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Budget intervention required

Michelle showed up with coffee and good intentions to help me figure out where all my money went this month. Turns out having a personal ...

Elena Michelle Rodriguez
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Chord progressions and ego checks

Jake came home from work to find me surrounded by chord charts and what can only be described as the musical equivalent of a crime scene.

Elena
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Three years in a drawer

Found my marathon medal this morning while digging through the junk drawer for batteries. Still in the plastic bag from 2015, still tangl...

Elena
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Champagne on a Tuesday

Sarah texted me at 5:30 asking if I was free tonight because she had news. Big news. The kind that apparently requires champagne on a wee...

Elena
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What planning teaches you

Finally closed my notebook after three weeks of anniversary planning, and honestly? The whole process taught me more about Jake and me th...

Elena
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Three hours for three ingredients

Alex showed up at 2pm with a notebook and the most serious expression I’ve ever seen him wear for anything non-work related. “I want to l...

Elena Alex Chen
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Emergency chocolate protocol

Carmen has this sixth sense about when I’m having a weird night. I was sitting on the living room floor at 9pm, surrounded by Jake’s enti...

Elena Carmen
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Post-game analysis

Alex showed up at my door tonight with a large pepperoni pizza and a very serious need to discuss our third-place finish at trivia night....

Elena Alex Chen
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Downward dog meets diagnostic terms

Started my morning with every intention of doing a full yoga flow before hitting the books. Twenty minutes in, I’m looking at my anatomy ...

Elena
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Market research

Carmen convinced me we needed to hit the farmer’s market this morning because she read somewhere that September is peak season for everyt...

Elena Carmen
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