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Rachael's avatar

What is it like to believe you are so beautiful the only reason someone would be looking at you is because they desire you? I would be like "omg someone is staring at me I must have lettuce in my hair" 😂 Also raise your hand if you were personally victimized by the morning time management one 🙋🏼‍♀️ Anyway - just wanted to show my face because it's been a minute and everything is slightly off in my universe - not super awful but not great and I just wanted to ask for prayers for the good the bad and the ugly from a group of folks I know will give them. My birthday is next week so that would be a lovely gift knowing I am getting a crazy big prayer bump in the atmosphere 😘 thanks and I hope you all have a lovely weekend ❤️

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Lauren White O'Brian's avatar

Oh my goodness these memes are what's sustaining me. Thank you for your service, Erin.

Turds:

- I had a mild stomach bug on V-Day.

- Our public library board has been hijacked by Moms For Liberty. At their board meeting last week they voted on a new policy that prevents the library from purchasing any books with "sexual content" for 17 and under sections of the library (mainly meaning no LGBTQ+ materials). They've hired an attorney that aligns with their views because they know this will spark some legal drama and plan to pay her $200 an hour. The library's budget is already allocated for the year and there is no extra money for attorneys, so the board took $2,000 from the library's advertising budget and set it aside for their impending legal woes. And now because the library has official policies that are discriminatory, they are at risk of losing funding from several of their largest donors. The whole situation makes me so sad and I don't know what to do.

Treasures:

- I participated in a leadership program through my work last year and we had a graduation ceremony last week in Atlanta! It was the first time meeting the other cohort members in person and it was such a good time, even for this super introvert. And I got to see my very best friend who lives across the country and have dinner with her while I was there.

- Our library (the same one from above) started a romance book club and we had our first meeting on Monday! We discussed People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry and next month we are reading Assistant to the Villain. There were only 5 of us and 3 were librarians. I want this to be successful and last a long time, so if y'all have any best practices for book clubs please feel free to share!

- My husband and I are having a 2000s date night tonight. We're ordering Papa Johns pizza, drinking soda, eating candy, watching Napoleon Dynamite, and staying up late to giggle and gossip. I'm so excited!

Alright, that's it! Can't wait to catch up in the comments!

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