Made a decision. I'll face the sunny sum I had asion my nice so
rich looks at my body. Who whoo whoo Friday. It's Friday, Friday.
It's been a long week. Been a long week, that's for sure.
My schedule has been so packed with stuff. I thought, my kids,
Okay, it's good and it's bad. My kids' school, they're high
school. I really love it, like I really love it. But unlike
Elbie's school. When Elbie was in school, at the big public high school,
where it's kind of like nobody's asking you to do anything, because you
know, there's certain go getters who have been like volunteering for stuff since their
kids were in you know, elementary school. But I volunteered for stuff elementary
school, middle school. Then I got tired and I was like, oh
good, Elby's fine. You know, I never did a day a day
at that school. I didn't help with anything. I don't even think I
gave them money. I was just like, it's a big school. There's
a lot of people. Someone else is going to do it right. But
with our school, with the Sadie Xander School, it's a much smaller school.
But the thing is that I love is they have so much going on,
Like my kids are involved in a lot of things, right, but
also my kids are involved in a lot of things. It's always something to
go to and I have to kind of talk myself into because my kids are
cool, like if I say, like, oh, do you want me
to go to that like tonight. So we're actually recording this on Monday.
So there's a it's not really a play. There's this thing where a bunch
of people wrote these plays about gun violence. Oh interesting in America. In
America, well, probably gun violence other places, but there's not a lot
of other places with as much gun violence. But let's not get on a
soapbox about that right now. The point is people wrote these plays and then
it's like a national thing and certain high schools get chosen every year to do
this put on this production, and there's going to be like a news station
there. It's going to be small. But anyway, so Xander's not actually
in one of the plays, but he's reading stage story. He got asked
to read stage direction. But he also composed a song that in the pre
show. It's a song that has to do with the theme. So he
and his and a friend of his are performing a song. That's cool.
It is cool, right, but there's a lot of cool stuff I've just
got. I've got. I go to stuff at the school often, so
part of me was like, do I have to do? You need me
to go to that? Which is funny because, like you, I loved
to go see my kids do stuff, but when they're in stuff, there
seems to be always something going on. I brought him to like this is
when I was complaining on our Tuesday episode about he had to go to a
thing from four to eight. It was the tech rehearsal for this thing that's
happening tonight that they didn't feed them. You know. My point is,
I'm like, you have to buy tickets, like it's a cashaky you know.
And it's like so then Xander was like, Mom, I think it's
sold out already. So then I was kind of like, oh, oh
really, So I was like, I don't know if we can go it
sold out, And then I said, I guess I should do my due
diligence and just like see if there's any tickets. Sure enough, there are
tickets, right, Like me with the football game, Yeah it's sold out,
its home coming. How are we're never going to be able to get
into nowy of seats. Then I'm like, okay, so we're gonna go
John, And I was like, John, do you want to go to
this thing? Like or should we just like have one parent cone He's like,
no, I'll go. So I'm like okay. So I'm like,
well, Sadie for sure won't want to go like you. You're gonna want
to stay home, right, She's like no, I'll go. I'm like
there's plenty of tickets. So then of course my brain is like, all
right, when are we gonna eat? Like you know, I got to
get the dog walk like the things that I just want to be home chilling
to do. I was racky, is there anything else I'm supposed to be
doing? I'm all right, I'll go to my kids thing? But then
do you ever do this thing where you go like, well, now that
everybody else is going, do I have to go? Like John can take
it from here? Right? I know, yes, yes, But like
I feel like, well, I already started the train moving, and I
don't want to be the parent that didn't show up at that point. At
that point, I'm like, well, I guess I don't want to miss
out, like, yeah, now I'm going to send those two and they're
gonna come home and go Xander was so good and I'm gonna be like,
oh, I was home watching The Voice, which was also really good.
I don't know. I'm playing it on my app. I got team members
on the way. I kind of want to see who gets picked off my
team, Like Xander understands that, Yeah, so no, we're all going
to go to that. But meanwhile, meanwhile, if I look at my
email right now, okay, it says there's a hey, uh, there's
a thing about the the we need food and volunteers for tonight. It's like,
can't you bitch just find anything in advance. I know, because also
this just leads me to tell you that. So I don't like, I'm
going to probably ignore that because like I just did the staff breakfast once a
month, which you know you've heard of my tales about like how I stepped
up to do it, because so I talked about this on Patreon. But
basically I had said, like, hey, what what if we did like
a sign up genius and people volunteer to like bring items, and the person
who's in charge of all the parent volunteering was like, I don't have the
band. You want to do that? You think people are going to volunteer,
you do it? So I was like okay, because I was like,
I think she's wrong. I think people will step up. And you
guys, remember I guess it was a Patreon that I told it in depth
story about how I said, I think people would kick in a little money.
Some people don't have time and they would like there to be a Venmo
account where they go. I don't, I can't, I don't want to
show up, but I'm happy to send ten bucks, which I was like.
