"Lend me your ears"

So.............I had to go to the audiologist to get my ears checked. I wore a hearing aid. I say I wore a hearing aid, because I don't wear one now. It broke. I took off my shirt one day, and it caught on my ear, and ripped the aid from my ear. The little devil saw it's chance for freedom, and flew off. It was a short flight; my ear to the floor; but I'm sure it really enjoyed the trip because, when I picked it up, it couldn't stop squealing. So.......I go to the audiologist. Everything went just fine. There was enough wax in my right ear to do my kitchen floor. We did the examination and test, and he tells me there's good news and bad news. The good news is I have the same level of hearing as a Redwood( could've been a hemlock). The bad news is everything is digital now, and a pair of hearing aids is a little more than what the Pentagon spends on screwdrivers. I don't know if I heard him right, but it's ok because I'm reading from a price list he handed me( I was wearing my seeing aids). I tell him I'm a pensioner, and he says he doesn't agree; he thinks the office is very calming.I started thinking he looked a little redwoody, and maybe I made a mistake coming here. I don't have the Pentagon's screwdriver budget handy, so I tell him so, and he says I'll need to take out a loan. I say "it's ok, I came in by myself and I'm sure I can find my way back out". I have a touch of OCD(obsessive compulsive disorder), so on the drive back home I keep lookin at the price list to be sure I'm seeing it right. I did this about twenty or so times(because I'm tryin cuttin back) when I notice the road's getting a little rough. Now I'm startin to get anxious, because I don't have the Pentagon's pencil budget to fix the front end, and I'm prone to panic attacks as well. I decided to put down the silly list and pay attention to the road, when I noticed it was on my left. Now I'm really startin to freak out because the steering's bad too!! "The heck with this!" I muttered to myself, or maybe screamed to myself and anyone within two miles. I don't know for sure.........my hearing aid was back on the dining table, still goin on about it's wonderful flight. It was just as I was about to turn back onto the road(steering permitting) when I noticed the beautiful Lupines growing along the edge of the field upon which my front right tire was resting. " I wonder what Amy's doing today; I could use some Lupines in my landscape back at the wee place". So........later; we're driving off to the nursery after stopping for coffee to calm my nerves, and from the back seat where the two wee ones are safely strapped in like tiny parachutists, Ella asks me a question. "Sure sweetheart, I got plenty of sleep"(boy! she notices everything). Amy's lookin at me kinda funny, and I'm startin to get anxious again because I didn't notice any bags under my eyes after rollin around on my aching rotor cuffs and bulging neck disc for five hours. Sure enough!! A mile farther and we see the sheep she was asking about. "Now I understand!!" I yelled; or maybe muttered, I don't know, because I started countin the sheep to be sure they were all there(OCD) and I got really sleepy. We get to the nursery and I'm taking Seamus out of the back seat when he yells " gaaarrrr!" I love my grandchildren and I wasted no time throwin him up on the roof of the car to save him from whatever was barrelin down on us, when I realized he was talking about the one going down the highway. Amy doesn't make eye contact as she gingerly removes her son from the aforementioned roof top. We looked at some Lupines and other plants, and as I happened to have enough money on me to purchase several gallons of gasoline; I bought some beautiful Coneflowers.I can't remember if I bought any Lupines, but there's a packet of seeds on my kitchen counter. Who would break into a home just to leave seeds? I gotta go check things out; make sure the place is ok and nothin's missing; it may take a while(OCD), but I'm gunna do it if I have to do it at least twenty times. So...........how was your day? Pax Tecum