Speaker 1: Made a decision. Face sunny sum, I had vision.
Speaker 2: What nice.
Speaker 1: To meet? What's up everybody? Welcome back, welcome, welcome. I
don't know who am everybody for grace back from vacation,
you know what? I think people were genuinely angry that
we had a dark week, and I get it. I
was angry. It was like, what is why am I
not allowed to then to all my personal grievances.
Speaker 3: Stephanie was like back tomorrow, and Kaylin's like nope, we
got a week off and steph you got to tell
us about your vacation.
Speaker 1: Oh my gosh, I have a lot. I have a lot.
Speaker 3: I can't wait. I have a lot, and I cannot
wait to catch you up on.
Speaker 1: What's up? Lord? At our new we have a new
count console we do. We should take a picture of
food table.
Speaker 3: It looks like a guitar pick actually, but the size
of you know, I mean it's a huge table. You
could probably fit ten people around here.
Speaker 1: Yeah. Yeah, if you want to get COVID.
Speaker 3: Stephanie and I are Stephanie and I are breaking it in.
Speaker 1: Nobody's been here yet. I know. This is our first rodeo.
So this weekend is the barbecue This weekend is the
Corolla Drinks barbecue. Kaitlin will not be there. If you
were thinking like I'm coming strictly strictly to see Kaylin,
think again, No I do that. Hey Kaylin, Hi, how
you doing good? How you doing? How's your time off been?
Speaker 4: It was fine? It's kind of boring.
Speaker 1: Actually really do much, but boring. Not this weekend.
Speaker 2: No, this weekend will be fun, yes, not because I'm
going to the barbecue. The barbcue will also be fun. Yeah,
but I'm going on a proper vacation this weekend. Last week,
during our work vacation, my girlfriend's parents were out of town,
so we couldn't really have a proper vacation.
Speaker 1: Just mean ah and your lady friend. Now let me
ask you. You will be around this week though, to help
me clean? Right?
Speaker 4: I will? Yes, except not Friday now, not Friday gone.
Speaker 3: I don't need you Friday. Shit better be cleaned by
Friday or I'm going to be in deep shit.
Speaker 1: Kaylin. You know I'm not well a lot of people
think I'm anti vax, anti mask and I'm not. That's wrong,
but I'm with But you are fully masked up right
now in a room all by yourself.
Speaker 4: I am.
Speaker 1: Yeah.
Speaker 2: Well one, this is a very small room that I'm in, okay,
And a lot of people will walk in and out
without any notice, So I would rather You know, someone's
gonna walk in, They're going to look for something on
the computer. I'm gonna take my mask, I'll put it on,
I're gonna walk out, I'm gonna take it back off.
Speaker 4: That's gonna happen over and over again.
Speaker 1: Got it.
Speaker 2: And like I said before, I really don't care about
the mask. It's not anything to me. I forget that
it's on, So you know, why not just leave it on?
Speaker 1: Yeah, leave it on.
Speaker 3: We forget it's on too, Yeah, we do those eyes
because it ain't on.
Speaker 1: Okay.
Speaker 3: So we have the barbecue this weekend. I have a
bar crawl hosting Friday night.
Speaker 1: Yeah, it's a lot. Remember not to get high on
your own supply. I heard that's been the famous advice
I've gotten before the Yeah, because then you're just gonna
be miserable at the barbecue. Yeah, No, I'm not. I'm not.
I'm coming to the barbecue. Yay. And so is Robin. Robin.
Speaker 3: I have Robin, Oh yeah, Robin and U plus two right, No,
just plus one her Wade.
Speaker 1: Okay, just Robin and White. Yeah, I guess they're my
plus two. I'll keep them off in a corner. They're
not gonna I won't let them eat or like anything
like that. All right, all right, I'll just make them
sit in a corner and say hi to people that
recognize them. We'll make her wear a name tag that
just goes. I don't know how we'll make the tone
read on the name tag, but it should just say
Robin right, Hello, Robin, Hello, Robin W wait r a
w Robin rob. Yeah, so did you have I went
to San Francisco. Yes, I am a well aware you
know what I did. So, okay, this is what I
love about my family. I'm just gonna say it. I
am not I have a family of no getters. And
sometimes can that be a bit of a pain in
the ass, sure, But most of the time it's it's
good because nobody's like I don't have a husband. That's like,
all right, excursion time, right, we're going we're getting up.
Let's all get out of that. We're gonna get up
up at seven and we're gonna get on the road.
Like John's like, oh hell though, we did not actually
get on the road.
Speaker 3: Till best being in a family and no getters, probably dune.
Speaker 1: We probably left it noon. And I'm not exaggerating, cash,
what's the hurry? San Francisco is not going anywhere? Right.
But some people might be like, well, the earlier we
get there, we'll be able to have part of the day.
But we're not like that. We're like, yes, we'll get
there when we get there, right. I was of all
of us more like, okay, well we should probably be
getting on the road. We don't want to get there
during traffic, right. John was like it cares well, you
know you're driving, right, you know the plane to catch right. Yeah.
So I let John drive the entire time there and
the entire time back. So this is how I dealt
with my main travel anxiety was just driving with my husband, because,
as I have expressed on this podcast before, it makes
me so anxious. I just and I try to I
try to think rationally, Lynnette. I try to think, like,
look at all of these cars on the road, and
none of them are crashing into the car in front
of them, Like, look at them all driving. It's like
when you're on a plane and you have to tell yourself, like,
chances are real good that we're not going to crash,
because think of all the flights that go in and
out of all the airports day after day, year after year.
There are very few actual plane crashes of all the planes.
So I have to think that I know that driving is.
It's of course a little more dangerous, and car crashes
happen a lot, but in general, you're driving up the
four five, you're driving up the five. It's not like
left and right. It's not like you're not on the
the You're not playing a video game where cars are
constantly crashing into side rails and like going up in flames. Right,
You're not on La MA, going on the mall soft
straight away? Yeah, right, So I have to tell myself, like,
chances are John's been I've never known knock on wood,
that is wood. Now, I haven't known John to get
in a car accident yet, anytime I'm in the car
with him, I'm like, well, now's the time going to happen.
