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I was struck.  As though by a time traveling freight train.

As I sat through a funeral service today, a slide show hit me.  Bob Hales was just 60 when he died recently.  The slide show featured his children as part of the memories.  I looked and saw myself – almost!  Although I never frizzed my hair, I lived through that era.  And polyester suits?  Oh yeah!

One must ask one’s self – “Too soon gone, too late smart?”  If there is one theme playing in this life, it is that there is another life to come.  Any day now, we’ll be going home.  Jesus was quite clear he was going to prepare a place – a home away from this home.

So I was asking myself – “What should I be doing right now?”  For much of the day – the brushing of the teeth, the eating of food, the conversation with friends – these are right and good.  But . . . some portions of the day beg the question – literally.  “What should I be doing right now?”

Posed but not so quickly answered!

Today included a visit to the optometrist.  For us, that is an hour’s drive to Oyen, Alberta.  Usually a 1-2 hour check-up and then back home.

I had been experiencing what is called “floaters.”  Little things that seem to appear in the eye but have nothing to do with the external realities.  Mine were just hairline type of apparitions.  I guess if there are bright flashes, or falling black globs or other aberrations, that can be dangerous.

In this case, the inside of the eye appears to be fine.  I’m in good shape.  But just in case, I will need to do some further checking on things like cholesterol. 

Unfortunately, it sounds like these floaters can be common.  I imagine this is just another part of growing older!  So, suck it up and learn to live with it!  One step, or is that one eye, at a time! 

I have been wearing eye glasses since I was around 10 years old.  I push them up on my face even when I’m not wearing them!

So, it was with little surprise that I learned today that I have a license restriction that requires me to wear glasses.  I think I remember that from when I first got my license.  But for the last decade or so, hasn’t even crossed my mind.

With cataract surgery I know have no need of glasses for driving.  But I have gotten glasses that have the “reading lens” in them.  A little easier than having a pair of reading glasses for every place I sit, eat or view close up objects.

I enquired what would be required to remove the restriction.  Not that I would be doing with out glasses often – but just in case.

The answer is simple.  Visit your optometrist and get a letter of permission.  Well, here I am planning a visit to my optometrist on Thursday! 

Amazing how coincidence seems more like a divine plan sometimes!

Well, our car’s personality appears to be very magnetic.  Driving the Oldsmobile Intrigue home this evening, the car was struck by another appearance – right out of a parking lot and into it’s path.

Thankfully there were no injuries, but another fender is dinged up.  About a month ago some slight damage was done to the other fender.  Now this one.  Maybe if I leave the car parked on the street someone will hit the rear end.

Oh well.  We were thinking of getting a newer car.  Just maybe not as soon as this.

So, what gets good gas mileage, looks decent and comes in under $10,000 (I cringe to think that we might have to pay that much!)?  Any comments?