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For busy working women, the suit is often the easiest outfit to throw on in the morning. In general, this feature is not about interview suits for women, which should be as classic and basic as you get — instead, this feature is about the slightly different suit that is fashionable, yet professional.
Funnily enough, I had originally considered posting a green suit from Reiss — but instead of the pale pale one I liked, this brighter mint green suit has captured my attention.
I love the classic lines combined with the unusual color — I'm not sure I've ever seen one this exact shade of green with a suit.
The suiting pieces are $219-$390 at Nordstrom as well as Reiss, it comes in camel and cream as well, and there are matching shorts, should you desire. *long, dramatic sigh*
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- Target – Car-seat trade-in event through 9/28 — bring in an old car seat to get a 20% discount on other baby/toddler stuff.
- White House Black Market – 40% off select styles
anon
Will be in Seville this summer – any recommendations? Was there years ago so i’m sure a lot has changed. Thank you!
Shelle
I stayed in the Andalusia region a few years ago and it was hot hot hot even in September. You’ve been there before so I’m guessing you know, but maybe it wasn’t as intense then because climate change. And surprise, the timeshare we booked had no air conditioning. It truly was a “dry heat” so 110 F didn’t seem so terrible. But it still felt really hot! Try to plan your days to embrace the siesta.
Anon
My comment was also going to be “hot hot hot”
Anon
I went in March and absolutely loved it. I think it’s one of the most underrated European cities, although yes, it will be extremely hot in summer (March weather was perfect, 70 and sunny, if anyone with kids is looking for spring break inspiration). Highlights were Royal Alcazar, Cathedral and Giralda, and Plaza de Espana, food (especially salmorejo) and sangria, and wandering the neighborhoods, especially Santa Cruz and Triana. We stayed in the Santa Cruz area at a lovely boutique hotel called Hotel Amadeus. The river cruise was underwhelming, but cheap and a decent way to rest our legs without feeling like we were wasting sightseeing time.
Anon
If you didn’t last time and if they still exist (I went 2019), try Los Coloniales near the “mushrooms” plazza (forget what it’s called) for tapas. Delicious, affordable, full of locals. Everyone who knows about this place has loved it.
Anonymous
Mmm salmorejo!!! We’ve tried recreating it and it’s not the same when not eaten in a sunny Seville patio
Anon
It’s gonna be boiling in summer. That said, it is very pretty and I’d reserve a day to visit Grenada and the Alhambra.
Sasha
(Posted at the very tail end of the morning thread so reposting here–thank you to the commenters who provided info already! Super helpful. )
DMV rettes who live alone, what area are you in and what does your rent/mortgage look like? Considering a move out there next year–in my current city I pay around $2k/month for a 1 bed in a mid-rise. I figure that number would go up in DC but trying to get a sense of just how much.
roxie
chiming in late: one bedroom, tons of closets, utilities incl, new dishwasher and W/D, gorgeous natural light, 9-floor old historic building fully reno’d and a few amenities but nothing super fancy (think tiny gym with like 4 machines, a doorman, that’s it). Very desirable north dupont circle neighborhood. I pay $2900 and just moved in. I love it. Hoping to buy next year but had to move quickly so here I am.
Anon
Well, COVID has finally come to our house and at least my husband is no longer a unicorn. Any advice from those of you who have been through it? Right now we have sort of a patchwork isolation going as the teenagers and I have tested negative, so husband is limited to a couple of rooms and is masking, but it may just be a matter of days.
What would or did you do in my shoes at this moment?
Anon
I haven’t had COVID yet, but when I get it, my plan is to call my doc and get a script for Paxlovid and/or Metformin in order to lower long COVID risk.
Anon
Paxlovid was really effective for me – took the edge off within hours and the worst of it was over within 24 hours after the first dose.
Senior Attorney
Same.
Anon
I’m encouraging him to do this based on the stats, but he’s questioning it due to his mild symptoms so far – feels like a head cold. However he did message his primary care doc and is awaiting a reply.
