AAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH! AFC Wimbledon is GOING TO WEMBLEY! But first, backstory time! 7 years ago, I was getting into soccer aka football. Where was I? oh, yes. I was getting into English football and the system they have across the pond, learning about promotion (that is going to come up later, I swear). I am also… Continue reading WEMBLEY!!!
On Saturday, I watched three great fixtures (English for games) and all of them were decided within the last minute. And, I actually went to one of the fixtures in person. So, really an all around awesome day after a somewhat difficult week. I ended up missing two shows last week – one at First… Continue reading Football is awesome
It’s finally winter in Minnesota so I’m hibernating this week when temps are going to be below zero Fahrenheit. For my friends in other parts of the world, that would be -18 to -20 Celsius. Even colder with the wind chill! I had fun presenting as part of a panel to 3rd year medical students… Continue reading Hibernating
Writer's life: currently at 99k words I'm almost DONE with my last round of edits before betas. Not much time for blogging. Dream trip is DONE! I'm done writing about my dream trip. I was going to write about some stuff that didn't work well for me on the trip. I had an amazing trip… Continue reading Random post of random thoughts
I love England! My favorite things so far have been experiencing AFC Wimbledon in person, going to the Birdy concert, and meandering through graveyards in the Peak District. Cheers! "Beware of a slow sudden death" Here are some of my favorites from graveyards in Eyam and Hope. In 1665, Eyam was struck by the Bubonic… Continue reading England is Awesome
Six days till the new season We get to play seven new teams this year. As many of long-time readers know, I LOVE AFC Wimbledon football (aka soccer). Love the idea of fan-owned teams and the story of the club. Excited for the new season and going to The Local in Minneapolis to watch some matches.… Continue reading Ready for AFC Wimbledon, Art & Writing
My brother’s graduation My brother is a high school graduate and I couldn’t be prouder…oh, wait, that is what my mom would say. I truly am proud of my younger brother for graduating. My younger brother is awesome and I am proud to call him my friend. Through nerf sword fights and surgeries, he has… Continue reading Summer
Football/Soccer My dad and I got last minute tickets and went to Allianz Field to watch Minnesota United FC vs. Houston Dynamo. We won 1-0. It’s great to be able to do more stuff now that I’m in my fourth week after the surgery. It was too late to purchase parking online (all looked sold… Continue reading A couple things
Guest post by Mom (Kris Schulze) Justin had his followup visit with his surgeon on Friday and all is looking good. We ended up removing part of the cast to be able to see the incision. So, now he has a cast over his entire foot since it was the only way to recast the… Continue reading Day 10
Here are 8 things to know when you go into surgery: Don’t eat or drink after the hospital tells you. For me – that means no food or drink after 10:30 pm on Thursday. My caregiving team (i.e. mom and dad) should bring a book because they have to wait while I’m in surgery. Mom,… Continue reading 8 things to know
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