I tried to make the argument, I think that would be very helpful
because if everybody kicked in ten bucks, then like the person, one person
who loves to organize shit could be like, great, give me two hundred
dollars and I'll get everything right. Yeah, have a good day. Yes,
but no, this lady who runs the volunteering was like, no,
it's not going to work that way. Okay, people aren't going to do
it, and I was like, well let me let us try, and
then she said, well then you do it. Okay. So I've been
doing it and it's working, except that it actually is kind of a hassle
to like organize these parents. I'll tell you why. And this woman like
I kind of I kind of maybe over a mental apology because she's like,
well, you know people, her attitude is like kind of people can't be
counted on, so she does everything herself, and my attitude is people can
be counted on. Well not so fast. Spoiler because so I've been doing
this sign up Genius and yes it worked, but then this last one,
I'm like, you know what, I'm not going to micromanage people like they
signed up on this. They're adults, they signed up to bring an item,
right the sign Up Genius reminds them. Because this woman was like,
you got to remind these bitches like you gotta ambassards this guy too, but
you got to follow up, you eat, even though the sign Up Genius
reminds them, you got to follow up with them and say, hey,
just making sure you know whatever. Well, so this last one I was
like, I'm not going to do that because like, I'm not like her.
I'm going to treat people with the respect that they've earned. They signed
They took the time to sign up on the sign Up Genius. They know
that they're responsible for bringing something. Well one of the main ingredients, which
was cream cheese, cream cheese, and fresh fruit. That woman decided to
not show up. How do you know you can't do that though? Come
on, and I split the coffee duty between two people, and the other
person who was supposed to bring coffee also didn't show up. Oh, because
I was like, I don't want people I don't want. Listen, a
traveler coffee thing is like twenty five bucks, twenty four to ninety five,
don't I thought, you know what, I'm going to be smart and go
like, hey, one person can bring one coffee and one person could bring
another. Otherwise you're giving somebody a fifty dollars chore. That's right. Yeah,
But when one person does show up with their coffee and the other person
doesn't, it's kind of fucked up because like you got, you know,
thirty people that want to have a cup of coffee and you only have enough
for like twelve, right, right, Or you can't be the person that
like signs up for a bagel breakfast and says I'll bring the cream cheese and
then not show up. If it's okay for the person with the fruit blatter
but that's that's not that great either, But that's forgivable fine, because it's
not you can't or somebody just shows up with cream cheese and no bagels,
that's even worse, Like right, come on, like you can't. So
this is the thing. So I get there and the person who brought the
bagels, I'm not excited about this. They decided to bring them the night
before, which I understand you don't want to be inconvenienced, But next day
bagels are not as great as day of bagels. Like, can we all
agree that, Like, if you're gonna sign up for bagels, go fucking
get them in the morning and bring them to school. Think about what people
like, if I'm greatbody want to have a rock in the morning bagels?
Exactly when you go to your job and it's bagel Friday, are you like,
oh, it's bagels from yesterday Friday. No, it's like somebody brought
in bagels right with fresh cream cheese, Like okay, So they're already having
to deal with the person that was like I don't want to get I don't
want to go there early in the morning. I'll I'm going to be a
genius and bring them the nighte boa, Hey, there are plastic bags.
You're gonna you got a toaster? I have a good time. No.
And then so now I got ghetto Dale old bagels. Sorry, no,
that's a political I got yanky Dale old bagels and no cream cheese. And
I am in charge of this nonsense. So I've shown up and I got
all these teachers and stuff looking at me like and I'm like no, sorry,
And now I'm like, okay, I could run to the store and
go get cream cheese. But now it's kind of too late because the time
to have the breakfast is on us. Yes there while these teachers eat,
right, It's like, I'll go get you some cream cheese, and then
you can have a bagel for lunch, a day old bagel for lunch,
which now is going to be a day and a half old bagel. So
I was kind of bummed. I'm like, I feel a little let down.
Then yeah, I did, right. I followed up with the woman
that didn't bring her fruit or el good or cream cheese. I was like,
the person who was supposed to bring the other coffee, I'm not gonna
bother with that. But this lady like put a damper on the festivities.
So I sent her. I sent her an email and I was like,
hey, did I just not find like the cream cheese and the fresh fruit,
because like we didn't have it. It was kind of a bummer,
no answer, no answer, what a flake? Who is this person?
You can't do to give your first name? It's Erin Okay, I don't
know, but I was pretty bummed. And then in my mind, I'm
like, you know what, I forgot what I named her. But the
lady who's kind of in charge of everything, I was like kind of or
a mental apology because she's kind of right, kind of got to stay on
top of these people. She has the attitude of like it's not going to
get done if I don't do it. Well, now I feel like that
too, Like I'm like, do I have to micro manage people? Do
I have to bring everything? No? I yeah. Now you can kind
of see where she was coming from, which you're like, damn it.
