TGISpring

Ah yes, springtime in the American Southeast. A time of transition between seasons, a time of everything being coated in a thick, ungodly layer of yellow pollen. And this year it seems to have gotten pretty bad pretty early, thanks to an almost complete lack of rain. I thought I saw smoke coming from our neighbor's house on Saturday, but it was only clouds of pollen coming from the pine trees in their backyard when the breeze blew. This morning some of the landscaping crews on campus were around with their leaf blowers, clearing the sidewalks of leaves and other debris. The air literally was yellow as they stirred up the pollen on the ground. Combine a pollen count in the billions and a gritty feeling in your mouth and lungs with the very spring-like 87 degree temperatures around here yesterday and it's a very uncomfortable sensation, sort of like watching a Steven Segal movie. Visine eye drops are my new bestest friend for the next few months.