Ordered my new eyes.

Took a little wander over to the Wal-Mart last night to take another look at their glasses. Tried on about a million pairs. I was just about to give up when I tried on one more pair and Love them! And the good news is, No Plastic! so their breakability factor is way low :) They weren't my first choice, but Al thought the ones I liked were just too dark (They were black :)). So I'll get the new ones in about a week. Yay!

Although, I've been wearing contacts for about a week now. And I like them a lot! I had contacts about 7-8 years ago. I don't know if they just didn't fit right, or were the wrong kind for me, but I hated them! They itched, they kept ripping, and were a total PITA to get in and out. So I made the switch back to glasses as soon as I could, and stuck with them until now.

Whatever brand my new good buddy Hakim gave me are SO much better! Despite not being the right strength (as I found out on Monday when I had my eye exam done....man, I am BLIND!! -6.25 in the left, and -6.50 in the right!). I love them. Mason can't knock them off my face. They don't get finger prints, and really, they aren't that much of a bother in the morning to get in. They biggest downside I find with them, is that they can only be worn for 14 hours a day, and with the ungodly hour that my kids get me up in the morning, that doesn't give me much time to read at night be fore I go to bed :( Oh well.

I might get a pair or two in a couple months when we get the dollars back from my prescription.

I'll be sure to take some pictures of my new eyes :)

~Lisa~

Oh what a day...

So, yesterday was my birthday. It came and went without much fanfare at all. And really, that was just fine by me. I'm 27 now. That's the first age I remember my mother being. For some reason I have always wanted to be 27. Maybe this will be the year it all falls into place for me. Who knows.

I had to go to Toronto yesterday for a course at The Geneva Centre for Autism. Great place, lousy course IMO. It might have been good for me had my student been older, and definitely would have been fine if I was a teacher in a classroom environment. But as an ABA therapist, not so much. Oh well, it was cool to be surrounded by people with such a common interest in Autism.

Getting there and getting home was AWFUL! According to Mapquest it should take me 1 hour and 7 minutes to get from door to door. Riiiiiight. It took me exactly 2 hours to get There, and then THREE hours to get home!! I spent an HOUR on Eglinton alone! It was the worst time EVER. I watched a stop light change 15 times before I got to it. I kid you not. I'm sure there was probably other ways I could have gone, but I know Toronto about as well as I know algebra, so I was too afraid of getting lost to stray off my path. And then there was a rollover on the 400, and they shut that down! I know a few routes home from there, but so do apparently every other person in front of me. By the time I finally walked in the door I was shaking, had a splitting headache and just wanted to go to bed :)

Oh well, I guess the bright side was that I didn't have to spend my birthday working or changing diapers and breaking up arguments...right?

~Lisa~

P.s. Happy Birthday to my step-sister Kathy today!!!