Exploring LASIK

It was Thursday. Another cool, gray, and rainy day. I was happy to get the day going knowing that this was my last work day until next Wednesday. Nothing out of the ordinary: exercise, walking Ykraps, coffee, stretching, & running. Worth mentioning, my knee felt really good. I was able to run with a normal stride from jump. Mindy made arrangements to stay home with Bella who was once again too ill to go to school. She was sporting a 103 degree fever. We discussed evening plans before I left for work. As it was, I planned on picking Olivia up at Ashley’s new place on my way home from work. I got the kids on the bus at their usual time. I arrived at work a few minutes after 8:30am. I was excited to get to work to share what I learned about roundabout driving laws/rules with my peer Ken. He was the one that insisted the officer was incorrect and encouraged me to research it more thoroughly. As eager as I was to share my findings, I was also upset that I was wrongfully ticketed. I left a VM for the officer who ticketed me asking him to kindly call me back. Hey, he gave his phone number and encouraged me to call with any questions. We had a lot going on at work. I was very busy until lunch time. Adding to that, I had a 1pm appointment planned with Dr Beran - the LASIK dude. His office is in New Albany. I left my office at 1230pm expecting to gone until almost 3pm. I had a little trouble finding Dr. Beran’s building but ultimately did. I arrived 5 minutes early. I filled out a lengthy questionnaire, then received a full eye exam even though I just had one the month prior. I haven’t allowed my regular ophthalmologist to dilate my eyes for the past two exams, but Dr Beran insisted on it. I agreed. You don’t actually get to meet Dr Beran until the eye exam is over. He came in after two others examined my eyes more thoroughly. He shared what he could and couldn’t do for my vision via LAISK. As I suspected, he was confident that he could free me from wearing eye glasses except for book reading. That would enable me to golf, ski, dive, and drive without the need for glasses. It sounded very appealing. Dr Beran doesn’t discuss costs. Instead, he leaves that to yet another lackey. Because I have VSP vision benefits, they’re willing to reduce their charges by 15%, but even then the cost would still be almost $3800. Dr Julie already warned me that Dr Beran wouldn’t be the cheapest, but also recommended him highly. He’s done tens of thousands of these procedures since 1992. I tried negotiating a little but they made it clear that they wouldn’t consider lowering their cost. In fact, he offered up a couple LASIK centers that are franchised that would likely be $1000 less, but, he added, you get what you pay for. I left with the answers I sought. What can LASIK do for me, and how expensive would it be? I headed back to work arriving just after 3pm. When I got back, I went directly to the center to visit my engineers. Everyone was fixated on CNN watching this silver flying saucer-like balloon floating through the air over Colorado. It was thought to contain a six year old boy. I got sucked into the drama too. How could you not? I left work at 5pm sharp eager to fetch Olivia, who I hadn’t seen for weeks. I arrived at Ashley’s new place on Crescent Av near Bishop Ready HS around 5:30pm. Olivia was anxious to go but showed me her room first. Stephen was there but did his best to avoid any type of real confrontation. He should feel bad. He’s a poor excuse for a father – sperm donor, and that’s about it. We gathered Olivia’s things and headed for home chatting most of the way there. Olivia had lots of questions, just as she usually does. Mindy was just finishing up walking Ykraps when we arrived home. Olivia ran down to see her. She was happy to see Jacob & Bella, and they her. They always show her so much love. The kids played while Mindy heated leftovers (meatloaf). Olivia didn’t eat very well, but then again, we weren’t sure that she hadn’t already eaten. Olivia wanted to watch Bolt, but we wanted to watch the Thursday Night college football game. We won that battle. Mindy bathed the kids and readied them for bed. She was still ill herself and headed to bed soon after tucking in the kids. I stayed up contending with the countless ups of Olivia and Bella. I let them come down stairs for little while and enjoy some popcorn. I sent them back to bed around 1030pm. Finally, I think they went to sleep.