1 01:00:00,000 --> 01:00:03,041 (upbeat music) 2 01:00:05,166 --> 01:00:06,750 So we jumped in with both feet. 3 01:00:07,083 --> 01:00:08,458 And love the kids more 4 01:00:08,458 --> 01:00:09,208 than anything in the world. 5 01:00:09,500 --> 01:00:11,208 Do not, do not pass 6 01:00:11,208 --> 01:00:12,416 code, do not collect $100. 7 01:00:13,208 --> 01:00:14,500 But I asked you, I said, "Hey, would you 8 01:00:14,500 --> 01:00:15,291 put your foot down?" 9 01:00:15,333 --> 01:00:16,083 We don't really know 10 01:00:16,083 --> 01:00:17,541 what's going on in your house. 11 01:00:17,583 --> 01:00:18,958 This isn't completely unplanned. 12 01:00:19,583 --> 01:00:21,083 Game of Thrones, succession. 13 01:00:21,375 --> 01:00:22,708 Everybody watching this is busy. 14 01:00:23,083 --> 01:00:25,250 Because we get run down, we get tired. 15 01:00:25,583 --> 01:00:26,916 Everybody is their own person, obviously. 16 01:00:27,333 --> 01:00:28,083 You're a robot. 17 01:00:28,333 --> 01:00:29,125 And I don't want to 18 01:00:29,125 --> 01:00:30,625 wish away time at all. 19 01:00:30,625 --> 01:00:32,291 Which isn't the best of relationships. 20 01:00:32,791 --> 01:00:33,458 It's a give and take. 21 01:00:33,708 --> 01:00:34,458 There was a lot more, 22 01:00:34,458 --> 01:00:35,500 I think, trial by error 23 01:00:36,166 --> 01:00:37,208 when we were kids. 24 01:00:37,958 --> 01:00:38,666 Technology has brought 25 01:00:38,666 --> 01:00:40,166 this world to a faster pace. 26 01:00:40,500 --> 01:00:41,250 I don't know how, I 27 01:00:41,250 --> 01:00:42,333 mean, I feel like, "No!" 28 01:00:43,000 --> 01:00:44,541 We talked on phones on the walls. 29 01:00:45,083 --> 01:00:46,000 It's a great visual. 30 01:00:46,500 --> 01:00:48,083 I love the fact that we're Gen Xers. 31 01:00:48,125 --> 01:00:49,333 It's just kind of, it's a 32 01:00:49,333 --> 01:00:49,708 (indistinct) 33 01:00:51,625 --> 01:00:52,458 Sitting on a cactus. 34 01:00:52,875 --> 01:00:53,791 Our children are more 35 01:00:53,791 --> 01:00:55,000 plugged into technology. 36 01:00:55,500 --> 01:00:57,375 We are more plugged into technology. 37 01:00:57,750 --> 01:00:58,916 That's a great dad joke. 38 01:00:59,166 --> 01:00:59,500 I feel like I'm 39 01:00:59,500 --> 01:01:00,875 constantly on maternity leave. 40 01:01:00,875 --> 01:01:03,875 I can't be focusing on a promotion. 41 01:01:04,333 --> 01:01:05,583 But it's amplified. 42 01:01:06,250 --> 01:01:07,208 Think you all get the point. 43 01:01:07,791 --> 01:01:08,875 Eating chips and dip 44 01:01:08,875 --> 01:01:10,250 watching Netflix today. 45 01:01:10,625 --> 01:01:11,750 I know, they're kind of then 46 01:01:11,750 --> 01:01:13,375 my eyes and ears out there. 47 01:01:13,416 --> 01:01:14,916 Everybody knew, let's go to her house 48 01:01:14,916 --> 01:01:15,833 and we'll go to their basement. 