eat light:

yesterday was all about eyes and vision. i went to the eye doctor for that exam in which the optometrist dilates your pupils and then looks into your eyeball with a special scope. it turns out i have a small retinal anomaly in my left eye. in the lower left quadrant of the eyeball, the clear layer on top of my retina has detached slightly, forming a small bubble over the retina. my eye doc doesn't think this is a problem, i.e. it wasn't caused by trauma to the eye, and it's not degenerative. he wants to reexamine my eyes in a year just to make sure it's either getting better or staying the same, and not getting worse.

i've never had the pupil dilation exam before. i was not prepared for how screwed up my vision was, while the drug was still active. it took quite awhile to wear off, and it was unsettling to be so light sensitive, and so completely unable to focus on text or anything else close-up. my eyes felt bruised afterward, and they still feel a little beat up this morning. like they ran a hard race yesterday. what a weird sensation.

as if that weren't strange enough, i picked yesterday to purchase a digital camera. i ended up buying a canon sd-600. 6 megapixels, 3X optical zoom, nicely compact and user-friendly. unfortunately i had my eye appointment at 5pm, on my way home from work. wouldn't you know it? i got home, and i couldn't read, couldn't see small details. that meant i couldn't play with my cute new toy!

going to see electric 6 tonight. can't wait!

i decided to stay home and work on my prospectus this morning. i got up early to run, but was greeted by a few too many raindrops for my taste. so...i'm going to spend another hour or two on my prospectus and then hopefully head out for a run before i have to shower and get my fanny to campus.