Pop you made it!!! Am so happy for you! (And of course dying to know what you will wear for 1st day of work.) Oh and thanks for the anthropological analysis re: skirts over trousers. I was in the Nordics at the time and saw it as a trendy English import (think most of my friends were either studying or au pairing or working in bars in London at that time 
) - but I always assumed it was a weather-based necessity 
- those days the weather seemed always too grim for skirts - time for a revival? And yy to gothic looks. (Mine will be very tame.)
Fleecy hope your child will get better soon. My DD2 has dramatic ear infections just like that, the temp shoots up to 40 in an hour or less and she goes limp and drowsy, and then back to life again 30 min after a good dose of Panadol.
Breton fingers crossed for new job & you sound stylish as always! But yes I know how uninspiring early morning dressing can be.
Pop I have a lot of silver/semiprecious cocktail rings from my time in Brazil in all possible colors. I don't do necklaces a lot and don't wear earrings, so it's all-out on rings...
A major work deadline tomorrow. Have already contributed the intellectual content (non-stop work in Portugal plus lots of tomatoes yesterday and today). Now I just need to through the really boring motions to finalize everything 
. Another big deadline on Thu. If I survive them, I'll deserve to take the Friday off doing something I really enjoy.
NY Budapest sounds amazing! Portugal was as hot last week and the only glitch in my capsule wardrobe was that I did not have enough vests and had forgotten to take along a sundress - take a few as you may want to change them often if it's really sweltering!
Am dying for a run - have been working way too much and have felt that I need to spend the evenings home with DC before and after my trip...