Quick Checkin Mini-Episode

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Welcome to sharing the middle we're

recovering perfectionist overachievers,

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and anyone in the middle of a

struggle come together to learn, to

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embrace the messy middles of life.

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I'm Lacey, your friend in the middle

and guide whose claim to fame this week

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is getting our house on the market.

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Well, This is coming out on

Wednesday and the house is going,

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then we're going on Thursday.

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But it's happening.

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And, someone's going to buy this

beautiful, amazing house and

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I'm Sad, but also excited for

the next chapter in our lives.

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This is going to be the

mini esta mini episodes.

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Because I wasn't going to do an episode.

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And then I thought, well,

Joe goes and gets the kids.

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I'll just talk for a minute.

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I feel so uninteresting right now

because my whole life is centered around.

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Moving.

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So getting our house.

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On the market.

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We'll get our keys to

our new house on Monday.

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And then moving and painting

and all of these things.

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So that is literally all that my.

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Being can handle.

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Doing this all with chronic

illnesses, a whole nother level.

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That has made it really easy for me.

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I literally looked at

my mom and said, Nope.

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This is the best it's going to get.

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And I think that.

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That it really has lowered.

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My expectations in the

greatest way possible.

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And.

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I think, From me to you, whether

you have chronic illness or not.

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You do what you can do.

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And then you just move on and that's okay.

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I wrote a piece this week, and posted it.

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Called deer house, where I

wrote a letter to this house.

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It means so much to me in my family.

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Because it was our first house.

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I think that's something

that makes it special.

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That's where Joe and I.

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Built our family, before we had.

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Isaac and Iris, we have Indian Luna here.

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Our dogs.

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and it, it was that big step

because we actually moved in and

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bought this house a couple of

years before we even got married.

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so that was, The first real

big commitment that we need.

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And I am so grateful and thankful

for this house is a house.

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Where we became husband and

wife, we became pet parents.

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We came people, parents,

we survived a pandemic.

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managed chronic illness,

sadness, joy laughter.

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It's a really good house.

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And it has really good vibes and I hope.

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Whoever comes in next

continues that feeling.

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Another reason why I wanted

to talk today is because.

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As I've said.

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All along.

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You know, this.

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Is an example or I'm trying

to be an example or just show.

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Life as it's happening.

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Not afterwards.

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So even though.

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I think it's probably

incredibly boring to listen to.

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MI talk about cleaning

and painting and caulking.

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Although I have become a

caulking clean and I've gotta

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be very careful as I say it.

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Because it can sound very different.

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Those are all the things

that I'm thinking about.

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And it's actually really funny.

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We had the pictures taken

for the house today.

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And then tomorrow, Wednesday.

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I've got a doctor's appointment.

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I've actually had several

doctor's appointments.

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And we'll talk more about that maybe soon.

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That might, my health journey

has picked back up again.

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As far as doctor's appointments go, but.

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Tomorrow, taking the day off.

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I am going to relax.

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I actually think I'm going

to binge love is blind.

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So who knows, maybe I'll

come in with a mini episode.

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Where I think about my

love is blind thoughts.

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But I'm going to

intentionally rest tomorrow.

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'cause showings.

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We'll start.

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We're going to stay with my parents.

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We're going to.

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Be moving out.

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Do you want all those things?

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And The day before all

that craziness starts.

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I'm going to rest.

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And I'm really proud of that.

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And I know that's not, There's most

super exciting news in the world.

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But I think that's pretty cool.

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They sat down and I looked at what

is coming up and I said, Nope.

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Instead of trying to

cram more into this week.

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I've been taking that day

and I'm going to arrest.

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I'm being productive with my rest.

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I'm resting now so that I can.

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Be who I want to be later.

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And I, even though with my chronic

illness, Which we still don't have

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an official diagnosis of, with that.

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Aye.

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Can confidently, Say I need

it, but even if you don't have

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that, your rest is productive.

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My friend.

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You're allowed to rest and that your

rest now is an investment in your.

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Being later.

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And you now, and you

later both deserved that.

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If you are missing more of

my voice, which, I mean, if

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you are flattered, thank you.

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I am doing my just on hinge,

ticked docks and Instagram Rojas.

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So you can make sure

to give, do them there.

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I am really excited next Friday,

there's going to be a new episode

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of no shame in the home game

with our in-between sessions.

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If you want to be on the coming

season of no shame in the home game.

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We've got a form on that.

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Website now that you can sign up.

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And yeah.

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That's what's happened in here.

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I hope.

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Wherever you are.

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And whenever you are, whether

it's right, when this releases.

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Or who knows from now.

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I hope you can take a

minute and appreciate.

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A moment of fast.

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Because that's where I'm coming from.

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Once all of this dies down.

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I am so excited to really pick

back up with the middle and

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no shame in the home game.

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I really want to run with this idea of.

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Joyful support.

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So you'll hear more about that.

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We thought that being said,

that's the episode, that's it.

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I don't really have anything else to say.

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And there will be a new episode of

Sherry in the middle of next week

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and an no shame, the home game I've

got some work to do apparently.

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Okay.

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So maybe I'll do that tomorrow.

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No, I'm resting tomorrow.

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I'm going to figure it out, but I'm also

going to deliver because that's who I am.

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Anyway.

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I hope you have a great day and thank

you so much for joining me in the middle.