I lose them. I’ve done it from childhood. It used to be items of jewelry I’d lose.
As I’ve gotten glasses-reliant to read—it’s the glasses. Medical crisis in the house—absolutely guaranteed I’ll lose my glasses. And they’d stay lost until the crisis simmers down.
Although in this instance, I had Shu-shu’s help, I am relatively certain.
My wonderful new contacts, the concentric bifocals, enable me to read with a little struggle, but enough, in decent light, for reading things like “Do not open near flame,” and “Lethal if swallowed.” This is a Good Thing. They’re not enough for editing or for sitting and reading for an hour or more. My astigmatism is practically non-existent at distance and a pita close up, so that’s why I need the glasses. And I had a necklace with a little square glasses holder, but the clasp broke; so I went back to hooking them in the collar of my tee-shirt. Which means they’ll fall if I don’t watch it, particularly when getting out of the car and messing with the seat belt.
So it was a tossup where they’d landed: crushed to powder in a parking lot, lost in a store aisle, etc. But it turned out they were in a place (beside my work chair and slightly further than they’re ever set down) that indicate kitten-help.
Finding them saves me some money and (literally) some headaches getting them replaced (days of waiting).
I think I’m making a new rule, that I don’t take my Real Glasses out of the house, just the storeboughts without the astigmatism correction.
I’ve gotten so used to these contacts I’m sitting in my usual spot brushing Ysabel and waiting for my eyes to focus. Things are certainly blurry. Then it dawned on me I took my contacts off to clean last night.
And this morning I have my glasses back.
As the saying goes, “I need my glasses to find my glasses.” And I do. I sometimes have go get my “computer glasses” and put them on in order to find my regular ones. It can get a bit confusing sometimes, can’t it? Oh well, at least we can see!
Lately, I keep misplacing things in my house. Distracted. A couple of weeks ago, I managed to leave my iPhone at home, only to discover it missing once I’d arrived for the night’s caregiver duty. Boy, was I glad the next morning to find I’d left it at home and not lost it. I’m currently missing an adapter cable. I went to Fry’s to buy another, but no, their lights were dimmed in that section, and no salesperson around to accost and drag over to help me. Another customer commented while I was squinting, trying to find same. I made a purchase, but left without the part I’d come for.
I have that problem with sunglasses, hooking them in the neck of my shirt when there’s no pocket. Prone to loss that way. If I were really smart, I’d look for one of those necklace clips, and claim it makes me look more academic (and not more antique). LOL. You might consider that. I *think* they make some “cool” ones for sunglasses to avoid that old-fashioned granny/gramps look. (I’m way too fond of books, writers, librarians, and academics to make fun. Almost.) Hmm, I wonder what Walgreens or Wal-Mart or the Dollar Store might carry….
I’ve lost too many pairs of glasses to think about. The worst was when I was up in Maine and lost my glasses in a fellow potter’s extensive garden. Fortunately she knew there was a branch of my optometry shop nearby and was kind enough to drive me there and wait while a new pair was made. (Phone calls between the two branches for prescription and style.) There was a fee for speed, but it was worth it. The others have been mostly misplacings; although I did have one pair end up in a clay bucket and Breezy did manage to chew up a pair of frames when she was a puppy. Now I always have at least two pairs of prescription glasses on hand. As cherry fan said, “I need my glasses to find my glasses.” I am contemplating contacts for distance correction. My doc says I could probably be fine with OTC pairs for reading.
@BCS, if there are craft fairs in your area, you usually can find some *really cool* necklace clips. I got mine from a bead maker.
I’m glad you found them! I suffer from stress-related memory loss, but it’s usually in the form of names and nouns. Not long ago, I could not remember the name of my sister-in-law of 30 years. Another time, I couldn’t remember the name of my late niece, which was distressing all the more. I have held a salt shaker and known it wasn’t chicken, but I could not put another name to it.
Lucky for me, in one way, that it’s only words. In another it can be very annoying. You can tell how stressed I am at a given time by the number (something) I scatter through the first draft.
Since I have had to deal with a lot more stress over the last four years, I am learning how to better handle it. (Literally watching the river rise and NOT stressing over it.)
Have you seen those necklaces that have a small metal circle threaded on them? You put your glasses earpiece through the small metal circle and then close the glasses up. It’s pretty secure. You could probably get a length of beaded chain and a metal washer with a hole big enough for your earpiece to go through and make an interesting fashion statement at the same time.
Yep, that’s what I broke the clasp on. It needs a new chain. 😉
I have been ordering glasses online for a number of years now. Cheap!
Under $30 shipped for a nice pair of single vison.
I buy 2 or 3 pair every time so I have plenty of spares.
Sorry if this sounds like spam, I have been so grateful to be able to afford spares.
I am almost done with a re-read of the entire Foreigner series, definitely getting more out of it this time.
Best wishes – Joel