So we go to the SCDMV to get our car registrations and drivers licenses on Friday (I left out that first we had to get insurance, then take proof of that to the county and pay personal property taxes on the cars then take proof of all of that to the SCDMV along with 10 pages of completed applications, titles, and PA registrations). Everything is running smoothly until I have to take my eye test. It’s not a chart on the wall – it’s a machine that you press your forehead against & look into. The woman asks me to read line one and I do, which is two boxes of 5 letters. She asks me to do it again & I do – the letters are bright & clear & easy to read. She looks at me puzzled and asks me to read the first set. There are apparently supposed to be three sets, but all I see are two boxes. Everyone is puzzled. She checks the machine which appears to be working. Jim looks through it and sees all 3 boxes. THEN we figure out that the machine tests distance vision in both eyes, and I have monovision contacts – one for near, one for far, but when worn together trick my brain into combining them! I don’t have my glasses with me, and only have one spare contact in my purse and it’s not the distance one – so I flunk the eye test and can’t get my license. Now I have to make another trip this week to do it all over again!

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