WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.360 --> 00:00:05.360 Welcome to the I'm Still Fun Podcast. We won't have a new episode next 2 00:00:05.360 --> 00:00:08.359 week, yeah, because you are going to be in bad I am abandoning 3 00:00:08.400 --> 00:00:12.000 the ship and yeah, and I get back tuesday, but then we have 4 00:00:12.119 --> 00:00:15.919 like Juneteenth off, so at that point it'll just oh, that's right. 5 00:00:16.079 --> 00:00:20.199 Yeah, are you what is the weather report of the lakes, because I 6 00:00:20.239 --> 00:00:24.079 know you've been watching to make sure that they're like beautiful and clear and was 7 00:00:24.079 --> 00:00:29.359 there still ice or something? Yes? Right, So Lake Louise completely thawed, 8 00:00:29.519 --> 00:00:32.439 which is great. Moraine Lake still have like tiny bits, but it 9 00:00:32.479 --> 00:00:35.759 was like enough clear that it's fine. I think there will still be a 10 00:00:35.759 --> 00:00:40.679 tiny bit of snow on the little beehive hike that we're doing, but there 11 00:00:40.679 --> 00:00:43.799 are some like Lake Agnes, which is like part of what you would see. 12 00:00:43.840 --> 00:00:45.799 I think there are still some frozen points, but I don't think it's 13 00:00:45.799 --> 00:00:48.840 going to affect us in any real way. And honestly, it'll probably just 14 00:00:48.880 --> 00:00:52.719 be nice. We won't be sweaty, and I'm thinking and hoping it'll just 15 00:00:52.799 --> 00:00:55.240 be less busy, which'll be great. I know it'll still be busy, 16 00:00:55.280 --> 00:00:59.719 but I think it'll be I think we'll be very happy and we're really excited 17 00:00:59.719 --> 00:01:02.640 to go. I know, I'm ready for a vacation. I've only taken 18 00:01:02.679 --> 00:01:04.319 off two days this year, and I've already talked about that. I know, 19 00:01:04.439 --> 00:01:07.280 like to some people, that's probably a lot, you know, but 20 00:01:07.920 --> 00:01:14.400 I feel like mentally, I am ready for a little recharge. I also 21 00:01:14.760 --> 00:01:17.120 just want to say that, like, yes, that is probably a lot 22 00:01:17.159 --> 00:01:19.519 to certain people. And I'm sure there's a lot of people who work in 23 00:01:19.560 --> 00:01:22.519 an office setting and they go in every day, but I just feel like 24 00:01:22.640 --> 00:01:26.079 the working environment has changed so drastically for so many people, Like we have 25 00:01:26.159 --> 00:01:30.159 to be at the studio every day, and we have to be on every 26 00:01:30.159 --> 00:01:33.879 single day. You know. It's like there's just like so many different jobs 27 00:01:33.920 --> 00:01:37.200 you can do where you kind of have the opportunity to like not have to 28 00:01:37.239 --> 00:01:40.000 necessarily be on, or you can be at home and sweatpants and stuff. 29 00:01:40.040 --> 00:01:42.680 Yeah, and that's just like not the case for us. So I just 30 00:01:42.719 --> 00:01:45.760 feel like, but then there's also, like I say that, there's like 31 00:01:45.840 --> 00:01:49.000 doctors out there saving lives working twelve hour shifts, So it's like I can't 32 00:01:49.000 --> 00:01:52.239 compare it. We can't really comparels to someone like that either, for sure. 33 00:01:52.280 --> 00:01:56.560 But yeah, I'm i think because it's like I always say, it's 34 00:01:56.599 --> 00:02:00.840 funny, I will get a little like creatively drained, you know, especially 35 00:02:00.920 --> 00:02:04.519 since I mean it's June and you know, you haven't had a lot of 36 00:02:04.560 --> 00:02:07.479 time to recharge. But I always say when I go on vacation, like 37 00:02:07.560 --> 00:02:12.400 literally the first day or two, I'll immediately have a bunch of ideas for 38 00:02:12.479 --> 00:02:15.960 a show. It's like, because I don't have to yep, that they 39 00:02:15.960 --> 00:02:17.919 can actually come to me more organically than sitting down and be like, think 40 00:02:19.000 --> 00:02:22.319 of something. You know, we need something to fill the four o'clock hour 41 00:02:22.439 --> 00:02:27.400 or whatever. So I do always feel just like creative on vacations, which 42 00:02:27.439 --> 00:02:30.639 is really nice. Yeah, So how was your weekend? It was good. 43 00:02:30.719 --> 00:02:36.479 It was kind of busy. I went to the Noacon concert on Friday 44 00:02:36.520 --> 00:02:39.280 night, and I did get the tickets to the radio station, but they 45 00:02:39.280 --> 00:02:43.199 were probably some of the farthest tickets away from the stage you could get up 46 00:02:43.199 --> 00:02:46.000 in the noseblaze. Yeah, and I do know that we're spoiled where we 47 00:02:46.120 --> 00:02:50.520 have gotten tickets from the radio station before and they're much better seats. And 48 00:02:50.520 --> 00:02:53.360 Andrew and I were just talking about like a concert really is a different experience 49 00:02:53.800 --> 00:02:58.680 when you're like so far away from the stage. And also like I don't 50 00:02:58.719 --> 00:03:01.960 know if the X changes all their TVs or if it's like up to the 51 00:03:02.080 --> 00:03:07.000 artist, but I swear that his TVs were pretty small that he had that 52 00:03:07.039 --> 00:03:09.520 were the side ones. Yeah, And I just swear like when we did 53 00:03:09.639 --> 00:03:14.639 jingle Ball there, the TVs were way big. But maybe I'm maybe that 54 00:03:14.680 --> 00:03:17.840 was only my perspective because I was like running around by the stage and stuff. 55 00:03:19.360 --> 00:03:22.599 But so the concert was good and everything, but I just I was 56 00:03:22.639 --> 00:03:25.400 so tired because I had to do a work like event in the afternoon after 57 00:03:25.520 --> 00:03:28.800 work and it was just kind of go, go, go, from winning 58 00:03:28.840 --> 00:03:34.039 to the next. So there was that leaving the X, a girl was 59 00:03:34.080 --> 00:03:38.319 so intoxicated. She was leaning up against like near Seventh Street truck park on 60 00:03:38.319 --> 00:03:40.680 what was seventh and I don't I didn't know what was going on because all 61 00:03:40.680 --> 00:03:44.000 of a sudden, this guy's like go that way, and I wasn't paying 62 00:03:44.039 --> 00:03:49.319 attention because it's just crowds of people and there is just vomit everywhere, and 63 00:03:49.400 --> 00:03:53.439 I stepped in it just the slightest because I didn't know what was happening. 64 00:03:53.680 --> 00:03:57.280 It was just like a little strain of it. It was mostly like consolidated 65 00:03:57.360 --> 00:04:00.120 close to her girl, but that she I felt so bad, Yeah, 66 00:04:00.240 --> 00:04:04.560 because she was like hunched over and her friend was holding her up. And 67 00:04:04.639 --> 00:04:09.759 like, I know, I used to be like a crazy party girl myself, 68 00:04:09.840 --> 00:04:13.599 but like I pray that nobody ever saw me in a situation like that 69 00:04:13.840 --> 00:04:16.759 because it just was not good. Like she had had too much. So 70 00:04:17.399 --> 00:04:21.439 that was that. And then yeah, just had like some crazy events happened 71 00:04:21.439 --> 00:04:25.480 this weekend. Andrew got in a car accident. Oh God, she's okay, 72 00:04:25.720 --> 00:04:28.879 He's totally fine. The other person's fine as well. But it was 73 00:04:28.959 --> 00:04:31.720 just a messed up situation because we were at Stanley's in Northeast. We had 74 00:04:31.800 --> 00:04:35.399 lunch, and we had both done different things before, so we drove separately. 