EUREKA

I recently found this refreshing, relatable, and highly recommended article on two of SOS's big buddies - The League of Ordinary Gentlemen and the Strong House Staff Auxiliary.  

Compared to these enlightened assemblies, I feel like I'm back in Kindergarten, my ever expanding eyes gazing upward in homage to the too-cool kids in 8th grade with the perfectly crimped hair, the perfectly huge wave of bangs, brand new braces, wearing stone washed jeans, and named Tiffany (or wearing parachute pants, and named Corey).  Now, to my post-grammar school and current SO persona, the former folks - and their names - are in fact way cooler.

LoG's Football League Trophy Lamp

The League of Ordinary Gentlemen, or LoG according to the article  (shouldn't it be LoOG?  I think I like that better - and yes, perhaps it's because when you pronounce the acronym it sounds like the nickname for "loogey," and with all due respect that just seems like it makes sense for a guy society), commenced when husbands of OB/GYN residents banded together when they realized they were all periodically wife-less and, thus, feeling a wittol wonewy in Rochester during their lady loves' on-call nights.  Plus, they get seventeen million points for finding a financier to support their poker, fantasy football, and bowling habits.

Please do make sure to read the legend of LoG - aka. their "official history" - an epic tale of such ordinary gentlemen as could only be caricatured by their lofty and ironically highbrow male discourse.  

Equally stellar is the Strong House Staff Auxiliary.  Made of predominantly wives of Tufts University School of Medicine, SHA (an acronym begging to be followed with "ka Boom") members organize nights out sans the tots, mall excursions, and other bonding-filled playdates.

We have plenty to learn from our big buddies, the LoOGs and SHA ka Boom.  First, find a generous soul(s) to grant us some moolah for SOS fun having.  Secondly, spread the word.  (I am but one MacBook, gentle reader.)  Third, your network of support is possible, and dare I say, crucial when you are an SO - especially in a new place, and living with a new tern (resident, attending, and as I say in the title, pretty much everything in between).  The call it a "network" because you need a "net" that "works" to catch you when you're feeling lost in this large and lonely world.  

Thanks to the Dean of University of Rochester's School of Medicine and Dentistry for the valuable and illuminating read.

Press on!