Things that might be decidedly odd…

Stevenson

Last weekend, some friends and I went to Stevenson (about an hour east of Portland on the Columbia River) for an escape from Seattle. We didn’t do much of anything besides eat, lay around and watch lots of Queer as Folk, Sex and the City and plenty of other random movies. It was very relaxing and really just what all of us needed.

Unfortunately, on Sunday morning I woke up not feeling so well. My nose was all congested and my throat was sore from post-nasal drip. After getting home from my trip last night, I went bed fairly early. The Benadryl I took seemed to help my symptoms but it made me feel really loopy when I was trying to fall asleep. At one point, I got up in the middle of the night and felt very confused. I didn’t sleep particularly well. I’m still suffering today and didn’t go to work because of the tiredness and overall feeling cruddy. Instead I slept most of the day at home, but did manage to get a little bit of work done.

I hope it’s just bad allergies. I am sensitive to some sort of tree pollen which tends to be highest in early spring. The past few days were pretty warm, so it’s possible the trees have been releasing a lot of pollen for the first time this year. The house we stayed at often has a cat living there, which might be the cause since I’m sometimes allergic to some cats. It could also be a cold. Of the four of us, three of us had similar symptoms. So either we all have a cold or allergies :/

Back to the Week

In addition to my usual busyness from work, I’ve been occupied with other duties this week so far. Last night, I went to my first OutVentures board meeting, where I serve as Treasurer. I’m still trying to get everything I need to do my job, but it’s been a slow process of changing names over on accounts and tracking down uncooperative individuals (sigh). I’ve also been trying to clean my apartment since Steve is coming to visit for a week. I’ve made progress, but not enough. The fundamental problems are that after a long day of work I don’t ever feel like cleaning and that I’ve been busy doing other things on the weekend. I don’t really have all that much to do, but it still takes time. Additionally, I need to buy the futon mattress I’ve been planning to buy for months, so that he has somewhere to sleep.

At the end of last week, I’m pretty sure I was sick. These days I feel much better. In fact, I feel perfectly fine except for one thing. My voice is still all gravely from some sort of post nasal drip that’s not accompanied by a runny nose. I’m starting to wonder if I perhaps am allergic to something here. In California, I had some slight allergies, but nothing so serious to even warrant an occassional Benadryl. In Germany and in North Carolina, I really had no problems with allergies. I suppose it’s possible there’s something here that’s giving me trouble though. It’s eerily similar to the slight cough and gravely voice I used to get in Germany from spending too much time in smokey bars. I guess I’ll just have to wait and see if it goes away. It’s tolerable if it doesn’t, but it is slightly annoying.