Before	After

That’s right – I’ve officially joined the ranks of the slightly visually impaired. I’ve been suffering from an unusual number of headaches lately, even for me, so I’ve been investigating if there’s anything I can do about my chronic sinus problems, but I also decided to have my vision checked, since I hadn’t done that for probably five years or so. As it turns out, my advancing age has worsened my slight farsightedness and slight astigmatism to the point that I’m probably exerting too much effort while reading, particularly the eight hours each day I’m in front of my computer at work.

So, glasses it is. I’m wearing them all of the time for now; I may wear them less often after I’ve established how much they help. I’m not especially fond of having hardware hanging off my face, and I really don’t like the reduced field of vision – I have to turn my head a lot more than I used to. Oh, and cleaning the glasses isn’t much fun, either, nor is dealing with glasses in the rain. I could go on, but I should really focus on being thankful for a technology that allows me to read without so much effort. We’ll see if it reduces the number of headaches – so far, so good.