Rant #1,601: Groundhog Day ... and Felix Unger Day

Yes, today is Groundhog Day, and I forget what is what if the groundhog sees his shadow.

Or really, if it matters that much at all.

Yesterday, I think it got up to 59 degrees, quite unusual for the first day of February.

It is 20 degrees warmer than it should be, and for allergy sufferers like myself, it has made everything haywire, because things are blooming that shouldn't, and it is expanding the peak allergy season.

Right now, I am having trouble seeing out of my right eye, and my whole right side is drippy.

I hate the snow, but this weather that we are having is quite ridiculous.

I heard that it is kind of cyclic, and that we had similar weather craziness about 25 years ago in 1991.

Global warming or not, I can't take this weather right now, because it is making my allergies go haywire.

So I have a choice--shovel my way through the snow, or suffer privately while everyone else enjoys the warm weather.

I guess I am going to have to suffer, because whether I have to shovel snow or blow out snot, I am suffering pretty much equally.

As I said, I can barely see out of my right eye--and that eye is supposed to be my "good" one.

It has nothing to do with the condition of my eye, which as I said before, is actually pretty good right now, according to my doctor.

It has to do with everything connected to everything else in my head, so if my allergies are inflamed in my nose, I am sure to feel it elsewhere, like in my eyes and in my throat and in my ears.

Yes, today is "Felix Unger Day," as I will be making plenty of noises throughout the day to clear out my nose and throat of allergy garbage that builds up over the course of the day.

We all laughed at Felix--from "The Odd Couple"-- when he made those noises, and I think the funny part is that it was simply funny because it was so true.

Human foibles can be funny, because they are so true. Unger's malaise was true, was funny, except to Unger himself.

I guess when I make my noises, I myself will chuckle while I am suffering.

And I will be suffering today.

It usually takes between two and four hours for my eye to clear up when I have something like what I have today, so by about 8 a.m., I should be better ... not back to normal, but better.

But right now, as I type this with basically two hands and one eye, it is a bit troubling.

But at least I am honoring Felix Unger the right way, by suffering along with him.

Let me end today's Rant, and suffer in peace.