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It was very exciting. He so if you're a longtime listening, you might recall at his pre K concert he really shipped the bed, you know, he got panicky and he started crying. You know, I mean that was like over a year ago. Like he had a successful concert after that. Oh yeah, yeah, I mean his person first graduation was successful and they were singing the concert. Obviously, I'm joking

when I anyway, when I disparaged. He's recovered, Yeah, he's he in That performance was so shocking that he was overwhelmed by the attention and was the one kid in all pre K. He was just suddenly overwhelmed and crying. But he's recovered. He's loving it now. He gets King of the school. Yeah, he's sang five songs something about a Joe Billy Joe Johnny the Turkey song I've never heard of Up on the Housetop dradal Um, a really

great kwanza song I've never heard before. So the quanzas thing is funny to me because I didn't know about the quanza song until this week. And last week I was picking him up from after school and we're walking out and he does this thing where he's at school.

I see him, He's having the time of his life, and then as soon as we start to walk away from the building, his face drops and he tries to think of something to complain about because he's like hungry, and he's like, my mom's here, now I can be mad, and he does have to remind himself to be grumpy. Yeah, and he's like, all of a sudden, he pretends like

his whole day was bad. So he like, we're walking out and this woman who worked at the school or something was also walking out, and he's like, you never let me celebrate Kwanza? Do you never let me? Asking you mother? And it was so funny because we've literally never discussed quanza with him ever, and I didn't know he was being taught about it, which obviously is fine, but it was like just completely news to me and I was like you never you literally never let me

though quanza. He told me that Kuanza is way better seven days Kwanza, and it's got a better song. It looks cool from the song Oh Kwansa, oh Kwanza, oh Kanzaza. The choreography really sold the whole conference. He liked the choreography, which is like putting your one hand in the air at Kanza. The up on the up on the housetop choreography is the most involved. Uh and Britain is so funny. And there's a whole section where when you're like, oh

ho ho, who wouldn't know? They do the wo ho ho all the kids turned straight profile to the right with their hands cupped to their mouth and they go, oh ho ho, who wouldn't know? And then they do a full one eight to go full profile to the left go And it was the one bit of choreography that was like striking, that's adorable. The rest of it's like just cutting your hands And like I never get tired of anyone's like school footage of kids singing. It's

just like so funny. Um so that was the big thing. That was a big thing. That was such a big thing. Oh, we are, we are leaving tomorrow. We're recording on a Friday night. Remember when I said Monday night a second ago. That was a lie. And we've got some other recorded, prerecorded bits for you. Should we ensure those? Um no, not yet. That's that's gonna be the middle section of this episode where you get to listen to pure chaos as we've got some great stuff coming up for you

later in the episode. You don't know that it might be garbage. I do know it's good. I just hope that you edit out the dead air of our children not talking. Well, that'll be completely determined by how much they leave me alone on the airplane tomorrow when I'm cutting this together. Oh so, when we are flying our two children halfway across the country, your plan is to be working while I supervised the children. Well, no, we're separate.

You have one and I have one, So it depends which one I get and how much they lock into whatever headphones I plugged them into. What's our seat situation? Uh, there's work relatively close to each other, and there's two sets of two Okay, because otherwise it was one of us with two children, and I didn't think you'd want to do that. No, but one of my close friends just flew from New York to light did I already talking about this. She's just lying with two year old

and I she did it, and I'm so impressed she's there. Yeah, bravo, good friend, Good job, my friend keep her identity secret because no one would want anyone to know that about her. Um. And we were watching a lot of Watchmen where it feels like we shouldn't talk about people's identities, right because all of our friends are secretly superheroes who are also secretly queer, who are also secretly a different race than you would expect them to be. The spoilers here our

lives or the show we're watching. Um, sorry, those are spoilers about our lives. Fantastic Um so we Um. We had ice cream tonight and I regret it thoroughly. Yeah, how do you feel about it? The thing is, for some reason, we were in the car today and so my stomach was a little uneasy, so I just didn't feel like eating a lot of dinner. But then by the time our dessert arrived, I was like, you know, maybe I will eat this. So I had a lot of room for it, even though my stomach was slightly upset,

