the dreaming tree

tuesday is ultimate frisbee summer league day. (by the way, if you don’t know what ultimate is, check this link: what is ultimate?) ok, so the actual story won’t take long to tell, so sorry for the big build-up. early in the game i’m thrown a pass in the endzone, and it was one that floated for awhile. i had position on the guy guarding me, and so when he jumped for the disc, he had to reach around me to get near it. when he did this, one of his fingers found my eyeball and raked across it, effectively popping my contact lens out of my eye. oh, and then i caught the frisbee and scored (which means i skied him, took him to school, etc.). the bad news is that we’re on grass, which means there’s virtually no hope of retaining my lens. besides having to play the rest of the night with good vision in only one eye (and my un-corrected vision is terrible), you may be wondering why this is a concern. well, you see, i have gas permeable lenses, which are permanent, not disposable, and cost a lot more money to replace. i’m looking at about $40 for just the one. and in the meantime i have to wear my glasses…which i absolutely hate. i can never get comfortable when i’m wearing glasses (not even sunglasses), and i think these that i have are an old prescription, so my vision isn’t as sharp as it was yesterday and that’s driving me insane. so that’s the “story.” sorry i don’t have anything deep or significant to add to the end. maybe later tonight i will think of some more brilliant things to say.