What's Going On ...

So, off I go to my eye dr. (after putting 8 gallons of gas in, for $25.00...ugh, I used to be able to fill the thing up for $9...those were the good old days)...and everything is cool and the gang at the Dr. appt...I just found out that I'm getting old and need reading glasses to see really close up...I can read 'regular' close up just fine, and my distance has always been the issue, I don't see far very well, but I have glasses for driving at night and things have been humming merrily along for years...now I find out that I could probably use BIfocals or 'progressive lenses' which do the same thing, only w/out the BIfocal being noticible...wow, I don't FEEL old, I really don't, but there are times when it comes up and bites ya, and you realize your eyes aren't 25 anymore...I didn't like any of the frames, so I didn't fill the THREE prescriptions that I was given...sigh....

On the way home, everything was ok, I had the top down, I didn't get pulled over by either of the two policemen who were hunting for speeders, I had my pumpkin bread from Starbucks, and was almost home...until the oldest man on the planet who has no business driving decided to run me off the road...actually, I don't think he even LOOKED to know that I was in the lane next to him...We were both sitting in the two left turn lanes, I was in the right lane, he in the left...as we headed left, he just came on over into my lane like I wasn't there...I had to careen into the shoulder and the person behind me honked...I suppose they were honking at him - if they wanted to honk at me, go right ahead...what was I supposed to do? as we went thru the next intersection, he pulled off and I could see he musta been 80 yrs old and was used to driving in the country where you can pretty much drive however you want...except this was the city and I was nearly run over...Its not the first time I've not-been-seen, it won't be the last...

So, I'm home, most everything is in tact, save for my ashtray full of nickels, nickels, nickels and the kiln is warming up...I've got a full day of making some groovy Autumnal beads and kickin' back to some Steely Dan...Hope your eyesight is rockin and I'll be back w/ more tales from the country later...I prefer it when nothing really happens to me out here...heh...