Spec free!

I had eye laser surgery on Friday. It was a surreal and incredible experience, and now I can see without help for the first time basically in my life, because I've had glasses as long as I can remember.

The oddest thing about it is waking up, because the first thing you do is reach for your glasses, but then you realise you can already see. I panicked the first time because I thought I'd left my contact lenses in.

It's not an undertaking for the faint hearted though...having your eyes operated on is not a very pleasant experience. It's worrying and I found it really painful afterwards (although I think that's unusual - most people just experience mild discomfort, like you've got something in your eye). Now all I've got to do is put drops in every now and again and hopefully it should be normal in a few weeks' time.

Back to work tomorrow, for my third week at the Care Worker Agency. I'm really enjoying it, and actually it's getting better the longer I'm there, because I'm getting to know the clients and workers and I'm even going on a client visit on Tuesday, to a home in Ely, with one of my co-workers. It's kind of ironic that I've ended up in recruitment as my Dad and my sister are too. I can see why they like it - it's really interesting and challenging to be dealing with people constantly. Such a nice change from technical writing, which mostly involved staring at words on a screen.