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What are you up to this weekend? Freddie<\/a> and I are having pizza and playing games tonight, and I\u2019m SO excited to see the boys<\/a> when they get home on Sunday. I\u2019ve missed them so much and can\u2019t wait to squeeze them. Hope you have a good one, and here are some links from around the web\u2026<\/p>\n We\u2019re offering 20% off Big Salad subscriptions<\/a> today! Just click here<\/a>, we\u2019d love to have you. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n My favorite shape of jeans<\/a>.<\/p>\n Nerd alert: My dad and I thought this Connections puzzle<\/a> was especially fun.<\/p>\n I Am a Midwestern Girl from a Movie and\/or TV Show So Excited to Be Here in the Big City<\/a>. Made me laugh.<\/p>\n \u201cI went swimming in the Seine<\/a>.\u201d The photos are so cool!<\/p>\n A Chipwich ice cream cake<\/a>.<\/p>\n Liam Neeson and Pamela Anderson<\/a> are the \u2018it\u2019 couple we didn\u2019t know we needed.<\/p>\n Hard things are supposed to be hard<\/a>. Loved this.<\/p>\n With summer fruit, the big question is: galette<\/a> or crisp<\/a>?<\/p>\n Would love to wear my hair like this<\/a> all fall and winter.<\/p>\n Celine Song \u2014 of Past Lives<\/a> fame \u2014 is writing a sequel to My Best Friend\u2019s Wedding<\/a>. Will you watch?<\/p>\n I laughed so much listening to Amy Poehler\u2019s podcast episode<\/a> with Abbi Jacobson and Ilana Glazer.<\/p>\n Would you try \u2018Japanese walking\u2019?<\/a> (NYTimes gift link)<\/p>\n Plus, three reader comments:<\/p>\n Says Jorie on what cute things do your kids love doing<\/a>: \u201cMy kids are five, three and one. Earlier this summer, we were visiting family in the Midwest, and everyone kept commenting, \u2018I can\u2019t believe you\u2019re starting kindergarten!\u2019 to my five-year-old and \u2018I can\u2019t believe you\u2019re walking!\u2019 to my one-year-old. After the third interaction with relatives, my middle child three-year-old daughter quickly started chiming in at the end with, \u2018And I can\u2019t BELIEVE I\u2019m THREE!\u2019 Sometimes, you gotta gas yourself up!\u201d <\/p>\n Says Emily on what cute things do your kids love doing<\/a>: \u201cI knew I was changed forever when a really good fire truck drove by, and I was alone in the car shouting, \u2018Wow, look at that one go!\u2019 Twentysomething me could not fathom noticing such a thing, let alone developing a strong affinity with certain trucks. In the words of Elphaba and Glinda, \u2018I have been changed for good.’\u201d<\/p>\n Says J. on how do you mother yourself<\/a>: \u201cI mother myself through the parenting advice I learned right here on Cup of Jo a decade ago: \u2018just add water!<\/a>\u2019<\/p>\n \u2013 take a long shower \u2018Just add water\u2019 is up there with \u2018babies be babies<\/a>\u2019 \u2013 the hymns and recitations and inside jokes of this gorgeous, sparkly, warm, welcoming, loving community that mothers one another so joyfully every day.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2013 run your wrists under cold water for the length of a full song (this is also a great trick if you feel a panic attack coming on and can be done privately!)
\u2013 slowly drink a glass of water
\u2013 sweat with a hard workout
\u2013 go on a walk as close as possible to a body of water
\u2013 run an ice cube over the back of your neck, collarbone, forearms, etc.
\u2013 let yourself cry<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_3180-2.jpeg\")
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