July 3rd, 2009
I don’t have sunglasses. I wear prescription glasses all the time and can’t read or drive or really see much without them, so if I am going to use sunglasses, they need to be the clip on type that go over my regular lenses. The problem is I have these rimless jobbies that are light and flexible and wonderful, but do not come in standardized shapes (they’re Silhouettes, and they are seriously awesome – worth the price for sure). In order to get clips made for them, the glasses people need to take my glasses away for three or four days and send them to wherever the clips get made.
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And this is why I don’t have sunglasses. Never mind the squinting and headaches, I wouldn’t be able to read for days! And it’s not just books, it’s the computer monitor too. I’m not exactly blind without them but I couldn’t exactly see anything without them either, if you see what I mean. Which I wouldn’t, if I didn’t have my glasses.
But it’s awfully bright out so I might bite the bullet and go for it after I get back from holiday next week.
And you know what the worst part will be? The whole time they are gone I will poke myself in the eyes over and over as I try to push my (absent) glasses up my nose to get better focus. Habit: it’s what’s for dinner.
Have you tried contact lenses?
They also have “fitover” sunglasses that don’t touch your glasses. You’d look like a retiree, but hey, no headaches!
http://maxiaids.com/store/ProdList.asp?idCategory=46&idstore=1&category=Fit_Over_Glasses/Sunglasses
Is there any particular reason you can’t just pick up a second pair of glasses before getting the sunglasses? Kat has two pairs just for the eventuality that one will be unavailable for some reason.
I could, but they are awfully pricy. My lenses alone are about 150, plus I would need frames. I could get cheap ones I suppose. But you know, other than this sunglasses thing I am never without my glasses, so it’s a waste to have two pairs. I only and always need one! An extra 150+ to cover a few days seems like a waste. My eyes are still changing every couple of years too, so it’s not like I could keep the extras forever.
I may have to dig up some good audiobooks.
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