Glasses

After 3 years of reading glasses I finally went to get real glasses. I should stop right there because my kids say they don't count because I got them at Costco. Hey, the Dr. exam only cost $49.99 and I'm half Dutch so I don't care.

I don't know much about glasses. I told the Dr. that I work at a computer a lot and I read and write a lot. She said I should probably get progressive lenses because they would work whether I was looking at a computer screen or looking down to read a book so that's what I did.

I picked up my glasses the other day and all I can say is I'm not sure about these progressive lenses. At first I was almost afraid to take a step. It seemed like there was a 4 foot square box that was in focus and everything else was blurry. The tech said to point my nose at anything I wanted to see and after awhile my brain would be retrained to this new way of seeing.

The first time I tried to read a book was a disaster. There was a 3 inch wide piece of text that was in focus so I had to move my head from side to side to read the whole line. That made the book seem like it was rocking back and forth and almost made me seasick. Reading music while playing a guitar was even worse.

Everyone I have talked to says to stick with it because it will get better. It has been 3 days now and it has gotten better so maybe they are right. Maybe you can teach an old dog a new trick. Now I just have to find a place online where I can get a spare pair for dirt cheap.