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over 40 and child-free.

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It's episode. 39.

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Wow. I know,

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can you believe it almost a 40.

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Almost a full year. And

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almost. I don't even remember when our

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first one came out. I feel like it wasn't until

1:03

like March. Right. So almost

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so close. Something like that.

1:09

It's close. And he's called us. So

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it is the week after Thanksgiving. Wow.

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10 days after Thanksgiving. Suddenly

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Saturday. So a week would

1:22

have been Thursday. I guess I feel like it's December

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now that. Thanksgiving feels

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so far ago. So

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long ago, it's time for Christmas. He

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had it's month. Yeah, it's done. It is

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December 2nd. But you know what that

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means? What birthday month is over?

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That's okay. I have 25 days of Christmas

1:41

calendar to open. So

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the way to make Nicole.

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Crappy about birthday month

1:48

being over is I got

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her a makeup advent calendar.

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So she had to wait until December 1st. I wouldn't

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let her open it before that. So

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now it's like a whole new

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birthday month. It's a whole month of presence.

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I'm super excited for this. So

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excited. What have you gotten so far? So

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far, I got a lip oil. It's

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kind of like a lip gloss, I guess. Maybe

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not. I don't know. Having. We'll find out. I

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don't know. It's to make your lips nicer. I'm

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not really sure. It's nicer. I don't know, I'll

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let you know. And nice lips have nice lips.

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And then I got slip stick today and

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it was a nice sheet of red. It's good for the

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holiday months. Perfect. And not like

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bright red. Okay. Not

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hooker right. Is a good ride. So

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I'm really excited area exciting. We're going to have

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to keep tabs. It is. Everyone's

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on the edge of their seats to hear what'd you get next

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week? I know. I mean, I feel like you can only do so many

2:42

things with makeup, but I don't even care. Well,

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I don't know. There might actually be like,

2:48

Skincare as well. Some

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had skincare. Some of them were just makeup.

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I don't remember which one I chose. It's all good.

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Whatever comes out of there. I'm excited for. It

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was fries every day, every single day.

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And it's not chocolate, so I'm not making

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you fat. No, you're making

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me look pretty. So pretty. I'm

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already pretty. So it's prettier,

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I guess. Pretty. Speaking

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of getting. Sam

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cause. Oh, no.

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So. Obviously put

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on some pounds, especially over Thanksgiving

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when we were eating all of the things. And.

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So my problem is I

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work from home, so I snack all day

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and I'm a stress eater. So when I get stressed, eat, I

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go right to the kitchen to eat. So

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I've been trying to think of ways to

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stop myself from doing it. All

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the. I have a healthier snack, blah,

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blah, blah, blah, blah. I have a new strategy.

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Do you want to know what it is? I can't leave for this strategy.

3:48

Okay. So. I,

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because I work from home, I live in

3:54

sweats or leggings. That

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is what I have all day. So he never realized

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that you're getting bigger. 'cause, I don't

4:01

really leave the house that much either until

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you go to put on your jeans and you can barely

4:05

fit in though. So now

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I'm going to work in my jeans every

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day and sit in my fatness.

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And then look at yourself later in the mirror.

4:15

No, when I get up to eat something,

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I'm going to be like, don't eat anything because you're going to

4:20

burst straight out of these jeans. So

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like this plan. This is my new plan.

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I'm going to be like, you can't eat a damn thing

4:26

because you can't breathe. Okay. I

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can't wait to see how long this lasts for that. You have

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to sit around in your tight jeans, probably

4:32

like 10 minutes. I really like this is so uncomfortable.

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You know, I can tell you, I can already tell

4:37

you what my excuse is going to be. Are you ready for.

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I can't be very uncomfortable to

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do my job because then I'm going to be too focused

4:45

on being uncomfortable to focus in on my job.

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What if you just put your jeans in

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the kitchen. Hang

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them on the frame. Hanging on the fridge

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and that. Every time you go into the

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kitchen, you see your genes. And you're like, Ooh,

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do I really want this? Because I'd be comfortable

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in what I was wearing and be like, oh, they're fine.

5:05

Maybe. To open

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the fridge I have to put on the gene.

5:09

Maybe. Or maybe

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you can't by yourself. And smacks that

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way. If you snack. We'll be fine

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because. Yeah.

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Problem. Here's my problem. Is

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when I get angry enough. Because

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I'm stressed out about something or I'm mad at something

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at work. I will literally leave

5:29

my house, go to target and get myself a snack because

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I'm so bad. So, what you need

5:34

is what do they call it? It's

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a form of therapy. Because you

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need to find something else. So

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I need to zap myself whenever. It's

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something? No, it's like CV, cognitive

5:45

behavioral therapy, and it's to change your

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behavior around what makes you stressed?

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Like. What you do when you're stressed out, right.

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You need to fix that? Well, yes, but the

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problem is, is all the things they tell

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you to do. Don't really work

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when you're in the heat of the moment. Pissed off.

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You're going to have to try it a little harder though.

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No. I like my ideas. I

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mean, they can work for like very short amount

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of time. Now, because

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I can see that you will not be doing it for

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a very long period of time because I already

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have my first experience. You

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already know what you're talking about? This is a great

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plan and I am going to

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lose a hundred pounds by Christmas. Okay,

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so probably don't leave the house to get

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yourself food. And

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then don't buy yourself. I think

6:29

that what needs to happen is on your

6:31

way to work. You need to stop by get my keys,

6:34

take them to work. And

6:36

then stop by on your way

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home and drop. My keys off.

