Huh? What???

If you happen to actually be carrying on a face-to-face verbal conversation with me in the near future, don't take it personally if I say "What?" a lot.  I'm not ignoring you or disinterested.  I just flat out can't hear you very well.  

Sunday, I went out and had fun.  At the beach.  In the blazing hot weather.  And perforated my ear drum.  See what happens when I'm social!!!!!  I was at the beach with some friends who ran into another friend with a wave-runner and some ridiculously huge raft thing anchored 100yds offshore.  So we swam out to it, without wetsuits in 57 degree water mind you, and proceeded to have an absolute blast.  Two people on the ski, two people on the raft and it was on.  Such good times!  I got knocked off once but held on and almost lost my bikini bottoms.  That would've made for a memorable swim and walk in.  Note to self: always bring trunks to the beach.

And then it happened.  On one of the whips, I got a high-speed cascade of water from the ski straight to the right side of my face.  I thought I just had a lot of water in it, but it wouldn't run out and when I tried to equalize the pressure by plugging the nose and blowing out, I was greeted with a high-pitched squealing sound and bubbling, which could be heard by anyone listening closely.  Later, it turned to the sensation of hot air coming out and then cooler air going in.  Luckily, the Tall One has his own otoscope (dork!!!), and he confirmed it.  A small hole in my eardrum.  Dang it!!!!!

So, I'm a total landlubber for the next two weeks MINIMUM.  It doesn't hurt, but I constantly have that stopped up, hollow ear feeling that comes with a nasty cold.  And loud sounds are like 10x louder than they should be.  

So be nice to me, speak slightly louder than normal and for heaven's sake- don't yell at me.  It's even worse right now than getting yelled at normally.  Which happens all the time, right?