an hour or more

just to negotiate petfooddirect which is the only place to buy hill's prescription diet which i suspect is a scam sold to well-meaning vets and then recommended by vets to scared pet owners who will pay more than they can afford to spend another year or few with their animal family member and i understand the emotional trap, but it is still an emotional trap that makes a fortune for pet food companies... it is obviously a monopoly, which should be illegal, as we the consumer does not have a choice in where to buy the product... and seriously, compare the contents of the package and tell me it should cost $2-3 a pound... but then, should a 12 ounce box of human food breakfast cereal cost $4?... and since when is processed foods ever better than natural foods?... but rational thinking and pet ownership seldom go together, so i spent more than an hour trying to negotiate a purchase on petfooddirect (having to cancel two orders because the site changed the qualities and over-charged my credit card the first time and then changed the billing address the second time... and promises of 15% off for signing up for auto-ship (future scheduled shipments) never appeared at check out and they even raised the retail price before applying a 5% and then a 11% discount as if the purchaser would be so blind or confused as to not notice... very suspect technological flaws for milking a very vulnerable market)...

but jackson is going to follow her vet's instructions until happiness dies and at least this way we can save money on the ridiculously expensive processed food... and i love jackson so we will do what she says on this... and the tv just shut off by itself, so maybe that's a sign... but the neck is screaming in my ear louder than the tinnitus which is, itself, quite lough tonight (another effect of the antihistamine, perhaps)...

and i really should be sleeping, dammit...

oh jabberwokey, why am i laughing? :P