Can someone start a beauty thread? I liked my Sephora Play box this month enough to keep me from canceling (always on the verge). Also, I’m looking for a new moisturizer. I got stuff to talk about! I’d do it myself, but I’m gray :`(

I did Blue Apron for awhile. I liked it for weeks when I was intensely stressed out and busy. It was nice knowing I had some meals planned for me in advance. But I quit because the amount of packaging was bothering me (it’s recyclable, but still) and the recipes got boring after awhile, and they weren’t as…

I love warm/hot yoga, and I think it absolutely is a good workout. Holding poses has built my upper body strength so much since I started about six months ago, and moving through poses can be really challenging. If you find a good teacher that pushes you but not in an insane way, yoga can be so fantastic.

Do it! Its just paint.

My cousin went back to school to become a doctor at age 40 (he was a nurse previously). He really worried about changing his stable life and taking on debt and such, and he hated the thought of being the oldest in his class. He kept saying things like “think how old I’ll be when I’m done!” And finally his mom just…

I’m so glad you updated—I’d been thinking of you and your beautiful baby, internet stranger! So glad she’s doing well <3

Oh man, I have dreams where my teeth fall out, but then I can’t get them out of my mouth. It’s like they dissolve into these fibers, and I keep spitting and spitting and more tooth-fibers keep coming and coming. It is honestly so horrible.

I’m visiting DC right now, and I went to Founding Farmers last night. I had the gnocchi, which when he took a bite my husband literally closed his eyes, took a deep breath, said “oh my god” and started telling everyone around us to order it. The drinks were great, too!

I ate at Sweet Home today (the African American museum cafe) and it was sooo good! Ship and grits, all day everyday.

Hellooo Malakai

I have a colleague who is openly looking for a different job (she recently became certified as a principal and is moving out of teaching roles) and she confided in me that she is pregnant but not telling anyone because she doesn’t want it to impact her chances at employment. And I was like, NO SHIT you’ve been…

I don’t see WA on that list yet, and given our republican Secretary of State who I still cannot believe won election after lying about her credentials has been talking around the issue, I’m not resting assured just yet.

Yeah, no shit.

It’s like when companies say “We’re not anti-union! We love unions! We just don’t need one here because you’re already treated so well!” Yep, you need a union, and fast.

I just finished week 5 day 1, and I love the way each week gets easier toward the end, I can really feel myself getting better. I also love the reddit sub. Even though I’m not the type that would post there, it builds me up to see people cheering each other on.

30's are great! I definitely feel more confident and comfortable with who I am at 32 than I did at 22.

I’m feeling good right now because I confronted my workplace bully this week and it went really well. I just told her about a couple times I’d felt disrespected, and she was mortified and apologetic. I don’t know if she is mortified only because she got called out or because she genuinely feels bad, but I don’t even…

Yes. ‘Something is better than nothing’ is my mantra on days when I am too tired for a “real” workout. I tell myself, “you’re doing better than if everyone sitting on the couch. Way to go.” It helps!

Wow, way to go! My student loans are such a huge stress factor for me. I’m on the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program (the one Trump wants to cut) and I truly believe that if that program gets cut, I will never pay off my loans. I made an actual, real, personal life decision to go back to school, take out loans,…

The onus absolutely should be on police to lead appropriate interactions, but it’s hard when that is so obviously not happening. How do we cope? It’s a bit of a false equivalency, and I’m NOT saying it’s on me not to get raped, as a woman. But I do know some basic self-defense, and I’m prepared to use what I know if…