WHERE DOES THE TIME GO?
I'm not doing a lot of blogging, because other technological marvels are soaking up all my time. First, my hard disk started to make disturbing noises, prompting a quick backup, followed by a system crash, followed by a trip to the Apple store. My computer has now gone home to Cupertino to have its hard disk replaced. I'm blogging from Steve's machine. I spent half of Thursday afternoon figuring out how to make it get my mail and let me into Movable Type. (This is what happens when you write down some, but not all, of the information you have automated on your crashed hard disk.)
I spent the rest of Thursday on my latest follow-up visit to the infamous Boothe Eye Care and Laser Center, where they take your money, fix your eyes, and waste your time. Lots and lots and lots of your time. I was lucky. I got out in four hours. Others were not so fortunate. The patients are a good-humored but aggravated lot. Dr. Boothe is careful to keep the new patients in a different suite from the returning ones, who might scare new people away with their tales of multiple four- and five-hour post-op visits.
At the end of July, I will be having a second procedure--an "enhancement," they call it--on my right eye, which is currently at 20/50. My left eye isn't quite 20/20, but it's close; with improvement in my right eye, my binocular vision should be 20/20 or very close. My appointment is for 5:30 a.m., which means I have to be there by 4:30 a.m. They wouldn't want me to make them late, after all.