High Def!

Yesterday I had a much needed eye exam. At my new job I've been working at the computer almost all day (except when in meetings)... By the way, it's nice to have a "real" job that requires computer work and meetings 9-5, Monday - Friday :) My new job also has provided our family with killer eye insurance (perhaps my employers are aware of the strain computer work puts on employees?) Anyway, I had a great time at my eye exam. They poofed air into my eyes and I screamed.

I was asked to look down a black tube and view a little house with a yard and all I saw was a boy on a bench putting a plastic bottle in the recycling bin. They told me that the way I saw the picture had nothing to do with my eyesight and that maybe I needed to see a psychologist (little do they know I already do... hee hee :) I met with the doctor and she said I have a bit of farsightedness (trouble seeing things up close) and an unusual issue with bringing things into focus when I see them up close. They did a couple of further tests and determined I didn' t have any serious eye problems, but she did say the inability for my eyes to adjust to things was rare.

So as I'm hearing this, I'm thinking (YES! I finally get to buy a killer pair of designer glasses!!!!) I was the kid who wanted to stand out all through grade school. I enjoyed having a head gear, braces, and really wanted glasses. When I was in 8th grade, I got a pair because I fudged on my eye exam on purpose. (Don't tell my parents!) Anyway, so I run to the designer case (you know where they have to use a key to get into the treasured goods...) I felt like Carrie Bradshaw and could hear Fergie's G-L-A-M-O-R-O-U-S playing in the background of my head. And then the magic words "buy one get one pair free" were spoken by the sales associate. Could this be true? I would not only get to choose one pair, but two pair of status-driven-look-at-me-I'm-important-and-smart-because-I-have-to-put-on-eyeglasses-when-I-read frames! Oh the excitement! So I chose the frames I pictured here... but the D&G pair has clear frames and leopard on the outside. Cha-ching!

So now I have really cool glasses. Oh yeah and the lenses they prescribed will help my eyes come into focus faster (I feel like I've gone from watching an old tube television to watching a high definition flat screen)... and the special coating they assigned to the lenses will help my eyes not get as strained when I'm working on the computer all day. Did I mention that the frames I chose are going to up my cool factor by about 300%?