1 00:00:00,640 --> 00:00:11,199 Made a decision a face sunny sue on I had vision. It's nice. 2 00:00:14,720 --> 00:00:19,359 So what's up everybody? Welcome to for crying out loud, and by the 3 00:00:19,399 --> 00:00:23,839 way, please go check out our clips online which a lot of people have 4 00:00:23,960 --> 00:00:28,000 been and thank you for commenting. Go to fc OL podcasts. I've been 5 00:00:28,039 --> 00:00:31,879 seeing a lot of engagement. Yeah, as the kids call it, or 6 00:00:31,920 --> 00:00:36,479 as the social media experts call it engagement. So I got a phone call 7 00:00:36,560 --> 00:00:40,320 from my friend Mike, who's like, what's going on with He's like, 8 00:00:40,920 --> 00:00:46,560 you look like shit. He's like, you're gonna be on camera on Monday 9 00:00:46,600 --> 00:00:49,799 mornings. Can you just like you goes spruce yourself up a little bit? 10 00:00:50,240 --> 00:00:54,399 My god, I was literally thinking, you look really pretty, You're all 11 00:00:54,399 --> 00:00:57,560 glowing, you got to make up and talking to Yeah. But then now 12 00:00:57,840 --> 00:01:03,079 now it's gonna be the comparison with me. I might call you too. 13 00:01:03,359 --> 00:01:06,400 Yes, now I look I have like a chronic illness, and you're gonna 14 00:01:06,680 --> 00:01:11,079 sounds like my hell in Paradise. He sounds like my mom lenet to do 15 00:01:11,200 --> 00:01:14,079 something. You look like a mess. I got no makeup on. You 16 00:01:14,120 --> 00:01:17,920 look like it just woke up because I did just wake up right, Because 17 00:01:17,920 --> 00:01:22,159 we record on Monday mornings. Yeah, right, not like the best time 18 00:01:22,200 --> 00:01:26,719 of day, but I mean it's good because I feel like we've just come 19 00:01:26,760 --> 00:01:30,840 off of a weekend. Like if it was any later in the week with 20 00:01:30,920 --> 00:01:34,359 my memory, I'd be like, I don't know what happened. Yeah, 21 00:01:34,239 --> 00:01:42,079 what happened? Somebody messaged me and wanted to know the origin of what what 22 00:01:42,200 --> 00:01:46,840 happened? And I don't remember it anymore. It was from a TV. 23 00:01:47,079 --> 00:01:49,920 It was from a movie or a I feel like it's we were imitating our 24 00:01:51,000 --> 00:01:53,640 kids. Like our kids would come in when they were with toddlers and they 25 00:01:53,680 --> 00:01:57,879 would say, what happened, oh, and then we would just go, 26 00:01:57,000 --> 00:02:01,439 happen. I don't know, well, I feel unless it's from a TV. 27 00:02:01,640 --> 00:02:07,199 No, I feel like we were imitating our kids. Yeah, let's 28 00:02:07,240 --> 00:02:14,280 say hi to our people like share Bear and Amy's a count and Katie Katie 29 00:02:15,919 --> 00:02:22,879 not Anna Faris Aaron hohodas Nikky call your girls. Leslie and Leslie both of 30 00:02:23,000 --> 00:02:25,800 goughing one's cost. They cannot stop themselves, both of them. It's like 31 00:02:25,840 --> 00:02:29,840 a tick at this point. Yeah, I gotta cost people. I gotta 32 00:02:29,960 --> 00:02:34,199 wait for I gotta I gotta stalk people at IKEA and then you get a 33 00:02:34,240 --> 00:02:38,120 false police report and it's like, no, it's just Leslie and the other 34 00:02:38,159 --> 00:02:44,800 one needs a cough drop. Jacob so Growley and Rita's rocking all of Elizabeth 35 00:02:44,800 --> 00:02:52,360 Williamson's kids and her Bossinette and Athene is a great dancer and has beautiful kidding. 36 00:02:53,159 --> 00:02:55,240 Polly, we live your pancakes, Valerie, Bubba Fenwick hitting out of 37 00:02:55,280 --> 00:03:02,759 the park, Katerina, check that Moler, Gabby and Missy. That's Rae. 38 00:03:05,280 --> 00:03:08,560 Rebecca Open is so cute. Kelly Brandt, she's not your aunt. 39 00:03:08,680 --> 00:03:13,879 Alicia Scalante from the city of El Monte less. Oh, we already did 40 00:03:13,919 --> 00:03:15,800 that. One is Sarah Stefano. Yeah, she's our Pithano. Oh and 41 00:03:15,879 --> 00:03:20,520 Jennifer get up, and Sandra's nutties being green, Christa get the strap and 42 00:03:20,560 --> 00:03:30,240 Stephanie's a stinker wrinker so boom boom uh yeah Kaylin. Yeah. Birthday parties, 43 00:03:30,560 --> 00:03:32,000 you had one two weeks ago. I want to hear about this? 44 00:03:32,120 --> 00:03:37,560 Well, yeah, we had. The girls had a birthday pottery. It 45 00:03:37,639 --> 00:03:39,879 was their cousin's birthday. So we drove all the way from Long Beach to 46 00:03:40,240 --> 00:03:46,479 Encino. That's that's a drive on a Saturday that's the hood up in the 47 00:03:46,520 --> 00:03:51,439 hills, like off is a long oh yeah, okay, that's too fancy 48 00:03:51,479 --> 00:03:54,159 for me. Yeah, Real Housewives territory. That is a long dry. 49 00:03:54,280 --> 00:04:00,439 It's where Kyle lives and Dee I think Dort Dort was it Aitais? Yeah, 50 00:04:00,639 --> 00:04:08,080 yeah, that's that's their cousin and so yeah on a Saturday. There's 51 00:04:08,120 --> 00:04:11,759 still traffic, still traffic on Saturdays, of course. But it was really 52 00:04:11,840 --> 00:04:14,520 nice. They had like they had kind of like a side yard with a 53 00:04:14,599 --> 00:04:17,360 bounce house and like a play area, like almost like a gym area that 54 00:04:17,399 --> 00:04:20,519 they kind of brought in, you know, the soft like pillowy gym stuff, 55 00:04:20,759 --> 00:04:26,839 ballpit and yeah, it was you mean, like foam. They had 56 00:04:26,879 --> 00:04:29,959 a ball pit and then it was like yeah it was like those mats, 57 00:04:30,120 --> 00:04:31,839 you know those kind of like exercise mats. Yes, I don't really know 58 00:04:31,879 --> 00:04:35,079 how to play. They throw themselves around and not hurt themselves while the parents 59 00:04:35,079 --> 00:04:38,399 get drunk. Yeah, a little area like that. How old was the 60 00:04:38,399 --> 00:04:46,279 birthday? Child? Four? Okay? Ye to me, I think until 61 00:04:46,360 --> 00:04:51,360 kids are like five. Relaxed, slow down, you know, it's I 62 00:04:51,399 --> 00:04:55,600 mean, okay, go on. Yeah, but there were a lot of 63 00:04:55,680 --> 00:04:58,160 kids there. It was a lot of fun. They had someone making tacos, 64 00:04:58,160 --> 00:05:00,839 which was nice. It was a very nice party. Were there a 65 00:05:00,879 --> 00:05:04,639 lot of adults. There were a lot of adults. Adults didn't drop off. 66 00:05:04,680 --> 00:05:09,519 They there were no drop offs. Drop off at four. Yeah, 67 00:05:09,879 --> 00:05:17,680 so ye'd be hilacious for the host. Oh yeah, here's here's Susie with 68 00:05:17,720 --> 00:05:23,199 her me and her dad growing to Chili's to have a drink, have a 69 00:05:23,199 --> 00:05:29,000 beer and watch the game. Seeing three hours the party ends in two hours. 70 00:05:29,120 --> 00:05:35,319 Yeah, she'll nap. I mean not for us, that we hear. 71 00:05:35,439 --> 00:05:41,720 She loves for other people. Go on, Kaylin's still coffee. Yeah, 72 00:05:41,720 --> 00:05:44,160 I've had it for months. Yeah it was. It was a really 73 00:05:44,240 --> 00:05:46,639 nice party. Everyone had a good time. All the kids had a good 74 00:05:46,680 --> 00:05:49,920 time. There were just two things that really stuck out to me. The 75 00:05:50,000 --> 00:05:56,839 first one was this magician that they hired. Now, I was very excited 76 00:05:56,879 --> 00:06:00,240 for the magician. All right, because magician, even if it's a kid's 77 00:06:00,279 --> 00:06:02,480 one, it's still going to be entertaining. I'm going to like it. 78 00:06:02,720 --> 00:06:08,839 Yeah, So I will just say it took quite a while to get all 79 00:06:08,879 --> 00:06:13,959 the kids corralled and in the living room and sit down. You know, 80 00:06:14,040 --> 00:06:16,399 I was going I'm hungry. I want to talk about magician time. Go 81 00:06:16,720 --> 00:06:20,519 you'll eat after fucking magic time. It's magic time, you'll eat after. 