As soon as I started this blog and squeezing my nickels tighter, I thought, "you know what, I should wear my glasses more often." Mostly because I was almost out of contacts and didn't want to go the optometrist to choose between A and B for a reaffirmation that my prescription is ok. I'm really bad at making up my mind between all those choices. Better A or better B is hard enough--but then sometimes they throw C in the mix, too.
I'd also had some washed hippie pangs of guilt about all the trash I threw away with contacts. The boxes, little plastic containers, solution plastic jugs and the plastic around the squeeze cap and the boxes they come in. And then the solution always comes with a new plastic case. And sometimes I'd flush my contacts down the toilet--what if I choked a baby fish?
In the end it was a huge adjustment for my eyes. It hurt so much that I had at least one aborted attempt at switching over to glasses. The first few days--or a week even--it hurt to not have those thin parabolas of plastic covering my eyes. I started not wearing my contacts over the holidays, when I had more time off and less time being forced to stare at a computer screen. It took about a full week or maybe more to get over the burning and watering eyes. At first I thought that I'd ruined my eyes permanently. And then there were the times that my vision blurred or I could see better without my glasses. That was weird. Just don't make me chop an onion or mince garlic, I no longer have my eye protection to keep the tears at bay.
Thankfully, everything's fine now and I'm rocking my smart-girl disguise. I won't stay away from contacts forever and I do need to go get my eyes checked. But I'll probably put it off a little while longer while I save up some money. Maybe "smart-girl" isn't a disguise after all...
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Breakfast: Tortilla, Peanut Butter & Banana 32 cents
Lunch: Einstein's Soup I'm pretty sure that this is the most inexpensive lunch you can get within walking distance of my office. You get a bagel with it so it's pretty filling. Our refrigerator and microwave were out of commission today. About $3.25
Dinner: Orange Glazed Pork Chops. $1.37
Total: $4.94
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