I never knew how tiny things were
For most of my life i had wanted a pair of spectacles. I can't quite remember why i always wanted them, perhaps i felt they would make me look more sophisticated, or be appropriately fitted for my head. But for all the years i desired glasses, my eyes were never fit for them. Ironically, when visiting an optometrist, I would always work desperately to see every detail. It never quite occurred to me that i could simply let things to fuzzy, state that i was somewhat blind, and then be given glasses. Instead, each time i was asked to recognize a letter, i'd say that i knew what it was, either by having remembered the character earlier, or by virtue of guessing correctly. Either way, it was always determined that i had high quality vision.
That all changed a couple of weeks ago. For a while now, i have known that for some peculiar reason i can't read neon signs very well, they turn out all fuzzy and obfuscated. Even worse, i noticed i sometimes run into trouble seeing street names, especially on those streets with minuscule fonts, as opposed to the gargantuan signs that are at least the size of my chest. So i finally went to see an optometrist, and told the truth. I quite simply couldn't see any of the tiniest of letters, and barely any of those one size larger. From there, i entered that fun game of discovering my prescription, which upon finding a suitable lens caused me to stare in shock as i could read all the letters which were previously small fuzzy dots.
It took a week to actually get my glasses, as they needed a week to be worked on in a lab. When the finally became mine, and i placed them between reality and my eyes, my eyes were mildly shocked. Everything was tiny! Everything was sharp! Even worse, my eyes felt unhappy, as if they were now declared semi-useless, or at least less appreciated. Regardless of how my eyes appreciated the lenses, i look up in the sky, at all the buildings in my region to notice how i could see all the tiny details i'd forgotten about, like artistic brick patterns alongside a building, or simply the sharp outline of a hospital.
My eyes still feel a bit awkward when wearing the glasses, but things are vastly more in focus with the glasses, and i for one think i finally have attained that sophisticated look i always wanted as a small child, because as we all know, everyone looks better with the right pair of glasses.
That all changed a couple of weeks ago. For a while now, i have known that for some peculiar reason i can't read neon signs very well, they turn out all fuzzy and obfuscated. Even worse, i noticed i sometimes run into trouble seeing street names, especially on those streets with minuscule fonts, as opposed to the gargantuan signs that are at least the size of my chest. So i finally went to see an optometrist, and told the truth. I quite simply couldn't see any of the tiniest of letters, and barely any of those one size larger. From there, i entered that fun game of discovering my prescription, which upon finding a suitable lens caused me to stare in shock as i could read all the letters which were previously small fuzzy dots.
It took a week to actually get my glasses, as they needed a week to be worked on in a lab. When the finally became mine, and i placed them between reality and my eyes, my eyes were mildly shocked. Everything was tiny! Everything was sharp! Even worse, my eyes felt unhappy, as if they were now declared semi-useless, or at least less appreciated. Regardless of how my eyes appreciated the lenses, i look up in the sky, at all the buildings in my region to notice how i could see all the tiny details i'd forgotten about, like artistic brick patterns alongside a building, or simply the sharp outline of a hospital.
My eyes still feel a bit awkward when wearing the glasses, but things are vastly more in focus with the glasses, and i for one think i finally have attained that sophisticated look i always wanted as a small child, because as we all know, everyone looks better with the right pair of glasses.