An expensive day

My eldest daughter has been using a rose pink colour overlay for nearly 6 months now and she says it really does help. I have to say that she does take it everywhere with her, so much so that the colour has rubbed off in areas and the overlay is now rather patchy. Also when she is doing  worksheets, copying off the board or sharing music with another child she cannot use her overlay.  I felt maybe the time had come to invest in some coloured glasses. So last week I took my daughter to Bradford eye hospital for her final appointment for her coloured glasses. In the previous appointments they had tested her eyes and checked that using a colour overlay does actually increases her speed of reading. It does, in a minute without the overlay she can read 100 words and with the overlay nearly 140.

The test involved her looking down what can only be described as a funnel and they change the colour of the light in the funnel. This time my daughter found a sort of wine purple the best colour. Then was the expensive part of the day when she chose her frames. This took longer than all the assessments and in the end she has chosen a bright blue. When she was told that the frames were making a statement she replied, “I think the purple lenses are doing that.” I wrote a cheque for over £300 and now we wait for four weeks. There will be one more appointment for a final fitting, I do hope she wears them!

That day became even more expensive when I opened the letter from West Yorkshire police today.  They informed me that I had been caught speeding while driving in Bradford. So not only have I bought some expensive glasses I now have a speeding fine, three points on my licence and a husband who is constantly reminding me to drive slower! I had been given the opportunity to do a speed awareness course which according to my father-in-law is well worth doing.