What's everyone doing for a summer break?
(sad that I have to reach out to here to even have small talk with another black person in our professional world).

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Studying for cpa exam

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Beyonce cincerty

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Just booked our flights to Miami for my bday!

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Traveled Europe for ten days! Just got back

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We went big last year, so staying around town and time off will be spent working on our money pit.

Sweet, haven't been out of the states myself, where'd you go?

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