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That's what I'm going to do for sure. I think this is going to

6:43

work. Yes right on that. Can.

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And I say, Mike, then. Yes,

6:47

sir. 'cause then. If

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I really want the snacks, then

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I have to walk like two miles to get them. Oh,

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yes. So. I feel

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like it would balance it out. And yourself a deal you can

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only, you can only get a snack. If you walk

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to get it. It's

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going to be hard when I'm actually in the target.

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Then you have to also carry all the snacks. Yeah,

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I got all these target bags though. I'm good.

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Not now, not about a halfway

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through your. Oh, you're on

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your way. These bags. How

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many snacks do you think I'm picking up in. The one China.

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And so how hungry you are. I mean, really?

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I only need one tub of peanut butter. I

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feel like, I feel like after year, two mile walk

7:31

there. And your two mile walk home.

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The last time you walked to get yourself peanut butter

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pretzels. Maybe we'll try

7:37

it. I don't know because literally it's

7:40

probably, as far as some of the walks, I take

7:42

money on. Maybe I've

7:44

actually thought about. Walking

7:47

that way. Because

7:49

I can go like all the way out and around. But

7:51

the problem is, is on the one street.

7:54

There's this huge. Section

7:57

that there is no sidewalk. Yeah, that's going

7:59

to be your first problem. I feel like you might

8:02

need some backup plans. Yeah.

8:04

Well, this is like plan.

8:07

L so. Well

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plan M should just be don't buy yourself.

8:12

Yeah, we've tried that one before and you're going to

8:14

have to go back to that. It's really work. So

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it's not a good plan. Because it is a good place. I

8:19

even bought fruit. To have in

8:21

place of it. Yeah. How'd that go. I

8:23

do eat the grapes. Okay. I like the

8:25

grapes, but then I eat like a lot of grapes.

8:27

Cause they're so yummy. That's fine. It's

8:29

better than eating a lot of peanut butter pretzels.

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It. There y'all be to anybody.

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Anybody has any ideas for Tracy? Now

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I always say the only

8:39

thing about when I do eat a lot of peanut butter pretzels

8:42

is I usually don't need the rest of the day. That's

8:45

not good. It's like lunch

8:47

and dinner all in one. No. No,

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you're going to have to stop by. That's

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not the fun answer. That is the

8:55

right answer. We'll

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see. Oh, Winnie. When he agrees

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to when he agrees. So that there's somebody walking

9:02

outside that she doesn't like. Yeah,

9:05

I feel as though you

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will just have to work it out.

9:10

Working out is part of the plan. Okay.

9:13

Well, let's see when that happens to. All right, so

9:15

you're going to work out, not eat

9:17

well. You could do all these things. All right. We'll see.

9:20

I have to calculate what I walk with Winnie now. It

9:23

could easily be two miles. Well, then you might have

9:25

to double it. In order to eat

9:27

pretzels. Wow. If

9:29

it's not working for you now, you're gonna have double it. I'm just

9:31

saying. Going to have

9:33

to give up the pretzels. I know, I know.

9:37

Right. Winnie, Winnie. He agrees. Yeah,

9:39

she does agree because she doesn't get the pretzels. No.

9:42

I'll she doesn't get the grapes either. So. I

9:46

know it's a no win situation. She

9:48

probably could have a peanut butter pretzel. She

9:50

can not have a great. Yeah. Don't

9:53

murder. Like apples. My

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dogs love apples. She will eat an apple.

9:57

I will not touch a banana. Nope.

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They don't like the texture scenes. The

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only time she ate it was when I had a little piece

10:04

on my finger and she, and she will know

10:06

she accidentally like went

10:08

to turn away, but got it on her nose.

10:11

And then she ate it. Okay. Which

10:14

makes me laugh because when

10:16

we were up at my parents, so for Thanksgiving, I

10:18

went to visit my parents. They

10:21

have lots of animals that come through their

10:23

yard and she started

10:25

eating the frozen rabbit turds.

10:28

So she will eat frozen rabbit turds,

10:31

but will not eat a banana. I mean, other dogs,

10:33

right? Yep. But again,

10:35

Most dogs would still eat. Like.

10:39

Treats for example. My dog

10:41

has one tree she will eat. Can I tell

10:43

you how many people out walking? Try to give my dog

10:45

a tree and she slept them. Have

10:47

you ever put a tree down and just to see how long she

10:49

will ignore it for. And

10:52

if it's in the house, It's.

10:57

She, I, sometimes I have thrown them away. But

10:59

usually it will be like a couple minutes,

11:01

but we've tried it outside. I

11:04

was just wondering if he just put it down eventually.

11:07

Just eat it. She will, if I bring it back,

11:09

but it's not helping the people who wants to give. No,

11:11

I just meant to try to give her other trees. So she's not

11:14

always eating the same one treat. If

11:16

you just put a treat down while we're going to have

11:18

to do that, because I'm pretty sure.

11:21

The treats are discontinued. 'cause,

11:24

I can't find them anywhere and all the bags

11:26

I keep getting have an expiration date of February.

11:28

So I think I'm in the last throws

11:31

of the trees smell. When he's going to have to.

