--Definitely thinking about this as I [get ready to] pack.

I saw! I hope you are traveling safely as we speak.

Any idea on how you abraded your cornea?! I hope you recover from the infection pronto.

Thank you! I have no idea: I experienced no eye trauma that evening that I had occasion to note and I hadn't spent the day in the woods, aggressively gardening, metalworking etc. My eye felt scratchy and was suddenly, dramatically bloodshot and hurt sufficiently overnight to give me difficulty sleeping and in the morning I made an appointment to be seen and then I had a diagnosis and antibiotics. The latter really are helping, though.