This is Monica Packer from About Progress and you are listening to The Messy Middle, a monthly

series where I share some of my own messy middle so you can see what progress looks like

for a real woman in real time.

Welcome to October, my friends, there is a lot to share with you but also not a lot.

I'm sure that's how your September felt as well.

To me, it was just a giant blur and looking back and trying to recollect what happened

and what's going on was actually a really good exercise for me because if you had asked

me this and I answered my knee jerk reaction would have been nothing, nothing went on in

September.

I was just a big blur.

But looking back, I am now excited to share what my own recollection was able to bring

up in this what's happening segment.

So what's happening?

My five-year-old started kindergarten and he is so happy and really loving it.

He did have a rough start with a little bit of, I don't know, even how to say it, except

he just wasn't thinking and doing some things that were not okay at school but he's doing

better and really loving it.

Early on in September, I got really sick which was weird because none of my kids did and

usually it's the reverse, like the whole family gets sick and I don't.

So I was actually fine with that.

I would rather be sick than all my kids get sick and me not.

So I was good with that.

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