a new experience...

Yesterday I started not feeling that great. Well my ears and my throat hurt. I woke up this morning and I didn't have a voice to mention of and my ears still hurt only to find out when I got on the bus that it is incredibly hard to understand anyone unless they are talking directly to my face in a mostly quiet room and it is useful to have eye contact. yeah. sooooo.... the day progressed and my voice improved and well I still can't hear the best. but now my voice has gone again and my ears are still hurting but there is a new symptom on the list... my chest feels tight and I have this lovely cough that sounds like I have been smoking my whole life. yeah it is funny. I feel well other than the whole no voice or ability to understand anyone clearly. and the cough...
Funny story or two from today.
First I had a chemestry exam and I never realized how much people talk in that class I seriously almost got my exam taken away because I didn't hear/understand the prof tell the class not to turn over the exam and then didn't understand when she was trying to get me to flip it back... ahh the confusion was interesting and people stared until I explained that I couldn't really understand what she was saying so it was hard to know what I was supposed to be doing.
Second, Seth and I went to Nashville to enjoy the lovely fall weather and different activities. We stopped for ice cream and I went in to order. I must have been mumbling or not understood what the guy had asked my because the two different orders I ordered ended up together and then he didn't understand why I was asking for an extra bowl and spoon (so I could separate the two kinds of ice cream) hey the ice cream was really good too! How I love persimmon ice cream.
yeah so if either of the two situations described above gave me any insight to what it would be like to be hard of hearing or deaf... man I don't know how some deal with stupid hearing people and not hurt them lol I am just kidding, well sort of, if was kind of frustrating and embarrassing in class.