Anyone else have crazy allergies yesterday? I dunno what it was, but the pollen/allergens in the air completely laid me out yesterday. As I was leaving the house yesterday morning I could feel my allergies coming on. For a moment I thought, "Hmm, should I go back inside and take some Claritin?"

After a moments thought, I figured, "Oh well, I'm running late. Plus it'll probably just pass in a few minutes".

And therefore I began my day of irony.

A very painful day indeed. Even when I was indoors, I was sneezing and feeling all stopped up. I did an experiment for about an hour and a half and when it was over I felt like I wouldn't have been able to continue even if I wanted to. When I left campus in the evening I thought it would die down, but no. It didn't. I met up with my friend Geoff for dinner and from the time I arrived till late evening after I got home I was still going crazy. Though meeting with Geoff is always enjoyable, I was actually quite miserable during dinner. I had to excuse myself from the table a few times to go to the restroom to blow my nose and was constantly sneezing into my linen napkin throughout the whole dinner.

Today is a lot better which kinda has me wondering what it is that I'm allergic to. I suspect its cedar. Looking at the pollen history for Austin, I think that is a good guess.