I had a delicious salad for lunch yesterday. My favourite salads to make are the ones where I just throw on everything I can find in my fridge that seems suitable for a salad, and voila! Salad! This time it was spinach, avocado, apple chunks, feta, sun-dried tomatoes, bell peppers, cucumber, walnuts and some light Italian dressing. And it was super satisfying and healthy and scrumptious.
Another thing that happened yesterday was, I went to my optometrist (before I made the salad). I seriously love that office. I’ve been going since I was in 3rd grade, and it’s a home-run business, and they are hilarious and kind and sweet and loving and they know me. Most doctor visits I feel nervous for (I don’t know why, but my blood pressure is always higher simply because I can’t make my heart slow down out of nervousness? to see the doctor? yeah, I should definitely learn how to get over that…) but not here. I don’t know. It’s like home, walking through those doors. Anyway, it was even more of a positive experience because my eye doc informed me that my vision has, in fact, gotten better! Yes, only in one eye (but it is the worst eye!) and yes, only by a tiny teeny bit, but it’s better! Hallelujah it’s better! And it means a helluva lot to the girl who’s biggest fear in life since being prescribed glasses has been going blind. This whole paragraph makes me sound terribly dramatic, I know. Oh, and also, he told me that I should blink more. A little thing he likes to call “blink training” because that is the reason my eyes get dry- I’ll be sitting on the computer or reading a book and I will literally just forget to blink regularly, and turns out that’s not the best thing. But it’s also a very common thing, especially amongst people who are in school or who are on the computer a lot. So. Very common. Also. Note to self: blink more.
There’s also this- my eye doctor said to me, ” Have you been doing something different? Your complexion looks phenomenal.” And so. That was nice.
…And that’s all’s I got for today.
Do you wear glasses/contacts or are you one of the lucky people with perfect vision, like my hubby?
What’d you have for lunch yesterday?
Tell me something random from your day!
xo
I finally hit a -7 with my prescription last year and considering my dad and both his siblings are all in double digits, it’s not looking good for me. I was an optician for four years, so at least I know what to expect. I still have a hard time reminding myself to blink. But I’ve blinked about twice as much reading your post/commenting about it, haha :)
Ughhh yeah I’m -6 in my left eye and -4 in my right, but I have astigmatism in my left so it’s more annoying haha. And I’m glad I could remind you to blink ;)
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I’ve been wearing glasses since I was in 5th grade, and in 10th grade, the eye doctor told me I was on my way to being legally blind, then I had to go back to school after that lol I was a little freaked out. I had a salad too! Except here lately I’ve just been putting chicken on it and that’s it…..I think because I don’t feel like cutting anything else up. I use to be the same way about blinking. I could win staring contest easily, but contacts have made me have to start blinking, cause if I don’t the contact tries to jump out lol.
Eek what a scary thing to hear from your eye doctor!!! No fun! :( And I looove chicken in my salads and put it in whenever I have some!
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I’m short sighted meaning that without my glasses I’m fairly blind – people are like ‘look at that’ and I’m all like what – that blob over there? It’s terrible but I refuse to wear glasses all the time because I feel weird wearing them and I don’t want to become dependent upon them. Definitely blinked more while reading/commenting! sigh, I can’t get contacts until I’m at least 20 though, according to my optometrist
Haha I’m the same way- without my glasses/contacts it is squint city! Interesting that you can’t get contacts until you’re 20? Do you know why, exactly? I got them when I was in 8th grade!
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I had been wearing glasses since grade four and just this summer got laser eye surgery. It was the best decision of my life ! Love the boots in this outfit by the way !
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Ahhh I want laser eye surgery SO BAD!!! Hopefully I’ll be able to get it in a few years! I may have to talk with you in more depth about the subject, if you don’t mind :)
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My favorite salads are from Zuppa’s. I don’t know if you have one in Cali- but it is their Summer Chicken Salad. It is spinach, chicken, strawberries, cranberries, and cashews, with a strawberry vinaigrette. It is soo yummy!
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Hmm never heard of Zuppa’s, but I love the name! It sounds so delicious! That’s pretty much my fave salad right there- I make it at home all the time in the summer!
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i got lucky with the whole perfect vision thing- at least for now! and yesterday i ate soup… in 100+ degree heat bc i’m weird like that.
Girl, you be cray. Although, I mean, soup IS delicious, so maybe you’re not that cray.
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I have bad vision too. I can’t see without glasses/contacts!
I get extremely nervous when I go to the doctor too! I’m glad I’m not the only one. :)
Haha yayyy we can be nervous together, with our bad vision ;)
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I once had perfect vision and begged for glasses – then I went on a mission trip and got W-D 40 in my left eye causing me to need glasses…over time, my vision corrected and now it’s perfect again…yet, I want glasses. so weird. haha. loving your blog! stop by and say hi if you can! I love meeting new blogging buddies!
Ohhhmygosh, I’m so glad your vision came back! That is so scary!! And so silly that you always begged for glasses- adorable. YAY for new blog buds!
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I completely relate to my blood pressure being higher at a doctor’s as well! Makes me SO nervous! And I’ve had glasses since March 2006…I finally went to the eye doctor back in June after a three-ish year wait. [Oops! Not on purpose!] My vision has obviously gotten worse since I’d been wearing the same pair of glasses for seven years, haha, but do wish I had perfect vision! I tried getting contacts in 2009, but it took me over an hour to just TRY getting the lenses in my eyes! So I have stuck with glasses ever since.
