And a happy Monday to all, from Australia!
G'day, Sharon/LDM. I agree, sometimes it's good to be reminded that we need to look out for one another.
Fran, fingers crossed for difficult child to hold a steady course.
Critter, sorry you miss out oon a day off. But as you said, it's good to have a job. Do you get paid penalty rates? That would be something else to be glad about.
No public holiday for us, of course. Although school holidays contine - one more week. husband is off this week as every year, becausee we have birthdays and anniversary. I took advantage of it today to get my eye tests done, they had told me I wouldn't be able to drive for three hours, after eye drops. The eye exam - no retinal detachment, tan goodness. So I ordered my new lenses for my existing spectacle frames, then remembered (a bit late!) that I would need to leave my current specs to be sent off for re-fitting. And I hadn't brought a spare pair, nor did I have any contact lenses! So it was a good thing husband was driving. I would have had to keep my glasses and order them at a later date.
I've got to go back on Friday after wearing my contact lenses all week, to see if they cause any irritation. On Friday difficult child 3 is getting his eyes checked out thoroughly for possible glaucoma, so we'll be busy. But after doing osme online digging last night and again talking to the (very young) optometrist today, I have found that I don't have to use chemical sterilisation, I can go back to what I used to do decades ago and steam them! It's much more effective and doesn't use preservatives! Yippee!
While I organised appointments etc, husband had taken difficult child 3 to the (fabulous!) Greek cafe next door to order the best kebabs in Sydney. So leaving my vital specs behind at the counter, I took my first (wary) steps away from the counter as a (temporarily) blind person and made my independent way to the cafe. Very grateful that I already walk with a stick, I was using it to feel for steps.
Once I met up with husband, I had a person to hang onto. I could see only by colour and light, using big blobs of colour to tell me when there was a person walking near us. My eyesight really is bad - without glasses I can't even see the eyechart, let alone the letters. Not even the big one at the top.
So what else could we do? We went and did the shopping. I know that mall and the supermarket really, really well. I didn'thave to hang on to husband all the time, although it did help.
difficult child 3 was an increasing pain in the neck all day, finally realising far too late that he had (once again) skipped his medications. The one advantage of this was to stimulate difficult child 3's appetite, so he ate well today.
But tomorrow - we watch him like a hawk!
When we got home I rummaged in the cupboard and found an old pair of glasses. Then I put in my 'practice' contact lenses and dug out my old contact lens steamer. It's 8 hours later and my old glasses are now on, while my contact lenses are steaming away as I type this. It's been about 12 years since I last used the thing, so I am going to babysit it to make sure it works properly, switching itself off when it boils dry. But if tis works - I will be so relieved! And form what I was told today, I will probably have the most sterile contact lenses in Australia. Because nobody else does it this way any more.
Utterly bizarre...
A hot day tomorrow, I really do need to test these contact lenses at the beach... wish me luck!
Marg