This Can't Be Good... Or Can It?

Beth goes bowling every Tuesday from 10:00 - 12:00. She's gone from the house from about 9 AM - 1 PM. I work on Tuesdays and am home for lunch around noon. While I was home today, Beth called.

"Mom. It happen again."

(Oh no, this can't be good.)
"What happened Beth?"

"I step on my glasses."

"Oh no! Did they break?"

"Yea."

One Mississippi
Two Mississippi
Three Mississippi....
Seven Mississippi

"Are you still able to wear them Beth?"

"Maybe."

Well, she was at the bowling alley and I was at home so there was nothing I could do until later. When I got home she explained how she had put them on the arm of the couch when she went in to wash her face. When she came back out, she didn't see that they had fallen on the floor, obviously because... she wasn't... wearing her.... anyway, crunch. She stepped on them.

BUT!

She then picked up the two pieces, got the scotch tape (lots of scotch tape) and 'repaired' her glasses! Woohoo!! She wore them to the bowling alley and was just fine! When I got home from work, we went back to the eyeglass store and he reattached the arm and they were good as new!

As we were walking back to the car, she flipped her hair back like she was a famous celebrity walking the red carpet and said, "Whew! That much better!"

I love this girl!!

Put Your Chin Right Here

Beth broke her glasses over the weekend. Yep, the long, three day weekend. She was cleaning them and they just snapped. Chuck taped them back together but they're driving her crazy.

We got into the opthamologist yesterday and he didn't have the part. Beth was due for an eye exam anyway so he got her right in. Her vision hasn't changed a whole lot but he said something that made me a little angry. Beth's right eye has always crossed to the center. Like she's looking cross-eyed at something. It's just always done it, even as a little girl. This opthomologist tells me that it's caused by severe far sightedness and can be corrected with a certain type of lens. He said they usually catch it when they're small and then adjust their perscription over time so it corrects it.

What??? Beth has worn glasses her whole life! I think she got her first pair when she was about 6. No one had ever mentioned that to us before! Her eye has crossed her entire life and I'd always wondered why. Grrrr. To know that it could have been corrected?! Are you serious?!? 

As I'm writing this... and trying not to be so negative (I've been trying to work on my attitude) maybe they didn't have the technology when Beth was 6. Maybe they didn't know how to correct it when she was growing up. Maybe. 

Well anyway, I was kinda bummed when we left. He'll call me when the part comes in. He asked if we could leave the glasses for 24 hours; you should have seen the look on Beth's face!! I just politely said, "Probably not." :)