Good morning, no rompers here...
Good morning, no rompers here...
You guys are amateurs! We women can wear our comfy clothes to the office with no one the wiser. I have worn joggers to work, just add ugg boots to cover the ankles, a long sweater, and poof! an acceptable cold-weather office outfit. This also works with workout leggings. I have even worn an Old Navy pajama top to work AND RECEIVED COMPLIMENTS on what a pretty "blouse" it was. (snicker, snicker) Now, when I work at home, it's no major transition, except I can opt for No Bra Friday.
Three degrees below zero with a nice stiff breeze this morning, so wear your shorts at your peril. I'm going with the fuzzy pants.
I believe the 'O' stands for onesie.
The diversity of comfy clothes available to women far exceeds what is available to men. However, the diversity of decidedly un-comfy clothes available to women also far exceeds what is available to and expected to be worn by men. So, trade-offs.
I like to align my pant length by degrees below zero for hikes. My yams stay pretty warm so a 3 degree below zero hike (no wind, mind you) keeps me in the short shorts.
Working in a casual professional environment is pretty great. For the first ~6 years of my career, I wore a jacket and tie every day. Now, it's t-shirts and Levi's. Most of my clothes have either cartoons or National Parks on them.
I had a rather spectacular fall from a horse in high school. I had some but not a lot of experience riding horses at the time. I was with a group and wasn't paying close attention to my horse, chatting with the friends who were on the ride with me when my horse decided it was time to race with the horse my brother was on. She ran me into a low hanging tree branch which, thank goodness, was dead, otherwise I might have broken my neck, but that part of the incident caused me to lose my grip on the reins. After that it was hang on to the saddle horn for all I was worth. If she had merely slowed instead of coming to an abrupt stop (with a slight turn sideways), I probably would have stayed on. But that was not to be. Because of the sideways turn, I did not go headfirst over the top but instead slide off the side which probably saved me from serious injury. I didn't even have a minor injury. When I found myself flat on the ground though, I realized I had exactly one course of action, get back on that horse immediately. I told her, "Ok, that was fun, but I'm getting right back on you and you are going to WALK me back to the stable, right now." She did. I will still ride horses, but I'm not much for going fast on one.
I have twice in my life chaperoned middle schoolers on trips to Europe (once to France, once to England/Scotland). The teacher who runs these trips asked me specifically to please come along when they went to Peru. I told him that much as I loved going on these trips with him and flattered though I was that he wanted me to come back, I am the sort of person that only wants to face First World problems when I travel, as exciting as seeing Machu Picchu might be.
I (and one other person) once chaperoned 40 kids to Montreal when I was 19 years old; somehow all of them returned in fine shape, though we did have one puker on the bus (isn't there always at least one?)...I think this led to my inclination to not have kids.
The hubby is a single malt scotch guy. He is in Maryland this week, back Sunday, back to Maryland next Friday. We will be apart for this birthday and Valentine's Day. Most years, I buy him a single malt for his birthday. This year, I'm thinking I'll be the one to have a scotch in celebration. He's only got Laphroaig on the shelf at the moment, I should probably get him another bottle of something. Usually there are a couple of choices. Talisker is his favorite.
You and me both, DinK. Although I was often present when others were having their different experiences. I am one of life's designated drivers and have been so since long before we coined the term. BD's here! I can get high/drunk/messed up AF, she'll make sure I get home!
I wondered if my absence from this thread was noticed. Clemmons noticed and asked me to come back. I had a lot to catch up on. I have been in a weirdly positive funk since the inauguration. Positive because all I really want is a national pandemic plan. Funk because we have just now started on the hard work required to come back from whatever you want to call our current situation. So, it will get better but it isn't better yet and won't be for awhile.
In the meantime, I got into a serious twitter war with an Oxfordian. He called me some rather choice names. I went high, but I didn't back down from my position.
Have I posted my thoughts on the Shakespeare authorship question here before? I feel like I have. I'll post (or repost) them if anyone is interested.