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The tide was very high two hours ago, and still coming in, and I saw five mallards swimming happily on the edge of the soccer field. This would be called "minor coastal flooding," I suppose, but it's utterly routine: that's landfill, and probably about a centimeter above sea level. I also heard and then saw a kingfisher, flying over the water next to the Columbia boat house.
I'd gone outside partly to get some salami for lunch, and partly to break in a pair of somewhat respectable-looking shoes. I was reminded very quickly that they don't need breaking in as usually defined: they get along fine with my feet, and don't need stretching. The difficulty, and why I've not been wearing them, is that they have about an inch of heel, enough that the muscles in the backs of my calves and thighs notice and don't like it.
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adrian_turtle reminded me [over IM] of a pair of trousers I'd not thought of in this context. No, not the jeans she gave me. We're entangled enough that she knows at least some of what's in my closet. I find that soothing.
I'm wondering whether it makes sense to wear my usual gym shoes downtown, stash them and a bag in a gym locker, wear either the shoes from earlier today or [less appealing] the much more "feminine"-styled and differently uncomfortable shoes a few blocks to the interview, do that, walk back, change, and exercise. Or, for that matter, use the gym entirely as a staging area, on the theory that walking from there to the interview will be easier on my feet than walking from home to the subway in the same iffy shoes.
Someone who would otherwise be an obvious reference for me, and liked my work, said that it's against corporate policy for her to give references for anyone who worked for her at $corporation. *sigh* I suspect it is not against corporate policy for them to ask applicants for references.
I'd gone outside partly to get some salami for lunch, and partly to break in a pair of somewhat respectable-looking shoes. I was reminded very quickly that they don't need breaking in as usually defined: they get along fine with my feet, and don't need stretching. The difficulty, and why I've not been wearing them, is that they have about an inch of heel, enough that the muscles in the backs of my calves and thighs notice and don't like it.
I was wondering about interview clothing, and
adrian_turtle reminded me [over IM] of a pair of trousers I'd not thought of in this context. No, not the jeans she gave me. We're entangled enough that she knows at least some of what's in my closet. I find that soothing.I'm wondering whether it makes sense to wear my usual gym shoes downtown, stash them and a bag in a gym locker, wear either the shoes from earlier today or [less appealing] the much more "feminine"-styled and differently uncomfortable shoes a few blocks to the interview, do that, walk back, change, and exercise. Or, for that matter, use the gym entirely as a staging area, on the theory that walking from there to the interview will be easier on my feet than walking from home to the subway in the same iffy shoes.
Someone who would otherwise be an obvious reference for me, and liked my work, said that it's against corporate policy for her to give references for anyone who worked for her at $corporation. *sigh* I suspect it is not against corporate policy for them to ask applicants for references.