My next door neighbor, Stan, was building a mega mansion and utilizing state of the art earth moving equipment. At one point, I looked from my window and saw a huge strip mining "water excavator" type of machine sucking up huge amounts of dirt and rock and spraying the debris high into the air. Some of it rained down on our house, dirtying the windows. I was afraid that some of the rocks might damage our house, but he was being very precise and only a fine mist actually made it to us.
I watched as they cleared a space between the two of our houses. It was going to be a lawn. He motioned to his workers to continue the clearing all the way up to my house, effectively giving me a new and improved front yard. I stuck by his side as his workers continued the process and we discussed other improvements we might make. Also, it was dangerous to be in the line of fire of the giant dirt flinging device, so I had to stay on the right side of it at all times.
I was amazed at the huge new dwelling and with Stan's generosity. He was more than willing to share it, offering me a room and lodging there if I wanted. It was going to be three stories, some of which would block my view of the surrounding landscape. I was a bit disconcerted when I first saw the huge dirt heap that he had created as a foundation. It was mountainous. I calmed down a bit after he made his offer to renovate my land, though.
That's about it. I woke up with my right eye still blurry, even though I had used the oxygen machine last night. I've been sleeping with it on, in hopes of refreshing my poor eye. I guess I'll have to make an appointment to see about having the eyelid surgically fixed.
This worries me to no end. I fear complications, disfigurement and vision loss. But I fear those things if I leave the eyelid alone, since it has been two months and still it hasn't healed. For the last 3 days, I have had blurry vision and headaches, as well as localized eye pain around the swollen lid. The papilloma/stye isn't going away, and I'm a bit distressed over that.
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