Loving my new glasses. Well more accurately I’m loving the ability to see things clearly. Watched the Oilers game tonight and could clearly see the puck. I’d forgotten what a non fuzzy puck looked like.

I’m still not sure that I’m a fan of my frames but I’m sure they’ll grow on me. I got quite a few compliments on them today and no one burst out laughing so they can’t be that bad.

I will likely get my daily wear glasses modified at the optical shop. They have cute little plastic heart nose pads. Unfortunately they’re very hard plastic and dig into the side of my nose a bit. So if they can’t be adjusted to fit a bit better I’ll need to see if they’ll be able to swap them out for the softer plastic ones.

The joys of new glasses. They say “seeing is believing” but never tell us what we’re supposes to be believing. Me, I believe I can see.

Thanks to R&R and her magic AMEX – front of the line ticket access baby – we have tickets to go see Leonard Cohen on April 25th. Well, I’ll have a ticket once I pay her for it.  Can’t wait. I’ve loved Leonard Cohen’s writing and music for years and was disappointed when he didn’t come west while touring parts of Canada last year.  Now all is well with the universe.  Even better, less than two weeks before Cohen is in town, I’ll be watching and listening to Gordon Lightfoot.

I received a call for an interview this morning and am collecting the necessary written references. The position is with the provincial government and looks pretty interesting.

Always the fashion diva – Ok, you can stop laughing now.  I mean it. Fine.  Get it out of your system.  Done? Are you sure? *sigh* Go ahead. Laugh it up for a few more minutes. Can we get back to my story now? – I’m waffling on what to wear to the upcoming interview. I’m not certain I want to wear the severe classic black suit I wore the last time round. Perhaps I’ll take a look around the mall(s) this weekend to see if I can find a nice brown suit instead.

Last time I was job hunting I did very poorly on interviews where I really wanted the job and seemed to breeze through interviews for positions I wasn’t interested in. Apparently all I need to do is convince myself that I’m NOT interested in this job and I should muddle through the interview in fine form.

I also received a call that my new glasses are ready and I can pick them up this evening. Oh, did I forget to mention I’m getting new glasses?  I got tired of not being able to see and finally broke down and got my eyes tested last week.  I hadn’t been paying too much attention to the degradation of my eye sight. Sure, in the back of my mind I knew it was getting harder and harder to see when I wasn’t wearing my glasses. So I started wearing them full-time whenever I wasn’t at a computer or reading a book. According to my optometrist I’m supposed to wear them all the time anywho.  And I’ve always had the “must wear corrective lenses” restriction on my driver’s license.

When the call came in I was pretty surprised. I wasn’t expecting them to be ready for at least another week. Downside of having a very weird prescription that gets sent to a lab in Montreal to be filled is that you often wait multiple weeks before your new glasses are available to you.

Soon This evening I will be able to see properly. I still can’t believe I dropped a whole point level over the past 2+ years. Everyone keeps telling me that your eyes don’t change that much at my age.  Granted it does explain why I can’t watch my 52in TV in the basement, walk down a hallway un-escourted by my seeing eye co-worker, or do anything that involves avoiding walking into walls without my current glasses.  It also explains why I’ve been having so much difficulty seeing properly when I’m actually wearing my existing pair.

Friday I visit the Dr. to discover the results of the tests I had a few weeks back. I’m hoping it’s all good news.

Keep your eyes, fingers and toes crossed. I can use all the luck people are willing to spare.

It’s that time of year again in Canada.  Timmies annual Rrroll Up the Rim to Win contest. While everyone here is busy trying to win a vehicle or some other hot prize over in KAF the hot prize is a limited edition Timmies hat.

So of course MOT is drinking lots of coffee in the hopes of coming home with a new friend.

Unfortunately he hasn’t even won himself a free coffee or donut at this point.  We know he’ll keep trying.

cp: Dust My Broom

Late entry to the blog tonight.

Went to my first Edmonton #tweetup with @RobinHoodlum tonight and had a fabulous time. I’d never been to Original Joe‘s before and it was a nice way to spend the evening.

Talk ran off in many directions as many people were from different backgrounds. Geeks all. Loxley was the music geek. We has small business owners. Programmers. Game designers. PR professionals. Journalists. Etc.

Great to finally put some faces to the names. It seems most wore geeky shirts although @Out_Inc‘s had to be one of the best. I wore my “nobody reads my blog” T and babbled about the blogger’s breakfast. People seemed interested in joining in. Get ready Joy – you may meet some blogging tweeps yet.

Had a fabulous time. Just need to get Loxley into Twitter so she’s not the perennial newbie.