Brillo PadAching teeth, constant sneezing. Throat ragged and sore. Coughing. Headache. Underwater ears and a bulbous head perhaps ready to burst and spill forth popcorn. Skin raked over by steel wool. Swollen eyes. A sense of the surreal, with all stimuli seeming strangely nightmarish and exaggerated. A futile cry of rage: “damn you microbes!” Hopefully it’s just allergies.