49 01:01:16,333 --> 01:01:17,541 It was beyond PJ time. 50 01:01:18,000 --> 01:01:18,291 Game off. 51 01:01:19,083 --> 01:01:19,666 Game off. 52 01:01:20,000 --> 01:01:24,208 It is ridiculous how scared Texans are 53 01:01:24,625 --> 01:01:25,958 of stuff falling from the sky. 54 01:01:26,083 --> 01:01:26,958 They laid us against each 55 01:01:26,958 --> 01:01:28,500 other in a very real way. 56 01:01:28,500 --> 01:01:29,708 It was you, I thought I wanted to win. 57 01:01:30,041 --> 01:01:31,458 I never gave the thumbs up. 58 01:01:31,708 --> 01:01:32,500 They were the ones 59 01:01:32,500 --> 01:01:34,000 who gave me a thumbs up. 60 01:01:34,250 --> 01:01:35,375 We were so happy because the kids 61 01:01:35,375 --> 01:01:36,333 were going back to school. 62 01:01:38,250 --> 01:01:39,708 I'm staring at a... 63 01:01:40,166 --> 01:01:41,958 I literally just learned about everything 64 01:01:41,958 --> 01:01:44,041 that's happening two minutes ago. 65 01:01:44,083 --> 01:01:46,500 Raising children, marriage and career. 66 01:01:46,791 --> 01:01:48,208 If I can just get to that horizon, 67 01:01:48,666 --> 01:01:49,666 they get there's another horizon. 68 01:01:50,375 --> 01:01:50,833 That cheesy. 69 01:01:51,375 --> 01:01:52,375 Oh my God, that's not 70 01:01:52,375 --> 01:01:53,583 cheesy, that's something else. 71 01:01:53,583 --> 01:01:54,625 I do love a good high five. 72 01:01:55,208 --> 01:01:56,166 More annoyed cop. 73 01:01:56,416 --> 01:01:57,166 I think six months from 74 01:01:57,166 --> 01:01:58,000 now it's still an issue 75 01:01:58,125 --> 01:01:59,500 and six years from now 76 01:01:59,500 --> 01:02:00,500 it's probably still an issue. 77 01:02:00,791 --> 01:02:01,916 We actually had a competition, 78 01:02:02,416 --> 01:02:03,416 a hand clapping competition. 79 01:02:03,708 --> 01:02:05,041 We don't talk about work in bed. 80 01:02:05,166 --> 01:02:06,208 Sometimes it's good to 81 01:02:06,208 --> 01:02:07,833 hear that you're normal. 82 01:02:08,166 --> 01:02:09,750 You're normal, we took a nail on that. 83 01:02:09,750 --> 01:02:11,541 We took a loss on that one for sure. 84 01:02:11,541 --> 01:02:13,000 That's a thing, skeet ball. 85 01:02:13,333 --> 01:02:15,500 Disclaimer, I'm a half expert on myself 86 01:02:15,500 --> 01:02:16,583 and that's really where it stops. 87 01:02:16,916 --> 01:02:18,250 Because I know we're coming to the close 88 01:02:18,250 --> 01:02:19,333 of the first quarter here. 89 01:02:19,708 --> 01:02:20,833 I'll let everybody take a bathroom break 90 01:02:20,833 --> 01:02:21,291 and we've got about an 91 01:02:21,291 --> 01:02:21,916 hour and a half left. 92 01:02:22,250 --> 01:02:23,625 We'll have a lot more to talk about. 93 01:02:24,500 --> 01:02:25,500 So will you. 94 01:02:26,208 --> 01:02:26,750 We'll cut that. 95 01:02:27,041 --> 01:02:27,791 Welcome to the Mr. and 96 01:02:27,791 --> 01:02:28,666 Mrs. English Podcast. 97 01:02:29,166 --> 01:02:29,541 I'm Megan. 98 01:02:29,958 --> 01:02:30,500 And I'm Sean. 99 01:02:30,791 --> 01:02:31,833 We're here to talk about 100 01:02:31,833 --> 01:02:33,458 the wild ride of raising kids, 101 01:02:33,666 --> 01:02:35,750 growing careers, keeping life together 102 01:02:35,750 --> 01:02:37,000 in the middle of all the chaos. 