In brief

Snow fell this morning. I could watch snow fall for hours. I watched it for minutes instead before I realised that that watching it would be easier if I was wearing my glasses.

I found myself in sudden need of a new pair of spectacles.

The sight in my left eye has worsened slightly over the last three years, though the prescription for my right eye remains the same. It distresses me only slightly - the right eye was always weak but the left eye was once perfect. That's it's gradual failure be documented in such precise fashion is curious reminder of mortality.

Aware that I was going to need a new pair of glasses, I'd previously scoured virtually every opticians in Edinburgh in search of a pair I'd be happy with. It was never going to happen. I've never actually found a pair of glasses I was happy with. Instead I've always found the pair that required least compromise. I am precisely that fussy about such things.

I received an unexpected discount at the opticians, since someone who works there is an ex-colleague of mine from my Disney Stores days. I failed to recognise her at first (as I'm wont to do), but it was a pleasure to reminisce with her and find out what she's been up to (marriage, motherhood, and more) She's still in contact with a few others from those days. Apparently people ask after me from time to time, and I'm hoping to catch up with them again too - some sort of reunion may be on the cards. They were a strange and wonderful bunch of people and it would be good to see them again.

I have to wait two weeks for a new pair of glasses.