I was not going to post today but something happened today to remind me of my Keratoconus. This is not a topic I address too frequently because I don’t like to be defined by my disorder. But sometimes it gets very frustrating.<\/p>\n
As per normal I hurried to catch my morning train. I use an electronic card (called an Opal card) to pay my train fare and I keep the card in my Samsung Phone case. Hence I can just swipe the phone over the reader at the station’s entrance as I rush on in.<\/p>\n
So I did that, leapt onto a train, and found myself a seat where I unshouldered (is that a word?) my backpack and placed it on the seat beside me.<\/p>\n
Hey! Where’s my mobile phone?<\/p>\n
Somehow between swiping my train fare and placing my backpack next to me I had misplaced my phone.<\/p>\n
Hmmmmmm.<\/p>\n
So I checked my pockets.<\/p>\n
Nope.<\/p>\n
Checked my backpack.<\/p>\n
Nope.<\/p>\n
Looked around my seat.<\/p>\n
Nope.<\/p>\n
My heart began to race. That was an expensive phone.<\/p>\n
So I checked all three a second time.<\/p>\n
Nope.<\/p>\n
By this time I realised that I had less than ten minutes before the train hit Hurstville where a crowd of people would board and make searching impossible. So I stood up and looked around the carriage floor. Other passengers gave me passing glances.<\/p>\n
Next I got down onto my knees and peered under my seat and nearby seats. This caused intently concerned looks. Perhaps they thought I was a deranged man seeking a lost battle axe, because their looks in my direction conveyed something like that.<\/p>\n
I stood, and addressed the carriage. “I have lost my phone somewhere here.”<\/p>\n
Had I expected instant smiles and offers of help then I would have been sorely disappointed. Luckily I did not expect this. Instead I just kept receiving uncomfortable glances.<\/p>\n
So I fiddled with the seat mechanism (it was one of those that rolls over). I thought I saw something. So I went and<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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