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I hit 11,000 miles on the Fit’s odometer today. 1,000 of that is from the past four days.

On Monday Rick and I drove to Los Angeles to spend Christmas Eve with some friends at Cathy’s house. Cathy threw a great party with a plethora of delicious food. The next morning was a little rough, due mainly to a giant bottle of Jack Daniels that someone decided we should all finish off. Rick and I had a great Christmas dinner with Dad in Pasadena on Tuesday and then I spent a little time with Mom in the hospital. She’s doing okay. We’re still waiting for various test results.

We drove back to Paso Robles on Tuesday night and then on to Sacramento in the morning. My Grandma Helen (Gene’s mom) passed away last week in Los Angeles. Her funeral was in Sacramento on Wednesday. She was such a wonderful woman and I wish I had the opportunity to spend more time with her when I was younger. After the funeral the whole family had dinner together at my Aunt Carole’s clubhouse and it was great to see them all again after so many years.

We stayed overnight in Sacramento and then drove back home today. I am so grateful to be out of the car and back in my own place tonight.

*Edit: Just spoke to Mom’s RN and she said that they’re tapering her off the Dopamine. If her blood pressure stays up they will transfer her out of the ICU tomorrow!

I had a magical experience getting my prescription eyeglasses at Hye Optic. I had driven past the place countless times in the past twenty years but had never gone inside. Instead, I had always bought my glasses at Linden Optometry in Pasadena with much expense, frustration and waiting.

It’s a hole-in-the-wall type of shop on the second floor of a little shopping center—South side of Hollywood Boulevard, just West of Normandie.

When I walked in, the woman behind the counter said hello and let me try on a number of frames. I often have trouble finding glasses wide enough for my giant, round head. I was getting a little frustrated after the 10th pair when a man walked out from the workroom in the back. I asked him for help and he picked out a pair of plastic frames, brown plastic layered over blue. They gleamed enticingly in the flourescent light. I put them on, looked into the mirror and saw that he had picked The Perfect Frames. Excellent!

I handed him my prescription and asked how much they would be.

“Fifty,” he said.

I said, “And how much for the lenses?”

“No, no, fifty for all.”

“Wow, great! When can I pick them up?”

“Ten minutes, they will be ready.”

Sure enough, ten minutes later I had my new glasses on and was happily handing over my Visa card. It was the best glasses-buying experience I’ve ever had. Magical, even.

Hye Optic

5112 Hollywood Blvd Ste 210
Los Angeles, CA 90027 Google Maps
323-669-0511

They have a great selection of prescription and sunglass frames, cheapy generic and ultra-expensive designer brands like Chanel and Gucci. I’m definitely going back to get a second pair of glasses to keep in my desk at work. I’m also going to ask if they can replace the lenses in a pair of sunglass frames I picked up for cheap at Ross a while back.