Three things for Sunday
31 Jul 2022 08:50![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
nwhikerStill have to take the time to write up the camping trip and talk about Linnea's tummy/anxiety issues which are becoming more and more of a concern.
1. Friday I got to meet irl someone I've known for 25+ years. Always such a treat... I mean, you know people, know about their kids, know about their lives and yet you've never been in the same space. So weird but wonderful. I love the Internet. Anyhow, it was a great visit and I always love it when these visits happen and it's feels like you're just picking up on a conversation because, well, you've known each other for a long time.
2. We filled out our ballots for the primary yesterday. And found out that we've been redistricted out of our solid blue district into a "competitive" one, that only went blue in 2018. The dude running against the incumbent is an asshole son a nasty asshole mother who was that district's rep a long time ago. He has been on a city council as well so he's got great name recognition. I've had D representation here in the Seattle suburbs for several decades and I'm not happy at losing it.
3. Here is why fat people don't trust "We make plus sizes!" companies. ReI GoreTex jacket, purchased 2018. Can zip it up but not comfortable and wouldn't easily fit warm layers (I gained A LOT of weight during the pandemic. Sob.). Bought the 2021 version of the same coat one size up yesterday. Sleeves are about 3 inches longer -WTF is with that?- but the jacket itself? Maybe, at most, an extra inch or inch and a half in the chest compared to the old one. Fits, and I'll be able to get one thin layer beneath, but I suspect that if I compared same size to same size 2018 vs 2022, the newer one would be smaller. So much clothing works like this. I have the same fleece from the same vendor and over the years, the plus sizes have gotten smaller and the straight sizes have gotten bigger. (Land's End. I own at least 6 of their quarter zips. I used to find them used at Value Village all the time).
1. Friday I got to meet irl someone I've known for 25+ years. Always such a treat... I mean, you know people, know about their kids, know about their lives and yet you've never been in the same space. So weird but wonderful. I love the Internet. Anyhow, it was a great visit and I always love it when these visits happen and it's feels like you're just picking up on a conversation because, well, you've known each other for a long time.
2. We filled out our ballots for the primary yesterday. And found out that we've been redistricted out of our solid blue district into a "competitive" one, that only went blue in 2018. The dude running against the incumbent is an asshole son a nasty asshole mother who was that district's rep a long time ago. He has been on a city council as well so he's got great name recognition. I've had D representation here in the Seattle suburbs for several decades and I'm not happy at losing it.
3. Here is why fat people don't trust "We make plus sizes!" companies. ReI GoreTex jacket, purchased 2018. Can zip it up but not comfortable and wouldn't easily fit warm layers (I gained A LOT of weight during the pandemic. Sob.). Bought the 2021 version of the same coat one size up yesterday. Sleeves are about 3 inches longer -WTF is with that?- but the jacket itself? Maybe, at most, an extra inch or inch and a half in the chest compared to the old one. Fits, and I'll be able to get one thin layer beneath, but I suspect that if I compared same size to same size 2018 vs 2022, the newer one would be smaller. So much clothing works like this. I have the same fleece from the same vendor and over the years, the plus sizes have gotten smaller and the straight sizes have gotten bigger. (Land's End. I own at least 6 of their quarter zips. I used to find them used at Value Village all the time).
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