I thought that I had outgrown my childhood allergies, but now that Beth has moved in things have changed.
For as far back as I can remember I have been allergic to animals.
Any critter that has fur and dander makes me sneeze, and gives me red and itchy eyeballs. When I am not around animals for a long time, I can forget about my allergies. That is what happened here! I invited Beth to come live with me, and she brought her three cats. Just a week later the indoor air quality is abysmal, and I feel like I have the flu all the time. I love Beth and she loves her cats, so my goal is to improve the indoor air quality without having to get rid of the pets. If the pets go, then Beth may go with them, so the first thing I did was invest in a HEPA air filter and a Roomba. The HEPA rated air filters are the most effective on the market, and hopefully it can remove more allergens from the air circulation. The Roomba will keep up with all the tumbleweeds of cat hair that drift around the house whenever the A/C turns on. I am quite sure that will not be enough, so I also ordered a new air purifier from Amazon, which I will leave next to my bed. With an air purifier in the bedroom, and strict rules about no cats in that room, at least I will have one place in the house with superior air quality.