You know, Dr. Schanel is one of the nicest gentlemen I have met. I'm diggin' his brown loafers, and his eye exam was fun. And I told him that. And he laughed at me and gave me the thumbs up.
I've never in my life worn contacts. I'm the kind of person who can't even put eye drops in my eyes without making it into a drama, so contacts?? Psshhhh... no way. So for 4 years I avoided the thought, and for 4 years I was skippin' along with my cute lil purple eye glasses. Until a while back when a co-worker of mine was punched in the face on a home visit and his eye glasses shattered and conveniently located shrapnel in his eye in a bloody mess.
Everyone on my team who wore (WORE being the key word here) glasses made eye exam appointments that day..
So there's the background on how I ended up sitting in Dr. Schanel's office on my 10th failed attempt at getting these stupid contacts into my ever blinking eyes. Dr. Schanel's wife runs the front of the store, and Dr. Schanel takes care of the back. After a bit of encouragement and yet another failed attempt that left me sighing and feeling like a loser, Dr. Schanel sent in his wife, and she told me exactly how to keep my eye from blinking and get that damn contact in place. And it worked! I was so excited to tell Dr. Schanel! He walked into the room and did a fist pump after seeing the huge grin on my face.
And now I wear contacts to work everyday.