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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.