Crying at the Movies

So how was everybody’s weekend/holiday?  I really enjoyed the time off of work.  It was a nice little break.  Too short and it flew by, of course, but it was nice.

I had a very low-key Thanksgiving day.  My parents and I spent most of the day watching Bones, Season 3.  Then my mom went to my grandma’s house while I stayed home with my dad.  He had accidentally messed up his medications and their dose times that morning and wasn’t feeling at the top of his game.  He was worried that he would start having bad seizures, so decided to stay home.  Since my mom didn’t want to leave him home alone, I got to stay with him.  Of course, that didn’t keep me from eating too much. 

Yup, food-wise, I blew it.  Oh well.  Today is a new day and I’m re-dedicating myself (again).  It’s actually getting pretty pathetic right about now.

We went to see “The Blind Side” on Saturday and while I really enjoyed the movie it literally had me in tears.  Well, not really the movie itself.  I guess you could say the theater had me in tears.  Throughout the stuff that they play before the previews (the ads, etc.), I was fine.  As soon as they started playing the previews, I swear to God the sound skyrocketed to ear-blistering decibels.  Literally, I thought my ears were going to bleed.  It felt like someone was jabbing an icepick at my eardrums.  Yet everyone else around me seemed fine with it.

My mom said that it did seem kind of loud, but bearable.  Not to me, though.  I’m practically in tears thinking about it.  I first tried stuffing napkins in my ears.  Didn’t work.  Finally, my mom found some kleenex in her purse (unused, thank God!) and that let me get through the movie.  And before you ask, I seriously did contemplate going to complain, but like I said, it didn’t seem to bother anyone else, and I was afraid that they’d turn it down too far and then people would bitch.

When I was diagnosed with patulous eustachian tube, I was also diagnosed with Meniere’s Disease.  I don’t think my case is really bad, but I do have some of the symptoms, including some hearing loss in my right ear.  Which is kind of ironic, because while I have problems hearing certain tones, I also have a major problem with really loud sounds sometimes.  As witnessed by my experience this weekend.

I would recommend the movie though.  I liked it!  There are a ton in the theaters that I want to see, but there just isn’t enough time!  I do know that while I had no problems when I saw “New Moon” last week and this hasn’t happened before, I will definitely carry an extra pair of earplugs in my purse next time – just in case.