Right Now Ain't Right
I once had an eyelash fall into my eye. I didn't realize it was there right away but once my eye began to feel like it had a rock under the lid, I knew I had trouble. I ran to the mirror, lifted my eyelid and began searching for the fleecy culprit. I spotted it just under my brow bone - the highest part of my eye. I washed my hands and prepared for a surgery of sorts. That single lash moved around in my eye back and forth, to and fro but would NOT come out! Though I could always see it, I was unable to manipulate it to the safe place where I could pluck it without causing harm to my eyeball. I tried every tactic I knew - making my eye water, gently massaging the hair to the corner of my eye and even flushing it - nothing worked. With little left in my arsenal, I was forced to grant the eyelash reprieve. Both me and my eye had become visibly irritated but I could do little but leave it where it was and continue with my day. Within a half ...