I don’t need no stinkin’ groundhog to let me know when winter is over.  And sure, it may be 45-but-feels-like-35 outside.  But spring is here.

And how do I know?  you might be wondering.  The first official day of Spring isn’t till the end of the month.  And Phil told us that Spring wasn’t coming till mid-march.

I know because I am exhausted.  And my head hurts, right across my forehead.  And my throat itches.  And because pollen.com reports that pollen counts have reached medium levels.

I am glad that the bitter cold is (cross my fingers) finally behind me.  And I do like the arrival of all the green that will be coming in the next few months.  I’m not a big fan of all the pollen (if only I could convince my body that it is all perfectly harmless …), but Zyrtec is OTC this year! 

No trip to the primary care physician that I don’t have to get a prescription!  Last year I slogged through on claritin – it took the edge off, but didn’t quite clear everything up.  Zyrtec was a wonder drug in my college days, I relished all the free samples my doc gave me.  Hopefully it works as well as it did back then.