and I made it work. I didn't. The thing is, I stopped eating when I start to feel full. Oh how did how? I don't understand. I can't well, I don't know that I'm full because I've eaten so fast that I'm just like I have room for more, don't know. I don't know why, Like aging has made my stomach more sensitive, where I feel a little bit more mindful of like how I'm going to hurt my body. Oh, I need I need to learn that. I'm I feel like a gross um, a gross jerk. Yeah, you are

a gross jerk. Thank you. I feel like myself, is what I'm trying to say. We did a thing around the dinner table tonight. We're Brett as usual was ranking all of us, and he was like, I love Maven and Daddy and Mommy, but I love Mommy the best. You know, he said, I love you, I love you Daddy, but Mommy, I like you the best. Yeah, And then he ranked us. What was the unit of measurement? It was he just gave you a hundred, Yeah, he gave me a hundred. I feel like there was a unit

of measurement. But he gave you and may even each one, and he gave me a hundred. Oh no, no, no, no, he gave you a hundred. He gave Maven a hundred, and he gave me no that was me. Afterwards, First he gave Maven one, you one and hundred. And then I decided to rank everyone, and I said, I give Maven and Brand each a hundred, and I ranked you ninety. Now, oh after I had said I love Mommy the best also, and then you said that's not the case, it's not reciprocate.

I just want to be honest. They came out of me, and they're slightly ahead of you. You know what, If I'm being honest, I love them more than you. I think that's fair. I have biologically programmed to love them more you. You came from who knows where. It's true. It's because very selfish. It's mathematical. I love them more than you because they're half me, and I love me more than anyone. Yeah, well that's what Brince said. He was like, mom, he was were you guys were like,

we all love Mommy the best. Or something, and he was like and Mommy loves mommy. Um is that true? Do you love you the best? No? I don't think so, M, but I like that that's their perception of me. That's so funny. Um. So oh. The other thing is Brin how to play d Yes, that's the thing to think. Um who we won't name well, but we would say that two out of the four. They both have four

letters and two out of the four. And he was at this this house and when I got there, him and this kid were like jumping all over the furniture and jumping all over each other and like hugging and um they kept being like yeah, yeah, duty, yeah, yeah, poopy, like just like classic, just trying to think of every like get every fart out before they left, and kept running around and like and the mom was like, I can't believe we haven't run anything into each other at

the school and I was like, yeah, well, we're not really there Peter does the pickups and she's like no, but last year I was on the playground after school with him from pre K like every single day and I was like, yeah, well, our daycare would pick him up from school and we never I never came here like and I had to explain her. I was like, I'm literally the least involved parent in this whole school.

And that's just every time I have to pick him up at regular girl here, Oh my gosh, amazing you Okay, you actually scared me. What's the matter? Did you were too load? We gotta put this little girl to bed? Did you have a bad dream? Yeah? Okay, baby, good night baby. Um, okay, Beth is pretty maybe into bed. And I don't know if you could tell in that moment,

but I didn't know what Beth was talking about. Maybe maybe walked out behind me and I just looked over my shoulder and there was a tiny person right next to me, and that scared the living hell out of me. And she was crying and I was scared, and I gave her a terror face and it did not comfort her. And now I'm feeling lots of things, uh, and I feel bad, and uh, you all had to witness that. I hope I sounded like a good dad. Um, I'm gonna go pause and help out. And this next segment

is called do you knows what they said? This is where we've got We've recorded some interviews with our children. Um. Yeah, I'll just say that. Um. We recorded them in more than one way, and as always, they try to pull the whole thing down. So it's a mess. It's the disaster, but it's a little bit meandering. But there's some really interesting character work in there, I think. Um, I don't want to give too much away, but brit does play a lying guitar. Um, so please enjoy. And we do

have a little cameo from Santa Claus. Oh yeah, spoilers, so buckle up, get ready. So Britain, can you tell us a little bit about the holidays? Well, Quanta is the famous one, the most famous one, yes, because I looked on the chart of the classroom and they had to go didn't label. The golden label means it's the most famous holiday. Yes, and the golden label is is silver. The golden label is silver. Okay, that's a designation that Kwanza house. Yes, after brain is Marty. I'm not gonna