Anon
The current strain is without a doubt different than the alpha version I had in 2020, so YMMV, but mine started out as “oh this isn’t as bad as the flu” and ended up with me in a constant state of wondering if I needed to go to the ER because it was pretty bad. Definitely about as sick as I would want to be whilst home alone, and honestly maybe sicker than I was comfortable with in that situation. Which is a long way of saying that how it starts is not necessarily how it ends.
Anonymous
Same. I had five days of a sore throat. Four days of no symptoms, and then it was like the worst flu I’ve ever had for six days with a paxlovid rebound. I stayed in a hotel by myself or near my house to protect my high-risk family member.
Anon
I wouldn’t factor in the severity of symptoms honestly. COVID can take a turn for the worse after the Paxlovid window, and very mild cases of COVID can result in long COVID. So it seems irrelevant to me.
Senior Attorney
I never felt that bad but my blook work was apparently really scary and I had pneumonia in both lungs, none of which I would have known if I hadn’t been seen by the doc. So I agree — don’t gauge the seriousness by the subjective symptoms.
Cat
tbh getting ahead of your calendar. Odds are this will be way more of a lifestyle disruption than anything else assuming healthy, vaxxed, etc. For OTC meds, my MVPs were mucinex and Nyquil, then just fluids and extra sleep- fortunately mild symptoms that cleared up in 3-4 days.
maybe inquire with your doctor about the anti-virals? Not sure who all is eligible to take them.
Anon
My husband should be. He’s 67. He messaged his doctor – no response yet but I understand you have several days.
We got the bivalent second booster last month and are thankful that we did, since we were on the fence. (He qualifies for age, me for being moderately immunocompromised due to medication for an autoimmune disease.)
Anon
(Correction, not even last month. May 5)
Anon
People who are immunocompromised can get a new booster? I thought it was only 65+.
Anon
Yes per the CDC. Cvs didn’t care. They just stuck me.
Anon
https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/covid-19/clinical-considerations/interim-considerations-us.html
Here you go. It’s under the bivalent section. Whatever was issued before May 5 was more definitive on the immunocompromised guidance – less “it’s an option” language.
Anon
YMMV, but I’m immunocompromised, have had six shots, and won’t be getting any more. I’m not aware of any data to suggest additional benefit for me, especially with an outdated formulation for our current variants.
Anon
You should call instead of sending a MyChart message. They won’t get to those promptly enough.
Anon
Thanks. He did follow up with a call and they told him he’s 3rd in line for a call from the doc, which is good.
Anonymous
Stock up on food and cold medicine and I’d avoid contact around immune sensitive folks and unnecessary groups for a few days in case.
Hamish
1. There are data that paxlovid reduces the risk of developing long COVID.
2. Long COVID can also develop from mild cases.
3. I would get a PCR test so that you have the result if he ends up needing care for the COVID or for long COVID, especially now that the PHE is over and insurance companies can be more difficult about coverage.
Anon
Yes and long Covid really sucks. I don’t have the worst case of it by any means but considering that I may suffer these physical and mental deficits for the rest of my life is depressing. Get the paxlovid.
Hamish
4. Because you are immunocompromised, it is worthwhile continuing to take NPIs. If he stays in one bedroom/bathroom, uses a HEPA filter in there, you bring him food on paper plates (he will need a garbage bag), he only opens the door to pick up the food after you’ve moved away and he wears an N95 while doing so — there is a good chance that if you are not already infected, you will remain uninfected. Good luck.
Anon
Agree that if you are at risk, may as well wear N95s.
Anon
I honestly don’t even know how to get a PCR test anymore. It’s no longer on my provider’s website for appointment options.
Hamish
If you want it to be paid for by insurance, ask the MD for a Rx (and if they know any pharmacies or labs that will honor it). If you don’t mind paying (maybe $100?), google search COVID tests near you. Some for-profit clinics are still open near us.
Welcome to the end of the PHE.
Anon
The CVS in my red state city still has testing although you may have to pay.
Anonymous
Our pediatrician is routinely swabbing for COVID along with flu and strep when symptoms warrant.
