even more broken

[celticdragonfly]

DAMN! Jamie just broke his glasses. And this time it is indeed BREAK - not only are they bent, and one of the lenses out, the top curve of the metal over one lense actually broke off.

crap crap crap

They say they'd fix anything except losing it. I left them a voicemail asking them to call me. I'm thinking this is going to take a new frame. If I have to BUY a new frame, I want to get them from an optician closer to home.

I do not want to drive to Southlake and back this afternoon. I want to make his eyes better, and have glasses on him as much as possible - but damnit, my sanity needs to be taken into account too. I'll be in that general area tomorrow morning - I think I'll bring them in then. And it might be "drop off the lenses and come back 3 days later" in which case screw it, might as well do it Saturday and avoid so much extra driving.

I was on the phone, he was still in the high chair and bored... you'd think I'd know better. But darn it, I wanted to take a phone call from a friend I don't get to see.

Comments

[archangelbeth]

If you have to buy new ones, do they have any "sport" lenses? I.e., they look a bit like goggles and are held on via a strap, not ear-pieces. I think the lenses are plastic.

Another question, since I'm not sure I've pieced it together enough (and I'm braindead from an extended stint with cleaning the stairs off) -- how vital is it that he have glasses while he's destroying them? (I didn't get mine till I was about 7-8, and while I probably should have had them sooner... (I'd forgotten what airplanes looked like! If I ever knew...) I coped. But I just had myopia.)

Good luck.

[selenesue.livejournal.com]

What Beth said. Also, maybe you could get a discount by buying them in bulk, say five at a time? This is not cynical, just realistic.

[aeddie.livejournal.com]

There's always this option:

http://www.royalarmouries.org/extsite/view.jsp?sectionId=2575&assetId=2074

If the glasses are riveted to the helm which is strapped to his head they aren't coming off. :)

On a serious note I agree with either the memory metal frames or the sports goggle types.

[chaosdancer.livejournal.com]

Kieran breaks his too - a lot! He is with his dad this week, and I've given his dad instructions to get him a new pair, and make it the T-flex ones (that you can twist). I am willing to bet money that his dad will cheap out and get regular frames and stick me with the job of replacing them every two weeks or so.

Kieran hasn't worn his glasses since the summer started. It's going to be hard as heck getting him to wear them again. :( But I didn't have transportation at first to go get him another pair, then I didn't have money. :( I hope his dad doesn't screw up and get the wrong kind.