Hay Fever

Hay Fever. I am on three different types of allergy medicines and my eyes still itch incessantly. The only relief I get is when I take benadryl on top of the allegra, flonase, and claritin. But, benadryl puts me to sleep and makes me groggy for hours after I wake up. I am currently in a state of grogginess even though I took the benadryl over thirteen hours ago. Even so, my eyes aren't itching (they do feel like they could itch if I'm not careful and accidently rub them or instinctively itch them) for the time being.

There's not a whole lot to blog about. I'll just quickly recap Lena's last night and probably go read until the grogginess puts me to sleep again.

Okay. The recap: It was an incredibly slow night at open mic. There were about 17 performers and, no joke, five non-performers. Four of the 17 dropped off and/or left before playing because, well, there just wasn't enough audience. I played tenth, which is not typically late, but there were only about seven or eight people to play to at that time. I played Phila St. Serenade, which is a song I wrote, and Lonely 'ol Night by John Mellencamp. They both went over really well.

Now that summer in Saratoga is over, the open mic attendance may drop. That's too bad. I like having an audience when I play. If I wanted to play to fewer than ten people I would play gigs -- ba-doomp-chi. Thank you. Good night.