But the last couple of breakfasts, I brought certain things, but it was
like the people did show up and they brought their stuff, so it was
like too much. You know, Yeah, I guess you can't rely on
everybody, No, you just can't. Kind of this is why you can't
have nice things. No, you can't unless you get it, you know,
unless everybody just pitches in money and someone schlub's got to do everything.
Like that's how it's kind of been, because now I feel like, oh,
this is a last minute ask for food and like that should have been
organized. Yeah, like tonight's the show right now. You want these people
to step up and bring food food, and and like you're asking for volunteers
a little late. Yeah, yeah, I get those people on the breakfast
like two weeks before, right right. Anyway, that's just one one little
wait. Do we say hi to our peeps? No, we didn't.
Let's say hi to our people. Uh, we got my friend Aaron Sanchez.
I'm going to think of something funny to do with your name. She's
she's not the Aaron, not that Eron. This is a good er good
Eron, not bad Aaron. Aaron good Aeron. And Kelly Brandt, who's
also a good Kelly because she'll take you to plan parentie. Mm hm.
We're back on the open and they're so cutee paste so it was sexy Gabby
and Missy. Can't count on them though, no they don't. Don't sign
a show up with one toothpick and haffy and paid all of from your martini
last night, Katerina, check that Mowler just me to you, Valerie,
Bubba Fenwick, Polly is with the pancakes Syrup, Missus Butterworth, Athena Ginjured
with the dancing and the makeup and the things and the Elizabeth Williamson's got a
lot of kids like Bill Cosby and the things and the things in the cameal
uh hero and he loves him. Rita rocks everybody's kids in her boats and
net Jacob is so growley but adorbs Leslie. Oh boy, she's coughing an
accosting both. It's a bad combination. Can't quite be together. They can't
quit their habits. Actually so she Nikki, call your girls, Lori Gory
with all the ease you got. Four E's Aaron Landho not Anna Faris,
Kelly, Lottie Da Katie Latti Die did I say easy kay already? He
said? Coun yep. Stephanie's a stinker rinker. Christa, get to strap,
Sandra. It's not easy being green, Jennifer, get up, girl,
don't fall down. Sarah Stefano and Alicia Escalante in the city of El
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Sadie, Oh my god, didn't Talia take her driving test yet?
Now she rescheduled it because when she got sick, she had the flu of
the stomach flu. And then anyway, she's going this Wednesday to take her
final driving license because she's got to get the hours in before she goes and
takes Oh so she's taking her final lesson. Yeah, she has to take
a final lesson first, and so she's done two lessons. They have to
do three. They're okay, okay, So Sadie's catching up. She is,
she's taken she's done two DMV lessons. Her last lesson she drove for
So I think I told you the first couple times we drove around with her,
she was very tentative. You know, we stayed in the neighborhood,
and I was like, oh my gosh, is this girl ever going to
be like ready on the road. But then she had a second so her
first DMV, they kept her in the neighborhood because she was timid. Right
then, I drove with her around the neighborhood a bunch, and we drove
a little bit out of the neighborhood, but not much. We didn't go
on any like real busy streets or anything. Mm hmm. So she went
on the next driving lesson, and that man, he was great, took
her all over town. Yeah, apparently he was like nope. As soon
as we started driving, I was like, she's ready to go, and
I was checking life three sixty. She was like everywhere she was by her
school, she was like way out of the neighborhood, busy streets, all
sorts of street lights. So he was like, she was great. So
then John was like, Okay, well, you know what, if she's
doing that good, I'm going to take her on the highway. Oh so
last night I'm trying to think if we drove with her in between, because
this was only a few days ago. She is like rare and to go.
Now she loves driving. She's like Natalia now she's just like, let
me at it, let me drive. So John took her out last night.
Waited till it was like after traffic was no traffic, so it was
Sunday night. Took her out at like nine p thirty. They drove all
over the place, and then he took her on the freeway and at first,
apparently she was like she got scared. I was like, don't push
her, don't send her on the freeway before she's ready. It's scary.
Yeah, So I guess the first pass by the entrance she was like,
no, I'm not ready. And then they kind of circled around again,
drove around a little bit, and then she was like all right, let's
go. Whoa yeah. And then she drove from our house and you're gonna
understand this to the tapanga mall wow, to them all wow. And then
and Bally, shit, Yeah, that's amazing. Yeah. Imagine being in
the car with her at night time and then getting pulled over and then she's
going like like on to the left side of the freeway. Yes, that
was the most nerve wracking time I've ever had with my kids driving. Oh
my god. Yeah, but it makes me so it the whole thing makes
me anxious. Now it's not any better. I thought I thought I did
a little better with Sadie when I took her. I've taken her a couple
of times now, and I thought I was feeling better and not feeling like
we're going to take four mirrors off, right, But I still get that
feeling of just like, oh my god, we're close and it it just
makes me anxious. And I love when John goes, but I swear to
God, I have like I'm always like I hope they don't get in an
accident. You know, isn't that weird? Like how are they driving?