Anon
My husband had it late last summer for the first and only time; my daughter and I are still unicorns (knock on wood). My husband tested positive early in the course of his illness (before he ran a fever) and isolated in the basement immediately. Our plan was for him to stay down there until he tested negative on rapid antigen tests, but he ended up testing positive for 13 days so on Day 10 he came back up but continued to wear a mask around us and eat his meals separately. It was a pain to solo parent a young child for so long but worth it, especially because I have autoimmune disease and it would have really frustrated me if we’d avoided catching it on the front end only to end isolation too soon and get it on the back end of his illness. I was honestly pretty shocked we didn’t catch it, because I don’t know many people that avoided household transmission but we were lucky. My husband had a very mild he case; he said an average cold is worse, but I just know it will hit me a lot harder. I had swine flu in 2009 and thought I was going to actually die.
Anon
I’m OP. I thought I was going to die from swine flu! I definitely got pneumonia from it. I’m hoping my many, many vaccinations will help somewhat.
Nesprin
If you don’t already have, order a pulse oximeter, good thermometer, more test kits, N95s and gloves, and gatorade + popsicles+ tylenol+ mucinex for him.
Anon
Definitely Paxlovid for him and testing for you. Good luck! It will be okay.
I feel like I’m starting to hear more anecdata about case counts rising…
Anon
We didn’t bother avoiding it once it came in the house, more trouble than it was worth and annoying for everyone. Get ZyrtecD, the D is important. That helped the most.
Anonymous
I would suggest Mucinex D over Zyrtec, since Zyrtec is an allergy medicine and what likely made the difference was the pseudoephedrine.
Anon
Actually my doctor said Zyrtec for the allergy, anti-inflammatory properties.
PNW
I’m curious about cultural fit and how important it is to others. I recently changed industries (3 months in) and, while I was admittedly in a bubble before, there are several concerning things about the new workplace.
We had an HR training recently that said how much we value diversity, etc. the things the presenter was saying the company purportedly values were so far from what I experience in the job day-to-day. I could not believe people were sitting there with straight faces. the types of interactions they were decrying happen many times each day. is this kind of stuff always bs lip service that people yawn through, think wouldn’t that be nice, and continue as usual?
There is a lot of casual sexism and reinforcement of gender roles here, and open t r a n s p h o b I a, and the company is completely gender segregated between departments, with the exception of two people.
Is this normal? am I right to be disappointed? outraged? I’m trying to decide whether this industry is worth trying to stay in.
Anon
This seems like it’s less about industry and more about the specific workplace? I worked at a horrible racist, misogynistic law firm but that doesn’t mean that law as an industry is all like that.
Anon
Get out sooner rather than later. That stuff really messes with your head and it’s easier to say “not a good fit!” three months in than years in.
Anon
+1
daylight
I think this is too hard to really tell if this is an industry problem or your company problem, without knowing the industry or specifics.
Anon
Sounds like maybe this company isn’t a good fit for you, and that’s ok. Not every company is right for every person.
I’m imagining that perhaps this is some sort of traditionally blue collar and male environment that you’ve stepped into? Manufacturing? My husband and I have multiple graduate degrees and live in a major metro and generally live the DINK lifestyle. But husband is from a rural, humble community, and FIL’s family in particular is very poor. Things that are acceptable in his hometown aren’t acceptable in the city. We chide relatives in private over egregious faults, but otherwise you have to take people as they are. Since you’re the outlier here, you’re the one on their turf, it sounds like maybe you should move on, lest you lose respect for your colleagues and it show through.
Anon
I would think this is company specific, not industry specific. You could be in a male dominated industry and they can still walk the talk of diversity, etc.
Monday
It may be normal, but you are still right to be disappointed or outraged. Just because something is common does not make it ok. I have no idea about your industry, but personally I can say that every time I’ve seen bad signs like that (empty statements in trainings that had no connection to the workplace reality) the problem was exactly as it seemed.
