Hi, I have allergies. It's like bad. The spring is hard. The part that's wild is it's like, it feels like somebody flipped a switch a week ago. Like I was fine and then last Sunday it was like click and you

solve this problem for me you gave me some clarity on this because it feels like

the spring we both live in big cities, and it feels like the spring should not be so bad for people in cities.

You're like, why?

But in actual fact, in many ways, it's worse for people in cities because urban planning

when they decided they were going to green cities which is good. I'm very pro-greening

cities. It's good for the environment, it's good for people,

it's good for the whatever for everybody.

But when they decided they wanted to green cities they were like, oh well we'll plant male trees because

male trees grow differently than female trees do.

They grow narrow rather than full.

So they were like, it's great because it'll take up less space.

Sorry, I'm just really still laughing it narrow and full.

I'm just a dirty girl,'m sorry I'm like that's how my

father used to choose fennel for salads some some gesturing narrow rather than full.

Yes it was more like a pinnacle than a bush.

This is true of many things in the plant world.

The male of the species is smaller or is narrower.

Anyway, but what they did not follow through on, like what these urban planners did not think

through was that male trees pollinate female trees the

pollen. The pollening as it's just how it is here. This kid has been in my house for a full week and originally she actually is sick but I was like if this kid just has ballad allergies what do you even do like how do I get her to school? The daffodils are up and the tulips are up and that is not in all of my

years in Chicago are things that happen at the same time. Right?

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