thewayne | I REALLY hate colds!

They always seem to hit me hard. Case in point, I currently have almost zero hearing in my right ear at the moment. I haven't been able to clear it since I left home for work: I chewed gum all the way down the mountain, I tried the diver's clearing technique, etc. It is plugged up good, I'm half-way tempted to grab an ice pick and see if that'll help. The bad thing is that my left ear has a permanent hearing loss, so right now is not a good time to talk to me! ;-) Fortunately I record all my lectures on a digital voice recorder, so at least I'll theoretically be able to play back tonight's web class when I'm able to hear it.

If you consider my hearing to be 75% good when I don't have a cold, I'm at half that or lower.

I'm going to be very glad to get home tonight.