Edit: I know someone will ask, but I did not try to outrun the cheetah.

That may have been where you went wrong?

But also I vote grasses.

Cheetah raquetball!

I did not watch any of the oscars and instead spent wayyyyy too much money getting drunk on wine.

Msbelle, as always, is awesome! Thanks to her encouragement, I listed some too-big clothes on eBay and my auctions ended this morning, sold 8 of 11 items for total of almost $300. Most are already paid even! Now I have more I want to photograph and post.

In not as awesome news, I forgot to pick up my prescriptions last week, so I've been without a couple of the meds that keep my migraines at bay. I haven't gone into full migraine, but I have a headache that keeps threatening to tip over and my whole body is tense over the idea of a migraine after going months without one. Once work is over, I'm headed straight to the pharmacy. Ugh, annoyed with myself. My own fault completely.

I got to feed a giraffe, i.e. stand on a deck above their enclosure and hold out lettuce which they grabbed with their hilarious tongues. So even if it was the giraffes, it was worth it.

I also got to be about four feet from the cheetah on the other side of the fence, so I recommend the Dallas Zoo, despite the sneezing.

I'm allergic to llamas. At least, anecdata says I sneeze when I visit the llama stall at the fair. It's fun to say to new doctors.

Dana, you may be experiencing what is known in Texas as "cedar fever", which is named after the "mountain cedar" which is actually a juniper. According to pollen.com, juniper pollen is high to medium-high in the Dallas area at the moment.

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Neat, Dana! And Suzi! Other than the health woes, of course.

One of my coworkers is allergic to monkeys, she was told after a bad reaction after a childhood visit to the zoo. So I guess you could get tested for cheetah antibodies, theoretically.

2017, The Year if the Unprecedented? I do not know how to feel about that. Of course, I didn't watch the Super Bowl or the Oscars, so not my unprecedented circuses.

Allergic to monkeys and llamas? My stars!

::checks medical record:: Yup, Mountain Juniper is one of mine. I do love having my test results available on my phone, it's not like I can just remember these things.

Yeah, there's been plenty of complaining around here about the juniper. I do have various allergies, including actual cedar, but I'd have thought it would already be bothering me. On the other hand, I spent five hours outside yesterday.

Or maybe it's the continual yo-yo fun between the 40s and the 80s. We've generally been able to get away with not needing A/C, which is great for the electricity bill, but it starts to make me feel schizophrenic.

That Texas Monthly article is hilariously resentful.