Going slightly retro today
Jun. 21st, 2006 08:39 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bjarvisI accidentally forgot my glasses and contact lens case in Toronto last week when I visited for my aunt's funeral. John & Chris, bless their hearts, have sent them via courier but they're caught up in customs at the moment. Apparently only terrorists send prescription eye wear to the US so I have to fill out the appropriate forms proving I'm not a terrorist, will only use them for personal & peaceful purposes and complete a loyalty oath to "W" before I can get them back.
In any case, until they arrive, I've been wearing my contacts per usual. They're daily wear disposables and I have plenty of other lens cases so forgetting a set in Canada wasn't a big deal, and they're my normal mode of vision correction anyway. Still, I prefer to wear contacts for only 5-6 days at a time, then wear glasses periodically to allow my eyes to rest.
Fishing out my prior glasses, I'm now shocked by both how large the lenses are --both in surface area and in thickness-- and their weight. These really are coke bottle bottoms! The extra weight on my nose is striking: the nose pads are leaving noticeable marks in my skin. They always did so in the past of course, but I had forgotten since the marks vanished shortly after acquiring my newer pair last December.
My old glasses were with me faithfully for 16-17 years --my prescription hasn't changed-- so I'm sure I'll survive until my newer ones are returned to my loving if absent-minded care.
In any case, until they arrive, I've been wearing my contacts per usual. They're daily wear disposables and I have plenty of other lens cases so forgetting a set in Canada wasn't a big deal, and they're my normal mode of vision correction anyway. Still, I prefer to wear contacts for only 5-6 days at a time, then wear glasses periodically to allow my eyes to rest.
Fishing out my prior glasses, I'm now shocked by both how large the lenses are --both in surface area and in thickness-- and their weight. These really are coke bottle bottoms! The extra weight on my nose is striking: the nose pads are leaving noticeable marks in my skin. They always did so in the past of course, but I had forgotten since the marks vanished shortly after acquiring my newer pair last December.
My old glasses were with me faithfully for 16-17 years --my prescription hasn't changed-- so I'm sure I'll survive until my newer ones are returned to my loving if absent-minded care.
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Date: 2006-06-22 04:35 pm (UTC)so, that was yesterday, have you sworn that you're not a terrorist, just a person who likes to see, and gotten the new spectacles back yet?
and if not, have you considered using duct tape to take much of the weight of the old pair? It'll make 'em seem less nose-pinchy, and the left-behind duct tape adhesive comes off really easily with nail polish remover.