And on Wednesday I picked up my new specs for reading and computer work. I do a lot of reading at home and work and a lot of computer work... I'll be wearing these a lot.
Picture taken with my computer at work - sorry for the blurriness. Or perhaps that's just my eyes??How do I feel about this?
I'm in two minds about it. When I was a kid I always wished I had glasses. They looked cool. I liked the "smart librarian" sort of image. I had a pair of my brother's old frames (with no lenses) which I put on sometimes, just to see how it looked. (It looked extremely daggy - they were not a very nice pair of specs.)
But on the other hand, I was glad that I didn't need them. Two brothers with glasses and two parents with glasses... I was the one with perfect 20/20 vision. There was none of the inconvenience of glasses or the painful fiddling with contact lenses.
So now, I don't mind "the look"... there've been a few compliments. That's been nice. But they are a concrete sign that I'm not getting any younger, as they say. That age is catching up with me. Or maybe it's just the bad lighting in my office and too much time in front of the computer screen. I was told that eyes don't dramatically change until one is 40 and I've still got 5-ish years before then!
Oh well. I can't complain. At least the headaches have gone!
2 comments:
wow, you look great! I assume these are for long sightedness (Presbyopia I presume?.
Don't worry, it's a sign of lots of fine, close focus work (eg: your craft as well as work :-), not necessarily ageing.
I got my first pair at uni :-) And only now I really really need them.
They do look really nice. Quite intellectual. Remind you to teach some eye exercises next time I see you, which might help a little. I think your frames really suit your face too.
I have a feeling I might be next in line for glasses though...
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