I don't know why, but it seems like I put off going to those annual checkups. Well, I guess I know why for some of them, but for others like the eye doctor, what's the big deal? I mean really. There are no drills involved like at the dentist's office. Or other weird happenings that take place at the doctor or hospital, so why put it off?

I don't know, it's probably one of those, "dumb things I have to do and don't feel like I have time to do it" things. But I finally made the appointment.

Computers are one of those things that when you work on one as much as I do, they kill your hands and give your eyes fits. I finally made the eye appointment, it's the least painful of the two to fix. "I noticed that your eyes are dry. How often do you use eye drops? Once a day? Twice a day?" he asked. I answered, "Like never a day. But I did notice that I can't see as well." Fortunately, he's one of these nice doctors that just chuckled and said, "Okay, I want you to put drops in at bedtime and again in the morning." Then he handed me a box of drops and sent me on my way.

I took the drops out of the box and thought, "Great one more thing to keep track of and remember to do." I really am at that stage trying to remember "all the things." I put them in a safe place so that I wouldn't lose them, because tiny things have a way of getting lost, and this bottle is tiny.

Last night I did all of the nighttime rituals and then collapsed into bed. One of my last thoughts, "Crap, the eye drops are in the living room and I'm NOT getting up to get eye drops!" So of course, I fell asleep as I'm prone to do on a good night.

I woke up this morning with dry scratchy eyes. Did I think to put in eye drops? Of COURSE not. Now it's almost noon and I'm working with one eye shut...because my eyes are dry. "Oh duh, I should put in some eye drops," I remember.

But I'm not a fan of putting things in my eye, even if it promises to make me be able to type with both eyes open. I suppose, as soon as I finish this article, I'll break down and put drops in.

If I have to.

Well, I don't have to, but let's see if it helps...why is "Plop, plop, fizz, fizz oh what a relief it is" running through my mind?

It's the little things that make life better. Like little bottles of eye drops. Little drops in the eyes. Hmmm. It's amazing how smart doctors are...it's those little things that allow you to type with both eyes open, who knew?


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