Thursday Evening Mucus…I Mean, Musings

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Don’t let anybody think I haven’t enjoyed the unseasonably warm winter we’ve had thus far. The one unfortunate thing, especially around here in the Ohio Valley, is that it comes with a price. That price is pollen. Trees are blooming out the wazoo. One of our local meteorologists posted one of those joke memes on Facebook about the multiple seasons, and it referred to this particular time as “pollenpalooza.” No kidding!!! After lunch today I stopped by Wally World and got a new nasal flush device. No, this isn’t an ad for Walmart or a favor because @porwest owns stock. It’s an honest review. DANG, that’s a nice flusher. Neti pots require neck yoga to get the stuff in and up and back out the other side. The NeilMed squeeze bottle is infinitely better than the neti pot; however, it relies on you to apply just the right pressure to the bottle. The Goldilocks effect: don’t squeeze hard enough and no water gets in; then if you squeeze too hard you set your nostrils on fire. This bottle, in contrast, has a button on the bottom. You get the saline solution prepared, hold the bottle upside down, put the tip of the bottle in your nostril, then push the button. IT does the work: a steady stream of water. All you have to do is remember not to inhale the water while you’re washing your sinuses out. It’s also about four bucks cheaper than a NeilMed and easily ten, if not more, dollars less than a neti pot. The weather is supposed to turn cold this weekend (as in, below the freezing mark for low temperatures), which does tend to complicate matters. Everything that’s blooming will stop…then this process will repeat itself in a month or so. Oh, well, despite the allergies I don’t have a snotty outlook on life. I hope y’all have a great evening!!