"Oh say...Can you see?"

This morning, I had to go back to the optometrist's office to have my eyes dilated. After a 30-minute wait, my eyes were filled with these burning drops. I had to wait another half hour while my eyes finished dilating before the doc would see me. I tried to read my book while I waited but that was nigh impossible due to the enormous amounts of light traveling into my pupils. When the doc examined me, he decided he needed to add more of the burning firewater to get a clear reading of possible glaucoma. Fortunately, I have none of that but the cataracts are still growing (still not enough for the laser surgery).

Now, for the humor of the morning: I told the doc that I was having trouble reading with my new glasses they had made for me. When the lens were checked, the reading portion was so far South that I had to literally put my glasses on my forehead to read! Needless to say, they will make me new lenses. They did tell me that, in the meantime, I will have to put my glasses up very high on my forehead to read anything. I knew that already; however, the opposite is true when trying to see at a distance (glasses have to be lowered to the opposite extreme). In fact, you should try to watch TV with your glasses hanging off the end of your nose! It's especially rough when you have Bronchitis and are prone to have a coughing or a sneezing fit. My glasses sometimes will get in the way of the kleenex and sometimes even become airborne! I never thought I would have fun with a kleenex and a pair of very lightweight spectacles!! (Did I say fun? Maybe, the correct word is "amusement").