Or so I hope. Back here I related the tale of my attempt to go to Wal-Mart or Costco to see how much a pair of single-vision glasses would cost me and my giving up due to traffic woes. A couple of days later I did get to Wal-Mart and got a quote of about $110 even with a $9 pair of frames. That seemed a little steep to me, so I thought I’d try elsewhere. I wound up at this place in the mall at the bottom of my hill. They had frames I liked, and more importantly they said they would make the lenses for no more than the cost of the frames. So I paid about $52 for a new pair of glasses to be used only while at the computer.

Unfortunately they had to send the order to the mainland to get the lenses made. Apparently their in-house lab isn’t equipped for the amount of astigmatism in my 20-200+ right eye. They called me this afternoon to say they came in, so tomorrow I’ll go get them and see how they work.

I don’t know whether to be optimistic or not.