Life with Contacts

Yesterday I went for my eye examination which I should have gotten a year ago, but was side-tracked by the need of a new alternator for the car. At that time I had planned to get contacts too but the cost of the alternator sucked up all of my eye exam and contact money.

I decided to get a contact exam so I could finally get said lenses for my eyes. The exam went well and then it was off to training for the contacts. They are lots harder to get in and out than I had expected but after a few tries I was able to do it in a reasonable amount of time.

I had some problems with one of them being pretty blurry so the eye doctor changed it out and gave me a different brand which not only felt better but that I could actually see out of without it feeling like that eye was full of tears. My eyes were pretty irritated with all of the activity by the end of it all that they were both watering but when I dried them, I could actually see.

I paid for the exam and went on my merry way with new contacts in my eyes and a bottle of solution for them. As I left the store I though, "My gosh these things are really blurry all of a sudden." At about the same time I realized that I had left my glasses in the contact boot camp training room.

I walked back in to the store and said, "I forgot my glasses, do you mind if I go back and get them?" The lady looked at me like I had two heads and said, "Honey they are on your face." I started laughing and said, "Well no wonder these contacts are so blurry!!" I took them off and was able to see just fine and left the store while guffawing along with the staff about my apparent flakiness.

Today the contacts still feel weird but I was able to wear them for several hours without having to take them out and rub my eyes. I will try wearing them to work tomorrow and bring my glasses along, "just in case." I think life with contacts will be good.