Maybe I'm Not Supposed to Sew?

Yesterday I truly planned to sew. The machine is actually plugged in. I have a very simple projected laid out on my sewing table. All systems

were 'go'.

But, Daughter appeared at my door with a message that THGGM had called, his glasses had broke, and she needed to drop me off at the eye doctor's office so I could drive him home.

The hope was that they could make them while he waited.

That would have been nice.

But, the machine in our area that does amazing things like make lenses in only an hour was also broke. Another company was available, but they do not cooperate with our insurance company.

We were put in contacted with the next closest lens-making machine, which was over an hour drive away. Really, we had no choice.

THGGM could not remember having a spare pair of glasses. It had been over two years, which means we had moved since then, so I looked through all of the possible drawers in all of the tables that had at one time or another been THGGM night stand. No spare pair turned up.

So, since he was unable to see to drive, and his old glasses unfixable, which would mean that I would have to drive him to the far side of Lansing, I got to work with my jewelry glue and his magnetic sunglasses.

Using jewelry glue and wire I was able to stick and tie his two-piece frames to the sunglasses. It was extremely unsightly, but at least the poor man had sight. This enabled him to drive, and me? Well, it made me happier about going.

We arrived before the 7:00 cut-off for having lenses made in an hour. It was in a very nice mall, so I was able to get in some shopping. They had a fabulous Schuler Books in the mall. It wasn't nearly as enjoyable for THGGM, who was 'stuck' wearing sunglasses.

Isn't this a long and boring story? Yes. Yes it is. Just wait. It gets better.

In exactly an hour, his new glasses were finished. I just find that SO amazing. How DO they DO that?

Anyway...the drive home was wonderful. Michigan is absolutely green and beautiful this time of year. No matter which way we looked we could see deer grazing on all of the lovely corn. I'm sure we saw over a hundred deer.

THGGM was very thankful that he was able to get his glasses replaced. He had already used up half a sick day, something that he does NOT like to do.

At about 9:15 we arrived home. He had his old, broken, glued and wired glasses in his new case. They ARE certifiably a piece of junk now, but since he didn't get sunglasses this time, we thought it might be a good idea to keep these in the car for an emergency.

He opened up the storage compartment. And, guess what?

There were his spare pair of glasses.