Sigh….

Today was fun.

It started out with the discovery that I’d bought 2 conditioners of my favorite hair product, and NO shampoo, which is really what I needed this morning (luckily I keep some spare, less expensive, shampoo in the cabinet for such emergencies), and ended with the realization that I’ve probably  broken my prized Nikon camera, my baby, while trying to clean lint off the lens. It will no longer focus.

In between those two lovely discoveries, I
found out I’d gained another pound and a half, even though I’ve been eating half what I did two weeks ago,
realized too late I was kneeling on a trail of ants on their way to food and thus became part of the trail they traversed, and was mistaken for the food (done in an attempt to get a good shot of Nashville in spring)
realized too late I’d kneeled in a small pile of mud and straw and now had both nicely mushed into my black pants (also done in an attempt to get a good shot)
got to work later than I planned because I was so distracted getting the aforementioned pictures
…oh, I could go on, but why bother.

Sometimes life just doesn’t go well. And today it really didn’t go well.

And it’s here

Along with the beauty and color of spring comes something this little southern California girl is just not used to at all. Severe allergies.

I haven’t been able to breathe for a week. I’m congested worse that the 405 at rush hour with a Sig alert. I sneeze for hours at a time, rest a little, then start the sneezing again. My eyes water, my throat itches and I’m exhausted from all the energy this allergy thing requires. Even with so much beauty outside, I was too tired and allergy-ridden to go out and enjoy it. And that’s just wrong.

I wouldn’t trade the beauty of a Nashville spring for all the gold in the world. But I’d sure be willing to trade my sinuses in for a much less sensitive, much hardier model. Know where I can find one?

It’s Here!

The trees have finally woken from their winter naps and are starting to get dressed. ‘Bout time. I was getting tired of seeing naked trees everywhere. For the last few weeks I’ve been yelling at them from my porch and out my car windows and sunroof, "Wake up and get dressed!! It’s Spring!!"

Out my windows today I saw trees dressed in purples and reds and whites and greens… little bitty leaves springing up all over the place. Even the grass is waking up. It’s getting green again and spouting up in places where only brown dormant plants lay just a few days ago. Beautiful. Abosutely beautiful.

I love Nashville.