Like you think of them like little kids, Like, I know, how
is it that they can get behind a wheel and drive a car? Yeah,
you know, but they do and do. Yeah, but it's so
interesting. Xanders still hasn't got his permit. But see, I think the
kids, I think that they are they put it off, they are a
little timid about it or whatever, but then once they start driving and they
get a taste of that freedom, then they're like, oh, hell,
yeah, this is great. Because that's how well Natalia has always been like
wanting to go but Sonny was always like, hmmm, I don't know,
like, you know, like Sonny's very you know, hesitant about a lot
of things, right, and he was always, you know, afraid to
dry. I would always say, Sonny, you want to try, you
want to drive? You want to drive? No, no, good,
I'm good. But then he and then he got his permit and he was
like, oh, I passed before Natalia. So then he was feeling good
about that. And then his friends were like driving and his friends were like,
you know, you can do it, blah blah blah. And then
once he started getting behind the wheel and driving in his neighborhood and stuff,
and then branching out a little bit, he was so scared to go on
the freeway. Excuse me to go on the freeway. But once he started,
now he's on the freeway all the time. He goes. He drives
himself to the studio every week to do his podcast, which is crazy,
and he drives home at night, like you know, at nine o'clock at
night, and and when he's going there there's bumper to bumper traffic. So
the point is, once Sadie starts, I think she's I and I think
that Xander needs that little taste because once he sees it, like you know,
it's not as hard as he thinks it could be or scary. Then
I think then once they go, they go, and then all of a
sudden, you now you got to buy cars for everybody, you know,
Like I gotta I gotta call Adam Lerner soon because Natalie's gonna take that car
right back from Sunny and then that's gonna be that right right, those two
don't share very good, especially a car. Well, I'm wondering what's going
to happen because so elb is you know, Elbie's applying for colleges right now
too, really yeah, because she did the one year program. She had
all the aps and the dual enrollment and she'd already done English one to one
on one oh two. So she's doing her applications and I mean it's hard.
She's having to like write that rewrite essays and do all the stuff,
and you know, she's pretty bummed about about it. But who knows,
Like if she goes off to college, I don't know for sure if she'll
even be able. I mean, I guess she'll be able to have a
car there. I suppose she will, especially because she'll be a junior already
R But like, I don't know if she'll want to have deal with a
car at the well, So it's possible that Sadie and Xander will have Elbe's
car to share, but if not, I'm screwed. Yeah, I'll have
two new drivers at the same time. Right, Oh yeah, I borrowing
our car. You know. I go to these cars and it's like,
you know, need a car, you get it, you take the blue
rail, blah blah blah. There's I mean, at ASU, they had
like no questions asked. Vans pick you up, take you off campus.
You can call them not too far, but like they'll call you, call
them any time to come get you. Like there's no reason for there's market
places. There's so many places to eat and food and groceries right there that
you can take to your dorm. Like there's no reason to write a car.
Really, So that's what I'm hoping that one or both are going to
need a car, right, and they can just share this car. But
if Vitalia goes and goes to UH Community College in Santa Barbara, right,
she's gonna need a car. I mean, I would imagine she's gonna have
to live, like have an apartment. Yeah, I guess, I don't
know. You'll see, we'll see, you'll see what happens. I'm thinking
about thinking about hiring LB an essay coach, because it's a lot. It's
a lot to have to She's putting a lot of pressure on herself to you
know, she has to rewrite all these essays. I don't know why she
can't just use the same ones, but they've also she's kind of outgrown.
Even though it's only been one years, it's kind of things have changed,
and she's just putting a lot of pressure on herself because she really wants to
go to UCLA or Berkeley. Yeah, even though I know, I know
everybody, I know, she really really really wanted to go to Santa Barbara.
And now she's guaranteed admittance to Santa Barbara. But I don't know if
it has the same appeal as a transfer student as it did as a freshman.
You know, I think now she feels like, well, I just
stayed home for a year and did all this like hardcore intensive work, like
I want to I want to now go to like a really good school,
so I don't know. We'll have to see what happens. But I'm yeah,
it's making me nervous for her. So I'm thinking like that I don't
necessarily want to be involved, right, Yeah, that she has to make
her own decision and well about what she's going to write about about, Like,
I don't know that I'm that trust. I don't know because I'm not
like a college essay person, And I think I should hire somebody who just
to give her some feedback and input, you know, to her topics.
Oh, I'm going to do it. I think I'm gonna do it.
Yeah, some money at the problem. I feel like I was just talking
to somebody about an essay coach. Maybe it was you were we talking about
that? Maybe did your kid? But your kids probably got help with their
essays from their counselor, right, because we don't have a counselor. Now.
