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My new glasses are over .75cm thick at their thickest point.

While we're at it, trying to keep my eyes rested (as recommended by the optometrist) is BORING. There are approximately 2 activities I can do without contacts or glasses: listening to music and sleeping.

(Fun test: I just did a sheet of paper with the same sentence written on it in varying type sizes. I can't read 36 point Times with my glasses off, at least not at any sane distance. That should give you some idea of my capabilities. Today I took my glasses off during dinner and Neil moved anything spillable to the other side of the table. My vision may also be responsible for the final demise of the shower: I couldn't see which dial was which and cranked it up to the hottest setting.)

I haven't worn contacts since Wednesday and my eyes are still sore. Still getting used to the new glasses, too--the astigmatism correction is considerably stronger so if I look through the lenses the wrong way, everything is amusingly warped.

Yellow Pages consulted, 2nd one I rang said they could come today (for £65 per half hour ex VAT, but I'm in no position to complain: My scalp is starting to itch)

They said it would be a couple of hours... here's hoping!

David Irving says he's not a Holocaust denier any more (but pled guilty to being one before).

He claims he changed his views in 1992. So what was that Deborah Lipstadt trial about, then?

When my computer crashed last week, it took my Outlook calendar with it.

I thought my doctor's appointment was tomorrow but couldn't remember the time. So this afternoon I rang the surgery.

Turns out it was today!! *bangs head* And of course - no routine appointments available for tomorrow, the computer system won't show emergency appointments till the morning and they take ages (as in, several days) to issue repeat prescriptions. I'll have to ring first thing and see what I can get...

Left massive bill and a dirty bath. But I can have a shower!

Long, clean, shiny hair. Feels fabulous. I must take a photo of how long it's gotten before I get a few inches whacked off.

New shower is good. It's hardly a power shower, but it's the strongest electric one we could get. The water is hot and the pressure's reasonable. It's a lovely change from the lukewarm trickle we were getting. Also, whatever the plumber did seems to have improved the hot water pressure in the kitchen. I'm not complaining.

I also put my contacts in for a bit so I could see what I was doing in the shower and so I could chop onions without crying. I can really tell the difference between these and my glasses now. And I have the ghost glasses effect.