75 00:04:36.319 --> 00:04:40.480 And he had parked on the street, which is kind of a busy 76 00:04:40.519 --> 00:04:43.879 street in Northeast, and there's cars behind him and in front of him. 77 00:04:43.920 --> 00:04:46.920 He's about to pull out, there's nobody coming, and then this other car 78 00:04:47.000 --> 00:04:51.800 turns right onto that main street and that car can't see him pulling out because 79 00:04:51.800 --> 00:04:56.680 there's cars he's like parallel parked in there, huh. And then he doesn't 80 00:04:56.720 --> 00:04:59.920 see them turning right onto that street. Because it was right next to that 81 00:05:00.079 --> 00:05:03.199 corner for the most part, and so they just like sideswipe them, hit 82 00:05:03.279 --> 00:05:08.639 his bumper, his whole bumpers like ripped off, and anyways, nobody was 83 00:05:08.639 --> 00:05:13.160 injured. That's a good thing. The shitty thing was just like the reaction 84 00:05:13.399 --> 00:05:18.759 from the people afterwards, because Andrew was really cooperative and respectful and said, 85 00:05:18.800 --> 00:05:24.240 let's exchange information and all this stuff. Well, this woman's husband shows up 86 00:05:24.240 --> 00:05:27.920 and accuses Andrew of lying because he called the cops. And the cops are 87 00:05:27.959 --> 00:05:30.759 like, we don't come to the scene anymore, like they don't have the 88 00:05:30.759 --> 00:05:33.720 man power, I don't think yeah, And so the guy's accusing him of 89 00:05:33.800 --> 00:05:36.120 lying, saying he didn't call the cops and that's not true, and he's 90 00:05:36.120 --> 00:05:39.279 going to call the cops. And Andrew's like, cool, go ahead and 91 00:05:39.319 --> 00:05:41.439 call the cops. They'll tell you the same thing they just told me. 92 00:05:42.040 --> 00:05:46.720 And then his wife told him that a female was driving, and Andrew's like, 93 00:05:46.759 --> 00:05:47.720 I don't know what you're talking about, bro, Like I'm the only 94 00:05:47.759 --> 00:05:51.759 one here. I'm in the car, like whatever. And I had turned 95 00:05:51.800 --> 00:05:54.959 around because he had texted me like I got in an accident, can you 96 00:05:55.000 --> 00:05:58.240 come get me? So I turned around and I was there, and then 97 00:05:58.240 --> 00:06:00.560 I went to go sit with him in his car as he's talking with his 98 00:06:00.600 --> 00:06:04.040 insurance company, and this guy's like recording and he's recording the car and I 99 00:06:04.160 --> 00:06:08.040 had the door open and he comes in and he like puts the camera like 100 00:06:08.079 --> 00:06:10.399 towards me and was like, and she's in here, and I go, 101 00:06:10.519 --> 00:06:13.920 no, no, I was not here. I was in a separate car. 102 00:06:14.079 --> 00:06:15.879 I just showed up. I'm just sitting in here with him. And 103 00:06:15.920 --> 00:06:19.480 then Andrew's like just pissed. At this point, he goes and slams the 104 00:06:19.480 --> 00:06:24.920 door shut. Honestly, he like rightfully. So he got like actually angry 105 00:06:24.920 --> 00:06:27.879 with this guy at this point because he was just being a dick. Like 106 00:06:28.040 --> 00:06:31.079 Andrew was being respectful, he was giving the information he needed, he wasn't 107 00:06:31.160 --> 00:06:34.040 lying about anything. And then the guy's like, well, I'm gonna like 108 00:06:34.040 --> 00:06:36.759 get the camera footage from the restaurant, and we're like cool, get it, 109 00:06:36.800 --> 00:06:41.839 please do because you don't see that, like literally, I was not 110 00:06:42.040 --> 00:06:46.839 there, your wife, unfortunate whatever. It was his car and the end 111 00:06:46.920 --> 00:06:49.319 and under his name and his insurance and everything. So I think he was 112 00:06:49.360 --> 00:06:53.959 just like frustrated because he wasn't there and like she got on this accident whatever, 113 00:06:54.600 --> 00:06:58.759 but it was a true accident where like really nobody could have been at 114 00:06:58.920 --> 00:07:01.759 fault. It was just a such an unfortunate collision of cars going at the 115 00:07:01.759 --> 00:07:05.680 same time that neither of them could see. So that was like kind of 116 00:07:05.680 --> 00:07:11.800 took up a bit of our Saturday because whatever. I was maybe going to 117 00:07:11.839 --> 00:07:14.319 hang out with some girlfriends that night, but I was like so tired, 118 00:07:14.360 --> 00:07:16.240 and yeah, I had done some stuff earlier in the day with a girlfriend. 119 00:07:16.319 --> 00:07:21.079 So that was kind of my weekend for the most part. But how 120 00:07:21.199 --> 00:07:25.079 was yours, so you have the wedding, Yeah, I was very busy. 121 00:07:25.959 --> 00:07:30.360 Friday, we went to Lake Monster Brewing, which I have never been 122 00:07:30.399 --> 00:07:32.600 there. I've been there once or twice. I didn't drink, but it 123 00:07:32.720 --> 00:07:39.800 was like a really cool spot to go. It's so interesting how all these 124 00:07:39.839 --> 00:07:44.560 breweries are tucked into like almost these industrial spaces. It's so interesting. It's 125 00:07:44.879 --> 00:07:49.920 very cool. And then Saturday was it was exhausting, which is funny to 126 00:07:49.959 --> 00:07:54.879 say because I'm not the one getting married, but I was in charge of 127 00:07:54.920 --> 00:07:57.360 the flower girl. Yeah, you were with no help. You were her 128 00:07:57.439 --> 00:08:00.639 little assistant. Yeah, for the day, and you know, I get 129 00:08:00.680 --> 00:08:03.639 it, like that's what happens when you have kids, but like I'm trying 130 00:08:03.680 --> 00:08:05.040 to keep her clean. I'm trying to keep you know. And I also 131 00:08:05.199 --> 00:08:07.959 entertained. And then it's like what time do we leave? I don't want 132 00:08:07.959 --> 00:08:11.199 to get her there too early to distract people, but she has to be 133 00:08:11.240 --> 00:08:13.920 there for certain photos and to get her hair curled and things like that. 134 00:08:15.240 --> 00:08:18.439 So then we got there and it's a lot, you know how like wedding 135 00:08:18.480 --> 00:08:20.279 timelines are. It's like you get there, you get dressed, you get 136 00:08:20.279 --> 00:08:24.480 photos, you wait, then you have the next thing, and then you 137 00:08:24.519 --> 00:08:28.160 wait. And I just felt like I was just telling her no. And 138 00:08:28.199 --> 00:08:33.559 then I Jake had charged her little we have like a little cheap knockoff fire 139 00:08:33.879 --> 00:08:37.360 kindle or iPad something that we only use on airplanes, so I gave it 140 00:08:37.399 --> 00:08:39.720 to her. And then there's another flower girl and that's younger, and the 141 00:08:39.759 --> 00:08:43.639 whole time, I just felt like I had to be like, we don't 142 00:08:43.200 --> 00:08:46.360 normally give this to her. Yeah, this is just like and they no, 143 00:08:46.440 --> 00:08:48.759 it's fine. I'm like, God, I feel like everyone's judging me 144 00:08:48.759 --> 00:08:52.320 because I'm letting her look at it, which is so funny, because why 145 00:08:52.360 --> 00:08:54.879 do I feel like I need to explain myself. It is a busy day. 146 00:08:54.960 --> 00:08:58.559 I'm sure they get it, like we never bring that out in restaurants 147 00:08:58.639 --> 00:09:00.519 or anything. And if you do so you can have a meal. I 148 00:09:00.519 --> 00:09:05.080 don't care. Yeah, but so then the wedding itself. I've said this 149 00:09:05.120 --> 00:09:09.799 before. Jake has the most fun family of all time. They looked fun, 150 00:09:09.919 --> 00:09:13.200 a safe. Yeah, they don't leave the dance floor. They the 151 00:09:13.320 --> 00:09:16.080 moment the first dance starts, they are on it and they don't leave. 