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Soaked up the sun in Palm Springs (safely at an Airbnb) before coming back to sub zero temps in Minnesota. Still have that vacay glow and I'm milking it.

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Feb 5, 2021Liked by Jessica Valenti

I'm starting a language teacher worker cooperative and we're 3-4 months away from being able to open for business. The right people have come along and I still can't believe we're doing this!

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Feb 5, 2021Liked by Jessica Valenti

I started programming the coffee to brew in the morning before I get up. I stopped this kindness to myself a couple months ago and was grumpy every morning because of it.

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I started writing again. It feels good. It probably won’t lead to anything, and it’s not what I intended to write, but I’m just rolling with it.

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I'm a HS teacher and we just had a really thought-provoking discussion in class about cancel culture, Morgan Wallen, AOC, among other things. The children are our future.

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A child psychologist told me I'm doing a great job as a mother. I never realised how much I thought I wasn't and how much I needed to hear it until I did. Huge relief

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I am shooting a TV show with Paul Rudd tomorrow!

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I was assigned an essay commission!

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Feb 4, 2021Liked by Jessica Valenti

I'm a therapist who has been helping a client on their journey to gender-affirming surgery. They were approved for surgery this week after over a year of waiting!

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Feb 4, 2021Liked by Jessica Valenti

My dog has made me belly laugh SO MANY TIMES this week. He's just the best.

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My bird feeder is finally getting some feathery friend traffic. It is right in my line of site from my work-from-home desk and I like seeing the birds!

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Feb 4, 2021Liked by Jessica Valenti

My protocol for approved by the IRB!

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Feb 4, 2021Liked by Jessica Valenti

I friggin' love snow, and I took a long walk around my neighborhood after the blizzard this past Monday and witnessed an entire family having a snowball fight. I also made (safe and distant) conversation with my neighbors (safely) as folks simultaneously dug out their cars. It was such a simple joyous thing to have human interaction like this after such a dark year.

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Feb 4, 2021Liked by Jessica Valenti

My dad (a healthcare worker in his late 60s) got his first shot of the vaccine last weekend!

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Feb 4, 2021Liked by Jessica Valenti

I planted four fruit trees. A promise to my grandchild that if I have anything to do with it, there will be a future.

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Feb 4, 2021Liked by Jessica Valenti

I'm a college student and I'm completing an application for a ~paid~ summer internship with a repro justice org! It's my first ever application process to a position in my actual field of study and I'm really excited.

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