Yeah, by the way, I had a talk with Natalia about this
kind of counselor. Oh what told me? Ask counselor? Well, she's
just like, you know, make sure that Sonny's on top of his everything.
She's like, I had to be on top of this guy. Like
he She's like, there's times where we're on FaceTime and he's got a bad
connection and he's like, you know, every other word is like but he's
cutting out. And he was like, so this will work, like right,
like you you like they set up something. She's like no, She's
like I had to get tough with him, like no, I can't hear
you. It doesn't work, So then let's reschedule when you're in an area
because he was on vacation or something and he didn't have good WiFi. She's
talking about Sonny, she's talking about the city that their they're college coach.
They have the same college coach. Oh, college counsel The college counselor is
the one that's like, yeah, I can't hear. He can't hear,
and he's like he was on vaca. I thought the college counselor was complaining
about either Sonny or another kid. No. Oh, the college counselor being
like, yeah, oh, she gets worse. She was telling me that
was one thing, but he would go in and edit her essays, and
first of all, he would also like make things like like laying things like
you know. She was trying to she was trying to explain her dad and
how he's a podcaster. So she said something like my father is a successful
podcaster, and then he wrote he said my my famous father or some or
my celebrity father, and N'tell. He's like, no, I take that
word out. Took that word out, and like lily like things like that.
She said put a damper on her essay. And I read him too,
and I was like, yeah, no, and then he would when
he would edit, then the words he wouldn't like space, so then there's
words that are misspelled because there's no space. Oh no, and n Tell
he's like hello. She's like I had to get mad at him and go
like, you screwing up my essay, Like you have to make sure that
you spell check, you know, So that's why he n Tell He's like,
you got to make sure Sonny's on top of it, because I had
to be on top of this guy. She's like, and I was like,
I want to get my shit done, I want to wrap this up,
I want to get everything submitted and blah blah blah. And she was
like she was like the one doing like on top of him. She's like,
you didn't seem that great, So maybe that's who I was talking to
about college. I don't know. I don't know, but yeah, so
anyway, so she's good to go and Sonny's done, so we'll see.
Well, you know how we always say like as a no getter, I
know that I seem like a go getter, but at heart I am not.
Like at heart, I'm like, if somebody can make something easier for
me, I'll take it right, you know, Yes, when push comes
to shove, I will do the work and I'll do the research, but
I'd rather not like if somebody if I have a friend who does a lot
of research and like figure finds the best thing, like sure, share it
with me, Like I don't need to be the one. I'm not going
to second guess, like yeah, doing my friend and I This goes back
to like I remember and I wrote this about this and sippy cups, you
know, like finding a pediatrician. I remember that, Like, you know,
I would read these articles about finding a pediatrician and they're like, you
know, you gotta go. You got to interview five different pediatricians. You
got to ask them about their philosophy. And I'm like philosophy, like are
they going to keep the baby alive? Or do they have the latest technology
technology, and I'm like, do they have a jar of leeches on the
counter? If not, they're probably good, like you know, like and
then so I had a friend who was like, oh, we have a
we use this pediatrician a lot of people. Some people don't like him because
he's very laid back. And I was like, that's it, sign me
up. I like that guy. You know, that's perfect. I like
him. And then he's been our pediatrician like forever, right, He's great,
no problem. So I feel the same way about like an essay coach,
Like I that to me, that sounds very daunting to try to like
look up their credentials or seat. No. Just I have a friend whose
kid was like a super go getter. She's very type A. She was
like wanted the best for her daughter. So I called her this morning.
I was like, Hey, I'm thinking about getting an essay coach. Who
you got? Yeah? See, and that's what I'll call right done.
You need a listen, mothers out there at the sound of our voices,
find that other mom. Maybe we call her the default mom, like the
default, yeah, the default mom, the default of the default Yeah,
Because you need somebody that's going to do all that leg work because you no
my had that time. We're watching Netflix and listening to podcasts at the same
time. It makes me tense to like make decisions like that and they're like
I want somebody, although sometimes it can bite you in the ass, right,
like the college counselor we used somebody else, like really swore by her,
but like then then later to ever tell you about that, I ran
into that woman later and she was like, oh no, that woman was
not good for us. Oh yeah. I was like, well, now
you tell me I shouldn't have gone. This woman is not even somebody I
know. This woman is a friend of Robin's. So I met her through
Robin and like I don't know her kid or anything really, but she seemed
like she knew what she was talking about. So she was like, this
is the person we're using. She's really great. Yeah, But like I
said, then, I didn't see her for a year and then I was
like, oh, we didn't have the greatest experience, and she's like,
oh, neither did I. God, but when you first meet him,
you got stars in your eyes, going like I like you, all right,
what's your number? Like, yeah, that's how we found this college
counsel. I just asked one of the moms like, do you got any
recommendations? Yeah, call this person. So we did. And now it's
like this guy's a dud, right, right, dud right, So you
gotta you gotta make sure that your referral is somebody who's like a little crazy,
right, because like my friend, it's my friend Laura, that my
one of my closest mom friends. She's nuts. She's like over does everything
right. She's the she's very neurotic and very like you know, she's she's
the kind of person who like if she's disappointed in like the essay coach,
she's like moving on, Yeah, Like I'm gonna go to another one.