82 00:06:21,120 --> 00:06:25,720 So they finally get all the kids into this living room, and this magician 83 00:06:27,279 --> 00:06:32,800 was a bit of a letdown. Honestly, this is crazy. A magician 84 00:06:32,879 --> 00:06:36,040 at a four year old's birthday party was a letdown. Not only that, 85 00:06:36,199 --> 00:06:41,720 but I learned later that he was the backup magician. Oh, I had 86 00:06:41,720 --> 00:06:46,079 booked a magician and then that magician got COVID, So yeah, they had 87 00:06:46,079 --> 00:06:49,639 to book a book a backup magician, and yeah, I was very disappointed. 88 00:06:49,680 --> 00:06:56,480 He was a somebody who lives in someone's garage. By they put it 89 00:06:56,480 --> 00:06:58,959 on next door and then this guy was like, Hey, I got this 90 00:06:59,000 --> 00:07:01,040 guy in my garage. She does a couple of like a card tricks. 91 00:07:01,040 --> 00:07:10,040 He probably just learned everything on YouTube that morning. Oh Jesus. He seemed 92 00:07:10,120 --> 00:07:13,839 very well, not very professional, but he seemed professional enough. And he 93 00:07:13,959 --> 00:07:17,120 just could not control the room. And he kept doing this thing where he 94 00:07:17,199 --> 00:07:21,360 was just trying to get the kids too involved with being a part of the 95 00:07:21,360 --> 00:07:26,399 magic show. So he was screwing up all the tricks, like he started 96 00:07:26,439 --> 00:07:28,959 off with birthday Boy, come up and help out the magician. The birth 97 00:07:29,040 --> 00:07:32,680 boy's like, nah, I'm good things. So then after that, just 98 00:07:32,680 --> 00:07:35,240 be done, just start your magic. No, he had to find someone 99 00:07:35,240 --> 00:07:38,879 else to come help out. They came up and help. They just start 100 00:07:38,879 --> 00:07:42,480 sucking up all the tricks. It's like their kids, they're messing up the 101 00:07:42,560 --> 00:07:45,600 show. And he's constantly like trying to get him to focus, and I 102 00:07:45,639 --> 00:07:47,920 was like, why do you keep getting every single one of his tricks? 103 00:07:47,920 --> 00:07:51,199 He's having to bring up the kids and it's just screwing. They're all losing 104 00:07:51,240 --> 00:07:57,040 their attention. They're starting to go every which way, and yeah, please 105 00:07:57,160 --> 00:08:00,560 bring up a parent. Then that at that point, if you need a 106 00:08:00,639 --> 00:08:05,279 help to get started, then clearly kids aren't going to help you. They're 107 00:08:05,279 --> 00:08:07,759 not saving you. So I like that he wanted to get them involved. 108 00:08:07,759 --> 00:08:11,800 But at some point you have to realize, like, right, you have 109 00:08:11,839 --> 00:08:15,800 a show to perform here and these kids are messing up the show for everybody, 110 00:08:15,839 --> 00:08:18,560 so maybe you just do it. I'd like to follow this. I'd 111 00:08:18,560 --> 00:08:22,240 like to follow this magician home and see what his home life's like. You 112 00:08:22,319 --> 00:08:26,399 know, you can just picture him living in you know, in a one 113 00:08:26,480 --> 00:08:30,480 bedroom, not even one bedroom, like a studio runtman and Van Eyes. 114 00:08:30,920 --> 00:08:35,000 Yes, like everything's failed. He's tried to stand up. He's tried writing 115 00:08:35,080 --> 00:08:37,960 for a few years, but then nobody feels bad for him because they're like, 116 00:08:39,080 --> 00:08:41,960 but you're not even trying that hard with the magic, Like like watch 117 00:08:43,039 --> 00:08:46,360 the video back and learn a little bit about what you're not doing, right. 118 00:08:46,720 --> 00:08:48,799 Yes. I like to picture him with like a roommate in a two 119 00:08:48,799 --> 00:08:54,200 bedroom apartment and he's always like trying his new tricks on his roommate, Like 120 00:08:54,240 --> 00:08:58,159 watch my trick for kids. Oh god, he's getting drunk and fucking up 121 00:08:58,200 --> 00:09:01,720 the tricks all the time. You know what, it's sad is over at 122 00:09:01,759 --> 00:09:05,840 Thanksgiving, my nine year old niece did a card trick on me that was 123 00:09:05,919 --> 00:09:09,000 honestly probably better than anything this guy did because it really worked. Like it 124 00:09:09,039 --> 00:09:13,279 was like a Okay, pick a card with your mind, right, and 125 00:09:13,279 --> 00:09:16,639 then I'm gonna do these piles and this and this, and I'm like this 126 00:09:16,720 --> 00:09:18,559 is never going to work. She's nine, Yeah, oh sure enough. 127 00:09:18,600 --> 00:09:22,120 I mean it took a while to get there, and I was like, 128 00:09:22,159 --> 00:09:24,720 oh, this is this is not going to have a good conclusion. I'm 129 00:09:24,720 --> 00:09:28,440 going to have to fake it, you know. But no, she I 130 00:09:28,440 --> 00:09:31,320 mean literally, it was not anything. I didn't ever touch the card. 131 00:09:31,360 --> 00:09:33,799 It was like, look at a card with your min and she freaking found 132 00:09:33,799 --> 00:09:35,200 my card. How does that happen? How did she not get hired? 133 00:09:39,360 --> 00:09:43,559 H? I got to put Emerson on like a list of higher magicians at 134 00:09:43,600 --> 00:09:46,879 least for the backup. Yeah, yeah, I learned. I've learned one 135 00:09:46,919 --> 00:09:48,960 card trick in my life. That's like a real quick, simple, easy 136 00:09:50,000 --> 00:09:52,279 card trick. So anytime I have a deck of cards, I can use 137 00:09:52,320 --> 00:09:56,120 it on anybody from like, yeah, four year olds to adults and it 138 00:09:56,159 --> 00:10:01,080 works every time, and it's great. I used to know good card trick 139 00:10:01,120 --> 00:10:05,080 and I completely shock her. I forgot all how it went. My friend 140 00:10:05,080 --> 00:10:09,320 tought it. I could ask him. Maybe he remembers. But it's always 141 00:10:09,360 --> 00:10:13,720 weird to me when they go look at a card with your mind and then 142 00:10:13,759 --> 00:10:16,600 don't tell me what card it is, and then they they go, was 143 00:10:16,639 --> 00:10:18,600 it this card? You know that trick? Yeah, that's the one that 144 00:10:18,679 --> 00:10:24,080 my niece. Did they do that? I don't know. She wouldn't tell 145 00:10:24,120 --> 00:10:26,200 me. She's like magic. She's like freaking penn and teller at this. 146 00:10:26,279 --> 00:10:31,759 She's just like, I can't reveal my seat. I can't person you're nine. 147 00:10:33,399 --> 00:10:37,960 Did she call you Auntie Stephanie, yeah, Aunt Steph, Aunt Steph. 148 00:10:37,159 --> 00:10:41,759 Yeah. Now she can't reveal her secrets to Aunt Steph, but I'd 149 00:10:41,799 --> 00:10:46,000 like to find out. I still my niece and nephew call called John when 150 00:10:46,000 --> 00:10:48,600 they were little. It was like the way they said it, you know, 151 00:10:48,759 --> 00:10:52,519 is uncle John, Uncle John. So I still I still call him 152 00:10:52,519 --> 00:10:56,159 that sometimes Uncle June. I'm like when whenever there's something I need, like 153 00:10:56,200 --> 00:10:58,600 if I need him to get me something, I'm like, Uncle John, 154 00:11:01,919 --> 00:11:07,600 get me some coffee. Johan. I had an uncle John. By the 155 00:11:07,639 --> 00:11:11,279 way, I was just watching Get Gotti on Netflix, which have you seen 156 00:11:11,320 --> 00:11:13,519 it? No? Oh my god, it's so good. It's really good. 157 00:11:13,600 --> 00:11:18,559 Three episodes of how they got John Gotti, and I love three episodes 158 00:11:20,600 --> 00:11:24,360 before it's too much of a time commitment. Three episodes is like the sweet 159 00:11:24,440 --> 00:11:26,120 spot. Yes, yes, so it was up from when it came to 160 00:11:26,200 --> 00:11:30,080 Mother God, which could have been like seventeen episodes. Now that I could 161 00:11:30,080 --> 00:11:33,000 have gone on and on, I know. And anyway, I was just 162 00:11:33,000 --> 00:11:37,240 thinking because Italians call their aunt or uncle setzi like, so I used to 163 00:11:37,240 --> 00:11:41,399 call him Sezzi John. I never knew why until I was older, and 164 00:11:41,440 --> 00:11:43,639 they're like, it's how you you know to how you say it in Italian? 165 00:11:45,120 --> 00:11:46,879 But anyway, I was watching the Gotti thing and he looked like my 166 00:11:48,039 --> 00:11:52,000 uncle's John. He looked like my uncle John. But anyway, highly recommend. 