Huh? Pardon Me? What?

This weekend was very odd. Saturday my mother-in-law called to see if the kids wanted to go to the circus on Sunday. They were excited and I took them over to spend the night, so they could go with Nana after they woke up.

I went home Saturday night and played on the Xbox for a bit and finished a book. When I woke up on Sunday, it was just me and the dog. When my wife got home, she went to bed after working all night. So I sat on the couch and finished listening to a book I had started, but didn’t finish because it was due back before I could finish it. I had to wait for it to come available again before I could finish it.

I wasn’t supposed to get the kids until after dinner, so I goofed around on the Xbox while doing laundry. I watched some TV and read some more. As I pulled into my in-law’s driveway, I got a text saying, “They want to stay another night.” When I walked in, they both looked at me and said, “What are YOU doing here!?” That made me laugh. I hung out for a bit and then went back home. They came home Monday night and I got them bathed and ready for bed early because they had to be back at school Tuesday morning.

Yesterday morning, I took Ella to school and then had an appointment with the hearing place. My wife has been asking me to get my hearing checked for some time. I finally made the appointment. When I arrived they doc asked me quite a few questions. I told her about the ringing/buzzing in my ears that I have had forever. I told her about the 30 years I wore headphones while working in radio. Then we got ready for the test.

They put me in the small room with a door that was like 4 inches thick. It was a soundproof room. They had me put headphones and then they started sending pulsating tones that I had to push a button when I heard them. It had to pulsate because of the ringing in my ears. It was more difficult than I thought. I felt like I couldn’t hear with my left ear, but they said that it was better than my right ear.

They had me repeat a few simple words: hat, safe, theft, feet, etc… that was the weirdest part of the whole thing. When they let me out of the room they showed me my results. I hear low tones better than high. So male voices don’t give me an issue, but high pitches I have difficulty with. Female voices can be difficult for me to hear at times. This, thankfully, proves to my wife that I am not ignoring her or the kids when they talk to me and I don’t hear them.

Bottom line, I will be getting hearing aids. My goodness, everything that screams “You’re old” just keeps catching up to me. I’m not sure what the cost will be, as they are waiting for the insurance company to get back to them. I haven’t looked at them yet, but I guess the new ones have Bluetooth on them, so when I answer my phone, it will connect to the hearing aid. Should this really excite me? I don’t know. I’m still trying to process this.

I suppose now I will have no excuse for not hearing what my wife says … unless I turn them off. LOL