I can see clearly now...

So with my schedule the last few months being as hectic as it was I started this US tour with only one pair of contact lenses...the one's that were in my eyes. My only backup was my pair of glasses... Stylish, yet not quite up to my prescription.
It was inevitable that i would lose a lens at some point, and that is exactly what happened a little over a week ago in Philly. During one heck of an eye scratch I lost a lens and have been forced this past week to wear my glasses. Now I am not sure if you can fully comprehend what its like to wear eye glasses that are a little under your regular prescription, but let me tell you its not all that fun.
Since I am in the USA and getting any sort of medical supplies is next to impossible , i decided that the easiest solution would be to contact my ophthalmologist in Vancouver and have them ship me a box of lenses for each eye. Now in theory this all made sense. First issue came up when the eye doctor did not have my lenses in stock. They would need to be ordered from Toronto. Well how about you skip the middle man and have the toronto manufacturer ship them to me in New York City. Unfortunately that is not possible sir. Okay so lets send the lenses from Toronto all the way to Vancouver , only to then ship them back east to New York City.
The next issue came up when the eye doctors office was unfamiliar with fed ex and the need to fill out paperwork properly. This includes a commercial invoice when shipping across the border into the United States. Okay so instead of a saturday delivery to Madison Square Garden, the FDA has decided that it is going to hold my little shipment of personal contact lenses due to improper paperwork and the potential for a Canadian shipment being something it is not, or, heaven forbid, skipping out on tarriffs!
Well after several phone calls to the fed ex broker and such , my lenses finally cleared US Customs and joined me today in Cleveland. It sure is nice to have clear vision again....

Craigers