It's all a fog.

I think that next week I ought to go to see the optician; I haven’t been since November of 1999, and I think it’s about time I went again. I believe that every two years rather than every five and a half is recommended.

I have always been very lucky with my eyesight and my hearing. At 46 I have never worn glasses, and my hearing is quite acute, although if I’m not careful this will change for the worse if I keep cranking my MP3 player up so I can hear it on the Tube.

Last time I had my eyes tested I was told that I was marginally long sighted, and that though they could prescribe glasses, the lenses would effectively be little more than plain glass. But recently I have found it more frequently the case that I have to struggle to focus at times. This may be as much to do with the fact that I keep depriving myself of sleep by faffing around, as it is to do with needing glasses, which is why I shall leave it until after the bank holiday weekend, when I have caught up on my sleep a little.

That said it wouldn’t hurt to have the buggers checked. I am rather attached to my eyesight.

It's all a fog.

I think that next week I ought to go to see the optician; I haven’t been since November of 1999, and I think it’s about time I went again. I believe that every two years rather than every five and a half is recommended.

I have always been very lucky with my eyesight and my hearing. At 46 I have never worn glasses, and my hearing is quite acute, although if I’m not careful this will change for the worse if I keep cranking my MP3 player up so I can hear it on the Tube.

Last time I had my eyes tested I was told that I was marginally long sighted, and that though they could prescribe glasses, the lenses would effectively be little more than plain glass. But recently I have found it more frequently the case that I have to struggle to focus at times. This may be as much to do with the fact that I keep depriving myself of sleep by faffing around, as it is to do with needing glasses, which is why I shall leave it until after the bank holiday weekend, when I have caught up on my sleep a little.

That said it wouldn’t hurt to have the buggers checked. I am rather attached to my eyesight.

Clueless...

I doubt anyone here will have a clue, but I’ll ask anyway:

What do discerning little girls like for presents on their third birthday in this day and age?

This is not the sort of thing that a bachelor knows automatically.

Edited to add: With one honourable exception, you're a rotten lot. You know that, don't you?

Clueless...

I doubt anyone here will have a clue, but I’ll ask anyway:

What do discerning little girls like for presents on their third birthday in this day and age?

This is not the sort of thing that a bachelor knows automatically.

Edited to add: With one honourable exception, you're a rotten lot. You know that, don't you?