So I tried to mind over matter, I really try,
and I took some CBD oil. Aha, now we're cooking.
I took a full dropper full of CBD non TC
people should have smoked the blunt. Yeah, I'll just start
over my sobriety just because driving makes me anxious. So
I think it did help a little bit. But then
the genius move, okay, was we'd driven maybe forty maybe
an hour and Sadie started to feel really carsick from
the back seat. So I was like, you know what,
you know what helps with being carsick sitting in the
front seat staring straight out the right right. So I
was like, let me swap with you, and she was
of course happy to swap. And I was super excited
to sit in the back seat with my kids. Because
I sat behind the passenger seat, I couldn't see the road. Nice.
It did me a world of good. Yeah, I was.
Speaker 3: Gonna say, now, maybe you should put one of those
blinders on the horses aware.
Speaker 1: Oh my, could you imagine't say to the left or
to the right?
Speaker 3: You know they put and they put him in the
trailer when they card him from one location.
Speaker 1: Yes, yes, I'll never have to worry about worrying that
he's going to hit a park carr because my peripheral
vision is you don't be able to see that he's
driving so close to the park cars, right, yeah, oh
my god, I love it. Yeah, I love it. So
they sat and what I did was I accepted the
fact that I have this anxiety and that, you know,
my anxiety seems to get worse as I get older.
It's a it's like a physiological thing. I can't help it.
I can't help I tried to explain that to John.
I was like, look, I can't help it that my
body feels some kind of startle reflex while I'm driving
with you, with you, some other people too, but I'm
just not a good passenger anymore.
Speaker 3: Yes, well, I mean I could see that if you
got that anxiety and you and as you're getting older, of.
Speaker 1: Course, but it worked. I I didn't say, I didn't
go get careful there's a car. I didn't do that
almost the whole time. Towards the very end, I did.
And John was like, oh, he got a little bit
mad for one second, and then I was like, hey,
do I not get any credit for all of the
hours that I did not do that's sitting in the back.
Speaker 3: You know what, You're right, You've been really good playing
best friends back there.
Speaker 1: Yeah yeah, yeah, yeah, no, good, that's good. That's good.
And you didn't get carsick in the vaccating either.
Speaker 2: No.
Speaker 1: I felt fine, okay, good. So we got to San
Francisco and then we walked from our hotel. Okay, so
we stayed at a hotel called Hotel Kazak. If anyone
wants to go to San Francisco and needs a recommendation
on a hotel, Mama did a shitload of research. Yeah,
I remember. I researched and researched because you know what,
I had to check John's work. Yeah, I did some research.
But then I was like, are you sure? So I
found this hotel in the fisherman Fisherman's Wharf area. Turns
out it was a genius move because you could walk
to everything. Yeah that's nice. Yeah.
Speaker 3: And was there was there an arcade there or like
nearby for kids?
Speaker 1: Let me say this, So they did call it an arcade.
I would more call it like like a cornle cornle
and a foosball, a foosball thing that my kids did.
I think they went down and played it, and I
think there might have been a pinball machine. That's it.
Not it was not an arcade game. No, I wouldn't
call it, call it like a like a hallway with
a couple of games waiting room. But it was an
adorable hotel and everybody was so nice and the rooms
were beautiful and clean, and it was really inexpensive. I
booked it through hotels dot com nice or no Expedia,
and so we got a great deal. We the parking.
Everything in San Francisco is you would pay for parking,
and we just but the parking with the discount was
only like thirty dollars a day, right, which is not bad.
That's not bad. I mean we saved. We didn't fly,
so we saved all that money. So we kept our
car there. Anyway, So the first night we went do
we walked to Chinatown, which was totally walkable, and then
the and then the next day we took a boat
tour to see the bridges, the Golden Gate and the
Bay Bridge in San Francisco, and then you know, we
did other things. Walked around Ghia Delli Square, which I
called Giradelli Square, and then Elbie was like teens, get
real irritated, real fast. Yeah, what the hell? Alb was like,
really did you just say Geara Delli? And I was like, oh,
did you just say Giedelli? And yeah, isn't that how
you say it? And she's like, Mom, it's Ghara Delli
Gi learned that know it all? Yeah? I was like,
it looks like it says Giro Delli, right, doesn't it.
I know I used to call it, was calling it
that too. We went to Chicago anyway. Gied Deli Square, Yes,
is pretty dumb, Like I don't know who came up
with this and calls it a big tourist destination. But
it's like Jiar Deli. You could go to CVS and
buy some Geara Deli chocolate squares. You don't need to
go to the where And it's not like you're looking.
It's not like you're exploring the factory. Yes, it's not
like you're, you know, in Hershey, Pennsylvania, seeing where the
chocolate's made. It's none of that. It's some little shops nice,
but that's nice. Yeah, it was fine. We did that.
We took a trolley, we went to Lombard Street, we
did all the little touristy things. But what was really
nice is we took some suggestions from fcol people. Oh
good restaurant suggestions, And it was real nice because we
were looking where to eat in little Italy, and a
bunch of people had said go to Original Joe's, and
then other people seconded and thirded that suggestion. So we
were like, let's go there. Oh nice. It was really good,
good Italian food. I forgot they have a little Italy's there,
little Italy Chinatown, the China town you got. Where'd you
guys eat? Like any We went to some place that
had like two thousand good reviews on yelp. Oh good,
it was like, and it was the only place that
was open late because you know, we arrived, you got
there late. But then we would sleep in. How long
is it taking Mozy around? It took us long? The
six hours? Really it's not that bad.
Speaker 3: No, yeah, because did you stop and eat along the
way and stuff?
