New glasses

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My reading glasses arrived yesterday. I'd picked frames which are a different shape from the varifocals, so I wouldn't forget which pair I'm wearing - now I realise that means I'll have to carry both cases around if I'm going to use them to read labels in shops. Drat.

I think they should have told me to start wearing them for a short time and work my way up, like I was advised when I got the varifocals, *cough* years ago; I read on the computer for two hours last night with the new pair and that may have been a mistake.

I knew I was used to my glasses-with-everything, but didn't realise how unused to single-vision lenses I've got. Small print at less than arms' length: distinctly clearer (change in prescription in the aforesaid *cough* years). Computer screen across desk: no very obvious difference. Poster on nearby wall: out of focus. I'll have to get in the habit of looking at my watch instead of the digital clock on the Freeview box when I'm reading in the living room, because the latter is too far away for the new glasses. Eek!