So, if you’ve been reading along, you know that this past Saturday was Moving Day for me. And while I THOUGHT I was well-prepared, on that last afternoon before moving day I did get a little panicked at the realization of all that was left to do before the movers arrived early the next morning. So of COURSE, on this SAME day, I started seeing flashes of bright white light out of the corner of my right eye, and was having weird curtain-like floaters waving across my right eyeball.

If any of you use the flashing light notification on your cell phone for incoming messages, that’s what the flashes looked like. In fact, at our morning meeting, I thought it WAS my cell phone…and by the end of the meeting I was feeling a little frantic about all the texts I was apparently getting. But when the group broke up I picked up my phone and there was nothing there. Hmm. Odd. Stupid phone. It wasn’t til later when I stopped at the Dollar Store to get some shower curtain rings that I saw the flashing again and was like, Oh. That’s ME.

Later, in a little packing break, I asked some friends online (I tried not to ask Google first because we all know how THAT goes – YOU’RE DYING!!!), but it wasn’t much better with friends cuz they were like YOU’RE GOING BLIND!!! Okay, maybe not QUITE that dramatic, but close! The advice was to go to walk-in urgent care and get it checked out because it might be a torn retina (at that point, I did consult Google and she agreed). Great advice. Which I ignored. I had movers coming at 8:30 the next morning and I’m Just Me. I’m all there is. I couldn’t leave this job in anyone else’s hands. So I kept packing and flashing and floating. With the promise to them that if it got worse, I would go to urgent care.

Fortunately, it did not get worse, it pretty much stayed the same and I survived the move, vision intact. I did make an appt for Monday with an opthalmologist, which I went to yesterday and while he saw some thinning of the retina, there is no tear. By that point the flashes had all but stopped and the curtain floaters were fewer and further between. He did tell me I have cataracts in both eyes, which, huh?? I thought that was an old person thing. I’m not an old person! How can this be? Sigh. I go back in three weeks for a follow-up.

In the meantime, I have discovered some magical light at the new place and was inspired to do a quick photo shoot when I got home from work Monday afternoon. I was wearing, appropriately enough, a polka dot top (eye problems, seeing spots, is it all becoming clear now?).

The top is a Gwynnie Bee rental from E-Shakti, which, if you don’t know about this online shop, you should. You pick anything from their very generous online catalog – and so you know, they customize sizes from 0-36 – talk about being size inclusive! Then for a small fee of $9.95, you customize the item of your choice. Sleeves, waist, length, neckline. Adore a cute scoop-neck sleeveless mini dress but you’re feeling a little demure? Change it to an elbow-length, jewel-neck, midi-length dress! It’s really an amazing concept. The clothing is lovely to begin with, but to be able to customize it to exactly your size and style specifications?? Priceless.

Since this was a rental obviously it was not customized to my specifications, but it was still a nice fit. A generous fit. And I thought it was really cute over white Gloria Vanderbilt jeans with a camel Old Navy duster-length cardigan.

And truly, the real star of this show is THAT LIGHT! Don’t look at ME. Look BEHIND me. I’m so pleased to have a really nice outdoor spot to shoot. Afterwards, I sat outside for a bit and watched the sun drop below the hill across the pond and the sky turn pinky orange and then dusky blue.

And so ends my tale of spots and dots and magical light. I think the new place is growing on me a bit.

What I Wore:

Photos by moi!

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