So I sat on my glasses which were on the bed. I was getting dressed this morning and I didn't even

[CTyankee]

notice it. I have a spare but I am just ready to cry because I'm so stupid. I'm actually due for my regular eye exam, though, and the eye place is not far from my house.

I feel really dumb right now...

[secondwind]

1. We are very careful of our glasses here. We are in the Caribbean and we would

most likely need new prescriptions etc. Not too keen on any eye exams during the pandemic.

I feel your pain, don’t cry, be thankful for that spare.

[NJCher]

2. ehhh

Not to worry. You have a spare pair and were due for another exam anyway. Take the specs to your glasses fitting place and maybe they can fix them. If you are a regular customer, they do this for free.

Now me, I'm so absent minded about stuff like this that I have what I call "rules." The rules are that certain things can only go in pre-designated places. For example: upon coming into the house, keys go on a hook. Not in a jacket pocket. Not in a purse. The only place for keys is on the key hook.

When going into a store, keys go into the right hand pocket only.

Glasses: only go into a soft, fabric box on the dresser.

The TV remote cannot be carried out of the room of the TV to which it belongs. It must be put on a table next to the chair where TV is watched.

That sort of thing.

The beauty of this system is that when you want something, there is only one place to look.

[CTyankee]

5. I usually do this but I must have been greatly distracted...

[CTyankee]

6. how do you remember your mask?

I usually put mine on in the car so I have several there. But I've learned that the best place is my purse, which I never leave in the car. I also have one mask upstairs and one downstairs.

[csziggy]

7. My husband hangs his mask on the keyhook above his keys

That way when he picks up the keys, he picks up his mask.

[Mike 03]

3. Those might be fixable, depending on what happened.

The exact same thing happened to me, only a day or so after I got new glasses. I brought them back to the optometrist assuming I'd have to get a replacement, and a gentleman took them into a back room and about five minutes later he emerged with my glasses completely back to normal. In my case, the metal was bent and they had some kind of machine that straightened everything back the way it was supposed to be.

I felt dumb too, but the guy said it happens all the time.

[Polly Hennessey]

4. I also have rules. Things go in certain places.

My eyeglasses go in a soft furry eyeglass holder. I have four. One on my nightstand, one on my desk, one in the bathroom, one on the coffee table in the TV room. Keys go in a certain place, my handbag always in the same place. Too many times I have gone on desperate searches for stuff. I simply trained myself to put stuff in the same place. I had no choice. I am too easily distracted and flustered.