Friday, April 2, 2021

day....Oh, say can.......391

 I almost made a giant mistake today


    I had an eye doc appointment.  This is a semi annual visit with a retina specialist in Sycamore.

    A few nights ago the topic came up.  Emily asked who was taking me and I said I was driving myself.  

    She asked if my eyes were being dilated.  I said I think so.  She said, "Dad,you can't drive yourself."

    But I had it all planned.  If my eyes were bad, I would just sit in the parking lot for an hour or so until they were normal.   I would get a coffee before hand, leave it in the car and sip it while I awaited vision to return to normal.

    It is now alnost 9 p.m. and I am still blurry.  And no, it is not due to wine.

    Not only was I planning on clearing up, I was going to Target (for toilet paper) and two grocery stores plus the vet clinic.

    Friend Sheri drove me because John was tking Camryn to have some wisdoms removed.  I did not want Jackie to drive me because I hated her waiting in the car for an hour if there was still an embargo on non patients in the clinic.  But there wasn't.  Not that I wanted anyone to sit in a car for an hour, but Sheri could have gone somewhere and gotten out of the car while Jackie could not.

    When I walked out it wasn't so bad....then I hit the sunlight and it was like a 747's landing lights in my face.  I could not see a thing.  Of course, I left my sunglasses at home.  And I did not ask for some cheap shields when I left the office.

    In short...there was no way I could have driven anywhere for several hours.

    Once again, sensible people saved me from a serious mistake.

    And call me crazy, but when I was younger it seemed Good Friday meant businesses would close from noon to 2 or even all afternoon.   I went about my day like it was a normal Friday. It just seemed odd.  

    But it was also odd not eating meat today.

    Stay healthy.  Stay happy.

Peace and Love



No comments:

Post a Comment