The Shape of Today

I can see clearly now...

For the first time in far too long, I'm seeing things clearly.

I finally made my long-delayed trip to the eye doctor a week or two back, and yesterday I was able to trade in my poor, battered, rimless glasses for a nice new pair of metal-framed ones, with an updated prescription. The improvement was instantly apparent, as I left the eye doc's office and noticed how terribly my car needs to be washed.

Since then I've noticed how many other things need doing...all kinds of cleaning around the house, the yard's a mess, and this desk is a whole other story. I suppose there's some deep, philosophical insight that can be drawn from being blind to one's own laziness and then suddenly having one's eyes "opened". Though to be fair, it is sometimes physical pain in addition to life's other demands that prevent me from doing all that needs doing.

In any event, with a five-day break coming up, it's time I made a start. And try not to muss or break my nice new glasses in the process.