I raked leaves this morning. Hopefully for the last time this year!
The Amazon “thing” works pretty good. You want something. You bring up Amazon on the computer. You select the item you want and 2-3 days later it is in your mailbox. Painless! Do you have to pay for the stuff?
This week we get to see Flashdance at the PAC here in Appleton. I remember the movie which came out in the early 80’s. I think at the end the girl gets the dancing audition she dreamed about all her life. A play at the PAC is not football but sometimes you have to take one for the team.
Friday I get a hearing test. It scares me. I am not afraid of the actual test or even the results. I am afraid of “huckster” sales tactics. Hearing aids are a subject I know little about and “hearing aid sales people” have a reputation right up there with lawyers, real-estate sales people, and auto sales. The thought of having an electronic device shoved up my ear is unsettling. The hidden device is shoved so far up that nobody can see it. Or I can get a device that attaches to the ear but on the outside. Or I can get gadgets that are hidden inside eyeglass stems. Choices, choices, choics. I think I should pay about $200 for a hearing aid. I’ve heard stories of $3000-$6000 each. The cost part really scares me. There is also the maintenance and batteries. Lots and lots of batteries. I am doing all this because friends and family have been making jokes like “he can’t hear”. But I can. Huh?
This time of year I think of my mother. Her husband (my Dad) died on Nov.10 which obviously shook her world. One year later on Nov.13 her mother died. So in the space of about one year, two loved ones died. It kind of explains her tough demeanor. She was on her own with four kids!
Last night, Nov.11 was 15 degrees. Really?
Love,
Dad