For years I have made fun of my husband about his need for bifocals. He would squint to read the paper and move his glasses down his nose. So he finally went this summer and got...bifocals. Be careful what you wish for. He got some kind of progressive lens thing and now, not only can he not see, he's grouchy too boot. He says his new glasses make him dizzy...I say, just don't wear them.

I decided it had been a long time (okay...maybe 15 years) since my last eye exam so maybe I should get my eyes checked as well. I have had glasses since college but I only wear them for distances. (Okay, okay, I don't wear them at all. I like the fuzzy way the world looks without them.) I have been wearing cheaters lately when I read my textbooks so I knew I would probably need a new prescription.

Apparently, I have odd eyes. Who knew? I now have two pair of glasses. One for distance and one for reading. The odd part? My distance vision pair has a left lense that is plain glass and a right lense that is prescription. The reading pair is just the opposite. I wanted one pair...with one distance lense and one reading lense...apparently that's a bad idea. So now I have two pair of glasses that I won't wear.

The best part...when I picked up my new glasses...they were different than the ones I picked out...really different. But I figure...as much as I wear them...who cares. So I kept them.