Speaker 1: We did. We stopped like yeah along the way because
Sadie wasn't feeling well and right, But then I think
we just drove the rest of the way. Yeah, it
was fine. And then we went to visit John's cousin,
our friend, like an hour north of San Francisco, and
that was really fun too. This was kind of funny.
So area it's called Sebastopol, Okay, it's a little town
northern California. So this we went to visit our cousin Peter.
He's super nice guy. And we get there and he's
so like and it was he lives his son lives
in his in like there they have like a guest
house and the suns in the guest house. And the
son was super nice, and you know, they were trying
to entertain us where we'd luckily, we'd already been entertained,
you know where. I was like, we don't really need
to do anything. We're spending one night there. We'll go
to dinner and then we'll just hang out, right. So,
but the son was like, hey, do you guys want
to go to like there's a big what do you
a farmer's market where everybody goes. It's like the thing
that it's like the thing everybody does.
Speaker 3: Yeah, so those are cool, especially in those towns like that.
Speaker 1: And he's like, you can experience some of like the
local crashure and it's really like people from everybody comes
to this. It's like the thing to do our dough bread. Right. Yeah.
I was like what hell, yeah, great deal. Like sure,
so we we pile in the car and we get
there and I was like, you know, the one that
is in by my neighborhood, like Ina Balboa. Yeah, that's
put on by like one generation for the old the
old people. Place is like a lot better than this was.
I'm just saying this was there, like yeah, everybody comes here.
Here's what it was. It was like super earthy, crunchy,
like the earthy crunchiest, like the crunchiest like crunchy. I mean, hey,
everything was like oh, we walked in and they were
like selling mushrooms that like with like magic mushrooms, with
like real magic mushrooms. I think it was actually you
get me some right. I'm like, well, oh, are they
good for kids? And then the girl is like, oh no,
man like not for the kids, you know. I was
like okay. And then it's like you know somebody selling
jewelry that's the most hippie right, yes, but it's super
expensive because they're like I make it on myself and
I found these stones in my backyard or what. You're like, okay, right, yeah,
you know to pan A Canyon, Yes, okay, imagine to
peng A Canyon like and triple it. That's what I imagine,
just a local to Panga Canyon. Just that just that
like over. It was just like a couple of blocks,
but there was a band. But the band was like,
I mean, these people had to be so fucking high.
I don't know what they were on, but they were
not songs with melody. It was like mom got like,
I mean, it wasn't like hippie cool singer songwriter music.
It was like weird Northern Counton you know, hanging on
a drum kind of thing. Yes, there was like a
drum and they were all everybody's in birkenstocks and they're like,
I think they're just jamming. I don't think it was
an actual song. I think they're improvising on the spot.
But what was really funny is all of us were
Oh and then they were selling them not jumbalaya, but
what do you call it? Paella hyelaya ya piea piea
big vats of paiea And oh there was like such
a line to get this paea right, this homemade like
you know what a yeah it was. There were flies
everywhere yea, and these teaople did not care. I was like,
they just think extra protein. MAT's like natural plant based,
not really plant based. That's an insect. But the kids
were even John at one point goes, well, should maybe
we should try some pie pia and I was like,
have a look, and He's like, holy shit, there's flies everywhere.
I was like yeah. We were there for like fifteen
minutes tops, and then we were all like, you know what,
this has been really great. Let's just go back to
the house and order of pizza. So that's what we did.
So any friends from Sebastopol let me, I'd love your
thoughts on this. So that was there.
Speaker 3: That was their farmer's market, So okay, So you guys
did that one day, and.
Speaker 1: Then we the next and then we just basically John
and his cousin hung out and you know, had a
few beers and talked about the old days. And you know,
did you have to say that pretend like you were
interested in the old days? I think we've been married long.
And he said, I don't have to totally pretend. I
can just be like, you know what, I'm gonna go
to Maggie, which means listen to a podcast, right, play
some aces or whatever you play, yeah, play some Jeweled
or some threes yeah, and then then hit the hey yeah, morning,
yeah bye. And with the kid. Did the kids have fun.
They were fine. You know what my kids are. I
have to I have to say, they were so great
the whole time. Now, all of all three of them
are very like go with the flow. Like if you go, hey,
you guys want to go walk around Gira Deli Square, Sure,
ILB will say, Mom, it's you' a Delli Square. But
other than that, they're like, sure you get there. Even
if they're not having fun, they're not going to be
like this is boring, right, They're just gonna sit there
and be like and then John will go, I'll sit
here with the twins and you and LB go in
the overpriced dog store. Right, it's elfie. It's called like
bones or something, you know, you know, with a Z
at the end. And and other than and anytime we
were walking somewhere, they'd be like, okay, sure, that's good.
Speaker 3: Well that's the best thing about this age. Love the age.
Speaker 1: Now let me tell you. Let me tell you a
little bit about Alcatraz.
Speaker 3: I was just going to ask you about that AnyWho. Okay,
so so Alcatraz, Oh my guys. But then one thing
I've been dying to ask you since you walked into
this building.
Speaker 1: So you know what it was fun. I mean, is
it like the greatest adventure? No? What is the hype
about Alcatraz? Can we talk for a moment, Caitlin, Have
you been to Alcatraz?
Speaker 4: I have not.
Speaker 1: No, I have years ago. Yeah, it was fine, like
twenty years am I glad we did it? Yes, because
I would have really been wondering. I would say the
most exciting part was the gift shop because there's a
lot of stuff you could buy there. I bought a
couple of fringe magnets just to just to say it
did It was fine. I would say, I want to
burst your bubble. But it was kind of it is.
It's a cool thing to do, like it anti climactic though.
Speaker 3: Yeah, when you get there, it's like you're being in
You're like in a dirty way, yeah, kind of like
the one up the street that I have to clean.
Speaker 1: Yeah, it is. It's like I feel like they could
do more with it, you know. Yeah, but it's it's
it's like a national park, I guess, so they don't
they really keep it like its natural habitat, so which
it is. So it's it's a prison, I mean, which
is interesting. It's not not interesting. I'm not trying to persuade.
