So within the last couple of weeks, my entire household (with the exception of Rapunzel) has been sick. Not only that, but some friends of ours from church and our family have had the same thing, generally beginning with some congestion and a cold, developing into an upper respiratory or bronchial problem. Several individuals, including myself and our own little Tinkerbell, ended up with some ear pain as well. I think it was last week that I had my ear pain. It started on Christmas, and as we drove around I had a great amount of ear pressure in the…