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Allergies

Ok, somehow, I've developed allergies. To what, I have no idea. Apparently there are a lot of plants out here in Phoenix that were brought here from other places and only grow because we water them. Anyway, for the past 2 months or so, I've been in a constant state of suffering. My nose is plugged and my eyes feel like they're all puffy. It's exactly like when you're getting sick, but not fully sick yet. Anyway, so a couple weeks ago I tried Zyrtec. Worked ok but it made me tired. Wasn't thrilled about it. So I went on suffering for a while. Last Sunday I was at the drug store and decided to pickup some Claritin-D. Went up to the pharmacy asked for it and then I asked "This won't make me drowsy will it?" There was a cute pharmacist behind the counter who kind of chuckled and said "No." Cool I thought. I get home, pop a pill and head to sleep. Couldn't sleep. At all. Not even close. Turns out, Claritin-D causes sleeplessness (a nice way to say insomnia) in some people. I am one of those people. I would have just stopped taking it altogether but the thing is, all of my allergy symptoms were gone too. I've never breathed so well in my life. SO. Here's the plan. I pop a pill in the mornings at work. My thinking is that the brunt of the sleeplessness will happen during the day, exactly when I want it. Then at night, I take a Benadryl.

DOOOOOD. I've never felt or slept this well in my life!!!!!