Daniel Greene

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  • So exciting — trying out multi-focal contact lenses!

    Multi-focal contact lenses for presbyopia
    Multi-focal contact lenses for presbyopia

    I just put on my first trial pair of multi-focal contact lenses for my presbyopia. The near vision as I’m typing this on my smartphone right now is very nice, and the far vision isn’t bad either. Adjusting between the two is a bit of a challenge, but not nearly as bad as I’ve heard people say it is with progressive trifocal glasses.

    I prefer wearing my contacts to wearing my glasses, but it’s gotten to the point where I can barely use my smartphone with them on. I’ve been wanting to wear my contacts and be able to read without carrying around reading glasses and having to put them on and take them off all the time. These multi-focal contacts may just be the answer.

    It’s always exciting for me when I do something to take care of my health and improve my quality of life!

  • Tomorrow is the eighth day of the week– it never comes

    Tomorrow is the eighth day of the week– it never comes.

    –saying I just heard about procrastination

  • Interpreter, appreciate thyself.

    Physician, heal thyself.

    –ancient proverb

    Yesterday was Interpreter Appreciation Day. I’d like to propose the day after be dubbed Interpreter Self-Appreciation Day. It is reassuring to be appreciated, but our consumers and colleagues may not always take the time to express their appreciation. What is more, even when people express their appreciation, we may not absorb it, claim it, revel in it– unless we appreciate ourselves.

    So, appreciate yourself, dear interpreter! Soak up all that appreciation you received yesterday–and any day of the year–and own it. Next time someone tells you you are good at something, say to yourself, “Yes, I am.” Next time someone tells you they appreciate you, say to yourself, “So do I.” After all, you have to believe you deserve appreciation in order to, well, appreciate it.

  • What’s wrong with this picture?

    American Sign

  • The first time the cactus in our front yard has bloomed

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    Our first pipe organ cactus bloom