Accessory Tuesday: Haven Tulip Tote
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Calpak kindly sent their Haven Tulip Tote, and I can see why it has numerous glowing reviews.
If you find typical totes too large and cumbersome, this is the perfect bag for you. At 16″ x 9″ x 5.25″, it’s roomy enough to hold daily essentials, including your phone, keys, and wallet, plus extras like a small tablet or water bottle.
It’s full of thoughtful details like multiple interior pockets, a magnetic closure, and a built-in key leash, and the structured and streamlined design works for every occasion from the boardroom to brunch.
Calpak’s Haven Tulip Tote is $118 (with some colors on sale starting at $47.20). It’s available in six colors.
At 22 weeks pregnant would you rather go on a Disney cruise with a 5 and 3 year old or an international trip to Portugal? We are considering switching our vacation plans last minute since I’ve been so tired, and a little worried that Portugal may be too much for us and a Disney cruise is the easy way out. (We’ve been on Royal and Celebrity before).
Pet peeve of the day: mens’ sports talk at work. I love sports, I played college sports, my kids play sports, but IDGAF about professional mens’ sports. I smile and nod and laugh when colleagues talk about it, but it feels inherently sexist to me. Like what if I tried to start dominating conversations about soap operas or romance literature or fashion trends or other women-coded activities? They’d feel clueless and confused why I insisted on talking about a topic that is obviously unappealing to them. I don’t mind the occasional references, but it’s annoying as the primary topic of non-work conversation. And I feel resentful that I should have to learn more in order to subscribe to the work culture. Sorry, but football is dangerous and the NFL’s treatment of the concussion issues that plague players is morally reprehensible so, no, I will not watch or learn.
For fun and venting – what’s your petty parenting thing that drives you bananas?
Mine is spilled milk. I don’t like milk generally (honestly I didn’t buy dairy milk ever until I had kids) but somehow spilled milk just… breaks me.
My husbands is when kids put something in the hamper that they’ve worn only briefly – especially pajamas or a sweatshirt. Drives the man disproportionately crazy.
To the poster yesterday who mentioned beginning strength training before a trip to Hawaii, did you use a plan? That’s my goal as well (to be strong and ready for adventurous trips) but I often get intimidated by the sheer number of plans out there and how many of them seem to have very aggressive day 1s for beginners (like no, I can’t really come off the couch from a tough postpartum and do 6 sets of 10 squats – wish I could).
With less light in the mornings, I’d love to make my kids more visible on their walk to school. Any recommendations for products to add reflective material to jackets and backpacks?
I work in an academic-adjacent field where professional networks are important. People will routinely reach out to one another for advice and input in their areas of expertise. In my last job, developing these connections was encouraged and celebrated because it advances careers and can help in obtaining funding. At my current job, I am required to report all conversations with external people and even prohibited to speak with certain categories of people without permission or supervision. I can understand why they would want to maintain established channels of communication on existing projects, but it seems unprofessional and controlling that they don’t want me to answer questions about articles I published before I even joined this organization or to have lunch with someone I run into at a conference without approval. Is this normal?
FWIW I was a PI at my last org, but we encouraged even entry-level staff to develop their networks in this manner. At the new org I was ostensibly hired to be a PI but that turned out to be a bait and switch.
For those who restrict/limit social media, smart phones, and/or the internet for older tweens and teens, what’s your long term plan? At what point will you loosen restrictions and fully lift them?