I can see?

Now that I'm officially on vacation, it's time to take care of the mundane errands that I've put off for the last 16 weeks... doctor, dentist, and optometry appointments.

It's been a year-and-a-half since I last visited the optometrist, but realizing how I wear my glasses all the time now, and have prescription sunglasses, I knew I could not procrastinate any longer. I could tell that my eyesight has been getting worse, whether from stress or just getting old... I am nearsighted and have a pronounced astigmatism. In short, my left eye is approximately 80/20, and right eye is 20/200!! And that is just the nearsightedness!

I am adamantly considering laser surgery now, and since talking with my optometrist, am planning to do so in summer 2009. In the meantime, I decided to try contacts, in hopes to liberate myself from cycling between my regular glasses and prescription sunglasses all the time. I got the contacts today, and they are much trickier than I thought to put in and take out. However, correcting my astigmatism is even more challenging with the contacts... and I already have another pair on order, with a different prescription.

No more buying bikes this year... it is time to take care of me!!!