Superstitious II

While we are on the subject of superstitious, Chinese are also very peculiar about their (our?) numbers. Namely 3, 8, and 9 are good, 4 is bad. Not quire sure about the rest. I guess I'm not hardcore enough to figure out all that. Currently we live on 4th floor. No other reasons, it's the top floor, we'd rather not have people above us because people can be noisy. Hubby even asked me specifically if I am going to be okay with 4th floor. At the time my thought was if it was truly that bad, nobody who lives on 4th floor will still be alive, right?

Much as I love this apartment, I've been sick A LOT since I moved in -- 5 times. As I have said before, I've never been sick so much in one year (which has really only been 9 months or so). At least 2-3 times were allergies caused by the dirty filter. AND, HH's eye (only the left one) flared up again too. She has always had some drainage in her eye since she was a kitty, but usually not more than 2-3 days, during change of seasons. This time it has been months. Being a predominantly scientific person, I just assume its something in the air (walls/AC ducts) in the apartment. But could it also be explained with living on 4th floor? Or, is it because it's our "birthyear"?

Man, so many things going against us. Regardless, I took the flu shot this year, and my "birthyear" is almost over, assuming I make it. So we'll see.