Guilty of DWCL!

DWCL is short for "driving without corrective lens!"

Yesterday afternoon I went to the gun club where I belong to do some target shooting. Getting back in the car to come home, I banged the big plastic box that I keep all my target shooting gear in against the side of my head, causing one of the lens in my eyeglasses to pop out.

I tried really hard to get it back into the frame but it just wasn't going to work. My drivers' license is stamped "restrictions: corrective lens". I tried putting my glasses on with just the one lens in place. That greatly distorted my vision. I decided that would not be a good way to drive. There was no way I was going to humble myself to call and ask someone to drive me home. NOT MY STYLE! I'm just too independent for that.

I had no idea how well I could drive without my glasses since I haven't tried that in years. But off I went. Turns out I did just fine. I could even tell the difference between a red light and a green light! Or a stop sign and a yield sign!

Now the smart thing would have been to first place the box in the car and THEN get inside, but no, I tried to get both my body and the box at the same time in the car.

Fortunately, I have a back up pair of glasses to use until I can get the darn lens back in place this week. But I didn't have them with me in the car yesterday.