when I was a freshman in high school
we were learning the muscles of the eye.
The nun just so happened to be looking at me when she said
"ok, everyone look up, this is the
Superior rectus - turns the front (cornea) upwards"
"wait a minute
rosemary
do that again"
"do what sister"
"look up"
so I looked up
she looked agast
that's when the rest of the class chimed in
"sister, she does that all the time
she is famous for her eye trick"
"do you know she can watch the teacher and take notes at the same time"
"yeah,
when we have a sub, we tell her to do her eye all the time"
"its her trademark"
its true
sometimes
I can see you on the ceiling, or you and the ceiling
but the whole thing gives me a headache
She heard enough,
she scribbled a quick note and sent me to the principal
the nun read the note
and said
look up
do that again
yes, I can watch the teacher and take notes at the same time
she immediately called my mom
when I jumped in her car
she said
look up
then she said
wait a minute
do that again
Mom, don't looked so horrified, I can see you and the roof of the car
or
you on the roof of the car
yeah
I can see the teacher and take notes at the same time
she immediately drove me to the pediatrician
worry all over her face
good old dr campbell
said
lord save us
what do we have here
ok, be a good girl
and do me a favor and look up for me, will ya
so I did
oh my goodness
I've never seen that before
He called Prudence his nurse
look up for Prudence my dear girl
oh lord have mercy
one goes up and one doesn't
before I had a chance to blink
an eye doctor showed up
he said
rosemary
look up
I felt like a freak in a circus
although
things were really looking up for me that day
well well, would you look at that
He turned to my mom and said
was she born like this?
my mom said,
no,
absolutely not,
I would have noticed it when she was a baby
crawling on the floor
she never did that
he tried to convince her that it had to be present since birth,
but my mom was not digging that diagnosis.
They could have operated,
I do not remember the details
except if it did not work,
I could have been blind,
so I remember we opted...pun intended
not to do anything
so look at it this way
Imagine me slow dancing and looking up,
at my partner
with only my eyes
yeah
pretty scary looking
or some guy catches your eye from across the room
you wait till you connect
and you give him the eye
literally
he runs away
or you are having your picture taken
the photographer tells you to lower your chin and look up over there
so you do
yep, pretty creepy
just think
I could never wear bifocals and give that really cool look
the one where your eyes look over your glasses
that whole flirty thing with your eyes is totally beyond my power
that's why I have to use my mouth
another story
how about,
you walk into the ladies room, pull out a comb and part your hair
if someone happens to be glancing in the mirror, I get the strangest looks
but I'm in the money when people start doing body tricks
no one can do their eye like me
When someone taps me on the shoulder and Im in a sitting position, I look up with my entire head
most people don't even notice I do that
people take so much for granted
eye muslces
when is the last time you thought about your eye muslces?
afterall
of all the muscles of the eye to die
the upward one
was the best to loose
if it was the sideway muscle, I'd have to move my head to read
and it seems to me that we all look down more than we look up
unfortunately
but that's another story
but
I consider it
a gift
I love to
do my eye
whenever it is requested of me
When I was teaching school and my students would cross their eyes or something similar
I would tell them that my mom told me not to make faces or do tricks with my eyes
when I was a little girl
and I did not listen to her
and as a result
my eyes froze this way
then I'd do my eye
it was a sight for sore eyes indeed
cuz when I do it, it sort of hurts
it was hysterical
to watch them all walk around the room like little robots
afraid to move a muscle on their face and especially the ones in their eyes
here's looking at you kid
and at the ceiling while I'm at it!
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