I may have told this story (it’s hard
when you write a blog not to forget and retell something) but I tell it here
for a reason. When I was in my senior
year of high school they divided our English class into two parts and taught
speed-reading to one section and not to the other section. I was in the speed-reading section and DH was
in the other part—w-a-y across the room (we usually sat together). After the speed-reading course was finished
they combined the class again and tested us on speed, comprehension and
retention. I was a convert and so was DH
but he never quite found the time or inclination to learn
the wizardry of speed-reading.
As a result, I read three to four
books a week. (One year a book a day just to prove I could do it). Add to this, hours of spreadsheets
and computer work and numbers to the nth degree. THEN add hours of knitting almost every
evening usually while watching TV, and suddenly I can’t see anything.
These are the new glasses that will
have something called PLx Cascade lenses that the eye doctor gave me until I
have the cataract surgery I’ve been putting off. She says it has to be done NOW because she
can no longer see the retinal artery or the macula. I dislike changes and I don’t
like the idea of someone sticking needles into my eyes!
A few evenings ago I became so
distracted by a TV program on the Parthenon that I knitted four stitch markers
into the knitted fabric. I managed to
untangle them on the next row by dropping down the stitches and laddering them
back up. I was so busy undoing my
mistake that I forgot to increase and
had to tink back to take care of that mistake.
Yeesh, who does that? This will be Featherweight Cardigan found on Ravelry here.
The birds are good…
The pups are good…
Life is good!
2 comments:
Speed reading would be a great skill to learn. I'm impressed with more than one book a week let alone one a DAY!
Cataract surgery is on the horizon for me, too; although it's probably five years out. I' had LASIX surgery fourteen years ago, so the idea of eye surgery doesn't worry me too much.
OHHH sweet Katherine. I will be ON THE BEADS to St. Lucy of sight . She carries a tray with Eyeballs on it. She is the patron saint of vision.
let me know the date, I'll light a candle
As for knitting the marker into the stitches, I do that ALL THE TIME.
Take some xanax and you'll be fine!
The thing I hear is that the worst part is all the eye drops you have to do on a strict schedule for a while.
Love you !!!
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