My ears are ringing. Not in a happy, Christmasy kind of way. More like a heart monitor that is flatlining.

As this has been going on for about 4 weeks straight, I'm starting to wonder what's wrong inside my head. A tumor, perhaps? Parkinson's Disease? Early onset Alzheimer's? Or perhaps just the fact that my son has found his squealing voice and uses it constantly. When he wants to make himself known, he lets out the most peircing screech and all the neighborhood dogs begin to bark uncontrollably.

I did go to the ENT. Fortunately for him, since he had no idea what was causing the ringing and pain, I had a sinus infection. So he slapped me with an antibiotic and said come back in six weeks. It's been nine days now. My sinus infection is gone, but my ears still hurt and every sound I hear is filtered through some kind of freaky electronic internal morse code. I read on the Internet that the great majority of people with tinnitus (the fancy word for ringing ears) are depressed. Go figure.

I'm going to call the ENT back today and play myself off as a crazed mom of 3 who is near the brink of insanity if they can't fix this @&$% RINGING IN MY EARS!!!!!

Shouldn't be too hard.