Contact lenses are for the devil (RANT)

[theatokos]

I am so pissed. I am restraining myself from kicking shit over in my office and blasting a tirade of expletives. I decided to wear my contacts today. I haven't worn them for a few days and my eyes need to stay used to them. The right contact went in, popped out, went in, no problem. The left contact..... f*&$#^ piece of $@&#... must've had something microscopic on it, because it hurt like a mother*(&%8. Three times and finally my eye calmed down and let it sit in with out pain, waterworks or massive twitching. It really made me irrationally mad - the rational anger makes sense: my little delicate eye hurts and I brought it on myself, all for the low low price of several hundred dollars. Sheesh.

But that's not what makes me furious. I get to work and wonder why things aren't so crisp. There's no contact in my right eye. Where the hell is it?? At my wedding rehearsal dinner the same thing happened with the left eye - contact goes bye bye. I worry that my right contact popped out at home and flushed down the drain when Adam used the bathroom sink, or it's been stepped on. It's all a waste of my money. If I don't find it (where's my two year old niece when I need her? She found the left one, two days later!), I won't replace it. The money is not worth it. For the cost of annoying, unpredictable contact lenses I could have bought two new pairs of glasses.

*&%$%*!!

UPDATE: I found the contact on the bathroom floor when I got home. How can hard lenses pop out of my eye and I don't notice?? In any case, I'm glad it was there. In general, today was a pissy day, for many reasons. I need to make some changes in my life and in my attitude. I'm not entirely sure what those are yet, but I'm working on it.

Comments

[ginger-root.livejournal.com]

That totally blows.

To Canada! Get the Lasik!

[erinya.livejournal.com]

What a pain. Are they hard or soft contacts?

I wear Night-And-Days, which are super-soft and super-permeable. They only come out once a month, and I love them...sometimes they hurt a bit when they first go in, but mostly I don't even remember they're there. And the only time I've ever lost one was when an ocean wave hit me in the eye.

[ewigweibliche.livejournal.com]

My astigmatism is so bad in my left eye that I have a special contact just for it. They're hard (gas, semi-permeable, blahdy blah). I seem to have more problems with contacts than anyone I've ever heard of.

Blasted vanity.

[erinya.livejournal.com]

Oh, yeah, I wondered if you had astigmatism. I have that a little bit, too, but not so much that I have to have a special lens.

I know the vanity thing...used to only wear my glasses when I absolutely had to. I think you look cute with the glasses, though. :-)