Puttin’ on my White Pantsuit
I’m kinda kidding about the white pantsuit and I don’t mean to make this a political post exactly.
I am zooming with MMCB2 tomorrow morning and we both support Kamala and she posted a pic of Kamala in a white pantsuit on Facebook yesterday. So when we connected today about meeting tomorrow, I told her I’d be wearing my white pantsuit.
I don’t actually OWN a white pantsuit. I haven’t owned any color pantsuit since I can’t even think when. I had a couple of pantsuit-type things when I first started working for Corporate America back in like 2007. They were not the kind of pantsuits you might be thinking, more like loose capri length cotton summerweight pants with a tank top and a loose cotton shirt. One of them happened to have white pants. I finally decided I am a SKIRT gal and haven’t worn pants for umpteen bazillion years except for Smartwool leggings.
The last time I wrote about putting on my White Pantsuit was fall of 2016. The GG went off to work and then texted in a panic because it was Garbage Day and the compost carts were full of yard waste (which I didn’t know) and he had forgotten to schlep them out to the curb. Thinking Hillary was gonna win (because WHO would vote for an *sshole like Trump), I merrily posted that I was putting on my White Pantsuit to schlep the compost carts out to the curb. We all know what happened next.
So I am a little nervous about putting on the proverbial White Pantsuit tomorrow, even though it’ll be one of my many tie-dyed t-shirts and a skirt (and a polarfleece jacket or vest depending on the temperature). But I’m gonna do it ANYWAY. MMCB2 and I will have a lot to talk about tomorrow. I do know that. And if I thought buying a White Pantsuit would help Kamala win the election I would buy one but I think it’ll take a lot more than that. F*ck Trump and MAGA. I guess I did get political after all. Sorry.
P.S. I was asked ALL WEEKEND if my company was affected by the whole CrowdStrike thing. I figgered NOOOOO but REFUSED to log on to my work laptop to try to find out. As it turned out, the answer was NOOOOO and one of the more techie folks opined, “[insert company name] isn’t stooopid enough to use that software.” So there.
July 22nd, 2024 at 9:36 pm
I used to wear pantsuits in teaching and lots of dresses. Then I got more casual although I still wore skirts and slacks with blouses or sweaters. I agree with your political rants.
July 23rd, 2024 at 8:02 am
Skirts are SO much more comfortable than pants. When I worked in an actual office I very rarely wore pants. (Except after I divorced my first husband and went to pants as a sign, I suspect, of rebellion and to mark my freedom. That didn’t last long.) Now I work six days a week in a library where I bend over for 2 hours a day so pants are a better option. I’ve never owned a pants suit. I did defend Hillary for wearing them. Table legs (sorry for the sexist insult Hill, but I suspect that’s why you do it and have for decades). Now, I think women like Kamala and Nancy P. wear them to try and fit in better with men in suits. And how stupid is that! Men in sub-tropical DC wearing a knotted tie around their necks over two long-sleeved layers, three if you count an undershirt.
Meanwhile: back to politics. I awoke with a terrible prediction. The grilling of the Secret Service director will give the repugs a hook to blame the Biden/Harris admin for hiring the woman who, repugs will say, let the repug shooter get to trump’s ear. Kamala can’t afford to have any mini-scandals in the next six months.
Arrrggghhh.
Trump Derangement Syndrome is real and will cause the premature deaths of millions of Americans, like me, who are terrified of him and his evil running mate.
Arrrrggghhh.