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February 28, 2006
so y'all don't think I'm dead or something...
I've tried to update several times in the last couple of days, but it hasn't gone so well. I don't know what's with me. Either that or I do know but have no interest in dealing with it. Let's just say I'm anxious for some changes and am trying not to wallow too much in my frustration as I bide my time.
I will, however, talk about one of my frustrations. I've complained pretty regularly about the noise here over the last several months, and I know that many people think I'm exaggerating. After all, having AS does make me more sensitive to the noises around me, and I've always had what my dad calls "longhearededness". However, I would like to share some external validation that proves that I'm not crazy, at least not when it comes to this.
Last Friday, around 5 pm, the building was already as noisy as it usually was around midnight on the weekends last semester. I was actually dealing fairly well, but Lauren -- my calm, unshakable, tolerant wife -- was stressed out. The noise was making her nuts. So I hopped in the shower, we packed a little suitcase, and we took off for an impromptu trip to her parents' house. We spent the weekend with her mom and dad and aunt, we went to bed at 10 pm on Saturday night, and we ate a lot of food that didn't come from chain restaurants. It was really nice to get away for a little while. And it was really nice to see Lauren go from wired and about to jump out of her skin to calm enough to function again.
Also, Lauren has been getting complaints from residents that the building is too loud and that the student staff isn't doing enough to enforce quiet hours. When a normal college student complains that a building is too noisy, we have proof that I'm not making it up.
Now if only all this validation would lead to some changes... Because there's no way I can go without sleep for another 3 months.
Other than that, life continues to be uninteresting around here. My major excitement comes from surfing the web to find resources for my parents' kitchen and bathroom renovation on the house they closed on today. That and helping Lauren prepare for ACPA, which is in exactly 17 days. I guess that's not such horrible stuff to occupy my time.
Posted to Oberlin at February 28, 2006 05:12 PM