"What are you doing? We are going to be late," I said. "I am trying to fix my glasses," said SJ. Sure enough, he had broken his glasses once again. And by once again, I mean for the fifth time.
I was pretty upset for two reasons.
1. He broke his glasses again.
2. He waited until 5 minutes before we leave to tell me.
After I calmed down, I tried to find duct tape to temporarily fix them. (I couldn't find it anywhere.) I then decided to try masking tape. It wasn't working. I spotted the shipping tape and threw it in my car.
I found Bob's rec specs in my car's console. "Maybe you can use these," I told SJ. I wasn't sure how close their prescriptions were, but he said they may work. When we got to school, SJ grabbed the rec specs and I grabbed the tape and broken glasses.
SJ's aide was walking towards us. I told her about the glasses and she was kind enough to hold the glasses while I taped them. I also told Mr. Brown about the glasses when he walked by.
At the end of the day, he still had on the rec specs. I told him that we would go to Walmart after the kids were picked up. We drove to Walmart and explained to the tech what happened. They had the same pair he currently had. She said that since we had purchased the current pair she could pop out the lenses and put them in the pair they had.
I also had his new prescription with us. SJ picked out an orange and black pair. When the lady tried to fit them on him, she said they were a little small for his face. She suggested that he look at men's frames.
Oh great, I thought. This could take potentially forever. They didn't have many colorful frames, so I thought SJ wouldn't pick any. He was down to two frames and eventually he did make a selection.
She fitted him and I paid. I was surprised at how inexpensive they were. Yeah for us! Once his new pair comes in, the newly mended ones will make a great back up pair. Because I know SJ. The new glasses will be broken sooner than later.
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