And then she'll have gone through like five of them and go like, oh,
this is the one we're using, this is the best one. That's
what the mom you want, that's what you want, you want the craziestm
Like nothing's good enough. Right. Then when they've come to the person that
they're like, Okay, this person helped me, then you're like, okay,
now can I have their number? Exactly? That's what you want.
They put in like, you know, eight months research into this and then
you reap their rewards of their attention to details. Make nutjob mom, that's
what you want? Yeah, And then it takes like one text You're like,
hey, who's that essay person that you ended up with after a bunch
of tries and fails, Like I don't want to I don't need to go
through the trial and error process. Eliminate the heartache. Yeah right, Yes,
you need a babysitter, you need this, you need that, Like,
call somebody who cares more than you do about the process their own app.
You know, they should have their own app. Yeah, that'd be
great. I've tried one hundred different people and like I'm hard to please,
and I found this person, and now I passed the savings onto you,
right, and to save let's not the money saving, right, charge money
for that right. Yeah, but let's not stop with the kids. Let's
let's let it bleed into our own lives, like, hey, I need
a good breast doctor, you know what I mean? Or where do I
go to get a mammogram in this area? Or you know, like I
need mister knock around. I'm getting rid of him. I need a new
internest whatever it is you right, right? Doctor? They got one for
you. Yeah, because like I have the friend that introduced me to doctor
knock Around. Yes, she's more like us, that's the problem. So
like she's like he's fine, you know, somebody recommended him to her.
And she's like, yeah, he tells me about like getting knocked around a
lot, but like it's fine. Like she's too lazy to go get a
better doctor. So like that was probably the wrong person to go to.
I probably should have gone to the person. In fact, my friend Laura,
I should find out who her internest is because she Okay, all right,
long story short. I used to have a doctor. John and I
had the same doctor and it was you know, in the valley, everybody
uses the same people. I won't say his name, but let's call him
doctor Beeswax. Doctor Beeswax was like the worst doctor that we stuck with forever
because it was just too tight, because we couldn't figure out another way.
And every time we'd go to him, we'd be like, this guy's like
not a great doctor, Like I can't even explain why, but it would
be you. He never had like a solid answer for anything. You know,
these people that are like it could be this, or it could be
that and you're like, you're a doctor, just give it to me straight.
Yeah, but it would be like I think I think I have the
flu, Well do you want to test for it? Like you know it
could be He just was so like Namby Pamby, like just like no,
like he didn't seem like he ever knew what he was talking about. So,
my friend Laura had been with the same person, and when I told
her, like, oh, he used to be with this guy, she
was like, oh he was the worst. Oh. We we were with
him briefly, but like, no, I hated him and I should have
gone to her. Yeah, well I went to you. Now we're with
doctor. I know what. I was like, He's really nice, so
nice, and he does a thorough job. He's fine, you know,
does there's some things I do really like about him. Yeah. But I'm
just saying I'm not the kind of person who does a bunch of trial and
error, who's like, who doesn't I'm not the kind of person who doesn't
put up with that doctor, right, I'm the type of person that does
put up with it because I don't have another better idea, you know,
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me tell you. I was telling you before the show that I'm into Bachelor
in Paradise. Now, yes, yeah, because I watched The Bachelor Ben.
I watched his season, got into it and fast forward through most of
it, and then and then started watching like season three or whatever a Bachelor
in Paradise. But then when I was traveling, I was staying at the
hotel, I had Netflix, so I started watching Oh boy, here we
go. I can't. I can't remember the name of it. It was
like so and so versus so and so it just came out. It's like
the guy. The guy's name is Yan but it's spelled Ja, and he's
German. Yon seafrig or Sea Free versus Oh, is it the Rolling Stone
guy? No, it's that's none. Yeah, this is it's new.
It just came out on Netflix. Okay, it's so and it's a tale
of love or I don't know, but these two bet these they were young
and in love college students like and her parents ended up slaughtered in the in
nineteen Now, I know it's a little far in decades. Okay, you're
not going to believe this. But John back when he was like producing this
documentary TV, he he produced a crime document a crime documentary on this story.
