All this week, I have been under attack by… something. I have allergies and one of the most potent allergens for me is cedar pollen. Which, thanks to some unseasonably warm weather, is starting about two months earlier than normal.
While I powered through the work week with clogged up sinuses, I noticed something interesting. I tend to walk during meetings, when I’m not presenting something. This is most of my meetings. Ironically, one of my meetings this week was to generate information for another meeting, whose goal is to reduce the number of meetings. I work in Dilbert’s company.
Anyway, as I wandered through the rest of the house, my sinus pressure decrease and I could breathe much easier. Within minutes of returning to my office, my nose would lock shut and no amount of decongestants would stop it.
I spent Friday testing the idea that something in my office was causing the problem. This morning, I went out into the world to do some manual labor. I was prepared for the worst, but 20 minutes outside and I could breathe just fine. I went back to my office and my nose locked up.
I broke out the vacuum cleaner and gave the office a thorough cleaning. I tossed a bunch of old papers. I found all the new things in the office and got rid of them. I have a fan circulating the air.
So far, it seems to be helping, but it’s not totally better yet. Have to think about my next plan.
But I can imagine someone saying, “How can you be allergic to one room in your house?” The answer is, I don’t know. But all the evidence points to that being correct.
Isn’t it interesting how evidence so often points to something against what we would consider to be common sense?
