Tuesday, May 12, 2015
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bearshortyMy Mom showed up at my place at 8am today. We all start our day at 7am every day, sometimes a bit earlier. On Tuesdays when Tanya and I go to my parents' house for the week, my Mom usually comes around 9 so we could quickly pack and travel during nap time. I like a leisurely hour and a half to eat breakfast, wash the dishes and pack my stuff. Bear is busy getting ready to leave for work for half the week too. But today we had to rush a bit because my Mom woke up early and wanted to get ahead of hot weather and traffic.
So I was a bit hectic packing my bag and the kitchen stuff while dealing with paperwork and having Bear sign our lease renewal etc. Busy morning. It is the last week we are doing Tuesday to Saturday at my parents. Next week we are going to Bear's parents for a week for a change. My parents are going on vacation and Bear's parents wanted some time with Tanya too. And since I'm done with the semester I can go there for week now. Then I will just be in my place and cooking.
After a busy early morning and a 30 minute car ride we got to my parents' house and then I took Tanya for her morning nap in the stroller, especially since she didn't sleep in the car. Today was a hot summer day weather but it was still very pleasant 75F in the morning. My parents live in Staten Island, which while it is a New York City borough is very suburban, with mostly private houses. We walk the same quiet streets back and forth and there are not a lot of people about. It is quite nice.
At one o'clock I went to an eye doctor appointment with my old eye doctor. I haven't checked my vision in 4 to 5 years and it was really about time. I wear glasses for nearsightedness and I know my vision got worse. It used to be 3.5 in the right eye and 4 in the left and now it's 4 in the right and 4.5 in the left. I don't think I'm going to get new glasses for a couple of months though; I just wanted to check my eyes in general - they've been feeling tired lately.
When I was a child, I was farsighted and had to wear glasses all the time from age of 6 to 12. I couldn't see much without them. I was the only person in my class with glasses at the time; it wasn't common, so I got my share of being teased for it. Then my vision corrected and from age of 12 to 19 I got to enjoy perfect vision. And then it went the other way and I needed glasses for distance since the second year of college.
Well, my appointment was for 1pm but I didn't get called in until 2 and then had to wait more for the doctor and then wait some more to make another appointment. I didn't leave until 3. It's near my parents' house, I walked there in 10 minutes or so but I was still frustrated since I have to nurse my daughter at 3 and I thought I would have plenty of time. My Mom gave her her veggie and chicken mushy soup, she just had to wait a bit more for milk.
And the worst part was, the eye doctot couldn't do all the tests at once. She just did the basic ones and I have to come back twice more for a visual field test and for dilation. Each doctor visit is $35 copay; even with insurance it's not that cheap. So that 2 hour visit was maybe 10-15 minutes of actual check up and I would have to pay more later. I go back on Friday afternoon.
Now, Tanya is actually sleeping in the crib (at least for a few hours before she wakes up again)- last few nights she just wanted to sleep in my bed curled up to me, holding on to my hair -I'm going to read my Kindle. I'm reading 'Kosmobiolukhi' , a Russian Sci fi book and enjoying it a lot. It is pretty funny.
My Dad, who is a voracious reader, always reads any book I mention or ask him to get for me - he can download books from magic websites - he already read two books in the series and is teasing me a bit about how interesting it will still get. He read Hunger Games in secret when I once told him I was going to read it in passing on our commute. Then he told me he read it and that he has it on his Kindle. I read it on his Kindle when he went on vacation. This was right before he gave me my own for my birthday 4 years ago.
So I was a bit hectic packing my bag and the kitchen stuff while dealing with paperwork and having Bear sign our lease renewal etc. Busy morning. It is the last week we are doing Tuesday to Saturday at my parents. Next week we are going to Bear's parents for a week for a change. My parents are going on vacation and Bear's parents wanted some time with Tanya too. And since I'm done with the semester I can go there for week now. Then I will just be in my place and cooking.
After a busy early morning and a 30 minute car ride we got to my parents' house and then I took Tanya for her morning nap in the stroller, especially since she didn't sleep in the car. Today was a hot summer day weather but it was still very pleasant 75F in the morning. My parents live in Staten Island, which while it is a New York City borough is very suburban, with mostly private houses. We walk the same quiet streets back and forth and there are not a lot of people about. It is quite nice.
At one o'clock I went to an eye doctor appointment with my old eye doctor. I haven't checked my vision in 4 to 5 years and it was really about time. I wear glasses for nearsightedness and I know my vision got worse. It used to be 3.5 in the right eye and 4 in the left and now it's 4 in the right and 4.5 in the left. I don't think I'm going to get new glasses for a couple of months though; I just wanted to check my eyes in general - they've been feeling tired lately.
When I was a child, I was farsighted and had to wear glasses all the time from age of 6 to 12. I couldn't see much without them. I was the only person in my class with glasses at the time; it wasn't common, so I got my share of being teased for it. Then my vision corrected and from age of 12 to 19 I got to enjoy perfect vision. And then it went the other way and I needed glasses for distance since the second year of college.
Well, my appointment was for 1pm but I didn't get called in until 2 and then had to wait more for the doctor and then wait some more to make another appointment. I didn't leave until 3. It's near my parents' house, I walked there in 10 minutes or so but I was still frustrated since I have to nurse my daughter at 3 and I thought I would have plenty of time. My Mom gave her her veggie and chicken mushy soup, she just had to wait a bit more for milk.
And the worst part was, the eye doctot couldn't do all the tests at once. She just did the basic ones and I have to come back twice more for a visual field test and for dilation. Each doctor visit is $35 copay; even with insurance it's not that cheap. So that 2 hour visit was maybe 10-15 minutes of actual check up and I would have to pay more later. I go back on Friday afternoon.
Now, Tanya is actually sleeping in the crib (at least for a few hours before she wakes up again)- last few nights she just wanted to sleep in my bed curled up to me, holding on to my hair -I'm going to read my Kindle. I'm reading 'Kosmobiolukhi' , a Russian Sci fi book and enjoying it a lot. It is pretty funny.
My Dad, who is a voracious reader, always reads any book I mention or ask him to get for me - he can download books from magic websites - he already read two books in the series and is teasing me a bit about how interesting it will still get. He read Hunger Games in secret when I once told him I was going to read it in passing on our commute. Then he told me he read it and that he has it on his Kindle. I read it on his Kindle when he went on vacation. This was right before he gave me my own for my birthday 4 years ago.