South of Sunnyside

It’s days like this that I want to move.

Since I was a child I’ve dealt with allergies: a runny nose, a seasonal cough, and the occasional ear or sinus infection. I didn’t expect for my ailments to disappear when I moved from the humidity and pollen of the South, but I did think that they dry air might help a bit.

Unfortunately, my symptoms went from seasonal to daily. I now wake up with a dry, scratchy throat, and when I exert myself a little too much (like working in the yard for eight hours while it’s 108 degrees), I feel the onset of asthma.

Today I started coughing; I don’t expect it to clear until the smoke from the wildfires dissipate. Maybe it’s all a conspiracy—if I could breathe the air outside, I would be able to open the windows and save on energy costs…

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