[Magdalen] New specs

[James Oppenheimer-Crawford]

I've had these forever, and while it may take getting used to (everything
does) I'm sure in time you will learn how to use them, and, like me, you
will not even think about it anymore.

Be well!

James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
*“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy

On Thu, Sep 3, 2015 at 10:53 AM, Sally Davies <sally.davies at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Wow, I have new specs!! These are either going to change my life or drive
> me mad...
>
> They are multifocals (progressive lenses), and supposed to stop the endless
> peering and craning and squinting to see things close-up when I don't have
> my reading glasses, which is most of the time.
>
> Right now I feel I can't see/read anything, and then I move my head and
> it's suddenly crystal clear for a few seconds before vanishing into a blur
> again.
>
> I think my physio will approve because to read I have to sit up straight
> but I also have to lift my chin and look down, which might not be so good.
> She likes the "long neck" posture with chin in and back...but as long as
> I'm not doing the "hadeda looking for worms" (that is, a grey ibis for
> those who are wondering), I think it's OK.
>
> The frames are very nice and were horrifically expensive, they come from
> the USA.
>
> I think very soon I'll be at that tricky stage where I still haven't
> settled into these but can't use my old ones...
>
> Sally D
>