No way. Yes, there they were in Germany, right, they're
German. He's Germans German. Yes, yes, And there was like a
thing with like shoplifting. Yes, that's how they got busted. They got
busted because they were they were on the run. John Germany. John literally
produced this the real this one that you've watched, but like a show on
some series. And so I was deeply into it because John was not a
fan of like true crime stuff. This was a long time ago, like
before it was even really before it was true like true crime podcasts were a
thing. He did this documentary for this show, and I was like every
detail, I'm like, oh my god, I want to hear all of
it. And he's like, he doesn't like stuff that's like there's like a
rhymestone gruesome crime scene. Oh it was gruesome. And they show the pictures
and it, I mean, these poor people their throats were slit like sorry
if you guys like are squeamish, but it was there was blood. I
mean it looked like satanic like crime. And they were just like you know,
they were in a high high society they ran and with a high society
crowd. They lived in I want to say Bedford, Virginia, Yeah,
something like that, in an upscale neighborhood and they were at home eating dinner
and slaughtered and turned out the daughter did it and that's what this documentary is
about, or the son or the boyfriend did it or one versus. So
it's three yep, I think it's three or four episodes. It's like they
set up the crime. This is what happened. Then these two go on
the run and they're in love, and my god, like the way this
girl, she was twenty one or something at the time, she spoke like
a scholar. I mean she were used like vcific what's that word? Fvestivious,
like just in her love letters to her boyfriend, you know, like
she just like and she spoke with an English accent. She was very like,
I wonder if she's available to help with college elsa. I was just
gonna say, she's holler, yeah, give her a call, probably have
plenty of time on her hands about Hey, you want to make a little
extra commisarybody, Yeah, pay her five cents a word. Yeah. So
anyway, it was said they had they go on the run, and but
they're love letters that they read between the two of them. It's like,
who the hell talks like this? They're both geniuses. He's from Germany,
she's from here. I think she's Canadian or something. But anyway, yeah,
and it's like a who did it? They go like, obviously they're
on the run, they're guilty, but did she do it? So then
there's a whole episode of her on the stand. Uh huh, on trial.
She gives her story. She points a finger at him. I wasn't
there, he does, and then the whole episode on him. Then you
gotta find out what happens. And this sounds right up my alley. It's
so good Netflix. Netflix. It took me three days to watch it because
I was so exhausted from this weekend. Every time I went to my hotel
room put my head down, I was out, like out so but it
took a while to get through it, but I liked it. I've been
like that these days, like starting to watch something and then like, what
was I even watch? I don't even remember. And you know what the
other thing Netflix does to you is it thinks you finished it because you were
out right, so then you can't call it again. And I'm like,
wait, it's two people that like are on the run. How am I
going to find that? I don't know the name of it. How am
I supposed to find it again? It took me a long time. I'm
like, so and so versatile. The guy's name was Yawn, so let
me spell his name, and then like thank god it came up, because
otherwise I would have to go moving on to Gotti or something. Like I
would have been done. Like I guess I'll never find out what happened that.
Thanks a lot. Netflix. Don't do that, I know, why
does it do that? Just put it in us? You know it goes
Oh, because you like true crime, you're gonna like these because you like
reality or like there should be a little file that's like, remember you were
watching this, Yes you want to watch it again? Yeah? Yes,
because and thought you finished it, but you didn't. Just watched our boyfriend.
Al wouldn't do that to us now, Never do that. No,
Al's like, it doesn't even matter if you already bought the sweater. Like
two weeks ago, I was like, but look at the sweater again,
do you want to buy another one? You know there's different colors? Yeah?
Yeah, all reminds you, likemember, remember when you were buying that
sweater? Didn't that feel good inside? Like here? But here it is
again? Just in case right, Like so sometimes you if you go and
you put something in your cart and you like, and ol even could think
you bought it. Ye, No, they're just like just in care.
Yeah, I know I do that all the time. I put it in
a car, I walk away two days later, I'll be like him,
remember me, how about five percent off you? I love you, sweetie,
sweety buye. He would never do us dirty. Like Netflix. It's
a lot. Netflix, it's ridiculous. HBO is the same way. By
the way you were in cahoots. HBO doesn't remind you. HBO. HBO
will bring up a bunch of stuff and go like, look at all this
great stuff that's right up your alley to watch. Then the next time you
turn on HB and you're like, oh, I'm gonna watch that thing that
I just saw that thing that then I don't remember, and then it's like
a whole new batch of things. I know. It's like, oh,
here's what else we have nowhere? But go there wreck thing that I never
watch. Yes, yeah, listen, if there was a strike, we
would be like hunkering down, you know, we would have a lot of
shit to watch. Yes, exactly, because but but again, yeah,
they got it. There's got to be something like even Hulu does that too.
