This is like Christmas Day to me still, after all these years and disappointments.

4/5/2010 9:59:20 AM

Zyrtec? Check.
Benadryl? Check.

Let the loopiness commence. Maybe they'll let me go home early if I get really whacked out.

4/5/2010 10:00:38 AM

my head is throbbing.

4/5/2010 10:03:11 AM

I can't decide whether to take allergy meds and feel strung out or suck it up and feel cruddy.

4/5/2010 10:04:50 AM

^I've got some purple drank Children's Grape Benadryl here at the office that you can sip on!

Goes well with Zyrtec.

4/5/2010 10:05:34 AM

i hate writing standards.

like, a lot.

4/5/2010 10:06:36 AM

I totally would but I don't do well with fake grape flavored things. I have some generic Benadryl here but it tends to knock me on my ass. Shit's like a roofie.

4/5/2010 10:08:32 AM

GENERIC GIBBADRYL

4/5/2010 10:09:17 AM

^^I'm hoping I'll get sent home by lunchtime for acting like I was roofied.

^GIBBATHUMP IS HIGH

4/5/2010 10:09:18 AM

Damn, 1 second separation.

4/5/2010 10:09:48 AM

shouldn't they be called floories?

4/5/2010 10:09:50 AM

I never had allergies anywhere (NYC, NC the first time, California) but now I have 'em bad. I don't know why? Is it exceedingly bad this year? More than past years? Or did I somehow become susceptible somehow over the time I spent away from here?

Either way, it sucks...

4/5/2010 10:10:01 AM

^^that joke is as old as YOUR MOM i tell ya

4/5/2010 10:10:19 AM

I used to drink grape Dimatap (or however you spell it) when I was a kid because it tasted so good

now I drink it and I'm like .. what was I thinking? shit is gross

4/5/2010 10:10:21 AM

^^

4/5/2010 10:10:50 AM

Quote :

"I never had allergies anywhere (NYC, NC the first time, California) but now I have 'em bad. I don't know why? Is it exceedingly bad this year? More than past years? Or did I somehow become susceptible somehow over the time I spent away from here? Either way, it sucks..."

I have never suffered in the way that I've suffered the last 5 days or so. The pollen in this area has mutated into something straight out of a SyFy movie.

4/5/2010 10:11:36 AM

I agree with that. I normally don't have very bad allergies at all but this year they are kicking my butt.

4/5/2010 10:12:10 AM

It's the worst pollen dump I've seen in years son. It may literally be the worst in decades.

4/5/2010 10:12:35 AM

It's to the point where I can hardly finish my runs without hacking up a lung and looking like I'm crying. I don't even like going to the pool this time of year despite how awesome the weather is.

4/5/2010 10:12:56 AM

yuck. just yuck.

4/5/2010 10:53:29 AM

gotta take dat claritin-D

psuedoephedrine ftw

4/5/2010 11:08:03 AM

claritin worked for...hmm...3 days. then it stopped being effective.

4/5/2010 11:09:01 AM

The only time I took Claritin it didn't do all that much. I feel like a lot of meds don't work for me the way they do for other people. Maybe I'm broken.

4/5/2010 11:09:45 AM

zyrtec-d is the only one that works for me - claritin not so much

4/5/2010 11:10:13 AM

i got the CVS-brand Zyrtec yesterday

it seems to be doing the trick. i just went to the bathroom, and while in there i noticed the square tiles on the floor were sorta floating. i think i'm good.

4/5/2010 11:14:20 AM

I hate how $$ they all are because it sucks if you have to try a couple kinds to find something that actually works.

4/5/2010 11:15:09 AM

^^

4/5/2010 11:15:45 AM

i'm totally chopping my hair off before Ft. Lauderdale next week
we're talking 4-6 inches people

be afraid. be very afraid.

4/5/2010 11:17:09 AM

omg

FML

should i go get a haircut today?

4/5/2010 11:19:57 AM

no

4/5/2010 11:20:24 AM

one of these days ill learn to stop buying extra tickets to shows

usually end up with extras

4/5/2010 11:28:06 AM

I really want to just go get coffee and chill somewhere.

