Recently I had noticed things in my life had gone a bit fuzzy. I wasn’t as sharp as I used to be. Things just weren’t coming into focus.  So I knew I had to get things into  perspective.  Okay, enough of the puns.

Basically I’d been having some problems seeing the television from bed and the clock on the tv. It was all a bit blurry. I also noticed when driving that the street signs were a bit harder to focus on. Nothing was as crisp as it had been before, so I bit the bullet and went to the eye doctor.

I had corrective eye surgery in 1999.  It worked great. Yet they did tell me back then that there was a big chance that after 8-10 years there might be some deterioration in my vision.  This was to be expected and normal. I guess for once, I’m normal. *sigh*

I got the peepers inspected and it turns out I’m 20/40 in my left and 20/30 in my right. My left eye had always been the worst. What was funny though is that in my left eye I have two astigmatisms (I used to have six). I had to laugh because I have had glasses since I was about six or seven years old and know full well what an astigmatism is and what it does to your vision. However, I still had to explain to everyone there that I knew. And when I did explain that not only did I know but that my eye sight had previously been 20/1000 and 20/800 and I was well versed on it all and they were all quite surprised and finally left me alone on the definitions and who’s and what’s of glasses and vision.

So I’m back in spectacles, instead of making one of myself (not that I still won’t make a spectacle of myself in spectacles). I got two nice new pairs. I do not plan to be in them for long. Sometime in the new year I will be seeing another LASIK surgeon and see if I can get a touch up. I don’t care if they make me look smarter, I’d rather not have to deal with them at all.

But until then I will wear them. Because I can see clearly now, the blur is gone.

Life is full of this. And I got my share yesterday.  I didn’t get the part in the indie horror film.  However, it’s not as bad as it sounds and don’t worry my eyes are not puffy from crying.

I received an email from the writer of the film last night. She said she had really wanted to cast me, as my reading was excellent but the director felt I looked too young for the part. Damn my good genetics and sensibility to not smoke, drink a lot and wear SPF 50.

It isn’t the end of the world. I will keep on trucking. I know better actors than me have been turned down for parts because they didn’t “have the look”.  It’s just a bit disappointing.

Yes ladies and gentlemen, we have snow! Not just a bit of a flurry, but actual honest to goodness snow accumulation.  I know there are those out there that hate this (*cough* sorry mom) but I just love it.

I can’t believe it’s December 5 and it’s snowing. When I go to the stores they have snowsuits (something I haven’t seen since I was 12).  I feel like a kid again.

That is all.

Ladies, I am sure you will agree with me on this one; the Always commercials on TV that advertise “Have a happy period”.  What on earth are they talking about? How can a company that makes items that collect the blood of women think that this is a good ad campaign?

I mean, once a month (for at least three days) I bloat, feel sluggish, my appetite ranges from starving to wanting nothing, my clothes don’t always fit right, my joints ache, and to top it all off I have cramps that some people dare to say are psychosomatic.   And they want me to be happy?

Honestly, if a company that produces feminine hygiene products wants to make a statement about the period it should be something more along the lines of “Have a quick period” or “Hope this period doesn’t cause you discomfort” even, “I know you’re seeing red but soon you’ll be in the clear.”  Anything would be better than telling me to be happy when I am so clearly not.

This campaign had to have been thought up by a man or a group of men because there is no way on God’s green Earth that a woman would think this was a sensible way to advertise our pads.