I’ve gone almost fifty years without glasses. I once had an employee at the DMV ask me if I were wearing contact lenses because she didn’t believe my eyesight was that good. But now time has caught up to me and my eyesight has started to bail on me.
I choose a boring set of black frames that were on sale. The regular sight part of the glasses is pretty light, but just enough magnification to shift the world an small uncomfortable amount. The reading part of the bifocals is about what I have been using in the reading glasses I found at the dollar store. My first full day of wearing glasses left me dizzy and nauseous. It seems that this is a common problem and that I will be ok in about a week or so. I hope so.
Of course, this means that I should think about getting a new portrait. I’ll think about it.
I was told by one person that they were shocked once they got glasses that they could see individual leaves on trees. The world is not radically altered for me, but objects are a bit clearer and colors seem to be a bit brighter for some reason. I sent almost no time picking out the frames, maybe next time I will care a little bit more-but I doubt it.
