It’s Hard To Be Brilliant Every Day, Especially When You Can’t See

// 11.14.06 // Filed under: Thriving

NaBloPoMo? Not so easy. It’s late and I need to sleep, so there will be no brilliantly insightful post today. Again.

I'm blind.But I do have something to say: Getting old can really freak you out. C has a cold, so I took various bottles of children’s medication from the cabinet and tried to read the labels. They were blurry! I had to actually pull the bottle several inches away from my face for the small print to come into focus. Yes! Like you see your parents doing just before they reach for their pair of magnifying glasses.

Somebody make it stop.

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5 Responses to “It’s Hard To Be Brilliant Every Day, Especially When You Can’t See”

  1. Dana says:

    I can’t see distances anymore. It makes me feel old. And I’m only a few years away from 30. IT IS ALL DOWNHILL FROM THERE, at least I’m told. Every day. All the time. When did 30 become OLD?

  2. sugarmama says:

    Oh my gosh, I’m the same way now! Not to mention that my knees are starting to hurt too! Damn.

  3. Angela,Mother Crone says:

    There is an entirely new set of medical terms I never knew existed until a few years ago. “Floaters” are little spots that start appearing in your vision, moving about as you blink. A sign of old age. “Tag Moles”, another lovely age related item where your skin rubs so much it creates a little mole that hangs off you like a price tag. I can only wait until I start with age spots and incontinence! Ugh!

  4. kailani says:

    Every year, my eye doctor has to give me a stronger power of contacts. Very depressing!

  5. silvermine says:

    Oh my gosh! The same thing happened to me this week. the baby has a cold, so I was going to give her some tylenol for her sore throat, and I found myself unable to read the stupid box without moving it far and close and far and close until I found where I oculd actually read it.

    It does not help that I just turned 30 today. I know 30 isn’t really old. It’s just fine. It’s a nice place to be. But I can’t help but feel like I’m all old and falling apart. Like yesterday was the last day I could call myself “young” and now I’m just kinda there. I’m not old, I’m not young. I’m just some sort of grown up with kids nad OH MY GOSH when did all this happen??? I could have sworn I was just young…

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