I'm not trying to say like, if you were had
plans to go to Alcatraz, do not go? It was fine? Yeah?
Was it worth?
Speaker 3: Like?
Speaker 1: Was it ever? Was I so hyped up? Like was
I just singing songs about Alcatraz and get everybody ready?
And when we woke up on Thursday, was I like,
we're going to Alcatraz? Yeah? And then was I like
this was fine? Uh, yes, we get there. There's always
that tour guide that's like has some canned jokes. Yeah,
it wants to be an actor, yes, yes, And it's like, dude,
this is not the Universal Studios. All right, tone it
down a little bit. He's like, all right, everybody getting
off the boat. Okay. I can't even remember some of
the jokes he made, but they were not He says
them ten times a day, right, Well, because when you're
leaving Alcatraz and a new boat is coming in, you
just hear the same stick, you know. You know he
wrote it himself too. I don't know or went on
the internet and found smold out.
Speaker 3: It's just it's one of the best parts of for me.
Speaker 1: Was on the boat. It's just taking a boat ride.
The boat ride is great. That was my favorite part too. Yeah,
I love that part. So we get there and then
you go you walk real far and Okay, I know
you're going to relate to this. I did not get
a UTI, but you know when you sort of feel
like you might be getting one, and then it's luckily
it was a false alarm. Yes, And all of a
sudden you feel like you have to pee a lot. Yeah,
and your family is like, you have to pee again?
And then I a little obsessed with like are we
near a bathroom? Like where's the bathroom? I just want
to make sure I'm not getting too far from the bathroom.
I don't know why I was feeling like that, but
I was so I had to pee because you were
surrounded by water. Maybe I think you could be right,
yeah a little bit. So we go walk into the
prison and then this is just so me. There's a
whole big deal they make on the website about how
there's a curated tour and like, so, I'm thinking it's
going to be like a museum where some where they
have people docents who walk you around and explain stuff
to you, which for how much it is you would
think there would they could hire one person and I'm
on wage and let it or for volunteer. You know,
there's got to be some old people that are looking
for a hobby. Yeah, we want to walk people around Alcatraz. Right. No,
it's a recorded it's a recorded thing, huh. And you
have to kind of hold it up to your ear
like an old fashioned cell phone like assholes like doctors
used to have in their car, where it's like a
big like not like a phone, but like a big brick. Yeah,
like a brick, And you gotta hold it close to
your hair. And then you have to make sure always
that you're that you're on the same part of the
tour because they Okay, look to your right and you're
gonna see these posters and you're like, there's no posters,
go back like thirty seconds, but you can't, so then
you have to wait until it catches. Then you have
to be like, excuse me, what part are you on?
Like right? And then LB wanders off because she is
a little bit bored, and then she's like, I'm already
past that part, and you're like, what are they saying
right now? Though you are you on Broadway Street or
cell block? Are you in cell block? D where are you?
And then it's everything is less interesting than the last thing.
You know. They're like, here's where they do the kitchen cooking,
and it's like but there's there's no nothing to see.
It's just like a few some old equipment and you're
like some pots and bands wouldn't be interesting now, like
why aren't they? If I was in a prison packed
with prisoners, I wouldn't give a fuck about the kitchen,
you know, like right what I want to see some
I want some prisoners to actually talk. I want I
want ghosts. I want somebody to be like talking about
their crimes and saying, like you know, if they.
Speaker 3: Almost die from there, like can't they be the tour
Like where's the ninety nine year old dude?
Speaker 1: So they're on the tour, they're on the narration of
the tour, the or like some wardens. But it's just
it's like you know what it is, it's like sell
after sell after cell, and when you've seen two cells,
you're good seeing them all and then you're like, I
hope where's this going? All the other stuff, like the
wardens quarters, it's all like it's all not it really
doesn't exist anymore it's all like like rubble. It's basically
rusted out and you can't go in it. The only
thing that you go in is the prison on the cells, which,
like I said, was interesting. Was it a did you
take a three hour excursion? Interesting? You had to be
there for three hours well between the boat ride and
then you're told you're walking around for like a good
hour and a half hour and forty five minutes, right right.
And then you get back from there like I've seen
it all right, and you're like, I saw cell I'm good, right,
I know.
Speaker 3: Adam and I went there like on our like one
of our I don't know, the first six months we
were dating. He was like, let's go to San Francisco
and we went and I was like, yeah, I want
to go see Alcatraz.
Speaker 1: And I just remember there's a picture.
Speaker 3: Of me like behind the jail, you know, and the
jail like on the behind the bars.
Speaker 1: I get the sad face.
Speaker 3: Everybody else everybody's got that same picture, you know, And
I just remember going, huh, okay, let's go to dinner now,
and Bory, that was it.
Speaker 1: I was so exciting.
Speaker 3: It was so I was getting I was building up
all this excitement, and then I get there and it's
just like everything's rusted out, Like you know, there's no
real people talking to you, right.
Speaker 1: We are, so like, yeah, we would be the best vacation.
Speaker 3: Oh absolutely, we could just groll together and ride off
into the sunset.
Speaker 1: I know saying vacations, but you know the thing is
as a vacation on a whole. First of all, I
love San Francisco. Yeah. Yeah. Everybody's vaccinated. It's like a
seventy percent vaccination, right, And everybody wears masks, even outside.
Even I was like, well, we don't know, we're just
walking down the street. Everybody's mask done. It's like everybody
cares about everybody else. People are super friendly. The staff
at the hotel could not have been like nicer. The
food was amazing, like going out to dinner, and like
I said, and we were walking along the wharf every
day and we went to like the Fisherman's Wharf thirty
nine where the sea lions are. Like we we had
a great time and it was super relaxing, and I
just appreciated that, you know, my family's up for like
a boat tour instead of we didn't. We didn't. I
didn't want to drive everywhere and like go look at
Golden gate Bridge. As soon as John was like, hey,
there's a boat tour we could go do that, I
was like, hell yes, I yeah, yeah, totally sit in
a boat and look at stuff from there. I love it.
