Tomorrow I will turn 46, but I didn’t think that I was getting old until I went to the optometrist this week. For about a year or so I have been wearing magnifiers to be able to read and work on the computer. I have suffered from eye strain for years and been subjected to headaches from it, but figured it was just the amount of reading and computer work I had been doing. As of late I noticed several things about my sight. I can not read anything without the magnifiers and bright light. The headaches have increased and I no longer can see color variations. This week I finally broke down and went to the optometrist.  It had been over 25 years since the last time I had my eyes checked. Well, it’s official. I will not only need to wear glasses all the time but I need bifocals. I was shocked when the doctor told me I needed bifocals.  I had always associated bifocals with getting old. So I guess I am officially old. But I’ll tell you what, when he was setting the prescription and I could clearly see the very smallest print, I was overjoyed. If that means I’m old, I’m fine with that. I should have gone years ago. Lesson learned. I will get my new glasses next week and they say that it may take a while to get used to them, but I am so tickled to know that I will be able to see clearly now. So even though I’ll be a year older, I will also be a year wiser and will see the future clearly.