When I was in my early 30’s, I was still wearing glasses, as I had been since I was 17. I was growing weary of the feeling of the glasses always pinching my eyebrows and leaving me feeling tired at the end of the day. So I tried the contact lenses. Turns out I’m really bad at poking a thin piece of silicone into my eye. Needless to say, that trial fell by the wayside.
Then a miracle of my proportions happened and my mother-in-law decided that she would pay for me to get lasik surgery. I was excited and a little nervous, but the surgery was a success and I could see without glasses and my vision was 20/20. They did warn me about the future though. They said at the age of 40 myopia sets in which means, your close up vision starts to go, no matter who you are. I was fine with it then because I wasn’t 40 yet.
Now here I am at the old man age of 47 and it is finally starting to get to the point where I should be using reading glasses.
2019 was a pretty horrible year for me, with unemployment and other things causing a lot of unrest and weariness. At the end of the year, I was like, I’m finally done with all of this and decided that 2020 was going to be my year. 2020 was just starting to coming into focus and then “47” hit and now, just like most of the rest of you, I can’t see clearly anymore.
But hey, it is Bitter Friday Gifture time, so let’s just move on to the Bitter Giftures…
Hey, at least animals…
…are making a comeback.
Ahh, the good old days…
…and now my near future.
I did look into it and it was a game-changer…
…until I turned old.
If you can’t find a way to get your day ruined in real life…
…you can always get it ruined in Animal Crossing.
I never envisioned my parenting…
…being like this, this year.
And it never seems…
…to want to leave.
Here we are just hoping this year would be a nice smooth one…
…and then Corona came along and smacked us in the face.
I finally decided to lean into the year…
…but then it decided to lean back.
Let’s just take it nice and easy…
…and whhhhat? Never mind.
Little did we know…
…we would be leaping into this abyss.
Or walking…
…into this dark cave.
Let’s just hope…
…there’s some of this at the end of this very long tunnel.
So there you have it. My 20/20 vision is deteriorating at a rapid pace. I have no idea how we are going to come out of this, but I do know this. We will all be a little more bitter at the end of it.
ARRRRRGGGGHHHHHHH
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Just spotted the clip for Action Point – formerly Action Park, aka Traction Park.
The history of Action Park is amazing. Sex, drugs, beer, blood and death.
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Yeah, that is a pretty epic park.
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The developer’s son, Andy Mulvihill, wrote a book about it. Fun inspiring read.
There’s a documentary, too, but it’s lame.
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That’s true, Ben. I don’t think you have the monopoly on bitter anymore. About that light at the end of the tunnel, have you heard this quote?: “Don’t be too optimistic – the light at the end of the tunnel may be another train.”
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That is a great quote. And that is how I meant it. There is no light at the end of the tunnel, just a tiny breath before things get dark again.
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Vision is something else with age. You can see up close, but not far away. Or you can see far away but not up close. Bifocals are for old people, and they cause you to fall down the stairs (says my mom). So I’m avoiding them for as long as I can. I don’t need bad eyes AND a broken hip. Loved the Thelma GIF; in the 70’s she made it (sort of) OK to be nerdy. 🙂
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I know. I already have a bad back, bad neck, bad shoulder, bad knees, gray hair and now my vision. Shhesh.
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yes, at least the animals…
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