be done. Okay, what are the other holidays? Christmas is not but I know it's Christmas is not a holiday? No, No, Christmas is not the famous Which one is the most famous holiday? Um? In December? Kwanza Okay, why is it the most famous because um, it has the Golden label on it. We've covered this. You're forgetting the golden label. Okay. So what are the other holidays? We've got Kwanza Christmas and Hanka Hanka and what is Hanukkah? It's it's a it's a holiday that this name is. Quanta is when

you do call with some celebrate it. You just go with somebody. That's what quanza is and disco with it. The theme of Kanza is just go with it? Did you say disco? Disco with it? Disco with just go with it? Chers and that you're going with Maybe wants to say something. Maybe what is Quanza? My name is? She says, I don't know. Don't don't pull the mic down. Okay, I can pick you up. I don't stop pulling, stop pulling on it. Okay, okay, this this sound quality? What

is Christmas? Are you talking to me, mommy? No? I said Maven. Okay, I don't know. What do we do on Christmas? Take a long? Take a long? Maybe what happens on Christmas night when you go to bed? I don't know who who comes on Christmas? Santa? Yeah? And when does he give presents. Yeah, like what kind of presents? I don't know? Like, what would be exciting if you walked down and he found a present? What would it be? Toys? Toys? What kind of toys or or something that you wanted

for Christmas? Like, give an example, what would you man? What do you want for Christmas? What kind of presents? Brandon? What do you want for a Christmas? Piggy jail books that I don't even have Piggy and Gerald books. Piggy jail books? What the brand? Just fainted, just fainted in my arms. No, I didn't so shocked that no one knows what someone didn't know what a Piggy Gerald books? No? Do you want fake talking? Nathan? What do you want for Christmas? Un jocor toys like the ones you found

in the closet? You really like those? Huh? Nic Maven? What did you find in the closet? Unicorn? For whom I shall well? The ones you found with her? Mattie right, your cousin, mm hmm um Brin? What else do you want for Christmas? A hot wheel? A hot wheel? It's a hot wheel? Is a is a toy with a car when you when you turn this John go in and there's a car track on it. Yeah, um, brand, will you tell everybody what Christmas is? Why do we

celebrate Christmas? Because we want pleasents? Okay? Well, why do we have a tree? I don't, I don't we have a tree? Why do we get a tree for Christmas? Because those days we don't go to the neca? It was too high? Wait, daddy, what if we wait? You know, too hot? Why we would go for seven days? We want to be with our favory for a while. You know what I think we should do. I think let's interview these kids one at a time. All right, all right, we'll be right back. Okay, man, what kind of presents

do you like the best? Mm hm h m hm. Didn't that have unicorn? John? Then unicorns on them? And and ponies? And what colors? Pink and red? Pink and red and gold for the hoofs? Gold for these? Are you still describing the unicorns that you saw in the closet that we're for Maddie for Christmas? Yeah? Okay, I still wanted to give them to her. You want to give them to her, but you you want to get

some too for Christmas? That they're just like them, and I want the green one too, and then the one and the ones that I don't have that that don't look like the ponies that I have. Right, you already have almost those exact ponies, except your unicorns don't have sparkles on them. They don't, but you need the ones with the sparkles I want. Yeah. You also like sometimes dresses, right, what kind of dresses? One? Princess dresses? Did you just

get a dressed in the mail this week? Mm hmm. No. You remember my friend Sam sent you a dress that was yellow and you put it on last night. Did you like it on? Try again? Do you want to try again? Well? Do you remember when you wanted to wear it to bed? And then we had to let you wear it to bed? And you put a shirt on, drawing, and we put a shirt under it so you wouldn't get a rush from the micra and I didn't get

cold and you didn't get cold. And then when you woke up, you didn't want to take the dress off to go to school. Actually did wanted? You did want to take it off? Actually I didn't. You didn't. You were very mad, right, I wanted to keep Yeah, and you were yelling and kicking mm hmm, yeah, okay, I'm crying. You really love that dress, right, but you're going to get to wear it a lot, and I'm okay right now. Well, now it's about time again. So we're entering another disappointing

