Wednesday, October 1, 2025

idiot? c'est moi!

Being hard of hearing is a challenge for me

    
    Sometimes people tell me something and I just grin and say, "Yeah.  I know."

    Fact is, I may not have not understood  anything they say.
    
    They could have said, "Your pants are on fire," and I would grin and say, "Yeah, I know."

   Or it could be serious like, "My best friend was hit by a car and is in critical condition," and I would grin and say, "Yeah.  I know."

    I have had a hearing issue for years.
    
    When I was teaching, kids would come up to me and ask if they could read a book and I would say yes.  Five minutes later they would be coming back from the bathroom and I would ask where they went.  They would answer, "You said I could use the bathroom."  I thought they wereasksing to read.
    
    When I don't have my hearing aids in it even more of  a struggle.  

    Tonight Jackie asked me for something three times and I still had no idea what she was saying.  I was standing next to her!

    It all makes me feel like an idiot.

    Hopefully that changes next week.  I get my new hearing aids and I will be able to hear better.  I hope. 
    
    Of course, I may still feel like an idiot, but hopefully I will hear better.

    Changing topics, I have to shower after every bike ride.

    It's not sweat.  It's the damn bugs that get in my hair and on my skin.

    When I was riding Monday I said hello to someone and a bug flew into my mouth.  Now, I don't mind a little extra protein, but unless there is chocolate on that bug I don't want to eat it.

    Speaking of bugs, those little black ones you can barely see really bite!  Seems I am always squashing them after they bite, not before.
    
    And soon. those stinky Asian lady bugs will be abundant.  I was told they feast on aphids on soybeans, and when the soybeans are harvested they have to go somewhere.

    I don't know if that is true.  But I am sticking with that concept because once I believe something is true, I never change my mind.

Peace and Love

    
   

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