Allergic to DC
I'm sure you've all read about the crazy weather we've had in the DC area over the past week. The last time I saw that much rain was when Hurricane Gaston stalled over Richmond while I was in law school. Granted, that was much worse, seeing as how we got about a foot of rain in just a couple of hours... In DC we've had a foot in about 48 hours.
It's still pretty bad, although I'm lucky I have a top-floor apartment. Martha and I weren't really affected all that much, except for being caught out in the rain once or twice. The retaining wall out behind our apartment is falling down now, though. The hill is sort of held up by a wall, and with all the rain, a psuedo-mud slide occurred. The wall is now all bowed out, on the verge of toppling. This morning they were out there cutting it all up, so I wonder how they are going to fix it.
Even with all the wet weather, my allergies have been going haywire. I think maybe it is time to visit the allergist again. Not for allergy shots, but maybe, just maybe, they have some new kind of medicine that will halt these allergy attacks that make me basically unable to function. Too bad Canada discontinued the sale of Hismanil because of risk of heart attack. It was really the only medicine that ever worked on me.
Today's horriscope on my Google.com homepage seemed to be particularily on point today, for me. "Your life may seem like a puzzle with a missing piece today and it's impossible to get the whole picture. The more you dig, the further you seem from finding what you seek. For now it may be best to just let it go. Focus on what you know instead of what you don't for the best outcome."
I'm digging and digging, for almost a year now, and all I am is getting deeper into a hole. Is it better to just let it go for now and be happy with what I have? That's very hard to do when I feel like I could get what I want if I just keep looking.