Friday. Sunny.

Two good things about today. Although it was sunny in the morning yesterday too, which didn't spare me from getting soaked to the skin by the time I got to the office.

It looks clearer today though, so hopefully there won't be a repeat of yesterday. (Had I realised it was raining that heavily, I would not have got off the bus two stops early, as I'm used to do in order to get at least some exercise... but what is usually a nice brisk 15 minute walk in fresh air is not all that pleasant when it's raining hard!) I have a bloody annoying headache as it is, probably because I did catch a bit of a cold yesterday... feeling all stuffy and sneezy.

On the bright side, the office should be... nice and people-less today. Practically everyone else is off kayaking, which I wisely opted out of, as I have this annoying habit of catching a cold at the drop of a hat, and as it's been raining (with temperatures around +10°C and strong winds) the whole week, I did not quite feel like spending two days off in the wilderness somewhere. It's just a pity I don't have this particular version of Trados at home that I need for this new work and need to go to town for it - on the other hand, it's exercise and fresh air.

And maybe (a very doubtful maybe, but who knows) I'll even manage to pull myself together and finally go and get myself new glasses after work. Depends if mum can be bothered to come to town for that or not - I'd rather not get glasses on my own, as I'd appreciate having someone to tell me how the various frames look on me (yes, there is the video option / looking at the various pictures on their computer, but I'd rather not as I absolutely hate looking at myself like that). And obviously I can't see it well enough myself, unless I press my nose against the mirror or something.

I can't believe I actually did it.

It only took about nine months, but I actually managed to go and put in an order for new glasses today. Well, two pairs of glasses - one pair of photochromic and one pair of clear ones. Should get them by 26 September at the latest.

Gah. I hope they'll be decent - they'd better be. The frames I picked out did feel somewhat comfortable when I tried them on, but of course, that's with the half-millimetre thick plastic they have in them now... having glass inside might screw things up again, but we'll see.

Took about an hour to get everything settled - I must say, the service at that store is always very nice. I must have met the friendliest sales person ever, and she was actually friendly in a truly nice way, not overwhelmingly so, but actually helpful and all that. It's so rare around here to have sales people like that, and to have someone's full attention for an hour.

Damn these things are expensive though. Frames are one thing, one doesn't have to go for the most expensive ones (and I didn't - picking out those I liked best, one pair turned out four times cheaper than the other), but the lenses... *shudders* Decided to leave getting optical sunglasses for next year - I doubt there'd be much use for them this year, and I think I spent enough for one visit.