And now I’m sitting here with my sunglasses on looking at my computer trying to get my eyes to focus.
My optometrist doesn’t take my new insurance. Which is bad. But not too bad because vision insurance only covers a ridiculously small amount of the price anyway. Oh, it’ll cover all the price if you get the absolute cheapest frames that don’t look good on anyone, and the lenses are thick glass that scratch easily, but who does that? So, not being covered is only 25-30% more expensive. A good optometrist is worth the price. And some quality advice on picking glasses is also worth the price. Not that there aren’t good optometrists that take my current insurance, but I found one I like and has not given me a bad prescription yet. I don’t want to go through all that again.
Anyway, I didn’t get my eyes dilated last time so I figured I better do it this time. I don’t want some horrible, yet easily preventable, eye disease on top of slowly going blind.
Did all the computer tests, peripheral vision, focusing, puff of air and went to go do the A or B, A or B part. And sat there staring at a big blurry E waiting for it to stop fading in and out. And waited. And waited. It was probably only 5 minutes but it felt like forever. My eyes eventually settled down some and we went on with the A or B part, but the doctor was not happy with the results.
Then came the fun drops in the eye. Nothing happens for a while and during that time I went out to discuss frames. Picking frames when you can’t see at all without your glasses on is fun. This is why I don’t mind paying more for good advice. I can’t see what I’m doing. Sure these look good on the rack, but are they too big for my face? How’s the color? I can’t tell when I have my nose less than an inch from the mirror and it’s still fuzzy.
I want sunglasses, well, I’d like sun and regular glasses but who has that kind of money? Anyway, because I have a narrow distance between my pupils AND have -6.5 in one eye and -5.something in the other my frame choices are limited. They have to call the lens people to see if they can pull the one I picked off. As we’re discussing this the room is slowly starting to get brighter and lights are starting to glow. I can no longer read the things in my file she is pointing to even with my glasses on.
A few minutes more of waiting and I go back for another focus test and then in for the A or B, A or B tests again. The numbing stuff did its work apparently and I was able to get to 20/20. Hurray. I have no idea what that was all about, except that I could indeed try to get the sunglasses, assuming they can wedge the lenses into the frames I like, of course.
If they can’t I think I’ll try contacts. I’ve had glasses for 27 years, maybe it’s time for a change.
Then the drive back to work. The sun behind clouds, good. The snow, bad. Cars with running lights, bad. Trying to read my computer, bad. Freaking out my coworkers with my fully dilated eyes, good.
Not So Fast 
Contacts are the way to go. Then, every month or so, you can opt for the glasses and the same people that mocked your four eyes for years will say, “Wow, new glasses eh? They look good on you.”
Having glasses is so much cooler now than when I was young. That can only be a good thing.
The lady gave me the “you may be too blind for contacts” kind of look when I mentioned it. That was before the second test though.