152 00:09:16.360 --> 00:09:22.399 Like that's the thing about it's crazy, Like my family, the older people 153 00:09:22.440 --> 00:09:26.320 will start trickling out. Nope, they don't leave the venue and they don't 154 00:09:26.360 --> 00:09:30.279 leave the dance floor until the wedding is over, like truly over. And 155 00:09:30.360 --> 00:09:33.120 I'm like, I'm sitting over there on my back hurt. It's like on 156 00:09:33.200 --> 00:09:35.679 a chair, Get you back up. It's sometimes you when you're dancing. 157 00:09:35.879 --> 00:09:39.759 All of danced, all of us there till like nine thirty ten, and 158 00:09:39.799 --> 00:09:46.240 then Dylan took her and my mom home and then yeah, we just kept 159 00:09:46.240 --> 00:09:50.200 going because I knew I would. I couldn't leave that one early because Jake 160 00:09:50.240 --> 00:09:54.080 had to stayed till the end. Jake gave maybe the best best man speech 161 00:09:54.080 --> 00:09:56.600 I've ever heard in my life. Did you did he practice it on you 162 00:09:56.639 --> 00:10:01.039 ahead of time? No? I knew the store he was going to tell 163 00:10:01.080 --> 00:10:07.480 in the beginning, but Jake is such a good speaker. It was. 164 00:10:07.600 --> 00:10:11.320 The beginning is hilarious because so Laura is a very dry sense of humor person 165 00:10:11.320 --> 00:10:15.559 who will call you on your shit, and so she always jokes that Jake 166 00:10:15.600 --> 00:10:18.559 makes everything about himself. So he was like, I've been told by Laura 167 00:10:18.919 --> 00:10:22.879 and others that I tend to make things about myself. So I'm going to 168 00:10:22.919 --> 00:10:24.879 tell a story about Davy as a child. And the story is one he's 169 00:10:24.919 --> 00:10:30.799 always told. It's funny. Davy's one Jake is eight. Davey starts choking 170 00:10:30.799 --> 00:10:35.960 on plastic. Jake had watched Endless Rescue nine one one. The hand of 171 00:10:35.000 --> 00:10:39.600 God took over his body as he slapped Davy's back, and a pretty pretty 172 00:10:39.600 --> 00:10:43.559 princess piece flew out of his mouth, and he saved Davy's life. He's 173 00:10:43.600 --> 00:10:46.799 like, I wouldn't call myself a hero. Others did. Grandma ran through 174 00:10:46.799 --> 00:10:50.159 the house screaming, Jake, save Davy, Jake, save Davy, and 175 00:10:52.039 --> 00:10:56.759 everyone is dying laughing, and then he's like and basically the reason we're here 176 00:10:56.799 --> 00:11:01.399 today is because I saved Davy's life and so didn't make it a little bit 177 00:11:01.399 --> 00:11:03.320 about myself, you know, that kind of vibe. And then he did 178 00:11:03.360 --> 00:11:09.159 his thoughtful portion at the end. And Jake's dad passed away when he was 179 00:11:09.240 --> 00:11:13.840 nineteen years old, and so since Davie is, you know, seven years 180 00:11:13.879 --> 00:11:20.440 younger than Jake, he was pretty young, and he uh started tearing up 181 00:11:20.519 --> 00:11:22.440 quite a bit and could barely get through it, and I think everyone else 182 00:11:22.480 --> 00:11:26.399 did too, because it's difficult because Linda, Jake's mom, is remarried, 183 00:11:26.559 --> 00:11:31.720 and I have to imagine that's a tough position to be in because Charlie, 184 00:11:31.799 --> 00:11:37.120 Jake's dad was so beloved by everyone and like all the family, and so 185 00:11:37.200 --> 00:11:41.440 the whole night, everyone kept coming up and like could not cry. Linda's 186 00:11:41.440 --> 00:11:45.320 family not just like you know, Jake's dad's side of the family, because 187 00:11:45.320 --> 00:11:48.080 they loved Charlie so much and like how special they thankful they were that he 188 00:11:48.159 --> 00:11:52.080 brought him up. And I had said that to Jake, I'm like, 189 00:11:52.320 --> 00:11:54.399 you need to make sure you talk about your dad a little bit, because 190 00:11:56.360 --> 00:11:58.320 Davy got the least time with him, and like, I just feel like 191 00:11:58.440 --> 00:12:03.360 it would be really important to him, and so it was so lovely. 192 00:12:03.399 --> 00:12:05.960 It was five minutes. I thought it was like the perfect length. And 193 00:12:05.519 --> 00:12:09.320 the DJ actually came up at the end and he was like, dude, 194 00:12:09.440 --> 00:12:13.440 I come to weddings all the time. He's like, your best man speech 195 00:12:13.480 --> 00:12:15.919 was probably the best one I've ever seen. And he's like, and you 196 00:12:15.919 --> 00:12:18.080 didn't even have a piece of paper. He's like, I don't know how 197 00:12:18.120 --> 00:12:20.000 you did it. Wow. And Jake was like, thanks. The DJ, 198 00:12:20.120 --> 00:12:26.600 by the way, Jordan yea DJ. Jalie. He recommended him because 199 00:12:26.039 --> 00:12:30.759 I had recommended Jollie and then he I think his sister was graduating. It 200 00:12:30.799 --> 00:12:31.639 was like, you know, a year ago, so he recommended this guy. 201 00:12:33.080 --> 00:12:35.919 This guy was so freaking good. I was like, he did the 202 00:12:35.919 --> 00:12:39.679 coolest mixes. So anyway, it was the best time. Exhausting. We 203 00:12:41.519 --> 00:12:43.480 yeah, and then all of how to Dance recital on Sunday? Did you 204 00:12:43.519 --> 00:12:46.840 guys, wasn't the wedding in Saint Paul? Yeah? Did you drive home? 205 00:12:46.960 --> 00:12:52.279 We did not. I didn't. I only drink two apparall Sprits drinks 206 00:12:52.240 --> 00:12:54.840 because I felt they had brasa. Oh my god, it's such a good 207 00:12:54.919 --> 00:12:58.159 choice. Yeah. For food, but I don't know what it is with 208 00:12:58.240 --> 00:13:03.639 me. I like so blowdy and gross feeling on like vacations and apparently at 209 00:13:03.679 --> 00:13:07.159 weddings. So I was like, I can't even drink I'll feel gross. 