Glasses
Doctors have told me for decades that I’d wear glasses eventually, and they were right. But I made it 49 years without, thanks to clean living and a constant focus on taking excellent care of myself. 
After getting my prescription this week (20/60 in one eye, 20/70 in the other), I ordered reading glasses, a pair of bifocals for day-to-day use, and a pair of prescription sunglasses. I picked up the reading glasses today (shown), and the other two pair will arrive next week.
Man, glasses are expensive. I had no idea.
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on May 4, 2008 at 6:49 am Lynn Bradley wrote:
Nice. Shopping for glasses is like picking out a new car. So many choices!
on May 4, 2008 at 8:43 am Tom wrote:
Very nice. Yeah, you never realize why kids burst into tears of terror when their glasses break until you price out a pair. I think my current pair was only about $250, but when I had bifocals with extra coatings and so on, they were at least $350 a pair.
Did you get the lineless bifocals or the more traditional lined ones? Personally, I had a problem with the lineless and ended up preferring the seam in my vision. But most of the bifocal people I know seem to prefer the lineless.
on May 4, 2008 at 8:52 am tvp wrote:
You really don’t look that happy about it, either.
on May 4, 2008 at 10:56 am AUNT MARSHA wrote:
Gran just happened to be standing near when I pulled this up, so I brought her in and said, “look. here’s Dougie in glasses, Mom.” she said, “Oh, he looks nice. I guess he thinks he’s cute.”
As you are, of course. And, oh, yes! Shopping for glasses IS not only expensive, but very much like buying a car, the both of which we have been doing for the past few weeks. Have a bead on a Pathfinder and am waiting a call back on my offer.
Meanwhile the gran departs for the murky waters of Pass Christian Tuesday at dawn, motoring down in a rental which she will keep while there, and I will fly back and turn in my notice at the refugee job. Place has become dangerous, I tell you: yesterday it was like a vile, evil and full moon had befallen the commercial kitchen with one worker (a female, mind you) jumped the supervisor, drop kicked him and when he grabbed for his cajones, brought an upper right into his neck. I didn’t see the exciting event as I was in “the office” answering to the so called uncalled for sarcasm I let forth when verbally asaulted by a hoodlum with a nasty mouth and not too much humor. Me, tone down MY sarcasm? Yeah, sure. Why not?
ho hum.
Am making you a birthday present. Won’t be in the mail for the blessed event’s celebrated day—but soon (have to buy this car, quit this job and the like…OH! Man—found a house with an inground pool for 77K last week!!! Great neighborhood, but a few holes in the roof–not that there’s anything wrong with that! heh heh heh).
love, love!
the aunt (thanks for calling the gran, Meggie)
on May 4, 2008 at 11:46 am Doug wrote:
Tom, I ordered the lineless bifocals, but I have no idea whether I’ll like them. I’ll know soon.
Tad/Granny, I think I’m cute and I’m not very happy about it, either! (Truthfully, I had to stand so still to get that photo that I think I look like a guy awkwardly trying to stand perfectly still.)
Oh Marsha. I don’t know whether that kitchen sounds like a terrible place for you, or a place that really needs someone like you. Probably both; run! And regarding a fixer-upper with an inground pool, we looked at one of those but we’re glad we kept looking. My patience for home repair is being tried by the house we did buy, and it hardly needs anything.
on May 5, 2008 at 5:51 am AUNT MARSHA wrote:
true—all.
so then, we should keep looking for a house, or merely move in w/you?
(and… wasn’t going to say this, but…my first thought at the picture of you and your new glasses was:
CHILD MOLESTER—straight up. No telling what you were doing with your hands not pictured)
on May 5, 2008 at 9:04 am Megan wrote:
I think the glasses are very becoming.
I’m not crazy about the wide-angle shot of me in the background, though.
The wall colors, on the other hand, look great!
on May 6, 2008 at 11:21 am Scott wrote:
Welcome to the club, amigo. If you’re ever looking for cool readers, you might check out: www.eyebobs.com or www.readinstyle.com
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