I went to the audiologist in Macomb yesterday. As I was describing my symptoms to the technician, the audiologist came over and mentioned that she overheard me talking. She has the same problems I do and said that it was due to “COVID and vaccinations.” I could have started a big political discussion by asking her to specify whether it was COVID itself OR the vaccinations that caused my problems, but I left it alone. Maybe the three vaccination shots I received last year made everything worse, or maybe the shots prevented me from getting COVID again, which could have made things worse. Without a crystal ball I’ll never really know.

But it is good to finally know why my hearing is acting up. I can live with this the rest of my life as long as the beeping in the early mornings isn’t too loud. By midday all the beeping and twinkling has died down in favor of an increase in the high end fuzz. Sometimes it sounds like my left ear has a hole in it and air is just rushing out. But all in all it could be worse. When I Googled “COVID and hearing” it brought up stories about people going deaf, or having crippling vertigo. So I’m counting my blessings that what I have isn’t toooooo bad (even though it has the potential to get worse). The audiologist said that she see’s patients all the time with these COVID related symptoms.

So on with my life……

Sunday was the wife’s birthday. This year I planned ahead and made a video of the kids and myself playing/singing “With or Without You.” Not really a love song per se, but it’s something I sang a long time ago and I wanted to redo it for her. I had a blast playing all the instruments and shooting video. I’m still amazed at how you can easily make incredible audio/video with just an iPhone, Garageband and Final Cut Pro on a laptop. Back in the day it would have taken weeks to shoot video, transfer it, render it, mix it, do 4 (or 8) multitrack analog recording, and all that jazz. Now it only takes about an hour to create something really decent.

Jack and Elsa run at Sectionals this weekend. We’re all hoping that Elsa can make it to State. She surely has the physical capability to do it. It’s all mental now; how hard she wants to win.

Laina is in Las Vegas for a business trip. I can’t wait to talk to her about it. I love Las Vegas for 2-3 day trips. Anything more than that gets kind of old when you don’t gamble.