Rec contr' Amor non es guirens lai on sos poclers, s'autra.

Back in August, I got new contacts. I wore them for two weeks, and had constant problems.

The contacts were not comfortable. My eyes always felt "dry" when I wore them, even if my eyes weren't. It took a good 4 to 5 hours of wearing them for me to not notice that I had them in. In all the years I've worn contacts, which is going on 15 years now, I have never had this problem, or actually any problem.

I sent the contacts back about two and a half weeks ago, along with a note explaining what was up with the damn things.

I finally got a call from my optomotrist today. She had sent the contacts back to the company to be checked out in their lab.

Turns out they were too thick, which was causing the "discomfort" as they put it. (Not the term that I would have used.) There is now a rush order on my new "new" contacts, so hopefully I can stop wearing my two year old pair in a week or so.

I guess I had to have problems at some point in time, eh?

A.

So I was supposed to go to Toronto this past weekend, which of course I didn't.

First, I managed to break my watch, which necessitated buying a new one ($34.99).

Second, a dryer shrunk a shirt - a shirt that has been washed and dried many a time I might add. Said dryer also ate a pair of my pants. Also, a pair of my capris had faded to an unsightly grey, so I spent $107 buying several new shirts, two new skirts, and a pair of capris.

Third, and the most expensive, my eyes. While they are pretty to look at, they are highly expensive organs. I went and got my eyes checked ($120, for the eye exam, and the contact check) and had to order new contacts ($245). Everything is so expensive because my eyes have very limited abilities to see -- my prescriptions is -13 in my left eye, -14 in my right. And no, I didn't type those numbers wrong. (Average is, I think, around the -3 to -5 range.) My eye exam is not covered by OHIP, even though if I couldn't afford glasses and/or contacts, I'd be on disability. I haven't had new contacts for two years -- which is an absolute no-no at my prescription. Most contacts last about a year -- I shouldn't try wearing mine for over 9 months (although I do, and my eye doctor lets me get away with it.)

So that's $507 in a matter of about a week.

Not that I mind buying new clothes, or new watch, or even for that matter new contacts! All of it was "necessary" (I could have gotten a cheaper watch, true, or not bought as many clothes, and yes, I could wear glsses instead of contacts, although that is another story.) It's just that to not whine about money, I have to be careful where I spend it, and I just couldn't swing a trip to Toronto in the same month as all of that.

A.