Well, for all the fun I had yesterday, I paid a nice little price...seems I left my glasses behind somewhere. Nice, relatively new, absolutely essential bifocals...lost in Springfield, 2 hours away, and me with no way to go find them.

I called the bookstore, e-mailed the craft store, and called Target...and the guy at Target said, "Yep...we got 'em!"

Relief!!! I asked him if they could pleased send them to me, explaining the circumstances, and he said, "No, we can't do that. You'll have to come and pick them up."

Well, okay, I can understand that...what if they weren't really mine? But I live two hours away and have no car...and I am fortunate to make it to Springfield once a year. What the heck am I supposed to do now???

I talked to the store manager who said that he would check into it and to call him back tomorrow morning, so hopefully he can help. I would bet almost anything that they couldn't be anyone else's glasses...same scratched case with a buff-colored lining, same gunmetal-grey framed bifocals inside, turned in just late last night...c'mon, what are the odds of them being anyone else's???

Say a little prayer for me...I have substitute, back-up glasses that I can use, but they are coming apart at the seams, so to speak, and are not quite as strong as the newer ones, and I would hate to have to wait for a trip back to Springfield to get these back!!

Moral of the story...maybe I should get used to wearing my glasses all the time. They bother me for the computer and far away things, and at certain times I find myself scooting them up on top of my head because I can't focus well with them, but it's better than losing them altogether!!