My Eyes, My Eyes!
It's getting better now; I can read this. 10 minutes ago it was all a blur.
Let's back up to yesterday at the pediatricians..I was there for my kids booster shots before school starts, and was asked to step outside while the Doctor examined my daughter. So I'm bored out there in the hallway, but I spy an eye test chart on the wall, and a line 20ft from it.
You wouldn't be able to resist either, right?
So, having excellent eyesight (I'm always the one that can read the road sign first) I thought this is a good time to show off. I did the test and got down to the 20/13 line before I started guessing. <smug/>
Then I remembered that you're supposed to cover one eye up. Oops, hadn't done that. So I cover my right eye and did it again, yes 20/15 or so. Covered up my left eye and ..oh crap where's the eyetest sign gone!!
I admit I've never had a real eye test before, but I've done this chart 8 years ago during the immigration process. Perfect then, but something has happened since then to my right eye. It appears it isn't round any more. In fact, my football-shaped right eye is apparently 20/40 at best and my left eye has been lying to my brain about this.
Damn silly thing to keep secret if you ask me.
So, I visit an optician (or opt-something) this morning for a full-on eye test. Lots of very impressive gadgets shining and poking things into my eye, then dilating my pupils (hence the blurry vision now).
In the end, I'm told that even my left eye is 20/20- (the minus meaning a smidge worse than) so apparently that's not as good as I say it is. Pah, what do they know?
So this is the funny part; I'm getting glasses. Bought and paid for, picking them up next week. It was a bitch trying to find some that didn't damage my innate good looks, but I eventually found a pair that didn't make my wife burst out laughing. (Yes, of course I called her to come help me, I'm not stupid)
I suppose I'll have to post a photo next week when they arrive, just to stop the muffled chuckling I can already hear. No, I'm NOT getting old dammit. Come up here and say that to my face.