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I'm gradually improving. I'm not blowing my nose constantly anymore, and barely have to take tylenol for my ear. I'm not hearing completely right all the time - sounds inside my head (chewing, swallowing, my own voice) are too loud in that ear. I think I must be talking too quietly to compensate because people seem to be having trouble understanding me. Sometimes my hearing is normal, so hopefully it will stop soon.

I wrote a story for English class, which is the first fiction (other than a character backstory I stumble upon and poke at a bit every few years) that I've written in ages. I'm happy with how it turned out, and submitted it to a campus writing contest just for the heck of it.

That anatomy test where my eardrum ruptured in the middle? I got an A on the lecture part... and a D on the lab (which was the eardrum part). Oops. I'm having a hard time not beating myself up over it, even though it's perfectly true that I would have been able to study and concentrate better if I hadn't had a serious ear infection.

So now I have to drag my grade back up - that brought my overall grade down to a B. Amusingly, I only dropped from 5th to 6th in the class.

I feel like I want to be social, but I really don't want to talk. Bah.