Okay, I'll admit that's a bit of an exaggeration, but I will honestly say that this ear thing is real cr*p, at least in my opinion. It'll now be 2 weeks tomorrow since my surgery and today I found a rather strange occurrence, where it looked like part of the thin outer skin layer of the graft came off on a Q-Tip when I was cleaning it. Of course, I panicked as all get out and went into a mild tizzy. It's nearly impossible to really see one of your own ears and so I took picture after picture on my phone, trying to get a glimpse. Needless to say, taking a picture of your own ear isn't much better than trying to see your own ear, and so this took probably 30 minutes to an hour to actually accomplish.
I then called the doctor's office; they were out to lunch still. This gave me a whole 'nother half hour to panic blindly, taking pictures, looking at it obsessively in the mirror, etc. When I finally got through to the doctor's office, her assistant had a mild tone of "...oh...this guy again..." I emailed the photos and she promptly called me back saying that it was probably just a small chunk of skin that came off, to keep it lubricated, and they'd look at it closer tomorrow.
Yes, tomorrow...in which I get yet another hole in my head, this time on the back of my head. I'm convinced that fairly soon I won't be able to sleep at all since every corner of my head and face will have something that can't touch a pillow. I guess I need to find a way to sleep on air. Yes, yes, that's the solution...
So, that's the latest update on my Moh's action. I actually DID do some mixing this weekend but haven't yet had time to listen to the fruits of my labor. Oddly, I really feel like my mixing abilities are getting better, although you'd never know it by my release schedule. Geesh. Anyhow, I'll be listening to these mixes tonight and then making my usual notes.
In the meantime, the LCD thermostat which runs the house's a/c unit blanked out over the weekend. So, just get another thermostat, right? Um...believe it or not, those actually cost as much as buying a new large sized TV...which I also had to buy a few months back after the TV burned out. Coupled with all of the medical bills now coming in, it's so far been a year of nothing but unexpected nasty bills.
On the plus side, my Savage Schatten amp head finally arrived back to me today, fresh from being worked on by Jeff at Savage Amps in MN. Here's to hoping that it sounds like I'm expecting, for if not, I might just pull a Van Gogh...and I honestly can't afford to lose another ear.
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