Consider yourself warned!
A guide for those who think they want children.
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Its that time of year again. Summer vacation is almost over and soon kids in New York will be going back to school. This time of year always takes a toll on my pocketbook, even with the “Back to School” sales. The kids need new school clothes, school supplies, book bags, and eyeglasses. I try to plan for those expenses as much as I can, but something unexpected always seems to happen.
This year, its my daughter’s eyeglasses. Now, this kid is pretty good with her glasses. She wears them every day, and as far as I can remember, she hasn’t lost a pair yet. That is, until the other day. My daughter decided that she wanted to go to Coney Island with her friends. Its summertime, its hot, and thanks to her summer job, she has her own money … so I let her go. She and her friends had a great time. They played volleyball, ate, and rode the rides. However, on one of the rides, she was told to take off her glasses and to put them in her backpack. Then, she was instructed to put the backpack in the pile of backpacks and pocketbooks. Now, I understand why she was told to do that. They don’t want glasses, backpacks, pocketbooks, and other objects flying off the rides and hitting people. I get it. No one wants to be sued. I’m not even mad at my daughter for following directions. I’ve been to amusement parks before, I know the drill. Besides, I would have been irritated (to say the least) if she told me that her glasses flew off her face while she was riding a ride. However, I am mad at the person who went through my daughter’s bag while she was on the ride and stole her glasses! Really … someone stole her glasses. I know they took them for the frames. If you wear glasses, you know that frames aren't cheap. I’m sure whoever took them can’t even wear my daughter’s prescription. Someone is walking around with a nice pair of sunglasses right about now. They better hope I don’t see them. Every August, I take the kids to get their eyes examined. Its part of our back to school routine. In regards to my daughter, I had budgeted on replacing the lenses in her old frames. Yes. I know. I’m fragile. Now, not only do I have to buy my daughter new frames AND new lenses for those frames, but she tells me that she wants to start wearing contact lenses too! I knew this day was coming. After all, the girl is 15 years old. Between trying to look cute for the boys and running cross country and track, I knew that eventually she would want to wear contacts. Oh, did I mention that both her brother and I wear both glasses and contacts too? I’m so glad that I put money away in the flex spending plan my job offers. If I didn’t, we would all be walking into walls all day long. So, we went to get her eyes examined today. Luckily, the eye exam was covered under the insurance, but the $75 sitting fee for contacts wasn’t. Yes, there was a fee to sit and get examined for contact lenses. I guess I never realized it before, or maybe the place we went to before didn’t charge one. Too bad that place closed. I really liked the eye doctor. Anyway, after watching my daughter for about 45 minutes practice putting in and taking out her contacts, she had to choose the new frames. I didn’t even participate. I let my daughter and the nice ladies at the counter pick them out. Why bother? She already told me that she didn’t like the frames I pointed out and I was pretty sure she wouldn’t like anything I chose anyway. I just sat on the couch and played spider solitaire while the ladies at the counter worked their magic. Amazingly enough, the frames she got were very similar to the frames that I picked out for her, but that’s a subject for another blog. Now, a few hundred dollars later, one child has both new glasses and contacts. One down, one to go. Pray for me! So, for those of you who still want to have kids, you better hope and pray that your future kids have 20/20 vision. If not, enroll in flex spending. Now you know, and you can … Consider Yourself Warned!
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SassyGirlTye lives with her two wonderful teenagers in Brooklyn, New York. No matter what she says in her posts, she truly loves her children with all her heart.
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