so on wednesday night (two days ago), i went to visit my eye fairy.  that’s what I’m going to call her from now on.  it was the first session I had with her during the night.  i definitely notice that my vision is considerably less sharp as soon as hits around 4pm and the natural light begins to fade.  a very frustrating fact i am learning to live with.  when i worked with my Fairy, we worked in extremely dim light.  if you can relax the muscles around the eye and have clear vision in dim light, then you can definitely have clear vision in day light.  it took me much longer to get to the same level of clarity I normally would have gotten if i was reading in bright sunlight.  we worked for about half an hour and then i was back to my own devices.  i’ve been a lot less faithful about not wearing my glasses as much - even if they are not 20/20 glasses.  i have noticed a difference that these 20/40 glasses offer me considerably clearer site now that my eyes have started to get better.  it’s been not even a month.  wow!

i did visit my eye doctor brother in cleveland over thanksgiving.  and instead of it my vision experiment being a surprise to him, he asked me about it the minute i got in the car.  i suppose blogging about the journey didn’t really keep it top secret, but i specifically said that it was meant to be a surprise to him.  some unnamed member of our family spilled the beans!  since the eye exam would not have been a controlled experiment, i decided to forego getting my eyes checked by him.  will just wait til my vision is 20/20 before i have him check me.

enough about the eyes…i’ve been enjoying these colder months a lot.  partly due to my increasing fascination with moving to london.  i’m getting very open to walking around in cold rainy weather more often than not.  london is such a fantastic city - a cross between bombay and new york city, with a little bit of eurpean charm and tradition thrown in.  fantastic!!! 

i’ve been using this time especially to get quiet with myself and think about what i want to do in 2006.  it’s a thing i do once a year or so.  take inventory of my life and reassess its direction.  do you do that?  i find it very inspiring to give myself the permission and time to reinvent my life if i want.  most of the time, the shifts are very subtle, but every once in a while, i set myself up for the next roller coaster ride.

one of my goals for next year is to travel a lot more.  2005 has kept me pretty tied to los angeles, which has had a lot of great moments - including a lot of time with my family.  but next year, i aim to go to london, india, morocco and bali.  on my trip to cleveland, i made a friend on the plane who is a jewelry designer.  much of her work is inspired by her many trips to bali.  after hearing her talk about it…i just have to get there.  as for heather’s work…you should take a look.  it’s beautiful.

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