I had my appointment this evening to get me accustomed to putting in and taking out contacts. Thankfully, I won’t be doing this every day. Given my preference for wearing my glasses or not, depending on if I’m at work, the contacts are more for sports than for every day. Because of this, I’ve got daily disposables, which means thinner, which also means that they go in a lot easier than they come out. That is, until I get better at it. I’m sure I’ll barely even think about it in a month or two, but it was mildly embarrassing watching the optometrist watch me cry.

As for the result on my volleyball playing, it hasn’t solved all my passing problems. I still take the odd ball off my thumbs. I’m sure that’s just laziness on my part. No manner of vision correction is going to fix that.

Edit 11–10-2006: While the slight blue tint of the lens does wonders for my already blue eyes, my eyes are incredibly sore this morning, and the redness today is drawing far more attention than the blueness was last night. I really need to get better at this.

Les Mills in Wellington is running a 24 hour relay event to raise money for Heart Children New Zealand. The event takes place over November 25–26, from 9am – 9am, involving 12–15 people taking turns on a piece of cardio gear. Teams choose between a cross-trainer, bike or treadmill, with prizes for the highest km-clocking team in each category, for the highest fundraiser and for the best costume. It sounds like a lot of fun and a lot of work, so a few of us are thinking about entering a bike team.

I don’t think I could handle a consecutive 2 hours on a bike, but I shouldn’t have a problem if I broke it into two segments. The only real questions are whether we can get enough people together to make a team and if I can get a cool costume that won’t affect my pedaling too much.

I like having regular activities to provide a rhythm to the week. Normally, I have volleyball games to play, french classes to attend, and a myriad of other things to keep me busy. As a balance, it’s nice to have something to keep things a bit casual. In the past, with the help of some friends, we’ve had movie nights (cheesy, classic, 80s) and dinner nights (usually kinda potluck). Things like this go a long way to bring balance to a busy life, but still keep it fun.

After a couple different conversations on the weekend, I want to start doing things like this again. There’s still a lot of old movies that I’d love to see, and sharing meals is a great way to eat well without running up the bills too high. So watch this space—if you’re around Wellington on a Sunday night, bring a nice dessert and maybe we’ll sit down with The Maltese Falcon.