For the past 3 weeks I have been avoiding the fact that I need to get more contacts. I have been using the same pair for the past month and 1/2 …not bad other than the fact that I should be throwing them away every other week. They are called disposables for a reason.
So last Friday after taking dropping Seanna off at a Birthday party, running Emma to the Dr, dropping of a prescription at the pharmacy, I think- Wow- I have a 30 minute empty space why not get more contacts. At this point I am not sure when my last eye exam was….but they will usually give me a pair when I make an appointment.
So I rush to find a parking spot about two blocks from the store as it was Good Friday (why do they call it Good Friday? He died –not good) run into the optical department to find that my favorite lady that knows me by name …no longer works there. I spell my name three times to the new lady who tried Nichol, Nickelson, Nickerson. I finally grabbed and pen and wrote down NICKEL. Oh like 5 cents. (At this point I am in time crunch and give her that hasty fake smile we all use). She said the good news is that you saw us in September so you are still valid. But you will have to go next door to order some contacts. I run next door. I am like I need contacts now. Well you have such a strange astigmatism (I am told) we will have to order them. Fine I say. At this point Emma has now tried on 6 pairs of glasses and that is NO exaggeration. I pay 68.00 for contacts I don’t have…run back to the Eye Dr and plead. Can I just have like one for each eye? The ones I have in are green from so much pollen in the air. She says that is 10.00 dollars. I say fine. She said I can only take cash. I am like well I don’t have cash. She said no cash no contacts. I said the other lady used to just give them to me. She said well she no longer works here does she (thanks for pointing that out). So I run inside to the place that rhymes with Mal-Mart to find an ATM machine. The lady in front of me never used an ATM machine before and was reading each command aloud as it popped up. It is now 12:55 and I am 20 minutes away from where I need to pick Seanna up from. I said do you want me to just work it for you to get your cash out? She said I know your type… you want to steal my money. I waited as I took two steps back.
I finally get out my money run (literally like a nerd) to the Eye Dr. I give her the 20.00 and she says I will have to make change and the Dr has the key- and he is in an exam. I run back to the eyeglass store and ask them to break at 20- get 2 tens and give it to the lady. At this point the Dr. is coming out of the exam. The lady says to me-see if you would have just waited here he is. I said you know what all I need is the contacts. She comes back gives them to me. Tells me the left side is a little stronger than I am used to….but the right eye will be perfect. Fine I said. I run over to the other counter put in my right one- Perfect. Put in the left one and feel like I have just entered into the twilight zone. Knowing that Seanna has been waiting for 10 minutes and I am 20 minutes away I tell myself to suck it up and I will get used to it. I grab Emma and rush out the door. I hit the curb and fall flat on my face. The contact was so strong I have no depth perception. I am now on the road (face forward) and Emma is crying. I tell her I am fine. Sit on the curb. Put my old contact back in my eye…and throw the other one in the wind.
I was so frustrated from the whole process I wanted to scream. Emma and I get into the car and I call the place where Seanna was. I am running late I told the Birthday Girls’ Mom. Where are you at she said? YOU DON”T WANT TO KNOW!!!
Seanna got picked up…I still have one good contact and one green slimy pollinated one!!
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