11:33

Or something else got rude awakening coming in

11:35

February. She will she'll find

11:38

something off. She likes. Yeah. She used to love

11:40

those little What

11:42

were the first ones we got her and then I had to get rid of them

11:44

because there was a recall. The little

11:46

tiny. The nutrition thinner.

11:48

Oh. I can't remember, but yeah,

11:50

I know. Yellow goldish bag.

11:54

She loved those. National attention.

11:58

Maybe she just got tired of them. You need to

12:00

turn around, look at her. She's

12:02

staring at you like whining. Hi,

12:04

baby girl. She just wants some pets who doesn't

12:06

want pets. I mean, do you need somebody

12:08

gonna rub your belly? Can you think around my

12:10

belly? So,

12:13

how was your Thanksgiving? It was good as

12:16

quiet, just went to the in-laws, watch some football.

12:18

That's right. Yeah. Nothing super

12:20

exciting. I had a few glasses of wine,

12:23

took a wine nap, was a little drunk. It

12:25

was good wine. I got all those tests. Yes.

12:28

So they got Manasseh. I haven't. Or

12:31

wine in a while. Haven't had wine. I

12:33

really only had like three glasses and I was just hammered.

12:37

Sound drink a lot. Anymore.

12:39

So it is funny how drunk.

12:41

I mean, I used to be able to drink, like

12:44

I could throw down. I used to be able to actually

12:46

drink guys under a table and

12:48

now, because I don't drink really much anymore.

12:51

It's very sad. I'm very disappointed in

12:53

myself. That's what happens when you don't drink

12:55

a lot of alcohol? So

12:57

maybe I'll get onto the bourbon this year.

12:59

And. Because then I'll be drinking little

13:02

bit. Can you just take little sips at a time

13:05

and I'm only going to drink like. But that'll

13:07

help me build back my tolerance. Okay. I

13:09

like that plan. Maybe if you

13:11

get into drinking little sips of bourbon that

13:13

will maybe instead of snacking, you can have bourbon. Yeah,

13:16

it's allowed during the Workday. So

13:18

nobody sees you. You're fine. We

13:20

all say we should just put, you know, whiskey

13:22

in our mugs and. I mean, who's watching

13:24

you and you're at home. Well, I'm. The

13:27

falls and stuff, I guess. But

13:29

how ham are you going to get? What's

13:32

funny is I drink my energy drinks during the

13:34

day when I'm in meetings and everybody thinks they're

13:36

alcohol because. By Ilani new look like

13:38

truly. Yes. And the

13:40

ice drinks that I drink looks like,

13:43

like a pounder of beer. Nice. So

13:45

I've had comments and it's funny, they actually just

13:47

put a policy in place. I

13:49

think it was more about like drinking when

13:51

you're out representing the company. But

13:54

I was like, oh, I wonder if this is because people

13:56

were complaining that I'm drinking during meetings.

13:58

Yes. And alcoholic. We

14:02

really need to talk to her, but I'm

14:04

driving and I'm drinking my Elani new I'm

14:07

like, oh, what if anybody thinks I'm drinking and driving? Aye.

14:10

Aye. Can tell you probably. Because

14:13

I used to drink the. Starbucks.

14:17

Oh, yeah. The refresher, the refreshers

14:20

and in the cans because they used to have

14:22

the cool. The pressure and a cup and they got rid of that

14:24

too. So I'm very upset. Every time

14:26

I find a drink, they discontinue. Here

14:29

this Starbucks, bring them back. Oh, I

14:31

need the cool lime refresher back. But I used

14:33

to take those into work all the time. And literally

14:35

everyone that walked by my cube was like, is that a

14:37

truly. Yes, I'm drinking

14:40

right out at work. Just brought

14:42

it in. Clocked it at my desk. But

14:45

yeah. They would actually ask. It's

14:47

weird that they would ask. Well, you

14:49

know, people are weird. Okay.

14:54

So what else did I do?

14:56

I was. For like many days.

14:59

Well, we went to see the giants Patriots.

15:02

It was fun. Tailgating experience.

15:04

Terrible game. Well, we knew

15:06

it was going to be bad going in. We did.

15:08

And the funny part was, is fans

15:10

from both teams wanted to lose. If

15:13

you ever been to a game where all of the fans wanted

15:16

the 13 to lose, but this was one of those

15:18

games. And what was funny is

15:20

I still think that bill told the

15:22

kicker to shank the kid. The cages

15:24

were victorious in the losing of

15:26

the game. I really wanted to come for your draft

15:28

pick. Nope. You're not telling him for the draft. Okay.

15:31

We're going to keep losing there's actually games

15:34

coming up that it's. Possible we could

15:36

win. I'm like, God damn it. I'm pretty sure

15:38

there's no games coming up that we could possibly

15:40

win. And now I think bill benched, Mack Jones,

15:42

and we're starting with our backup. And so I

15:45

know. I have no faith.

15:47

No faith in the zap. No.

15:49

Zappi our baby. Yeah,

15:53

she already showed us. I'm not sure. We'll

15:55

see what happens. I mean,

15:57

I'm on my third string. And

15:59

he's the only one who has like thrown touchdowns all

16:01

season. So you never know. Beginner's

16:03

luck and gotta be pulling somebody

16:05

out of the stands to help you out. I

16:08

wouldn't put it past bill. When

16:10

we need our fourth string quarterback. Yeah. I

16:13

mean, if. Oh, did you see as new name?