I think sometimes when I'm like, oh, you know what, you
know what Hulu does to me? I like watching twenty twenty on Hulu and
I'll watch it like the next day, and then I fall asleep like at
night, and then it's like on episode thirty four, yes of date Line
Daylight of twenty twenty. But at least it's stayed there, you know,
at least it's stayed on the show, right. But if it's not Dateline
or twenty twenty that has a million seasons and it's only got like ten episodes,
it'll end and then it'll start something else, and I'll wake up and
go, oh, the Chippendale's murders. This looks good. Start to watch
that, and I'll go, well, wait a second, what happened to
the other thing I was watching when I fell asleep? Right like a darted
Barry went away? My podcast app my Apple podcast thing. So if I
don't remember to set the time to the timer on it to go end after
this episode, it will go. It will Sometimes it'll be done with that
episode. It'll just go to another show like that I have in my queue,
and then it will go through all the episodes of that. So I'll
be like that one disappeared, and I'm like, there's no new episode this
week, and then it'll show everything has played because I'll have listened. I'll
have apparently listen to like fourteen episodes of something yes, and I'm like,
wait, I never even heard that. What are you talking about? I
never even got to that show. It's like just something that I follow.
Well, see that's Alice sleep at the Wheel. He needs to like that.
They got to fix that. Yeah, it's not good. Yeah,
Caylin, you watching any Have you watched anything mostly like horror stuff? Still?
Yeahtheart? You know what I do? Every year, there's a certain
app that only has horror movies and TV shows. It's called Shutter, specifically
for horror content. So every October I sign up for it, and then
after October I cancel it. So I have like a couple of days left
until my subscription ends. I'm like, well, I guess I might.
You might as well just keep going with the horror content until I can't watch
these anymore. So anything good? Yeah? Yeah, there's a really good
movie, two of them actually, except they're both well one's like half subtitled
and the others fully subtitled. One is called Revenge, which is about a
girl that kind of goes out to like there's these three douchebags having like a
hunting party out in the middle of the desert, and she kind of goes
out with them, thinking she's gonna leave early. Well, they kind of
do her wrong and try to kill her. So in the movie she spoiler
alert, doesn't die and comes back after them again. And it's just really
well made, really good. I want to see that, yeah, shuddered.
No, it's that's called Revenge. Yeah, it's on Shutter. I
don't know, but it's very good, very violent. And then another great
newish horror movie that fondly recommended to me is called When Evil Lurks and it's
just a very very messed up horror movie. Like title for a horror movie
it does. Yeah you'd think so, but I watched it and I was
like, wow, I've never seen a horror movie really do this kind of
ship before. Really, yeah, I was really messed up. Is that
on like regular? Can we find that streaming somewhere? I don't Probably not,
it's on this shutter. I mean you can rent these movies probably for
like two or three dollars, you know, on anywhere, but for free
to stream it, it's probably only on Shutter. Got it? Oh?
Probably it's not really free of paying for Shutter, but if you want,
because I would do this too, I used to. You know, I
used to go every October. I'd sign up for Shutter with a different email
account, so I'd get my free thirty day trial and then I cancel it
before But then they I think they caught winded that, so they reduced the
trial time to only a week. Oh so you can. You'd start the
trial and then during that week you can watch those two movies and then cancel
before it's over. But uh, my problem is I'd watch half of half
of that and half of this, and then my trial would be over and
I'd be like, well, now I can't finish anything exactly. I get
I very rarely actually sit down and watch an entire entire thing. Yeah,
yeah, every once in a while. Yeah, But I don't know if
it's just like the add or what it is. But I'm like, I
either get bored, or I lose track, or I go, I'm going
to turn this off for a while and I'll finish it later, like it's
hard to keep my attention for or or I get tired and go, I
gotta go to bed. I'm starting to fall asleep. I'll finish this tomorrow
and then I forget I was ever even watching something. Right that. You
know. What I do is I just know myself. So when I get
in bed and I'm really tired, I'll just put on like a date Line
and I'll go I can listen. I can listen to it. I can
just close my eyes and listen. I don't see anything, and then the
next thing and I wake up in the morning, I'm like, on season
twelve thousand of Dateline, well it is so funny because you really don't need
to see. That's why I listen to the podcast, and it does me
just as well. That's true. Every so often I'm listening to Dateline and
I'm like, they're just they're showing something that you and I'm like, I
feel like I kind of need to see what they're talking about. But by
the time I would like get home, I'll be like out with the dog.
I'm not going to go look up what episode was that? How can
I find it? Stead right? I'm not going to do that right right
right? Oh are you watching Beverly Hills Housewives. I haven't started it yet.
All right, you got yeah, we got to kick at old school,
like how we used to talk about the Housewives, because there's it's pretty
ridiculous. Lisa Rinna is off, so it's more watchful, okay, but
Erica is still a disaster? Is she? She's a disaster. It's kind
of interest. I don't know. It's a little bit interesting because Kyle is
separated and they show that on the show. Not really, not not yet,
but you can see how she's really annoyed at Mauricio. Really. Yeah,
you can tell that their marriage is not going well. Oh boy,
yeah, yeah, good stuff. And then there's rumors about Derrie. Oh
yeah, yeah, that seems that seems very probable. Yeah, yeah,
all right, I'm gonna watch it. Yeah, all right, Well let's
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