Can You Hear Me Now?
Beanie has been in daycare almost two months now. In those short eight weeks he has already had one cold.
I have had two colds and two ear infections.
Carrier. Monkey.
Right now I am battling two ear infections. Its awful. My ears hurt all the time. I went to the doctor last week and she gave me some antibiotics, but they are still sore. Not as bad as they were, but not back to normal yet either.
A couple days ago, I was telling my sister about them while we chatted on the phone. I was driving from work to pick up Bean from daycare and talking to Ginny on my cell phone.
I know, I know. I shouldn’t talk on my cell while driving. I have had several different police officers already make this point very clear to me. But its the only time when I have a solid block of time to talk. That’s my story and I’m sticking to it.
So, Ginny and I are talking so much that the ear I am holding my Blackberry up to starts to get really hot. So I switch ears.
And suddenly, everything goes silent.
“Ginny?” I said. “Ginny? Are you there?”
No answer.
“Gin!”
Nothing.
For a split second I remember my ear infections. Could I have lost the hearing in one of my ears? Surely not. But just in case, I switch the Blackberry back to my other ear.
GASP! I could hear Ginny talking again.
“OH MY GOD!” I yelled. “I’M DEAF IN ONE EAR!”
As I’m wailing and moaning and almost in tears and trying not to wreck my car, Ginny is saying something and trying to calm me down. But I’m inconsolable.
“I’ve lost my hearing! That stupid daycare! Stupid carrier monkey kids! I knew I should never have trusted that place! I should have quit my job and we should have lived out of our car! At least then I’d still have my hearing! Oh, the agony!”
“Kate,” Ginny said. “I hit the mute button.”
“Huh?”
“I accidentally hit the mute button,” she said. “You aren’t deaf.”
“You mean I can hear?”
“Yes, moron. I just happened to hit the mute button when you switched ears. It wasn’t your hearing. You’re fine.”
Oh. Well then. Okay.
I heave a sigh of relief and silently say I’m sorry for calling those toddlers stupid carrier monkeys.
Nothing like a little drama on your afternoon commute to keep life entertaining, eh?
21 Comments
whitney
I can’t believe you were almost deaf. What a (almost) travesty!! 😉
Jackie
Wait a minute…while I stop laughing. LOL LOL LOL. You and Ginny are so funny. Love you both.
Sarah C. H.
Ahaha. Glad you’re not deaf.
Miss M!
Yeah, but what are the odds she would hit the mute button at the EXACT moment that you switched ears, and then also unmute it EXACTLY when you switched back?
I had a jackass try to convince me once that adults could not get ear infections. Duh.
Zoe
Ooh I know that feeling, it’s scary! I had an ear infection a while ago and I went almost totally deaf in one ear for a while. Good times.
Also, you are too funny 🙂
Heather
sorry to say, but honestly you are probably in for a lot more sick days. everyone said the kids in daycare get sick, but they said I would be fine bc my immune system was better. uh, yeah, not the case. pretty much every time kate gets sick, i do too. but, if it wasn’t now – it would be when bean starts school – now or later. hang in there!
Kate
hahahaha! well, it sounds logical to me…
casey
Sounds just like me. This is so funny!
whitney
Ha ha I seriously almost peed my pants reading this. You are hysterical!
Casey
Ahahaha! How scary… but also how funny! Glad you’re not deaf!
naomi
did Gin do that on purpose?
Sara M
OMG!! I had to stop reading since I couldn’t see with all the tears in my eyes from laughing so hard!!
Jessica @ How Sweet It Is
Hahahahah I am seriously LAUGHING OUT LOUD!
Tressa
LOL. You are to much!
I have to know, in a few posts back, are those lovely flowers from your sweet husband? Did you take your hint and have flowers delivered to you?!
Katie
He certainly did! You should check out his post about the phone call he made to the florist over in The Man Cave: http://www.marriageconfessions.com/themancave
TeamHaynes
HAHAHA! That is hilarious! Crazy things like that always happen when I talk to my sister! I remember meeting my new cousin for the first time and eventually getting the worst flu of my life from him. So did the rest of the family. Not fun. Keep up the vitamin C!
You need a bluetooth. Really. I will not stand around and wait for a terrible car accident and then never be able to read your brilliant blog posts again. I won’t tolerate it. If I need to start my own petition I will. I love your blog too much.
Katie
You are so totally right. And I actually have a bluetooth around here somewhere… Hmmm… Maybe I should dig that out….
Elora
This post made me snort & almost snot water out my nose for two reasons:
I can see myself freaking out about this very thing because I am a self proclaimed worry wart.
And, my kids get me sick too! But, I don’t have biological kids. My kids are my students. And they cough & sneeze & moan & groan all over my classroom which makes ME sick. I’ve had my bangs wave with the wind coming off of coughs my students failed to cover as they were talking to me.
Yeah. Gross.
But take heart – you aren’t the only one, even if my situation is a bit…different. 🙂
Ashley
Haha thats hilarious, as most things you blog about are! I can picture this perfectly in my head and it makes me laugh everytime 🙂
Emily
I think you are right about the carrier monkies. I never get sick until I get around my three-year old nephew. He is the biggest cootie carrier ever and always seems to have a snotty nose. My sister says it’s allergies but I don’t believe it. I babysat him last week and spent all weekend in bed with a sore throat and fever! Hope you are feeling better soon.
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