I think Sail definitely should get a lollipop.

Sears used to have pretty good sales on eye exams and frames pretty frequently. I got glasses there for years when I had no insurance.

My mom's eye doctor advises her to pick up the reading glasses they sell at the drug store rather than getting yet another prescription - as long as they are the right power, they're fine. YReadingGlassesNeedMV

This U-Haul discussion is reminding me of the time I had to move over Halloween and went to get a truck and was told that they had exactly one available, if I could pick it up at 9 PM and have it back by 7AM. No trick or treating for me that year. But now I am retroactively grateful that I could get one at all.

Robin -

What kind of birth control are you on? Is it possible that you became pregnant without knowing it and are now having a very early miscarriage? Many women have had this happen without knowing it, and the only symptom is a particularly heavy "period." (And God, this is such a sensitive subject, I hope mentioning it isn't upsetting...)

Ruptured ovarian cysts shouldn't cause extra bleeding. Unholy pain, yes, but not blood.

Or, it could be perimenopausal fun.

So, yes, call your doc.

Igor the Instructive

Love this.

now for the carpet in the kitchen to dry. ( ps - our shop vac has a crack in the lid that makes it pretty useless for water)

Still need that shop vac? Ping me.

My way is CLEARLY the sensible and right way to do things

I so want this on a T-shirt.

I wish Tom had more opportunities to socialize without me, but that's because he has none and I worry about him.

This. I do all the solo socializing, and the imbalance troubles me somehow.

This has happened every single time I, or a loved one, has tried to rent a truck.

I once rented the last truck in town from a shady sort of outfit. We packed that sucker so tight you couldn’t wedge even one more milk crate full of magazines into it. Then we headed up the hill toward the Caldecott Tunnel and flames started to shoot out the exhaust. The big giant tow truck didn’t appear for hours and the sight of the marooned vehicles on the shoulder caused a huge traffic backup for hours. We didn’t arrive in Hayward until about 11 pm. Then the company let their truck sit in the driveway for about three days before sending someone to haul it away. The only good thing was that we didn’t have to pay for the rental.

Consumer Reports rates Costco's prescription glasses highly, and Costco has some reasonable frames.

Last time I checked, Costco didn’t carry my super-strength prescription. I went to LensCrafters – again. I bought a cheap pair of reading glasses with a flexible plastic frame at WalMart, and sometimes I wear them in front of my regularly scheduled eyewear. It really helps because I just can’t seem to focus later in the evening when I’m tired, and plus it’s a good way to put off getting bifocals.

Numberslut!

Fifthing or sixthing the advice to call the doctor, Robin.

I need to get an eye exam. It's been about five or six years.

Robin, I've got no advice, but lots of good wishes.

I just made an appointment for an eye exam - I need it, but I also want the consult for LASIK.

{{Robin}} That's all I got.

I am so grateful for the Bitch hivemind, even if I'm not the one needing it right now. My closest female friends here at home both had hysterectomies in their late-30s, early-40s so they can't give me much advice (other than about hot flashes.) I like knowing I can come here and white font whenever I need to.

I want glasses. After all the work to get my eyes cut so I wouldn't have to wear them, I do occasionally like to wear them (esp. when I need to look smart or intimidating at work). I have a couple costume pairs, but I'd like some real ones. The problem is I want Jilli's.

I am totally random in my routing.

We have to vary our routes and times, so often our fight is which random route to take. Although mostly we just bicker over preferences. I don't care which car of the metro we get on; the DH prefers certain cars because they debouche right to the escalator. Things like that.

Budget called her the day before yesterday to inform her that there were no trucks available. Apparantly when she called to reserve a truck, did not actually qualify as a "reservation."

This was a constant with taxis in Malaysia. You'd call the night before to get a taxi to the airport, and the next morning, 15 minutes after the taxi was supposed to be there, you'd call the company and they'd say "Oh! No taxi, lah!"

You could even by t-shirts that said "No taxi, lah!" on them.