It’s not the style. The last time I had pinkeye, in 2001, it became a terrible infection precisely because I was so resistant to wearing glasses, resulting in at least 4 weeks of misery, and so from then on, I made sure to have a pair of glasses that were cool, to address the vanity situation, the whole feeling of “I am my former geeky 6th-grader self.” So I’ve got cool glasses. I don’t feel *totally* me in them, but they work. I haven’t really given it too much thought, venturing out in public the past few days.
But here are the issues:
- First and foremost, a ginormous headache. Medicine takes the edge off, but it still nags all day.
- The rain. And of course it is pouring. Drips and drops all over my lenses. Highly inconvenient.
- The sun. What exactly am I supposed to do about shades? Also, it just feels brighter and more blinding in general.
- Sight. It’s not the same. I can’t, as Andria mentioned in an email, see the leaves on the trees. And, looking over and under the frames, it’s all a blur. Contacts are simply a more logical and comprehensive solution to the problem of bad sight.
- The children do not respect glasses. At least, the one and a half year old child does not. He’ll head-butt you anyway, do you really want to worry about whether your glasses will break? No.
- Driving. Feels just slightly trippy, slightly off. Not quite *dangerous,* but still.
- Reading. With aforementioned headaches, I’m not into it at the moment.
- Dry eyes. All that air swirling around on my eyeballs. Why.
- Waiting. I just feel like, until I can wear contacts again, a lot of life is on hold. Ridiculous, perhaps, but true. It’s the headache, the dry eyes, the overall off-ness.
Whatever. I’m putting those suckers back in by the weekend.
4 comments:
I had pink eye a couple of years ago and the doctor said I could wear my contacts. (but also gave me a note to be off work for two days; Score/!)
So why can't you wear the contacts?
what? i can wear the contacts??
i didn't actually ask the doctor. the last time i had it, it just got so bad, and would not improve, because the contacts were reinfecting the eye every time i put them in? this time it's nowhere near that bad... i don't know. i'm thinking i'll suffer through one more day.
maybe i should call and ask.
except, then what would i whine, er, blog about? :)
I run into some of the same things when I wear glasses, so I usually end up trying to pick cloudy days (so often in So. Cal.) without rain. Ha.
Although I have put on my sunglasses over my glasses while I'm driving. I don't think it's obvious from another car, and if it is...who cares?
Maybe you'd have to do a deep clean and/or toss the contacts if you end up wearing them.
Driving at night in glasses is even trippier than driving in the day. I won't even attempt it anymore.
Also sucky is when you try to lie on the couch and watch tv. Damn frames get in the way from a comfortable lean.
Hope you are back to contacts (assume you are since am like 2 years late commenting and all)!!
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