103 01:02:37,750 --> 01:02:39,666 So buckle up because we're all 104 01:02:39,666 --> 01:02:41,125 in this crazy journey together. 105 01:02:42,791 --> 01:02:43,000 Start. 106 01:02:43,583 --> 01:02:44,583 When I say the word test, 107 01:02:44,875 --> 01:02:46,375 it starts us over every time 108 01:02:46,375 --> 01:02:47,791 and we can't actually start this. 109 01:02:48,916 --> 01:02:49,958 Exactly, so let's start. 110 01:02:50,541 --> 01:02:51,750 Okay, right now. 111 01:02:52,625 --> 01:02:52,833 Yes. 112 01:02:53,458 --> 01:02:53,750 Go. 113 01:02:54,833 --> 01:02:55,750 All right, well. 114 01:02:56,958 --> 01:02:57,666 (laughing) 115 01:02:58,166 --> 01:02:58,875 You're not supposed to 116 01:02:58,875 --> 01:03:00,041 laugh at me when I'm starting. 117 01:03:00,333 --> 01:03:01,833 I'm sorry, you did a great job though. 118 01:03:02,583 --> 01:03:03,750 Welcome back, we'll start there. 119 01:03:04,250 --> 01:03:04,541 All right. 120 01:03:05,583 --> 01:03:06,000 You go ahead. 121 01:03:06,208 --> 01:03:08,041 You go, I hear you're better. 122 01:03:08,083 --> 01:03:08,791 Okay, here we go. 123 01:03:09,166 --> 01:03:09,875 Welcome back everybody. 124 01:03:10,375 --> 01:03:12,291 We are here, Mr. and Mrs. 125 01:03:12,291 --> 01:03:13,416 English, episode number two. 126 01:03:14,250 --> 01:03:16,541 And it's exciting, we're actually filming 127 01:03:16,916 --> 01:03:17,541 on the day that we 128 01:03:17,541 --> 01:03:18,708 dropped episode number one. 129 01:03:19,125 --> 01:03:20,875 And it's actually been pretty exciting, 130 01:03:20,875 --> 01:03:21,541 even though we've been 131 01:03:21,541 --> 01:03:22,666 working full day to day 132 01:03:22,750 --> 01:03:23,375 and you've been on 133 01:03:23,375 --> 01:03:24,625 calls back to back to back. 134 01:03:26,208 --> 01:03:27,166 We've been getting some feedback 135 01:03:27,666 --> 01:03:29,250 and it's been positive, which is great. 136 01:03:29,500 --> 01:03:30,666 So thank you for those 137 01:03:30,666 --> 01:03:31,625 of you that reached out 138 01:03:31,791 --> 01:03:32,708 and took the time. 139 01:03:34,250 --> 01:03:35,958 I think, and one thing I 140 01:03:35,958 --> 01:03:36,833 know I'm doing too much 141 01:03:36,833 --> 01:03:38,208 is talking too much, so. 142 01:03:38,208 --> 01:03:39,666 I don't think so, this is a podcast 143 01:03:39,916 --> 01:03:41,458 where we're both supposed to be talking. 144 01:03:41,458 --> 01:03:43,500 So as long as it's, you know, balanced. 145 01:03:44,458 --> 01:03:45,166 General mathematics would 146 01:03:45,166 --> 01:03:46,541 assume you should talk 50% 147 01:03:46,541 --> 01:03:47,958 of the time that we are talking. 148 01:03:48,875 --> 01:03:50,583 I think you're hitting the right number. 149 01:03:50,625 --> 01:03:51,375 I just felt like I was 150 01:03:51,375 --> 01:03:52,791 more like 80% of the time 151 01:03:52,791 --> 01:03:53,416 than the last one. 152 01:03:54,625 --> 01:03:55,541 I felt like I was 80%. 153 01:03:56,041 --> 01:03:58,958 So maybe it was 50-50 and 154 01:03:58,958 --> 01:03:59,916 we're gonna go with that. 155 01:04:00,000 --> 01:04:01,250 Okay, perfect, perfect. 