Not today, I have a headache

[wendyzski]

I got my new glasses yesterday. They look remarkably like my old glasses (which is a plus) but they are also a little stronger prescription that is taking some getting used to.

I have apparently developed a habit of leaning in to my computer screen (part of what clued me in that I needed new glasses) so I have to keep conciously leaning back in my chair. Also, the edges of the lens have a different distortion now, so I actually have to move my head to read to the bottom of the page - not just my eyes. If I just glance at the keyboard, my hands look really faw away.

Got a bit of a headache as a result, so tread lightly. I'm grumpy today.

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My First Glasses

[captaingeek.livejournal.com]

After I got my first pair of glasses ever, way back in 4th grade, I mad ethe comment that it looked like I's shruunk because the ground looked closer. It was actually just clearer. 8-)

I need new glasses myself, but can't afford them at the moment.

[cozit.livejournal.com]

Doesn't sound right that the focus/distortion should be *that* off, if the size is just about the same. You might want to get them to double-check that the focal point of the lenses is in the right spot. It's apparently easy for them to screw up, and no amount of time can get your eyes used to it (I had one place re-do them *five* times... yeah, they figured it wrong that many time... no I don't go there anymore).

The getting used to not crowding the screen you just have to deal with on your own :-)

I'd ask if we could call you granny yet... but I suspect that remark would come back to haunt me, you being a tad younger and all :-)

[wendyzski.livejournal.com]

I think it's because these are a tad rounder on the bottom than my old ones, so the distortion along that edge is easier to see. Add to that the fact that I have my monitor set to the proper ergonomic height, so if I glance down at my keyboard without moving my head, part of it is actually off the edge of the lens.

[cozit.livejournal.com]

All of my keyboard is out of sight. I'm still kicking myself for having given in and buying glasses where I did just because it was easier. It was the *only* frames that worked with my face (both size and look) in the optomitrist's shop. But I should have known better.

I still hate that I can't *see* so much... tunnel vision is not a good thing when you've got the insane range of vision direction that I do. Even larger lenses only make looking forward better, but still, it'd be more forward and down than I can see now...