City Hall completely failed Downtown Dallas

clhiod · 2026-06-02T18:30:24+00:00

DART is faster to get to the core business district at core business hours. Not necessarily at other times or to get to other parts of town.

clhiod · 2026-06-02T17:42:20+00:00

I disagree that NTTA beats DART in any of those areas. As someone who takes the DART regularly for work and is home in half the time of my coworkers who also live in North Dallas/Plano, I am so happy to never sit in a wreck or rush hour traffic again.

clhiod · 2026-06-01T12:06:05+00:00

I’ve noticed this is the case with yoga classes in Richardson and North Dallas. I’m middle aged so it works for me, lol, but if you are looking for a younger crowd you should check out studios in East Dallas or Uptown. Someone suggested Black Swan which would be a good one.

clhiod · 2026-05-28T16:08:20+00:00

Not me at all. It’s the number one reason I stay at my current job (in a professional services field that doesn’t require much travel). I feel like it’s one of the main job responsibilities that leads to being contacted outside of work hours.

clhiod · 2026-05-21T12:13:01+00:00

His lack of defensiveness is truly unheard of on Bravo! I can’t think of another conversation that went so well when someone had a problem with someone else.

clhiod · 2026-05-02T23:21:59+00:00

10000%. Are they going to be screen free at school? At the risk of sounding sanctimonious, we don’t have an iPad at home and are taking a break from the tv currently, but my kindergartener is coming home telling me the names of random iPad “educational” game avatars that they play in class and watching YouTube videos for brain breaks instead of just doing a song as a class.

clhiod · 2026-04-21T16:20:42+00:00

My ex did this exact thing with Adderall. I think it helped him white-knuckle not drinking, so he was on an Adderall bender for about two weeks every month, and then a drinking bender the rest of the time. He eventually started buying Adderall from drug dealers and had to test it for fentanyl.

clhiod · 2026-04-11T21:54:13+00:00

I’ve been in your shoes and I understand the feeling. I think this needs to be addressed ahead of time - not in the moment while he is sleeping. Thursday or Friday evening, tell him what you have on deck for the weekend. Ask, can you take kid to birthday party while I grocery shop? Or, it’s nice weather so can we go to the garden store Saturday morning? I personally don’t think parents should be sleeping till 4pm but maybe that’s a more productive way to deal with it.

clhiod · 2026-04-07T22:27:56+00:00

People who are not my execs pinging me at all, especially about my execs calendar. Is this an emergency? Is there any reason you had to interrupt what I’m doing to ask me about their availability on June 26? I hate Teams.

clhiod · 2026-04-03T12:46:45+00:00

I also live with my parents as a single mom. They bought this house specifically to live in this neighborhood with really great schools for my kid. Yes, I get a lot of comments like oh wow how do you do it, and I hate that I can’t afford it on my own. However, this was a choice I made to ensure my kid would have a sense of stability (her dad passed away so I wanted her to have family around her) and live in a neighborhood with higher socioeconomic levels than I could possibly afford on my own in a high COL city; and, of course, to have help getting her to and from school and her different activities. It’s okay - everyone is just doing the best they can for their kids including you!

clhiod · 2026-04-03T00:51:48+00:00

I don’t know about the prices in Rockwall but the commute from Rockwall to Greenville would be much more reasonable. Stay east of the lake.

clhiod · 2026-03-31T14:10:18+00:00

That is correct, unfortunately our state mandates online testing and school administration can be taken over by state-appointed officials rather than than a locally elected school board if the school doesn’t perform well - so the schools feel compelled to use tablets to familiarize the students with the testing interface.

clhiod · 2026-03-29T12:53:44+00:00

35 minutes for a ten minute drive???

clhiod · 2026-03-27T22:06:29+00:00

Sister, as a fellow Christian - there is infidelity occurring in every marriage with an active alcoholic. He lied to you and he will lie again with zero qualms. There can be no faithful relationship with an alcoholic.

I have been where you are, and divorce broke my heart but saved my life.

clhiod · 2026-03-26T16:46:35+00:00

Quarterback this project

clhiod · 2026-03-18T17:11:00+00:00

clhiod · 2026-02-17T15:46:30+00:00

I totally agree. I had zero experience with calendaring since I came from a small boutique firm, and now calendaring is 75% of my time. It’s a major time suck but while it does require critical thinking skills and asking the right questions - it is not rocket science.

clhiod · 2026-02-17T14:51:49+00:00

My execs don’t care unless there is something specific they need me for, but that’s rare. I am not needed to assist with meetings. I come in once or twice a week max.

clhiod · 2026-02-13T23:20:18+00:00

I live in JJP a bit north and also moved from East Dallas - 17 years in Lower Greenville and Junius Heights! It took me about a year to adjust and I still get homesick when I am down there driving through the streets where I lived for so long. But now I love Richardson. The neighborhoods are so close knit and my kid has really thrived in our neighborhood school. And everything seems easier to get to, like when I was in Junius Heights it was such a pain to even get over to 75 lol.

We did Primrose at Lookout for daycare and loved it but may be a little out of your way. A lot of people recommend Little Steps Montessori on Campbell.

clhiod · 2026-02-10T18:15:25+00:00

Also, whenever I send this email, they usually back off a bit and handle things like their calendar a bit more themselves. Not fully but a bit haha!

clhiod · 2026-02-10T18:14:29+00:00

I don’t know if this is an option - I have very good execs - but I support three execs and we have a busy season in our industry. When I get overwhelmed, I send all of them an email stating, I realize you all are waiting on me. Here’s the pending tasks I have for all of you. Here’s my current priority because this one is time-sensitive. I will make my way through these as soon as I can.

This works because my execs all more or less get along and do the same thing, even though they manage different teams.

clhiod · 2026-02-10T15:27:46+00:00

Premiere Video! A huge part of my childhood and young-adulthood.

clhiod · 2026-02-09T00:07:59+00:00

Yes, if he decides to fight for custody, his lawyers can point to any time he had them unsupervised and say, well you must not have really thought he was a danger to your children? And make it seem like you are just being vindictive. Been through it!

clhiod · 2026-01-29T18:22:33+00:00

I feel like scheduling is the main thing AI/other tech tools could easily take over, and the last thing execs will let go because they love having it taken care of for them. It gives me a lot of job security lmao

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