Anonymous
Hi, I give these types of presentations to client’s employees frequently. Often, they are just to check a box or be performative for some reason (DEI survey, recent incident requiring retraining or legal/insurance compliance). I’m sure there was a section in your class about how to report behavior that falls outside of the policies, so if you are so concerned, I would recommend doing that. If you are just surprised that your job pays lip service to diversity etc. but does not put it into practice, I wouldn’t bother complaining. Just find somewhere that is a better fit for your values, but don’t be surprised if this repeats in another corporate setting.
Anon
I want to know what industry consistently meets the diversity and inclusion, zero tolerance for harassment and other behavioral expectations put forth by the “glossy pamphlets” the company may have. My company (large, internationally recognizable) doesn’t walk all of their talk. My industry is also very male dominated and while things have improved since I started depending on which department you interact with the culture will be better or worse. I’ve never felt really comfortable anywhere over the course of my career BUT- my jobs for the most part have been stable, pay well, now have wfh options and even flexible hours. That’s hard to beat, even if the culture can be frustrating at times.
Be outraged but also, make yourself a pros and cons list for your job and ask people with more experience in this industry what it’s like at other companies in said industry. Is your experience unique to your new company or is this a rampant industry problem? Is there any changing from the inside you can do? Is it worth your time and effort to push for change? Are there like minded colleagues at your new company you can meet and commiserate with?
Anon8
Anyone treat anxiety without medication? I have GAD and am on an SSRI and in therapy but don’t love how tired and brain foggy I am on the meds. Considering going off them, but they do help with the daily buzz of anxiety. If you’ve had success being off meds, what helps? I know I need to cut back on caffeine, I’d like to get back into meditating…what else?
Anon
I think it depends a lot what’s causing it and whether there’s a medical issue or whether it’s primarily psychological. If it’s primarily psychological, talk therapy, exposure therapy, or bodily experiencing type therapies are supposed to be really helpful.
If it’s actually an autonomic issue (sympathetic excess), then things like magnesium and B vitamins might actually be more relevant.
If it’s ADHD related (some people “self treat” ADHD with the endogenous uppers that come from being anxious all the time), ADHD treatment can help prevent it.
Anne-on
+1 to this, turns out my ‘anxiety’ was stemming from untreated ADHD-innatentive type and (mostly) went away once I started wellbutrin (which is used off label for adhd). I tried prozac and maybe one other SSRI first and hated them. I felt like I was experiencing the world with swim goggles on and earplugs in if that makes sense – I was there but not quite there.
Josie P
Yes. I actually never made it to being successfully treated with the SSRI because they made me feel so weird, I couldn’t deal with the dizziness and other side effects so I never ramped up/got to the 4-6 week point on the meds. CBT is what helped me the most. I now recognize my triggers (health anxiety, and kid activities planning), so now when I start sending myself into a spiral, I can usually stop it. I hate hate hate the physical feeling of anxiety but that is also less now (that took a long time though, a couple of years).
Anon
No, and I tried. I had the tiredness and brain fog on one med I tried, so I tried another. Eventually landed on a good med that made me feel fine and managed my GAD.
Anon8
Curious what med worked for you and which didn’t, if you don’t mind sharing. I’m on Lexapro and my doc seems to think this or Prozac are the best options.
Anon
Are you seeing a psychiatrist? My guess is no if that is the Doc’s thought.
Decrease caffeine
Decrease alcohol
Mindfulness activities/yoga/tai chi
Exercise is very important. Can really help anxiety flares.
Therapy
The anxiety workbook
Anon8
I actually am seeing a psychiatrist, which is why I was somewhat disappointed that she basically gave me the same options my GP did.
Anonymous
Yes, me. The biggest contributing factor to my anxiety was my job so as I went off of the medications I also changed my job. I also started working out like a maniac at Orange Theory (I treat daily exercise like a prescription), meditate, go to talk therapy, limit caffeine to two cups max, and am near religious about my sleep schedule. I’ve been off the medications for years now. To be honest, I still have some anxiety but it’s manageable and I’d rather deal with it than anti-anxiety medications and the side effects. Totally acknowledge this may not be the right call for everybody.
Anon
I’m on an SNRI (Effexor) which I like but don’t love. But its been better for me than SSRIs
Anon
Are you open to trying an SRNI? My husband is on one for anxiety and it’s been life changing without any long-lasting side effects. At the beginning he had some nausea but it went away. He does get a bad headache if he misses a dose.
