Friday, May 16, 2008

Two Monacles with Frames Please

This morning I went to Costco for an eye exam. As anticipated, I have the same problems that Chrissy has. A mild astigmatism in both eyes and farsighted. The optometrist was really cool and actually wasn't lame. He was making fun of himself and his cheap $20 squeaky shoes, etc. Anyways, so the verdict is that I get to have part time glasses (not full time, yay!). I picked out some frames that I like. They are purple (Barbie I think you'll like them!) only because they didn't have green in a frame that I liked. The employee that was helping me at the frames section didn't really speak English that well so we had some major communication issues and there was a lot of pointing and other hand gestures on my behalf so I could make sure to not have things get messed up. In less than two weeks I should have them. I'll be able to read/see like a normal person again! I'm very excited since I spend a lot of time reading.


These are the kind of glasses I got. I'll try to change my wardrobe so that I will be able to look as fashion coordinated as I am in the picture. I'm joking by the way, but this has to be one of my all time favorite pictures of myself. Most of you have seen this picture before, but I'll try to overuse it as much as possible.

After my Costco adventure I went and picked up a book at the library that I had put on hold. It's incredibly nice out right now. About 77 degrees. Reid will be in complain mode since he can't handle anything above 70. He starts getting all dramatic saying that we have to pull out all the fans. All he needs to do is just not wear 6 layers of clothes and he'll be fine.

Earlier I was watching A Haunting which is a ghost show on Discovery Channel. Yes I love that kind of crap. Anyways, this episode was about a couple of grad students in Seattle that went to the UW that got married and then moved away from the U-District and moved into a haunted apartment in Ballard. It was very exciting as they used a lot of UW establishing shots and they ALMOST showed the Burke. It was very exciting--sort of. Well for me it was anyway. The acting was terrible as always, but the story was kind of cool as the apartment was being haunted by a couple of ghosts where one killed the other over a drug deal or something. Good stuff.

3 comments:

Rick and Eileen said...

Glad you don't have to wear the glasses full time yet. I started out full time in the 2nd grade. Have the same problem as you only I guess much more severly. Tell Reid not to wear so many layers. Is he still wearing fleece? He used to wear it full time. Even in very HOT weather and in Florida in the summer!

Melissa said...

No he's not wearing fleece. He just wears the button up shirts with a full thickness t-shirt underneath. Why not just wear a t-shirt? I'll even help him pick out some non-kitey ones, but alas he doesn't listen to me anyway.

Unknown said...

So you not only got glasses, but purple ones? Are you implying I have purple issues? The nerve! Just because I painted a whole room that color, hehe.

On a side note, I too have astigmatism that slowly worsens over time when I don't wear my glasses and cause more eye strain. Try to make yourself wear them as much as you can and it will be a slower progression. I would like to get it on record that I could not possibly have been contagious, also ;).