Spring break

Well I have Stinky home with me for a full week. So far no blow ups. He's been fairly easy going. Knock on wood. Pollen is still falling, yesterday the count was 1705. Yes we are in the thousand range. It was worse last year because the drought. How bad last year? Try 5400. So, I am hoping for more rain this month. As long as the rain keeps coming it will wash the pollen out of the air. Still freaky to see clouds of yellow. I'm not washing the car until May. This past weekend I looked out the windows and noticed a yellow scum layer at the edge of the driveway. The stuff collects in cracks and crevices. Behr should have a paint color called 'Georgia Pine Pollen' Well maybe not. Off I go to vacuum and dust the screened porch again.

Gah!

There is yellow pollen scum everywhere! Took a walk last night with the dogs and Stinky, the lake has scum along the banks. Yellow everywhere! Kiosk man's truck was fairly clean in the morning, by evening the windshield had a thick yellow coating. I spent the day fertilizing the lawns, and cleaning the pollen off the screened porch. It's all back today.

I'm also retarded. I saw Blake Lewis on GMA yesterday, and I liked the song he sang, so I looked him up on Rhapsody. I've been listening to his album Audio Day Dream most of yesterday and still now. I really like about 3/4 of the album, the rest is good, but doesn't cause me to sing or hum lyrics while doing the dishes. He makes me think of Justin Timberlake, Maroon 5, and a few others. The beatboxing is pretty entertaining. I know he was on American Idol, but honestly I don't watch it. I am a uninterested viewer when Goof watches the auditions. This is a video of the song 'Break Anotha' from the MTV site.

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More yellow stuff

Today was the second worst pollen day in who knows when. It was snowing yellow stuff. Horrible horrible stuff. My head, and eyes hurt from this stuff. I feel the pollen in my throat. Cars are still coated and those that have been parked for a few days are just coated in the stuff.

I'm still frustrated with work. It can be rewarding yet at the same time not. Mainly it's the coworkers that get on my nerves. One day a certain person can be sweet, and most days just plain evil. She is not happy. There is no two ways about it. Why the unhappiness? No one really knows. It's just frustrating dealing with her. I'm at a point where I don't really care anymore about it all. My life would be easier if she wasn't there. My first few months there, she was gone. It was nice. There are difficult people and then there are Difficult people.

Goof has strained a muscle sneezing. He's whining and groaning, and I am just not a good nurse. I just want to shove a sock in his mouth. So many years and I still don't have patience when he's injured or sick. Most of his illnesses, seem rather minor, but he sure does make it sound like it's the end of the world. Men are like that. Most days he claims he's never sick, or that I'm ill more than he is. I don't bother correcting him, I just rather he shut up. I know that I am not really a person to get ill. I just feel down some days, and I'd rather just stay in bed, and just sleep.

I enjoy silence. I don't like a lot of noise. Seems like there is always a radio or tv on in the house making noise. When I'm home alone, I don't have anything on. Occaisionally the radio, but why bother? I don't mind the silence. Perhaps it's because I was raised in silence. The lack of noise was fine, since I was usually reading. Goof, has never known true silence in a house I believe. All the drama going on from his mother, tv or radio on there. I long for days where there is no other human in the house. It's not common here, and I miss everyone after a day or so. I just don't miss the noise.

Coworkers tease I talk a lot at work. Funny thing is they don't believe me when I say I don't talk much at home. Probably at the most if one was to tally the total time I was talking at home, it might accumulate to one hour. On the weekends, I feel that I may spend a total of 3 hours. The down side is that I have to make myself talk to Stinky. I just don't feel like talking. Lord knows that Stinky takes after Goof. They are always making some type of noise. Whether it be singing, or chattering. When Goof had a sore throat it was nice, he wasn't making as much noise. Perhaps it isn't so much the noise, but the volume. If everyone went around the house whispering, then it wouldn't be so bad. Goof could sing and make noise in a whisper, I could live with that. Easier to tune out.

I am such a mean person for that. To want your family to be quiet.

What the heck is this yellow stuff?

It's the beginning of 'Yellow Season'. There is pollen in the air and it's thick. The pollen count is at about 5400. This is not common in the East Bay. Perhaps the count will go up to 150, but not this high. There are no bay breezes to blow the stuff away, and the sheer volume of trees here is amazing. I went to get gas this morning and washed my winshield. Not more than 5 hours later, the coating was back, a even coating of yellow. All the cars parked and on the road have this yellow coating on it. It reflects back yellow in the sun even. It's so thick you can see it falling from the sky. It's like smog almost in the air. I'm not sure how I will survive. I think this is the season that will make or break us. It's just a diligent usage of Flonase, Claritin, and Zaditor. The dogs go out and roll and come back with yellow in their fur. They need baths before they even lay on any upholostered furniture. This is supposed to last for another 4 weeks. God this is just miserable.