156 01:04:02,000 --> 01:04:03,625 Well, it's great to have everybody back. 157 01:04:03,625 --> 01:04:04,208 Thanks again. 158 01:04:04,208 --> 01:04:05,666 We're gonna jump into this week 159 01:04:05,666 --> 01:04:06,708 and we don't have as 160 01:04:06,708 --> 01:04:08,916 much maybe to talk about. 161 01:04:08,916 --> 01:04:09,500 We don't have a whole 162 01:04:09,500 --> 01:04:10,791 month and a half to talk about. 163 01:04:11,583 --> 01:04:13,041 Right, which is nice. 164 01:04:13,041 --> 01:04:13,875 We can probably make this 165 01:04:13,875 --> 01:04:15,458 a little more digestible 166 01:04:15,458 --> 01:04:16,458 and we can probably double 167 01:04:16,458 --> 01:04:17,500 click on a couple things. 168 01:04:18,166 --> 01:04:19,708 But, you know, speaking about jumping 169 01:04:19,708 --> 01:04:21,458 right into the podcast, 170 01:04:22,333 --> 01:04:24,916 we jumped in feet first to this week 171 01:04:25,000 --> 01:04:26,250 because this was the 172 01:04:26,250 --> 01:04:27,708 first week back to school 173 01:04:27,875 --> 01:04:29,625 and our first full work 174 01:04:29,625 --> 01:04:31,166 week after the holidays. 175 01:04:31,166 --> 01:04:33,000 So we jumped in with both feet. 176 01:04:34,833 --> 01:04:37,208 And it's been a bit of a wild ride. 177 01:04:38,708 --> 01:04:39,708 A little bit, yeah. 178 01:04:40,083 --> 01:04:42,416 I mean, I kind of think about, 179 01:04:42,666 --> 01:04:43,333 and it's terrible to 180 01:04:43,333 --> 01:04:44,166 say it to some degree, 181 01:04:44,333 --> 01:04:46,291 but I think about this week, 182 01:04:46,833 --> 01:04:47,416 what's the Christmas 183 01:04:47,416 --> 01:04:48,875 song that talks about 184 01:04:50,000 --> 01:04:51,208 parents are excited for the 185 01:04:51,208 --> 01:04:52,083 kids to go back to school? 186 01:04:53,000 --> 01:04:54,250 Oh yeah, it is 187 01:04:54,250 --> 01:04:56,083 definitely a Bing Crosby song. 188 01:04:56,375 --> 01:04:56,583 Yeah. 189 01:04:57,708 --> 01:04:58,916 Mom and dad can hardly wait 190 01:04:58,916 --> 01:05:00,708 for school to start again. 191 01:05:01,041 --> 01:05:01,458 There it is, Mom, 192 01:05:01,458 --> 01:05:03,041 that's exactly what it is. 193 01:05:03,666 --> 01:05:04,958 And love the kids more 194 01:05:04,958 --> 01:05:05,791 than anything in the world. 195 01:05:06,500 --> 01:05:07,541 But it is nice for us 196 01:05:07,541 --> 01:05:08,500 to have our spaces again. 197 01:05:08,833 --> 01:05:09,875 You guys go there. 198 01:05:09,875 --> 01:05:10,166 Yes. 199 01:05:11,083 --> 01:05:11,750 And we'll stay here. 200 01:05:12,541 --> 01:05:12,916 Exactly. 