16:16

Tommy cutlets. Oh, wow.

16:19

And I think we have sake won to thank

16:21

for that nickname. I

16:23

don't know. I should probably change that nickname. It's

16:26

terrible. And now the whole team

16:28

is doing the hand thing. Yeah.

16:31

It's bad. I mean, they're trying to support

16:33

their quarterback. But

16:35

can we get something cooler? Like, I

16:37

guess. Did you see Jibreel? Pepper's had

16:39

to apologize for. So after

16:41

that he went up to safe. Do you see that? So you went

16:43

up to say Kwon and said, you're lucky our team has asked.

16:46

And he was just being honest, but apparently he had apologized,

16:49

which I don't understand why, because his team

16:51

is. I'm not really sure. I

16:53

don't know who's complaining about it. And he was like, I can't

16:55

believe you said that. As you were, you played

16:57

like ass, you looked like ass. Yeah. He

16:59

was just being honest. I should've

17:01

just been like, well, you were just gonna see. A year

17:03

than us. Yes. Which he might have.

17:06

We don't know what to say. No, no.

17:08

It was nice that they gave it a little love to each other. I do

17:11

miss him. I liked him. Yeah.

17:13

I was on RAs team and

17:15

I got a snake. Sorry.

17:18

Should we do a lot of Coke right there. I

17:20

have this issue. Because

17:23

I've not one issue. Just

17:25

one issue. Not sick.

17:29

But I. It's not

17:31

even like congestion, but it's like

17:33

congestion, but there's nothing up there. It's

17:35

like swollen. And

17:37

then it just happens to me this time of year. You can

17:39

hear me. I'm. Nasally. K

17:42

not extra nasally. And what's funny

17:44

is. In like 20

17:46

minutes, I will be breathing fine. Well,

17:49

at least it's not happened to you all day, every day.

17:51

No, but sometimes when it happens, like

17:53

I have to go to mouth breathing, it's so bad.

17:56

Breather, but there's nothing I can do. So

17:58

that's why I went to target to get this new sailings

18:00

or okay. I hope that works

18:03

for you to this one. Okay.

18:05

Okay. So because I bought

18:08

YouTube TV for, to

18:10

watch football. Now I watch.

18:13

Stuff while I have it, like I've been watching the office

18:15

again. I watched reruns of friends, so

18:17

I'm actually seeing commercials now. And

18:20

cause I never see them because I'm always on some

18:22

sort of streaming that doesn't have them. Well,

18:25

I'm not kidding. You. I don't know if it's

18:27

just because I haven't watched commercials in so long

18:29

or some of these commercials are fricking good. There

18:32

are so many things I've wanted to buy because

18:34

of commercials. And this was one of the last

18:36

night because there were these sinus

18:38

issues. And it's

18:40

like the Vicks spray,

18:43

like the smell, but up your nose. Oh,

18:45

okay. So apparently it cleans it all out.

18:48

Like I said, there's nothing, but it's like, Dustin.

18:52

I don't know what's up there, but get

18:54

it out of there. My dog is extremely

18:56

whiny right now. She just

18:58

wants some patches. She does want pets. Ah,

19:01

You get this came home and

19:04

have given me no love. You know what else we did

19:06

do this week? What did we do? We went

19:08

to see Bert Kreischer. We did go

19:10

see Burke. that was

19:12

fun. That was fun. Yeah. It

19:15

is funny. For his money. So now

19:17

we need to decide if we're going to go see Tom

19:19

Cigarro. I really feel like we should. I

19:21

feel like we should too, because. We

19:24

are we, and he's on the podcast.

19:26

So hi Winnie. Oh, she's sitting on Nicole's

19:29

lap and looking at the microphone,

19:31

like what the F is going on right now.

19:34

But she's getting pet, so she's happy. I

19:38

think we need a picture of this. Super

19:40

cute. Winnie podcasting. What

19:44

are you going to say when, oh, now she's looking though. Oh,

19:47

my God, she looks like she's right over

19:49

the microphone and it's adorable. This

19:52

might be the cutest picture of all time. Oh,

19:55

you saying hi to all of our friends on

19:57

the podcast? She said, I don't

19:59

know what I'm doing. She's like, I'm just

20:01

here for the belly rubs. Just

20:03

trying to give her some belly rubs, make her happy. We

20:06

should totally go see Tom's here. Yes. Because

20:08

then I think that we decide who was better

20:11

and we go onto like their Instagram page

20:13

and start a Thom. Wor, I

20:15

mean, So when's he coming? So

20:20

we probably need to look into that. Yeah, the

20:22

tickets aren't expensive. They were, in fact,

20:24

I looked up. I feel it's all jacked up. I

20:27

did look the other night when we came home from Bert.

20:30

Oh, nice. Does anybody out there? time.

20:33

Do you guys like did anybody out there see Matt rife?

20:36

Oh, it was way too expensive for

20:38

us to very expensive. And then

20:40

I watched, I have to say, did you watch it? And I haven't

20:42

watched it yet. I watched the show

20:44

on Netflix and did. Love

20:47

it. I definitely

20:49

feel like, and I know he doesn't like hearing

20:51

this, but he is a crowd

20:53

comedian. He just

20:55

works well when he, and I mean,

20:57

he should be proud of that because he's

21:00

very witty. In

21:02

the moment, but when he planned for

21:04

it, I just wasn't impressed. And he's actually taken

21:06

a lot of flack for it. For some of the jokes

21:08

that he did really? Yeah. Cause he did

21:11

one about, oh, what about domestic

21:13

violence? Oh, people are.

