My eyes have been bugging me for a couple of weeks now. I think it's mostly because of the incredible amount of laptop and reading time I've been putting in, but especially recently I've been getting headaches and my eyes have been feeling puffy and dry.
Today I finally broke down and went to see the optometrist. Turns out I'm far-sighted, and I have astigmatism in both eyes. I had been prescribed glasses about 10 years ago but stopped wearing them because I didn't like the frames (which made me look like an old lady). Looks like since that time my eyes have gotten worse. The doctor said I will need "progressive" lenses soon - which is really a code word for bifocals. Blech.
In the meantime Jen helped me pick out some cool non-grandma frames and I'm very much looking forward to my glasses coming in so that I can see better and get rid of these headaches. Here's a picture of the new glasses. The ones I'm getting are this shape but have a cool kind of wrought-iron look thing going on.
