It's Still the 4th
...at least until I go to sleep, that is. So I hope everyone had an awesome 4th of July - fun, fireworks, all fingers, toes, and sexual appendages still in tact. I personally saw several myself whilst driving around, since other than work that's what I've been doing. There is - of course - reasoning for this, that being that my dad's temporarily back in town. It's really a matter of dealing with some extended family business, but it's still damn nice to see him, talk to him in person, hang out, and so on. It also gives him a chance to be one of the first I don't normally see to see me in my "evolved" form. Yeah, I know what I said...that I'd be on shortly after the surgery. Doooon't worry, nothing bad happened and it was (and has been so far) a success! I really don't know what to say, post-op. There's a good chance I'm still in disbelief that I'm actually not using my glasses. That I'm able to look at sunglasses, and take hits, and not accommodate for anything. While I'm not fully healed JUST yet, I can't wait until the disbelief fades and the vision fully focuses. For all intents and purposes though...the game has changed.
Really, the wait was the longest part of the whole damn thing. The procedure itself took me about 15 minutes, if that. The medication still isn't gone, which doesn't bother me as much as the taste of one of them. I know, all of you reading are wondering how you taste something you drop into your eyes. Well you can taste it, and it's like a melted, tarnished spoon. Nevertheless, I'm sure it's been critically essential to helping me get to where I need to be. My next checkup is gonna be on my birthday (kinda funny), so I'm hoping it all goes well as far as tests, numbers, so on and so forth. That being said, sunglasses are goddamn expensive, but I think I've found me a pair to shoot for. Currently taking donations...heh.
So what else is goin' on the neighborhood? Really just adjusting to the eyesight and seeing how I have to still temporarily accommodate for the whole "not getting the eyes bumped/rubbed/etc." since that's really a big no-no for the first month. Showering has certainly gotten a little more interesting, but hey, I'm already a week through and no real problems to speak of. Karate has also been a little bit more of a careful experience. Thankfully, the upcoming belt test (good news indeed) will pretty much fall at the month marker, damn near exactly to be honest. That's gonna be one hell of a good-looking picture with me in my green belt. Oh yeah I'm that confident; it's time once more to ascend in the ranks and claim what I've already earned through proving. Hell, even workout class has been feeling better lately, but I dunno if I can credit THAT to the eyes. It's possible, but not likely.
Work has finally come to what I'd like to hope is something of a slower pace, seeing as how the back to school shit is finally set up, for the most part. That is due in part to me coming on ONCE MORE at 6am. Oh I'm not a fan of that, but you know what I AM a fan of? Goin' my ass in on an observed holiday so I get 1.5 times what I normally make. Put that up to an 8 hour shift, and we have us a little something called the "let's get this gentleman a new pair of Oakleys" fund. Lord knows I need the money, what with the electric bill, the rent, and my first LASIK payment comin' in. Such are the breaks of having improved eyes I guess. You'll never guess what I brought up after I was profusely thanked for my continued performance and services in essentially helping save the store's ass during the seasonal transition. You got it, the ol' raise! While I did say it jokingly, my cool manager (and the store manager agreed) said that people like me definitely deserve a raise, and that they should finally be coming through in October, doing an "all at once" kinda thing. All I can say is, they'd fucking better, because homie needs that pay raise. To make matters better but worse, Mikey's ass just got bumped another 50 cents, so now he pretty much makes where I'd like to think I should be. I really don't know why I'm such a "stick it out" kinda guy (and not just in work either); it almost avails me no fucking good. Seriously.
In other miscellaneous news, eHarmony may have come through for me, as I'm talkin' to this pretty damn cute, pretty damn tolerant-of-me, pretty damn well-matched-to-me girl. Obviously I've played this game before and I know how the whole "internet dating" thing goes, so no lectures are necessary. I'm still playing it all safely, by ear, and with a half-heart of hope (since we all know where my last two documented major online relationships got me). Still, she seems like a pretty good possibility. Certainly better than the fuckin' dregs I'm forced to visually suffer in this state in person. Kind of ironic don't you think? I get out of online dating with a horrible taste in my mouth, do the in-person dating to a failed result, and look where I'm back at. Anyway, bitter as I sound, it's still pretty good news so far.
