All other sound was lost except for the damn crackling and popping noises.
Then it went away. So I lay back down with my ear pressed against the pillow and it started again, only this time the tickling came back. I sat up in bed and screamed.
Boyfriend sat bolt upright in bed and started looking around like he was lost. I laughed at him. Then he said, “What.The.Fuck?”
I said, “There is a freakin’ spider in my ear laying eggs, you need to get it out.”
Like the good man that he is, he got up and turned on the light. He looked inside my ear and said, “It’s not a spider, it’s an egg-laying bed bug.”
Naturally, I screamed again and then he started laughing. I punched him in the arm and was all, “What in the hell is in my freakin’ ear?”
Turns out there wasn’t anything in my ear. Well, nothing a q-tip could get out, anyway. But I was still convinced that there was a bug burrowing into my brain. I laid wake most of the night listening to the little shit making a new home in my ear wax. And the tickling! It was driving me insane. Finally, I made Boyfriend get up again and put ear drops that were actually only water into my ear. It seemed logical. Just drown the bug, right?
Wrong. So very, very wrong. It made things worse. It wasn’t a good idea at all. The crackling then turned into more of a louder gurgling sound.
So I resorted to experts. I Googled it. Boyfriend was all, “Don’t Google it. You will just freak yourself out.” And I maturely said, “Nu uh,” and went about my business.
I figured out that I either had a perforated ear drum, fluid buildup that can be associated with colds, Eustachian tube dysfunction, or sinus drainage. I picked perforated ear drum. I was all, “Oh my God, I have a hole or rupture in my ear drum. I’m going to die.”
Boyfriend said I wouldn’t die of a perforated ear drum though and he gave me the I-told-you-so eyes. I only hope he knows what he’s talking about.
Anyways, I fought with my ear all night long and when it would finally chill out long enough for me to fall asleep; I would have dreams about bugs nesting inside my ear canal. I blame this post on lack of sleep. And spiders.
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| *Shiver* |
8 comments:
Creepy. I would have done the same thing you did!
EWE! After I saw on all the news channels about bed bugs, I went and cleaned my matress, changed sheets, aired out duvets and bought brand new pillows! So yucky!
...only thing is that the new pillows apparently are for people who sleep on their sides (which I do) but apparently they make this sexy Canadian snore! That is what my hubby says anyway...lol
I've dealt with this since I was a child. If only one ear is crackly, put that ear up so it can drain. If both, lay on your back so they can both drain. And go see a doc because it's probably an infection. Hope yours isn't.
That gave me the heebie jeebies and now I feel like i have bugs in my ear! I have the chills. haha
Thanks Calandreya!! I'm hoping I don't have to go through this again tonight!
I'm totally washing my sheets before I go to bed.
If my boyfriend ever said anything about bugs being in my ears, it would freak me out so bad I would actually consider placing a bug in his ear while he was sleeping. Yes. Revenge is wrong, boys and girls. But so is freaking me out to the point of NEVER BEING ABLE TO SLEEP AGAIN.
I wish you a night free from Rice Krispie ear symphonies! Good luck!
Haha thanks Nicki. So far it's only been the one night. And yes...revenge on Boyfriend is in the works.
I LOL'd at the pic, but eww if there are actually bugs nesting in your ears. I hope you it wasn’t a bed bug that got into your ears, and if it is, you should have your house checked in case there’s an infestation. It’s shuddering to think these unwanted pets were sleeping next to you. Alta, Liberty Pest, Inc.
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