the past 2 weeks.  But of course this weekend is supposed to be rainy.  Hopefully I can get out there sooner rather than later!