My new glasses finally came in today. Maybe now I can ditch all the tricksy eyestrain-induced migraines. The distance prescription is about the same as it has been for the past six years, but the bifocal lens looks to be about twice as strong as I'm used to. (I am so not old enough for bifocals...and I've had them for 6 years now...) The frames ( Read more... )

I don't know what exactly I did in the pool last night, but whatever it was, I shouldn't have done it. Actually, I have a pretty good idea of what I did. I tried to swim breaststroke, even though I know perfectly well that I can't swim breaststroke worth crap. Ow. Somehow in doing so I managed to move my shoulder in a direction it was never ( Read more... )

I managed to forget my glasses this morning, and didn't have time to go back. Since I can't read without glasses, I ended up stuck with the only pair I keep in the backpack--my prescription lab glasses. I looked like an escaped lab rat from upper Mudd. Mind you, as Cally so helpfully pointed out, I am an escaped lab rat from upper Mudd. This ( Read more... )