stupid I've almost got used to life as a Partially-Sighted American, although this morning, I tried to take my glasses off when I walked in from the cold. I've heard that blind people can have powerful visual hallucinations, but I really want to know if anything has been written about what seriously nearsighted people see when they can't see what they would like to be seeing.
Colors seem to have been the first thing to go. I have even more of a problem recognizing and remembering them than I do when I can actually see. It's almost like my eyes (and my brain) don't want to take the time to concentrate on mundane things like shade... it's enough for them to realize that there's a big car-shaped blob moving right at me (true story) because I've accidentally wandered off the sidewalk, without worrying about whether it's silver, black, or sky-blue pink. And there's even been a few times where everything was... well, not precisely black and white, but colorless, at least until I focussed.
Ronnie's been my seeing eye dog, and I really hope I have my eyes back before she leaves. (Actually, since she's leaving next month, I hope for other reasons... many of them involving my continued sane existence... that I have eyes.) Of course, she makes fun of my situation constantly, and today she told my coworker that I seemed to be running into things a lot less than when I was a Sighted merican. She has a point... I do have quite a few stitches in my noggin, and I can't quite blame them all on the house that I lived in in Japan. Even though after three years, IU was still forgetting to duck sometimes when I went from room to room. Where was I?
Anyway, think I'm going to attempt some more Math homework, though I've been doing nothing at work except stare (very closely) at numbers. Nothing too big going on in the outside world outside of some awesome pictures of gold atoms. I've always, since I was un piccolo bambino, wanted to see atoms, and I'm so incredibly happy that I can finally say that. Then again, they look exactly as I thought they'd look so I'm not sure if I should feel validated or disappointed.
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