Turning 40
Posted By Stace.....
When the (&(^$%$#$!(*(*^*&^%%^!! did I get old?
I don't feel that old. And to be fair, I don't think that 40 is old, but still, that's really only because I am now 40. What the (&*^%$@!?
I have been wearing glasses since kindegarten, and bifocals for some decade now, so vision has always been an issue for me. But today, I was outside sitting with my back to the sun, trying to read a wonderful book by A.J. Jacobs, The Year of Living Biblically, and I cannot do it because the paper is far too brilliant in the sun. Ok, so I swipe Kev's sunglasses and force them onto my head over my glasses. Well, they don't fit this way and continue to slip off the tip of my nose. I hold them up with my forefinger.
I read very slowly due to being highly distractible and only read especially well in environments that are completely quiet (or maybe with classical music that lacks vocals), or unless the book is particularly easy. But when I am trying to absorb it all without skimming, I need, literally, no distractions. Otherwise, I will reread a paragraph 4 times without retention.
Now, I can see not only the outlines of my own glasses, which I always see, but which I have become adjusted to, but now, I also see the outlines of the sunglasses. This makes me feel that there is a much more limited space in which to see the words on the page - true or not, I am unsure, but this is my belief, and it bugs me, becoming another distraction for me while I am trying to read.
I take off my reading glasses, because in the past with a little extra effort, I could still read without them. I pop on the sunglasses. This is better in terms of light and peripheral visual distractions. However, the words are jumping all over the *^^&^%#%$ page and I'm uncertain that "extra effort" will be sufficient. I move the book out an arm's length. The focus is slightly better but the words are still traveling all over the page - I'll never keep my place.
I put my reading glasses back on under the sunglasses, and think - honestly - that what I need is a pair of those cheap wrap around sunglass visor thingies that only people in their 60's wear, and those returning home from a visit to the optomotrist.
Ultimately, I wind up going indoors 'cause it's too hot for this ol girl.
When the (&(^$%$#$!(*(*^*&^%%^!! did I get old?
I don't feel that old. And to be fair, I don't think that 40 is old, but still, that's really only because I am now 40. What the (&*^%$@!?
I have been wearing glasses since kindegarten, and bifocals for some decade now, so vision has always been an issue for me. But today, I was outside sitting with my back to the sun, trying to read a wonderful book by A.J. Jacobs, The Year of Living Biblically, and I cannot do it because the paper is far too brilliant in the sun. Ok, so I swipe Kev's sunglasses and force them onto my head over my glasses. Well, they don't fit this way and continue to slip off the tip of my nose. I hold them up with my forefinger.
I read very slowly due to being highly distractible and only read especially well in environments that are completely quiet (or maybe with classical music that lacks vocals), or unless the book is particularly easy. But when I am trying to absorb it all without skimming, I need, literally, no distractions. Otherwise, I will reread a paragraph 4 times without retention.
Now, I can see not only the outlines of my own glasses, which I always see, but which I have become adjusted to, but now, I also see the outlines of the sunglasses. This makes me feel that there is a much more limited space in which to see the words on the page - true or not, I am unsure, but this is my belief, and it bugs me, becoming another distraction for me while I am trying to read.
I take off my reading glasses, because in the past with a little extra effort, I could still read without them. I pop on the sunglasses. This is better in terms of light and peripheral visual distractions. However, the words are jumping all over the *^^&^%#%$ page and I'm uncertain that "extra effort" will be sufficient. I move the book out an arm's length. The focus is slightly better but the words are still traveling all over the page - I'll never keep my place.
I put my reading glasses back on under the sunglasses, and think - honestly - that what I need is a pair of those cheap wrap around sunglass visor thingies that only people in their 60's wear, and those returning home from a visit to the optomotrist.
Ultimately, I wind up going indoors 'cause it's too hot for this ol girl.
posted by Kevin and Stace @ 3:34 PM
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