Yesterday I got a great ego boost. (This was before talking to my son.) I had an appointment to get my hair cut. I walk in and the guy who does my hair, Tom, announces, “Today’s my birthday!” Maybe you had to be there but it was just comical, the way he said it. But then he’s lamenting the fact that he’s so old – 46. Damn, he’s almost 50.
“Ah, 50 isn’t that bad,” I told him. His mouth dropped.
“You’re 50? I would have sworn you were younger than me.”
Ever since I was a kid, I’ve been told I look younger than my age. I used to despise that. Up until I hit my mid 20s. Then I started enjoying it. Naturally, soon as I started liking that, I went prematurely gray. But hey, that’s okay. That’s why I pay Tom.
But that’s not the balancing, I guess, because I was able to do something about the gray. No, we have another issue that’s age related: hormones. At least I think that’s what this is. Heck, these days I just blame everything on hormones but I do have to wonder why, completely out of the blue, am I suffering killer hayfever? Worse than I ever had it. So bad that nothing will help. I’ve tried every antihistamine ever invented. I’m taking the 24 hour stuff every 12 hours. I’m still miserable.
Now the reason I suspect it may be hormone related is because, when I was pregnant, my allergies acted up horribly. Hey… now that I think about it, maybe I was just allergic to the kids. No, seriously, I think this time around it’s hormone making the allergies worse.
Okay, even if it’s not hormone related, I still say things in the universe are even now. My ego trip has been counterbalanced by the fact that I cannot breathe. I am suffocating right before your eyes. Live. Right here on my blog. Uh, oh. I feel a sneeze coming on…
DUCK!!! TAKE COVER!
Absolutely blame it on hormones. What the heck use are hormone swings if we can’t blame things on it?
And, who knows, maybe it actually is related?
I blame everything on hormones too. If I have to put up with them then the people in my life have to hear about it.
ahhhh yes, those lovely hormones. Is it hot in here
In theory, hormones can affect our sensitivity to allergens so it is plausible. And hormones can also affect our sensitivity to everything else in life, eh? “Get out of there you damn kids! What are you doing shooting off fireworks now, anyway? 4th of July is over!’ Wait. What was I saying?
The way that I see it, any/everything odd, strange, weird or whatever that happens to my innards, outer body, moods, etc., is hormone-related. Including, but not limited to, my used-to-have-body-and-a-little-natural-wave-but-which-now-is-downright-naturally-curly hair! Same here with the allergies/hayfever/allergic/sinus stuff. It’s not enough to suffer through hot flashes and night sweats. Oh no. Let’s have stress-incontinence-producing sneezing fits, too. Geez!