Eye exams are scary, in that it's totally up to you and your subjective, undercaffeinated opinion what your prescription is going to be. Which looks better: One or two? Or three?
What if one is a little mushy, two is much sharper but slightly distorted, and three lets you read the bottom line of letters but at the cost of having weird jumpy halos around the edges? They all have their points, but which is actually better? I usually go with two.
Although it is cool when they shine the light in and you can see the blood vessels in your eyeballs. Also, dilation makes everything look a little fantastic, even though the light hurts, the curly plastic sunglasses they give you are humiliating, and your blown pupils make you look like the acid just kicked in.
The whole thing was pretty exhausting, and the hard part isn't even over: now I have to pick out new frames. I know you can switch them out pretty easily, but they end up being a major feature of your face and therefore require considerably more thought than a pair of shoes or something. I mean, imagine having to pick out new lips every year or two. Or, in this case, five. New frames are way overdue. I guess I'll keep my lips for the time being.