So, when I went to the eye doctor because my glasses were messed up, I never expected the results I got.
I had gotten those protective "coatings" applied to my glasses the last time I got glasses. This was maybe two, possibly three years ago, maybe longer, who knows. The way I am, if it ain't broke (my eyes), don't fix it, right? I have enough going on that IS broken, without making stuff up!
Well, about two years ago, the coatings just decided that they didn't like my glasses anymore and started to peel off. Wouldn't you know it, it was shortly after my warranty expired. No big news there, that is how warranties work. The manufacturer figures out how long their product will work and then they make their warranty two weeks short of that.
So, the coatings...they just started to peel off of my glasses. Well, no biggie, except that they are "melted" onto the lens. So, imagine a window that had contact paper on it, and you have decided that you don't like the contact paper anymore so you are going to remove it, only it is stuck. So, you start peeling it off from the middle of the window and every so often it just won't peel up anymore, so you move over. This is how it looked out of my glasses, only, I didn't realize for quite awhile, that I COULD remove it!
Using baby oil, I slowly removed a majority of the coating. Well, now the glasses weren't protected anymore, so they got scratched up in those spots where there was no more coating. So, basically by removing the blotchy coating, I helped the scratching process speed along and made my glasses obsolete.
One eye doctor appointment and a couple of hundred dollars later--don't get me started on the cost of glasses...only glasses for distances...the reading glasses $10 at Walgreens...and vision insurance coverage, it's a joke, forgeddaboutit!
So, up side up, I have new glasses. I love them. I can't stop looking at myself in the mirror. Not because I am so attractive, well I am, but that is not why I can't stop looking at myself...I just freaking LOVE my new frames. I feel good in them. They make me happy to put them on. I just love them.
The best part of this is that in doing the exam, I found out why I really couldn't see out of my glasses. My prescription changed. Drastically. My eyesight has gotten BETTER! Apparently since my glasses weren't working anyway, my eyes just gave up and said, "Well, we'd better get cracking on this situation or she's gonna start walking us into walls and stuff."
I asked the eye doctor if my eyes would continue to do this until I was farsighted instead of nearsighted. She laughed. I don't think she knew I was serious. Have you seen the cute reading glasses they make now???
