I have long prided myself in my excellent eyesight. It has always been a perfect 20/20; or better when I was younger.

I'm the good road-trip co-pilot because I can see street signs from a distance. I can read the tiny lettering on something yards away. On a clear day outside, I can see details of trees and rooftops for miles. My eyesight has always seemed to me to be endless.

Recently, I have found myself staring a computer for work at least 8 hours a day. At the end of the work day, it has become nearly impossible to simply focus my eyes. I first noticed it when I could no longer read the tiny usage instructions on a shampoo bottle in the shower merely feet from my face.

So I had an eye exam yesterday & found out that my left eye pretty much sucks, whereas my right eye has over-compensated for this lesser left eye & has become even stronger. I'm a 15/22.

My new glasses will be ready next week. The eye doctor told me I will only need to wear them at the computer; thank goodness. We'll call them "computer glasses."

I am mildly disappointed but also relieved that my eyesight is still very excellent; it's just mostly better on the weekends when I haven't spent an entire work day in front of a computer screen.