One in the eye for me!

Hi.
My name's Andy I'm middle aged and I'm short sighted.
Finally I've got it out in the open.
I've been considering having laser eye surgery for a couple of years but basically couldn't work out which treatment was the best or the safest.
After years of research and Googling I now think that I've got a fairly good idea about how my eyes work, what's wrong with them and how it can be corrected.
For starters a bit about me.
I'm a 45 year old bloke. I'm married and I live in the north west of England.
I've been wearing glasses since I was 13, I was first prescribed glasses in Bahrain when I thought that I couldn't see the yellow chalk on the green blackboard in the dimly lit history class. After that my prescription has steadily become worse and worse finally levelling out at approximately -4.5 in both eyes with astigmatism in both.
In the 80's I tried hard lenses which were a nightmare, guess I wasn't too good at the cleaning regime.
In the 90's I tried soft non disposable lenses, which were expensive. I also tried monthly disposables and overnighters (wear for a week and clean) before finally settling on daily disposables which I've been wearing for the last 8 years. They're pretty good, no messy cleaning, not too expensive and easy to change. However they're a bit of a problem if I was working late as my eyes would dry up. My job involves site work so lenses can also be a pain if there's dust around. (Sorry!)
My hobbies revolve around outdoors pursuits - mountaineering, scuba diving, skiing and sailing (occasionally) None of these are particularly suited to glasses or contacts.

So, why? I hear you ask.
Why spend a lot of money having two perfectly good eyes operated on?
Good question.
In logical terms there is no answer. there is no reason that I have to justify this procedure. I just want to.
I want to get rid of the lenses which should be taken out after 8 - 10 hours and if I leave them in too long make me grumpy so that I growl at my wife and kids. I want to get rid of the glasses which I have hated since the first day I had them. The glasses which steam up when I most need them, the glasses which bend doorframes, the glasses which get covered in dust or rain or both and need constant cleaning and the glasses that I need to see the clock if I wake up at night.