167 00:11:52,039 --> 00:11:56,639 It's very good on Netflix. I haven't seen it. Have you seen 168 00:11:56,720 --> 00:12:00,519 it? Galen? No? Oh god, it's so good. I want 169 00:12:00,559 --> 00:12:03,159 to get back to this party. 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He 195 00:13:54,799 --> 00:13:58,799 was just you know, he was he was using these like little foam rabbits, 196 00:14:00,080 --> 00:14:01,399 you know, you put like, you know, a magician normally put 197 00:14:01,519 --> 00:14:05,559 a ball in one hand and then they kid would tap it. You open 198 00:14:05,639 --> 00:14:07,480 it up and like three balls would come out. But he's using these like 199 00:14:07,639 --> 00:14:11,279 cheap foam rabbits. You couldn't even tell they were rabbits. They reminded me 200 00:14:11,320 --> 00:14:15,399 of those things you'd put in the bath as a kid, those little chapsles 201 00:14:15,399 --> 00:14:18,279 that would break open and the old dinosaur would pop out. Yeah, this 202 00:14:18,399 --> 00:14:22,120 little magic crow. Yeah yeah, uh so, yeah, more disappointment there, 203 00:14:22,360 --> 00:14:26,000 and then uh yeah, all the while bringing up different kids to just 204 00:14:26,080 --> 00:14:31,360 slow the show down. And then I don't know, I guess he needed 205 00:14:31,360 --> 00:14:33,159 like a halftime or something. But at one point he went, all right, 206 00:14:33,240 --> 00:14:37,039 I want all of you kids to go and give your parents a hug 207 00:14:37,080 --> 00:14:41,360 and tell them you love them. No, oh god, how cringe. 208 00:14:41,720 --> 00:14:45,679 I was like, do you know how long it took to get all these 209 00:14:45,759 --> 00:14:48,600 kids here, and now you're just gonna scatter them again? And that's island 210 00:14:48,639 --> 00:14:52,240 blake. They were gone after that. Yeah done. Yeah, I wanted 211 00:14:52,240 --> 00:14:56,000 to he wanted to go in the bouncy Yeah they didn't. Maybe that was 212 00:14:56,399 --> 00:14:58,759 he was trying to do that. He was trying to, you know, 213 00:14:58,120 --> 00:15:01,159 beIN out the crowd. Yeah, because it definitely worked on Blake and Island. 214 00:15:01,159 --> 00:15:03,600 I don't think they returned after that. Oh my god. That's like 215 00:15:03,679 --> 00:15:07,279 a good trick though. Yeah, that is a good trick. The kids 216 00:15:07,320 --> 00:15:09,440 disappear by telling them to tell them to tell their parents they love them. 217 00:15:09,919 --> 00:15:15,559 Wow. Good. This is the thing about anything that involves trying to keep 218 00:15:15,679 --> 00:15:20,159 kids attention. I used to take my kids to my gym, remember that. 219 00:15:20,559 --> 00:15:24,399 Yeah, my gym. It's sort of like Jimboree. Right, I 220 00:15:24,440 --> 00:15:26,200 don't know if it's I don't know if it's totally nationwide, but anyway, 221 00:15:26,440 --> 00:15:31,240 yeah, it was great, except for at the beginning you had to do 222 00:15:31,320 --> 00:15:35,159 the circle time, and it was like none of the kids wanted to sit 223 00:15:35,240 --> 00:15:39,159 in a circle and they'd have to be like they'd have to. The leader 224 00:15:39,200 --> 00:15:43,840 would go do a song or whatever. Elbie was always like okay, I 225 00:15:45,200 --> 00:15:48,519 like because there's all this fun equipment around and things to jump on and whatever, 226 00:15:48,559 --> 00:15:52,440 and Elbe would be would just get up a lot because we did. 227 00:15:52,480 --> 00:15:56,000 She was pretty young, but at four same age as you know, she 228 00:15:56,039 --> 00:15:58,960 would just get up and go wander off, right, maybe she was even 229 00:15:58,039 --> 00:16:03,799 young like three, yeah, for two, and then she would just wander 230 00:16:03,840 --> 00:16:06,919 away from me and they would always be kind of mad at me, you 231 00:16:06,919 --> 00:16:10,000 know what I mean, Like, can you go get this is they're supposed 232 00:16:10,000 --> 00:16:14,320 to be paying attention, right, It's like I'm paying you to come. 233 00:16:14,360 --> 00:16:15,960 They only have an hour on all this, Like foot, let her go 234 00:16:17,080 --> 00:16:21,840 fucking play. Who cares she's starts distracting everybody. They'd be like, well, 235 00:16:21,840 --> 00:16:23,679 if she wants to go play, then all the kids are gonna want 236 00:16:23,720 --> 00:16:29,200 to go play. Yeah, maybe you're not being that interesting, right, 237 00:16:29,360 --> 00:16:36,720 Like maybe they don't want to hear the Blackbird song. Maybe you should work 238 00:16:36,759 --> 00:16:40,960 on your you know, your charisma, right right? Did you ever take 239 00:16:41,000 --> 00:16:45,240 your kids to a my gym? No? We well we have something right 240 00:16:45,279 --> 00:16:49,120 down the street that's called Kids Town, and so it's like it's just like 241 00:16:49,159 --> 00:16:52,879 a big indoor play place, right, I just different. This was the 242 00:16:52,960 --> 00:16:57,000 classes, right, classes. I think I ever did the classes at the 243 00:16:57,039 --> 00:17:02,120 gym. But it's not like I taking them to parties at my gym and 244 00:17:02,279 --> 00:17:04,240 stuff. Yeah, so it's a very similar thing. They do the same 245 00:17:04,240 --> 00:17:08,039 thing at parties, and the problem is there's a portion of the thing where 246 00:17:08,079 --> 00:17:12,880 they have to sit, right, And it's I mean, I you use 247 00:17:12,920 --> 00:17:17,000 the term class very loosely, but I think that's how they get you sucked 248 00:17:17,000 --> 00:17:19,319 in. It's an activity, but it's not just free, right, it's 249 00:17:19,359 --> 00:17:22,440 not just free, Like they don't just come in and use the space. 250 00:17:23,200 --> 00:17:27,359 You come in, you sign up for like I'm gonna come Tuesdays at ten 251 00:17:27,480 --> 00:17:32,400 fifteen in the morning to eleven fifteen. And then the kids, they first 252 00:17:32,440 --> 00:17:34,880 they come for the circle time and then it's like, Okay, this time 253 00:17:34,920 --> 00:17:37,839 we're gonna be using the we're gonna be swinging on the ring. You can 254 00:17:37,920 --> 00:17:41,519 go to these different stations to which you know me, I'd always be like, 255 00:17:41,799 --> 00:17:45,359 well, but Elbie really likes the thay the monkey bars, can we 256 00:17:45,400 --> 00:17:47,559 do that one today? They're like, no, not today, We're not 257 00:17:47,599 --> 00:17:51,160 doing that one. It's like, well why not, I'll watch her. 258 00:17:51,319 --> 00:17:53,559 It's a full it's like a full like looks like a mental institution. It's 259 00:17:53,599 --> 00:17:59,880 all padded exactly like you're gonna do. Everybody's wearing a helmet. Let them 260 00:18:00,519 --> 00:18:03,240 Yeah, yeah, yeah, I just did that member that I got sucked 261 00:18:03,240 --> 00:18:08,400 into the class, the Momy's first class in the valley. You remember that, 262 00:18:08,640 --> 00:18:12,160 everybody was like Jackie's class, Jackie's class. Everybody's like, you gotta 263 00:18:12,200 --> 00:18:15,079 do Jackie's class. There's a twin class that you should take. And I 264 00:18:15,119 --> 00:18:18,319 was like, I ain't doing no fucking Jackie. No, no, no, 265 00:18:18,319 --> 00:18:19,599 no, no, no, no no no. Then I had a 266 00:18:19,640 --> 00:18:25,240 friend that had twins who I respected, and she was like, there's a 267 00:18:25,240 --> 00:18:29,039 class in the valley for twins. But she didn't tell me the name. 268 00:18:29,039 --> 00:18:32,119 She didn't say it with Jackie's class. She said the teacher's name is. 269 00:18:32,680 --> 00:18:34,400 And then she's like, my, she had a friend that did it, 270 00:18:34,440 --> 00:18:37,519 and she's like she really loved it, blah blah blah. And I was 271 00:18:37,559 --> 00:18:41,599 like, oh, okay, and she gave me the number and I called 272 00:18:41,680 --> 00:18:44,880 and I signed up. And then I was like I told the story and 273 00:18:44,920 --> 00:18:48,119 I said I remember, you know, and they said okay, so make 274 00:18:48,200 --> 00:18:52,759 the check out to Jackie's class, Jackie Baby's first class or whatever Jackie's class. 