“The neurotic has perfect vision in one eye, but he cannot remember which”
Mignon McLaughlin, The Neurotic's Notebook, 1960
TIME: 3:50 PM
PLACE: The optometrist’s office
SUBJECT: Phoropter and DramaQueen
January is the beginning of the year and also the beginning of our insurance (medical/dental/vision) year. DQ last visited the eye doctor in January of 2010 and had run out of disposable contacts. Before we ordered any new ones, we needed to see if her prescription had changed. I picked her up at school a a half-hour early (she loved that) and drove her to her appointment. Her eyes have stayed the same – she has an astigmatism in her left eye which became a little more pronounced, but nothing to change her prescription. That’s good – I hope her eyes don’t become as bad as mine.
