My ear is feeling much better today. I was able to stick a Q-tip inside it, and managed to poke around without feeling any sharp, searing pain.
I'll take that as a good sign. 
To celebrate, I am going to start back-to-school clothes shopping. Since I'm a large beast of an individual, with size 14 feet, and have a knack for demonstrating that (sometimes) XL can be too small for me, I will likely return from this expedition feeling very depressed and angry.
Angry as in HULK SMASH angry!
I'd go shop at the big and tall store, but I haven't settled for clothes worn by the old and ugly just yet...