21:17

He's a comedian. He makes fun of everything. Right.

21:20

I mean, they're pissed at him. God. Okay.

21:22

Imagine what do they think about like Tosh? Or

21:25

a bill Burr or billboard, I mean for,

21:27

oh, that, yeah, he's funny. As bunny

21:29

he was. I think he said. I

21:32

have like city maybe. Ah,

21:34

we might have to look, we might need the trifecta

21:36

of comedians. I feel like it's time

21:38

bill and they're all friends. I really enjoyed it.

21:40

So I feel like it was a good night out. It was.

21:42

A night out. It's just something different to

21:45

do. I mean, I was up way past

21:47

my bedtime. Because they thought it was a good

21:49

idea to have it on a Wednesday night. Yeah.

21:52

And then it started at seven, but then

21:54

there were three comedians. And

21:56

then DJ jazzy. Jeff was there.

21:59

DJ jazzy, Jeff. That was fun.

22:03

So will. We had a crazy

22:05

Thanksgiving week. We sure did. We had

22:07

a good time. We ate the foods. We

22:10

went to the football games. We

22:12

went to the comedian. My

22:15

God. We did a lot. I

22:17

wonder perhaps so tired. Thank

22:19

God. This weekend was a break. I know.

22:22

It was hard being away for the entire

22:24

break, like my entire break from work.

22:27

Because she just want that

22:29

day of like your own bed,

22:31

your own couch. Your own shower.

22:34

But. I hear you. I don't have

22:36

to go anywhere. So I don't mind. But I got the big

22:38

break coming up soon. The countdown is on.

22:42

He wants to work right. I'll bet everyone

22:44

is just spent. So yes, we're

22:46

all counting down to the 20th. I'm

22:48

counting down. I have off. 27

22:51

20 eighth and 29th. I took off. Nine.

22:54

We don't get any extra days off and I have to go in Tuesday

22:57

because my boss is off. In

22:59

the 26th. Oh, that stinks.

23:01

Yeah, I tried to take off, but you are going to

23:03

be one cranky bitch. I

23:05

sure am. I

23:07

will be off. Oh, I'll be coming

23:10

home on the 26th. Depending

23:12

on what time I was thinking, because

23:14

you're cranky when you have to go in and work and

23:16

it's very slow and, and I shouldn't

23:18

have to work and you shouldn't have to work. But

23:20

I was thinking since I'm home,

23:23

maybe I can come and bring you lunch. Oh,

23:25

you should totally do that. We have to sit out

23:27

in your car because I'm sure I'm not allowed in the building,

23:29

but. I'm not even allowed to leave. And come

23:31

back in. So. With

23:34

me, but then I couldn't let you back out.

23:36

It's a very complicated process. So.

23:39

I'm just saying. So we'll have

23:41

to, we'll have to work on how to make it

23:43

a fun week for you. Yes. Well, it only has

23:46

one day. Oh,

23:48

cause you have the 27th, 20th and 20, cause I'm

23:50

off Wednesday, Thursday, Friday. Gotcha. So

23:52

obviously you're off. MF

23:55

on Christmas. Eight years day. So.

23:58

All right. And I go back to work. Okay. But

24:00

I think that that works. So.

24:05

All right. So good. Plenty of my best to make

24:07

you happy. I have 26 is going to be.

24:09

It's rough. It's gotta be rough. But

24:12

I could, I have. Once the 17th as.

24:14

I could take off. I was thinking about taking off the Friday

24:17

before Christmas, but I don't wanna use all my days.

24:20

So I got to save them. The next Thanksgiving so

24:22

I can take off. It's not

24:24

Friday. Do you also have

24:26

our Vegas days schedule in there? Oh,

24:28

yes. I was

24:30

in. Static. Actually,

24:33

I know I have to put them in, but it shouldn't

24:35

be a problem. Yeah, because I

24:37

couldn't put them in until after the 17th of

24:40

December. That's

24:42

when our new year starts on the seventh

24:44

on the 17th of December. Is

24:46

that as the most random date, I.

24:48

I've ever heard. That's when our new days

24:51

stars. And our new year starts. Wow. Very

24:53

weird. So. I have to find out why, because

24:55

I need to know the why behind this. See if I can

24:57

get an answer to that, but yeah. So

25:00

once the 17th hits, I will put in for Vegas

25:02

and I'm sure it will. I

25:05

don't care if it's a problem or not, I'm going so better.

25:07

Put in that black Friday. Yeah,

25:10

I want to see how far in advance we can put in for. Thanks.

25:13

I feel you should be able to put in. Why

25:15

not all the way up. For the whole year. I

25:18

know I can, but it's a computer system. So.

25:20

Ours is a computer system too. I just have to tell

25:22

my supervisor. These are the days I'm taking

25:24

off. Yeah. We're the same. We can't put them

25:26

in until the time starts. Yeah, which is always

25:29

a hassle because our time starts

25:31

July 1st. Okay. Because it's the

25:33

new fiscal year for schools. And.

25:36

So. I'm trying

25:39

to use my days, usually at the end of June.

