First off, I’d like to wish you a very happy Halloween. I’m not really sure what makes holidays feel different from any other day (other than the excitement of the imminent excuse to throw a party), but today I woke early to a beautiful morning. The clouds overhead threaten to rain, but for now, the weather is perfect.
I think I am losing my hearing. Every time Elizabeth talks with her head turned away I can’t make out anything she is saying. I often ask her to speak up, but she tells me she is already talking loud enough for me to hear. On top of that, I have been having a hard time keeping up with instructions from teachers, even when I sit in the front of the class. It scares me so much, especially when I think how life would be without hearing the shower running in the morning, or Elizabeth’s lazy breaths as she sleeps soundly in my arms.
Last night, I fell asleep with my girlfriend, Elizabeth, safely and comfortably in my arms. We slept soundly, and neither she nor I stirred until my alarm clock hissed loud static into the muggy room, slapping both of us out of a tired stupor. I shut the alarm off and went back to sleep. I would sleep through the first ten minutes of my first class, but that wasn’t what really upset me about that extra thirty minutes of restful coma.