Last Saturday's Class -Frazzle to Fun (Part1)

Halfway to the class on the highway on drizzly gray Saturday morning I realize I have left my reading glasses on the nightstand at home. Instant panic. "AAAAAUGH!" Quickly replaced by "@%#*&^?*^%!!" Oh, you young ones with keen eyes can say, "So what?" but one day, you'll realize. I can spot a mouse on the side of the highway at 500 yards, but up close the world is a headache inducing blur.

So, I had an eye pep talk. "OK, eyes, you can DO this. It's JUST a five hour class. You CAN take notes, you CAN use the new Staples calculator(courtesy of the husbun who got the large readout, bless his heart)." The more I talked, the better I felt. Then I realized I had brought chicken salad for lunch in a cute little Rubbermaid container but I forgot to pack a fork. Pep talk. "OK! You can DO this! You will use your baby carrots as utensils! "

I gave myself 45 minutes last Tuesday to get to the campus early. This morning I had 25 minutes in misty rain. (Who knew it was so hard to get out of a cozy bed?) And sans glasses and lunch fork. Sans raincoat and umbrella. Run to the building from the parking lot. The only person in sight. Burst into the computer room (had to find it) to the sight of many pairs of eyes swinging in my direction watching me choose a seat. I try to make myself feel better by saying to my seatmates "Oh, I'm just FRAZZLED this morning, I can't believe I left my glasses at home and it's just thrown me off."

The woman on my right says, "I have an extra pair of reading glasses with me. Would you like to borrow them?"

Cue the angels singing.
It's going to be O.K.


I'll figure out the carrots.