I had a bad ear day.

I had a bad ear day.

I don't know why, but noise bothers me.  A LOT.  I wasn't always this way.  I used to march percussion in high school... but that was almost 20 years ago.  In that time since high school graduation I've gone to some concerts, but I wouldn't say it was a regular occurrence.  I didn't always use ear protection.  Maybe my hearing is damaged and it's catching up to me.  I really don't know.

On a regular day it hurts when Shaun coughs too close to me - especially if we're in the car together.  If he talks at what he calls his regular volume I always ask him to lower his voice.  When the kids come over and I have people on both sides of me talking it is literally painful.  If there is music or television on and someone tries to talk over it that is really painful, too.

Today, the kids came over and did some laundry.  We watched a movie while the washer and dryer were going.  Sometimes the kids had questions but Shaun paused the movie to answer them.  Unfortunately, by the time it was over I was in a good amount of pain.  It hasn't let up and I've been extremely sensitive to even quiet sounds for the rest of the day.  I have a pretty sucky headache and I probably won't be ok until after I wake up tomorrow.

That is especially bad timing because I have a quiz coming up and some lectures that I need to listen to, but I can't bring myself to do it tonight.  I think I'm about to take some Tylenol and head to bed.  Maybe I can get a fresh start in the morning.  Goodnight, friends.