This seems to confuse the local vegetation into spewing large amounts of pollen as quickly as possible, hoping to achieve the goals of an entire autumnal season in a 24 hour period. Even the plants know that tomorrow could bring summer or winter temperatures (hey, in Vegas, just about everything is determined by a spin of the wheel). This is the only time we can obtain open window weather but the clouds of pollen rushing towards you when you do, are extremely convincing deterrents to that particular inclination.
The only relief during the fall is rain, which washes the pollen out of the air but it is brief and infrequent at best (plus, it's a dry rain). Since I know that even if I survive another autumn, spring is just around the bend and the wheel of chance will be spinning again. I can't help but feel overcome with despair (at least, in between sneezes) but a spark of hope arrives while I am locked indoors roaming the internet-this just might be crazy enough to work:
Trees in Glass, clearly thought up by a fellow allergy sufferer. I could finally open my windows. I could do outdoorsy-type things with my family and my ridiculously underexercised dogs. I could actually experience nature rather than survive it. We could have family photos without the living room couch as our primary background (seriously, the most common remark when our family and friends were viewing recent family pics was "Oh, you bought a new couch").
This could be my chance. I could live just like those people on the covers of those outdoor lifestyle magazines. We could be health conscious, physically fit, become one with nature! -closes eyes and breathes deeply- (followed by a fit of coughing and sneezing that lasts about five minutes)
Well, maybe after I'm done Blogging and Facebooking ... and there is this new TV series I've been meaning to check out ... it's so hard being forced to be indoors like this...
...Trees in Glass...ah...to Live the Dream...
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