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November 2, 2016. Lucy invited me to do Halloween with her kids again this year. I couldn’t resist. I made a pot of vegetarian white chili. Really good, but a little too spicy for the kids) and headed to her house after work. She and the kids were just getting home as I arrived. It was controlled chaos. I imagine most of her life is. (She never complains.) Getting dinner ready, kids into costumes, pillowcases to hold candy, a bottle for the baby, candy for their trick-or-treaters, etc. At one point, we w...
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Best friend and former friends | So Midwestern
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Best friend and former friends. August 5, 2015. Over the course of our long friendship, Lucy and I have shared a falling out with two different friends. The first friend, April, was in our mid-twenties. The breakup with Colleen happened just as we were turning 30; it took a long time to get over the end of that friendship. After a time, Lucy slowly rekindled her friendship with April. I never liked it and I never trusted her but I never voiced my disapproval. It’s never seemed worth the fight with ...
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So Midwestern: Reunion
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Thursday, July 16, 2015. This afternoon, I agreed to sub for my friend Brittany's soccer team. Brittany is a teammate on my Sunday team and she recently moved into an adjacent subdivision and so we have carpooled to a few games and, while I have known her for years, it's been fun getting to know her off of the soccer field. So, when she asked me to sub because her team would be short on female players, I readily agreed. Then she told me the team I was substituting for. I AM PLAYING SOCCER ON COLIN'S TEAM.
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So Midwestern: Moving Day
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Tuesday, July 21, 2015. It turns out that I am not all talk. (Or, perhaps more applicable to this platform all type.). I put it off for long enough and today, my friends, I finally moved. After blogging in this space for over 10 years, I have packed up shop: you can find me at somidwestern.com. Don't let the sparkly new domain name confuse you. I will be writing the same convoluted nonsense that I have been polluting the internet with for the last decade. So classy, so consistent, So Midwestern.
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So Midwestern: The Fun Scale
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Monday, July 13, 2015. I am giving raises today, which is fun. I finally played a decent soccer game, which was fun. My team got beat, like, really bad. That was not fun. Anna's baby shower was about as fun as a baby shower can be. It was really fun to see my cousin and my aunt who were in from Chicago. It was less fun showing them exactly how bad things are with my grandparents. But important. Meg and I sat in the sun and watched soccer and ate macaroni and cheese, which is always fun. Girl on a Train.
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So Midwestern: July 2015
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Tuesday, July 21, 2015. It turns out that I am not all talk. (Or, perhaps more applicable to this platform all type.). I put it off for long enough and today, my friends, I finally moved. After blogging in this space for over 10 years, I have packed up shop: you can find me at somidwestern.com. Don't let the sparkly new domain name confuse you. I will be writing the same convoluted nonsense that I have been polluting the internet with for the last decade. So classy, so consistent, So Midwestern. Brittany...
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So Midwestern: My Favorite
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Thursday, July 02, 2015. At the '99 Women's World Cup, the 2010 and 2014 World Cups! Happy birthday to my favorite! I have a very vague memory of the day that my little sister, Meg, was born. I remember my mom sitting outside on the picnic table, waiting for Dad to get home from work so that they could go to the hospital. I remember that my grandma stayed with me; I got stung by a wasp when we were playing in a box. Those are my earliest memories. They are the only memories I have of a life before Meg.
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So Midwestern: Quitter
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Thursday, July 09, 2015. It is a momentous day. I quit my gym. In my mail yesterday, I got a promotional post card for one of those super inexpensive chain gyms and it occurred to me (not for the first time) that I am an idiot and I needed to quit my gym posthaste. I realize that this action seems somewhat counter intuitive for someone who is quite regularly blogging about her struggle to regain her fitness but hear me out. I will miss my swanky gym but I will not miss feeling guilty about it. This is wh...
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So Midwestern: Gifting
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Wednesday, July 08, 2015. I pride myself on my ability to pick out a good gift; I mock myself for the hell I put myself through when picking out that good gift. It is always my goal to give the perfect present even if it's just a little gift. That's why I'm forever buying my best friend Lucy's husband, Chet, these bizarre pickles you can only get at the gas station. Anther exception to my gift card rule: the gift certificate for baby photos that we got for my cousin Anna and her husband. I am so exci...
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Progress | So Midwestern
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August 10, 2015. My mom saw another endocrinologist on Thursday; this doctor thinks that her problems are related to her thyroid levels. You’ll never guess where she went for her doctor’s appointment. Who would ever guess that such news would be a relief but it’s been a relief. I think that the doctor’s report took a weight off of her shoulders and, on top of it, she’s slowly starting to feel a little bit better. But, with my mom’s blessing, I made a few appointments. I tried one caregiver plac...Mom and...
