I'm Not Ignoring You...I'm Just Not Listening!

I should be writing my lesson plan but I'm not (obviously). This is not me rebelling like I usually do, throwing up two fingers to responsibility and authority, or whatever it is that I am rebelling against when I do my petulant rebellion thin. No this is me saying to myself 'you need to take a night off Tash'.

Why?...

An ear infection in each ear is why.

Yup. Can you believe it - BOTH ears!

While it is great to finally have real 'selective hearing' and to be able to ignore people when I choose to, I am finding it incredibly hard to resist the temptation to scratch at my ears the way dogs do. You know that look they get when the seem to be really enjoying scratching that itch...one eye is closed in sheer bless...torture. That thought is pure torture because there is nothing more that I liked to do than get my little finger right inside my ear and scratch.

Which also makes me think that perhaps I need an Elizabeth collar...to stop myself from scratching, not because I want to make some weird fashion statement.

On a serious note I'm in pain, I can feel the throbbing all the way down the side of my neck and most mornings it is nearly impossible to open my mouth wide enough to get the tooth brush in there to brush my teeth. That could also be considered a blessing to some, if I can't open my mouth to brush my teeth I won't be opening it to answer people back. Huh, maybe I could learn sigh language...