The Right Container

For a good two decades I have needed reading glasses. It came as quite a shock when my 20/10 vision was not so perfect. I first noticed in a shower in a hotel with tiny lavender shampoo bottles with light purple writing. Was this bottle body wash, or shampoo? Lotion or conditioner? The lack of good lighting or contrast in the mice type on the bottles meant I was clueless as to what I was doing to my hair.

So began my affair with reading glasses and ultimately the chains I wore them on so I had them with me at all times.

Nothing about reading glasses and their accessories is long lasting. No matter the price they all fail, but given the number of hours of wear and tear it’s no wonder. The worst thing is that manufacturers don’t carry the same styles year after year and I am often in search of a replacement for a broken beloved model.

Tonight the little rubber loop that holds my chain on the arm of the glasses broke. This has happened before. I have bought replacements for those things, so I went searching in my bedside table.

What I found was a collection of glasses and chains that may or may not be useful still. I found eleven pairs of glasses and four chains and I didn’t really go deep into the back of this skinny little drawer, I had no idea I had this collection, given that I also have lots of other things like nail clippers and sewing kits and floss dispensers also in this drawer.

I guess this is a new opportunity to organize something which will involve trying to find exacting the right container and find a place to put it. To think I just organized all my sparkle floss cards for my needlepoint fibers. It only took me two years to find the right container for those.