201 01:05:13,666 --> 01:05:16,416 And because both of us work from home, 202 01:05:17,333 --> 01:05:18,583 when our children are home, 203 01:05:18,708 --> 01:05:20,791 that does create 204 01:05:20,791 --> 01:05:22,250 challenges during the work day. 205 01:05:23,041 --> 01:05:24,458 I don't know about all of you, 206 01:05:24,458 --> 01:05:25,416 but the children will 207 01:05:25,416 --> 01:05:26,541 come into our offices 208 01:05:27,208 --> 01:05:28,041 while we're working 209 01:05:28,708 --> 01:05:29,666 and carry on conversations 210 01:05:29,666 --> 01:05:32,041 with each other, not with us. 211 01:05:33,000 --> 01:05:34,166 And so I'm always 212 01:05:34,166 --> 01:05:35,000 like, well, what the heck? 213 01:05:35,000 --> 01:05:36,500 We have a whole house you guys can talk. 214 01:05:36,500 --> 01:05:37,000 I don't know why 215 01:05:37,000 --> 01:05:38,666 you're doing that in here. 216 01:05:39,500 --> 01:05:40,083 You and I actually 217 01:05:40,083 --> 01:05:41,000 talked about that this week 218 01:05:41,125 --> 01:05:43,833 to some degree, that I 219 01:05:43,833 --> 01:05:46,500 asked you if you wouldn't mind, 220 01:05:47,208 --> 01:05:48,583 because they do that in your office. 221 01:05:49,000 --> 01:05:49,500 Yes, they do. 222 01:05:49,958 --> 01:05:50,750 They don't do that in my 223 01:05:50,750 --> 01:05:52,958 office for whatever reason. 224 01:05:53,291 --> 01:05:54,291 I think probably because, 225 01:05:54,958 --> 01:05:56,500 these are again things that we can get to 226 01:05:56,500 --> 01:05:57,208 as we get further 227 01:05:57,208 --> 01:05:58,291 down this, but you know, 228 01:05:58,541 --> 01:05:59,333 good cop, bad cop, 229 01:05:59,333 --> 01:06:00,333 I'm generally the bad cop 230 01:06:00,333 --> 01:06:01,458 parent a lot of the time. 231 01:06:02,416 --> 01:06:03,750 But you let them come in there 232 01:06:03,750 --> 01:06:04,875 and just talk, talk, talk, talk, talk. 233 01:06:04,875 --> 01:06:05,833 And they just sit in there 234 01:06:05,833 --> 01:06:07,208 while you're on a call sometimes. 235 01:06:07,750 --> 01:06:08,875 And we've got all the, 236 01:06:09,583 --> 01:06:10,333 it's a yellow meeting 237 01:06:10,333 --> 01:06:11,416 or it's a red meeting. 238 01:06:11,416 --> 01:06:12,250 You know, if it's a red meeting, 239 01:06:12,708 --> 01:06:13,250 you gotta get out of 240 01:06:13,250 --> 01:06:14,541 mom's office or dad's office. 241 01:06:15,458 --> 01:06:16,333 But I asked you, I said, 242 01:06:16,333 --> 01:06:16,708 "Hey, would you put 243 01:06:16,708 --> 01:06:17,791 your foot down for once?" 244 01:06:18,125 --> 01:06:19,041 Not for once, but put 245 01:06:19,041 --> 01:06:20,250 your foot down and just say, 246 01:06:20,333 --> 01:06:22,708 "Hey, if we're working, 247 01:06:23,166 --> 01:06:24,166 our offices are kind 248 01:06:24,166 --> 01:06:25,541 of off limits, right?" 249 01:06:25,541 --> 01:06:26,708 You can come in and say, "Hi, what's up?" 250 01:06:26,708 --> 01:06:27,791 But don't sit in there because 251 01:06:28,583 --> 01:06:30,000 when they come into my office, 252 01:06:30,000 --> 01:06:31,000 I'm like, guys, I'm working. 253 01:06:31,250 --> 01:06:32,583 Like I can't have you in here talking. 254 01:06:33,833 --> 01:06:34,041 Yeah. 255 01:06:34,375 --> 01:06:37,375 And I'm on call so often that I think 256 01:06:37,375 --> 01:06:38,500 if they hear me being silent, 257 01:06:39,166 --> 01:06:40,250 that means, well then, 258 01:06:40,750 --> 01:06:41,791 mom must be available. 