Deaf in Beautiful Sydney!

I still don’t know how to access my blog to upload this entry nor can I hear a thing out of my right ear. Poor Jan has to walk on my left side so I can hear her. She still cannot understand me because I continue to have this cold and though her hearing is fine I think my accent is crappy and come to find out I think I mumble. After all this time, no one ever told me that I was mumbling my words. I don’t know how all of you have dealt with it for so long. It could just be because I hear a constant echo in my head due to the blocked ear. I have tried popping them by dancing around, hanging upside down, holding my nose until a vein almost popped in my head. It got so bad that I had to lay down because I thought I was going to faint. Still deaf…right ear. If you have a solution, I am jonesin’ for one. My patience is being tested and you all know that I have none.


Now that I got the poison out today was amazing. I woke up at 6:30 am because of the time difference but was good to go. Some cockatoos woke me up. I thought it was Jan’s cell phone but come to find out it is actually nature around these parts. I went for a walk to get money which was about 3 km. I have no clue how far that is but when Australian’s say something is close they mean it is far. Whatever Jan says I have learned to double it…possible 2.5 times the length of time stated. Jan says, the bank is a 10 minute walk. (about 2 miles away) Walking into city center of Sydney is only a 20 minute walk. (It took 15 mins by bus). The walk from the ferry to home is just a “quick walk” (over a half hour uphill. I was sweating so much that we stopped into a café for water b/c she knows the people that work there). I had to shower after the walking tour which was “quick”. Jan is just so adorable.

Anywho… Sydney was the destination of the day. I pray to God that I have a lunch break daily because by golly I am going to take it. The office is 30 seconds from the water, harbor, shopping, and downtown area. It is in Circular Quay. I cannot explain it. See for yourself.


Still no internet or phone. Radio silence until Tuesday.
What? I can’t hear you! Still deaf in the right ear.