(Time Out)

While I'm doing a bit of living in the past here, I still have to deal with the present. This present day held a bit of a scare for me.

It's time to renew my drivers license and I spent well over an hour sitting there waiting for my turn this afternoon. No problem with the tags for the car, but then it was time for the license and the eye test. I looked into that machine and I couldn't read line four. I couldn't even see four lines. She asked me to read line three and it was a guessing game. Switch to the other eye and it was even worse.

Now what is so scary about this is that I just got new glasses four months ago. She moved on to another line and did let me pass. I can see with both eyes, but neither eye was what it should be, especially with almost brand new glasses. My head was spinning. I saw fine when I got the glasses. Did my eyes deteriorate that much, that soon? I was fighting tears, and couldn't even tell what I could see. Now, I have to admit that with the headaches, my vision is not a steady thing. I can see, but with the pain, there is some variation from day to day. But, the idea of that much difference in that short a time, sent me into a tailspin.

They handed me my license and I headed straight home. I found the papers that were given to me with my new glasses, and I headed straight for the eye doctor. No appointment and no phone call first. When I walked in, the receptionist asked me if I had an appointment. I said, 'No, I have a problem." She was with someone else and asked me to sit down and she would be with me soon. I didn't sit, I paced. Before she got to me, the Doctor walked by and asked me what was wrong. (I probably did look that bad, I was scared.)

I told the Dr. what had happened at the eye test for my license. Bless his heart, there was no one waiting in the office, and he took me right back. First he took the glasses and went somewhere to check them. Then he came back and asked me a few questions and he gave me another eye test. By then I was seeing perfectly and very confused. His explanation was perfect. I have no line bifocals. The machine at the eye examine forces you to look through the bottom of your lenses and then gives you something in the distance to read. I am extremely nearsighted. If I hadn't been so upset, I might have noticed when I was driving that I could see. Although, with tears to blur my vision and a foggy lens to look through....it's no wonder things were blurred.

What a scare. What a relief. What a day. Now I wonder why my head is pounding so????