Normally my seasonal allergies manifest as itchy, watery eyes

This ranges from annoying to outright uncomfortable, but it's fixed with a combination of periodic flushing of the eyes with water, eyedrops, and allergy pills.

Today, randomly, I sneezed a whole lot. Yesterday it was watery eyes, the day before that it was watery eyes, today - sneezing. Why would my body do this to me!?

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On the good news side

it sounds like the city is rolling out curbside compostables pickup in our neighborhood by the end of this year!

We actually have our own compost bin, but it simultaneously doesn't produce enough for our entire yard and also doesn't compost quickly enough (or at all) during the colder half of the year - we don't hot compost, we lazy compost. So in the winter it'll be useful to be able, when our bin is full, to give the excess to the city. Plus, it's good for the environment.

Speaking of compost, until the level in the bin drops down a little I'm going to stash all the pulled weeds in the side yard. They can decompose a bit until I can shove them in the bin and stir it all around.

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