I have much catching up to do, a couple of days worth at least, but I don't have the time right now to do it. Drat.
At least I survived yesterday, although I was worried at times about managing that. Der Brucer and I were on ladsitting duty again, taking the grandlads to their summer camps. The day started well enough. After dropping Alex off at his farming camp at the arboritum, we putzed for a while with William, watching the bullfrogs in the drifty river outside the main exhibit hall. That was particularly interesting, since a female bullfrog and a male bullfrog were mating, and we actually got to watch them doing the deed!
My problems began when we took William to his soccer camp. It was just a ninty-minute class, but my allergies began to kick in almost immediately when we arrived, a giant congestion and dripping from the nasal passages. Still, I wasn't worried.
After the class, William, der B and I headed back to the park area where the arboritum is located for lunch. Sandwiches and Pepsi. It was there that the allergies got worse, and got into my eyes of all places. I'm not used to that happening. I excused myself to the restroom, and washed my face, as that usually helps clear away the pollens, but it didn't help at all. While my eyes were swelling shut, scratchy and hurting, I managed to tell der B what was happening, and that I wanted to get out of the area.
He reacted quickly, piling us all back into the car and driving us to a local drug store, where he bought me eye drops, antihistimines, and a box of Kleenex. It was an interesting ride, as I was keeping my eyes shut the entire way while William, not understanding that I couldn't see all of a sudden, kept asking me to play certain songs on the CD player.
Fortunately, the eye drops were an instant success, and the antihistimines kicked in not too long after. I'm still feeling loopy from the antihistimes, which is going to make work today more fun that usual.
And that is the state of the art.
