She warned me of the danger of sleeping in contacts.
Did you take her advice about your contacts?
No. I don't feel like it's that big of a deal and now she isn't speaking to me.
It is sad to not hear from her again but you should listen to their advice. It could cause serious damage to your eyes to sleep with contacts and you could end up more blind.
I need to keep moving forward and not focus on my contact lenses.
Yes, but taking your contact lenses out only takes a few seconds each night. Take them out and put them in some saline solution and you won't have to worry about your optical health.