contact lens exam

in about a week, i was going to run out of contacts, so i finally went to lenscrafters to get my "yearly" contact lens exam. there's just something about going in to get new glasses or contact lens that just annoys me. i understand why it's important to have yearly eye exams, i really do. trust me, i do. =p but somehow, the year goes by so fast, and the next thing you know, oh! gotta go get to the optometrist to get an eye exam, otherwise, no contacts! and oh...the expense~ stepping into that store just means another ~300-400 dollahs is gone. i get the daily disposables (nothing's too good for my eyes! haha) so that can get a little bit expensive. and don't even get me started with glasses. i'm very particular about my choice of frames, meaning that they have to be flattering and conceal the fact that my lenses are so thick. so with frames costing at least 200-300 dollars, and the lenses another 200 dollars or so, getting a new pair of glasses cost me at least 500 dollars and that's not even including the exam fee! the worse your eyes are, the increase in cost seems to rise exponentially. thank goodness I don't get glasses every year. or even every two years. more like 3? 4? but anyways, i'm getting a little sidetracked here. i wasn't even going to talk about this aspect of my visit.

what i was going to mention was the fact that that my optometrist very talkative. i think we seriously talked for about 10 minutes before we even got started on my exam. =p (my vision didn't change, whew!) she's vietnamese and we were talking about korean dramas and how she tried to stay away from it at first, but now she's hooked, etc etc. but i did the retina photo thing, and i did learn some good and interesting stuff from her. did you know that you can detect colon cancer from your retina?? did not know that. very cool. and then she started talking about how asian women are the hot thing right now, that asian men are going to have a lot of competition and need to start shaping up, etc etc... even when we came out of the examination room while she was writing out my prescription, she continued to talk about pharmacy as a career, how she chose optometry but was really planning on doing pharmacy until her father made her choose something else... it just really seemed like she wanted to talk. i didn't mind, except for the fact that after awhile, i really just wanted to finish my business and leave. and i kinda felt bad for the seller (?) lady who was just standing there next to the doctor and me, waiting for us to finish. during our conversation and even after it was over, i was amazed at how much she did talk and how much she must have wanted to talk. to just talk with someone. i sensed that in a couple of other people lately too. it's kinda weird. as people get older, people just want to talk with others, be with them, enjoy good times with them... which makes sense. but it just kinda makes me sad for them. makes me want to reach out to them, but not sure what the best way is, especially when it's people who it might be awkward to befriend and especially when its people who also seem to get on your nerves at times... it really is hard to love those who aren't the most lovable.

"The entire law is summed up in a single command: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.'"
Galatians 5:14

The true nature of a heart is seen in its response to the unattractive."
- Victor Hugo