The eyeglass express... mission accomplished

Well, it took years off my life, but we did it. The eyeglass express was a success. Here are the stats. In total, 3 microbuses, 70 people, 2 false eye fittings, about 100 pairs of glasses, 14 hours on the road, 1 tired ass gringo...



Up at 4, on the road by 6, in Perquin by noon, eye exams for 70 people by 4, and back home by 10:30. Needless to say, I collapsed in bed like a sack of dirty laundry. Here are some photos from the experience...



The group



Very patient considering we'd travelled across the country for this



It took us hours to wind through the different exam rooms but it was sorta fun



Old dude. The bad news is, in addition to essentially being blind, he suffers from pretty bad dementia...



The good news is he would periodically break out into fits of laughter, which of course would freak me out and cause me to laugh my ass off too



Notice the kid on the right, who could not be more freaked out by this crazy old dude right now



Don Lucio makes it to the consult stage



Sidenote: Linsey off on the right is talking with my boy Carlos, my neighbor and checkers nemesis who literally came for moral support and ended up translating for three false eye fittings. Incredible guy.

Gotta do the before shot...



A closer look...



The fitting...



And there ya go. The final product.



Thanks for your supportive calls, emails, jedi mind messages. I appreciated them all. I'll write more later.