Cool Shades

After hearing the weather report on Wednesday evening and resigning myself to the fact that it was going to be ridiculously hot, I took two bottles filled with water and placed them in the freezer. The plan was for them to freeze during the night and then gradual melt during the following day, giving me a handy supply of cold water to replenish myself as I walked around the university campus from one class to another.

Although I like to think of myself as a cool dude, I'm not so cool that I have to keep my sunglasses on whilst I'm in a class, a lecture or the library. Instead, I remove them and place them in my bag until the next time I venture out into the sunlight. There were several occasions when this occurred yesterday, however on one such occasion I was leaving the library and noticed something strange. I took the sunglasses out of my bag and felt they were cold to the touch. "My sunglasses must have been lying inside my bag right up against the frozen water bottles", I thought to myself. Regardless of this, I put them over my eyes (making sure the arms of the glasses were neatly tucked behind my ears) and immediately felt a pleasurable sensation. "Holy shit! This is fantastic!", I exclaimed to Nadine, who was walking beside me. "Check this out, put these on!" I enthused. "No!" she protested, pushing my hand holding the sunglasses away. "Just do it!" I insisted, "It's totally awesome!", she agreed and took the sunglasses from me and placed them over her eyeballs "Oh my god, that's so cool!" she said, "I told you so!" I replied, "Now give them back, you're warming them up"

Throughout the rest of the day, whenever I needed to remove my sunglasses, I endeavoured to place them them as closely and snuggly beside the frozen water bottles in my bag as possible. I was determined that the next time I required their protection from the harsh daylight that they were going to be as cold as could be. Although it is still hot, as we are now in autumn I feel that it won't be long before these hot days start to disperse. Although I will be glad when this occurs, I can't help feeling a little sad that I won't get to utilise the cooling effect of the cold sunglasses for much longer. It's a shame I didn't discover this earlier in the summer as I sure could have used the cold sunglasses refreshing touch on some of those long hot days that brutalise me so mercilessly. At least I'll be prepared for next summer.