Snow Days vs. Mob Days

Throughout the winter I've been watching the weather feeling very jealous at all those snow days. We of course don't have any snow days here. But we do have......Mob Days!

The protesters are at it again. This time it's the infamous "Red Shirts". They're demanding the parliament dissolve, the prime minister step down and have new elections. Of course that won't happen. So the read shirts are storming the town.

It's been going on since Friday. Each day we're hoping for a "Mob Day". Haven't had one yet but we did get released early Friday. On Sunday we saw them marching by on the main road. Nothing dangerous just holding up traffic. Not sure if the mob day will happen, but it's much more likely than a snow day. Gotta have some kinda hope!

I can see!!

I finally got laser surgery on my eyes. I've been thinking about it for awhile and finally saved enough for it. A friend here had it done at an eye hospital nearby and recommended it. I had to wear my glasses for 6 (loong) weeks prior. I was so ready to toss them!

Rather than the well-known Lasik surgery I had a procedure done called PRK. The outcome is the same but the recovery time is longer and a bit more uncomfortable. I had the procedure done on Wednesday late afternoon and expected to be fine by Thursday. However, it wasn't until Saturday that I could really open my eyes and get around without any trouble.

My friend, N, who had recommended the hospital to me offered to look after me following the precodure. I went home with her Wednesday and ended up staying until Saturday morning. It was actually really fun staying with her and her husband. I was so grateful to them for their help! It's easy to take for granted how much we need our eyes.

Here's a photo just a few hours after the procedure. It was pretty amazing how well I could see immediately afterwards. Then they put these patches over my eyes. I look a bit like a bullfrog, eh?