This story is bound to get progressively funnier — to someone anyway.
It seems the time has come — can I get a drum roll? — for progressive lenses.
In a few more days, I will no longer have to play that weird game with my glasses so I can read a book, newspaper or food label. You know, the one that goes: Push them down to the end of my nose; now remove them altogether and press reading material against nose; wipe newsprint from nose, put glasses back in proper spot and hold reading matter as far away as arm will allow; no maybe the tip of the nose again.
Catherine is rejoicing because, well, like nearly everything else I do, my eyewear calisthenics are embarrassing. (Sadly, the kid is right; I caught a photo of myself taken during a holiday party, in which I was doing the glasses thing trying to read the gift I’d just opened. It was not terribly attractive. And believe me, I need all the help I can get.)
The eye doctor assured me my eyes are behind schedule for this big change. “They are aging rather slowly,” she said.
I just hope they alerted my other vital organs to the schedule.
Pushing on a Rope 
Oh my gosh! I just posted about this on my blog as well. The last time I heard the word “transition” I was in labor. Now you’re telling me I need “transition” glasses-. doesn’t my 94 year old grandma wear those? I don’t give a rip that they don’t have the line across the lense anymore! I’m too young for this stuff! And the kids frames… me too!!! I tried on 3 kid glasses and one tiny adult. Was so happy I could get the adult ones. Now why can’t i fit in kid pants?
Vicky
p.s. found you on Bloggy Moms and so happy about that fact!
http://www.thepursuitofnormal.blogspot.com
Posted by lablover22 | January 18, 2013, 2:20 amLOL, Vicky! I can’t fit into kids pants, but I can wear a growing girls size 3 shoe! They end up being a little too sparkly for my taste, though! Glad we found each other on Bloggy Moms. I’m headed for some normalcy with my breakfast now!
Posted by Terri S. Vanech | January 18, 2013, 7:43 amCan’t wait for my husband to join your “club”. He never has the right glasses/lenses needed! I am sure they look beautiful on you. Hopefully they won’t make you dizzy. Just my regular ones bothered me for a while till I got used to the new angles.
Posted by Jacquie | January 16, 2013, 7:19 pmYes, I can hardly wait. It’ll be another week or so before they are ready. My face is so small, I wound up with kids’ frames! The savings was more than offset by the cost of the lenses. I darn well better like them!
Posted by Terri S. Vanech | January 17, 2013, 7:31 amCongratulations on joining the lazy arm club. So now what kind of exercise will you replace your eyeglass calisthenics with? š Found you through Bloggy Moms.
Posted by pmoppins | January 16, 2013, 8:34 amThankfully, I’m a Jazzercise instructor, so there is no shortage of exercise where I’m concerned! Thanks for stopping by; come back again!
Posted by Terri S. Vanech | January 16, 2013, 9:12 amLove your sense of humor, Terri, and so happy you have connected with your original family! It is so empowering to finally discover the truth about yourself, a fact that is very difficult to explain to those outside the world of adoption.
Posted by Susan Perry | January 15, 2013, 12:10 pmThanks, Susan. Gotta keep the humor front and center no matter what else is happening. It’s the laughs that get me through. š
Posted by Terri S. Vanech | January 16, 2013, 7:23 am