Anon
Valerian (500-1000mg per day) in combination with St. John’s Wort (900mg per day) can help with anxiety. Not as well as regular meds, but is a noticeable boost. St. John’s Wort has a lot of interactions though, so it would be important to pay attention to.
Anon
I take citalopram for GAD; I take it in the evening because it can make you drowsy. I also take magnesium glycinate and Sleep Aid (lavender oil) in the evening and vitamin B12 and D3 in the morning. These all seem to help.
Anonymous
The four things that work for me with my anxiety are 1) meds; 2) meditation/breathwork; 3) therapy; and 4) really hard cardio exercise, like running or spinning. I think of all of them as tools in the toolbox.
Anon
RIP Tina Turner, a force to be reckoned with.
Anon
Not just a great performer, but for me in the 1980’s she really redefined in a very positive way what it might mean to age and reinvent oneself. RIP indeed.
Monte
Truly. She was 44 when Private Dancer came out, and went on to have this whole new, bigger career and personal life. I’m that age now and thinking about that is completely inspiring.
NYNY
A true legend. RIP.
Anon
In this mornings thread on jobs and passions a few commenters mentioned that they pursue their passions outside of work. If you’re one of these people, what are your passions and how much time do you get to spend on them?
I have a few hobbies I’m pretty heavily involved in and absolutely love doing but I don’t think I’d call them a passion because I only get to spend a few hours a month on them? I had always looked for a job I was passionate about since I spend more time there than I do with my hobbies (sadly)
Anon8
I’m not one of the posters from this morning, but I am absolutely one of those people who is ambivalent about their job and pursues passions outside of work. For me, that means getting my MFA in creative writing at a low-residency program (which I’m able to afford because of my corporate job) and rock climbing. I climb indoors 2-3x per week and climb outside a couple times a year. My hobbies are famously low paying as careers, so the idea of pursuing them as a job just doesn’t make sense to me personally.
Anon
I remember you posting here when you got accepted to the MFA. I think that’s so awesome that you’re doing it.
anon
Gardening is a passion of mine, but obviously, it’s very season-specific! But during the season, I am all in and have even earned a bit of side hustle money helping others. I don’t think I would ever turn it into a full-time career because that comes with pressure and expectations that I don’t want. It would cease being my hobby and passion at that point.
anon
Continuing with another thought. Work as a passion has been way, way oversold, IME. I like my job well enough and believe it’s a good fit for my skills, but passion is pushing it. And TBH, I did think it was my passion when I was younger. Then I burned out, got jaded, and realized that work is work.
daylight
Completely 100% agree with this. I’m very invested in my career, enjoy it quite a bit, and get fulfillment out of it…but I wouldn’t say I’m passionate about it.
daylight
I did’t finish my thought. My husband, on the other hand, was passionate and cared A LOT in his twenties and has experience quite the burnout in his thirties. I think passion+career creates a lot of unnecessary pressure on one thing.
daylight
I dislike the word passion, but I’ll go with it…I’m passionate about yoga. Became a yoga teacher, have taught for years, and I recently opened and now run a small yoga studio, employing 5 other teachers for a variety of classes. It’s definitely a hobby business and I have no desire to make it the thing I do for work or rely on for my income. I did pursue yoga as a full time thing for about 6 months a few years ago and found that it sucks the joy out of it because there’s just too much pressure on the thing I love. Way happier doing it this way.
Anon
I’m an attorney by trade, but my passion is wine. I no longer litigate and am in a 9-5 role (posted on this morning’s thread). In the past year I’ve gotten two wine professional certifications and will likely get a third either in the fall or next spring. I attend industry tastings and participate in a wine circle with people from my courses to try wines from different regions, in different styles, etc. Love traveling to wine regions. Would love to one day do it as a side gig – not really for money, but just because I love it – hosting private tastings and helping people plan wine travel!
Anon
Love this! What are your favorite wine regions to visit? I’m not a big wine person in daily life but I’m passionate about travel (I’m an amateur travel blogger and part-time travel advisor) and love hearing about new places with great wine.