4/5/2010 11:29:20 AM

It pisses me off that so many outdoor things don't open for another month or so when it's really nice out right now and opening in May doesn't leave much time before it's 100 degrees every day.

4/5/2010 11:32:42 AM

^I was thinking the same thing this weekend.

And about how nice it'd have to been to go swimming outside.

4/5/2010 11:35:22 AM

I was at Lake Crabtree yesterday and got excited when I saw the canoes out on a rack. But they don't start renting them for another month. That is lame.

4/5/2010 11:37:05 AM

^Lake Jordan is renting out their shit. We got a paddle boat yesterday for 8 bucks for an hour. They also have Jon boats, kayaks, and canoes probably.

Turns out bmel and I are too competitive to use one nicely

4/5/2010 11:45:39 AM

I'm freaking out man.

4/5/2010 11:46:23 AM

i'll rent my canoe for a small fee

[Edited on April 5, 2010 at 11:48 AM. Reason : got paddles, life jackets, padded seats with backs, and an anchor]

[Edited on April 5, 2010 at 11:48 AM. Reason : sss]

4/5/2010 11:46:59 AM

If y'all are too competitive I'd hate to see Fareako in one

Seriously though, how do you get competitive in a paddle boat? haha

[Edited on April 5, 2010 at 11:49 AM. Reason : ^ I have no way to transport a canoe ]

4/5/2010 11:48:18 AM

Quote :

"Good to hear from you. I’m going to have our HR group send you our standard screen so don’t worry about applying online. If you don’t hear from them by midday tomorrow send me an email or give me a call."

Quote :

"If y'all are too competitive I'd hate to see Fareako in one Seriously though, how do you get competitive in a paddle boat? haha"

Psh, I'd take him...back in the day .

Well, when you both control the same paddle rod, one person ends up going faster, and the other catches up and goes faster, and then its a vicious cycle until you're both pedaling as fast as possible until one gets too tired and quits Of course this ramp up occurs in a matter of seconds, and repeats every couple of minutes.

[Edited on April 5, 2010 at 11:54 AM. Reason : lol]

4/5/2010 11:51:15 AM

with the heavy tree pollen this year i dont see why waiting is such a really bad thing. but, i have really bad tree pollen allergies and the clouds of it i see blowing around is crazy.

wish it would rain soon.

4/5/2010 11:53:20 AM

I am not good with delayed gratification. I have allergies too but I just suck it up.

^^ That makes sense. Maybe he'd be nice to me since I'm brokenish.

[Edited on April 5, 2010 at 11:55 AM. Reason : .]

4/5/2010 11:54:18 AM

Quote :

"I have no way to transport a canoe"

i thought fareako had a jeep

4/5/2010 11:55:49 AM

oh me too
it hasnt kept me off the basketball courts our out of Umstead
daily Zyrtec and Zaditor but i have a banged up knee and im done for a few weeks until this thing gets better

4/5/2010 11:57:42 AM

He does. Can you just tie it to the roof rack? I have never moved a canoe before. I figured you needed something special to carry it on.

4/5/2010 12:00:35 PM

yeah, you can. if you know simple knotts its not hard at all.

hell, you could tie it down to the top of your car but i wouldnt recommend it, says the eagle scout

[Edited on April 5, 2010 at 12:01 PM. Reason : ]

4/5/2010 12:01:41 PM

I saw a guy in a sedan move around a ~Queen size mattress on his roof without straps. He just held it with one arm while driving around. This was on Western too

His Jeep has bars on top so you'd be able to strap it down no problem

4/5/2010 12:04:16 PM

I would try it because it would be fun to do alone sometime, but I would likely off myself trying to get it down.

4/5/2010 12:04:41 PM

Quote :

"^Lake Jordan is renting out their shit. We got a paddle boat yesterday for 8 bucks for an hour. They also have Jon boats, kayaks, and canoes probably. "

yeah that was Johnson not Jordan

4/5/2010 12:05:49 PM

if he has any type of rack then you are money. you can even buy straps specifically for this but hell, just buy some rope.

i really miss weekend canoe trips

4/5/2010 12:06:58 PM