Jeepers Peepers Where'd You Get Those Peepers?

I did something that I said I would never do today.  I got contacts.  It was never that I hated contacts, it's just the idea of putting something on my eye always freaked me out.  I was used to glasses, I've been wearing them since I was in sixth grade, so I figured that I would keep on wearing them.  But the idea of contacts always was there in the back of my mind.

 

So today I decided to take my fears by the horns, so to speak, and go do it.  Well, I found out I'm not that freaked out by putting something on my eye.  It's just hard to do.  I keep blinking.  It took me two hours to put the contacts in at the store.  Than after I put them in they told me I had to take them out and do it again.  They wanted to make sure I knew how to take them out.  That was fun, trying to take them out.  I got one out and they took pity on me and said if I could put it back in they would be happy.  I just think they were tired of me in their exam room.  Another hour passed and I did get it back in.

 

They told me to leave them in for about four hours today and six tommorrow and than I could leave them in for the day.  My four hours are about up, so now I have to try and go take them out again.

 

I had to get mono contacts, my glasses are bi focals and they don't make bi focal contacts.  Mono contacts are each contact is a different perscribtion.  One is for distance, the other is for nearer things.  It takes getting used to.  The doctor says that the brain figures it out and starts seeing things right fairly soon.  I don't have much trouble with distance, but trying to read close up is a little difficult right now.

 

I do like them though so far.  It's the first time since I was 11 that I haven't worn glasses.  I can go buy sunglasses now and wear real sunglasses!  It's the little things in life that make me happy :)