It’s a variegated yarn with pink, purple, yellow, and green--I think it will be pretty cute.

That’s awesome! Best of luck with your driving test! 

It’s a type of baby sweater knitted exclusively in garter stitch. It’s basically the only kind of sweater I’ve managed to knit. It’s (nearly) me-proof! 

Yay! That’s amazing. My best friend is also a teacher (elementary music), so it’s been the start of school and things are crazy. I hope things go as well as it looks like it will. 

How fun! That sounds like a great trip. I hope you have a wonderful time! 

Oh, hooray! Where are you going?

Hey Jezzies! I had a really good day--my best friend came up from Raleigh last night, and we had a slumber party and went to brunch before she kept driving to see her aunt. It was delightful! What’s been making you happy lately? 

I’m starting a Baby Surprise Jacket for my coworker’s new baby! 

Rapist Outs Self At Public Gathering For Free Press

Right? My mother instilled a deep-seated fear of carnival rides in me as a girl, because of the time she saw a girl’s hair get ripped out on a ride back in the 60's. Then on my own, I read the Fear Park books, so now even rides that are bolted into the ground are a pretty firm NO for me. I can do a Ferris wheel, and I…

Claiming it. As a Leo who kinda needs attention the way that sane, normal people need oxygen, I dig it. Thankfully, I’ve managed to channel mine into hosting lots of dinner parties, so it works. 

Yes. Always. I need more hats in my life. For myself to wear, and to see on other people. 

I’m sorry about your fiancé. I hope you’re doing okay now. If not, here’s an internet hug waiting on your doorstep for whenever you’d like it. 

That’s the tricky thing about illnesses that are exacerbated by stress! I have IBS, which is definitely made worse when I’m stressed, but before my most recent flare-up I’d been feeling fine and life was pretty good. Who am I to understand the ways of my gut? Bodies are fucking weird, is essentially all we can know…

Hello, Jezzies! Hope you all are doing well. I’ve been having kind of a shitty day, until I realized I hadn’t taken my meds in a couple of days. Now I’m evening out, but obviously I still feel a bit shit. What are some of your urgent self-care tactics when you realize you are Not Well?

I think you lay out 1-2 non-small talk things in your early convos, just to get a sense of how they react. For myself, because it’s generally feeling safe, I bring up my father being a dick and growing up Mormon; if I trust their reactions, I know I have the option of sharing further. 

Ooh, I feel you. I’ve realized today that I was in the midst of a depressive rough patch and that was why I felt like trash, so I cannot emphasize enough what a change that makes. By all means, trying to get those bare minimum self-care tasks accomplished does a lot for maintaining general wellbeing. 

So cute! I went to a friend/coworker’s apartment for wine night, and it was delightful. Now I’m eating chili cheese fries in bed, slightly tipsy. Your hair looks so cute! 

CAFTANS FOR DAYYYYYYYYYYS! It’s going to be amazing. 

This is such an important point, and one that too often gets ignored when people are talking about maintaining professional relationships. Maintaining boundaries with people at different levels of power does not have to mean being cold, or unfeeling, or only ever talking about work. It does mean that your warmth and…