dress era. Okay, she's leaving to get the dress. Who's this? Who am I talking to me? Who's me? Oh, Brett, it's you? Excuse me? I have a cough. Everyone has a cough? Hunt right now? Hunt? Who's that? Who talks like that? I don't know? Was that you saying? No, that's not you? Who is saying that? I don't know? All right, Well we're getting on an airplane. Who is saying that it's funny? Well, there's no one over here at this who? Okay, Brent, Next time that happens, I

want you to look around and see who was talking? Okay. In the meantime, are you excited? Who was it? Did you see? I guess it's the guitars. The guitar has said that the guitars next to you. No, guitars. Are you excited to be alone for a week? No? Are you going to miss us guitars? Are you happy being guitars? No? What's your favorite thing to do? Guitars eat? What do you what does the guitar eat? Pep, Oh my goodness, people brand? Did you hear that the guitars eat people? Brand?

Asked the guitar as a question, Hey, no, no, into the microphone, asked the guitar as a question, Oh, into their ears? Okay, I'll repeat what you say. I think Brandon said, why do you eat people? Because we're people? Guitars? What what's the answer for? No reason? So you know it makes people really sad when they get eaten. Do you care that people get sad? Oh? Well, guitars just knocked the mic stand over? Yeah, because they're because they

kicked it down. Okay, guitars, do not touch the microphone. It'll fall over it. It's heavy. Okay, yeah, okay, okay guitars. No, guitar, why are you so cranky? No? Okay, guitarist, where did you come from? No, that's not an answer to that question. No, guitars, do you like eating people? Um? Does that mean no? Or did you fart? That means yes? It means yes. So when a guitar says no, it means no. But when a guitar farts it means yes. No when we when we um chicken, then I means no. But if

we go like I mean yes. If you say chicken, that means no, and you say it means yes. But you've been saying no a lot. What does no mean in guitar language? Chicken? Why have you been saying chicken over and over and over? Chicken? No, you just say no. Chicken here comes. Maybe she's dressed like a ballerina. Chicken. What are you saying no? And why were you saying chicken before? Because chicken? Because no? Okay, guitars, I have another question for you. Do like it when people play

you play music on you? Chicken? Oh? You don't like it? Okay? Um? Would you rather play yourself? Or you just want to hang there on the wall and do nothing? Chicken? Mhmm. That wasn't really a yes or no question. Well, guitars, it was nice talking. Do you think I can talk to Britton now? Chicken? No, I can't talk to Brennon. Well I'm gonna talk to Brinton. What do you think they said no for you to talk to me. I know these these guitars are rude, right, I know, But

I'm trying to listen to that. Okay, Brand, I think you should try talking to the guitars. Um, you're whispering to the guitars again. You want to know why they're not eating us, guitars. Why aren't you eating us chicken? Okay, I'm done talking to these guitars. Maybe brand new topic. Okay, check in. Okay, guitars, we're not talking to you, Brand, We're going give a gutarge. You want to talk to the guitars. Is not the guitars. Who's talking now? I

don't know, but I think it's the microphones. Whoa wait, the microphones are talking microphones? Do you mind that we speak into you? You don't mind? Well, that's good, Um, actually we do mind. Oh I'm sorry, but that's what you're good for going down. Guess what? Guess what this microphone did? What It put a speaker down. I'm gonna put it back up. You mean the pop card. That's called a pop card. Wait, that's the thing that says road. Yeah, as a plug for road, microphone road a microphone. Yeah,

that's the company, the company. Why that's the company? Why did they make the word road? That's the name of the company. Actually a robot but I don't know where that robot is. I'm over on your pizza head. I don't have a head. Robot like doesn't know that people have regular heads. You actually have a blueberry pizza head. Why there's blueberry pizza on it? There's blueberry pizza all my head up? No, no, I'm gonna get the water. Did that robot just falling water and get electrocuted? Are

