Sneezy or Grumpy?
Ive been knitting on the subway lately. I’m making a blanket that started at with a few cast on stitches and increased by one stitch per row over the last 200 or so rows. Soon it’ll be time to start reducing the stitches.
But the fun thing about knitting on public transportation is that other knitters want to talk with you about your (or their) projects. Yesterday a woman cornered me near the train door to ask what stitch I was using and whether I have ever knit anything with a double ball of yarn (no). She very earnestly told me about what a great stress-reliever knitting is for her and that she just wishes she could do it more often.
My plumbing situation is going from bad to horrendous (my 10 minute shower takes over an hour to drain out) and I don’t want to call the landlord because of the washing machine situation. I need to take off the overflow plate and see if I can snake out the drain through there. It smells a little like sewage in there, which is not the greatest feeling.
But the worst feeling is that my home allergies to the cat or the litter or both are overwhelming and Claritin has no effect. I don’t know how I’m going to last through the next few months. I need to buy a vacuum and use it. The air filter is not in my budget right now–I can’t justify spending a fortune on a fancy air purifier, especially since I probably need 2 or 3 of them. I can look at Craigslist and hope someone sells one for a reasonable price.
My mom keeps reminding me that she can take Frannie home with her after Tgiving. I’m not sold on that idea–I think Banana would be fine, but I think I would miss her and her Sally F1eld behavior (“Cranky, you like me, you really like me!”) Poor cat–she’s already had so much upheaval…I hate to give her the heave-ho so soon.
November 4, 2009 at 5:25 pm
Do those air purifiers really work? I’ve heard that they’re not that great and you’re better off with a good vacuum with a HEPA filter.
November 4, 2009 at 5:28 pm
ANother reason to keep my $ in my pocket.
November 4, 2009 at 5:32 pm
Have you tried zyrtec? Or its generic equivalent? Nothing else has worked on my allergies (which I suspect have cats at its root).
November 4, 2009 at 5:35 pm
Zyrtec is not recommended during pregnancy and probably not during nursing–that’s the problem.
November 5, 2009 at 9:46 am
Ah – yes I did think of that this morning (why, I don’t know). Pregnancy and nursing kind of curb about 85% of things you can normally do. I was very happy when I was able to go back to taking any drug I pleased and drinking real beer again. It’s the little things.
November 5, 2009 at 11:34 am
Are the roaches seeming to be gone? ‘Cause they might be part of the allergy problem, too.
November 6, 2009 at 2:31 am
Is it possible that your allergies might be related to mold? If you’re having drainage problems in your tub, its possible the water is leaching out into your floors or walls and creating mold. I only know about this because my mom lives in a basement apartment and developed allergies and asthma over the last 10 years from moisture in the carpeting. And in my building, my tub has been leaking on the poor lady downstairs evidently, but my lazy ass landlord will never fix it correctly. And I only realized the leak because SURPRISE….one day a big chunk of my wall just suddenly fell on the floor. I have chronic sinusitus. Who knows…maybe its related to all this inner wall moisture.
Hope you find a solution and I hope Frannie doesn’t lose her happy home.
November 9, 2009 at 9:58 pm
I just went through this with Claudia, but regular use of the neti pot has helped my allergies immensely. It doesn’t take them completely away, but it makes it much better and has virtually eliminated my asthma. You might give that a try, if you can stand it. I’m not sure I could have dealt with it while pregnant.