I saw not too long ago that Madison is ranked twenty-third in the nation for springtime allergy suffering. At the time, I glanced over it and thought to myself, “Man, I’m glad I don’t have allergies. That would suck.”

Well, it turns out that I do have allergies, and it does suck.

I’ve had allergy symptoms once before. It was quite a few years ago, and they hadn’t bothered me since. Now, unfortunately, they’re back and worse than ever. Itchy eyes, sneezing, runny nose… the works.

I’m on some nighttime allergy medicine right now, but it doesn’t seem to be helping. My nose is still running, and my head still hurts. The only thing that has seemed to help at all has been holing up in my bedroom with my air purifier cranked up all the way.

Stupid pollen.