"For when she was hardly more than a girl, Miss Minnie had gone away to teacher's college and prepared herself to teach by learning many cunning methods that she never afterward used. For Miss Minnie loved children and she loved books, and she taught merely by introducing the one to the other."
-Wendell Berry, "A Consent"
27 June 2012
26 June 2012
61. Contact Lenses
I was fitted for contact lenses last Thursday and have been wearing them a bit each day since then as prescribed. I have two complaints.
First, my eyes are a little gummy. I don't want to say dry, even though I'm sure that is how they will want me to describe it when I have my follow up visit this Thursday. Dry is what the lawns in my neighborhood are. Dry is dusty. My eyes feel more like mud and less like dust. It isn't intolerable, and I'm sure the right kind of eye drops would make this minor complaing ever more minor in time. If this were the only complaint, I don't think I'd be complaining.
Second, they don't help me see any better. As a matter of fact, for things like reading, I see considerably worse than without them. I don't have particularly bad eyes. Slight astigmatism and a bit of near-sightedness. Things at a distance aren't as sharp as they might be. When I put on my glasses, I can see the individual grass blades at a distance or the leaves in the tree tops much more sharply. I wanted contacts because I didn't want to wear glasses to play basketball or softball. But now I'm thinking my eyesight is not that bad afterall, especially considering that it is obviously worse with the contacts. I will be telling the doctor this on Thursday.
First, my eyes are a little gummy. I don't want to say dry, even though I'm sure that is how they will want me to describe it when I have my follow up visit this Thursday. Dry is what the lawns in my neighborhood are. Dry is dusty. My eyes feel more like mud and less like dust. It isn't intolerable, and I'm sure the right kind of eye drops would make this minor complaing ever more minor in time. If this were the only complaint, I don't think I'd be complaining.
Second, they don't help me see any better. As a matter of fact, for things like reading, I see considerably worse than without them. I don't have particularly bad eyes. Slight astigmatism and a bit of near-sightedness. Things at a distance aren't as sharp as they might be. When I put on my glasses, I can see the individual grass blades at a distance or the leaves in the tree tops much more sharply. I wanted contacts because I didn't want to wear glasses to play basketball or softball. But now I'm thinking my eyesight is not that bad afterall, especially considering that it is obviously worse with the contacts. I will be telling the doctor this on Thursday.
25 June 2012
60. Quirk
There may well be something wrong with me. Yesterday I was one of roughly 75 people watching a men's fastpitch softball game between the Argentina national team and the Hill United Chiefs of Kitchener, Ontario streamed live online. And all the while wishing I was playing. I suspect at least a few of the others watching were wishing they were playing as well.
Next weekend.
Jeanie and I did a crossfit workout called "Cindy" today. It's 5 pullups, 10 pushups, and 15 squats, as many rounds as possible in 20 minutes. One of my favorites. Jeanie doesn't do pullups (yet), so she did 5 pushups, 10 situps, and 15 squats. I'm proud of her.
Next weekend.
Jeanie and I did a crossfit workout called "Cindy" today. It's 5 pullups, 10 pushups, and 15 squats, as many rounds as possible in 20 minutes. One of my favorites. Jeanie doesn't do pullups (yet), so she did 5 pushups, 10 situps, and 15 squats. I'm proud of her.
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