210 00:13:07.159 --> 00:13:09.440 And I also didn't want to get drunk because I knew a I would probably 211 00:13:09.480 --> 00:13:13.559 get more tired, right, So I just didn't. And but we stayed 212 00:13:13.559 --> 00:13:16.720 at like the it was called the Essence event Center and a Best westerns right 213 00:13:16.759 --> 00:13:20.360 next to us. We just went over there, crashed, woke up super 214 00:13:20.360 --> 00:13:24.360 early, drove home, and Jake's cousin is staying with us because he lives 215 00:13:24.360 --> 00:13:28.240 in Chicago, but he works with Jake Now he's twenty years old. And 216 00:13:28.559 --> 00:13:31.679 yeah, so he stayed last night and he's staying tonight and leaving in the 217 00:13:31.679 --> 00:13:37.879 morning. So your girl's tired, Yeah, burnout tired. Like I mean, 218 00:13:37.960 --> 00:13:41.240 weddings are so fun, but when you're like that involved and it is 219 00:13:41.320 --> 00:13:46.519 a long weekend or however many days of activity is I returned to the linens 220 00:13:46.559 --> 00:13:50.519 today. That was my outside of the wedding duty. Nice, so got 221 00:13:50.519 --> 00:13:54.960 those returns. Yes, I am a blessing, Jenny, Truly, you 222 00:13:54.960 --> 00:13:56.519 are a blessing. You are a blessing. This is why, like, 223 00:13:58.480 --> 00:14:01.080 I don't know Fallon and I have like this strange just a friendship, I 224 00:14:01.080 --> 00:14:05.559 would say, because the first thought I had after I just got done getting 225 00:14:05.600 --> 00:14:09.120 my ass handed to me at this flight class was make sure you take a 226 00:14:09.120 --> 00:14:13.080 picture of your crotch sweat and I send it out to Falan like it. 227 00:14:13.360 --> 00:14:16.960 And I don't have other friendships like that. So you are a blessing because 228 00:14:16.960 --> 00:14:20.320 I was able to send you this picture and I did your water break jesus 229 00:14:20.639 --> 00:14:24.600 mind you. Like people are still like exiting the class and I'm trying to 230 00:14:24.600 --> 00:14:26.600 set my phone up on some weight stand thing and I'm like whatever, And 231 00:14:26.679 --> 00:14:30.679 my my trainer was the one who did the class that day because she co 232 00:14:30.759 --> 00:14:33.279 owns this gym. Yeah, and I was like, DEMI don't mind me. 233 00:14:33.320 --> 00:14:35.600 I'm just trying to send Falent a picture of a crotch. Yeah, 234 00:14:35.600 --> 00:14:37.960 obviously. And then and then you pull out your phone to show someone a 235 00:14:39.000 --> 00:14:41.559 picture, and as you're sliding through, I'm like, I get parent and 236 00:14:41.600 --> 00:14:43.919 I'm like, oh, is this gonna be the weird set of photos? 237 00:14:43.960 --> 00:14:46.399 I took this in too, Jenny or Jake, because you would send that 238 00:14:46.399 --> 00:14:50.279 to Andrew also, but Yeah, that basically is what our friendship is. 239 00:14:50.320 --> 00:14:54.440 It's like we can really truly share just about anything with each other. And 240 00:14:54.480 --> 00:14:56.639 I was going to text you, but I just didn't know if you'd be 241 00:14:56.679 --> 00:14:58.759 able to respond right away. So I just was like, I'll just ask 242 00:14:58.799 --> 00:15:01.120 her on the podcast. Because I went to Trader Joe's after that class, 243 00:15:01.519 --> 00:15:07.759 and I was intimidated because it was just like a busy time at Trader Joe's 244 00:15:07.799 --> 00:15:09.639 and I was just like, I'm like trying to stroll. I'm trying to 245 00:15:09.639 --> 00:15:13.360 take my time and kind of examine things and see if I can find something 246 00:15:13.399 --> 00:15:15.360 new I might like. Yeah, but I was like, I need to 247 00:15:15.360 --> 00:15:18.879 ask Nolan for some recommendations because you've been a TJ's hoe for a while and 248 00:15:18.960 --> 00:15:22.519 I've only become one as of like the last year, and I still don't 249 00:15:22.559 --> 00:15:26.519 have my bearings. So give me some of your favorite Trader joe items. 250 00:15:26.559 --> 00:15:28.159 Thank you for asking. If we're in the Ridgedale location, I will walk 251 00:15:28.200 --> 00:15:33.360 you through. You walk into the right The first meat I'm going to suggest 252 00:15:33.600 --> 00:15:37.960 is the carnate asada. It's pre marinated. It's so effing good. We 253 00:15:37.080 --> 00:15:43.240 thinly slice that. It's put it on tacos. It is Chef's kiss delicious. 254 00:15:43.639 --> 00:15:46.600 I also like like getting salmon there, and I like their sausages. 255 00:15:46.600 --> 00:15:48.840 I do like a sweet apple sausage and that's what I chop up to like 256 00:15:48.919 --> 00:15:54.600 do mixtures with, like the cauliflower yochi that they have. Okay, as 257 00:15:54.639 --> 00:15:58.600 we're traveling through, yes, I will then stop in the veggie areas if 258 00:15:58.639 --> 00:16:02.799 they have it. They have a sweet potato hash. Lately they've only had 259 00:16:02.799 --> 00:16:07.639 their spring hash. Sweeptato hash is perfect for meal prep because you can add 260 00:16:07.679 --> 00:16:11.480 like ground turkey to it and I literally out grad that's all I add to 261 00:16:11.519 --> 00:16:15.000 it, and it's meal prepped for Jake. And I will add like maybe 262 00:16:15.120 --> 00:16:17.679 rice, but usually we don't even add rice, or we'll put like an 263 00:16:17.679 --> 00:16:22.039 egg on top if we want it. It's so good. There are two 264 00:16:22.159 --> 00:16:26.080 dressings that I love. Their ranch is a little dill heavy, so if 265 00:16:26.080 --> 00:16:27.480 you don't like dill, don't get it, but it's really good. And 266 00:16:27.519 --> 00:16:33.440 then they have a cilantro dressing that's perfect. It's so fresh and delightful, 267 00:16:33.759 --> 00:16:37.720 So I put that on like any Mexican dish. Any like salad pretty much. 268 00:16:37.279 --> 00:16:41.399 And another thing I like to do in Trader Joe's is get their shaved 269 00:16:41.399 --> 00:16:45.840 Brussels sprouts. They have panchetta, which is like already in little squares, 270 00:16:45.840 --> 00:16:52.480 and then they have goat cheese crumbles, and I'll cook the panchetta, set 271 00:16:52.480 --> 00:16:55.320 it aside, then cook the Brussels sprouts in that grease. It's not a 272 00:16:55.320 --> 00:16:59.840 lot, and then I'll add the panchetta back and put the goat cheese on. 273 00:17:00.320 --> 00:17:03.960 And it is like a restaurant quality side as far as like I'm gonna 274 00:17:03.960 --> 00:17:07.480 have great like little trail mixed packs and stuff. But then if I'm going 275 00:17:07.519 --> 00:17:11.119 the freezer aisle, we always get the white frozen rice. It's so easy 276 00:17:11.160 --> 00:17:15.880 to throw a bag in the microwave for three minutes and rice I haven't. 277 00:17:15.960 --> 00:17:17.839 I mean, I think I've probably done the white rice. But I got 278 00:17:17.880 --> 00:17:19.880 the brown rice recently, and I'm so lucky that I had gotten it because 279 00:17:19.920 --> 00:17:23.119 I was making a recipe and I had bought just like your bag rice that 280 00:17:23.160 --> 00:17:26.400 takes you know, fifty minutes to make, yeah, and I forgot about 281 00:17:26.400 --> 00:17:29.480 making the rice ahead of time, and I was like, thank god I 282 00:17:29.519 --> 00:17:33.680 have the frozen Trader Joe's rice, because I otherwise we would have been waiting 283 00:17:33.680 --> 00:17:36.480 to eat for like another hour and a half. We go through so much 284 00:17:36.519 --> 00:17:38.440 of it. I love their sweet potato and yoki they have too, It's 285 00:17:38.440 --> 00:17:42.119 like in a butter sauce. It's really good. They have these like eight 286 00:17:42.960 --> 00:17:48.519 French flatbreads that are like by the pizza, and there's like a ham one 287 00:17:48.920 --> 00:17:51.920 and it is so thin, like it's almost like a cracker crust. It's 288 00:17:51.960 --> 00:17:55.440 so light. It's so good. I'll add one into that because in the 289 00:17:55.440 --> 00:17:57.599 same section, so have you had their barbecue chicken pizza that's in that I 290 00:17:57.599 --> 00:18:02.039 actually I haven't picked that one. That one has really good macros if you 291 00:18:02.039 --> 00:18:06.279 count your macros in terms of high protein, not too bad of a fat 292 00:18:06.319 --> 00:18:10.640 percentage, and like carbs. So I always get two of those because Andrew 293 00:18:10.720 --> 00:18:14.079 eats a whole one on his own, and then I get one and share 294 00:18:14.160 --> 00:18:18.319 mine. That's great. That they have little Dutch pancakes now that are frozen. 