I guess it's official - I'm officially old-AF. I have noticed a little trouble reading as of late,…read moreso I made an appointment for a first-ever eye exam.
Reading off little letters, eye drops, struggling to keep your eyes open through the blinding lights, the whole "which is better - A or B" contraption - it is all something of a blur. All I know is following the battery of exams, the doctor, Dr. Weyer, concluded, I am in need of bi-focals.
I just stared at him for a minute while I processed what that meant. When my witts returned to me, I queried, "you mean I need the same proper glasses my dear old grand dad sports?"
I then spent an hour trying to find frames that I could learn to live with. I found a few options: Nautica, Burberry, and Calloway.
As I was trying on one pair of squared thick black frames, one of the assistants said, "Those make you look like a professor."
Dryly, I said, "I am a professor ... so ... these make me look normal then, do they?"
I settled for a blue frame from their Nautica collection. They are not huge, but large enough to support a normal upper half as well as the Hubbleness of the lower bifocal half.
So there we are - one week later and I just received my new proper glasses. I am getting used to them; when they are on, I feel as if I have a full face motorbike helmet on.
Although this has been an unwelcome milestone along the aging process, the employees at the Vision Care Center were extremely friendly, helpful, and patient. Vanity aside, I can see, so I guess that is the most important thing.
