New books for old, and a recovery milestone

[gridlore]

The expedition to Fremont and Half-Price Books has been successfully completed. As usual, we found books we wanted that ate half of the redemption value of what we brought in, but the main thing here was clearing shelf space of books we no longer wanted.

I picked up yet another history of Istanbul and an interesting-looking history of the Battle of Lepanto that examines the build-up and consequences of this, one of the pivotal battles in European history.

After leaving Fremont, we came back down to Santa Clara where we stopped at our Denny's for a late brunch, and then. . .

I DROVE HOME!

This is the first time since the first cataract surgery that I've driven Darby the Ford Ranger. I had no issues beyond the fact that I'm wearing glasses with a wildly outdated prescription. I'm still not going on the freeway until my new glasses are ordered and arrive, but knowing I can drive on surface streets is an immense relief and frankly, takes a huge burden off Kirsten.

Comments

[laurenthemself]

Yay for being able to drive again! That's wonderful. I hope you can get your new glasses soon. I don't know if you have anywhere like Specsavers in the US that does two-for-one deals, but I found it was well worth it to have two pairs so I have a backup.

[gridlore]

I've gotten my last few pairs from Zenni, they have great prices and a good selection.

https://www.zennioptical.com/

[murphymom]

Wonderful news!

[kevin_standlee]

Good news! Glad to hear the recovery is coming along.

[digitalsidhe]

Congratulations! So glad to hear you can drive again, at least on surface streets. And hoping to hear about your return to the freeway soon!

[freyjaw]

Conga-rats! That's good news!