Have You Seen My Glasses?

I was still in elementary school when I got my first pair of glasses.

In those early years, my glasses were meant to help correct a lazy eye. As I grew older, they expanded my vision to include my teacher's blackboard scribblings, what flickered across the television, and words written on road signs. 

I was near-sighted with a capital N. 

Now every surface in my home is covered with eyeglasses and eyeglass cases. Sunglasses. Computer glasses. Reading glasses. Oh, and the spares, just in case I can't find my.... well, glasses.

Somewhere along the line, I started putting my glasses on to do things totally unrelated to my vision, as if by adjusting one of my senses the others would magically grow more acute. 

If you've ever turned off your car radio so you could better read the exit signs on the I-10, you know exactly what I mean.

"I can't think without my glasses." – Vivienne Westwood