Jennifer Garner testified on Capitol Hill on Thursday to advocate for early childhood education, a cause with which she’s been involved for years. She’s a trustee for Save The Children and spoke about seeing childhood poverty and neglect firsthand in her work with the organization. She said, in part, that “Poverty dulls the senses, it saps hope, it destroys the will.” She was calling for an increase in funding for education, which we know isn’t going to happen under the criminals currently in power. That’s all I’ll say about that right now because if I start to include details I will get stabby. Fingers crossed that we don’t have to deal with this madness for much longer.

Garner’s estranged husband, Ben Affleck, of course announced last week that he completed rehab, although there were no details about how long it was. In Affleck’s statement he called Garner his “coparent,” credited her with caring for their children while he sought help, and said that he was getting sober in order to be a better parent. People published a story recently with some insider quotes claiming that Garner is very happy. There’s very little to these quotes but I guess we can read between the lines that it’s easier dealing with Affleck when he’s not drinking. People is commenting on new photos of Garner on set in Atlanta, which you can see on their site:

Garner, 44, was spotted on set of Simon vs. The Homo Sapiens Agenda — where a source told PEOPLE the actress was in great spirits.

“I have never seen her look so happy before,” the insider said.

[From People]

The rest of the story is about the movie, which tells the story of a 16 year-old boy who is blackmailed by a classmate for being gay. There are also the older quotes from Affleck about completing rehab. So is People just looking at those photos and saying “she looks happy” or did her PR person tell them to say it? Because it feels like we’re supposed to speculate and assume this isn’t a plant, but come on it is. I’m glad she’s happy though. Affleck looks really happy too! He’s actually smiling in paparazzi photos, even in the rain. Hecate lives in LA and she told me it was pouring yesterday, but here’s Affleck out with his daughters looking super pleased to be caught out in the rain. Someone was holding an umbrella for him and I wonder if that was a photographer. Whatever is going on with him, his sheepish grin makes it seem like he’s just as happy as Garner. It’s Spring! Bring on the flowers and the impeachment hearings, not necessarily in that order.

Garner is seen with her daughters at a kids’ soccer game on 3-18-17. She’s also shown running errands on 3-17. Affleck is shown out with his daughters yesterday, 3-21. Credit: FameFlynet