I think I burned my retina

I came home last night after work and I was totally beat. I scarfed down some left overcioppino that my sister made for Good Friday dinner. I cuddled/molested the cat for a little bit and then passed out on the living room couch. I woke up to my sister yelling, "My god we can't hear the tv over your snoring. Go to bed!" while my brother-in-law giggled in the background. I mumbled something at them, turned over and went back to sleep. The next time I woke up the house was pitch black but I was sure that the sun was about to come up. It turned out to be only 12.30am. So I set my alarm (or I think I did I'm not sure) and fell into my bed. I woke up again at 3.30 and then finally 5.30 and decided that I just couldn't sleep anymore. I had left the lights on in my room from my earlier stumblings. I was staring at the white walls while my contacts tried to re-moisturize when I noticed that there were squigly lines all over the place. When I looked "closer" I realized that they were the same lines that I stare at all day at work as I map. I think the images of those lines are burnt into my retina. I need to learn to look away from the screen more often.

On the plus side I left for work early. I even stopped off at a diner and had a big 'ol greasy breakfast* and still got in to work at 7.30. Awesome.

*Diner owners please stop advertising Hormel corned beef hash as home-made. If you open a can it's not home-made. Unless you cook cabbages, peppers, and onions with a slab of cured beef and then grind it all up together it's not home-made. Damn, I always fall for it. When will I ever learn that only my diner has actual home-made corned beef hash.