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Chad and I don’t have a podcast–yet. (But we totally should, right? That’s a much better pandemic fad to follow than not being able to fit in my pre-pandemic pants). But Chad has been featured TWO years in a row* with a birthday shout-out (known as “Blursday”) on our favorite podcast, “Too Beautiful Too Live (TBTL)”–and I’ve been mentioned as the Blursday submitter. So that’s almost like having our own podcast, right?

Here is my Blursday to Chad, with some “annotations” for context.

Happy Blursday to my husband, Chad! Thanks for making me a Ten (a fan of the show–there are “tens” of listeners)! Definitely an upside of this last year has been spending more time at home with you and our podpets (pets of the podcast’s hosts and fans) and nerding out over TBTL. There are so many feels I want to try and express about how awesome you are, but I know our imaginary friends Andrew and Luke (TBTL hosts, we often unconsciously refer to them as our “friends” even though we’ve only met them once) are probablys short on time…so I’ll just say you know the right way to rock AND roll (reference to a song always played before the Blursday segment)!

You can hear Chad’s Blursday on the podcast using this link: https://www.tbtl.net/episode/2021/01/28/3347-three-nonjuggalo-medical-professionals. The fun begins at approximately 1:09:36. It’s worth listening to, because the hosts (Andrew and Luke) not only read the message but they talk about us and get inspired to go off on a tangent or two. 

I tried to keep my birthday dedication to Chad short for the podcast (which Andrew appreciated). Writing succinctly is always tricky, and I really was challenged to express all my feels. It’s become a bit of a cliche to say on a Blursday: “There’s no one I’d rather spend lockdown with than you” (new Hallmark line of products?) but there really isn’t anyone–real, fictional or imaginary–that I’d like to be quarantined with than Chad.

I don’t mean to sound shocked or anything…but I am grateful that we can spend so much time together and still (mostly) want to be with each other without (usually) driving each other crazy. (And yes, I am thankful that Chad has a separate home office space in our house).  

I really am amazed and grateful by the shared meaning and sense of purpose we have been able to find together this year as we’ve needed to shift so many of our activities to the online environment. (I won’t say “virtual” as I know that bugs Chad because these endeavors are all real). I’m so proud that we’ve been able to do online theater performances (including making music videos without killing each other) and starting and sustaining our church coffee house.

Did I just center myself in Chad’s story? #OnBrandForMe

*Last year’s Blursday post