My body has had a hard day. Work went well this morning. There were two meetings after worship which I attended. I survived. When everything had been discussed and decisions made, we all headed out into the rainy cold. Most folks were going home, I went to pick up a trial pair of contacts. Up until recently for people who need progressive lenses the only option in contacts was one for distance in one eye and one for close up in the other. Supposedly they would work together. My eyes must be odder than I thought because combination just me dizzy. Now they have progressive contact lenses. I must admit I was skeptical. However, I ordered a pair to try.
I raced home and headed up to the bathroom. Opening the first package for my right eye, I discovered a problem. Fishing out very thin plastic from its small saline filled bowl with gel nails is difficult. It it even difficult to put said lenses in eye with said fingernails, or try to get the lenses out once they are in. At one point I thought I was going to have to wear the contacts until they disintegrated in my eye because removing them with the long nails almost put my eye out. I finally did manage to get that tricky issue resolved without ripping the very expensive lenses or damaging my eyesight.
To my utter amazement, they work. I can see and read with them on. The only problem was dry eyes which I am not sure whether is a result of a dry climate, ageing eyes or the fact that I had them in too long for the first time. I will try again tomorrow.
In all the wandering around my bedroom trying out the new contacts I managed to hit my toe on the bed frame. Not an uncommon occurrence. I thought nothing of it after the pain subsided. About an hour later I went to put my socks on. My toe looked funny. How did it get so dirty, I wondered. Taking a wet facecloth I tried to wash it. No luck. I peered more closely with my new and improved eye wear. My toe was purple. A lovely bruise which covers the whole toe had appeared. A charming sight, just in time for sandal season. Do you think purple toes might be a new fashion trend in Europe this summer?
I raced home and headed up to the bathroom. Opening the first package for my right eye, I discovered a problem. Fishing out very thin plastic from its small saline filled bowl with gel nails is difficult. It it even difficult to put said lenses in eye with said fingernails, or try to get the lenses out once they are in. At one point I thought I was going to have to wear the contacts until they disintegrated in my eye because removing them with the long nails almost put my eye out. I finally did manage to get that tricky issue resolved without ripping the very expensive lenses or damaging my eyesight.
To my utter amazement, they work. I can see and read with them on. The only problem was dry eyes which I am not sure whether is a result of a dry climate, ageing eyes or the fact that I had them in too long for the first time. I will try again tomorrow.
In all the wandering around my bedroom trying out the new contacts I managed to hit my toe on the bed frame. Not an uncommon occurrence. I thought nothing of it after the pain subsided. About an hour later I went to put my socks on. My toe looked funny. How did it get so dirty, I wondered. Taking a wet facecloth I tried to wash it. No luck. I peered more closely with my new and improved eye wear. My toe was purple. A lovely bruise which covers the whole toe had appeared. A charming sight, just in time for sandal season. Do you think purple toes might be a new fashion trend in Europe this summer?
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