Lately I've been noticing I have had a hard time reading things that are far away. I didn't think much of it and assumed it was at a normal distance to not see. I always kind of joked about things being blurry. One day in class my coworker (I share a class with two coworkers!) asked if I could read a sign across the classroom. I kind of looked at him and laughed, fully believing now one could really read the sign that well. My other coworker looked at me funny and told me to try on her glasses as normally she couldn't read it either. I didn't expect to notice a huge difference but immediate could READ. What?!?
I don't think I've had an eye exam since middle school and quite frankly never thought I needed one. But that day after I left class, I called the eye doctor and set up an appointment. Sure enough I could use some plastic in front of my eyes. I couldn't get over he trial glasses and kept laughing like a child every time I took them on and off. Sure enough, I had the same response when I got my glasses for real.
So, teach me blogland, what do I do now? Ride with glasses or without? Try to transition to contacts even though I have a fear of poking my eyeball? I couldn't even go 6 hours without scratching them as I thought I was super smart when using paper towels to dry them off *facepalm*
CONTACTS. All day, every day! They are the best.
ReplyDeleteContacts or Lasik is the only way to go! Glasses while riding drive me crazy, plus they get covered in arena dust faster than you'd ever imagine.
ReplyDeleteContacts ALL THE WAY. I've tried riding with glasses over the years, and they're just super inconvenient.
ReplyDeleteI can't stand putting contacts (major major phobia of putting things in my eyes) in and have been riding in my glasses since high school. They do get dirty and fog up in the winter, but I've gotten used to it.
ReplyDeleteI agree, contacts. I too had a fear of sticking my finger in my eye, but with practice, it's no big deal. Every time I rode, my glasses would fog up & slip down my face... total pain in the butt!
ReplyDeleteYou can definitely ride with glasses but yeah I spent a summer practicing putting contacts in my eyes and was totally able to do it for school by the end of the summer (had glasses since I was 10 and then got contacts at 13).
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