Yeah yeah yeah. So it was really relaxing. And then
we had a pet sitter for Penelope. How long? How
many days are you guys down there? So we left
on a Tuesday and we came home on Saturday evening.
Oh drive on Saturday. We drove Tuesday. So we were
there tuesdaynight, wednesdaynight, Thursday night, Friday night we were at
our cousins, and then we drove home Saturday.
Speaker 3: And then I'm sure all day Sunday everybody was in
their own rooms and doing their own thing.
Speaker 1: Well, by the time we were at John's cousins, the
kids weren't even trying to fake it anymore. They had
some fun. They were really polite, and then they all
went off into the bedroom and just like played clar thing. Yeah,
I did games and stuff. Yeah yeah yeah, And nobody
said anything to them. We're not like that, right, And
then Penelope, how was how was she? She was fine?
It was definitely the right call to have a house sitter.
I mean it was what would you settle on? I
can't remember what the how you left there? So somebody
recommended their friend and do you remember that I said it.
She was like, hey, could could my friend Luigi? Yeah,
that's right and I said no, no Luigi and then
she was like, okay, no problem. And she was totally fine.
She was lovely. She was It wasn't like it wasn't
like hiring somebody that's going to send you pictures of
your dog all the time. She didn't really care, but
I know she was there, yea. And she would check
in and I would just say, hey, how's Penelope and
she was like she's great and good that it was fine,
that's good, that's good. It was cute. Oh my god.
You know Phil.
Speaker 3: Sonny was gone for the last five days with Adam
and Monterey.
Speaker 1: And I've never seen Phil like this.
Speaker 3: And I've heard he does this when I leave once
in a while, not all only he's only done this
like once before. I heard okay where Olga told me
how sad he.
Speaker 1: Was when I left.
Speaker 3: Phil was beside himself, he was not himself. He was
lost because every night. He goes to bed with Sonny
in his room at the end of the night, and
you know, he sleeps with me in my bedroom. He
used to, but not for a solid year at least.
Oh wow, He's been with Sonny every single night and
so cute, I know. And he was like sitting by
Sunny's door, and I opened the door and let I
videotaped this. I'm not gonna bore you, but I so
I let him walk into Sunny's room and he he
everything was so slow for him, like he was just
looking around. And then he jumps on top of Sunny's
bed and I'm video and taping this for Sonny and
goes Sonny logo, Sadie is And then I go Phil
and puts his head down on the bed and I
go Phil, Phil, and he would not look up, would
not answer me. Usually when I'm like Philly boy, Philly boy,
his tail starts to go, no tail, nothing, And then
I go Philly boy, Philly, I'm talking to you, Phil, Phil,
nothing for a minute and a half and I'm like.
Speaker 1: Philly boy, just go for a walk. I want to
go for a walk.
Speaker 3: Nothing, no wagging of the tail. He wasn't asleep. He
was just sitting there, oh nothing, And I was like,
this is really freaking me out. And I was like, Phil,
treat and then like his ear, one ear kind of
tweaks a little bit, but did not lift his head,
did not wag his tail, nothing.
Speaker 1: He was so sad, was sudden. He was gone.
Speaker 3: The first two days he was like that, and then
eventually he kind of came out of it. And then
I had to leave last night. I had to get
back to my place in Pasadena. And today they started school,
so today's their first day of school. But yeah, he
was so sad. It was the saddest thing I've ever seen.
It was heartbreaking. It's a real thing when dogs gets depressed.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I don't think Penelope lost any sleep over us.
She's such a whore, like she really is. Yeah, I
mean I think she would if a neighbor just took
her in. I mean, I know probably people are like, oh,
that's not true. Penelope loves you, and she does. But
she was quite happy. I know she was. She's slept
up on our couch with the pet sitter. She told me.
She was like, oh, she makes the best sleeping companion.
She just sleeps right up here with me. Like, I
think she was happy as can be, and she's like,
she gets really playful in the evening. I was like,
not with us. So she didn't sleep in your bed.
She slept on the couch. Yeah, that's good, that's good.
I thought about it, and I was like, we have
this couch a pretty wide, it's very deep now and
it's really like a twin sized bed. It's very comfortable.
That's like, she's fine, she's I would imagine if I
was watching someone's house, I think I'd rather sleep on
their couch than sleep in somebody's bed. Yeah, absolutely, in
their bedroom with all their horder lifestyle. Yeah. Oh, guess what.
Construction is starting on our really on Wednesday, So for
you guys, that's tomorrow. Well they're gonna they're gonna yeah,
what are they going to start doing that? We're converting
the garage, but they're gonna starting. I guess, oh boy,
you should go somewhere. I think that's only gonna last.
It's only going to be loud for like I don't
know how long, two day, A few days, yeah, not
that long.
Speaker 3: That will probably tape every I mean, you know, plastic
everything off and tape everything up and still be a
dusty mess for a little bit.
Speaker 1: But it is our garage right now, it's detached to
our house. Oh oh, I think they'll probably won't even
make the door until later in the process that goes
into our house. Yeah. So I don't think it's going
to bother us that much. No, not as much as
when we had construction many years ago before the twins
were born, which was the back of our house, and
then it was completely open every night and they'd have
to board it up at night. Yeah. It was like
a weird feeling. Yeah. Yeah, yeah, but I'm excited about that.
It's exciting. So, so your kids started school today? Yeah?
Did your kids start school? So? Elbie started school this morning.
I don't know how it's going because she missed. Did
you do your kids have a pre registration day? Yes?
Did they go? Yeah?
Speaker 3: I made them go. I took an Italian. I made
Sonny go get it on his own.
Speaker 1: Oh okay, yeah, yeah, they had to miss it because
we were in San Francis Forscott. I forget about that
registration day. Shit.
Speaker 3: That happens like a couple of days when they have
to go and get their books, their.
