{"id":666,"date":"2008-05-02T15:29:55","date_gmt":"2008-05-02T22:29:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valianthosting.ca\/clients\/daemon\/?p=666"},"modified":"2008-05-02T15:29:55","modified_gmt":"2008-05-02T22:29:55","slug":"not-so-fond-of-spring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/screamingpages.net\/?p=666","title":{"rendered":"not so fond of spring"},"content":{"rendered":"

Spring is not my favourite season.\u00a0 Don’t get me wrong – I like that the snow and cold tend to disappear once spring has rolled around.\u00a0 Autumn is a far better season.\u00a0 Slowly cooling down.\u00a0 Light shows in the night sky.\u00a0 Camping and firepits.\u00a0 Spring just can’t compete with a robust and multi-talented season sucha s Autumn.<\/p>\n

What did spring do to earn my ire?\u00a0\u00a0Constant temperature fluxuations.\u00a0 +20C\u00a0one week. -10C and multiple feet of snow the week after. What\u00a0 5 minutes and the ground is soggy from all of the rain.\u00a0 +15 on Sunday and -4 on Monday.\u00a0 I’m sure you get the picture.\u00a0\u00a0 Spring is just fickle.\u00a0 No consistency.\u00a0 No attempt to establish a nice seasonal standard and stick with it.<\/p>\n

I tend to start experiencing sinus troubles (or worse) during the spring.\u00a0 Today, my nose feels like someone is pounding on the side of it.\u00a0 Headaches.\u00a0 Sneezing my brains out.\u00a0 Watery eyes.\u00a0 Confused nasal cavity that doesn’t know when to be stuffed or runny and so tries to do both at the same time.\u00a0 Typical allergy type suffering.\u00a0 Except…<\/p>\n

I’ve never really been known to have allergies – excluding peanuts and the dogs – to spring before.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Traditionally, at this time of year, I just catch some awful cold or flu due to the continual changes in temperature, humidity, and barometric pressure.\u00a0 This year I think I’ll manage to avoid the cold *knock wood* but suspect I’ll spend just as much time whining about how horrible it is to be sick.<\/p>\n

Which just plain sucks because it’s Robin’s escape from Dell<\/em> party tonight.\u00a0 She’s now officially laid off as of the end of her shift today.\u00a0 She begins a new term position on Monday.\u00a0 It’s a 6 month temp position filling in for someone on leave so there’s no guarantee her contract will be extended.\u00a0 We’re not worried.\u00a0 Yet.\u00a0 Lots of companies are interested in her skills.\u00a0 And, as we do enjoy teasing her, if she can’t find a job she likes, she can always fall back on teaching.\u00a0 Robin is a former science teacher and from what I heard, she was a great one.<\/p>\n

But I digress.\u00a0 To sum up:<\/p>\n