What Do I See?

Usually, I wear daily disposable contact lenses and occasionally I wear colored contacts. I don’t wear them everyday, though. In fact, if I’m not leaving the house I don’t wear them at all. You see, my eyesight is just fine for close-up stuff like computer work, reading, cooking or talking to and playing with a child. Not only that, but when my contacts are in my eyes, I have to wear “cheater” glasses in order to see up. It’s always been that way, in fact.

And that’s what caused me such grief on Monday.

I was getting ready for an appointment and thought I’d wear my colored contacts. I’d picked out the green ones and had one in when I dropped the other on my green marble bathroom vanity. Not good.

Even with one contact in and one eye seeing clearly, I couldn’t find the contact. I spent over 15 minutes looking for it, being careful not to whisk it away to the floor and finally grabbed a magnifying glass to bring everything into focus. That’s when I saw it! It hadn’t fallen directly onto the counter but rather landed on the base of my vanity mirror. Still, I should have been able to see that.

This brings me to my quandary. I want lasik surgery so I won’t need contacts but I can’t help wondering if I’ll need reading glasses all the time after that. I’m not sure I’d like that idea. I spend most of my time at the computer so maybe being nearsighted is better for right now. Anyone have an opinion on that?

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