I can hear………….yeeeehaaaw!  Had to get up bright and early this morning and make my way to downtown Sac so I could see the ENT.  I was rather bummed to be getting up so early since the apartment had finally cooled down to a chilly 81 F and I was actually able to sleep.  However, getting my ear fixed was much more important than sleeping.

I made it to the ENT place fifteen minutes early so I could fill out all of the necessary paper work which is basically like taking one of those annoying surveys at the mall.  I was very happy with myself…….I was on time and ready for my 9:30 appointment however, I did not get in to see the doctor until 10:30.  I have never been to a doctor where they have actually been on time.  I really can’t complain though because they are smart and should be able to work at their own pace.

The doctor was a nice guy and he took this mini vacum cleaner and sucked the infection out of my ear and then gave me a prescription for some acid drops.  He even threw in a little added bonus………I got my non-infected ear vacumed!  That means I can actually hear normal.  Well, normal for me which is about the equivalent of what half a normal person hears. 

Before being vacumed I was probably hearing half of what I normally hear which is about a quarter of what a normal person hears.  So if you had four ears I could only hear out of let say one of them.  Wow, I just made that really complicated!

The a/c guys came to the apartment this afternoon and left after saying they could not fix it today but maybe tomorrow or the next day.  They had better hurry up because I am dehydrating!  As of five this evening the inside of the apartment has set a new record of 97 F.  I am actually rooting for it to hit 100 F  since that seems like a really big number.

Time to go to a movie and savor the nice cold a/c.  Then tomorrow, Karl, Mike, Roman, and myself are going to Modesto to give a talk to some school age kids about cycling. It should be fun.

After that I am working on the logistics of coming back to the midwest and doing superweek.  I am planning on doing a good handful of races there and am looking forward to it.

That is it for tonight.

later, g.