Up close and personal

I have new driving glasses!  They are the coolest ever because they have sunglass lenses that attach with magnets!

 

I don’t need them indoors, except in very large spaces like auditoriums.

They’re mostly for driving and for going to concerts, because things in the distance were slowly…becoming…vague.

At first I just thought it was due to moving to New Mexico, where the sight distance is hundreds of miles.  But finally I had to admit, it was me.

Wow, what a difference!

But the funny thing is, when you’re nearsighted, getting new glasses is like getting the world, with all its imperfections, shoved right up into your face.

It’s like when you’re late to a movie and have to go sit in the front row. You lean back as far as you can lean, but still, the onslaught!

This guy’s pretty cute though, actually.

It’s like, whoa, does no one in New Mexico ever wash their car?

And what’s with all the little bits of trash along the road?

And critters too! Some things just aren’t meant to be seen all sharp and clear and coming right at you.

It’s like I suddenly have x-ray vision.  Get it away, get it away, I just don’t want to see that!

I’ll tell you what though, I am hoping I’ll be wearing these glasses next time I spot a bobcat walking through our yard!

UPDATE!  I just saw her! I just saw the bobcat!  Less than 2 hours after I wrote that I wanted to be wearing my new glasses the next time I saw her! And I haven’t seen her since last fall!

Right after dinner I went up to the house on the hill that we’re going to remodel, and I was outside laying caution tape to mark where I want to build a courtyard.

First I saw a dog-sized shadow disappear around the corner of the house. So I went around the house in the other direction, and got a good look at her before she disappeared off the slope. Then I went back to my work and she came back! I looked up and she had come back down and was sniffing at the caution tape!

 

And yes, I was wearing my new glasses! Geez, if I knew it was Kristina-gets-a-wish-day, I would have wished for a million dollars!

However, I was not carrying my phone, so I have no pictures, so you’re probably not going to believe me.  After she came back the second time, acting fearless, I did go to my car to retrieve my phone. Having no pockets, I shoved it into my bra.  But that definitely scared the bobcat away. That would scare anyone away. Don’t even get me started again about phones and no pockets.

I really wanted to reassure her that although there will be dogs moving up there, they will stay behind the courtyard wall, and they can’t get out. So she doesn’t have to move away.  But I’m afraid as soon as we get moved up there, she will move.  I’m sorry bobcat. I wish you knew you could stay.