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Yes, the exact reason I did not say anything to this friend is because it was a one-time offense. And she didn’t post to social media, but when I had reached out to confirm plans with the group she said nothing either way and didn’t show (though after the no response, I was not expecting her to even though I know she had purchased a ticket to what we were planning). I decided to give some grace. If it happens again/becomes a recurring thing, I’d stop making the effort.
My gloves are thin to make picking up after dogs easier (I thought I’d be happier if I didn’t have to take my hand out of gloves entirely but now will prob wear the bf’s skiing gloves as my second pair), but all I could think about this morning was the guy I routinely see asleep outside a vacant store front. He was there as recently as Friday. It sucks to be outside even with access to appropriate winter clothes!
Happy birthday, @ktfran! I would be annoyed and my feelings hurt if a friend did that to me, too. I had something similar happen last summer and ultimately chose not to say anything. And yeah, Friday night was not great, but it was just cold and dreary… by evening, the rain/wintry mix had stopped in any case. Yesterday was worse with the temps dropping, and today is miserable temp-wise. My fingers went numb taking the dogs around the block in the morning despite wearing two pairs of gloves. I hope your sushi celebration was a blast notwithstanding.
For those of you who may remember the clusterfuck that turned out to be my last company, where I was accused of bullying after I sent a junior employee an email asking her to speak up if she needed more time or guidance to complete assignments after she missed a deadline, that was a job where I feel like the interviewers were professionally and politely talking around the chaotic environment and absolutely astonishing turnover. And I could tell! But I was excited to get an offer and more money, and they did a good job of hyping up the good (there was some). Lesson learned the hard way. I’ve heard enough messed up stories about other people’s companies that I’m often like, “Yeah, I’ll just stick it out in my underwhelming but relaxed job.” I don’t miss having an angry manager who walked around with a baseball bat.
Yeaaah, if they do pop back up with an offer, I’d decline. I appreciated the candor, but that was the point at which I went from feeling like it was a great opportunity to feeling like I was getting interview experience for the next interview opportunity. I’d rather stay put!
My company is good about being flexible with WFH when under the weather. I know people have been sent home as recently as this week for coming in under the weather. But I still face similar issues to pre-COVID. Namely, that work doesn’t stop for illness. I was in rough shape the week after Thanksgiving, but had an end-of-month deadline. So I was allowed/encouraged to WFH, but still had to work.
Good luck with your interview @hfantods! You can take the approach I have to the handful of interviews I had last calendar year: It’s just information seeking for now. You’re in a good spot to see if the fit is right for you since you are gainfully employed. I was hopeful for a job last spring (that I did not end up getting), and honestly I was a bit relieved not to get it… I was uneasy about having to get a car and nearly doubling my commute time when right now I have a door-to-door public transit commute of about 35 minutes.
I’m pretty sure both companies I interviewed with in December are ghosting me. Or still ramping things back up after the holidays. Either way is fine. One felt like a dream company but not the right job. The other felt like the right job but they were candid that the environment is “tough” with lots of micromanaging from the top, and we revisited salary expectations after my panel interview… they can’t even match my salary! Not interested in leaving for a shitty environment for less pay.
The review nobody asked for: First impressions of Typology are very positive. The tinted face serum is lightweight and 3-4 drops evens out my skin tone… I’m probably in between the relative few shades they offer, the one I got feels a touch dark. The concealer feels very moisturizing and blended easily. The tinted lip oil is where it’s at for me atm though. The purple plum color is like my lips but better and as someone who usually opts into Aquaphor, I like the feel of the oil on my lips. Not sure of staying power yet but I’ve been wanting to try this brand for almost a year and so far so good.
We shop sales similarly. I got three pork tenderloins for like $10 last weekend. Two are frozen, one we have planned for tonight.
No shade toward processed foods, they are convenient and can easily be incorporated into an otherwise balanced diet. Last spring I learned I have a stomach issue that is likely inherited from my mom. Between spring and now, I’ve been all talk about making some of the lifestyle changes recommended. I’m not what I’d call heavy by any means, but when my weight creeps up, I carry it in my stomach, which exacerbates the issue I have. And I am probably 10-15 pounds heavier than I was a handful of years ago (I don’t weigh myself, just going off of things like the fit of my clothes). I have zero desire to calorie count at this juncture, but have been evaluating my overall diet. My snacking habits in particular aren’t great, so that’s where I’m going to start making some changes.
Oh no! Hopefully it stays mild and you both recover swiftly. I do know people who have gotten sick pretty soon after getting their boosters, so you never know. It’s definitely prevalent here right now, I’ve been masking up more again and notice others doing the same.
Ack. I hope your husband feels better soon, Kate, and that you don’t catch it. I never did both times my boyfriend had it (we slept in separate rooms both times).
Last night I got three more meds prescribed and a referral to a specialist who will have the tool needed to look at my inner ears. Both ear drums are still filled with fluid and the right ear is, I guess, quite bad, which is why I’m having still having some odd symptoms.
We have tried Hello Fresh and Gobble. I like both, but think it’s a bit pricey for what it is. We keep all the recipe cards. I like cooking, generally don’t mind/even kind of enjoy grocery shopping. We just… never have a plan for some reason. So we’ll go to the grocery store and buy the foods we know we like, then figure it out later. I think our situation is an easy fix of making the effort to communicate about dinners for the week before we go shopping. And three years of living together in, I still haven’t quite nailed the math of how long leftovers will last for two. I also like dinner leftovers for lunch when I go to the office, so trying to factor that into the plan, too.
On the subject of colds, I caught a nasty one around Thanksgiving, which came with two ear infections. I’m going back to the doctor tonight after work because my right ear is still messed up.
@Rangerchic Stretching/mobility is a great goal! I always say I’m going to, never really do.We’re trying to get better at meal planning and prepping, too. I was the queen of it when I lived by myself, but since moving in with the boyfriend, we never quite got into a good groove. I’d like to make our lives a little easier, save a little on groceries, and eat fewer ultra processed foods.
ETA: Oh! And I pulled the trigger on a few Typology products — concealer, tinted serum, and tinted lip oil — and will report back though nobody has asked. Haha.
Are you only upset that your mom is dating a woman or are you upset that she wants to move her SO in with your family regardless of their sex?
IDK how someone who can’t rein it in ends up in a leadership role. I do think we all project onto others in a variety of ways from time to time, but she keeps at it even knowing there’s an HR investigation and after coaching. Oof.
I’ve not experienced much weight or size talk/comparison at work. Our HR woman ate a yogurt while going over policies with me when I was at our HQ for onboarding, then spoke at length about the diet she was on and how she had to eat that yogurt at that specific time. This was my first day of work here, it was weird. I’ve also overheard one coworker comment on a former coworker’s weight loss on multiple occasions, even overheard her telling our former coworker that she had lost too much weight. I think we all assumed the former coworker was shredding for the wedding, and maybe she was. But a month or so after her wedding, her dad passed… so maybe the weight loss was grief. IDK, I’ve had enough issues around food and body image that I’ve worked hard to work through — never a diagnosable ED, but definitely some iffy behaviors around wanting to eat “clean” — that I don’t comment on food or weight, not even before people started to understand why it can be harmful.