25:41

But then I know I have stuff coming up in the summer,

25:44

so I'm like sitting there waiting and waiting and it's like, July

25:46

1st go. Because

25:49

you just forget and then. Yeah.

25:51

Yeah. We're not allowed to we

25:53

have to wait until the 17th. That's so

25:55

funny to put it in, you know, like, just like your July

25:58

1st, we have to wait till. And

26:00

we can't carry over days, but you do get paid

26:02

that you can get. Kate aliminum

26:04

and you can also borrow. Oh

26:07

interests. Okay. Yeah,

26:09

this is the first place I've worked,

26:11

that doesn't carry over. And actually when

26:14

I started it was use it or lose

26:16

it. Oh but they have

26:19

changed that they don't carry

26:21

over, but you can get paid out days, but

26:23

only up to a certain amount. Okay.

26:25

So I did get paid out last year because. I

26:27

will take all my days. I hoard my days

26:30

because I'm paranoid that if I take them too

26:32

early, then I'm going to need it for something.

26:34

And then I ended up with like five days and it's June

26:36

and I'm like Well, I only have 15

26:39

days total, so.

26:42

There's no hoarding. Just take off whenever

26:44

I, I guess at some point, if I need them

26:47

towards the end of the year. I'll

26:49

either take it and get, not

26:51

pay for it or get fired. I'm okay. With that. I'm

26:54

not going to lie. Well, Love's

26:56

working. I love to work. It's

26:59

just what I live for, loves to

27:01

be told when she needs to be somewhere

27:03

and what she needs to do and when she can

27:05

and can't take off. Yeah. I

27:07

need to work at a company where they have the unlimited

27:09

PTO days. Does that exist

27:11

here? It exists in the world. I. Does

27:14

it exist in the United States? Does exist.

27:17

It does, especially for Virtual

27:20

company to come here. Typically their whole workforce

27:22

works from home. And usually it's a younger generation.

27:25

That's running the company or

27:27

of the company. I don't know. Something tells

27:29

me you would not be able to work with the younger

27:31

generation, even if you got to take as many

27:33

days off. At home I could, oh,

27:36

I'll have to see them. True. I think

27:38

I'd be fine. I could work. I would like to

27:40

be a fly on the wall, watching you in a meeting.

27:42

And they're running and telling you what you need to do.

27:45

It depends on what they were telling me. I'm just telling them right back.

27:50

And there goes another job. Critical

27:52

listen, somebody would just, if Mike.

27:55

To just make just a little bit more money.

27:58

I wouldn't have to work. I'm not listen. Here's the thing.

28:00

It's not that I don't want to make money or don't want to work. I

28:02

just need prem. Surround the way I work.

28:04

And why we're in 2023

28:07

and there hasn't been an uprising

28:09

by the people. And

28:12

how to work. Has been amazing. It

28:15

should be listen, everybody. Hell.

28:17

No, we won't work. Everybody bitches

28:19

about. It's going to

28:21

work right. Like nine to five,

28:24

like they don't like the hours, like the PTO,

28:26

all this bullshit. But yet. Everybody

28:29

just keeps doing it. If there's

28:31

no workforce. Well,

28:33

here's the problem. Then

28:36

you're not getting paid. I know. So

28:38

then what. I'm just saying it's just a, we'll

28:40

have a few can last longer. So

28:43

we had to plan it out. That would be a problem

28:45

because I would last a month until I couldn't pay my rent.

28:49

Yeah, but if there was nobody teach, if they're, well,

28:51

I don't know how it would work for schools, but I'm thinking like

28:53

at a place, like in my company,

28:56

It would hurt if there was no workers, because parts

28:58

wouldn't be getting made in a parcel at the beginning made they can't

29:00

make any money. So there's always going

29:02

to be people that will do it. Well, teachers

29:04

go on strike. I. Those

29:07

people to be on board with this. I'm

29:09

saying. 'cause I remember growing up when

29:11

my dad's company would go on strike because he

29:13

worked for the phone company. And

29:15

they would. The people who would work

29:18

in their place would come and they would be outside

29:20

our house. And my dad would be like, go out and yell at

29:22

them. I'm just saying, I think

29:24

there just needs to be a plan if they can plan

29:26

and everybody pull together. Even the people that go

29:28

in to do that, they're do they doing it because they

29:30

want to work and they want the money. Right, right.

29:33

All right. Well, like you just chill. We're

29:35

going to, you can go back to work and get money, but. You

29:40

would literally need to get the entire

29:42

country to do it at the same time. I'm

29:44

just saying, I don't understand why the car tire

29:47

country does other shit together. Do we, I

29:49

don't know. I mean, listen.

29:52

Currently, we almost overthrew the government because if

29:54

you don't have everybody on board, there's

29:56

always going to be those people that need

29:58

it and can't afford to. I

30:01

will help out those people. I can't help out a lot of people,

30:03

but listen, like one family. I got, she

30:05

has some extra bedrooms. I'm just

30:07

saying, if you placed. I just think

30:09

that there could be a way to do it and companies, and

30:12

especially with the company and I work for now.

30:14

They're super old school. They have no extra,

30:16

like they literally give you the bare minimum of

30:18

days off. You have to work there.

