The weather and the neighbors

We're having a bout of lovely weather, following too many cool, damp, grey days. It's been gloriously sunny, with temps in the 60sF and little to no breeze. Perfect for beginning to clean out one of the flower beds, which is overrun by honeysuckle.


Except for the neighbors, who insist on trying to burn sodden leaves and wood. The brief bits when letting the animals in or out are bad enough, but it managed to get through the mask, putting a premature end to my project.


For bonus fun, I paid the homeowner's insurance today, and got double-skunked at their office. It was unexpected, as I haven't had a problem there before. The man leaning on the door reeked of cheap aftershave, and the entire place smelled of something that was supposed to be floral, so was probably carpet cleaner. Home to the nebulizer, and to make a mental note to just put on the bleepin' mask no matter where we go.

Walmart again

I had to got to Walmart yesterday to do the monthly shopping. Since I've been coughing a bit, I wore a N95 mask, and got skunked through it three different times. 


It gets really old. I recently finished 34 days of prednisone, and I'm nearly as bad now as I was when I first went to the doctor. I'm putting off going back to the doctor, because he's going to want me to see a pulmonologist and an ENT, get sinus and chest x-rays, etc. All of those things are going to take time, which we have plenty of, and money, which we don't, and aggravate me because they won't find anything. 


So I came home yesterday, put the frozen stuff away, used the nebulizer, and put the rest of our purchases away, and used the nebulizer again later. I also used it first thing this morning, and am going to use it again when I finish this.