Another thing that happened recently...

Another thing that happened recently was that I got my hearing tested.  Guess what.  I can hear.  It's just that I don't just sit around in "active listening" mode.  I'm not Google.  😂

The hearing-testers recommended that people speak to me face-to-face and that I should make sure background noise is at a minimum if I need to have a conversation.  That makes sense.  Just about the only person I don't have trouble hearing is Shadow, and I 100% believe that's because he almost always starts every conversation with "Hey Mom."  Then he has my attention and I'm also looking at him.

No one else does that.  Shaun's voice is deep so if I'm not paying attention to him I don't know what he's saying.  He also has a habit of trying to talk to me when music or the television is on.  That's a big NO for me.  It's harder to understand him and that will also lead me straight into sensory overload.

Kira comes down and will start talking out of nowhere.  I'm never prepared because she's a bit chaotic.  😆  Sometimes she's chatty and sometimes not.  And often she'll be in the other room talking and I'll not be aware that it was directed at me.  She also has a tendency to make up words (I love that about her, for real), and I feel like she and Shadow have developed a bit of a short-hand that I don't understand, so I often have to ask her to repeat herself, too.

Everyone over here acting like my ears are the problem.  I have confirmation that they're NOT, so take THAT.  🤪

But also, that hearing test was the most relaxed I've been in ages.  The put me in a soundproof booth.  I could hear my blood pumping.  It was dimly lit.  I nearly fell asleep during the test.  I need one of those in my house to retreat to.  😆