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A quicky followup.
Jun. 18th, 2007 02:09 pmThank to everyone who posted comments and encouraging words on my lasts two rants^H^H^H^H^Hpostings. Thought I'd post a quick followup to let people know what's going on.
First, on the volleyball front. I heard back from, lets see, now 4 people regarding the person in question. Apparently the general consensus is "Yeah, he does that." - IN general, folks consider Ed to be an okay fellow, but every once in a while he does a completely boneheaded social maneuver, just like this one. The bottom line is "Don't take this personally, don't take it as how the vball crew works, here's the channels you might want to consider, you're doing fine." Felt a lot better about it.
I haven't seen said person since this exchange, but I think if the subject comes up when I do see him, my input will be "Next time you want to do me a favor? Don't."
Moving on.
"Forgive me Dr, for I have seen. It's been 9 days since my last venting..."
I'm 9 days into the new glasses now. I've driven long distances, read lots of things, spent time working on small detailed projects (like wiring electronics), as well as gone hiking and bike riding. I spend the usual amount of time in front of the laptop or desktop screen.
The situation?
I'm adjusting. I can't say it's all peaches and cream now, but I seem to be reaching some form of detante. I don't know how much of this is "oh that's just how it is" or if it really is a brain shift, I'm somewhat scarily thinking it's the latter.
I don't fight the glasses as much as I did before, and I do find myself adjusting my sight-lines to fit into the 'focal' range. What does bother me is my 'good' range for working at my desk (that old 18" thing) is that I see that out of the 'large' area of my glasses - the part used for distance view. Meaning the graduated part of my lenses are not even being used for the activity I do the most - sitting in front of a computer.
I still plan on doing a followup with the optician, but the panic is not as deep. I am startled by how well the graduated sections focus for close-up work, and when I'm holding a book in my hand, I try not to exclaim "Look how BLACK the text is! Wow!" - but I'm concerned that I may still be straining a bit for computer work.
I haven't played volleyball with the new specs yet, but shall this week. I think had I tried this early last week, it would have been a disaster, but I think I've adjusted to the point where I don't notice 'keystoning' of views as I move around. We'll see, first pickup game is tomorrow night.
Thanks again to everyone who chimed in on this whole schpiel. Life moves on.
First, on the volleyball front. I heard back from, lets see, now 4 people regarding the person in question. Apparently the general consensus is "Yeah, he does that." - IN general, folks consider Ed to be an okay fellow, but every once in a while he does a completely boneheaded social maneuver, just like this one. The bottom line is "Don't take this personally, don't take it as how the vball crew works, here's the channels you might want to consider, you're doing fine." Felt a lot better about it.
I haven't seen said person since this exchange, but I think if the subject comes up when I do see him, my input will be "Next time you want to do me a favor? Don't."
Moving on.
"Forgive me Dr, for I have seen. It's been 9 days since my last venting..."
I'm 9 days into the new glasses now. I've driven long distances, read lots of things, spent time working on small detailed projects (like wiring electronics), as well as gone hiking and bike riding. I spend the usual amount of time in front of the laptop or desktop screen.
The situation?
I'm adjusting. I can't say it's all peaches and cream now, but I seem to be reaching some form of detante. I don't know how much of this is "oh that's just how it is" or if it really is a brain shift, I'm somewhat scarily thinking it's the latter.
I don't fight the glasses as much as I did before, and I do find myself adjusting my sight-lines to fit into the 'focal' range. What does bother me is my 'good' range for working at my desk (that old 18" thing) is that I see that out of the 'large' area of my glasses - the part used for distance view. Meaning the graduated part of my lenses are not even being used for the activity I do the most - sitting in front of a computer.
I still plan on doing a followup with the optician, but the panic is not as deep. I am startled by how well the graduated sections focus for close-up work, and when I'm holding a book in my hand, I try not to exclaim "Look how BLACK the text is! Wow!" - but I'm concerned that I may still be straining a bit for computer work.
I haven't played volleyball with the new specs yet, but shall this week. I think had I tried this early last week, it would have been a disaster, but I think I've adjusted to the point where I don't notice 'keystoning' of views as I move around. We'll see, first pickup game is tomorrow night.
Thanks again to everyone who chimed in on this whole schpiel. Life moves on.
