GEEK.

Blurred vision...

When getting my eyes tested they put funny drops in them that made my sight go blurry and so I couldn't see very much on the way home! It was embarassing walking around squinting hoping no-one I knew would see me and I worrying I wouldn't recognise them, but then hoping someone I knew would come and hold my hand so I wouldn't trip on my heels! I couldn't see writing on ads that were close, or people's facial features, or the song name on my ipod...but I could see things further away so as long as I kept looking ahead and straight in front of me I was able to see where I was going and make sure I wasn't heading into someone or something.

That made me think of how it is sometimes in life, how we don't understand what happens in the present...things seem blurry, we can't see clearly, we're frustrated we don't recognise faces or understand what is going on. But then, sometimes after a lot of time, we look up and ahead, so that we can see things better and clearer, and realise that we WILL make it home, that further ahead is something better than this confused blurriness we see and live in now. And that there is someone we know holding our hand on the way home, making sure we don't trip, and reminding us to look up and ahead...

Call me Four Eyes

I need glasses!!! Went to the ophtalmologist (you're right...let's just say eye doctor!) today and I am long-sighted. So, I have a prescription for glasses! Yes! This enthusiasm may seem unusual to most people, but because I apparently look quite ditzy and 'blonde' (I am not denegrating blondes! I am called a malteaser...go figure), I am looking forward to looking more intellectual and serious (?)

I've decided I would like some of those cool, black rectangular shaped ones, like Lebo's that I wear more than her in class, for the fun of it. I realise people who go around trying on other people's glasses are quite sad. But share in my excitement... I will soon have my very own glasses!!