Sunday Snippet, et. al.

[clevermanka]

In the file-under-disappointed-but-not-surprised department, I'm pretty sure I need a new glasses prescription. There are so many hurdles to dealing with that I can't even see it from here. /o\ /o\ /o\ I'm gonna go ahead and call the ophthalmologist tomorrow to ask how much is an eye exam without insurance and what the wait is like for an appointment. I'm also going to call the vision clinic where I got my glasses. I'm supposed to see ophthalmologists instead of optometrists because of my family history of eye diseases but to be honest I was a little unimpressed with their lack of concern when I mentioned my mom's early and acute glaucoma and how her doctor had told her I should be careful because LASIK can mask symptoms (something else nobody told me when I got that surgery).

I feel like the ophthalmologists at the office I go to are so used to dealing with elderly people that a younger person expressing concern about these things gets disregarded. Kind of how regular doctors wave away my health complaints because I look young and healthy. Probably I just need to exercise more, right?

Ugh. ugh ugh ugh. The idea of having my face that close to someone right now makes me incredibly uncomfortable. But so do these head/eye aches. sighhhhhhhhhhh Getting old is a super big drag, y'all.

We're supposed to get weather late tonight/tomorrow so I went ahead and made a quick trip to the grocery store this morning. Since it was such an impulsive decision (made at 6:30am under the covers when I checked the weather) I didn't have any sort of idea what to get. So that was an interesting trip. I bought some grain-free tortillas to try. I couldn't find any corn tortillas and wasn't willing to linger around the store looking for them. Hope they work well with the lengua that I've been saving for no particular reason other than I wanted an indulgent reason to eat it. I also grabbed some pico de gallo and sour cream and stuff to make a slaw topping.

Don't you wish you could come to my house for dinner? I WISH YOU COULD TOO.

And now more travails of poor teen!Shen Wei (who just tripped over a root during a walk in the woods).

“No, it’s fine, whatever,” Zhao Yunlan said. “I’m just glad you’re okay. Mostly.” His cheeky grin came back and he mimed carrying someone piggyback. “I can give you a ride?” He waggled his eyebrows.

For a ridiculous moment Shen Wei was overwhelmed by the vivid sense image of being on Zhao Yunlan’s back, his arms around Zhao Yunlan’s shoulders and the boy’s arms solid under Shen Wei’s knees. He managed a shaky laugh while he bent to unnecessarily re-adjust his sock and brush at a knee that hadn’t come anywhere near the ground.

“Best to walk it off,” he said as he stood, a little more breathless than intended. “I don’t want anything to get stiff.”

Looking like he was about to choke, Zhao Yunlan bit his lips, his eyes dancing. Shen Wei stared, confused, until his words registered. He flushed, horrified, and wished the stupid root would leap from the ground and strangle him to death.

Comments

[tinny]

Awwww poor Shen Wei. :DD

[clevermanka]

He's having SUCH a TIME. 😂

[minoanmiss]

I would LOVE to come to your house for dinner.

[clevermanka]

I would love that, too!

[goss]

The idea of having my face that close to someone right now makes me incredibly uncomfortable

UGH. HARD SAME. I was supposed to get a new eye exam and glasses like 6 months ago, but I am paranoid to get up close like that to strangrers, and been avoiding making an appointment, even though I KNOW I should. /o\

[clevermanka]

UGH *headhands with you*

[umadoshi]

Ooof, good luck with the hurdles of the eye appointment process. >.< May they not be insurmountable!

LASIK can mask symptoms

Oh, FUN.

And oh no, poor Shen Wei! *hides face in sympathy*

[clevermanka]

So! Much! Fun!

(and yes, poor Shen Wei, but Zhao Yunlan is having a great time 😁)

[salamandras]

Poor Shen Wei! That is hilarious and so very awkward. This looks so good.

I hope your eye appointment goes well. I've been having a similar debate with myself about being that close to anybody, but my eye pain/muscle strain are pushing me to make an appointment, too. I'm not quite there, but there's only so long I can stand not watching TV before I give in.

[clevermanka]

Happy to hear the awkward isn't cancelling out the hilarious.

Crossing fingers your eye appointment goes ok, too, when you eventually cave.

[nnozomi]

Hope the glasses people are helpful and un-stressful.

Don't you wish you could come to my house for dinner?
YES I DO. Or at least that there was a smell-option on the Internet so I could sniff at your kitchen while it's all cooking...

and poor Shen Wei, doomed to have awkward sexual tension with Zhao Yunlan in every universe possible! ;)

[clevermanka]

I'm very much a home cook (and quite content with that), so I don't get all fancy in the kitchen but I don't get complaints! 😄

And yes, in EVERY universe, poor Shen Wei! (I love him so much)

[wrote_and_writ]

Oh bb!SW -- this was like the time when my high school boyfriend called me Little Debbie like the snack cakes, and I said, "as long as you don't eat me" and he waggled his eyebrows and I did not realize FOR YEARS why. Young Deb was so innocent.

[clevermanka]

😂 oh no honey! *pat pat*

I don't know what it was about me (sheltered, raised Southern Baptist) but I was clued into every sexual innuendo from the get-go. (I knew to hide it from my parents tho!)

[wrote_and_writ]

Yeeeah I was well into college before I learned that one. Although my best friend in high school didn’t know what 69 meant and no one would tell her, so she asked her journalism teacher. The teacher kindly explained it. Ah, pre-Internet days.

[clevermanka]

Oh my god that is hilarious. I'm trying to imagine asking my journalism teacher that and... no. I think Mrs. Hallberg might have actually had an apoplexy. 😂

[khellekson]

Don't you wish you could come to my house for dinner? I WISH YOU COULD TOO.

YES, because you are an awesome cook. And when the Plague departs, I will head your way so you can try a recipe or two out on me.

[clevermanka]

That will be wonderful!