Friday, July 13, 2007
THE EYES HAVE IT!
Hi everyone:
Sorry about my last post. I think it went wobbly when I posted the pictures.
Well I have my 2nd eye surgery done on Wednesday. The first one was done 2 weeks ago. And guess what? I have 20/30 and 20/40 vision with no glasses or contacts. I could pass the driving test now! I am thrilled. For those of you who haven't heard, I had lens replacement surgery. It was an elective surgery to help me have better vision. I have become increasingly frustrated the past couple years. Contact lenses don't correct my vision correctly and then became painful to wear (after 20 years of wearing them). So I have been wearing glasses for the past 6 months ++ and they don't correct my vision well either. The surgery has not corrected my astigmatism so I will need something for that but the rest is better than my corrected vision had been for a long time. The surgery is the same as cataract surgery so I won't have to worry about that in the future. (And it is the same as Gwen had!)
And what else is new with Max & Whitey? We had a nice time with Mom here. I think she is doing great. Trying to focus on her health and the future.
We are busy working on our boat, 'Gypsy Blue'. There is lots to do but we can still go out sailing when we want. Our plans have changed a bit. We have decided to stay on another year. The money and the chance to fulfill the wish list for the boat while we are still making good money. The new owner of the marina is thrilled. We will stay working full time with the marina until March. At that time we will be moved on the boat and start doing the tour management jobs with the travel company World Projects. We will also work contractually for the marina as well until October when we will head south to Mexico. By the way, World Projects is not a management company for an Australian rock band. You can find them on http://www.world.projects.com/ They are based here in Vallejo, and organize/coordinate trips for high school and college musical groups. Whitey was tour manager for a group from California to Puerto Rico in April. They are very busy from March till July each year so we will be busy each year doing this. They will fly us from wherever we are with the boat each year. Not a bad gig. Kay and gang thought Whitey was going to be a manager of a rock band, Cat Empire, from Australia. While it is a very cool band (check them out on YouTube) that would be way beyond us.
Anyway, that is our life this summer. Working and trying to get some sailing in while we can.
Hope you all are well.
Love,
Max
Sorry about my last post. I think it went wobbly when I posted the pictures.
Well I have my 2nd eye surgery done on Wednesday. The first one was done 2 weeks ago. And guess what? I have 20/30 and 20/40 vision with no glasses or contacts. I could pass the driving test now! I am thrilled. For those of you who haven't heard, I had lens replacement surgery. It was an elective surgery to help me have better vision. I have become increasingly frustrated the past couple years. Contact lenses don't correct my vision correctly and then became painful to wear (after 20 years of wearing them). So I have been wearing glasses for the past 6 months ++ and they don't correct my vision well either. The surgery has not corrected my astigmatism so I will need something for that but the rest is better than my corrected vision had been for a long time. The surgery is the same as cataract surgery so I won't have to worry about that in the future. (And it is the same as Gwen had!)
And what else is new with Max & Whitey? We had a nice time with Mom here. I think she is doing great. Trying to focus on her health and the future.
We are busy working on our boat, 'Gypsy Blue'. There is lots to do but we can still go out sailing when we want. Our plans have changed a bit. We have decided to stay on another year. The money and the chance to fulfill the wish list for the boat while we are still making good money. The new owner of the marina is thrilled. We will stay working full time with the marina until March. At that time we will be moved on the boat and start doing the tour management jobs with the travel company World Projects. We will also work contractually for the marina as well until October when we will head south to Mexico. By the way, World Projects is not a management company for an Australian rock band. You can find them on http://www.world.projects.com/ They are based here in Vallejo, and organize/coordinate trips for high school and college musical groups. Whitey was tour manager for a group from California to Puerto Rico in April. They are very busy from March till July each year so we will be busy each year doing this. They will fly us from wherever we are with the boat each year. Not a bad gig. Kay and gang thought Whitey was going to be a manager of a rock band, Cat Empire, from Australia. While it is a very cool band (check them out on YouTube) that would be way beyond us.
Anyway, that is our life this summer. Working and trying to get some sailing in while we can.
Hope you all are well.
Love,
Max
// posted by ytmax @ 6:26 AM 
