Marathon Weekly Update

A good day turning bad, and quick

I thought this morning was going to be a good one. I went to bed last night at 9pm and set my alarm for 6:30am. I got a good 9 hours of sleep and spent the last half hour lazing in my bed until the alarm went off. I put on my new favorite t-shirt (that I bought yesterday), straightened my hair, and set off to work ready to face the day.

After being in the car for about 20 minutes my right eye started to water; I had something on my contact lense. So, I did what I have done since the seventh grade and poked and prodded at my eye trying to get whatever was stuck to my lense to dislodge. Instead I prodded my contact right out of my eye and into the no man's land that is my car. Since I was driving 70 mph on the freeway, I decided the best course of action was to pull off to the side of the road. I spent a good 10 minutes patting myself down and searching my car. At one point I was on my knees beside my car, with my head at seat level, with one eye closed, running my hands over the carpet beneath the gas pedal and clutch. I finally decided to head home and get my glasses.

For those of you who do not have vision problems, you won't understand the disembodied feeling of having clear sight in one eye and being near blind in the other. Now, imagine that feeling while driving on the freeway. I was contemplating which was worse: driving with 2 eyes open and feeling disembodied or driving with my right eye closed and having no depth perception whatsoever. I chose to go the route of 1 eyed driving. Upon my return home I put on my glasses and searched my car again.

Now I have to find an eye doctor who can get me in soon so I can get new contacts and I might as well throw in new glasses while I'm at it. I love it when days start this way.

posted by Heidi @ 8:40 AM