30:21

Three weeks, three weeks. Two

30:23

weeks vacation. And then their sick

30:25

days. So

30:28

they just put it all together so you can either do

30:30

whatever. So I still look at it as it's two

30:32

weeks vacation. Gotcha. And so it's

30:34

bare minimum. More the longer you're there. Yeah,

30:37

but you have to be there for super long before you get, like,

30:39

I think like, Five years before you get like a third

30:42

week or something like that. So all I'm

30:44

saying is like, they're really super old school, no extra

30:46

days. Like you were getting the bare minimum

30:48

of days that you need off, or it's not even like a birthday

30:50

holiday, you don't only get a floating holiday.

30:54

This is the first year we've had floating holiday. I'm

30:57

just saying. So companies need to

30:59

really. There's no

31:01

need for five days a week, eight hours

31:04

a day. I am definitely not. Disagreeing.

31:07

I agree, 1000%. I'm

31:09

just saying. I don't

31:12

know how to make the change. Don't

31:14

know either. Well, I feel like maybe that

31:16

if you quit your job, Maybe

31:19

that should be your next project. Okay.

31:21

Getting a new world together. So uproar.

31:24

Honestly. So what I, from what

31:26

I understand, though, Company.

31:28

I have. They are having a hard time hiring

31:30

people who everybody is. Because

31:34

they are finding a

31:36

lot of the younger generation. It doesn't want to

31:38

work in an office. They want

31:40

to work virtual. They don't want to have

31:42

a minimum of two weeks vacation. So there,

31:44

so the companies like the

31:47

way they put it is like nobody wants to work anymore.

31:49

That's not actually the truth. It's nobody wants

31:51

to work under these strict. Hold

31:54

ass rules. You would get people to work.

31:57

Sure. Now there are some jobs. Be

31:59

Virgin. I mean, you need

32:01

to count. I

32:04

don't need the counterparts. Somebody else

32:06

needs to count the parts. And just say,

32:08

I mean, I get it like, yeah, but then make it better

32:10

for the people. Like then just make it better

32:13

working conditions for the people that have to

32:15

go to the office. But there's a lot of jobs that don't require

32:17

it to be in an office. And if there are.

32:20

Then you should have a really good. And

32:23

I I'm surprised post pandemic.

32:25

How many companies still require

32:27

people who could do their job virtually? I

32:30

mean, obviously there's people who can't do their job

32:32

virtually. But I feel like anyone

32:34

who put. Yeah.

32:38

I mean, I don't think, I, I don't think that

32:40

my job could be done virtually,

32:43

but I wouldn't mind going to work. If

32:45

I could choose my own hours and I'd have to work

32:47

till five 30. And two,

32:49

if we got more holiday,

32:51

like we should have black Friday off, like stupid,

32:53

just stupid shit like that, then I'd be like, totally

32:56

content. Okay. Or

32:59

a few hours less a week, whatever. Like

33:02

don't like, don't make me work. Nine

33:06

til five 30 so that you don't pay me for lunch.

33:08

Just pay me for lunch. Right. Like

33:10

put that in there. I get certain things that

33:12

I think that should just happen. Or I

33:14

feel like you should have the option to just not take a

33:16

lunch and work through your lunch and then leave at five.

33:19

That would be amazing. But I do feel

33:21

like jobs, like in, like I

33:23

said, there's always parameters where it

33:25

couldn't be done, but like, you should

33:27

have the choice of like eight to four

33:30

or. Nine to five. Because sometimes

33:32

it just works. Like we have that over the summer because

33:34

obviously. We can't have that

33:36

option. Once the kids are in school. But.

33:40

You know, Do seven to three, like

33:42

some people are early risers and you

33:44

know, it just would work better for their family. Like

33:47

I agree that that should definitely

33:49

be more flexible. That's all there is

33:51

more flexibility out there and I

33:53

think. I mean, and it could happen.

33:55

Like we could see it again. The. Oh,

33:58

the people I work for a super nice. The guy that's

34:00

the head of What we call people

34:02

ops. He saw people ops.

34:04

Super nice guy. Very

34:07

like great, great guy to work for,

34:09

like, especially for HR or whatever.

34:11

But honestly, he's probably in

34:13

his seventies. Wow.

34:16

We can still wants to work. It's in the seventies

34:18

and I feel like. When he's,

34:20

when he goes, it'll be a younger person coming

34:22

in to take over and things

34:25

start to change. And I think that's the way

34:27

it will be. Once you get the one,

34:29

the generation. The boomers.

34:31

The boomer, sorry, boomers. If you're out

34:33

there. Cause we probably might have some boomers listening.

34:36

We love you anyway. It's not

34:38

your work ethic. Well,

34:42

I would say I have a good word. I do have a good

34:44

word. Work ethic. People love me. I

34:46

just can't do it for long periods of time. I

34:49

mean, I've only been there for three months and I've already been approached

34:51

about a promotion. Has always happened

34:53

in every job I've ever had. So

34:56

amazing. I'm a good worker. But

34:59

I don't want to do it. 24 7,

35:01

365. Right. It's

35:04

just saying you can get people on board with

35:06

this, do it. Do

35:08

it. Do it, do

35:10

it. Okay. All right. Well,

35:13

that's going to be the new plan. Nicole

35:15

is going to get an apprise

35:17

going. In the United States. Okay,

35:19

everybody get on board. I'm going to go by. Over

35:21

here first. You

35:25

can all think Nicole in

35:28

six months? Yeah, definitely in. In six

35:30

months, I'm going to change the world in six

35:32

months. All right. Yeah.

