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Julie Barrett
Friday, January 31, 2014
Well, I haven't accomplished a lot. Sigh. Let me count the things that happened:
1. Got a few things accomplished Tuesday, then got a call from my eye surgeon. The laser procedure I had scheduled for Wednesday is indefinitely postponed. The machine is STILL under repair. I'm on a waiting list and they'll call me when it's my turn. This is not a major problem (it's a common procedure post-cataract surgery), but I am seeing some decreased vision and cloudiness in the left eye. This procedure was supposed to be done a month ago and they delayed it because the machine broke. My optometrist suggested that I wait for that until I got my next eye exam. But now I'm down to my last pair of contacts and having trouble with near vision. So yes, the eye doctor will see me now.
2. Major calendar fail on my part. I thought he was going to see me Wednesday. The appointment was for Thursday. Of course, I was already across town when I got the automated notice asking me to confirm my appointment 24 hours in advance. Gah. All my fault.
3. Went to the optometrist on Thursday. He's a great guy, and is committed to making sure I have healthy eyes and good vision. The bad news (as he put it) is that my right eye can still be corrected to 20/20, meaning I can't have the cataract surgery yet. Then he ticked off all the stuff going on: An eight diopeter difference between my eyes (the brain can cope with three. Eight just makes it fall over and sink into the swamp). Extreme nearsightedness in one eye. Uncorrected astigmatism in one eye. The retina tear (one year ago!). And now the cloudy vision in the left eye. An encroaching cataract in the right eye. Two is not uncommon. Heck, I had extreme nearsightedness and uncorrected astigmatism in both eyes for as long as I can remember. But his many is a lot. And yet, the insurance won't do anything for me. He said that I'm doing really well considering everything that's going on, and realized that was sort of cold comfort.
4. Then I had to go get a slow leak in a tire fixed. The good news is that the problem wasn't in the sidewall, so they could fix it the even better news is that they didn't charge me a thing to fix the leak and rotate the tires.
5. Wednesday night I went to bed dead tired with the intention of reading for about ten minutes and zonking out. The tablet was powered down. Hmm. I'd charged it up. Turned it back on and, long story short, it was a brick. It was stuck on the manufacturer logo. Spent Thursday morning trying every geeky trick I could possibly think of (and a few more I found online) to fix it. Turns out a lot of people have had the same problem with that tablet. They'll fix it, but it'll cost more than the tablet is worth. Sigh. But wait! Paul has an extra Windows RT tablet hanging around. I spent last night getting that set up, and now I'm (mostly) back in business. Much rejoicing. I use the tablet for reading and some writing and a few other things, so I'm good. And not out more money!
6. Friday. Laundry. Grocery shopping.
I did get some things accomplished yesterday, though. I don't think I'm going to be nearly ready for next week's show. I'll have what I have. I'm not going to go into panic mode (again) and go crazy. I have enough on hand that if I sell out I'll be a happy camper, but I could really use more stock. More hats in popular sizes. More spats. That kind of thing.
So let's close the week with an (archived) cat picture, shall we?
Hit the 'nip. Have a good weekend!