Blurred Vision+Nerves=Not so good drive home.

For this adventure you need a little background.
I have a need for corrective lenses. I'm a nervous, uptight, jumpy person.

I've had glasses/contacts for a long time. About 11 years. I wear them periodically. I need them to see objects far away. (Yeah, I know what you're thinking..."and you call yourself a superhero.") But my little eyes go through spurts of needing/not needing corrective lenses. As of late, I've been in the need spurt. I wear my glasses mostly while driving (and in class every now and again). You know how some people have driving gloves? (Which having a pair is a small life dream of mine.) I have driving glasses. I keep my glasses in my car so then I can just slip them on, slip them off.

Tonight, I was on my way home from Forks. While driving down the interstate it starts raining, hard. Immediately I grab the wheel a little tighter, my body tenses up, and I become a ball of nerves. I don't know why this happens. Partly because I don't like not having complete control. Yucky weather makes for yucky surprises if you're not careful. Like the time I rolled and totaled my Blazer when I hit black ice. I like prime conditions in situations. Anything that deviates makes for a very uptight Kayt until control can be regained. But, back to the rain. The windshield is covered and I turn on my wipers. They're doing their job, I think...But, maybe not because I can't see any better than before. So, I flip the switch off, and turn them back on. I'm trying to watch for the wipers and make sure they go back and forth. But really folks, this is a hard task. I'm going 65 mph in a one lane construction zone trying to keep up with the car in front of me and not get squished by the truck behind me. I'm space constricted, I'm nervous, and I have no intention of hitting the orange cones or the on-coming traffic. Then I think, "Wait, do I have on my driving glasses?" Well, yes, yes I do. So why can I not see?! I then again flick the wiper switch to full blast and bam, there they go, back and forth, back and forth. But wait, I'm not supposed to be watching them! The road, the road! But I can't see the road! It all comes down to this: I need new wiper blades. Lesson learned. So, let's take into account my physical status at this point in time. I'm tense, I'm achy, I'm sweating, and I'm blind (not literally). I spend the next 35 miles driving by the light reflecting off the white line and bobbing my head to and fro trying to find the clearest spot. Turns out it's on the passenger side. Isn't that how it always goes? I make it home all in one piece. I pry my hands loose from the steering wheel, I take a minute to "relax" so I can get out of my car, then I go on my merry little way. Once home, I added to my check list-wiper blades-Until I get new ones, I'm not driving in the rain. I'll walk, thank you. I'd rather look like a drowned cat than be as miserable as I was on that drive home.

~Kayt the Great~