Dammit Dog, Come Inside!

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Lots of mundane things going on these days. I moved my web site from one provider to another. And because I can be a little compulsive about things it took way longer than it needed to. So if you notice over the next few days anything weird in the pics.inabottle.org world, let me know. Avid readers will remember there was an adorable kitten we picked up off the street that needed a home. I convinced my co-worker Matt to take him and they are like some Odd Couple sitcom and utterly perfect together. He's well on his way to crazy cat lady land.

Oh, and Emily went to the vet to get "tutored" (went to get "paid"?) last week. She did amazingly well and is recovering nicely. She goes gets her sutures taken out on Monday. But because at heart I am a crazy cat lady, I was worried about her hopping up to get to her food and water (in a secure location away from the cat food thieving dogs in the house). So I built her stairs. Rich made fun of them, but I squeal with joy when I come in and find her using them.

My eyes are doing much better these days. I'm at the stage now where I see fine all day long but around 10pm I think "man, I can't wait to take my contacts out so my eyes won't feel so weird." Oh ... right ...

And the surgery did nothing for my craptacular night vision since I just went out back and was fussing at the azalea bush to come inside while the black Scottish Terrier was hopping around behind me in the middle of the lawn.

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Go ahead ... ask me what it's like. It's fucking infuriating!

Monday I went to the eye doctor for my one week check up following lasik surgery. I complained to the nurse that I was frustrated with my vision. That while I could see, everything was kind of hazy and that was getting me down. I admitted to being a bit impatient about the whole thing and she told me that these things take time.

She then walked me into the office and tested my eyes. The eye test and the fact that I could read O P Z N T 2 on the wall supposedly mean that I have 20/15 vision in my left eye and 20/25 in my right (avid readers will remember that I had 20/40 in my right eye a bit over a week ago).

I talked to the doctor and told him that while I could see, I was frustrated that my right eye was definitely giving the Glamour Shot filter some heavy use. He basically told me my eyes are fine and everything is going great. But I don't want to just be able to see 20/25 with a soft glow to the world. I want to be able to see through space and time. Space and time, dammit!

He just smiled and added, "In fact, your doing so well, I'm going to give you this t-shirt. But don't show it to anyone in the lobby because not everyone gets one."

I have a follow up appointment in three months. I don't think he wants me wearing that t-shirt for awhile. While I'm happy that I can see and don't have to wear glasses anymore, I just hoped the healing process would have been a bit faster or they would have spent less time telling me how the procedure takes less than one minute per eye and explaining that the healing process is longer than one minute per eye by a long shot.

My eyeballs are dry and achy so I should go to bed. But this cheered me up a bit:

Miss Kitterson and the Puddin' playing WoW (~1MB mpg format and safe for work)