i put the easel by the window so i could see you

I think I was about 7 when I got my first pair of glasses.  I can still remember them too - gold, round frame with brown marble colored plastic around the part that went behind my ears. In retrospect, they were probably too big for my eyes, but my mother liked that sort of thing - guess she thought it was like surround sound, but for your eyes. Like most kids, I did not like these metal contraptions stuck to my face, and quite purposefully “forget” them on my nightstand more mornings than not.

Even now, when I get to choose my own frames, I take them off for most pictures, and don’t put them on first thing in the morning.  Usually when i did “remember” to wear them they would become a toy for the day, whether that meant swinging it around my hand, or throwing them across the room, seeing if i could break them.  In all truth, I love the frames I have now - I’m just not comfortable with them on my face.  On yours though, they may look quite nice.

I have contacts for when I’m feeling particularly annoyed with glasses, though I don’t prefer or like those by any means.  Even though I wouldn’t have to take them off for pictures, or have something hanging off my head, they take me simply forever to put in my eyes!  When i first went to get contacts, the eye doctor taught (at least he tried) me how to put them in.   It took me about 2 hours the first time, and as soon as two weeks ago, i have successfully cut that time down to just 30 minutes.  I’m quite proud actually.

My glasses broke last week - the nosepad part on the left side, partially to my own doing.  The clear, rubber part that rests against your nose had fallen out aout two weeks ago, so I had bought a small kit to replace it.  As I was screwing in the replacement, the whole hinge fell off.  I’ll probably be buying new glasses within the week, which may, indeed, be the best part of being a four-eyed human: shopping for them.  I guess it’s a blessing in disguise.