Random, Uninteresting-ness: Eye Exam

Posted on | November 8, 2009 | View Comments

Today, I went to have an eye exam. The appointment was at 9:45 a.m. This means I was up in the 8 o’clock hour. I work from home now and I’m rarely up before 10. However, I never forget how much I hate mornings. Anyway….

What did I learn at this appointment? Aside from being reminded that getting your chin and forehead in those little rest spaces is really awkward, I discovered that apparently “the front part of my eye is football-shaped.” These are, obviously, the doctor’s words and not mine. I would never make such a ridiculous statement as this does not, in any way, help a patient to understand what an “astigmatism” actually is or what causes it. Of course, he asked me if I had questions, but you know what?

That’s all right, doc. I have Google.

So I’ll be getting new glasses next week. The beloved silver-framed, “diamond-studded,” Nine West pair I have had for years and barely wore will be put aside in favor of a quite skinny, simple, rectangular pair I had to drop nearly $250 for all-in-all. That says a lot about the evolution of my style (and spending habits).

These glasses are a pair I’ll have to wear all the time now that I spend the greater majority of my weeks reading papers online and have “football-shaped” eyes to correct.

…a pair I’ll try to remember to put on when driving as the doctor reminded me it’d be illegal for me to operate a ton of metal without wearing them.

Great. Let me just say: I’ve been wearing glasses for most of my life (read as: I’ve been told I should always be wearing glasses for the most of my life) and they are so annoying for a myriad of reasons! But I’m just not a contacts girl. Foreign object on my eye=yeah, no.

Pictures of the new and old extra sets of eyes coming soon.