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2026 52 Card Project: Week 21: Breathless
May. 29th, 2026 11:52 amI'm going to keep this short because it's such a bore to go on and on about my personal health. And there have been too many collages on that subject this year. My sister once passed along a humorous observation from her brother-in-law, a retired pastor, about the dangers of visiting his elderly parishioners: you have to sit through the organ recital.
I would spare you, but there really isn't anything else I can do a collage about because the sudden flare-up of my spring allergies (I am violently allergic to tree pollen) necessitated the cancellation of all of my plans for the week. I didn't go out, I canceled walking with my friends, I didn't make it to church, I barely did my volunteer work, and I canceled a planned and much-anticipated day trip with a couple friends to a bird sanctuary in Wisconsin, which just SUCKED.
It's been very frustrating. I can't sit out on my front porch and eat breakfast. I can't go outside without wearing a mask. I spent most of my concentration on simply trying to breathe this week. In desperation, I got a virtual urgent care visit on Saturday to get a prescription for a steroid inhaler, but due to the holiday, it couldn't be filled until Tuesday.
I have several doses under my belt, and I'm starting to feel a little better, thank goodness.
Um. I did finish another chapter this week, and I'm quite pleased with it. That's something else to talk about, yes?
Image description: Background: a circle of the tops of trees silhouetted against a blue sky, seen from a view looking straight up. Top: dangling catkins holding birch tree pollen. Center: a woman's face, her eyes screwed shut, holding a tissue to her nose. Lower center: a blue medical mask, overlaid by an inhaler.
Breathless
Click on the links to see the 2026, 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022 and 2021 52 Card Project galleries.
I would spare you, but there really isn't anything else I can do a collage about because the sudden flare-up of my spring allergies (I am violently allergic to tree pollen) necessitated the cancellation of all of my plans for the week. I didn't go out, I canceled walking with my friends, I didn't make it to church, I barely did my volunteer work, and I canceled a planned and much-anticipated day trip with a couple friends to a bird sanctuary in Wisconsin, which just SUCKED.
It's been very frustrating. I can't sit out on my front porch and eat breakfast. I can't go outside without wearing a mask. I spent most of my concentration on simply trying to breathe this week. In desperation, I got a virtual urgent care visit on Saturday to get a prescription for a steroid inhaler, but due to the holiday, it couldn't be filled until Tuesday.
I have several doses under my belt, and I'm starting to feel a little better, thank goodness.
Um. I did finish another chapter this week, and I'm quite pleased with it. That's something else to talk about, yes?
Image description: Background: a circle of the tops of trees silhouetted against a blue sky, seen from a view looking straight up. Top: dangling catkins holding birch tree pollen. Center: a woman's face, her eyes screwed shut, holding a tissue to her nose. Lower center: a blue medical mask, overlaid by an inhaler.
Click on the links to see the 2026, 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022 and 2021 52 Card Project galleries.