275 00:18:52,880 --> 00:18:56,720 And I was like what the I broke the pencil and half like I 276 00:18:56,720 --> 00:19:00,759 got do motherfuckers. I did not wanted to. And then but then I 277 00:19:00,799 --> 00:19:03,720 was like, all right, I already signed up. It's for twins, 278 00:19:03,839 --> 00:19:07,680 it's not you know whatever. And I did that for like the first since 279 00:19:07,680 --> 00:19:11,599 they were like, I don't know, six months to eighteen months or so, 280 00:19:11,640 --> 00:19:14,240 you did it. Yeah, I took it. Yeah, I loved 281 00:19:14,240 --> 00:19:18,440 it. I learned so much from it. Yeah. I learned so much. 282 00:19:18,920 --> 00:19:21,960 How to sleep train them at the same time, how to how to 283 00:19:22,200 --> 00:19:25,880 potty train them, uh like everything like teething, what to do when they're 284 00:19:26,079 --> 00:19:29,279 like, yeah, so you liked her. I it wasn't Jackie. It 285 00:19:29,319 --> 00:19:32,680 was a oh you do a different one a teacher. It was the she 286 00:19:33,079 --> 00:19:37,240 owned the place, okay, but then she had a teacher that had twins 287 00:19:37,480 --> 00:19:41,960 okay, and she taught a twin class, and that's who I went to. 288 00:19:41,319 --> 00:19:45,680 It's like a cult. Yeah, that's why I was like trying to 289 00:19:45,720 --> 00:19:48,720 stay away from it, right right. I have a friend, my good 290 00:19:48,759 --> 00:19:52,480 friend, Cecily the you know, defected from like and she said it was 291 00:19:52,559 --> 00:19:55,640 really hard because it was it was like getting out of a cult, she 292 00:19:55,680 --> 00:19:57,759 said, because she had one friend and they were doing it and they were 293 00:19:57,799 --> 00:20:02,039 like, you know, it's just they're very bossy and everything. You have 294 00:20:02,079 --> 00:20:04,720 to do it a certain way and all the people have become like real followers 295 00:20:04,759 --> 00:20:10,559 and you can't have a different opinion about something. It's not open for discussion. 296 00:20:10,599 --> 00:20:12,359 And she was like, she was like, this is not I don't 297 00:20:12,599 --> 00:20:15,519 like it. So then she and her other friend left and then nobody would 298 00:20:15,559 --> 00:20:18,720 speak to them. Really yeah, she said, it was really crazy. 299 00:20:18,839 --> 00:20:22,400 Yeah. Now, my teacher, she was South African, she had that 300 00:20:22,519 --> 00:20:26,640 accent. She was very mellow, very cool. She brought up twins. 301 00:20:26,240 --> 00:20:30,400 She knew everything about twins, how to take care of twins, to do 302 00:20:30,480 --> 00:20:34,240 everything. And I learned a lot. Yeah and yeah, and then and 303 00:20:34,440 --> 00:20:37,240 then they grab they do their little graduation and then we were done. That 304 00:20:37,400 --> 00:20:40,559 was it, right. But I did learn, you know, like the 305 00:20:40,680 --> 00:20:45,240 teething the highlands, remember the Highlands. Of course, you know, learned 306 00:20:45,279 --> 00:20:49,599 about that all that shit. But yeah, and then but I never did 307 00:20:49,640 --> 00:20:56,200 the nanboree or the jamboree or the Jimbree Jimboree or I just remember going to 308 00:20:56,240 --> 00:21:02,319 baby's birthday parties there. Yeah. I like my gym only because at a 309 00:21:02,319 --> 00:21:07,160 certain point I had no activities, like and I was always a step behind 310 00:21:07,200 --> 00:21:10,079 when people would be like, oh, is your kid doing like tea ball 311 00:21:10,200 --> 00:21:12,880 or whatever, and I'd be like, no, I did never heard of 312 00:21:12,880 --> 00:21:18,160 that, don't is Oh it's like all the kids are doing this thing or 313 00:21:18,279 --> 00:21:22,400 oh oh all the kids were in this dance studio even from a super young 314 00:21:22,440 --> 00:21:27,680 age. It was like Miss Tony's or something U huh dance And I was 315 00:21:27,759 --> 00:21:33,839 like, how did everybody that I know find out about this? And nobody 316 00:21:33,000 --> 00:21:37,519 mentioned it to me? So it was like, wait, you know about 317 00:21:37,519 --> 00:21:40,240 this? You know about this? Oh, They're like, oh, yeah, 318 00:21:40,240 --> 00:21:42,799 We've been going to Miss Tony's for you know, six months or they 319 00:21:42,839 --> 00:21:47,400 already had their first recital. So then I got sucked into it, only 320 00:21:47,480 --> 00:21:49,279 because I didn't want to be left out, right, even though I was 321 00:21:49,319 --> 00:21:53,319 like, always seems pretty young to be like taking a dance clas. I 322 00:21:53,359 --> 00:21:56,400 don't know, I thought it was young, you know, but I put 323 00:21:56,440 --> 00:22:00,160 her in this thing and it was like balace and she kind of liked it. 324 00:22:00,240 --> 00:22:03,920 But again she was like a wanderer, like she would you know. 325 00:22:04,400 --> 00:22:07,640 I believe she might have been three, maybe she was four when she did 326 00:22:07,680 --> 00:22:12,720 this recital. And also, if you recall, she had anxiety that I 327 00:22:12,720 --> 00:22:15,799 didn't know that it was anxiety, right, but I was like, oh, 328 00:22:15,839 --> 00:22:21,160 she's never she's never gonna do this, right, Like, day of 329 00:22:21,200 --> 00:22:26,559 the recital happens, and shockingly, she went out and she was one of 330 00:22:26,559 --> 00:22:30,119 the few people that actually knew all the moves I had no idea. I 331 00:22:30,200 --> 00:22:33,880 was like, wait what she didn't cry. So several kids cried and wouldn't 332 00:22:33,920 --> 00:22:37,200 come out, but Elbie was like, yeah, what's the big deal, 333 00:22:37,200 --> 00:22:40,279 I'm wearing my little white Yeah. And of course you had to buy them 334 00:22:40,319 --> 00:22:44,400 their recital dry Now she was like one hundred and fifty dollars or something. 335 00:22:44,440 --> 00:22:47,279 I'm like, oh, that's where they get you. Yes, And they 336 00:22:47,279 --> 00:22:51,279 had to specially get measured for Like it was such a big kashaw for the 337 00:22:51,279 --> 00:22:53,880 fact that it's like these kids are three, they're getting spray tand and shit, 338 00:22:55,440 --> 00:22:57,039 no, I know there was wearing flippers. I was like, is 339 00:22:57,079 --> 00:23:03,000 this necessary? There is a special coach, like, yeah, there is 340 00:23:03,160 --> 00:23:07,759 creation station out in the valley. Yes, that's where I took and I 341 00:23:07,839 --> 00:23:12,480 signed Sonny and Natalia both him taking Sonny to dance class and he had to 342 00:23:12,519 --> 00:23:15,640 do the recital and he was the only boy, so they put him in 343 00:23:15,680 --> 00:23:21,279 like a top hat a tuxedo. Why did they always do that to boys? 344 00:23:21,359 --> 00:23:23,559 The boys He's got to wear like a top hat and tust line. 345 00:23:23,599 --> 00:23:29,240 All of a sudden, he was just bitter. He just did not want 346 00:23:29,279 --> 00:23:33,119 to do it, and and all the girls are dancing around him. And 347 00:23:33,160 --> 00:23:37,240 he's just like kind of just standing. Then he's wandering off and and it 348 00:23:37,400 --> 00:23:41,400 just was like so embarrassing, and and then that was that. Like after 349 00:23:41,440 --> 00:23:44,160 that, I was just like, do you they both did not like dance. 350 00:23:44,240 --> 00:23:47,480 Natalia. I thought maybe she would at least want to go back, 351 00:23:47,519 --> 00:23:49,440 and she's like, no, never want to go back to that again. 