and it’s almost winter!

I can't wait to celebrate being done with student loans. congrats!

I went through some very similar things and I get it. Great for telling your partner and starting CBT...that's a huge hurdle you already passed

ew, ugh. hey at least in a few weeks it'll be more of a funny story to tell at dinner parties.

I hesitated telling my boyfriend when I first met him that I have a phd for the same reasons you said. But as you might've guessed, he definitely digs it and we've been together for a few months now. I think it works because my smarts and his smarts compliment each other. Nothing is ever very contentious but we learn…

mr jbird has sleep paralysis episodes once or twice a month. i try and wake him up and get him out of it because i know it scares him, but i can't always do that because I just don't realize anything is happening. does anyone else have any tricks to help your sleep partner or anything to look out for to know something…

they used to call me the chameleon

burial

teBow down, bitches

I think scanpan classic has a nice small fry pan w/lifetime warranty

I'm a little late but try and stick with it. Grades will stop mattering, you just need to get your degree and make some meaningful connections that may help your career later.

I like last lap guy!! or anything from nintendo

It's really vague...it would have been cool to say something like "Raincheck til tomorrow night " or something. Trust your gut if you want to write him off or not. Would you want to go on a date with him otherwise?

yep I loved being a middle school science mentor :) gonna see my goddaughter soon and my little step cousin too.

I was a "cool girl." it actually feels closely tied to my midwestern-ness/big 10 school thing. the lack of feelings/commitment was actually me having undiagnosed major depressive disorder. woo hoo.

Thank you for sharing this. It's exactly what I needed.

Right!! I would constantly suppress different sides of me around other girls. I guess I didn't think you could be an academic, sports loving, makeup/dress hoarding, yoga-obsessive woman until I met my girlfriends who are so freaking awesome. I coulda been myself way earlier.

Yes, thanks for articulating that. I feel the same way. I needed to get to grad school to find more women who I clicked with.

Wow. That was perfect and sums up all of my dating as a "cool girl"

any updates on those people are greatly appreciated!