Crazy Or Genius?

Audiological Apparatus Optional

Posted Wed, 26 Apr 2006 17:18:44 GMT to Posted in Life

So this morning my implant just refused to work.

‘Bullshit!’ I can immediatly here some of you saying, ‘You can’t pull that one over us again’. And hey, since ssmith/?p=79”>one of the greatest pranks I have ever performed, I don’t blame anyone who has those thoughts.

It’s the same fact that this is pretty much the one year anniversary of said prank which makes this situation that more ironic, cause this is the real deal. No jokes, no pranks, no gotchas, I am once more thrust down the rabbit hole and coming out into the world of the audiologically challenged. <!-more-> It all started when I tried to turn it on this morning and the indicator light kept flashing. ‘Odd,’ I thought to myself, ‘I hope nothing is wrong. Nah, my batteries probably didn’t get charged properly’. Popped into a drugstore on my way to work and picked up fresh batteries. Still nothing but the light flashing over…. and over…. and over…...

This was followed by the following thoughts:

1) 2) Ok, who am I going to get to call my mom, who can call the hospital, which can get me a replacement….. 3) Oh crap, I did a joke about this a year ago…...... that’s going to turn around and bite me in the ass to be sure. 4) Huh, this is going to mess up my ‘hang out and chat with certain friends before they vacate this province’ plans that I had this week. 5) Speaking of plans and past jokes, isn’t Kathryn’s birthday this weekend? Ah, no…...... (But hey! Maybe we can label this as traditional?)

To make a long story short, I got my boss to call my mom, eventually filled out an insurance claim, and MIGHT have a temporary unit shipped out to me tomorrow. Which means with any luck I could be hearing again by Friday evening. Note: If I had a little luck, my implant would not have suddenly ‘died’. Therefore, I don’t expect anything until next week.

I still hope to most of what I would have done if I could currently hear, its just going to be a trifle harder now.This is once again an amazing start to my summer.