you okay, Brad? Yes, they present music present. We have to go. We'll be back. Brand You heard the word presence and you ran away. Huh right, we have let's go. We have to go back. Santa? What are you doing here? I don't know. Did you come to give us presents? What presents did you bring for mommy? So many? What? What presents? What kind of presence? I don't know, Santa? Did you forget the presence? Now? Where are they? There's another Santa here? There's too sick God to Santa's. Why

don't we have to Santa's? Here comes a second Santa Claus, come here, Second Santa Claus. Second Santa Claus left Santa's. I think we're just being robbed. Yeah, that Santa just took our throat pillow and left the room. Um, what do you want for Christmas? Beth m M just hugs that I could do. There's there's so many people in the hallway right now talking and so many kids in the background, and I didn't put up the sound installation. You any of this usable, We'll find out. Stay tuned.

This is a segment called Listeners Want to Knows. This is where we take some questions and comments from you guys. Cough relief is the subject line of this email from Jacob Hi. This is a spam. Oh my gosh, this is just an ad. Longtime listener, first time writer. I have really enjoyed getting to know you vicariously through your podcast. And while this podcast didn't didn't make us pregnant, I

found you because we got pregnant. We have a really adorable thirteen month old and it's been so helpful listen to your podcast and hear stories about where Brendan Maven were when they were our daughter's age and where they are now. While we are really enjoying where we are, I know we have so much to look forward to in the next few years. Alone smiley face emoji. I

have two things I wanted to share with you. First, I had a recurring dream for several months where you are hosting a live show in introducing a brand new, never before heard segment in which you could call listeners live and conduct impromptu interviews about their parenting. The segment is alternately alternatively called we Knows your number or or we knows You'll answer, neither of which helps at all with the creep factor. It would sort of be like

we're Elizabeth Warren. Okay, I'm really not. I'm really not sure what the dream means, but it's amused me greatly, and I hope you might also find, uh find some amusement. We did, we have and in fact, Jacob, we have a big surprise for you work callowing you right now, Okay, hey, only do it in the style of Elizabeth Warren ringing, Hey, Glad, we're in this fight together. Jacob is not picking up. Oh Jacob, and hang up. You missed the opportunity I

was calling you. This is not a good joke. Um. Second, I've had a chronic cough for several years while I was while I was in I mean, I'm in the moment where I can sort of feel like I relate, but I've only been only been two weeks. While I was in grad school in New Jersey, I briefly worked for a limousine company as a driver and had a passenger recommend a brand of cough drops called Fisherman Friends. I have those. We're a step ahead of you, a

man man. We were just having this. Um They are essentially straight up men fall and a bit of acquired taste. But if you have to find anything that controls a cough as well as these do, I typically to find them in cvs A a a little white box. They do absolutely nothing to treat the root cause or great at bringing temporary relief to a harsh and persistent cough. They're really powerful in like the sort of clearing out your sinus. This way they are it is. I I like that

the brand is Listen, We're not pretty. There's nothing flashy. We're just gonna numb the ship out of your throat. Yeah, but like yeah, it gets up in your nose, like the smell of it. You you definitely don't want more than one. You're like, that's enough. It leaves my throat feeling like I've done enough to it. Um As for treating root causes. Several years ago, my doctor diagnosed me

with acid reflux and prescribed an acid blocker. In addition to terrible heartburn, reflux can cause a person to develop a cough. The acid blocker helped tremendously with both symptoms, though I do still have occasional flare ups. Hope that's helpful and that you feel better. So and have you Holiday's Jacob. Someone was just telling me the same thing about acid reflex and I was like, we don't have it's only been like a week and a half. Like we all just had a cold that was annoying. It

was just very cough based cold. It was never even really a full blown cold. It just went straight to the lungs. It was just like, yeah, you're all going to cough and then everyone's going to comment on your cough and it sounds bad. Yeah, but anty much pretty much over it, like I can. I did. At the story parts recording session on Thursday, we have a recurring joke.

Whenever a character says something that gets it's supposed to be funny and gets no response, we leave a big blank and then we always record a person in the background just going like one distant cough to represent no one's laughing. And on Thursday I got to do it and I was like, my coughee is perfect for this right now. So we got the definitive version thanks to my lungs. Amazing. You see, things happen for a reason. Comedy, comedy, comedy.