259 01:06:42,166 --> 01:06:44,583 I don't know where they got that needed. 260 01:06:45,333 --> 01:06:48,333 A red meeting is do not pass go, 261 01:06:48,333 --> 01:06:50,000 do not collect $100 or $200. 262 01:06:50,541 --> 01:06:52,000 It's leave me alone 263 01:06:52,000 --> 01:06:53,125 unless somebody is dying. 264 01:06:53,625 --> 01:06:53,916 Yeah. 265 01:06:53,958 --> 01:06:54,291 And it works. 266 01:06:54,833 --> 01:06:55,291 Yeah. 267 01:06:55,333 --> 01:06:56,666 I actually had to institute that 268 01:06:56,666 --> 01:06:57,541 and pull that back this week 269 01:06:57,541 --> 01:06:59,375 and say red meeting, leave. 270 01:07:01,625 --> 01:07:02,375 But they still think 271 01:07:02,375 --> 01:07:03,416 they can just come in there. 272 01:07:03,666 --> 01:07:04,500 And they're like, you know, 273 01:07:04,583 --> 01:07:05,500 mom's the good cop because 274 01:07:05,500 --> 01:07:06,833 they can just sit in mom's office 275 01:07:07,125 --> 01:07:09,291 and talk, talk, talk, talk, talk, talk. 276 01:07:09,500 --> 01:07:10,458 And then I'm the bad guy 277 01:07:10,458 --> 01:07:11,250 because I'm like, guys, 278 01:07:11,666 --> 01:07:12,708 because I can listen to music. 279 01:07:12,708 --> 01:07:14,041 In fact, I listen to music while I work. 280 01:07:14,250 --> 01:07:15,333 I like, my brain needs 281 01:07:15,333 --> 01:07:16,833 that portion taken up. 282 01:07:17,666 --> 01:07:19,291 But for whatever reason, 283 01:07:19,291 --> 01:07:21,083 that doesn't work with kids talking to me 284 01:07:21,083 --> 01:07:22,416 and telling me things and 285 01:07:22,416 --> 01:07:23,833 asking about this or that. 286 01:07:24,375 --> 01:07:24,625 Yeah. 287 01:07:25,000 --> 01:07:26,791 I can't do it for some reason or other. 288 01:07:27,250 --> 01:07:28,583 We bring up a good thing though, 289 01:07:28,791 --> 01:07:30,708 or a good point of 290 01:07:30,708 --> 01:07:31,791 something to talk about here. 291 01:07:31,791 --> 01:07:33,208 And we talk about it and it's off script. 292 01:07:33,541 --> 01:07:34,416 Not that we have any script. 293 01:07:34,416 --> 01:07:36,541 We have literally eight talking points 294 01:07:36,666 --> 01:07:37,958 that we may or may not get to. 295 01:07:37,958 --> 01:07:39,375 So this isn't completely unplanned. 296 01:07:40,458 --> 01:07:41,750 But one of the things that's not on there 297 01:07:41,750 --> 01:07:44,000 and you brought it up is we're blessed 298 01:07:44,166 --> 01:07:45,583 because we both work from home. 299 01:07:45,708 --> 01:07:45,958 Yes. 300 01:07:46,541 --> 01:07:48,041 And the only time that that 301 01:07:48,041 --> 01:07:49,291 doesn't work out well for us 302 01:07:49,291 --> 01:07:50,958 is when I'm traveling or 303 01:07:50,958 --> 01:07:52,083 the few times that you travel, 304 01:07:52,583 --> 01:07:53,875 also for work. 305 01:07:55,041 --> 01:07:57,708 I just don't know how people do it in 306 01:07:57,708 --> 01:07:58,666 today's day and age. 307 01:07:58,666 --> 01:08:00,000 And I know a lot more people work from 308 01:08:00,000 --> 01:08:01,000 home than they used to, 309 01:08:01,000 --> 01:08:01,833 but still a lot of people 310 01:08:01,833 --> 01:08:03,250 are going back to the office. 