- I went to the opthamologist yesterday
- was told I need readers.
- the SOB actually smiled as he told me that
- He says my reading 200+ books a year
- not withstanding
- it was only a "matter of time"
- then he pointed to this massive eyeball diagram
- on the wall and proceeded to give me
- the layman's explanation of why
- my eyesight is slowly going to
- go to shit from here on out
- I only heard 2% of what he said
- and only saw a fuzzy bit of the big eyeball
- because of the dilation drops
- No matter
- he'd lost me at "this happens at about 40"
- yadda-yadda
- blah-blah-blah
- Now I'll say not much has
- bothered me about
- turning 40
- since it happened 5 months ago
- but this...
- this hit me in the
- vanity button we all have
- I've got nothing against glasses
- the husband wears them everyday
- and if you've been wearing them for
- most of your life
- especially before your 20s
- I don't think this is
- a big deal
- at all
- But being told your age
- means something fundamental
- like BEING ABLE TO SEE
- is now changed forever
- is a bit
- disconcerting?
- disheartening?
- embarrassing?
- weird?
- I can only imagine
- what else is in store
- for my body
- as time marches on.
- Scratch that
- I can imagine
- and I've decided
- to ignore those thoughts
- for now
- But it is
- no wonder
- I was getting headaches
- and earaches
- and had a non-stop eye strain
- because it's amazing what
- these little glasses
- and a 1.25 lens can do
- So
- OK, I'll add this
- little accessory to
- my wardrobe
- and life
- from here on out
- I just think
- like a lot
- of things you aren't told
- about motherhood
- that the things you have to
- add as you age
- should come with a
- better warning than
- It was only a matter of time
- Dammit!
My very first pair of "readers." Oy.
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