I got contacts last Saturday. I went after spending the morning at a Learning Day our Relief Society sponsored. I learned how to make an apple pie and I made a name plaque with vinyl letters. And then I ate a VERY yummy lunch of several different salads and buttery rolls and lively, fun company of some of the other women in the ward. As of right now, I like that hour-long lunch/conversation more than my contacts.
When I finished the eye exam and sat down with a technician to go through the ordeal of putting my contacts in for the first time, I braced myself for the inevitable comments. You see, I am a terrible blinker. I think I nearly drove the woman who did my make-up for my wedding crazy because I couldn't keep my eye still enough for her to put on the eyeliner. And I can't help it! My eyes just don't like to be touched and my fingers aren't strong enough to hold them open against a blink without some painful gouging going one.
So, I watched the technician demonstrate, picked up my contact and neared it to my eye. The lady said, "You really have to open your eyes wide. And try not to blink." "OK" I said, trying to be civil and went at it again. Sometimes the contact would squish against my finger, sometimes it'd get crushed by my closing lashes. And still, the only commentary that woman had was, "Don't blink! You need to open your eyes!" She just said it over and over as if somehow telling me again would make me suddenly realize, "Oh! You mean my eye needs to be OPEN to put a contact in?! You'd don't say... And all this time, I was trying ON PURPOSE to keep my eyes shut."
That's what I wanted to say. I also wanted to say, Shut up! or Go Away! but my conscience wouldn't let me. I just kept saying, "OK" and "I'm trying.... really." And she just sat there, sighing away. Finally, I said, "You can go do something else if you need to. I'll just struggle with this here." And eventually, of course, I got them in, without her furrowed brow or sighing.
I told Sam the story on the way home and he kind of meandered his way into the bathroom as I tried again on Sunday morning. He stood there, watching, and I could tell he was holding his tongue. Once I finally got one in, he said, "You really do blink a lot," and then kissed my cheek to keep me from giving him the eye (which would have been red and teary, had it been attempted).
I'm now on day 5 of attempting contacts. I'm nowhere near having the "One day, it won't even bother you. You'll just pop 'em right in" experience that everyone keeps telling me about, but I am getting better. And I've decided they're worth the trouble. It's a great feeling to be able to both see long distances while I'm driving AND wear sunglasses instead of choosing between the two.
And the headaches are gone-- literally. Proverbially, I'd say my contacts give me one every time I have to put them in.
6 comments:
learned how to make an apple pie? as I recall, there was an incident that included pie (apple, I thought) and fire in the basement at taylor hall....am I wrong?
he he he... What I really learned how to do was make the crust from scratch. I've only used pillsbury so far in my pie making ventures, or in that specific case ADventure... I'm much more careful with my potholders these days.
Heather, This is Tiffany, one of Laska's friends, We met a few times down at BYU, I peak at your life every once in awhile! But I had to laugh at this post because I know exactly how it is with the contacts thing. I think it literally took me like 2 hours sitting in the eye doctor's trying to get my contacts in the first time. My mom even had to leave to pick up a sibling because it was taking me so so long. So don't feel so bad, I remember thinking, how am I going to do this, and I would have to get up an extra 30 minutes, if not longer, in the morning just to make sure I could get my contacts in on time. But seriously now I sometimes forget to take them out at night because I forget that they are there! So it definitly will get better, and then will get a lot more comfy, although, I have found some brands dry out in your eyes easier than others, so if you have that problem just switch brands!! Good luck though, i bet they really are nice! (phew, that was a long comment, sorry)
well, you are braver than I ever was. I am the kind who think ears were meant NOT to have additional holes (the pain never bothered me) nor were eyes meant to have something floating in them. So now I'm old, trifocaled, but pierce-less and with transition lenses. I do OK. But good luck to you. You've learned a good lesson. Tell everyone to go away and leave you alone and you will be able to accomplish anything...in your time, your way.
I remember when I first got contacts. It was awful to put them in. I actually had hard contacts which are a lot smaller than softs. They came out easier too. Would just pop out sometimes when you didn't want them to. Now I have softs and had to go through that learning to put them in all over again. The worst for me was trying to get the softs out. It took me hours. They are great now. I love not having to wear glasses all the time!
I find it helps if I spit in your face.
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