Yes, that's it, Hil, thx.

I'm in the "life is too short" category.

Me too!

I've been playing with the Lego Mindstorms NXT that my parents got me for Chanukah. Building robots is fun. I also got a waffle iron from my sister, so I'm looking up waffle recipes to try. (I've got a cookbook at home that I know has a ton of waffle recipes, but I'm not there now, and the Google Books preview of it has preview pages of nearly everything except the waffle pages.)

Hec will be happy to know that terrible driver sister came through at 6 AM to drive me to the bus station. Insomnia occasionally has an upside.

I am back in my own home after the longest bus ride ever. My legs were starting to cramp up. I am so happy to see my cats and home, sad to leave my mom and dad, and dreading work tomorrow. I am suddenly dog tired.

P-C, that's a fantastic review, congrats!

JenP, glad your mom is home, and that the hospitilization and events surrounding admitting and release were all calm and well-handled. Best to her, and you, and your family.

Woot! for smonster-having NCistas!

Burrell, I know several people who love their progressives. I've never been able to adjust to them. They have a sweet spot--almost like a peephole where focus is optimal (u c wut I did there?), the rest of the lens doesn't have that razor focus. H almost wrecked his truck because his peripheral vision was so blurred he didn't see the car that ran the stopsign on his right. He turned right around, went back, and exchanged the progressives for traditional line-divided bifocals.

I'm into trifocal territory now, but fields of focus in a single lens are small enough with two, let alone adding in a third. What I've done is use my primary pair as distance vision plus mid-range. For me, midrange starts at about three feet, or just beyond comfortable arm's length reading distance, and is functional up to about six to seven feet. Mid-range works for the computer, washing dishes, making beds, almost anything done indoors, and I have a second pair of glasses with single vision lenses that are mid-range. I've dropped my reading prescription entirely as my very close vision has actually improved, and I read text without glasses now, mostly. But my distance/mid-range glasses are perfect for driving because I can see the dash and the highway signage. I'm still using line-divided lenses, though, because progressives make me dizzy, and I like having a larger area of lens to see through, rather than the small "sweet spots".

ETA: I had prescription sunglasses for a long time--glare blinds me and I need dark lenses, especially for driving. What I have now are magnet-clipon shades that fit my bifocal driving/dashboard frames. The case that came with the frames has a slipcase for the clipons in the lid. I put the midrange glasses and the shades in the case when I'm wearing the bifocals, clip on the shades when I need them, and when I'm indoors I put the driving glasses and shades in the case and wear the mid-range glasses. One case, three pairs of glasses. Works for me, as long as I never lose the case.

Why are people trying to kill me? I need to send one email by 5, and I don't have it yet. I refuse to wait around after 5, too, because (a) I have plans, and (b) the person on the other end really needs this email!

Thanks Beverly, that reinforces my decision to just get two pairs, especially since I have old frames that I still like a lot. And it'll end up saving me about $100.

What we're trying to do is encourage, and formalize, in a way, a special relationship between T and our children.

Yeah, mine was Catholic, and my aunt and uncle who would've gotten me if anything happened. But my roommate lost both her parents by the time she was out of college, so she spends many holidays with her godmother and that family--although they didn't have to actually raise or adopt her, its nice to have that someone

Wow, P-C.

One case, three pairs of glasses. Works for me, as long as I never lose the case.

I am worried about juggling what will end up being 3 pairs of glasses as I have sunglasses as well. Right now I tend to keep sunglasses are regulars in one case as I usually am wearing one or the other, but I suppose I'll be lugging around another case once I have the reading glasses. Oh well.