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About twice a year I get a very severe allergic response to pollen, mold, and anything else that floats in the air during the season changes. This didn't start until I started college, so I hadn't yet figured out the timing to start preemptive medication. So, yes, when I was rushing, I had a pollen truck parked in my nose. For those of you with seasonal allergies, you know this is not a pretty sight.
I had snot running out of my nose, sneezed every 10 minutes, coughed like I had tuberculosis, and my eyes were practically swollen shut. I am blind as a bat, and during these allergy attacks, I can't wear my contacts. So I was forced to wear my old, very un-cute, coke-bottle glasses. I just KNEW that there was no way I was getting invited back! When I wasn't sneezing, I was rubbing my eyes - everyone thought I was moved to tears by their skits! Having to carry a wad of nasty tissue to the parties didn't help much either.
Luckily the women could see past the snot and I was invited back to my favorite houses every night and pledged my number one! To this day I still get rocked by allergies Labor Day week. I spent most of my active days laying in the floor at the back of the suite miserable. Now that I help out as an advisor, I start my drugs well in advance!
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