The Weekend is here

Well, it's been quite a week. Very busy in the office and I - fighting brutal headaches. I caved in at 2:30 yesterday and came home early. Laid my head down for a few minutes' respite and fell asleep for an hour. I guess I needed that.

My dear friend, and chiropractor, David came by, as he usually does on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays and through his magic, he worked on my neck, my head and face (no - I didn't turn instantly beautiful. In about 20 minutes my head cleared and the headache has left me. I hope for good.

This morning, I headed out to the mall to be at Lenscrafters at 10:00AM, when they opened. On Tuesday of last week, I broke my 6 year old glasses. I put on my 4 year old glasses, which never worked for me and had taken up residence in my purse, and headed out to Lenscrafters. The eye exam showed that there was no change in my prescription (from the 6 year old lenses, that is)so I opted to get a whole new pair of glasses. The old ones were and still are terrible scratched. I nearly went into cardiac arrest when I realized how the cost of prescription eyeglasses has escalated. The eye exam itself was $57.00 and the total cost of the glasses was $425.00. I gasped and mumbled to myself under my breath. The guy asked me if I had vision insurance and I said no. He said there had to be some way he could help me out with the cost and I said I was a former AARP member, having not renewed last October. I dug out my expired card and he said that was good enough for him and discounted the glasses by $128.00. It still was nearly $300 but I took them and ran. Well, that's not the end of it yet. The following day, while at my desk I noticed what I thought was a dirt spot on the right lens. I cleaned it off and put them back on. It was still there....so upon closer examination I found a flaw in the lens itself. It looks like a dimple in the lens and once I realized it was there, it drove me nuts. So to make a long story longer, I took the bloody things back this morning and they are replacing the lens for me. I was proud of myself. I actually went in and out of the mall and didn't spend one penny. :o)

Tomorrow, after church, I'll pick up the completed pair.

I'm not in the best frame of mind, but keeping my Lenten promise in mind, I won't vent. I'll just say that I took this job to avoid stress and to be happier. Well, that ain't happening so something's gotta give.

We'll see what we shall see. I'll dig out my Hugh Grant DVDs and have a marathon. That'll cheer me up.

Thank you God for this beautiful sunny day.