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A day for the happy icon
Jun. 28th, 2008 07:09 pmI have a couple of prettier Turrow icons, but since I cut down the features of my account, they're sort of unusable at the moment. Oh well ...
Ah, the joys of aging. My new reading glasses are a lot stronger than my last pair (which I bought 11 years ago and threw out a few years after that, when I had no health insurance and couldn't afford a new pair). I've been seeing just fine for the last few years, but I'd noticed of late I was squinting a lot and having headaches after reading for just a short time. Now that I have vision insurance, everything was only $35 and the glasses are light and almost like I'm not wearing them. The type is closer, and my eyes don't hurt so much after a time at the screen. The joys of aging.
( I couldn't resist, since this goes with my above bitching so well )
I feel like I'm standing still much of the time - in an effort to put more money toward paying down credit card debt, I don't do the things I used to do, such as go out with friends much or even go out myself much, so I won't spend (although I do have my weekly Starbucks outing). Yet, the last year and a half has been nothing BUT change and spending. I got a new job, moved across two states (again), adopted another cat, bought new furniture, a new (to me) car, had a disease diagnosis, had to make new friends, find new haunts, and effectively am still learning an almost entirely new career. This is a big reason I lean heavily on a happy fandom to take the stress out of the end of each day ... and why I get so discombobulated when I see that tranquility being threatened or upended. It's easy to get angry and kick others when you think they're the cause of that loss. And sometimes they aren't - and sometimes they are and maybe you just shouldn't pay attention, and disregard them for the obstructions they are. (I suppose it's nice to know, approaching 40, that I can still be childish when the occasion calls for it. *G*)
( Spoilers for 'Sex and the City' movie )
Ah, the joys of aging. My new reading glasses are a lot stronger than my last pair (which I bought 11 years ago and threw out a few years after that, when I had no health insurance and couldn't afford a new pair). I've been seeing just fine for the last few years, but I'd noticed of late I was squinting a lot and having headaches after reading for just a short time. Now that I have vision insurance, everything was only $35 and the glasses are light and almost like I'm not wearing them. The type is closer, and my eyes don't hurt so much after a time at the screen. The joys of aging.
( I couldn't resist, since this goes with my above bitching so well )
I feel like I'm standing still much of the time - in an effort to put more money toward paying down credit card debt, I don't do the things I used to do, such as go out with friends much or even go out myself much, so I won't spend (although I do have my weekly Starbucks outing). Yet, the last year and a half has been nothing BUT change and spending. I got a new job, moved across two states (again), adopted another cat, bought new furniture, a new (to me) car, had a disease diagnosis, had to make new friends, find new haunts, and effectively am still learning an almost entirely new career. This is a big reason I lean heavily on a happy fandom to take the stress out of the end of each day ... and why I get so discombobulated when I see that tranquility being threatened or upended. It's easy to get angry and kick others when you think they're the cause of that loss. And sometimes they aren't - and sometimes they are and maybe you just shouldn't pay attention, and disregard them for the obstructions they are. (I suppose it's nice to know, approaching 40, that I can still be childish when the occasion calls for it. *G*)
( Spoilers for 'Sex and the City' movie )
