"I hope I can."

Thursday, February 28, 1991
     I was supposed to have an appointment with Dr. Baker this morning but they called the other day to change it.  I was kind of insistent about getting my blood gasses done & asked if I could get it done at Boone.  They said they don't do it there so I asked if I could come to the hospital & have it done without seeing the dr. & they said ok.  So we went over there first thing this morning.  Actually, the first place we went was to Shoney's for breakfast!  That was nice.
     It hardly took any time to get my blood done & they gave me the results right then.  No one explained them to us though.  At least I'll have it to show Dr. Rand on Mon.
     After we were done there we went to get me some new glasses.  We went to Pearle first because I had a coupon for the second pair free.  They were a lot more expensive than I thought.  I started looking at the cheap frames and the girl was kind of hovering over us til Guy said 'let's talk'.  He said the only way they'd give away a free pair was to charge an arm & a leg for the first pair.  So we decided to go to Lenscrafters. We told the lady there what I wanted (a pair of clear & a pair of sun glasses) and she said how much the lenses would be with my prescription.  We tried figuring up in our heads & thought it was cheaper than Pearle had been.  So I started looking at frames.  It took me forever to decide & when I finally decided on one of them she said that I needed a smaller bridge size so they wouldn't slide down my nose, but she didn't have that style in a smaller size.  She brought some that looked similar but cost twice as much.  But I finally found a couple of pairs I liked that were fairly reasonable.  When she added everything up, even with $30 off the second pair, it was $200.75.  We had decided we'd pay for one pair & charge the other but then decided to go ahead & charge them both.  We can take $100 out of the medical account.  Then there's $70 saved up to go toward Sears, but we're so far ahead on that we can skip a payment.  So that will take care of most of it when the VISA bill comes in.
     Anyway, while we were waiting we went over to the mall and looked around a little and had some ice cream cones.  My glasses were ready when we got back but I had to wait a little bit to get them adjusted.  I'd picked gray lenses for the sunglasses.  Everything looked bluish with them.  And with both pairs, the floor looked like it was in the wrong place, too high I guess.  But things did look clearer.  Once we started home, everything started looking weird.  The colors all seemed brighter, especially the reds and the yellow street signs.  And it seems like the lettering on the signs is jumping out at you.  Looking in the medium distance, things have a kind of 3-D effect.  I guess I'll get used to all this.  The dr. said I should wear these all the time but I'm not going to wear them around the house.
     We came home for a little while, then it was time to go for my appt. with the nutritionist.  I was thinking Guy had been with me to see her before but he hadn't so he got to see Marian.  My weight was the same as Monday.  We explained about Guy's schedule upsetting our eating schedule & she said maybe I should just have my morning snack when he's eating lunch before he leaves, and have my regular lunch later in the afternoon.  I guess that would work - if I would be motivated enough to do it that way.  I have enough trouble getting motivated to fix myself supper when he's not here.  She said I need to try & gain a pound a week now.  I hope I can.