Speaker 1: Books, their temporary school idea their schedules. So Elbie didn't
get that, and you know she runs anxious, so she
was but also friend of okay, so and then they
all had to go get their baseline COVID test. Here's
what I'm wondering. A couple of kids from Albi's school
came up positive. Yeah, a friend of Elbie's tested positive.
And I feel so bad because she can't start school, Like,
oh god, she had no symptoms and she was vaccinated,
but she tested positive. So it's like once they I mean,
I guess they called her and you know, you have
to stay home and so. And that's a few days
before school was starting, so she can't. She has to
be home for ten days. Yeah, from the positive test.
So she's bumming. And this girl also couldn't. It was
on vacation, which is probably where she got it. So
she also missed the preregistration. Well you know what I mean,
I got.
Speaker 3: We get so many emails from the school, from the
school district, blah blah blah blah, and one of them
was he was just reading it last night, was from
the principal and he was just like, look, it's been
a long I don't know, eighteen months, whatever it's been
and sorry, sorry, sorry, I don't know what's going on. Relax,
Kaitlin look at me like that, those wide eyes and
that mask. So but basically his gist was was that
it has been a long time since people have gone
back to school and been on campus, and everybody's just
gonna have to have patients. You're don't have to have
patients with the teachers, with the school, with the team,
with the students. It's just going to be I think,
a rough go for the few first few months. And
if somebody's going to be out for the first fourteen
days or whatever, you know, they'll have to they'll adjust
and people will be understanding. And that's what his email was,
and that was nice to hear, you know, but I.
Speaker 1: Hope so Elb's like, you know what, mom, these teachers
do not give a fuck. They don't care. They're hard asses.
They're not going to take into account. There's no hybrid,
there's no online thing. She's like, I don't know, I
don't think it's going to be good if kids miss school.
But then that's Elbe and she's anxious. She was also
of course super worried about like not being because they
do sort of leave them, like they don't tell them
exactly where their classes. So she knew her schedule, but
there was no where's the next building? You know? But
I was like, LB hate that. But I was like,
that's everybody, yeah, but nobody knows. I was like, so
you're going to get to school. Everyone's going to be confused.
Lots of people are going to be late for their
class the first day. And luckily she's a junior this year,
so she already has tons of friends. She knows we're
all she's she knows who's a junior. I know, she
knows who's in her classes. She does. Yeah, so I'm
assuming it's ten twenty am right now, so she's been
at school for a few hours. She's probably already gotten books. Yeah,
you know she's a cheerleader. Wow, that's varsity cheerleader, the serious.
So she has cheerleading practice after school today. Wow. I
don't know who this girl is. She she has nothing
to do with Like when I was her age, she's
like all about getting good grades. A cheerleader. It's like,
are you adopted? Did I give birth to you? Because
that is if EMO was a thing When I was
that age, I would have been emo. Instead, I was
just angry, right, Like emo is emotional, you know. I
wasn't emotional. I was just pissed. Yeah, and not a
joiner and didn't like anything or really anybody except for
like my couple of close friends. Elbie's like loves everybody,
you know, up for anything. I'm like, really, that sounds
fun to you. How often does she have practice for
I think she's going to have it every day? Yeah.
Oh so remember a couple of years ago when I
was I did a Patreon episode about my carpool situation,
Remember that where I couldn't pin somebody down to help
carpool ILB, she's one of your friends, right, yeah, one
of my friends. Yeah, And it was just so frustrating,
and I had to be in a lot of acceptance
of the fact that like, oh my god, you could
be helping me make my life so much easier. We
could be helping each other, but you don't want a carpool.
So that girl now has her license, but still count
carpool because you have to have your license for a
year before you can drive other people. Now do they
all stick to it? No? But whatever, But listen to
this I was on Facebook or whatever, and I saw
this post from Encino Moms or something, some Meonsino group,
and this person was like, Hey, does anybody have kids
going to your the high school where Elbie goes, and
if so, do you want a carpool? And I was like, oh,
hell yes, yeah. And it was somebody I know. Our
kids went to preschool together. Oh my god. So I
just texted her and I was like, hey, I saw
your post and her kid was transferring, had been at
another school for two years, say age's Elbe. They went
to preschool together, and then her younger daughter's starting ninth grade.
So we're gold. And she's super laid back, like a
really chill person. So she was like, I'm totally flexible.
I just I mostly need help on Wednesday. It's really
hard for me to drive to school. And I was like,
I mostly need help on Mondays. And so then then
she was like, and then we can just trade off
the other days, like we can take it day by day.
That's awesome. And does she live close by? Yeah? She
literally she lives a block away from me. Oh that's
a block away from me. That's awesome. It's perfect. And
then the twins oh you know, you know the shout
out I do at the end of the show for
my friend Julie Clayman, who's a therapist. Her daughter goes
to school with my twins, and she lives like a
few blocks from me, totally on my way. So I'm
going to drive her kid to school every day and
she's going to pick my kids out every day. That's awesome,
that's great. I'm so happy.
Speaker 3: It's uh, Sadie's first year at that No, no, no, no,
Xander's first year. No, he was there last year, but online, right,
but in person, yes, except for they did go back
to hybrid. They were going once a week towards the
end of the last school year and they had a
little boot camp thing. So yeah, it's his first year
being in person every day at that school.
Speaker 1: Yeah. Yeah, okay, nice, I have a yeah, you want
to hear about me being a little controlling. Sure, So
sometimes I feel hesitant about sharing stories about how crazy
I am because I worry that people are going to
be like judging me and all up on our Facebook comments,
going you need to blah blab yeah, oh my god,
which reminds me, well, okay, I'll get back to that
in a second. It reminds me of the making lunch thing, which,
by the way, I'll still probably be making them lunch
as people because it made easier.
Speaker 3: Yeah yeah, yeah, Why what did some people got mad
because we didn't make them lunch.
Speaker 1: Well? I saw this post on the Trader Joe's Do
you know this Trader Joe's page. It's a Facebook page.
