August 29

This was me in the pickup line at Brady's school this afternoon.

One of my lifelong nemeses, ragweed, is apparently releasing bagsful of pollen these days so my allergies are verging on out of control.

It was otherwise a pleasant day outside --sunny skies, a light breeze, and a high temp of about 80-- so when I got in line, I opened my glove box and was delighted to find a holdover mask from the COVID days. I put it on and yep, that's me.

So although I'm not pleased about the whole allergy thing, I'm grateful that it's no longer weird for me to wear a mask when they're flaring. And I'm grateful that I still had one I could use today.