new glasses
Saturday evening I was walking out of my bedroom and took off my glasses to rub my eyes(damn allergies) and an arm popped of my glasses. Great. Just what I need now.
I was just forced to change contract companies at work and the new thieves decide that paying every two weeks with a two week delay is just dandy. When you’re used to a weekly check with a 3 day delay this really screws your budget. I won’t get another paycheck for a whole month. No change in job, a slight raise in pay, and a royal raping while waiting for a paycheck. I hope they enjoy the $.32 in interest they make while sitting on my money. Bastards.
So, Sunday morning we head to the mall to find me some new specs. I hadn’t gotten a new pair in nearly 3 years so I had to get an exam first. Doc said that with my old glasses I was still seeing 20/20. Without my glasses I’m 20/400, or legally blind. We next looked over the frames they had next door and I found a pair I liked. Then I looked at the price. Ow. They were some really nice Marchon Airlocks. A frameless style in titanium. No hinges to break. Just really thin, really strong titanium arms that you bend to fold and put away. They were lighter than any glasses I’d ever had or seen. The wife said it almost looks like I’m not wearing any at all. It feels that way too. I asked about them and they girl said that they couldn’t do them in house in an hour because the lenses needed to be drilled. Crap. I really liked them. We looked around for a while and went back to that pair again. I really needed glasses right away. I decided to go ahead and order them plus some replacement lenses for my favorite pair of Rayban Wayfarers. 
Yeah, they’re old school but I’ve worn that style since around ’87 and I like the feel and style. The current pair I have I’ve had since around 1992, after I ran over my first pair with my truck, so they do last.
Since I wasn’t getting glasses in an hour, because I decided to wait a wek for the new ones, I went home and with some ingenuity and epoxy I was able to fix my old glasses, at least temporarily. And I did the job well enough that you can’t even tell. None of that white medical tape on this nerd’s glasses.