Equinoxity

With the Spring Equinox today shouldn’t all things be even? Things seem just a little out of balance this year. Maybe it’s because the remnants of the ice storm are still laying at the curb. Maybe it’s the recession and all of this throwing good money after bad that has the whole country tilting. Maybe it’s the slowly getting back to normal after the year of chaos. Maybe its Cassidy’s report card that was so good again for the third straight quarter that I feel something’s got to be off kilter. Or have I become so numb to the barrage of bad news that I’ve forgotten how to handle the good?

Oh, enough psycho-analyzing!

My child got straight A’s. Whoohoo!

I’m not ready to put a bumper sticker on the car over it but it is really good news.

Now back to Spring. This is the season where all the animals shed their winter coat. Our non-shedding (per the advertisement) dog, is shedding like crazy. In fact, she sheds all year long. I catch a lot of grief over this from Renee. The girls wanted a dog, so I got a dog. They were imagining a fluffy lap dog that walks itself. You know, one of those things that looks like it belongs on the end of a long stick. Not one that creates a mess you have to clean up with one of those stick thingees. Is it a dog or a mop? I’m not sure but it does get the dust out of the corners pretty well. But for once I won out and “we” settled on a dog of substance, as long as it doesn’t shed. Oops!

But this season the beige dog is shedding dark brown locks that look suspiciously like Renee’s. The dog doesn’t go in our bathroom but hair’s dropping there. The dog doesn’t climb up on our sink but hair’s dropping there. I’m starting to think it’s not the dog’s.

What does all this mean? Besides another trip to the doctor, who knows? Renee’s always had a pretty hardy head of hair - just look at the picture to the right - so we’re a little concerned. They say that surgery can shock the body and cause hair loss but it’s been over three months. Perhaps it is a residual effect of the cocktail of prescription medication Renee’s been on for the last year and a half? Perhaps it is genetics catching up to her? Perhaps it is a side effect of the massive allergic reaction from last month? Or maybe even something to do with the steroid laced eyedrops she’s been taking for the last few weeks. We don’t know but she had blood drawn Wednesday, so now we get to play another waiting game to see if the doctor has any better clues.

A new season, a fresh start, we’re hoping for a good report card for Renee this time. Anything else could throw things further out of balance.