If you had to have your vision corrected would you rather: glasses or contacts?  Or what do you use if you need to have your vision corrected?

After enjoying enjoying perfect vision for the first forty or so years of my life I thought that I would only need reading glasses when I reached a certain age.  So I started with those Readers you get without prescription and was hugely irritated by having to take them on and off all day long – off to look at my class – on to write on the board – off again and then on again to look at a child’s work.   Very irritating.  Finally I decided to have a proper eye test and was shocked to be told I needed to wear glasses all the time!   But my varifocals are fan-tas-tic – They’re coated for sun, computer and night driving and suited for near and far visionary tasks.  It took me only two weeks to get used to them and after 20 years I just love them.  Contacts? No way – I think they would irritate my sensitive eyes.

If you had to describe your day as a traffic sign, what would it be?

I have never thought of my day in terms of traffic signs but here is one that made me think.

When we travel in the bush we watch out carefully for the small creatures. If we’re not mindful of them the whole balance of nature can be upset.   In my everyday life the dung beetles are metaphors for other things that should have right of way.

Was school easy or difficult for you? How so?

School was not the easiest time of my life, I certainly had to work hard. But it was not that bad either and mostly I enjoyed it.  The most important skills I learned at school were Reading and Touch Typing.   Couldn’t manage without either of those two things 🙂

Would you rather take a 1 or 2 week vacation with an organized tour or take a cruise of your choice?

Neither of these appeal to me.  I have been cruising twice before and enjoyed them but I prefer a self-drive, self-guide kind of holiday.  First choice – a Wildlife  reserve in Africa – Kruger National Park and Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park being my favourites.   But a trip to the Greek Isles, Italy and the rest of Europe is also on the bucket list.

Bonus question:  What are you grateful for from last week, and what are you looking forward to in the week coming up?

I am grateful for my caravan and the fact that I can pick up and go on a whim (just returned from such a trip) I am also grateful that I am financially secure enough to enjoy my retirement.

The coming week could hold anything, I am looking forward to its surprises.