Never Been Deaf In One Ear Before...

Hey peeps~ Sorry I haven't felt like posting for the past few days. To be frank, I've been having a bit of a rough time. My cold has gotten worse and on top of that, I've been diagnosed with an acute ear infection meaning 3 drops a day in the ear for a week. :-( Originally, I thought it was a bad thing that I can't hear a thing anyone says from the right of me, but my coworker changed my mind when she said "Who wants to hear what Oscar (my boss) says anyway? Now you have an excuse to ignore him!" Haha *sheds tear*...it's so true! In any case, I made it through a half day of work and then piggybacked on my dad's appointment this afternoon to get my meds. Sigh...I really think my body is falling to bits and pieces. :P Just as long as none of this happens while I am away, I should be fine!

In a completely different vein...how have all of you been liking this nutty weather? I didn't get to see much of it yesterday - the thunderstorms I mean - since I was inside the factory most of the time, but I was affected indirectly by it! It only took about a half an hour for a bolt of lightning to shut down not only our factory, but the factories in the surrounding area as well, so for about a half an hour, we were stuck inside gazing out the windows at the neverending blackness of the outskirts of N--t and S--e. It was quite spooky in a way! In the end, we did get the backup generators on and continued with our work. In fact, this isn't the first time the factory has shut down this week. Two days ago, the main engine literally blew up and caused a major shut down of all assembly lines. From about 9:45 to 1:30, we were assigned to various back-breaking jobs including yanking out wads of plastic with plyers out of 10 foot high blocks of bunched up cardboard, and sweeping up dirt and other crap from the main driveway which continually gets dirty anyway because trucks are always delivering new recycling to that area. I don't think I have to remind any of you locals that the temp was around 33 degrees with humidity, and I was wearing a long sleeved black shirt and black jeans. Despite all of my complaining, however, in terms of relaxation and catching up with my coworkers lives, it was a worthwhile day. And I pretty much got paid for doing nothing! So yeah...good times, good times...hehe.

Well, I better be off! I plan to indulge tonight by watching my favourite show, and if he will let me, help my brother register for his university courses (it's been an uphill struggle to even get him interested, let alone make him get down to work on actually selecting his courses...sometimes I can't even believe that he is related to me :S).