295 00:18:18.400 --> 00:18:22.240 They're already pre made. They're like thicker ones. I get those. 296 00:18:22.279 --> 00:18:23.720 They're so easy to eat it for all of them. They're so good for 297 00:18:23.880 --> 00:18:30.319 us too. They have I mean you can get like that kind of like 298 00:18:30.480 --> 00:18:34.119 garlic and stuff anywhere now, like the frozen little cubes of it. But 299 00:18:34.119 --> 00:18:37.799 over on the edges side, I like the shrimp, the breaded shrimp. 300 00:18:37.839 --> 00:18:41.480 I'll put that like an a pasta dish sometimes, and then they just have 301 00:18:41.559 --> 00:18:45.640 regular shrimp that I'll add to a lot of different things. And I try 302 00:18:45.680 --> 00:18:49.799 to avoid the desserts because they're too tempting. And then they, I mean, 303 00:18:49.920 --> 00:18:52.680 have great sides too, but I only do like a I usually do 304 00:18:52.759 --> 00:18:56.319 kind of more of the fresh produce and then they as I swing around. 305 00:18:56.319 --> 00:19:00.000 The best dessert to me is always the Brookie. It's like a chocolate chip 306 00:19:00.039 --> 00:19:03.680 cookie on top and a brownie on bottom. Oh, I don't think I've 307 00:19:03.680 --> 00:19:06.920 seen that, dude, It'll f you up. It's like in the it's 308 00:19:06.920 --> 00:19:10.480 so good. Yeah. And I always get a loaf of their sour dough 309 00:19:10.519 --> 00:19:14.200 bread. It's just it's good, and we like to I like to do 310 00:19:14.240 --> 00:19:18.480 that for like avocado toasts. Yeah, I'm trying to. I mean, 311 00:19:18.519 --> 00:19:21.640 I could go on and on. There are so many different little things I 312 00:19:21.680 --> 00:19:25.400 get to make meals. Like a healthy bowl that Jake and I do is 313 00:19:25.440 --> 00:19:27.480 we'll get the like the rice, I get a bag of arugula. I 314 00:19:27.519 --> 00:19:32.359 get there fresh Bruce shetta. It's like buy the salsa. And put grilled 315 00:19:32.400 --> 00:19:34.759 chicken on it and then do a balsamic glaze on top with like little pearl 316 00:19:34.839 --> 00:19:41.519 mozzarella balls. It's the easiest, like little like dinner. Yeah, but 317 00:19:41.599 --> 00:19:44.079 yeah, I am a trader. Joe's Ho you are, I know, 318 00:19:44.240 --> 00:19:45.519 and you've been going for a while, and I feel like I've seen you 319 00:19:45.559 --> 00:19:48.720 post things every once in a while on your Instagram. So I was like, 320 00:19:49.000 --> 00:19:52.240 I could never remember, and I'll see people postings and I'll screenshot them, 321 00:19:52.240 --> 00:19:55.359 but then I'll never be able to find that screenshot again. Yeah, 322 00:19:55.400 --> 00:19:59.839 I mean it's like, oh but yeah, I'm like slowly building up my 323 00:19:59.839 --> 00:20:03.039 faceavorites from there. I get a lot of the same things, so that 324 00:20:03.319 --> 00:20:06.960 like they're they've got a really good beef that's like low in fat. It's 325 00:20:07.000 --> 00:20:11.160 like I lean beef, but it's kind of expensive so whatever. But these 326 00:20:11.200 --> 00:20:15.359 like pretzel slims have you ever gotten there? Like they're like your pretzel chips, 327 00:20:15.440 --> 00:20:18.240 but just once again, the macros on it are pretty good. Oh 328 00:20:21.000 --> 00:20:23.680 and then I also like to make ground turkey a lot, just like always 329 00:20:23.680 --> 00:20:27.359 have ground turkey meal prep. Yeah, and then they have these one burritos 330 00:20:27.400 --> 00:20:30.079 that are great, so I'll heat up one it's just like heat up in 331 00:20:30.079 --> 00:20:34.039 the microwave for three minutes. Throw that in with the because there's not meat 332 00:20:34.079 --> 00:20:38.920 in it. It's just beef and or not beef beans and I don't know, 333 00:20:40.000 --> 00:20:42.279 there might be cheese. And then I throw in some of that ground 334 00:20:42.279 --> 00:20:45.559 turkey meal with it, and it's super good if you like kind of like 335 00:20:45.640 --> 00:20:51.559 the goldfish cheese it things. Their version is like little rocket ships. I 336 00:20:51.559 --> 00:20:55.240 don't know what it is, but they taste so much better than goldfish and 337 00:20:55.359 --> 00:20:57.599 cheese. It they're so good. Yeah, those are for olive and then 338 00:20:57.640 --> 00:21:02.079 I'll have a couple of handfuls and then you don't have to explain yourself. 339 00:21:02.119 --> 00:21:04.400 Andrew used to like quote unquote nanny. I mean he watched his niece like 340 00:21:04.519 --> 00:21:08.119 every Monday for the first couple of years of her life, and he had 341 00:21:08.160 --> 00:21:12.880 like gold a giant, like Costco sized bin of goldfish in our cabinet that 342 00:21:12.920 --> 00:21:15.640 I constantly ate. Yeah, so I was like whatever. I met some 343 00:21:15.680 --> 00:21:19.640 of these too. The best chips, maybe a top five chip for me 344 00:21:19.720 --> 00:21:25.039 is there. Also it's their corn chips and it has like their I think 345 00:21:25.079 --> 00:21:26.799 it's a low taste seasoning, but I don't know what it's seasoning. It 346 00:21:26.839 --> 00:21:30.279 is uh huh not healthy in the least. Yeah, but I love, 347 00:21:30.400 --> 00:21:33.519 like my favorite chip is like a chili cheese free doo. So it's like 348 00:21:33.559 --> 00:21:37.039 a corn chip with like a seasoning on it, and it's so good. 349 00:21:37.160 --> 00:21:41.440 Oh my god, it's so good. I don't buy it because I could 350 00:21:41.440 --> 00:21:45.880 eat an entire bag. Oh my god. Speaking of Andrew, and I 351 00:21:45.960 --> 00:21:48.559 ran to the grocery store last night just to grab something to grill for dinner. 352 00:21:49.160 --> 00:21:52.359 And you know, we're keeping it healthy. We're getting some chicken and 353 00:21:53.799 --> 00:21:57.839 mashed potatoes, and then we're going to do broccoli. Well, he throws 354 00:21:57.880 --> 00:22:02.920 in a bag of the dot that are like cheetos, you know what I'm 355 00:22:02.960 --> 00:22:07.039 talking about. Okay, Well, we're have dinner, have a lovely healthy 356 00:22:07.079 --> 00:22:11.920 meal, balanced, you know, and then we're watching Survivor again and he 357 00:22:11.960 --> 00:22:15.200 goes and gets the dots. I had some, don't get me wrong, 358 00:22:15.240 --> 00:22:18.240 I have some. He finished the whole bag, and I feel he said 359 00:22:18.240 --> 00:22:21.359 he has to. He said, he does it so you can get out 360 00:22:21.359 --> 00:22:22.680 of the house, right Dots that, yes, he does. He says 361 00:22:22.720 --> 00:22:26.200 he has to just eat it right away because then it's out of the house. 