Anything You Can See, I Can See Worse

Anyone who knows me, is aware that I cannot keep a pair of eyeglasses in remotley usable condition. In high school my glasses were at one point glue-gunned in 5 different ways, and scotch tape often attached the lenses to the frames. On one occasion one of my lenses popped out with chatting with my Grade 12 biology teacher ("Do I just pretend that didnt happen? Or recover the lens?" I contemplated in the moment), and it wasn't unusual for this to happen while driving, clearly creating a serious road hazard.

My terrible habit of smashing my eye glasses on a regular basis has yet again plagued my life. Whilst visiting a Starbucks on a frigid cold day in January, my glasses, sans case in my jacket pocket, at some point between getting my sugar coma educing frappe, and returning home for a nap to help regain strength after the onset of my debilitating sugar-low I had lost the lenses of my glasses. Just the lenses.. the frames were still in my pocket. I didnt notice until two days later when I was watching the Biggest Loser and wasnt disgusted by the contestants jumping on the scale and ripping off their shirts. Though thankful the detail was blurred, I was annoyed that I had lost them. After re-tracing my steps the few days earlier, I realized that only place I could have left them was at the Starbucks counter, when I rifled through my pockets for one of my countless gift cards I had received on Jesus' big day a few weeks earlier. The embarrassing phone call I then had to make is why this story is hitting the blog line..

Me: "Hi, I was in there a few days earlier, and think that I may have left behind a set of lenses"
Innocent Barista: "You left behind your contact lenses?"
Me: "No, like eyeglass lenses"
Innocent Barista: "Oooh, a pair of eyeglasses"
Me: "Well, actually just the lenses, not the frames"
Innocent Barista: "You just left the lenses? Not the frames?"
Me: "Correct"
Innocent Barista: "Ill see if there are any lenses in the lost and found"

Despite the fact that I still cannot see anything I ultimately think I am grateful that they didnt have them, because I'm pretty sure I didn't have the courage to go in and pick them up after that phone call.



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