A week ago I stuck two Q-tips in my ears, trying to clean them....not, as I thought later might have been a subconscious motivation....to stop the little voices that I hear when on the north side of the house. Either way, I was deaf for a few days. My hearing has gradually come back, assisted by an "earwax removal kit" that I got at Walgreens. This is all very gross and probably not blogworthy. But I have been half-deaf lately, and fearing for my hearing. This affects how loudly I speak, too. I do not know if I am whispering or shouting.
We had Mrs. Porters here at the Treehouse, it was lovely. Eleven ladies, much writing, we had just enough chairs. I had regrets only that I could not project my voice enough, or, more specifically, I could not gauge if I was speaking loud enough, and many could not hear me, when it was my turn to read. It was a hot night, here in Echo Park, and we had not yet installed the a/c, so everyone was drooping, in their chairs, arrayed in our small living room, listening and talking, to the pring of the bingo call. The other regret, that the a/c was not installed sooner.Yes, the heat wave, yes, the air conditioner turkey circus. (turkey circus is my new phrase for clusterfuck). The heat wave has passed for the moment, it's a kind 73 as I write this. But it went up to 97 degrees and we found ourselves in Best Buy overextending the finances. It was to be delivered yesterday, and then it was out of stock, and then a series of contradictory phone calls, I got my "outraged consumer" face on and we marched down to that blinding blue monolith only to be told it would be delivered next Friday. Next friday. Well. I certainly hope it is steamy, nay, scorching in August, or else I really am going to feel like a turkey.
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