362 00:22:26.599 --> 00:22:29.519 But those are like not small bags, Like I think a lot of 363 00:22:29.599 --> 00:22:33.680 chip bags nowadays, like there's so much air in them, or like they're 364 00:22:33.720 --> 00:22:37.240 a shrink. What's it called shrinflation or whatever. Yeah, so things have 365 00:22:37.920 --> 00:22:42.440 gotten smaller, but those Dots bags are not small. And I go and 366 00:22:42.519 --> 00:22:45.000 I look over at him, and he's like, man, there's only like 367 00:22:45.039 --> 00:22:48.680 three handfuls labs. I think I just got to finish them at that point. 368 00:22:48.759 --> 00:22:49.680 Yeah, And I go when I feel the bag, and I was 369 00:22:49.680 --> 00:22:52.559 like absolutely shocked because the last time my hand was in there, there was 370 00:22:52.680 --> 00:22:56.480 so much And I'm like, what happened in the last fifteen minute? And 371 00:22:56.599 --> 00:23:03.799 we're remind you we're laying in bed watching Survivor on the TV and anyways, 372 00:23:03.839 --> 00:23:07.160 that man, I swear to god, he is just you know, he 373 00:23:07.319 --> 00:23:10.759 likes to be active and he stays active. But I swear one day it's 374 00:23:10.759 --> 00:23:12.640 going to catch up to him. That's why Colt says he's on a strict 375 00:23:12.640 --> 00:23:15.680 diet. He had a goldal is twenty five pounds before our boat cruise on 376 00:23:15.680 --> 00:23:21.599 the twenty second Yeah, and way too little amount of time. But he 377 00:23:21.680 --> 00:23:25.799 said the thing he misses the most is couch snacks in the evening. He's 378 00:23:25.799 --> 00:23:29.359 like I just want a couch snack so bad. I'm like, yeah, 379 00:23:29.480 --> 00:23:33.480 I was like, I have to actively avoid couch snacks myself, like after 380 00:23:33.519 --> 00:23:36.759 dinner, Like, I'm just I have to. I am like, I 381 00:23:36.799 --> 00:23:40.680 am your stereotypical person who can eat healthy up until about seven pm, and 382 00:23:40.720 --> 00:23:42.519 then something turns in me and all of a sudden, I'm like, hey, 383 00:23:42.680 --> 00:23:47.240 oh, chocolate chips right now? Yes, a spoonful of peanut butter. 384 00:23:47.400 --> 00:23:51.240 Cool. Like, I just it's so wild. And I know that 385 00:23:51.279 --> 00:23:56.119 there's probably some kind of like truthfully disordered eating of like involved in that. 386 00:23:56.200 --> 00:23:59.920 I get that, but I just think we all do it. It doesn't 387 00:24:00.079 --> 00:24:03.599 everyone wants, Like doesn't everyone want just like a cookie or a bowl of 388 00:24:03.720 --> 00:24:07.000 cereal or bowl of ice cream or something. It's like in the evening, 389 00:24:07.160 --> 00:24:10.680 you get through your day and you're like, oh, I felt so good 390 00:24:10.720 --> 00:24:12.359 all day whatever, and then you just like have to have something else. 391 00:24:12.400 --> 00:24:17.559 I mean, Andrew and I went to DQ at like Great Choice nine pm 392 00:24:17.680 --> 00:24:18.720 last Sunday, I think, or maybe it was a little bit before that 393 00:24:18.759 --> 00:24:22.759 because they probably closed, but it was like eight pm, and I was 394 00:24:22.799 --> 00:24:25.640 like, let's just do it, baby, Like we never do stuff like 395 00:24:25.680 --> 00:24:27.240 that. I'm like, let's just go get a blizzard, and Andrew gets 396 00:24:27.240 --> 00:24:32.000 a large and I'm like, that's like bigger than a pint. And of 397 00:24:32.039 --> 00:24:34.279 course does he eat it all before the melts. Yeah, he does. 398 00:24:34.359 --> 00:24:37.640 I had to put mine in the freezer to refreeze it because I'm weird, 399 00:24:37.640 --> 00:24:41.000 Like, as soon as the blizzard starts melting, I have to put it 400 00:24:41.039 --> 00:24:44.720 in the freezer to refreeze fully, and then I start eating again melt each 401 00:24:44.720 --> 00:24:47.359 Genny. No, I don't because I'm not a milkshake person, and then 402 00:24:47.400 --> 00:24:49.519 it becomes more milkshaky to me, and so I can't. I have to 403 00:24:49.559 --> 00:24:52.880 have it, and I love the sh so that makes sense. Then. 404 00:24:52.960 --> 00:24:56.680 Yeah, going back to Trader Joe's real quick, we all know that the 405 00:24:56.720 --> 00:24:59.799 people that work there are great. Yeah, and I just had one of 406 00:24:59.799 --> 00:25:03.240 the mo delightful cashiers when I was just there last week. Yeah. The 407 00:25:03.279 --> 00:25:07.039 man just he had like an Italian accent. He was probably like in his 408 00:25:07.119 --> 00:25:10.720 fifties or something, just so chatty. And then I learned about his life. 409 00:25:10.799 --> 00:25:14.720 He like codes all day for the University of Minnesota and then he comes 410 00:25:14.720 --> 00:25:17.799 and works at Trader Joe's a shifter too during the week because he just likes 411 00:25:17.799 --> 00:25:18.920 to talk to people, and I was like, yeah, that's perfect for 412 00:25:18.960 --> 00:25:22.880 you then, And if he's working in coding, he's probably not having a 413 00:25:22.920 --> 00:25:26.160 lot of comos like that. No, he wasn't. And he was like, 414 00:25:26.200 --> 00:25:27.240 well, how's your day doing. Did you have to work today? 415 00:25:27.279 --> 00:25:30.319 You know, just like so so chatty. And then another girl comes over 416 00:25:30.480 --> 00:25:34.400 and maybe she just knows because he must not go as fast. But they 417 00:25:34.400 --> 00:25:37.720 also are so helpful there. So she was another cashier and she starts begging 418 00:25:37.720 --> 00:25:41.599 my groceries for him. Yeah, and I was like, she probably knows 419 00:25:41.640 --> 00:25:44.839 she has to help otherwise his line is going to be like take forever. 420 00:25:45.160 --> 00:25:47.720 Yeah, but yeah, it was nice because I feel like it's been a 421 00:25:47.759 --> 00:25:52.200 while since I they're always so nice, but usually they'll like have conversations, 422 00:25:52.200 --> 00:25:53.680 and it's been a little while since I've had a solid conversation. One other 423 00:25:53.799 --> 00:25:56.720 question. Yeah, but not to keep going back to Trader Joe's. So 424 00:25:56.799 --> 00:26:00.480 you know when this episode is brought to you just kidding to right like spots 425 00:26:00.920 --> 00:26:06.759 damn it. Yeah, you know how like you'll have a you can go 426 00:26:06.759 --> 00:26:08.400 get an individual protein bar, or you can get a pack or whatever. 427 00:26:08.480 --> 00:26:12.000 So the individual ones are like fucking three dollars or some shits. Usually it's 428 00:26:12.039 --> 00:26:15.240 cheaper to get a pack. Well, these ones that I eat, they're 429 00:26:15.240 --> 00:26:19.200 called barbells, and you can get on my Trader Joe's the one flavor I 430 00:26:19.400 --> 00:26:22.880 like. The only thing that was available was the ones where it was like 431 00:26:23.119 --> 00:26:29.720 individually packaged, but there was a package underneath that box that hadn't been opened. 