Sometimes when I’m working

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Favorite Baby Shower Dish
cookiesTwo of the women I work with are expecting babies in late September/early October, and to celebrate our team is hosting a baby shower for them next Monday (the 26th). I am having trouble deciding what to bake/bring, and was thinking these cookies may need to make a reappearance. Any thoughts?

Favorite Lunch Outing
cupcakeOne of my other coworkers celebrated her birthday this week so a group of us dataset went out to lunch at Roti to celebrate. It was a gorgeous day (like 75 degrees and sunny) and we had so much fun sitting around chatting. It’s not often that I can leave my desk for that long (work is insane, as always) so it was really nice to get away. My coworker offered to share her birthday cupcake with us, and split it into seven equal pieces so we could all have a bite. Isn’t that nice? I’m not sure I’d be so generous, ha. Anyway, the Roti was delicious (I got a salad) but the cupcake was even better. It was from Crumbs, which you guys know is my fav.

Favorite Inspiration
on something mindless at work (e.g., filling out an Excel spreadsheet, copying & pasting info, etc I like to listen to something more than just music. Music is great but if I’m doing something really boring, I need a bit more. Sometimes it’s a Podcast, sometimes it’s my Harry Potter audio book (OMG I’M ALMOST DONE BOOK SEVEN. START PANICKING!) but lately I’ve been listening to TED talks.

The TED website has so many great talks, and they are all organized really well. I saw this one today, and