R. Leib's Blog: Dream State - Posts Tagged "vision"

I never needed glasses, when I was younger. I had 25/20 vision, which means that, at 25 feet, I could see what a normal person can see at 20 feet. This lasted until my 40s. Due, in part, to all the time I spent staring into computer screens, my vision deteriorated. I first noticed it while trying to read the TV Guide. (The earlier format had a lot of small print.) I tried getting glasses by prescription, but they did not do anything for me. I bought those glasses you see in drug stores. I need them only for reading and small work like threading a needle. The real issue came, when I tried to figure out how I was going to keep them with me. Since I had never needed glasses before, I had not develop a habit of carrying them. They did not fit into the arrangement of my life. My solution is that I have glasses secreted everywhere I go. There is a pair where I sit, and I am wearing another pair now as I type at the computer. I have kitchen glasses for when I cook or bake. Another pair of glasses, which I damaged and repaired, are put to use in my den, when I paint or work on projects. Needless to say, my wife, who has had normal glasses habits just about all her life, laughs at me all the time.