352 00:23:49,920 --> 00:23:56,200 And then she did ice skating. Yeah, yeah, Albi did probably like 353 00:23:56,359 --> 00:24:00,640 one more class at the dance place. This was the thing about Elbe that 354 00:24:00,799 --> 00:24:03,759 is was surprising at the time. She would just decide, like I would 355 00:24:03,759 --> 00:24:07,440 do things because everybody else was doing them, and my gym was kind of 356 00:24:07,480 --> 00:24:11,400 the same thing. It was like, Okay, there's an activity and something 357 00:24:11,440 --> 00:24:15,000 to do with her, and everybody else is doing it. So we did 358 00:24:15,000 --> 00:24:18,279 that and that was fine, But then I couldn't get on board all like 359 00:24:18,359 --> 00:24:21,720 the ten other activities, but the dance I got sucked into. But then 360 00:24:21,799 --> 00:24:23,960 like she did dance one more time, and even though all of her friends 361 00:24:25,039 --> 00:24:27,000 continued on yeah and did it for a year, she was like, eh, 362 00:24:27,039 --> 00:24:30,359 I'm good, not interested. Same thing with girl scouts. She did 363 00:24:30,400 --> 00:24:34,480 girl Scouts for a year and then I think I've told you this story, 364 00:24:34,519 --> 00:24:38,359 but she was the only time that she got to see a bunch of these 365 00:24:38,440 --> 00:24:44,920 her little friends from the right like neighborhood, like my mom friend's daughters. 366 00:24:45,839 --> 00:24:49,119 Because she was going to a different school every she only had to go every 367 00:24:49,160 --> 00:24:52,799 other week. It wasn't even a big deal. She's like, I don't 368 00:24:52,799 --> 00:24:56,720 want to go anymore, Like, what do you mean, like all of 369 00:24:56,759 --> 00:25:00,279 your friends, Like you have all these friends there, and my friends were 370 00:25:00,279 --> 00:25:03,720 the truth leaders, so I knew they were fun moms. It wasn't like 371 00:25:03,920 --> 00:25:07,920 it wasn't work, you know. And she would get to earn a patch 372 00:25:07,000 --> 00:25:10,759 or whatever. You'd think she'd be into that. Just one day she's like, 373 00:25:11,000 --> 00:25:12,880 I don't want to do it anymore, and I said why not? 374 00:25:14,119 --> 00:25:18,440 And she's like boring because it was boring, I know, but I was 375 00:25:18,440 --> 00:25:22,279 like, but it's like an hour and a half of your time every other 376 00:25:22,440 --> 00:25:26,160 week. Nope. Yeah, that was it. She was done, done 377 00:25:26,200 --> 00:25:29,680 and she never did it again. And the rest of these girls, literally 378 00:25:30,759 --> 00:25:33,680 my closest friends, my closest mom friend's daughters did it all the way through 379 00:25:33,720 --> 00:25:37,039 high school, earned their gold awards, look good for college, whatever, 380 00:25:37,279 --> 00:25:41,839 No, I'll be quit it like five yeah, same with my kids and 381 00:25:41,960 --> 00:25:45,880 Sonny all his friends. But now they're like eagle scouts, you know, 382 00:25:45,160 --> 00:25:49,440 they're like I look at him, they're like they got beards and they're like 383 00:25:49,960 --> 00:25:53,039 where they're sash, you know, they got their sash and like they're posting 384 00:25:53,079 --> 00:25:57,640 pictures. My son just became an eagle or whatever they're called falcons. I 385 00:25:57,640 --> 00:26:00,839 don't know, it's just going. They got like it's weird when they got 386 00:26:00,880 --> 00:26:06,839 beards, you know. And Sonny quit years ago. I think though also, 387 00:26:07,480 --> 00:26:11,160 you know, his dad, let's be honest, wasn't really taken him 388 00:26:11,160 --> 00:26:15,759 to the campings or this and then that or whatever. But I still even 389 00:26:15,799 --> 00:26:18,960 then, I don't think Sonny was just not interested. And Natalia was not 390 00:26:18,000 --> 00:26:22,920 interested in the girl scout shit at all. Well, she did want to 391 00:26:22,960 --> 00:26:26,400 go sell cookies. That's one thing she did right right right, Yes, 392 00:26:26,599 --> 00:26:30,039 we we did. We talked about Jack last time because Elbi. That's yeah. 393 00:26:30,079 --> 00:26:32,599 She wanted to do it for one season, to sell the cookies, 394 00:26:32,640 --> 00:26:34,960 to sell the co and Sadie got involved in it was like a daisy for 395 00:26:36,200 --> 00:26:40,759 one season sold the cookies and then when it came to selling the cookies, 396 00:26:40,880 --> 00:26:42,960 she was like, well I have to walk all over the neighborhood, you 397 00:26:44,039 --> 00:26:45,079 know. And I'm like, yeah, that's how it's done, Like you 398 00:26:45,119 --> 00:26:48,279 go from door to door and you ask if and she was like, m 399 00:26:48,000 --> 00:26:53,440 that's not really up my healthie not sales gold walking. Yeah, she yeah, 400 00:26:53,599 --> 00:26:56,920 talking to strain you know people, Yeah, she was. She honestly, 401 00:26:57,079 --> 00:27:00,799 even at that age, felt like that was a little cringey. Right, 402 00:27:00,759 --> 00:27:03,799 how's people if they want to buy? No, Kayla, wait, 403 00:27:03,880 --> 00:27:08,519 so your girls do Girl Scouts. It's coming, Yeah, it's coming. 404 00:27:08,680 --> 00:27:12,319 We'll buy it, will be the first to buy. Well, I would 405 00:27:12,319 --> 00:27:17,359 prefer if they could do like the Boy Scouts things for girls, Like I 406 00:27:17,400 --> 00:27:19,359 want to go camping. I want to I want to do all the camping 407 00:27:19,400 --> 00:27:25,720 stuff. Well, the Girl Scouts do do camping trips. It's not just 408 00:27:25,839 --> 00:27:30,440 the cookies they do. I don't know anything other than the cookies for Girl 409 00:27:30,480 --> 00:27:34,160 Scouts. They do the like my friends kids did. Albie did do a 410 00:27:34,200 --> 00:27:37,559 camping trip but she got really scared. Yeah, they did. They do 411 00:27:37,559 --> 00:27:41,519 do a camp they yeah, but they're not with the dads and stuff. 412 00:27:41,599 --> 00:27:45,920 I know, Kayla, I don't really know exactly what the boy Scouts do 413 00:27:45,079 --> 00:27:48,079 either. I'm just assuming, but I'm just saying I would rather them learn 414 00:27:48,279 --> 00:27:52,480 like, you know, your nature skills, survival skills, go camping. 415 00:27:52,599 --> 00:27:56,400 They do. That's what I want to like. So if there's a program 416 00:27:56,440 --> 00:28:00,799 where I could put the girls into to learn survive into the boys into a 417 00:28:00,920 --> 00:28:03,680 girl Scouts, that's like the boy Scouts. That's what I would want to 418 00:28:03,680 --> 00:28:07,359 put them into. It seems way more fun to me. It is. 419 00:28:07,400 --> 00:28:11,240 It was more useful. It was like they were you don't think that learning 420 00:28:11,319 --> 00:28:15,480 like etiquette and like what where to place forks when you're having a dinner. 421 00:28:15,480 --> 00:28:21,359 You don't think that's gonna helpen. Well, I've gotten this far without knowing 422 00:28:21,400 --> 00:28:27,200 where to place a fork, so I think I'm okay, yeah, well 423 00:28:27,799 --> 00:28:33,440 it'll get there. But I think that, uh, you know, I'm 424 00:28:33,640 --> 00:28:37,160 I was fine when when they quit, especially Sonny, because it was like 425 00:28:37,279 --> 00:28:41,000 every weekend there was some obligation I had to make the you know, they 426 00:28:41,039 --> 00:28:45,680 had to do these like car races, things that you have to put like 427 00:28:45,720 --> 00:28:48,279 a car together, Like they teach you how to like put ship together, 428 00:28:48,839 --> 00:28:52,119 and I would have to host. I would host the ship at my house 429 00:28:52,599 --> 00:28:57,160 at for times for Sonny, and then eventually it would just it was like 430 00:28:57,759 --> 00:29:00,079 you got did you do your thing, you know, and then it becomes 431 00:29:00,079 --> 00:29:04,119 a chore, like don't forget you gotta get your thing done whatever, and 432 00:29:04,160 --> 00:29:07,799 then it was like forget it. It was just done, done, moving 433 00:29:07,799 --> 00:29:14,720 on to the next thing. I have to say, my twins were really 434 00:29:14,759 --> 00:29:19,640 not into extracurricular stuff period. I just couldn't get them to Like. Remember, 435 00:29:19,680 --> 00:29:22,799 I went through such a long period, I mean during this show where 436 00:29:22,799 --> 00:29:26,160 I was like, what activity could I put my kids in that they'll want 437 00:29:26,160 --> 00:29:30,519 to do? Like everything, they were just not interested in it. Well, 438 00:29:30,839 --> 00:29:33,920 okay, they did basketball, yeah, for quite a few years, 439 00:29:33,440 --> 00:29:38,920 but I mean Sadie, let's be real, like she never