I am an allergy sufferer

I hate complaining that spring is here, but it's only been about a week and a half since the snow has melted (if you ignore the two mini snowfalls we had) and I am already suffering from allergies. Nothing is even growing yet! Apparently, I'm just as allergic to brown, dead grass as I am to green, fresh grass. I'm sneezing, stuffed up and have a runny nose. I actually took an antihistamine today to relieve my discomfort.

When I lived in Vancouver, I had allergies in the last 3 or 4 years I was there. In my first year in Edmonton, I didn't seem to have as severe symptoms - perhaps the variety of grass out here was slightly different and my body wasn't sensitized to it yet. But that has changed in the last two years, because my allergies have successively gotten worse. I have taken an allergy test and I know I'm only allergic to grass, however, it's impossible to get away from grass, especially when I play ultimate in fields all summer. Plus, unlike other pollen-related allergies, which last only so long as the pollination season is occurring, grass is always around. ALWAYS!!

At least I can be thankful that I don't get allergies here like I did when I visited my sister in Cambridge - those was definately the worst allergies I have ever suffered. Just terrible.

I guess I'm not complaining about spring, rather I'm complaining about allergies. I'll gladly pop antihistamines every day if it means having warm, sunny weather on the horizon!