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Back when I went to college, we lived in a small 10 by 45 ft. trailer. With Hubby, Tv, and a Toddler - the only way to study was to basically block it out - which I became very good at doing.
Later, and still, if I’m really studying something, I am so focused that I don’t hear people speaking to me. Which leads them to repeat louder or get indignant that I am ignoring them.
I just shrug and say sorry I was so wrapped up in what I was doing that I didn’t hear you. And hubby has such a light step, that he startles me all the time now when that voice from an empty room booms out (except it ain’t really empty). LOL
Nap time. Later ya’ll.