432 00:26:29.960 --> 00:26:32.480 But they all had that where they had that package underneath, and then 433 00:26:32.480 --> 00:26:34.319 the box on top of them where you grab one individually, and then the 434 00:26:34.559 --> 00:26:38.599 row above it had the actual boxes. So I grabbed the box that was 435 00:26:38.720 --> 00:26:41.440 underneath the individual ones, and I was like, I don't know, I 436 00:26:41.440 --> 00:26:44.839 don't think that the barcode would be any different. They're not going to like 437 00:26:45.200 --> 00:26:47.640 hunt me down and be like, ma'am, you can't take those. Those 438 00:26:47.680 --> 00:26:49.400 are for individual sales. So I took that box and I was like, 439 00:26:49.400 --> 00:26:52.279 screw this. This is the only part where it's not the only flavor I 440 00:26:52.359 --> 00:26:56.240 like, but it's my absolute favorite flavor. So I just grabbed that, 441 00:26:56.279 --> 00:26:59.240 and I was like, I don't know why, I like think about so 442 00:26:59.279 --> 00:27:02.440 many things in life that I stress about. I'm just sitting there at the 443 00:27:02.480 --> 00:27:06.440 cashier waiting for them ma'am, you can't be taking the box. That's for 444 00:27:06.640 --> 00:27:08.759 individual whatever. Oh god, yeah, I don't think they're gonna get on 445 00:27:08.799 --> 00:27:12.119 you for that. I think they would like literally just work around it, 446 00:27:12.240 --> 00:27:15.759 because it's how they are with their customers. They'd be like, you know, 447 00:27:15.799 --> 00:27:18.880 normally don't do this, but for you, we'll do it today like 448 00:27:18.920 --> 00:27:21.200 that. I figured I could have just asked and they would have been like, 449 00:27:21.279 --> 00:27:22.160 yeah, take it like you would have been fine. But it was 450 00:27:22.200 --> 00:27:26.160 because I didn't ask that I then started feeling guilty and like I was like 451 00:27:26.440 --> 00:27:29.480 they knew. Yeah, they were like this fucking thief. Oh that's what 452 00:27:29.519 --> 00:27:30.559 they were doing. They were trying to chat me up a little bit longer 453 00:27:30.559 --> 00:27:36.640 so they could call the cops. Side note, Jenny and I both love 454 00:27:36.720 --> 00:27:41.200 the new Sabrina Carpenter song So Good and the music video too Please Please Please 455 00:27:41.319 --> 00:27:44.559 is what it's called. Even though I accidentally put yes, yes yes on 456 00:27:44.640 --> 00:27:47.200 my answer, I was like, what is happening? Jenny realized I had 457 00:27:47.240 --> 00:27:48.119 still didn't know you told me. I was like, no, it had 458 00:27:48.160 --> 00:27:52.880 been yeah for a little bit. But Jake is now obsessed with it too. 459 00:27:52.920 --> 00:27:56.279 I got him into it. He goes, I'm suddenly a Sabrina Carpenter 460 00:27:56.319 --> 00:27:59.240 fan. I was like, congrats, welcome. Yeah, she's a treat, 461 00:27:59.279 --> 00:28:02.559 She's a delight. I'm so happy to see this trajectory of her career 462 00:28:02.599 --> 00:28:06.759 because finally, what I was gonna say when I started on the Morning show, 463 00:28:06.799 --> 00:28:08.559 I remember being at the Mall of America. I don't know who would 464 00:28:08.599 --> 00:28:12.039 hosted an event, but someone had hosted an event where she performed. And 465 00:28:12.279 --> 00:28:15.519 I know it was so long ago because micro old web guy was there and 466 00:28:15.599 --> 00:28:19.720 we all went out and grabbed like appetizers with her record label rep and stuff, 467 00:28:21.759 --> 00:28:25.039 and so that was like seven years ago. And it's like I thought 468 00:28:25.079 --> 00:28:26.759 that she was great back then, but I was like, I don't know, 469 00:28:27.079 --> 00:28:30.079 like she couldn't get a huge hit. It's like she kept trying and 470 00:28:30.119 --> 00:28:37.000 she'd get like smallish hits, but nothing like that like Espresso. Well, 471 00:28:37.039 --> 00:28:40.160 I guess Feather we did play quite a bit, and then there was like 472 00:28:40.279 --> 00:28:41.119 one other one. I can't think of it off the top of my head, 473 00:28:41.279 --> 00:28:45.480 but I am so happy to see it finally, like she's getting like 474 00:28:45.319 --> 00:28:49.319 obviously really good songwriters on a team now and stuff. So do you think 475 00:28:49.359 --> 00:28:53.000 that it has to do with Taylor Swifos tour. I think it probably helped 476 00:28:53.039 --> 00:28:57.680 a little bit for saying a little bit more attention to her, but I 477 00:28:57.680 --> 00:29:02.640 think she was already kind of getting there, right. But I think that 478 00:29:03.400 --> 00:29:06.559 never hurts to have Taylor Swift behind you, for sure, I know. 479 00:29:06.680 --> 00:29:08.680 I just yeah, it's been like fun watching her and I feel like, 480 00:29:08.720 --> 00:29:12.559 also maybe just because I didn't pay attentioner though, she's kind of come into 481 00:29:12.759 --> 00:29:17.039 her own like personality. Oh, she's like a she to me, she's 482 00:29:17.039 --> 00:29:21.599 like an Ariana Grande. She's like a little dirty yeah, which I like, 483 00:29:21.599 --> 00:29:23.720 like, I feel like dirtier though. Do you think it's because she 484 00:29:23.799 --> 00:29:27.039 dates the guy from Saltburne Berry, No, I think she. I think 485 00:29:27.079 --> 00:29:30.160 she is like a lot of people, and she probably just like wanted to 486 00:29:30.839 --> 00:29:34.160 get rid of the Disney vibe. Yeah, and she's doing it in like 487 00:29:34.200 --> 00:29:38.519 a more PG way than I guess Miley did technically. But then Miley came 488 00:29:38.559 --> 00:29:44.279 back around to like just be universally loved again because you can't deny her talent. 489 00:29:45.119 --> 00:29:48.359 That's true. She has a talented she's so good. Well, I 490 00:29:48.359 --> 00:29:52.640 don't know, Jenny, what do you think is that it? Yeah, 491 00:29:52.680 --> 00:29:55.000 Well, I'll just say this because I know some people listen to this and 492 00:29:55.039 --> 00:29:59.160 they might not necessarily listen to the morning show, but so I did talk 493 00:29:59.200 --> 00:30:02.160 about this last week. I just want to say real quick that it's been 494 00:30:02.200 --> 00:30:06.000 a year since my little sister had her stroke. I saw that, like 495 00:30:06.079 --> 00:30:08.039 I went and write her posts because you shared it. Yeah, and so 496 00:30:08.119 --> 00:30:11.799 if you read it, it was like interesting because she'll tell me things every 497 00:30:11.839 --> 00:30:15.880 once in a while. But I think so basically she recovered from her stroke. 498 00:30:15.920 --> 00:30:18.039 She had a stroke, and if you don't know the story, we 499 00:30:18.079 --> 00:30:23.119 had no idea what was going on, and we truthfully thought that maybe she 500 00:30:23.200 --> 00:30:26.839 was like really high or something, which is not who she is. But 501 00:30:26.920 --> 00:30:30.799 she also had gone through a really bad breakup before, and so she was 502 00:30:30.839 --> 00:30:32.640 just kind of down and stuff. So we were like, I don't know, 503 00:30:32.680 --> 00:30:34.240 maybe she's high, but her words were all jumbled whatever. So she 504 00:30:34.359 --> 00:30:37.440 goes my mom takes her to the er. They find out she has a 505 00:30:37.440 --> 00:30:42.599 stroke, which is crazy anyway, because she's very Yeah, she was twenty 506 00:30:42.640 --> 00:30:48.599 seven or twenty seven or twenty eight at the time, and so she, 507 00:30:48.759 --> 00:30:51.880 you know, she's airlifted to another hospital. I'm in the Twin Cities. 