My new eyes
I have new eyes. That's how it feels, at least. On October 4, I had iLasik surgery on both eyes at the Black Hills Regional Eye Institute. I have not experienced such clarity of vision since ... I don't know; it feels like forever. I remember when I got glasses at the age of 12 and walked out of the eye clinic and onto the town square. I looked up at the trees in the square, and I could see every leaf. It was like having an epiphany. It was like a curtain going up and seeing as far as I wanted. For the next almost 30 years, I depended on those glasses (and sometimes contacts). My vision without glasses was terrible, though; even reading a book in bed without them was nearly impossible. I could see clearly a few inches from my face and then everything dropped off beyond that. I was as blind as a freakin' bat. After I sold my house and split the money with my ex-wife, I had a decent amount of cash laying around. Some of it I stashed away for an eventual move from thi...