I thought you'd start singing with me, and maybe you'll start now. I'm not familiar with this song. It's called building a Cord. It's our two person barbershop chords. At where do you want me to come in? I am, I am Peter. You're just batching my note. You gotta build the cord, build a card by day. Dude. Wow, who knew our answer to this question would get so beautiful? That un down down down, dun dun, dun. All right, let's sleep these people. Let's leave these people alone. So, Beth,

I'm gonna put you on the spot. I gave you an early Christmas present. Yeah, did you like it? I did better than a normal president for me, normal president more practical. That's interesting because in my mind that you did a lot of research. Actually, I tried something that you hate that I'm interested in. That was that was the goal was for me to think about you and what mattered to you. I got bet some crystals. But of course it's just really fun to hear you man

splain crystals. I wanted you to know that I thought about it because I didn't know if you would aesthetically like them, So I was like, I wanted to know that there's a many functional you really no. I like that you thought about it. Um. It's funny because you know we've we've obviously on the show shown that that's

really my thing. But the second I'm like, okay, well I need to find a good a good version of this that you'll connect with, it just turned off that judgmental part of my brain and I'm like, oh, this is a good kind and I was I'm like, I'm immediately just like I need one that's that's does better things than this one. And then I'm just flipped the switch and I'm like, this is fun. I like this. I'm on board. Um, so it was. I got it. Also got really scared going into the gym shop and

talking to the gem guy. Um, but it was good. It was it was my last present. Of course, you finished everything. You were the the holiday present I wrapped to your presence, and I have shipped them to Chicago. Where we will be for you got all of the gift cards for the teachers and everything, and I want to say that I really appreciate it. Thank you. I got you um a special gift, Beth. I got your a tend other gift card to Dunkin Donuts. Oh, here's the extra one that you bought that there was no

staff person to give to. I'm giving it back to you. I was only over by one. I'm just kidding. I gave all of them to them when I said, double up on him, like I would be really impressed if I came close to the correct number of people. I think we went way over. Yeah, I think we did too, But I was like, whoever ends up holding these gift cards at the end of the day, I'm happy I had Britain. There's one woman there that I really like.

They're all really nice, but she's always the one that opens the door, and she's really seems like the adult there. And I gave the little bag of gift cards to Britain and I was like, will you go tell her like these are for all the after school teachers and he's like yeah, And he went up there and he did it really confidently and you see her like really be touched and gave him a big hug and then looked at me, came over and like gave me a big hug and kissed me on my cheek. She kissed, Oh,

he kissed you on your cheek. No, she kissed me on my face what you know, like a side cheek to cheek. It was. It was nice, but I we did not have that relationship until that moment. Can I I have to retell something that happened this week that is related. So okay, First of all, if any of our family members who were seeing for Christmas in Chicago are listening, you need to stop listening right now because I'm going to reveal a Christmas surprise and I know

you would hate to know that. Don't don't spoil it. Guys, we know that all of you listen every week. The second this comes out, if you will be in the Greater Chicago area during Christmas, you should just stop listening at this moment. Also, you're listening on Christmas Eve and I'm there, so I so. Our sister in law is bringing the new baby to Chicago, which we're very excited about. And you know she's a breastfeeding mom. She needs her food.

She's from bos you, I wanted to send some meats to your parents home so she can have her home food that she enjoys. She's not really sweets person, She's a Bosnian meat person. She's a Bosnian meat person, you know, like cured meats and these Bosnian sausages that are called I'm going to completely forget the name. It's like something like a leppe or something, but that's wrong anyway or not. So I was like, and your parents are not snacks people.

