Thursday, July 30, 2009

Thursday, July 30, 2009
Clear and sunny this morning, but still cooler than usual. There aren’t any clouds visible and the sun is warming things up (75 at noon), so I am hoping that this coming weekend will be a productive weekend for outside work.
I have my annual eye examination this afternoon, so Zack and I will head into town and probably won’t get much done around the cabin today.
Zack and I didn’t leave the cabin until almost 1:00, so went straight to the appointment. I found a shady spot to park and made sure Zack had fresh water, as the temperature was 74 degrees. I checked in and waited for about 5 minutes before being taken in and having all my personal data updated. The nurse then put me through all of the basic checks and tests, like reading the charts and checking to see if the prescription for my glasses had changed and checked my eye pressure then dilated my pupils in preparation for the doctor to check them.
I then sat in a waiting room while my eyes fully dilated, which was only about 5 minutes, and was called by the doctor to an examination room. We chatted briefly and then he checked each eye carefully. He told me that he had never ran across a case like mine where the floater moved and actually got smaller, but his exam revealed that it had. Both are good as the blood floating inside my eye is no longer directly in front of my pupil, and it is now smaller. For those of you that may not be aware, three years ago this summer (6-18-06), I had experienced a tear in the vitreous layer of my left eye, and that had caused some bleeding inside the eye, causing the spider web-like floater.
After the appointment, Zack and I drove to Safeway, did some shopping, and then picked up the mail and stop at Murrdoch’s to buy some dry dog food and more sunflower seeds for the birds and chipmunks. We arrived back home at 6 PM, where I played with Zack, fed him and Zoey, unloaded the car and put things away, made a drink and sat down to read my mail.
After finishing my mail, I showered and fixed myself dinner, relaxing for the remainder of the evening.