Oh, and I totally had a peanut butter and jelly sandwich for lunch this afternoon. :)
Ahhh so glad I’m not alone in this! And I remember how difficult and frustrating it was the first few times trying to get contacts in my eyes! I cried out of frustration so many times- definitely understand that! Oh, and I love your lunch, too. Perf. :)
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In first grade, I purposely failed my vision exam at school so I could get glasses. (I knew that was an “E” on the top line, but said “B”.) They made me go to the optometrist, and I pulled the same trick, but somehow he knew I was faking and called me out on it. Finally in undergrad I bought a pair of fake glasses from Claire’s. I was getting headaches when I started grad school and couldn’t focus on the words, so I went to the eye doctor again. He told me I had 20/20 but that I needed to blink more. He literally said, “Read a paragraph, look up, blink for twenty seconds, and do this after every paragraph you read.” I just started using eye drops more frequently and that seemed to help.
And just to make this comment even longer, let me tell you that I had pizza for lunch yesterday. I love me some pizza. Especially when it’s half price!
Girlll you crazyyy! Whyyy would you WANT glasses?! So funny! And as for the blinking every paragraph thing, that just does NOT fly in school, sorry. That would take foreverrrr to read a book, haha! Crazy docs. ;)
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I have super horrible vision and wear contacts and glasses..separately of course ;) My vision is so bad I’m almost to the point that I can’t drive at night! Cute right. My bf is just like your husb..20 freakin 20! Not fair!
Your boots reminded me…today at Target I scored 2 pairs of boots for $7 each! Woo!!!!
SO not fair that people have 20/20 vision, ughhh! That’s crazy that you almost can’t drive at night! Whattt. Meh, it’s whatever. It’s an excuse to have your own personal chauffeur ;) And that’s an amazing deal on boots, girl! I think I need to get to Target ASAP!!
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Well my eye balls are lopsided too. My right eye is 20/20 and my left eye is, well I can’t remember what but I have to wear glasses for reading just because of my stupid left eye. Although I will say, it’s an excuse to go shopping for even more stuff haha.
I don’t like doctor’s offices either. They make me nervous too!
Hehe we both have stupid left eyes! And, yes, any excuse to shop is good, no matter what it’s for ;) Making the best of any situation- I like that!!
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I wore glasses until April of last year, then I had lasik done. :)
Ahhh Jen, I want to talk to you about Lasik!!!! I really really really want to get it done soon!!
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Katie, I don’t wanna come off super creepy or anything but your blog is the best. It’s one of 2 make sure to read everyday. It’s so lovely and almost make me feel like I know you, you could be a friend Iv known forever. I have eyes almost exactly like yours, with an astigmatism and at my last appointment one got slightly better. Weird huh. But yay! Also I had the yummiest salad ever- spinach with mango, pineapple, watermelon, can’t elope and pomegranate.
I hope if I ever get round to starting the blog Iv been meaning to you’ll read mine
Oh goodness, your comment was the sweetest thing ever. Seriously, thank you for making me smile so much!!! I’m glad you like my blog, and please do start your own so I can read yours! :)
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I wear contacts and totally get “dry eye”, i completely understand the feeling! I guess I’ll have to do some blink training too.
Haha we can practice our blink training together, girl.
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Blink training?? I have never heard of that! That is awesome that your vision is a teeny bit better!! Go Katie!! And what a sweet doc, telling you your complexion is nice :) I am near sighted, so I usually wear glasses when I drive or when I feel like wearing my awesome & cool glasses :) xoxo!!
Wasn’t that so sweet of him?! Yay for glasses! They’re fun but also sometimes annoying ;) haha
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I have really really bad eye sight. I’ve been wearing glasses since I was 10, but wore contacts since I was 15. My eyes are getting worse. Now I am over 40 I’m having trouble reading & seeing small print. I HATE glasses. They are just not my thing. But I have been wearing them more lately. Anyway, I went to see if I could have Lasik & I don’t qualify (my eyes are too bad. My contacts are both 9.00). So I am going on 8-21 for another eye surgery called Prk. I’m soooo nervous. I heard that it’s painful & you are not asleep for it, so you can see them with all the tools touching your eyes. So you are lucky that your eyes aren’t too bad & getting better. I can only see an inch from my nose without my glasses/contacts. I have really dry eyes too, they said they think it might be from my meds.
I definitely have a love/hate relationship with my glasses, so I totally understand! I’m afraid I might not qualify for Lasik too, although I reallyyyy hope that I do! I’m just not sure how they work with astygmatism? So, yeah. I need to look into it a lot more and set up a meeting and all that jazz. I’ll be praying that everything goes smoothly with your surgery! I’m sure you’ll be great, and the outcome will make it all worth it :)
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I still haven’t worked up the nerve to make an eye appointment and request contacts. Scares the poop out of me even though I want them SO BADLY. It would also be nice because I am pretty sure no one would recognize me without glasses and it would be rather nice.
Aww you should go for the contacts! Yes, it’s scary at first, and definitely takes getting used to, but it’s literally second nature to me now! And such a nice alternative to glasses all the time!
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