35:36

That's my plan. I did want to tell you.

35:39

Let's use me. I'm drinking my carbonated beverage.

35:43

Tomorrow, I believe. Or

35:45

actually, okay. Not tomorrow of the day. We're

35:48

recording. I believe it's the day after

35:50

this will air. Okay. Yeah.

35:54

Host is national hug

35:56

day. I have the fucking worst

35:58

holiday ever. We are going to

36:00

celebrate the shit out of that holiday.

36:02

And I've been a hug you all day. I'm not even going to see

36:04

you on Wednesday. I

36:07

don't know. I gotta look it up. Maybe it's today. Hold

36:09

on. I'll punch you in the face. Love

36:11

it. I'm going to hug you. So

36:14

twice. That's the worst holiday

36:17

ever. That's the worst meetup holiday

36:19

who said maiden? Up to

36:21

definitely made up out today. Thank

36:24

you. I

36:26

guess. Nicole hates hubs.

36:29

Yeah, I'm a, I'm a big hugger. Yeah.

36:31

Well, this is saying January 21st, but

36:33

that is not. That's

36:36

a stupid holiday. If it's twice

36:38

a year, Jesus, there is a national

36:40

hug, a Kevin Day. That's

36:43

overtime. I got my name's not Kevin.

36:45

Alright, hold on. National

36:48

holidays. I

36:50

was just looking at this 2023.

36:53

Okay. where

36:56

is the website? I was on. Jesus. I

36:58

don't know what I just did. There

37:00

it is. That's

37:02

so not. Where's

37:05

the website, maybe it was a fake website. I

37:08

think it was a fake website because that

37:10

sounds like a stupid holiday that nobody loves.

37:14

Oh, damn. I don't know. And

37:16

if it's in January, that's even

37:18

better. No I put in

37:20

December. Damn

37:22

it. December,

37:24

2023. Oh, let's

37:27

see. I don't know, this is January 21st

37:29

was national hugging day. Oh, that's what keeps

37:31

coming up, but I know, I

37:33

say, okay. It was before national brownie

37:36

day. Oh, we miss national

37:39

bartender day. Listen.

37:42

National hugging day is January 21st,

37:44

2024. I don't see what you're talking about.

37:46

So national hug day stupid. And.

37:51

It was created by Kevin. Kevin, maybe

37:53

that's why it's national. Maybe that's why there's the Kevin

37:55

Day. So Rosa parks day.

37:58

You know, it lied to you. And

38:01

I'm going to show you. No

38:04

there's sock day. I

38:07

asked for it and I don't see it.

38:09

There's nothing coming on. I was on a

38:11

website and it told me it was a fake website.

38:15

It's faked you out. But

38:17

I feel like it's one. If that's the case,

38:20

then we definitely have a problem because I feel

38:22

like it was the same. Calendar

38:25

we've used for our days that we've discussed

38:27

on here before, I guess, but maybe some

38:29

of those days have definitely

38:31

worked out. I've worked

38:33

out. There's a bathtub

38:36

party day. Oh, you want

38:38

to know? There

38:40

is a day called. Take

38:43

it in the ear day. And

38:47

see what this is all about. I am not

38:49

on an x-ray. I just want to point

38:51

that out on an x-ray. Because it's right

38:53

by national brownie day. Ah, hold

38:57

on, take it in the ear day. Oh,

39:00

shockingly, the research found no

39:02

documentation about the origin of this day.

39:04

I'm shocked. Wow. Hey,

39:07

get in that your day is definitely a made up day. So

39:09

you don't even know okay. How to celebrate

39:11

taking it in here. Listen.

39:16

Take it in one ear and out the

39:18

other. Oh, Quit on

39:20

your favorite music and listen

39:22

with your headsets. Go

39:25

to an opera or musical or

39:27

attend your local symphony orchestra.

39:30

Well, that is not what I thought taken in here. I

39:34

was going to take it into here today.

39:37

So there's that. Okay.

39:39

I feel like we've rambled on enough for today. You

39:43

know, like it went down. Good road talking about

39:45

work. In working conditions in the

39:47

United States and how we need to change that

39:50

and then how to take it in the ear and then how to take

39:52

it in the air. The workforce.

39:55

People that own companies. We're going to give

39:57

it to them in the year. Okay. I

39:59

think that'll be the theme. We've

40:03

already started your planning. Rise

40:06

up people and give it to them in the

40:08

year. This is going to work. I

40:12

mean. It

40:18

is soon gonna turn from over 40 and child-free.

40:21

I can give a chairman the year we

40:25

are on board with this. I

40:29

really hope this records our

40:31

voices as well, so that I don't have to carve this

40:33

out. I hope so, too. Alright, so do all

40:36

of that. Hi, Cassie things like

40:38

share our podcast. So we get more people on

40:40

board for this rise up that we're going to have join

40:42

the Facebook group. Do

40:45

we want a question as a week, this week? Are

40:49

you ready to give it in? For

40:52

these people, what their favorite comedian is, who

40:54

their favorites. Since he started off with that.

40:56

I like that. Because what would be funny

40:58

is if we posted it in the group and people

41:01

didn't listen to the podcast, then they

41:03

would really wonder what we were talking

41:05

about. Who

41:07

is your favorite comedian? Question of the

41:09

week during the group. Some have a chat with us. All

41:12

the things. Thanks. Later.

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