New Adventures

Before we get to my own adventures, I should mention that my reading glasses had an interesting couple of days. Reading glasses are the bane of my existence. If I had to choose between hair loss and needing reading glasses for the worst thing about getting older, I'd go with reading glasses in a second. I don't like that I've lost a lot of my hair, but it doesn't really affect my life in any way. Not being able to read stuff without taking something out of my pocket is a constant frustration.

So I had my reading glasses resting on the top of my head as I finish using the toilet. I lean over to flush and just as the water starts to move my glasses jump off my head and right into the bowl. Now, I've changed diapers so I'm not afraid of getting anything on my hands, but before I could get my hand down there, they were gone. So now I have no reading glasses and a clogged toilet (the only one downstairs) to boot. The plumber tells me they'll have to remove the whole toilet to get the out and it'll take all day, etc. etc. So the next day the guy comes, reaches in with something (I don't know what, I reached my hand in as far as I could and didn't feel them) and says, "Here they are."

So now I have these glasses that have been living in the toilet and what do I do with them? I'm afraid they'll melt if I run them through the dishwasher, so I put them in a bath of Purell. And now I'm wearing them again.

My own adventure is really less an adventure than an inconvenience. My daughter got her drivers license and is doing a month-long internship about 30 minutes from home, inaccessible by public transit. So she's driving my car. I used to work walking distance from home, but not any more, leaving me with finding other ways to get to work. Yesterday I rode my bike to the train (Brrrr!). Today I got a ride from a colleague. This fits nicely with my love of trip planning, only without the vacation at the end. But I grew up using public transit and I've never liked being so car-dependent, so this is okay as long as I don't feel like I'm imposing on anyone.

I know, I know. I can solve the whole thing by just getting her a car. Well if anyone has a few thousand dollars lying around, let me know and I'll put them to good use. Otherwise, we'll wait for a bit.