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posted by [personal profile] alexist at 04:24pm on 01/03/2004
Went to the opticians today. My glasses and contacts aren't nearly strong enough--might explain why I have so much trouble with highway signs :-) (in fact I'm probably not legal to drive with my current glasses--my contacts are a little better, though, before you worry!)

Looked at the prescription after the optometrist filled out my card. I am now:

L: -5.50 / -0.75 / 5 (corrects to 20/25)
R: -6.75 / -1.25 / 10 (corrects to a whopping 20/30)

I have toric lenses for both eyes now. Oh joy.

Lucky I didn't get new frames: the lenses alone were $159 (regular high-index. They have new super-thin lenses, but those are $259, and I just don't wear my glasses enough to justify that.)
Now I know there are people with much worse vision than me but mine is bad enough already thanks!
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(It's on at the moment, which is what reminded me.)

Now, American Jewish and English weddings (at least as shown in the film--I assume it's not completely unrealistic) are somewhat different, and my mother finds the differences alternately baffling and amusing. (As do I, to some extent. The concept of the meal being called the "wedding breakfast" caused a great deal of confusion, as I might have mentioned. It makes no logical sense. Why is it breakfast when it's being served in the late afternoon/early evening??)

What my mother found funniest was the hats. We don't wear hats to weddings. (Well, married Orthodox women cover their heads, but it's as likely to be a wig as a hat, and their hats don't look like English wedding ones.) I have to admit that they are a little silly. Mom said "I hope no one expects me to wear one of those things" and I promised that the female members of my family may all go bareheaded. :-)

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