Etc., Etc.

So -  last Thursday was a day I knew would one day come.

It's a day that you say to yourself "I know it will happen, Lord.... but not today.  OK?"

Well, November 8, 2011 it happened to me.

I need *deep breath* bifocals.....

OK - I'm being a teensy bit dramatic.

I don't need bifocals yet.  But I now have multifocal contacts and the doctor said that if I didn't want them I'd have to pick up some +1.00 'readers' (the lowest available power).

But there's nowhere to go from here but down - ya know?

Now - I'm pretty much functionally blind and have been for a long time.  I've had some type of corrective lens since I was 12.  I'm used to it.

But BIFOCALS?

My doctor tells me that vision issues like this occur because the cornea doesn't stop growing as we age - so it's not a matter of 'degeneration'  - only a matter of reaching a certain age.

Somehow that makes me feel better and worse at the same time. 

So I've decided to buy some sexy glasses.

When the going gets tough, the aging go shopping....

Etc., Etc.

While shopping last weekend with my best friend.....

Me:  "Isn't this cute?  Look at the patches on the elbows."

Her:  *heavy sigh*  "Don't you already have a sweater that makes you look like a gondolier in Venice?"

Etc., Etc.

This is the Edie Vase by Jonathan Adler.....

Upon seeing it in a chi chi boutique - in DuPont Circle - my best friend said:

"Tonya - I think you should buy that Jonathan Adler twat for your living room."

Yeah - that's how we roll.