Puck, on 31 May 2012 - 03:20 PM, said:
I haven't slept for more than two hours at once for the fifth night now. Also, I can't even breathe indoors, never mind going outside for more than five minutes. Also, I've got part of an assignment that was due yesterday still to do. And also, the allergy meds don't do anything beside making me sleepy, while I cannot sleep because, well, I keep waking up thinking I'm suffocating. Which means I can't concentrate on anything. Not even reading. My head hurts, too. And when I blow my nose all that comes out is blood. And even if I could do anything beside feeling sorry for myself it'd be too hot to even hold a pencil.
tl;dr version:
Dear summer,
can you f*** off now, please?
I react pretty bad to grass pollen - which is in its heyday right now - and to nothing else. Can you find a basement to work in or sleep in? What about air conditioning/filtering? Wash your sheets and do not sleep in a room with an open window. Experiment with allergy meds too.
Failing that, shower a ton to wash the pollen away and bear it out. This stuff sucks, but you and I can get through it. I got through a pretty demanding martial arts class tonight, although I was so tired from being incapable of breathing that I couldn't keep up with the others.
I survived the Permian and all I got was this t-shirt.