The sound of...

everything! Everybody knows that my hearing isn't the greatest. I don't hear the rain or dripping water or the dog whimpering, etc. But even so, sometimes the world is a noisy place. Sometimes at the end of the work day, when I turn my light and PC off, it seems soooo quiet. Usually I don't notice the daily 'white noise'. Occasionally though, it even gets to me. The dishwasher is too loud, the air rushing through the vents when HVAC comes on, the refrigerator, the microwave, the DVD player when there's a movie in it, the sound of building construction behind our house. There's a lot of noise out there!