They don't keep food around, and a breastfeeding woman likes to graze. So I was like, I'm going to send her some meats as a surprise. And I found this place out of Cleveland. It seemed perfect. They can ship it like like frozen or whatever. So I'm setting. I planned this out, I find the place, I send it. I tech group text you and your mom to let her know that this package is coming. And I said, Hey,

I'm sending this package. It's addressed to sister in law, but it should probably get in the fridge soon, so I just want to give your heads up that's coming. And she said, okay, do you want me to hide it in the garage fridge, that you can wait to give it to her when you get here. And you, who didn't know this plan was happening until you had just received this text. I'm ready to defend myself. Keeping replied, yes, she should wait for us to get there before she

opens the snack food. Um, I understand the criticism, but I will tell you my so. I didn't read the question. I didn't read the question. No, we'll all I was like reading quickly and my brain processed as it as is this a good place to hide things so people won't find it? And I was like yes, But the question was not that. The question was should we hide it? Yeah? That so I didn't. Should she wait to eat this food until you guys arrived not what I was responding to.

I didn't read carefully. Well. What it felt like was that I planned this thing for her to enjoy, and you were like, no, no, wait till I get there so I can hand it to her triumphantly. I didn't. I'm not I didn't think it through. But it wasn't that okay, But you're right, I do I do. My impulses just go definitive answer without processing the whole thing okay, um, I will say that gift. Um. I was like, boy, that's really thoughtful. That's that's where I could do better.

Like Beth is, Beth is not only thought about. It's not like, well, we've learned over the last few year or two of having actual disposable income is that when I can get people something, food is a really good option. It's true like we had a we had a friend who just had um some things that happened to them, which I won't go into detail because I don't want to trigger anyone, but it's it's not horrible, but it's sad. So we I was like, should I sent her flowers?

And then I found this um like meat and cheese thing from Brooklyn Larder, and I was like, this is a way better thing for someone who's like that. Yeah, well for me, I realized that this is something I thought before. But this actually led to the your present, which was I normally just go Christmas presents, how many

do I need to get and for what people? And then I just think of it as a checklist, and I'm like, well, what is a gift that's like makes sense for that person as opposed to let me think about that person's situation, let me think about where they are, what they need, what what would be meaningful. And when I saw that you did that for our sister in lawn, I was like, that's real practical and you've actually thought about what they're going to be dealing with. Um, And

I was like, that's the best. That's a good way to that's a better way to buy gifts. And it's not that hard. It's just it's just a mindset shift. Well, there's a weird thing I've noticed, and I feel like I, for some reason keep talking about this, but like now

that our money situation is not dire, but we sound loaded. No, I mean, but just in general, like our finances have stabilized over the last couple of years, where I'm not like, you know, like if I ordered dinner, Like if I order food, I'm not like, wait, how much money is in our bank account? You know, things like that. Um. Anyway, since our life is like that and I have money to buy things, you're kind of it actually makes you more thoughtful about what you spend your money on because

you can plan it out better. Like it seems, I don't know, I feel like when you don't have money you're actually just doing a lot of like knee jerk, like every thing is falling apart. I just have to deal with this thing now. It's not like you can't make like a solid plan like this week are I had to get I had to call a toe chart company to jump start our car for the second time in a month, and I was like it was annoying, and I was like, Okay, clearly we need to get

a new battery. I've never done this before. I'm just going to go get a new battery. And it was like annoying and time consuming, but it actually wasn't that stressful because I was like, whatever they're going to charge me, we'll be able to handle this. Yeah, we can buy a battery. Yeah. Anyway, Um that this is just me trying to sell financial stability. To listen, you guys tried,

have you tried not being broken? It's pretty rad. Um. So the last thing we're leaving, you know, we're leaving tomorrow, um, and when we're gone, a bunch of people are going to come in here and make our bathroom much much cooler. Yeah, hopefully it all goes a court into plane. Um. So yeah, next next time, we were so we recorded this early um for the first time ever. When we get back, we'll record our next episode in an airbnb because we won't be back in our place yet. I just thought,

I just know you listeners, little teaser for you. We're gonna be worried not recording out of our apartment. We're gonna have to bring all of our sound installation blankets over to the air bad over there. I mean, you know, actually we could hear. No, we have to bring our kids. I keep forgetting we have children. They are kind of a nuisance to life, really difficult, and you've got a schedule. Oh gosh, you know what do we did it? This is it? Everyone, have the happiest of holidays in a

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