The Truce At Bakura
Oh deary dear.
After feeling dreadful yesterday I figured a good night’s sleep would help a lot. Unfortunately I wasn’t able to test that theory. Tossing and turning and not much sleeping. So today I only felt worse. No shape for fishing, that’s for sure.
On the plus side I managed to call the optician today. I have been meaning to for a while. They sent me a letter saying something like “it’s been two years since you bought your glasses. A person’s eyesight can change a lot blabla we’d like to invite you to a free sight test”. How sweet of them to care about my eyesight like that. Anyway, as I have mentioned once or twice I think (maybe it was in my livejournal?) my eyesight is getting worse. Really, there is no doubt about it. I need new glasses. It’s just annoying because of two things.
1) Is my eyesight going to keep getting worse? Am I going blind or something?
2) Because my eyesight is so bad I need really expensive lenses in order for them to be remotely thin.
I don’t really want to pay as much as I did last time. But I’ll see what they say. Maybe I can get something cheaper. Or maybe I’ll have to go look somewhere else. Or maybe I’ll just have to settle for not being able see very well. I don’t want to pay a fortune again. It sure would be nice to be able to read the computer screen without squinting though…
I got an appointment for the eye test Wednesday next week. Then we’ll see what happens.
So anyway, goats.
My Mads. I can always trust him to assault me when I arrive.
Vanilje. Resting her head.
Vanilje again. Being a typical goat. Your backpacks are never safe when there are goats around. A cute kid there. She crawled around on the ground. And with her mother’s help she even got to pet Mads.
And there’s a goose, just because we don’t see the geese enough.
It was a very warm and sunny day today. It helped my head no little amount to take my jacket off and sit in the sun and look at the animals. It is such a good feeling to be able to take off my jacket without feeling horrible and self-conscious. My how some things change. A couple of years ago I’d keep my giant winter coat on all year and sweat like a.. human, in the sunshine.
Footsie rubsies. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lPjhZfTB4c. A video of Mads getting his foot rubsies. It’s not a perfect foot rub because I had to use one hand to hold the camera. But Mads still enjoyed it. It looks so cute when he turns his head and looks down on the ground. He looks all shy and bashful and coy and other such synonyms. And then his mouth starts opening and closing. And when it gets really good his tongue starts slipping out. So much fun. And when I stop rubbing his foot he takes a couple of seconds to scratch his back with his horns and then he lifts up his other leg as if going “now do my other foot, please?”. And of course I do.
Tonight I better sleep like a baby. So I can feel a little better. Come to think of it, having too weak glasses probably doesn’t help the old head. All the more reason to get new ones yes.
April 25th, 2007 at 3:39
Plumer, it’s normal and natural for your eyesight to change. Please, please ask your optician about your concerns. They will ask you if there is any family history of glaucoma, diabetes, cataracts, sudden blindness, etc and the tests they do and when they look into your eyes will tell them IF you have a problem.
Please don’t worry yourself needlessly. I’ve had to have my glasses changed just about every two years as well. Sometimes it has been every four years, but I don’t have something awful going on, except for getting older! I have to get the more expensive thinner lenses too, and I’m glad they are available as I had problems keeping my old lenses in one pair of frames as the right lens was so thick.
If you have trouble talking to your optician, write down your question and say: “I sometimes get nervous, so I wrote down this question.” I’ve had to do the same thing. When I get nervous/anxious, the best thing to do is to admit it to the doctor, dentist, clerk, etc., and they are usually soooo nice to me, take time to explain what’s going on, etc.
I know I may never get over being anxious/nervous, but I know ways of coping with the situation so I can get through it and not avoid it, which only makes it 10 times worse than what it really was.
April 26th, 2007 at 20:55
Debster – Thanks for the advice. I will try not to worry. I’m sure there’s no problem. Just the natural degradation of this mortal coil. I’m trying to be poetic about it! I’ll see how it goes. It’ll be nice to have something done about it anyways.
I wonder how Mads would look with glasses? Not that I think he needs them. But it would be a good, intellectual look for him I think. Although he’d probably try to eat them. Maybe he DOES need glasses, he seems to mistake everything for food!
April 28th, 2007 at 19:09
Hey Plume! my dog also needs a pair of good glasses like Mads, cause she also has this little problem :D now whenever she hears a bag being opened, she thinks it’s something yummy. I can’t open any type of a bag without her rushing to it and starting to poke her nose in it in her curious fashion. only sniffing it from all sides convinces her it ain’t food.
You know, I think that there are certain periods when eyesight gets worse, so this might be temporary. of course, a good pair of glasses or lenses would help a lot ;) and they say eating carrots and blueberries improves eyesight. also try to relax your eyes after intensive reading, simply by looking through the window at something green, cause little breaks help. but hey, this is nothing new. I bet looking at beautiful playground animals also helps a lot :)
Ok, just stopping by to say ‘Hi’ & wish you to catch some nice ZzzZzzz’s tonight.
p.s. Plume, you rock!
p.p.s. hi Debster :)
April 28th, 2007 at 21:27
Milla – Hey Milla, nice to see you again! I hope you’re doing well. Maybe I will try to make a carrot/blueberry milkshake!
ps you rock too!