She's Back (and Fuggier Than Ever)

A couple of weather-related observations:

1) this year, many of my high school students have terrible allergies-- the worst I've seen in my many years teaching . . . even though the weather was beautiful all week, we couldn't really walk very far outside before kids started sneezing and itching and coughing and getting bright red eyes-- not sure if this is a new thing because this generation of kids never goes outside . . . right now it's purely anecdotal evidence;

2) after a prolonged absence, the star of New Jersey weather is back, your hostess with the dampness . . . Mrs. Moist Humidity has returned and taken center stage, as she always does-- and I always forget over the winter just what it's like when it gets soupy and clammy and my feet get so sticky that I won't even attempt to put socks on . . . yuck . . . but perhaps the humidity will impede all the pollen from floating around and my students won't be sneezing as much this week.