Anyway, that's pretty much all I have for you, other than to see Daybreakers (a REAL vampire movie for all you sorely misguided Tardlight fans) and From Paris With Love if you haven't already (RedBox is such a friend to me sometimes). As for me...I've been up since 6a-fucking-m, so I'm gonna just go ahead and try to nab me some well-deserved sleep. I'll try to get myself in for a bit more responsibly-timed of an update next time, but don't hold your breath too long. Just be in good spirits, and remember...my birthday is coming up! I get to defy mortal life for another year!
"The goggles...they help me shower, but other than that, they still do nothing."
Ken
Really, the wait was the longest part of the whole damn thing. The procedure itself took me about 15 minutes, if that. The medication still isn't gone, which doesn't bother me as much as the taste of one of them. I know, all of you reading are wondering how you taste something you drop into your eyes. Well you can taste it, and it's like a melted, tarnished spoon. Nevertheless, I'm sure it's been critically essential to helping me get to where I need to be. My next checkup is gonna be on my birthday (kinda funny), so I'm hoping it all goes well as far as tests, numbers, so on and so forth. That being said, sunglasses are goddamn expensive, but I think I've found me a pair to shoot for. Currently taking donations...heh.
So what else is goin' on the neighborhood? Really just adjusting to the eyesight and seeing how I have to still temporarily accommodate for the whole "not getting the eyes bumped/rubbed/etc." since that's really a big no-no for the first month. Showering has certainly gotten a little more interesting, but hey, I'm already a week through and no real problems to speak of. Karate has also been a little bit more of a careful experience. Thankfully, the upcoming belt test (good news indeed) will pretty much fall at the month marker, damn near exactly to be honest. That's gonna be one hell of a good-looking picture with me in my green belt. Oh yeah I'm that confident; it's time once more to ascend in the ranks and claim what I've already earned through proving. Hell, even workout class has been feeling better lately, but I dunno if I can credit THAT to the eyes. It's possible, but not likely.
Work has finally come to what I'd like to hope is something of a slower pace, seeing as how the back to school shit is finally set up, for the most part. That is due in part to me coming on ONCE MORE at 6am. Oh I'm not a fan of that, but you know what I AM a fan of? Goin' my ass in on an observed holiday so I get 1.5 times what I normally make. Put that up to an 8 hour shift, and we have us a little something called the "let's get this gentleman a new pair of Oakleys" fund. Lord knows I need the money, what with the electric bill, the rent, and my first LASIK payment comin' in. Such are the breaks of having improved eyes I guess. You'll never guess what I brought up after I was profusely thanked for my continued performance and services in essentially helping save the store's ass during the seasonal transition. You got it, the ol' raise! While I did say it jokingly, my cool manager (and the store manager agreed) said that people like me definitely deserve a raise, and that they should finally be coming through in October, doing an "all at once" kinda thing. All I can say is, they'd fucking better, because homie needs that pay raise. To make matters better but worse, Mikey's ass just got bumped another 50 cents, so now he pretty much makes where I'd like to think I should be. I really don't know why I'm such a "stick it out" kinda guy (and not just in work either); it almost avails me no fucking good. Seriously.
In other miscellaneous news, eHarmony may have come through for me, as I'm talkin' to this pretty damn cute, pretty damn tolerant-of-me, pretty damn well-matched-to-me girl. Obviously I've played this game before and I know how the whole "internet dating" thing goes, so no lectures are necessary. I'm still playing it all safely, by ear, and with a half-heart of hope (since we all know where my last two documented major online relationships got me). Still, she seems like a pretty good possibility. Certainly better than the fuckin' dregs I'm forced to visually suffer in this state in person. Kind of ironic don't you think? I get out of online dating with a horrible taste in my mouth, do the in-person dating to a failed result, and look where I'm back at. Anyway, bitter as I sound, it's still pretty good news so far.
Anyway, that's pretty much all I have for you, other than to see Daybreakers (a REAL vampire movie for all you sorely misguided Tardlight fans) and From Paris With Love if you haven't already (RedBox is such a friend to me sometimes). As for me...I've been up since 6a-fucking-m, so I'm gonna just go ahead and try to nab me some well-deserved sleep. I'll try to get myself in for a bit more responsibly-timed of an update next time, but don't hold your breath too long. Just be in good spirits, and remember...my birthday is coming up! I get to defy mortal life for another year!
"The goggles...they help me shower, but other than that, they still do nothing."
Ken