got great at 440 00:29:38,920 --> 00:29:42,960 it, Like she was sort of into it, but it was always pulling 441 00:29:44,000 --> 00:29:45,599 teeth to get my kids to go to practice. Yeah, the younger ones. 442 00:29:47,160 --> 00:29:51,359 Elbe was really into basketball for a while, but yeah, I guess, 443 00:29:51,400 --> 00:29:53,519 and then she was gonna do cheerleading and then COVID hit and that was 444 00:29:53,680 --> 00:29:57,079 high school. At high school, she played basketball in ninth grade. Yeah, 445 00:29:57,079 --> 00:30:00,480 and then she didn't like the coach and she didn't get moved up to 446 00:30:00,559 --> 00:30:04,200 JV from the freshman sophomore team, and so she was like, Nope, 447 00:30:04,279 --> 00:30:07,960 not doing it. That's it. I'm done. Yeah, which she should 448 00:30:07,039 --> 00:30:11,880 have stuck with it because everything fell apart during COVID. Yeah, and all 449 00:30:11,960 --> 00:30:17,440 the kids that like that coach left and all of those kids went to like 450 00:30:17,480 --> 00:30:22,240 straight divarsity. She would have been she would have made varsity had she stuck 451 00:30:22,279 --> 00:30:26,119 with it, because in junior year a bunch of because they were all off 452 00:30:26,160 --> 00:30:29,519 for all of sophomore year, then a bunch of those good kids graduated out 453 00:30:29,640 --> 00:30:32,799 and they needed so some of her friends that stuck with it were like, 454 00:30:33,000 --> 00:30:36,759 LB, he would have been a varsity with us like junior year. But 455 00:30:37,079 --> 00:30:40,400 she didn't even she didn't care. She didn't even look back. No, 456 00:30:40,519 --> 00:30:44,960 Then she signed up for cheerleading, made the cheerleading team. Then she she 457 00:30:45,039 --> 00:30:48,000 did it for less than a week and she was like, wow, there 458 00:30:48,000 --> 00:30:52,920 it's a lot of practice. Like these people are into it. She was 459 00:30:52,960 --> 00:30:55,880 like, who what kind of people are that? In her mind, she 460 00:30:56,039 --> 00:30:59,680 was like, you got to go during lunch every day after school, like 461 00:30:59,759 --> 00:31:04,519 for cheerleading. So she immediately dropped cheerleading and took creative writing class smart, 462 00:31:04,720 --> 00:31:08,640 which was fine with me, but then it was just another academic class, 463 00:31:08,839 --> 00:31:12,759 right, you know, So I was like, which doesn't in my mind 464 00:31:12,920 --> 00:31:18,039 I was like, okay, but for college, Like, don't you want 465 00:31:18,079 --> 00:31:22,680 to have some some extracurricular activities? She was like no, yeah, and 466 00:31:22,759 --> 00:31:29,319 Sadie and Xander once they stopped basketball, Nope. Nothing. Now I'm just 467 00:31:29,400 --> 00:31:32,559 I'm happy. I'm happy the kids play an instrument. Now, yes, 468 00:31:32,960 --> 00:31:36,079 look at them. Now, they're gonna be in a rock band. They're 469 00:31:36,079 --> 00:31:41,039 gonna be like the White Stripes. Isn't the White Stripes brothers and sister, 470 00:31:41,680 --> 00:31:45,759 aren't they? I think so? Yeah. I think they're a brother and 471 00:31:45,839 --> 00:31:48,240 sister. Like one plays guitar, one plays the drums. That could be 472 00:31:48,319 --> 00:31:52,640 like the White the New you know. Yeah, all right, let's take 473 00:31:52,680 --> 00:31:56,519 a quick break. Okay, what'd you find out, Klein? Uh? 474 00:31:56,759 --> 00:31:59,720 Well, just the first thing that pops up when I google White Stripes brother 475 00:31:59,759 --> 00:32:04,640 and STI there's Meg and Jack. White publicly portrayed themselves as siblings. However, 476 00:32:04,759 --> 00:32:07,359 public records emerged in one that showed Meghan and Jack were not related, 477 00:32:08,359 --> 00:32:14,359 what in fact, had married in ninety six prior to the band's formation. 478 00:32:14,519 --> 00:32:19,799 They divorced in two thousand. Oh wow, before the White strikes to send 479 00:32:19,799 --> 00:32:22,880 it to international fame. That's the first thing that just pops up on, 480 00:32:23,000 --> 00:32:29,519 so they pretended to be brother and sister as like a gimmick, probably looking 481 00:32:29,640 --> 00:32:32,799 like that. Yeah they Yeah, and Jack and Meg were married and divorced 482 00:32:32,799 --> 00:32:38,839 in two thousand. That's Meg who insisted that the band continue. Yeah. 483 00:32:38,839 --> 00:32:45,119 Wow, I remember I saw him at kay Rock Acoustic Christmas the first like 484 00:32:45,319 --> 00:32:47,359 nobody knew who they were. They were like the first band to play of 485 00:32:47,400 --> 00:32:51,880 the night. Mm hmm. I saw so many bands at these k Rock 486 00:32:52,039 --> 00:32:57,480 Acoustic Christmases and before they were anything like I remember I saw No Doubt for 487 00:32:57,519 --> 00:33:00,200 the first time, like they were Wow, they were opening up for bands. 488 00:33:01,039 --> 00:33:05,680 She was just like this cute little blonde you know, she made she 489 00:33:05,799 --> 00:33:09,400 made homemade cookies for Kevin and Bean and the staff. And then they played 490 00:33:09,400 --> 00:33:13,640 that night and I was blown away. I was like, Wow, this 491 00:33:13,759 --> 00:33:17,680 band, she's fucking great. This band is awesome, like so many bands 492 00:33:17,720 --> 00:33:22,799 like uh Cold Play, uh before they were Anybody, which is pretty cool. 493 00:33:23,240 --> 00:33:27,559 Yeah, but yeah, I remember the White Stripes played and people were 494 00:33:27,599 --> 00:33:30,200 like, are they married? Are they together? Know they're brother and sister, 495 00:33:30,680 --> 00:33:34,440 and I was like, oh, that's pretty cool that then they did 496 00:33:34,519 --> 00:33:42,000 it for a gimmick. Sounds like it. Wow, so quick, little 497 00:33:42,279 --> 00:33:45,720 update. Yeah, little story about pepo mm hm. So you know how 498 00:33:45,759 --> 00:33:49,839 she had the hematoma in her ear, yes, and then it and then 499 00:33:49,880 --> 00:33:52,720 the doctor said it might come back, but then it might resolve itself. 500 00:33:52,799 --> 00:33:57,119 So it had come back, and then I was like I got to bring 501 00:33:57,119 --> 00:34:00,240 her back in and then and then they had her. They told me to 502 00:34:00,279 --> 00:34:05,359 take her off of her pain meds for a week and then bring her back 503 00:34:05,400 --> 00:34:07,440 in and they were gonna put some steroid. They were going to drain it 504 00:34:07,480 --> 00:34:12,039 again and put steroid in there. So I was like okay, and I 505 00:34:12,079 --> 00:34:15,480 didn't really want to do it just because I was like, it's just so 506 00:34:15,599 --> 00:34:19,119 much. Anyway it started, it had seemed like it was starting to like 507 00:34:19,320 --> 00:34:22,840 drain a bit resolve itself. So I had called and said, hey, 508 00:34:22,960 --> 00:34:28,320 I'm going to just cancel the appointment and I'm gonna see give it another week 509 00:34:28,599 --> 00:34:34,639 and keep her off the car preef that's the pain med and then we'll see 510 00:34:35,039 --> 00:34:37,599 how she does, like in a week. So like a week later, 511 00:34:37,800 --> 00:34:43,480 still was there. There was like still fluid in there. So I called 512 00:34:43,519 --> 00:34:46,119 back and I was like okay, and I wanted to start being able to 513 00:34:46,119 --> 00:34:50,079 give her her pain meds again because she has arthritis, so I knew she 514 00:34:50,159 --> 00:34:52,360 was like hurting a little bit. So I'm like, okay, let's do 515 00:34:52,440 --> 00:34:54,599 this. Let's bring her in, and they go, okay, we you 516 00:34:54,599 --> 00:35:00,320 can bring her into today at whatever time this was, I don't know was 517 00:35:00,400 --> 00:35:02,880 Friday. Let's just say yeah, you can bring her in and we can 518 00:35:02,920 --> 00:35:07,760 do the procedure at three thirty. So I'm like okay, and I said, 519 00:35:07,159 --> 00:35:10,440 but I'm just bringing her in for like the procedure because this is the 520 00:35:10,480 --> 00:35:14,360 thing I hate is every time you go in, they