Can I hear you now?

At my age, I assume my hearing isn't as sharp as it once was. I sometimes can't hear the voices on the TV clearly but I recently tweaked my settings and now I do not miss much plus I always have captions on. Recently I learned that the hearing aid people at Costco will give you a free hearing test. So... I called and made an appointment. The woman I talked to was not very welcoming - more like condescending. And before the test, I need to go to my doctor and get my ears cleaned of wax. (Or, she finally noted, when pressed, I could get something at the drug store to do the job. ?? Big leap there from doctor visit to OTC.)

The more I thought about the whole thing, the less interested I was. They sent me an online test which, not surprisingly showed moderate hearing loss. Doh. They sell hearing aids.

I'm not going to buy a hearing aid. IF I have hearing loss, it is not enough to negatively affect my life. Who do I want to hear anyway? If/when I can no longer understand enough of the TV to enjoy it, maybe but really... If the test shows I have great hearing then fine. If the test shows I do not have great hearing, I'm not going to 'fix' it in any way. So why bother?

I canceled the appointment. If you want me to hear you, don't mumble.

I slept great last night and my sleep tracker agrees. Personal best sleep score. I dreamed that Biggie got a job at a mall catching bugs and other things. He loved the job and his bosses loved him.

But this morning, he's back here on bird duty.

I need to get my ass off this couch. I could easily sit here all day again today and knit and watch M5 save the world from whatever. I still have 4 series of episodes to go. But, I think I'm going to leave them on their own this morning and go to Factoria. Factoria (Washington state does some weird town names, Factoria, Federal Way... weird) and go to the new Amazon Fresh store. I'm tired of waiting for the one here to open. It's only about 15 minutes from here but a difficult 15 minutes. There's a Walmart in the same shopping center and I might pop into there. I don't really need anything at either place except to get off the couch. Oh I do need to get gas, my tank is nearly half empty!

No baseball today.

2 stars but probably only worth 1

I sent an email cancelling any further anything with the cat behaviorist. I talked it over with Biggie when he got home from work and he agreed.

I found her on Yelp so that's where I left my review.

I suspect that Mieshelle is excellent if your cat issues revolve around litter box problems. Her forms and questions are centered there. My cat had no litter box problems so I did not fit her profile. Also there were great issues with communications, particularly with her staff. There is a whole lotta cut and paste in their emails/forms/and webpages that make it clear the high price I was paying did NOT include personal attention. I was a little disappointed in my conversation with Mieshelle. I learned some helpful stuff but mainly she kept giving me solutions to problems my cat does not have. I was greatly disappointed in the promised 'report'. And my cat was not interested in the toys I bought on her recommendation. A pricey lesson all around.

Baseball trades have been fast and furious today and the Mariners are in the mix which is kind of unusual. Normally, our chances at the playoffs have long gone by now, so we have no dog in the hunt. But this year... we got hounds. Will be interesting to see how it all shakes out.

I went to the Amazon Fresh store. It's so pretty and so simple to shop. You beep the app as you go in, take what you want, and beep when you leave. And 5 minutes later, you get the receipt. It's pretty slick. You can even pick up and look at stuff and put it back and Amazon knows not to charge you for that.

But, their egg inventory was oddly sparse.

Also, you can skip the phone and just use your palm to check in and out. They had kiosks to set it up. BUT you had to have your credit card to do the set up. Now, why the hell would I bring a credit card to a store whose big fucking deal is check in/out with your phone?? Someone did not finishing workingshopping that little feature.

Then I went to Walmart and got eggs.

It's now only 79 (26) degrees, down from the 90 it was earlier. I have not mentioned in a while how much I love my air conditioner. I love you, A/C!!!