It's called Busy Meals Trader Joe Meals for like busy
Moms something. Oh, and it's hilarious. It's hilarious because it's
the most dramatic page on Facebook. And now they have
all these rules about no bullying, no harass people, no
drama like.
Speaker 3: People people on a Trader Joe's making lunch Busy Mom
paid because it's the it's the Internet, so people will
find anything darkness.
Speaker 1: Somebody made a post about making their kid lunch and
height that their high school kid, and of course a
bunch of people were like, why are you still making
your kid lunch? Like, oh shut up, oh god, right exactly. Yeah.
So anyway, so both so Sadie, as you know I've
been having, she's doesn't love school. Isn't like a humongous
fan of life right now, and she was really concerned.
So there's cohorts in there. The way this school does
it is there's there are three cohorts, and you spend
most of your time in your cohort, like you can.
I guess everybody's at lunch at the same time. But
all your classes, all your groups, everything that you're going
to be doing is within your cohort. Got it. So
do you remember back in fifth when Sadie was in
fifth grade, It's only a few years ago, and you know,
every year before school would start, you'd go to this
back to school picnic and you'd find out what class
you got in your class. Yeah, so we did that
and I would try sometimes to ask for like, hey,
can Sadie be with so and so? But they frown
upon that. Yes they did. Nobody got time for a
bunch of parents saying they want their kids with him
Mike d Yeah. So I always tried to refrain from
doing that. And when Sadie was going into fifth grade again,
I was like, she was already completely on the fence
of going back to school there she didn't want to.
I tried to change her school. Remember I was going
to send her to that I lead school kind of
Hippy Dippy, but they lost their charter anyway, and I
never requested anything for her. I was just like, I'm
going to leave it up to the gods, and I'm
sure she'll end up where she's supposed to be. Well,
she got her schedule and it was like not one friend.
And you know, I tried to be like a Corxander
was happy as punch because he was in the other
class with all the fun that always happens with the twins. Yeah,
so Sadie was so upset. And do you remember because
I got into a little fight with a with one
of the moms who was like, that doesn't really matter.
That part doesn't matter. Because I was expressing, I was like, oh, yeah,
Sadie's kind of bummed. And she was like, let's call
her daughter Izzy. She was like, well, Izzy's great, and
I was like, well yeah, because she got in with
a bunch of her friends. Anyway, it doesn't really matter. Anyway,
Sadie had a miserable year. It never got better. She
really didn't feel like she had any friends. It was
a miserable year the whole time, and I haven't forgotten it.
So now we were she only was in person school
at this news school for a week and then she
was online all year. Couldn't have been happier being online
doesn't care, So now she's going to be in person.
So I was like, I just feel like I need
to ask for her to be with her friend or
I'm going to have a shitty year. Every day she's
gonna Because they did the back to school camp. I
think I told you they were Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday. They
were in this like boot camp where they got to
know everybody and meet their new teachers and blah blah blah,
and she was not with any of her friends. This
was just just a couple days ago. Yeah, and she
was miserable. So I was like, I hate myself for
what I'm about to do, but I'm about to and
we have a new principle. I was like, I'm about
to be that mom. I'm about to email the principal
and say, like him, anyway you could see your way
clear to do possibly maybe put Sadie with her friend Peeze,
or she's gonna have a shitty year, motherfucker. Right. So
I did, And then my other friend was like, you
should reach out to this teacher because I think he's
doing something with the cohorts. So then I wrote to
that teacher anyway, listen, I know it's inappropriate. I know
I'm being inappropriate. Okay, I get it, But is there
anyway Xander could be with at least this person? And
said he could be with this person or I'm just
gonna it's not I just feel it's not going to
be a great year. And this teacher who I love
so much called me and he was like, look, I
think you're gonna be happy, but call me back. He's like,
I just want to talk to you about this, and
so I called him back and he was like, look, officially, no,
you can't request what cohort. And I was like, I
know you think I don't know that. This is not
my first goat. Fuck, Okay, I know how things are done,
and I know how I try to do things right. Okay,
we got each other. Yes, And he's like, but unofficially, listen,
sais with this person that I've been already, and Xander
is with this friend, but not with this other friend,
because you know, I'll just so lile Le crocodile. Yes,
they put Xander with Lila crocodile. Oh good, that's their
closest friend, and he feels like Lyle also needs Xander
and they will be a good they build each other up. Yes,
that's good. They're they're both kids that are like, is
there extra credit on this? I'll do the extra credit, right.
And then the other friend of Xander's, who he really
likes but who's admittedly uh not really a rule follower.
He's like, you know, I didn't put Xander with this
other kid this spurbank airport. Yes, yes, yes, he's like,
I didn't put them together. He's like, because they tend
to hype each other up, and I just thought it
would be best for them to be in separate cohorts.
And you know, for one second, I was like, what what,
But you know what, I was like, fine, that's great,
thank you so much. I'm glad he's with a friend.
And then later I and then I told Xander. I said,
apparently you guys hype each other up a little bit,
and Xander was like, well wait why? And then you
know what, like an hour later, Xander said to me,
know what, it's probably best I can't pick him up
from the airport every other week, just to let him
figure out his own right home. Yes, yeah, so he
said it's for the better. Xander is like, I think
it's fine. I was like, you'll see each it's a
small school. You can have lunch with him every day,
you know. Yeah, yeah, So do you believe I did that?
Would you have done something like that?
Speaker 3: Well, because I'm me, probably not, but but I don't.
Speaker 1: I who cares. It's worth a shot. You look at
least I thought, you don't have to see these people again? Exactly?
Her cares? What is it? What are they going to do?
Be like she's a pain in the ass. Yeah, who cares?
Who cares? And it's worth a shot. And now you're
kind to be that home. Yeah it's all right. Who cares?
But now you have to be some like and the
kids know what to expect and that's good, that's fine totally.
And hopefully they'll meet new.
