I came home with a headache yesterday. I still don't know for sure what caused it,
though I have a better idea. Our
youngest beehive attends primary before Young Women's starts. She had been picked to introduce and conclude
the primary program. I noticed she had
been wearing make-up; perhaps she was wearing perfume as well. That is one plus about being in primary -
usually my allergies don't react as the children don't tend to wear it for the
most part. I can't say for sure as I have lost the majority of my sense of
smell. I'm guessing a sweet
perfume. Those fragrances I think smell
best are the ones that irritate my sinuses the most.
The stake primary president was visiting as well. Perhaps one of those sisters had been wearing
a perfume - though they were all on the other side of the sliding wall. But I've had a reaction to chrysanthemums
from far away - I would rather not be in the same building as
chrysanthemums.
Poinsettia and mistletoe.
Most Christmas plants, actually.
It's a wonder I'm not allergic to the tree. Or at least not the ones my family had purchased
in the past. I suppose that would be another contributor to my lack of desire
to shop around the holidays. Candles, aerosols,
car fresheners. I do okay with vanilla
and fruit fragrances. But honey, if you
don't ever want me hanging around your car, may I recommend Jasmine. That should put me in a coma for a week at least.
Cleaning chemicals, dust, dirt, smoke,
ragweed . . . I seem to do fine around plastic or silk plants. Even several roses brought indoors seems to
be too much for me.
If it isn't the fragrance irritating my sinuses, I have
many skin allergies as well. What a Wimp!!!
