This morning I woke up and felt around on my nightstand for my glasses. They were no where to be found. “That’s odd,” I thought. Since I have 20/800 vision and can’t see clearly more than 4 inches from my face, I always wear my glasses to bed before taking them off and laying them down.
I continued into the bathroom and turned on the lights. It took a moment before I realized that I could clearly see the floor and the walls. Then I remembered I was able to read my clock without squinting. Oh no! I’d slept in my contacts! I quickly removed them and placed them in my lens case, hurriedly adding some storage solution.
In almost twenty years of wearing contacts, that was the first time I’ve ever forgotten to take them out before going to bed. I always do this because wearing your lenses overnight greatly increases your risk of developing cataracts. However, now that it’s all over, it’s fun thinking about how dazed and confused I was in the wee hours of this morning.
