I'm having a not so good morning. My Mexico trip may be in jeopardy. It doesn't cost that much (about $700 + some spending money CDN), but my glasses snapped in half at the bridge of the nose late last night. (I was distracted, getting ready for bed, thought I'd taken them off, hadn't, and pulling my tight hoody off snapped them in two).
My dad is currently trying to repair them. there will be a somewhat visible line where they snapped, but definitely better than trying to wear a pair with a presrciption that is three years out of date. And here's the thing - if he can't repair them, then I'll have to replace them. My glasses usually run $300-400 because of my odd prescription (I have a lazy eye, and astigmatism, making me nearsighted in one eye and farsighted in the other.) Because I'm no longer a student, I no longer have insurance coverage under my parents for my glasses.
Money was already tight for my trip. Because my hours at work have been cut in the last while, my finances have been tight, but somehow I was going to pay for the trip. I was going to write letters this morning to a few friends and family members to ask for financial and prayer support. If I have to replace my glasses, I won't be going to Mexico. I'm praying that my dad will manage to repair them, and that they'll hold through the trip and for a month or two afterwards until I can afford to replace them. I have prescription sunglasses (in the correct prescription) that I can wear during the day on the trip, minimizing the wear and tear on my regular glasses.
Please, God, let this work. I thought you wanted me to make this trip.
Thursday, March 09, 2006
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3 comments:
God money is so annoyingly necessary. You on the other hand I love too much to let get annoying. So provide for Lisa in magnificent fashion.
Could you get contacts instead? My hubby has a lazy eye and he only wears one contact. He wears it in his good eye since his other eye doesn't "work" unless he shuts his good eye anyway.
This may not be a permanent solution but could get you by until a few months after your trip.
God Bless
faith, the contact suggestion is a good one, except that I have a dry eye condition as well. they literally dry my eyes out so badly that I blink and the contact falls out...
but hey... turns out my prescription hasn't changed drastically and I can simply replace the front part of my glasses since the repair job didn't work, still $95, but a lot better than $350!
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