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The Whip

Did you ever see the movie Parenthood? At the end the grandma talks about how she always loved the rollercoaster and how it's a lot like life. Long climbs followed by free falling and screams of delight! Lately life is more like that ride, The Whip. One minute you're heading in one direction, then you get a phone call and suddenly your're headed off a different way. Whiplash to follow.

Blurred Vision

I am trying to wear contact lenses. I wear glasses, and I really like them, but they have fancy designs on them, which = heavy! They leave dents! Also I am a road cyclist, and I exercise in other ways (sometimes-no, really, I do!) so I can't wear glasses while I do those things. That, plus the extra money in my HSA means I can buy something medical. Which contacts are.

So, I went and tried a pair and came home and did my best to wear them. My distance vision was 20/20 I was assured. Driving home Saturday night the license plate in front of me looked like it was on a cops episode, it was all blurred out. Nothing but frame and a white mess in the middle Really sort of unnerving to tell you the truth. Luckily I could see the road signs, two of each. Not a success.

I am now wearing dailies. This is complicated by my misshapen cornea, an astigmatism. So, I have them in and they're pretty good. They feel like they're there, and the one that's reshaping my eye, is somewhat uncomfortable, but only a little. This might work. Dailies are better for your eyes I think, although the environmental impact does make me worry a little. 

In Other News

So, if some crazy person is sending you something in MS Word and they don't know that all caps is SHOUTING, and they send it to you in all caps, you can fix it! Yep, that's right. I found it on the Internets. It goes like this, highlight the text, hold the shift key and press F3. Presto, all lowercase. Hold shift again and press F3, and voila, all your sentences have Capital letters at the start. Rad, no? If you have paragraphs sprinkled with proper nouns that deserve Caps all of their own? Youse are on your own. I can't fix everything.

Also, Mr. Lady's winning casserole. The bomb! 

I am going to try on new contacts tomorrow. The last pair? I couldn't see the license plate on the car in front of me. Like, right in front of me! Street signs, saw them double. Wish me luck.