find a way to 521 00:35:14,360 --> 00:35:17,039 be like charge you for like a physical I know, right, they're like, 522 00:35:17,119 --> 00:35:20,599 oh okay, this so the doctor charging for something, right, and 523 00:35:20,639 --> 00:35:22,440 it's like one hundred bucks. They will charge you like ninety to one hundred 524 00:35:22,480 --> 00:35:30,159 dollars for just the visit. Okay, we just had done two weeks prior 525 00:35:30,800 --> 00:35:32,480 because when we brought her in, we didn't know what the thing was. 526 00:35:32,559 --> 00:35:37,400 So they and I even said to John at the time, I was like, 527 00:35:37,440 --> 00:35:42,079 listen, I love this this doctor, this vet. But I'm like, 528 00:35:42,920 --> 00:35:45,239 if they're gonna tell you, okay, we're charging you for a visit 529 00:35:45,280 --> 00:35:49,159 where we check her out, I'm like, ask about small shit that's going 530 00:35:49,239 --> 00:35:52,119 on? With her, you know what I mean, Yes, if we're 531 00:35:52,159 --> 00:35:54,519 gonna get charged the same price that we do for like a every sixth month 532 00:35:54,559 --> 00:35:59,360 or every once a year visit, go like, hey, what's this bump 533 00:35:59,400 --> 00:36:01,360 on our and here? Like is that anything to worry about? Like, 534 00:36:01,440 --> 00:36:06,400 you know, ask some questions, and so I gave him with like a 535 00:36:06,440 --> 00:36:08,440 list of questions. Anyway, I was like, have them listen to her 536 00:36:08,480 --> 00:36:13,639 breathing because sometimes I'm super codependent with her, but I'm like, sometimes it 537 00:36:13,679 --> 00:36:16,440 seems like she's like breathing funny or snoring a lot or whatever. And so 538 00:36:16,519 --> 00:36:21,519 he did. Anyway, So at that visit, he was like, this 539 00:36:21,559 --> 00:36:23,519 is what it is. It's ahematoma. And in that visit he drained it. 540 00:36:24,000 --> 00:36:29,920 So we got charged for the visit plus the wound care you know whatever. 541 00:36:30,000 --> 00:36:34,480 Okay, plus we gave her an allergy shot at the time. So 542 00:36:34,559 --> 00:36:37,920 that visit came to like three hundred and something dies right when you add everything 543 00:36:37,960 --> 00:36:42,119 together. So I'm going back. So I say, okay, you have 544 00:36:42,519 --> 00:36:45,800 pet insurance. I do have pet insurance, and it doesn't it doesn't cover 545 00:36:45,920 --> 00:36:49,559 the anti the allergy shot, okay, because she already had allergies. It 546 00:36:49,599 --> 00:36:54,719 was a pre existing condition, so it it would have and they don't really 547 00:36:55,119 --> 00:37:00,440 pay for the visit itself. It's only like the so the wound care part 548 00:37:00,559 --> 00:37:05,440 they only charged fifty dollars for, so that's the only part I could have 549 00:37:05,519 --> 00:37:08,199 and then they only pay eighty percent of that. So I am going to 550 00:37:08,239 --> 00:37:10,800 submit that claim, but it's like, what am I going to get back 551 00:37:12,000 --> 00:37:15,239 right, right? Thirty dollars or whatever? Okay, anyway, so when 552 00:37:15,239 --> 00:37:20,039 I call, I'm like, okay, but I don't want to get charged 553 00:37:20,039 --> 00:37:22,079 for like a visit, Like I just want can you Like, I just 554 00:37:22,119 --> 00:37:24,920 want her to have the oh, because the doctor had said, bring her 555 00:37:24,920 --> 00:37:27,920 back in and this is what we're going to do. We're going to redrain 556 00:37:28,000 --> 00:37:30,800 it. So it's like I just want to get charged for the redraining part. 557 00:37:30,159 --> 00:37:35,679 And they're like yeah, so if I go in, I bring her 558 00:37:35,719 --> 00:37:38,360 in and they're like okay, so you know the doctor is going to bring 559 00:37:38,400 --> 00:37:43,039 you in and he'll examine her. And I was like, wait what I 560 00:37:43,079 --> 00:37:46,400 said, No, that's not really I said, we already know. The 561 00:37:46,480 --> 00:37:50,800 doctor already said this is what we're going to do if it fills back up. 562 00:37:51,159 --> 00:37:52,679 I just want the wound care part. I just want them to drain 563 00:37:52,719 --> 00:37:55,679 it and put the stooid shot and she was like, oh, no, 564 00:37:55,800 --> 00:38:00,719 it's just say it's a re checkers. Yeah, they're going to do a 565 00:38:00,760 --> 00:38:05,480 recheck and blah blah blah. And then I was getting like kind of irritated 566 00:38:05,519 --> 00:38:10,239 because I'm like, but I don't really need the like we know what's going 567 00:38:10,280 --> 00:38:14,280 on, Like we know what the problem is, Like the problem is that 568 00:38:14,320 --> 00:38:16,400 her ear filled back up with fluid, and she and you know, she 569 00:38:16,519 --> 00:38:21,079 kept going, yeah, I don't I'm not familiar with your case, so 570 00:38:21,159 --> 00:38:22,880 I don't. And I was like, well, but I am like, 571 00:38:23,599 --> 00:38:27,800 I'm familiar with the case, and I'm familiar with the fact that my husband 572 00:38:27,880 --> 00:38:31,760 called doctor the doctor and discussed it and this is what they said to bring 573 00:38:31,800 --> 00:38:37,440 her in for. I was And then finally I was just like, Okay, 574 00:38:37,440 --> 00:38:39,320 here's the thing. You want me to go in and have a whole 575 00:38:39,400 --> 00:38:42,559 visit with the doctor. I go, And then you guys are going to 576 00:38:42,639 --> 00:38:45,760 charge me one hundred dollars for that because it counts as like all full on 577 00:38:45,920 --> 00:38:50,840 visit when I already we already know what the problem is. So I was 578 00:38:50,880 --> 00:38:52,920 just getting a little bit frustrated. I wasn't being a Karen. I wasn't 579 00:38:52,960 --> 00:38:57,480 like I refuse to. I was just like, well, but you got 580 00:38:57,480 --> 00:39:00,679 to stand up because this I've gone to this so many times with Molly, 581 00:39:00,840 --> 00:39:04,800 with Phil. It's like, Okay, I'm bringing the dog in to get 582 00:39:04,840 --> 00:39:07,960 the wound care taken care of. That's all I need. We already know 583 00:39:07,000 --> 00:39:10,719 what the problem is. You don't need to have like a whole check up 584 00:39:10,760 --> 00:39:14,440 on it. But you know, oh but it's standard procedure. No, 585 00:39:14,440 --> 00:39:15,400 no, no, no no, I already talked to the doctor, had 586 00:39:15,440 --> 00:39:17,960 to do. Yeah. I mean there's a lot of like chatter chatter j 587 00:39:17,920 --> 00:39:22,039 that you gotta you gotta help, You gotta be an advocate and tell them, 588 00:39:22,079 --> 00:39:24,920 like, you can't get charged every time. You know what the problem 589 00:39:25,000 --> 00:39:28,639 is. This is what it is. We're coming in to get the wound 590 00:39:28,639 --> 00:39:30,239 taken care of. Blah blah blah. That's it. Thank You'll have a 591 00:39:30,280 --> 00:39:36,519 good day. And I certainly wasn't expecting anything to be like free. It's 592 00:39:36,639 --> 00:39:38,159 just that I just want to pay for the thing I'm and for. You 593 00:39:38,280 --> 00:39:44,679 already charged me without complaint two weeks ago. You already fully checked her out 594 00:39:44,760 --> 00:39:47,559 and figured out what the problem is. I said, And they're gonna like 595 00:39:47,800 --> 00:39:51,039 check to see if she has an ear infection, but she doesn't. They 596 00:39:51,039 --> 00:39:52,840 already told me it was two weeks ago. Oh and then they're asking all 597 00:39:52,840 --> 00:39:55,960 the questions, has there been any vomiting? Has there? And I'm like, 598 00:39:57,880 --> 00:39:59,920 no, I would have told you, like I would have told you. 599 00:40:00,239 --> 00:40:02,599 Yeah. So that's why I'm coming in there, Like how's her has 600 00:40:02,599 --> 00:40:06,639 she been having any diary? Like, yeah, how's her appetite? I'm 601 00:40:06,639 --> 00:40:10,760 like, I just told you. The reason I'm bringing her in is literally 602 00:40:12,159 --> 00:40:15,800 we just went through this two weeks ago and paid for all these questions. 