DAMN contacts

My eyes fit into the category you could deem "sensitive".  What does this mean exactly?  Well, for me if means that I often have a consiousness for the entirety of the time that I wear my contacts, it means that my eyes get dry and uncomfortable when I wear my contacts, and wose, it means that I get a huge headache when I wear my contacts for prolonged periods of time (read over 4 horus).

It wasn't always this way however, as a teenager I wore my contacts from the moment I awoke, until I was ready to hit the hay.  Perhaps this contrubuted to the current state of my eyes...

Since I started wearing contacts I have tried a multitude of contacts and at least 10 different solutions.  Most recently my eye doctor recommended I try and get away from solutions altogether, and dispensed me some trial dailies to try.

The first time I wore them, the left contact refused to stay in my eye, popping out about 4x in the first 5 minutes.  I could feel an air pocket in the contact and it felt like it kept slipping every time I blinked, which resulted in temporary bluriness.  I had to play softball, so I put some extra drops in my eyes, blinked a few times and decided to make due.

Coincidently - THIS was the day that I caught a softball with my forehead.

 

I went for my contact lens check in on Friday and quickly recounted my discomforts to the optomotrist.  A quick peek at my eyes and the doctor was able to confirm that not only did the contact NOT fit my eye properly, they were defintley sliding around as I had suspected.  In a flash she came back with different dailies for me to try - I was amazed at the instand boost in clarity I recievd, once the contacts fit my eyes.

 

Perhaps I shouldn't have beat myself up, QUITE so badly when I missed that damn ball.

Triumph Dining Cards

Hmm...if this Gluten this is for real, then I'm going to want some of these cards.

http://www.triumphdining.com/details.html

Other cards stop at "no wheat, rye, barley, or oats." Our cards are different because we don't assume a chef can immediately intuit the things it took us Celiacs months to learn. We clearly list hidden sources of gluten, where they might be found, and other subtleties, like the dangers of cross-contamination.

We also understand that every cuisine is different. For example, the most common hidden source of gluten in Chinese food is soy sauce, in Thai food it's fish sauce, and in Indian food it's a spice called hing. We've created dining cards for six global cuisines, and each card is different, calling out the hidden sources of gluten unknown even to many native chefs!

Wow for the internet!

HAPPY CANADA DAY!

We moved yesterday.
Our new home is in total disarray, but it's still WONDERFUL.
We still have a lot of work ahead of us, but it's soooooo nice to be here -
In OUR townhome!

Yay us!

another monday

I'm feeling a little bit more bubbly and cheery today.
Perhaps the sign of a better week.

NOT my week

I started my softball career with t-ball and have easily been playing
first base for 15 years. In that time I have NEVER missed a ball that
was thrown at my face - in fact I often joke, "just throw it at my
face - instincts will kick in."

I swear I was focused yesterday, enjoying a softall game on a sunny
afternoon, and in all truth I was having a pretty good game.

Until third base threw me a ball, which I watched tip off the top of
my glove and up under my ball cap to hit me square in the noggin'
above my left eye.

I know have some lovely red speckles and a bit of a gooseegg...

DAMMIT!

Thank goodness it will be Friday tomorrow!

Tuesday sucks too...

My doctor instructed me to try a Gluten free diet today.

Gluten is in wheat.

Wheat is in nearly everything.

AWESOME! *sarcasm intended*

day discrimination

I try to be fair and do my best NOT to dislike Monday's any more than the rest of the week, despite the fact that it does of course mark the begining of the week...this week, however I am fearful it may be a long week and I am NOT enjoying my monday.

 

Here's my Monday PRE - 8:30am

• Get out of bed 1 snooze early in an attempt to catch the earlier bus and not get to work by the "skin of my teeth" ontime
• While walking out of my underground parking, I hear a car behind me and move to the side of the driveway.  My feet hit the pile of slippy mud (that is left behind by the puddles that continually puddle in our drive-way) abd  I slip and fall, slightly skinning my knee.
• Head out to the busstop, only to hear the bus as I approach the corner.  I RUN as fast as I can (which truly is not that fast) only to arrive at the bus stop as the bus pulls away.
• At this point I am left with two options. 1. I can wait 20 minutes for the next bus. 2. I can walk about 8 minutes to the actual depot where buses will leave 2 in that 20 minute period.  I walk to the other bus stop.
• I get off the skytrain with plenty of time to make it to work and as I run down the stairs, I slip ONCE again, sliding on my bum for 3-4 steps while everyone looks at me.

ARGH what a morning - fortunatley the rest of the day seems to be going ok. *knock on wood*