Speaker 3: Kids and Joel yeah, you know, you know, are there
new kids or are they do? They already know most
of the kids that are going to be there in
their class, and.
Speaker 1: They I mean they pretty much know everybody, but I'm
sure they will. Sadie is just not good at like
I was. Sadie's like, oh there was so and so
was there and there was another girl and I don't
you know that was talking to so and so And
I'm like, oh, well who was that? Like another girl
and she's like I don't know her name? Like, well,
why didn't you ask? Like don't you guys don't they
introduce you to people?
Speaker 3: Yeah, especially at the the you know, getting to null
everybody back at the camp, you know boot camp thing. Yeah,
but you know, I'm probably they'll be in you know who,
who knows, they'll be in people's classes, they'll meet kids
in their classes.
Speaker 1: And I didn't even.
Speaker 3: Think about whose friends are with. I mean, Sunny went
and got his schedule, and Italian went and got her
schedule and just pray that everything just works out.
Speaker 1: Now they've never been at their schools in person. So
are were they nervous about it this morning?
Speaker 3: Well not really because I don't well, see, I wasn't
there this morning because it's Adam's day with them, but
I made them.
Speaker 1: They're like last night it.
Speaker 3: Was just like like at four o'clock, Natalia starts decides
to tell me at four o'clock on a Sunday, when
office depot closes on at six o'clock, my chromebook is
not charging and it does not work. And I was like,
now you're telling me this and I had to make
an I had to go anyway and make a supply
run because Sonny needed stuff. And I'm like, I'm not
they're not I'm not gonna go get you. Go rent one,
you know. And she's like, no, best Buy has them.
Best Buy has them. I'm like, going to best Buy
on a Sunday night. You made this dumb decision. You
should have charged it. You should have told me earlier
and maybe we would have figured something out. But go
rent one now, you can just rent one from the school.
Why do I got to buy you something? Let's go
rent dead. You're a monster, I know.
Speaker 1: I love it. No, Stephanie, I did call best you did.
I did see the story was gonna end. I was like,
you win. I didn't go. I did call, but if
they don't answer, over it bust Okay. So I was
like no, I'm like, this is a roller coaster story,
you know, right, because I'll tell.
Speaker 3: You why and I'll give you the god and I'm
all wrap, I'll tell you why.
Speaker 1: This is okay.
Speaker 3: Maybe I should save this for Patreon, and I'm just
gonna tell you right now. So I text Sonny and
they're on the way home from Monterey and he's in
the same car with his father. And now you know
how Adam just loves when I use that door to
ash and that postmate shit. Right, So text Sonny. I go,
Jersey Mike's for lunch tomorrow, question mark. Sonny text back,
Solami sandwich and I go, okay, do you want anything else?
And then he goes, meaning a Jersey Mike silami sandwich.
All he writes is salami sandwich. Then he texts back
and he goes, I said that's it. You don't want
like cucum and whatever and on it. And he takes
back and he goes, no, just a salami sandwich made
from home.
Speaker 1: That is sunny coming from Sonny. Definitely, are you insane?
I would make Sonny these great sandwiches all the time.
Never Eddy Murphy waiting to happen, like everybody's gonna be like, oh,
you got the house with a sticking out juice dripping
down is like I got my Jersey Miny, you got
the house salam this sandwich totally right, Like I was like, okay,
salami with like little bits of like pimento and and stuff.
It's like grossoni fake salami. Oh can you imagine?
Speaker 3: Give me a break, Sonny, don't give me that shit
one made from home saw salami.
Speaker 1: You know you did not? No, you don't. That's not
what you want. So then in my brain was like,
I don't give a fuck. I'm gonna get them their
jersey mics. Uh huh. And then I was like, I'm
already out and running around.
Speaker 3: I gotta go to the grocery store anyways, and I'm like, screwed,
I'm gonna make them if he wants a slammy sandwich
made my mom, which I know he doesn't because he
hates when I make him sandwich.
Speaker 1: Of course, they always want the store bought shit. So
I was like, I'm making them their sandwiches. And I
and Natalia she wanted roast beef, which I never make
roast be so funny, Albi, I made it alb a
roastby selling and provolone. I was like, she never wants
roast beef.
Speaker 3: All of a sudden she want I don't make I
do salami for joot all that stuff. But anyway, so
I went and got all the fixings for sandwiches, and
I made them their house burger sandwiches with Bell Pepper's
hanging out and yeah, I just made them and I
put like a peach in there, and like, I don't know,
some chips.
Speaker 1: Call it a day. And that was it. I okay, Seedy,
you got your house sandwich. You made lunches like me,
but I didn't have time. It was like make the
lunch or go to best Buy. I didn't want to
go to Best Buy anyways. And it's like, you know what, Natalia,
go rent it. I'm not going to go running around
like a chicken with my head. I'm You're gonna just
go rent it. And that's that. I'm not going to
go running and buying you a new chrome book. So anyway, Yeah,
so I by rented, you mean get one from school. Yeah,
it's school they have on the first day. Well that
was broken.
Speaker 3: The whole thing was like I was like, uh, She's like,
it's the first day. I don't know where my classes are,
so now I got to carve out the extra time
in the morning.
Speaker 1: I'm like, well, just yeah, So I'm totally with you.
You're not going to buy a chromebook. If you're going
to buy a computer, it's going to be like a
bad Yeah, like a Apple computer that that's going to
be their home computer, right if they need a Chromebook
school provider, right, and she does need a new computer.
It's been years my kids have computers. And then they
also have the Chromebook at school, right at school. So
there you go.
Speaker 3: Not gonna go buy fricking chromebook so you could use
it for what two years, three years or I don't
know anyway, So that was my Sunday night.
Speaker 1: So you're waiting to see, I'm sure it'll all work out. Yeah,
I have the same thing. I'm like, I hope I'll
be I hope it works out. She'll figure I'm sure
it will. Yes, nice, Yeah, Okay, all right, thanks Kalen.
You're a parent, now, don't f it up.