508 00:30:51.920 --> 00:30:56.240 I drive to Wisconsin that day it was just a very very obviously scary time 509 00:30:56.279 --> 00:31:00.440 for our family for a couple days, and you know, they never found 510 00:31:00.480 --> 00:31:04.759 out what caused it. But basically she had these blood cloth this blood cloth 511 00:31:04.759 --> 00:31:08.279 that caused a stroke in her brain, and because of that, her words 512 00:31:08.319 --> 00:31:14.359 just were really messed up. And she started doing speech therapy immediately after. 513 00:31:14.440 --> 00:31:18.359 She was in the hospital for a few days, and then she couldn't you 514 00:31:18.359 --> 00:31:21.279 know, she couldn't do activities, She couldn't do physical activities for a very 515 00:31:21.359 --> 00:31:22.559 long time. They told her she can't drink for at least a year, 516 00:31:23.039 --> 00:31:26.000 and all of that was fine, whatever, and so she went through her 517 00:31:26.039 --> 00:31:30.759 recovery. But then when she she just did this like post after a year 518 00:31:30.799 --> 00:31:33.160 of recovering from this, and it was interesting the way she put it. 519 00:31:33.200 --> 00:31:37.640 Basically, when she speaks now, it's almost like when you're trying to speak 520 00:31:37.680 --> 00:31:41.720 a foreign language, you have to think really hard about the word, Like 521 00:31:41.759 --> 00:31:45.240 it just doesn't come as naturally to you right away when you're like learning a 522 00:31:45.279 --> 00:31:49.160 new language. And it's kind of where she's at still, where like she 523 00:31:49.640 --> 00:31:52.920 I haven't heard her miss mess up a word in a while, but my 524 00:31:53.039 --> 00:31:56.240 mom will give me updates every once in a while because she lives with my 525 00:31:56.319 --> 00:32:00.519 mom, and she'll just kind of say like what she's seen in her and 526 00:32:00.559 --> 00:32:06.039 stuff, and she's doing so so much better. But it's just like I 527 00:32:06.079 --> 00:32:08.799 think there are going to be lingering effects from it, like the rest of 528 00:32:08.799 --> 00:32:12.519 her life. Luckily, we did at least sign out that this isn't something 529 00:32:12.559 --> 00:32:15.119 that's probably going to be happening to her often. We don't have to be 530 00:32:15.160 --> 00:32:20.079 constantly watching out for her to have another one. But I'm just like happy 531 00:32:20.119 --> 00:32:22.720 that she obviously is doing well because the year, yeah, we had no 532 00:32:22.799 --> 00:32:27.480 idea what was going to happen. Scary and I mean, yeah, fellin. 533 00:32:28.079 --> 00:32:30.920 I think I had like I had got home for a few days and 534 00:32:30.960 --> 00:32:34.000 I was like, okay, she's come home from the hospital. There's nothing 535 00:32:34.039 --> 00:32:36.119 really I can do here. I'm going to come back to the show, 536 00:32:36.640 --> 00:32:38.480 And so I drove back. I had plan on coming in the next morning, 537 00:32:39.400 --> 00:32:43.559 and I just like broke down and I couldn't do it. I was 538 00:32:43.599 --> 00:32:45.240 like, hadn't slept, I was so tired. There had been like so 539 00:32:45.359 --> 00:32:50.319 much crying in those days. I'm just like very emotional, so like me 540 00:32:50.400 --> 00:32:55.319 too to see, like to see someone that is so young and like something 541 00:32:55.400 --> 00:32:59.680 so crazy happened to them, and then watch watch them like trying to do 542 00:32:59.680 --> 00:33:02.880 the most basic thing like pointing at an umbrella a picture of an umbrella, 543 00:33:02.920 --> 00:33:07.680 and they don't know what it is. It was so fucking scary for me. 544 00:33:07.880 --> 00:33:12.720 Yeah, and so I just was like so drained and whatever and like 545 00:33:12.839 --> 00:33:17.359 not to get even more deep. But then also my older sister had a 546 00:33:17.359 --> 00:33:22.000 miscarriage like that same week, and she was in her second trimester. So 547 00:33:22.319 --> 00:33:24.119 it was just a really tough time. And so Fallad called me, like 548 00:33:24.160 --> 00:33:27.519 I was supposed to come into work that morning, and I had texted them 549 00:33:27.519 --> 00:33:29.319 at like four in the morning. I was like, guys, I can't. 550 00:33:29.440 --> 00:33:31.799 I am like not well, like I just need one more day to 551 00:33:31.880 --> 00:33:36.720 like recover. I'll be back in and so whatever. I came in eventually, 552 00:33:36.720 --> 00:33:39.400 and everyone's doing well and everything now. But yeah, it was tough 553 00:33:39.440 --> 00:33:43.920 for a while there with the fam, and I mean it's still like a 554 00:33:44.000 --> 00:33:47.400 process with Katie and learning and stuff. But I'm just happy to say she's 555 00:33:47.440 --> 00:33:52.440 doing well. Yes, absolutely, me too. I like I can't even 556 00:33:52.480 --> 00:33:55.359 imagine it's yeah, and you're still trying to like maintain a job and be 557 00:33:55.640 --> 00:34:00.200 distant and you know you and I both have gone through this. When someone's 558 00:34:00.519 --> 00:34:04.079 going through something in our family, we live so far away, we feel 559 00:34:04.160 --> 00:34:07.000 very helpless. Even if we were physically there, we couldn't do anything. 560 00:34:07.359 --> 00:34:09.719 You just feel like you feel like a bad person, like you're not doing 561 00:34:09.800 --> 00:34:13.079 your part, and like you don't want them to think you don't care. 562 00:34:13.280 --> 00:34:16.360 And I know you mentally struggled with that as well, even though you know, 563 00:34:16.840 --> 00:34:21.920 again there was nothing you could do. But that was obviously a very 564 00:34:21.920 --> 00:34:24.000 difficult time. And when I saw her post, it was eye opening the 565 00:34:24.039 --> 00:34:28.519 ayt that she's still struggling with that, But I was like so happy to 566 00:34:28.559 --> 00:34:31.480 see it's been a year. I feel like some distance behind her with it, 567 00:34:31.599 --> 00:34:36.000 I know, and I think like, obviously we don't wish it upon 568 00:34:36.199 --> 00:34:38.079 her to have ever gone through it, but it's like opened her eyes to 569 00:34:38.119 --> 00:34:45.199 certain things. I mean, she has realized how insanely bad the drinking culture 570 00:34:45.239 --> 00:34:47.480 is in my hometown, and like she's not allowed to drink so like every 571 00:34:47.519 --> 00:34:50.519 once in a while, the doctor did say, like you can have like 572 00:34:50.599 --> 00:34:53.960 a glass of wine at Christmas whatever. Yeah, but she doesn't even care. 573 00:34:54.119 --> 00:34:59.679 She's like, I'm good not thinking like she is like she'll have a 574 00:34:59.760 --> 00:35:01.320 drink every once in a while, but outside of that, she's like, 575 00:35:01.400 --> 00:35:07.719 I'm good drinking mocktails and doing whatever. And so she's kind of like trying 576 00:35:07.760 --> 00:35:09.519 to see what might be next for her because she's just kind of ready to 577 00:35:09.559 --> 00:35:15.039 get out of our hometown and try something new and whatever. So, yeah, 578 00:35:15.360 --> 00:35:19.119 just a little quick family life update you. Yeah, I'm glad you 579 00:35:19.159 --> 00:35:22.639 shared that. Yeah, awesome, anything else from you, Nope, not 580 00:35:22.679 --> 00:35:24.440 for me, but I'll see you in four weeks. We'll see in two 581 00:35:24.440 --> 00:35:27.480 weeks. Yeah, sounds good. All right, have a good one. 582 00:35:27.519 --> 00:35:28.320 Thanks for listening.