What's Going On?

I'm working on my novel when I feel this tickle inside my right ear, so I stick a finger in and it comes out with a wad of orange-brown wax, which means, of course, that I can't very well type, which necessitates a trip to the bathroom for, first, a square of toilet paper to remove the wax and, second, a q-tip for further investigation of the waxy ear canal, and then the other canal, and while I'm there I might as well blow my nose. What's going on?