I have an appointment tomorrow with the kind of eye specialist who ends up wielding lasers. It's not for Lasik or anything, just a consult that will eventually lead to laser surgery to repair a hole and a bunch of weak spots in my corneas.

You may recall that Mitzi is prone to eye infections, Coney to corneal ulcers, and even Vlad has had one bout of squinch-eye a while back.

I'm beginning to think I should ask everyone who comes near me to wear protective goggles or something, because it has to be me.

I'm sure it'll all be fine, I'm just ever-so-slightly freaked out by the whole concept.