Anon
On the off chance you are still checking: The wonderful thing about most wine regions is that they are situated where conditions are good for grape growing, which usually means sunny, sloping, and often on bodies of water — so wine regions are often very beautiful and it’s hard to go wrong.
I found the terraced vineyards Douro Valley in Portugal to be super special – the one downside is that area specializes only in port (which, if you love it, great! if not, then you may be disappointed in the lack of variety, I love it, so I couldn’t get enough.) Domestic, I love the Willamette Valley in Oregon. I prefer regions with that cozier, smaller feel to them. I’m planning to go to the Prosecco region later this year, and then South Africa’s wine regions in about 18 months!
Senior Attorney
Back in the day I was really psassionate about martial arts and probably spent 10-15 hours/week training and teaching. Good times, man. Good times. My kid was young at the time and she was with me at the dojo about half that time, and at her dad’s the other half.
Anon
I am passionate about my career (i spend time outside of work thinking about, researching, and talking about my subject area. It truly excites me) but also about athletic competition. I do maybe 10-15 triathlons, half marathons, and long trail races a year, with a handful of other races thrown in. I also play on a semi competitive club soccer team 8 months of the year.
In terms of adult athletes, I’m pretty chill (train 5-12 hours a week MAX, usually just 5-7). I don’t have a coach, a fancy gym, a professional training plan, or anything crazy.
While I love training and competing, 5-10 hours a week of my “passion” isn’t enough for me so I’m glad my career excites me in similar ways!
Anon
Adding that another thing that keeps me from realizing my passion of triathlons is how expensive it is to be serious about tris. It actually really bothers me how high the costs are, and I simply don’t make enough to be able to throw money at it.
Anon
Help me out — why would it be expensive? I think each of the three areas as pretty cheap to do individually (vs something like golf, which is expensive and takes up a ton of time and is hard to do if you live where it rains a ton on weekends / evenings).
Anonymous
The bikes are super expensive. You need a pool membership. Travel to events. Etc.
Monte
I’m not OP because I don’t do tris in part because they are so expensive. Bikes are super super expensive, to say nothing of the other costs — wetsuits, sneakers every other month, pool membership, race entry fees. It is not a discipline with a low barrier to entry, that is for sure.
Anon
I’m a lawyer — and I’m also a poet. It’s my side passion. It’s something I’ve done for years in the evenings after work (unless I’m working super late) and on the weekends because I *want* to do it. I’ve taken lots of classes and read all the craft books as well as many volumes of poetry. Last year my first chapbook was published, and my debut full-length collection is being published this Friday!!!! Those publications were preceded by many years of study in my spare time. The amount of time I spend per week varies greatly depending on what’s going on in my day job. OP, I think your hobbies count as your passions even if you only spend a few hours per month. Sometimes the business of life takes up most of your time and that’s OK. I definitely had long fallow periods when I didn’t do much related to poetry, and other periods when I was able to do a lot. If you love something and do it because you want to, not because you’re being paid to, that’s definitely a passion.
Anon
Passion is reading, spend several hours a week on it. But I live in Asia and have hired help.
No Face
Someone asked me about hosting with COVID considerations this morning and I missed it.
Today, I do nothing about COVID except for getting boosters as soon as I’m allowed.
In 2022, when I first started hosting again, I had people over outside and served food in separate containers. Instead of a big cake, little desserts in individual boxes, etc. I also left hand sanitizer outside.
Anne-on
Oh man I forgot about that time. Same, I set up tables for family groups spaced apart (outside), did pre-packaged individual drinks (juices/beers/waters/etc.), had food that was JUST for that table (like one pizza box per table), 4 cupcakes per table, crudite on top of dip in a solo cup, etc. I also had hand santizer/hand wipes on each table and kept the get togethers shorter as it was agreed that we’d all socialize only outdoors (so no using another home’s restrooms). The adults stayed distanced and we had the kids wear their masks (which they were fine with and used to – they were just so happy to see their friends again!!).
Hamish
Thanks.