Blind Bat

My vision isn't that bad, according to my prescription. I only need a -1.25 in my left eye and -1.50 in my right eye. However, today, I made the blunder of all blunders, and I blame my thyroid eye disease.

There's ongoing construction on campus as we are building a gorgeous new facility for our health and science majors. It's my job to get photos at least once a week so we can document the progress, especially for potential donors. Today, I went outside and realized that the massive dirt pile was getting smaller. And they had planted a tree where the center of the dirt pile was last week. I thought to myself, "How nice! It must be some symbol for growth or something." I stood there for probably five minutes taking shots of the tree from different angles and zooms. I didn't notice anyone looking at me, but I'm sure they were. Why? Because this is the tree I was photographing:

My co-worker just informed me that he no longer trusts me to tell him if he has anything in his teeth. Fair enough.