Birthday Fun

So here I am... 10 days into being 25. A whole quarter of a century old. ~9,128 days I've been "living this life" as a co-teachers 7 year old daughter would put it. It's funny how in days it just doesn't seem so long. I must admit it's all a bit scary.

There's this fleeting feeling that I'm supposed to feel like an adult and do all of these things. I cant figure out what "things" that I feel like I'm not doing. Most of them I am doing. I have my "career", I'm getting married, we're looking for an apartment... now I just need to collect the $200 after we pass GO on the game board. That's how it works right?

Anywho, let's get back on track here. My students made my birthday very exciting. I have bible study with one of my students moms so he knew it was my birthday and brought me a balloon! So darn sweet, right?! Well that balloon was the trigger for the rest of the festivities that ensued. I received several renditions of the happy birthday song, hugs, a shout out from my students on the school wide morning announcements, and some of the best and most meaningful birthday cards ever.

After school I went over to Harrisonburg to go to Blue Ridge Hearing to talk about hearing aids. I know, I know, so exciting on a birthday. I got molded for my nano and everything only to find out that my insurance won't cover anything and my parents only covers $600.00. I was banking on paying $600.00 not the 1,900.00 that I need to come up with to cover the difference. If I wasn't paying for wedding things as well this wouldn't be such a big deal but at this moment it is. I'm pretty bummed but oh well, what are you going to do. Here's a picture of all of the fun the ear mold was. It pretty much felt like they pumped mashed potatoes in my ear. So strange.

For those of you that come here for the tympanoplasty information, since that seems to have the most hits, here's another update for you. Do not let this discourage you! I just have not had a chance to blog about this recently because quite frankly, I am not sure how to process it. My tympanoplasty surgery was a complete success. I no longer have a gaping hole where an eardrum should be and my hearing did improve some afterward. Here is where my problem lies. My hearing did not improve, or steadily improve as much as we thought it might. From that point my doctor wanted to determine what was causing a decrease in hearing. We agreed that it might be fluid as my ear often felt full so I tried nasal sprays and allergy pills out the wazoo to try to get my Eustachian tube to open but no such luck. Our next thing to try was a CAT scan. That my dears revealed it all. Turns out I have dehiscence of the semi circular canal. My friends, that in itself deserves its own blog post explanation.

Mom and dad took me to dinner at Texas Roadhouse. I absolutely LOVE their loaded sweet potatoes and any cut of steak they serve. To end my day I celebrated by giving myself my first ever lice treatment. Yet another teacher perk! Never found a one but I could only be paranoid about it for so long so I just gave in and it was well worth the 20 dollars for the peace of mind.

Let me leave you with a lighthearted perfect example of how Grant and I must really be becoming real adults:

Yup, we have conversations about vegetables people... conversations. about. vegetables.

Insert quarter life crisis here