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September 09, 2005
Happiness is a Pair of Cute Glasses
I've gone through a variety of feelings in the past week - mostly despair and distress related to watching too much CNN coverage of the disaster in the Gulf region.
Somehow, I made time to find an optometrist and a new pair of glasses. I first went shopping last Friday wearing my current glasses, which is always a terrible way to shop since I can't see without glasses and therefore couldn't really tell how I looked in any of the glasses I was trying on.
So I went back today and had an exam (prescription basically the same, astigmatism getting worse b/c I'm online too much) and tried on some frames with contacts on. What a difference! Thank goodness I got the contacts b/c the frames I chose on Friday were ugly and too big whereas the ones I chose today are cute and little. I'm very excited.
Plus, Dr. Gregory Artim was really nice and incredibly helpful in making sure he got my prescription just right. And his assistant put up with me for at least an hour on Friday trying on all sorts of glasses.
Its worth the pact I had to make to get the glasses. Even though I have "vision coverage" through my health plan, it still blows and doesn't cover enough, so I couldn't really afford the glasses on my own. Instead, I agreed to pay for my ticket home for Thanksgiving and my fabulous Pops paid for the glasses and exam. (Which means I get no Cuban food on Turkey Day from mi chavo's father, a fabulous cook. Sigh. The choices we must make.)
If you're in Chicago, go see Dr. Artim.
Posted by cj at September 9, 2005 01:02 AM