My Eyesight

I have terrible eyesight.  This is a widely-known fact.  We're hoping and praying that Toby and Norah get BJ's perfect 20/20 vision, opposed to my 20/8000 (or whatever it is).  But recently I've had two things happen that have drastically improved my vision.  In August I had small plugs placed in the "drains" of my lower eye lids with the intention of keeping my eyes more moist and thus enabling my contacts to function better.  The result is fantastic.  I'm reminded of an old Brian Regan quote, about a friend who said he was delaying getting a glasses prescription filled: "How can instantly improved vision not be at the top of your to-do list?"  I'm so thankful that I can see so much more now--with the same old contacts and glasses.
The second event that has improved my vision is that I got a new camera for my birthday.  Hooray!  It's the most amazing thing since sliced bread, in my opinion.  It's not just that this thing can zoom and take HD movies (which I'm still learning how to get off my camera, let alone post here).  It's opened my eyes to see so much beauty and composition of light that I hadn't noticed while trying to capture shots of the kids running around the yard or dancing in the living room.
Perhaps it'll be my new hobby this year: using my newly improved eyesight to learn about digital photography with my new absolutely awesome camera....
Here's a shot from the other night while I was playing with the new camera: my birthday gift from a friend (To Say Nothing of the Dog) and water (I was hydrating up for race day).