603 00:40:15,719 --> 00:40:17,920 Okay, well we have to weigh her. I'm like, she and her 604 00:40:17,960 --> 00:40:22,719 weight hasn't changed from two weeks ago. I'm getting like a little bit frustrated, 605 00:40:22,199 --> 00:40:27,480 which I'm more venting to you. Then. I wasn't like, I 606 00:40:27,559 --> 00:40:29,800 wasn't like, no, you don't need to weigh her. But I was 607 00:40:29,840 --> 00:40:32,159 just like, oh, here we go. You know. Anyway, They're 608 00:40:32,239 --> 00:40:36,960 just like there's no flexibility. They're just like, no the doctor. So 609 00:40:37,280 --> 00:40:38,840 go in the exam room and I bring her in there, and then the 610 00:40:38,920 --> 00:40:44,440 doctor comes in and then he feels her ear and I was like, so 611 00:40:44,639 --> 00:40:46,559 what we're going to do is you're going to drain it and put the stirred 612 00:40:46,599 --> 00:40:51,440 in there, and he goes. He goes, yeah, and then he's 613 00:40:51,480 --> 00:40:55,119 like, it does seem like it is drained like more. He's like, 614 00:40:55,239 --> 00:41:00,159 obviously it's not flat like when we when we first drained it out, and 615 00:41:00,280 --> 00:41:02,559 I knew some of it would come back, but was it worse before? 616 00:41:04,320 --> 00:41:07,280 And I was like, yeah, it's definitely moving in the right direction, 617 00:41:07,360 --> 00:41:08,559 but it's there's still fluid in there, you can feel it. And he 618 00:41:08,559 --> 00:41:14,960 goes, yeah, there's still fluid in there. He's like, but it 619 00:41:15,000 --> 00:41:17,760 is getting less. It's definitely less than it was the first time you brought 620 00:41:17,760 --> 00:41:21,480 her in, for sure. And I was like yes, and he goes, 621 00:41:21,519 --> 00:41:24,480 so that tells me it is resolving itself. He goes, I can 622 00:41:24,519 --> 00:41:28,639 totally drain it and I can put steroid in there. I can do that. 623 00:41:29,119 --> 00:41:35,000 He's like, it could come right back though, and also re redraining 624 00:41:35,039 --> 00:41:38,800 it might cause inflammation, like it might irritate cause it to fill back up. 625 00:41:39,679 --> 00:41:42,559 And I was like, so what are you saying, Like you think 626 00:41:42,559 --> 00:41:45,519 we should just not do anything, and he goes, and this is why 627 00:41:45,559 --> 00:41:50,400 I love this that stuff. He's like, I mean, if it was 628 00:41:50,519 --> 00:41:54,559 my dog. He goes, I'd probably just leave it and like see what 629 00:41:54,599 --> 00:41:58,880 you think in a couple of weeks. So in my mind I'm like, 630 00:41:59,440 --> 00:42:01,559 oh great, so then I'll get I'm gonna get charged for this visit. 631 00:42:02,079 --> 00:42:06,880 And then like, you've just rescheduled me for like come back in in three 632 00:42:06,920 --> 00:42:09,880 weeks. And I was like okay, and he goes, yeah, no 633 00:42:10,039 --> 00:42:14,559 charge. Ah haha, there you go. And I was like, wait, 634 00:42:14,679 --> 00:42:17,360 really, because all this time I'd been anticipating. I'm like, how 635 00:42:17,440 --> 00:42:20,679 much is this gonna cost? Right? And then I was like, oh 636 00:42:20,760 --> 00:42:22,039 my god, I feel like I just made three hundred dollars. I was 637 00:42:22,079 --> 00:42:24,480 like, are you sure, and he goes, yeah, we didn't do 638 00:42:24,519 --> 00:42:30,320 anything right, And I was like, oh my god, what office does 639 00:42:30,519 --> 00:42:35,320 miss is an opportunity to charge you. I now, it's really nice. 640 00:42:35,360 --> 00:42:38,039 Once in a while that'll happen. Yeah, Like when I when Phil had 641 00:42:38,039 --> 00:42:44,039 his stitches, I had to they his stitches dissolve on their own or whatever, 642 00:42:44,119 --> 00:42:46,239 and I thought he really I thought he injured himself. So I brought 643 00:42:46,320 --> 00:42:51,639 him in. They looked at it and I and then they said they they 644 00:42:51,679 --> 00:42:53,000 just looked at it, and then they didn't charge me. And I was 645 00:42:53,079 --> 00:42:59,079 like what, really, that's so weird. Give it a gift. Yeah, 646 00:42:59,119 --> 00:43:00,760 it's like I won, like yeah, like I bet on something and 647 00:43:00,800 --> 00:43:05,280 I won money in Vegas. Like there's like yes, like we're abused, 648 00:43:05,480 --> 00:43:08,119 you know, and then like the time that like we do something that we 649 00:43:08,159 --> 00:43:12,519 think our husband's going to get like real mad at us for and then they 650 00:43:12,559 --> 00:43:15,199 don't, and then you're like, oh my gosh, they love me. 651 00:43:15,719 --> 00:43:20,679 That's sad. I know that's how I feel that. I'm like, oh 652 00:43:20,719 --> 00:43:23,119 god, I'm going to go in this Vets office and you know, walk 653 00:43:23,199 --> 00:43:29,000 out there and not be able to buy my kids gifts this year. I'm 654 00:43:29,039 --> 00:43:32,599 telling you. Yeah, yeah, well, well we should wrap because we 655 00:43:32,800 --> 00:43:37,760 have guests coming in. Yes we do. Oh so this week we have 656 00:43:37,840 --> 00:43:44,440 Meredith Lynch back TikTok Star Gossip. I love Meredith. She knows everything that's 657 00:43:44,480 --> 00:43:47,079 going on with everybody. You know what we could ask her about. We 658 00:43:47,079 --> 00:43:53,000 should ask her about the TikTok cult. Yeah. Yes, all those people 659 00:43:53,039 --> 00:43:58,079 that live in like the what's it called, like the four m or something, 660 00:43:59,000 --> 00:44:01,119 I don't know where the five Them house or something. All these dancers 661 00:44:01,119 --> 00:44:05,000 that live in a house. There's supposed to be a cult. I really 662 00:44:05,039 --> 00:44:08,880 don't know much about seven m Okay, we got that, and we want 663 00:44:08,920 --> 00:44:13,800 to talk with her about squid games. Oh, I can't wait the reality 664 00:44:13,840 --> 00:44:17,039 show and like other stuff too, yeah, a bunch of stuff. Yeah. 665 00:44:17,159 --> 00:44:22,519 So but before we wrap, let us tell you about Oh, this 666 00:44:22,639 --> 00:44:27,599 is a good one. Our friend Aaron who got for a Christmas present for 667 00:44:27,679 --> 00:44:30,719 her brother, which is so sweet. She wanted to promote his plant nursery 668 00:44:30,760 --> 00:44:37,719 and Costa Rica Costa Rica Coasta Mesa called the Backyard. It's on Tustin a 669 00:44:37,840 --> 00:44:42,199 f so if you're anywhere near there, it's a Christmas tree and they have 670 00:44:42,280 --> 00:44:47,079 other like plants and stuff the Backyard and you can follow him on Instagram at 671 00:44:47,239 --> 00:44:52,599 Backyard c a across all social media. Also, my friend Adam Lerner is 672 00:44:52,639 --> 00:44:57,880 a car broker. I have just been promoting him like creat like all my 673 00:44:57,960 --> 00:45:01,840 friends. People. People don't really that car brokers can save you a lot 674 00:45:01,880 --> 00:45:06,800 of money. 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Also, let's 683 00:45:45,599 --> 00:45:51,480 also just do Basic Becky if you need a Christmas gift. Tis the season. 684 00:45:51,639 --> 00:45:54,039 I just got John a mouse pad just came in the mail. It's 685 00:45:54,039 --> 00:46:00,079 so cool looking. It's because he got blocked by Kerrie Lake on Twitter and 686 00:46:00,159 --> 00:46:02,079 me the screenshot of it, so I had Becky make me a mousepad. 687 00:46:02,599 --> 00:46:07,280 Perfect, perfect, love it, fast shipping. Just go to just Basicbecky 688 00:46:07,360 --> 00:46:12,960 dot com or Basic Becky on Facebook. All right, thanks everybody, Thanks 689 00:46:13,039 --> 00:46:16,800 Caitlin. Follow us on social media yeah yeah, okay, and YouTube. 690 00:46:16,840 --> 00:46:22,280 I'll put the Meredith episode on there when it's released. And YouTube. And 691 00:46:22,559 --> 00:46:27,199 if you join Patreon at the five dollars level, you will get all of 692 00:46:27,199 --> 00:46:31,239 our bonus content and you will get every Tuesday episode at free. You're still 693 00:46:31,280 --> 00:46:36,079 doing that, yes, yeah, all right, thanks everybody your parent now, 694 00:46:36,199 --> 00:46:42,599 don't. If it us, it's madding good