Optic Upgrades! (and some signage fun)

Its been almost a week now since I had my eyes fixed. (By the way I think I blame Mum for originally giving me sub-par eyesight, well it does seem to come from her side of the family.

A quick run down of the laser eye surgery process from a patients point of view....

When I got there I had to take a 2 or 3 different pills (painkillers and sedatives), and then the nurse cleaned my eye and squirted a bunch of different things into them.
Then I went into the room and lay down underneath this massive billion (ok, million) dollar marvel of human technological achievement (i.e. the laser thingee). During the procedure I had to look up in the middle of these big rings of light, and like I keep telling everyone, it reminded me of an alien abduction (well, the types you see in the movies, since I've never actually been abducted myself). then stuff happens and the laser does its thing. You can hear the laser pulsing (takes about 10 minutes per eye) but its all over pretty quick really. Then you get your girlfriend to take you home and you sleep while she takes care of you, makes you lunch, does the washing, dishes - that sort of thing.

Anyway I am doing well now, much better than I was last Friday...

I had to wear these hideous shields on my eyes, mainly to stop me accidently rubbing them after the surgery.

Katie was trying to tell me something....

My eyes are bit more sensitive at the moment too which means I need to wear sunnies a bit more than I'm used to. Anyway, while I was at it I grabbed the nearest shopping trolley for a photo op....

Time for Laser Eyes

As some of you may or may not know, this Friday I am going to have my eyes fixed by a big hulking laser. It's both exciting and bit scary at the same time. I have spent a loooong time thinking about this. They say your eyes have to be stable (over 3 years on the same prescription now) and Mum has told me to wait until my mid 20's (25... that fits the bill).

Here are some of the reasons why I feel glasses and contacts are really not for me...

Glasses

1. You have to clean them all the time
2. They get all foggy when its cold and you walk inside
3. They get all steamy when you eat hot noodles (this plus item 2. are a great laugh for onlookers though)
   
4. When you walk in the rain you get water droplets all over them
5. Some people think you look geeky
6. They can be uncomfortable (especially for sport)
7. They will eventually end up misplaced
8. Once 7. happens you will get frustrated having to spend time looking for them (and it is much harder to find them when you don't have them)
   
9. In the process of looking for them you might stand on them
10. They may get broken or permanently lost which is even more annoying
11. You can't swim in them (maybe they make prescription goggles, but I've never seen them myself)
    

Contacts

1. You can't swim in them
2. It can take ages to put them on and take them out (and it always take longer when you're in a hurry)
3. I didn't enjoy having an eye infection
4. You will eventually run out of them
5. When all you really want to do is drop on the bed, you have to muck around taking your contacts out (in order to avoid item 3.)
   

If you have any more that I should add to my list then let me know! So, this Friday all this is about to change. OK so it cost nearly $6k but if it has the potential to make my life that little bit simpler then it should be all worth it!!

Also I've had my flash new bike for a while now but it took a few months for it to get some decent use. Here's some photos of a recent trip out to Woodhill that I went on. Check out the cool racing top that K got me for my birthday... (although I'm just waiting till I have the shoes, shorts, gloves, skills etc. before I start wearing out on the track... :)

Quarter Century

I turned 25 last Monday and Katie thought it was important to create a cake that illustrated the perception that people have of me:

She made the WHOLE THING herself too. I was extremely impressed. It was such a lovely cake and yummy too!