u/neatokra

I booked a two-night stay at a qualifying hotel, specifically to use by 1H edit credit. Read the rules, booked it through the portal, thought I was good. I choose "pay at hotel" option, as i always do, why wouldn't I? Stay comes, we pay with the CSR, thought all was well.

Wait for my $250 credit to arrive and it never comes. Call them, and they say "ooh you need to pre-book IN the portal with the CSR, it's not enough just to book the travel with us and use the card, you have to PAY IN the portal." Was transferred around and escalated, but told very sternly there's nothing they can do to give me the credit.

It's pretty frustrating, I feel like I was "fine print"-ed here and kind of bamboozled, but maybe this is just a common thing that everyone knows but me? I'm annoyed because the hotel was more expensive in the portal and I'd never have used it but for the credit. Not to be like "do you know who my father is" but we spend $200k a year on this card and have been customers for over a decade.

Hey all! I’m brainstorming ideas for my 35th birthday in January and I’d love to get your expert opinions.

I’m based in the Bay Area, and it will be me, my husband and our 4 year old daughter (possibly a few friends or family joining as well). Looking for something that’s a direct flight from SFO, probably south as it will be the middle of winter.

Trying to spend about $6-8k on hotel, but flexible with length of stay from like 3-6 nights (farther places would want to stay longer).

So far I’ve been thinking about Grand Velas Los Cabos, or something in French Polynesia, but still very open.

Any ideas for something in this vein that has strong kid offerings but is still luxurious? Thank you!

I hid my post history just for this! lol

Infant Class:

Armance

Clara

Gwendolyn

Isabelle

Jacqueline

Lumina

Penelope

Sebastian

Toddler 1:

Aanya

Ahalya

Ari

Arya

Ava

Evelyn

Fallon

Jameson

June

Leopoldine

Tristan

Zoey

Toddler 2:

Austin

Ian

Ilya

Maria

Martin

Maximillian

Priscilla

Raha

Siena

Sofia

Sophie

Valentina

Preschool:

Arya

Judah

Medeu

Meera

Olivia

Pascal

Robin

Rosemary

Ryan

Vedika

Pre-K:

Aarin

Avery

Charlie

Deniz

Henry

Ida

June

Kian

McKenna

Mila

My 3.75 year old hasn't napped consistently since around 2-2.5. She used to make up for this by sleeping a solid 12 hours a night, from around 8pm to 8am. But her sleep has consistently been getting pushed back and now she doesn't fall asleep until around 10pm (or even beyond), and she is fully up and at 'em around 7:30-8 still.

We have tried all the different variations of bedtime - starting earlier, later, check ins, no check ins. We have a very consistent routine and everything, usually starting around 8pm. 30 minutes of routine, then we leave and do spaced out check ins until she's asleep. Her bedroom is dark, cool, with soft white noise. I don't think anything there is keeping her up.

She just isn't tired. She doesn't seem to be having any issues during the day either. She is offered naps at daycare and almost never takes them. We ask her whats going on and she just says "I'm not tired".

Is this a concern? Is this just a case of low sleep needs or something more? It's just SO much less than what's recommended for her age I'm a little worried. She's 99th percentile height weight, but not sure if that matters.

Has anyone dealt with this?

Well I finally got the official letter for a role I've been interviewing for for 4 months, and it looks like my life is about to change dramatically.

My current job is at a glacial pace "dinosaur" type tech company. It's a non-eng strategy role. I've been here 6 years, it's fully remote, I work maybe 2-4 hours a day, I'm making $250k per year. It would be a dream come true except at this point I'm pretty sure my brain is atrophying and the level of boredom is starting to cause problems.

The new job is at a very fast-paced, slightly smaller but still well-known tech company. It's hybrid (3-5 days office, 20 min commute), I assume the hours will be very substantial, and the TC is $400k. The role is similar and the team seems awesome.

I'm excited about making the jump, but I want to be as prepared as possible. For context, my husband also has a very demanding job, and our new HHI will be around $900-950k. We have a 3 year old daughter who goes to daycare. SF Bay Area.

My questions for those who have gone through something similar:

• What did you outsource that made your life easier? We will do cleaners (+laundry) once a week, meal delivery, grocery delivery, and hire someone to do daycare pickups for coverage. Anything else I'm not thinking of?
• What did you do to carve out family time even with demanding hours? My key concern here is time with my daughter, I want to maximize that (quantity but especially quality) as much as possible.
• Mentally how did you prepare? I've had jobs with serious hours before but it's been so long I'm worried the "calluses" so to speak are gone.
• Is there anything I can do with this ~month I have before the start date that will make the transition easier?

Always really appreciate the wisdom of this group - thank you!

** EDIT for clarity - this is not asking whether I should take the role - I have already accepted, and am very confident it's the right move for me at this point in my life. **