Music to my ears

Recently, I had a journey to London and used my old CD player. Its so old that the wires in the headphones have a dodgy connection, and I ended up for two hours in one position. If I moved a centimetre, I lost all sound in my ears. So I sat still, in the required position, with my head on one side, holding the wire tightly between my fingers, not daring to move a muscle. And if there were any jolts, the CD skipped. And such a kerfuffle to change a CD. It was not a comfortable journey.So I decided to treat myself to something slightly more sophisticated. My new mp3 player is called a Zen Nano Plus. With a name like that, and its sleek blackness, I had to have it! Its the size of a cigarette lighter but with more memory than my first computer! And I can listen to the radio, or download radio programmes I have missed. And all sorts of things I havent discovered yet.

It has an added advantage that I can use it quietly in the darkness of night, as musical ear plugs. My choice of favourite relaxing music is a calming alternative to marital snores.

My only moan is that the earbuds are designed for larger ears than mine. The ones I bought to replace the original ones designed for giants are good quality, but are smaller, squashier and I dont have to peer myopically at them to see the tiny L and R to know which ear to put them in. I know its stereo, but I just assumed they need to be in the correct ears. maybe not, but I am too orderly and tidy minded to disregard it!

I am only just beginning to find how useful my Zen is. I even have some Zen chanting on it! How lovely it is to hear sounds that are apparently happening in the middle of your head!