I tell you those city buses are so screwed up lately. I mean if the authority’s primary concern is to encourage people to pay fares, you know things are a bit messed up in the authority – they’re probably under paying workers, not maintaining buses properly, collecting bus fare that hasn’t been adjusted for inflation, etc.
I guess three times is a charm. 🚍 So yeah, on Friday the bus never showed up for my LASIK. Saturday morning, the bus deviated from it’s route so I didn’t get dropped off right at the parking lot where Big Red overnighted – though I didn’t protest, then the Nature Bus the driver held the bus up while he radioed in to see if I could bring the bike on bus to Thacher Park as the rack was full (normally drivers are like whatever, 🚲 even though technically it’s not allowed on city routes), and then Saturday the 6:21 PM bus didn’t show up until 7:20 PM due to the driver going to the wrong destination, so they ended up either radiopinig him back or sending another bus from the depot. 🚏And the hybrid bus was so slow climbing the New Salem Hill, the electric buses are surpringly better. ⚡ Apparently they didn’t have an electric bus ready to go for Nature Bus which is what they normally do. I think I’m going to avoid riding buses for now. 🤷♂️
But despite the busing problems, and the annoyance of having to add two different eye 👁️ drops every hour 💧 at least every five minutes appart yesterday as my eyes recovered from LASIK it was a nice day. I really tried to take things slowly, only did a bit of riding, mostly a slow and careful walk through the woods, listening to podcasts, observing nature and just chilling out. I did do a little bit of riding, and certainly getting home after dark, and riding on the road with the dark sunglasses 😎 after dark meant for a dark ride home it was fine. Must have looked like Steve Wonder riding after dark with those sunglasses on. In general my vision is excellent, but much like wearing contacts it fades in and out, though over time I’m told it will grow more consistent. The eye drops definately help. Sometimes though my eyes are a bit dry at time, but all those things are expected the first week after LASIK. Really it’s no worse then wearing contact lens.
Think I’m going to ride out Five Rivers Environmental Education Center 🐸 for a while this morning, look at birdies 🐦 and fall wildflowers 🌼 and enjoy the beautiful morning. Head home, have some lunch and then go out to see my parents and pick apples 🍏 with dad. Then do my lunch time medicated drops. I am no longer on the hourly eye drop schedule, 💧 now it’s just the medicated eye drops before each meal, and then the artificial tears 😭 as needed six times a day. Medicated drops continue through Thursday, and artificial tear drops through the month of October. I have to wear protective hard eye patches at night through Friday. My follow up visit is on Monday.
Tuesday I get my COVID and flu vaccine. 💉 I’m at high risk of COVID complications I smoked some pot the other day, and former smokers are at higher risk of COVID complications according to Bobby Kennedy Jr.’s CDC. 🧑⚕️I still have dry eye issues biking, 🚲 so I think I’ll drive in on Monday and then head to the doctor’ s office for the post-op check up and vision test, and then Tuesday I’ll head into work and vaccination appointment after. Moved my appointment up to 6:15 PM as that way I won’t have to ride home in the dark wearing my dark glasses for eye protection. I was watching my friend’s Facebook about his marijuana harvest this year. Happy Autumn Folks! One toke over the line, though as it is my eyes 👀 are dry enough from the LASIK. 👿
I am thinking next weekend of heading up to Speculator, 🛶 probably the Mason Lake area to hike, paddle and enjoy the woods. 🌲 I should bring my gun 🔫 in search of tree rats and mountain bike to ride. 🚲 I’ll still want to wear eye protection 🕶️ but sunglasses should be fine or maybe in darker conditions I can wear my shooting glasses. I could change my mind based on weather, but whatever. Then maybe take off the following week to head up on Monday morning to Horseshoe Lake for three nights, then to St. Regis Canoe Area on Thursday. Still would have to figure out where I would camp for night before Columbus Day. If the weather is bad, I could always wait another week. I always worry about having enough vacation time to roll over but I should be fine, next autumn I can work from camp 🏕️ on weekends I want to extend in the wilderness, like Perkins Clearing or Rensselearville. Next autumn, after campaign in November I think I will do West Virginia in my new truck. 🍁 Still some color, especially if I drive down to New River Gorge next year.