311 01:08:03,750 --> 01:08:04,000 Yeah. 312 01:08:04,916 --> 01:08:05,625 How do they do it? 313 01:08:06,000 --> 01:08:08,083 Practice starts at six for us. 314 01:08:09,333 --> 01:08:12,500 And we leave at 440, sometimes 450, 315 01:08:13,791 --> 01:08:14,625 just to start from our 316 01:08:14,625 --> 01:08:15,916 house to get there in time. 317 01:08:16,416 --> 01:08:16,666 Yes. 318 01:08:17,125 --> 01:08:19,458 And sit in traffic. 319 01:08:20,000 --> 01:08:22,375 And I don't know how we did it. 320 01:08:22,708 --> 01:08:24,791 I know for sure we woke up earlier. 321 01:08:25,333 --> 01:08:25,875 Yeah. 322 01:08:25,875 --> 01:08:27,000 And we do now. 323 01:08:27,666 --> 01:08:28,958 But from a coming 324 01:08:28,958 --> 01:08:30,666 home standpoint, I mean. 325 01:08:31,416 --> 01:08:32,666 Think about when we lived in Chicago. 326 01:08:33,666 --> 01:08:34,583 For a while there, I 327 01:08:34,583 --> 01:08:36,000 would get maybe like, 328 01:08:36,250 --> 01:08:37,583 there's several trains, 329 01:08:37,833 --> 01:08:38,833 the hard tracks to get out 330 01:08:38,833 --> 01:08:39,416 from downtown 331 01:08:39,416 --> 01:08:40,666 Chicago, out to the suburbs. 332 01:08:41,416 --> 01:08:43,000 And I don't remember the train I took, 333 01:08:43,000 --> 01:08:45,000 or you were down there too for a while, 334 01:08:45,000 --> 01:08:47,250 but at some point, I worked 335 01:08:47,250 --> 01:08:49,333 my way from like the 615 train 336 01:08:49,333 --> 01:08:51,458 that got me home at seven o'clock. 337 01:08:51,875 --> 01:08:52,458 Of course, this is 338 01:08:52,458 --> 01:08:53,833 pre-kids, so totally different. 339 01:08:54,541 --> 01:08:55,875 That's why we moved out to the suburbs. 340 01:08:56,458 --> 01:08:57,291 But my point here is 341 01:08:57,291 --> 01:08:58,166 there's people that live, 342 01:08:59,166 --> 01:09:00,208 or that work down in 343 01:09:00,208 --> 01:09:01,875 Dallas, or in Irving, 344 01:09:01,875 --> 01:09:02,958 or wherever it may be. 345 01:09:03,458 --> 01:09:04,041 But they're in an 346 01:09:04,041 --> 01:09:05,500 office, they gotta come home. 347 01:09:05,500 --> 01:09:07,000 You used to go to the office here. 348 01:09:07,416 --> 01:09:08,333 I've had an office down 349 01:09:08,333 --> 01:09:09,500 in Dallas multiple times. 350 01:09:10,500 --> 01:09:12,166 And that's an hour drive home. 351 01:09:12,625 --> 01:09:13,291 So if I worked till 352 01:09:13,291 --> 01:09:15,291 five, I gotta come home. 353 01:09:15,583 --> 01:09:16,375 I get home by six. 354 01:09:16,833 --> 01:09:17,333 Oh, guess what? 355 01:09:17,833 --> 01:09:18,416 You're gonna be an hour 356 01:09:18,416 --> 01:09:19,333 and a half late for practice, 357 01:09:19,333 --> 01:09:20,041 and practice is over. 358 01:09:20,458 --> 01:09:21,208 Yeah, yeah. 359 01:09:21,666 --> 01:09:23,000 And you may have, if 360 01:09:23,000 --> 01:09:25,250 your kids are staying home, 361 01:09:25,250 --> 01:09:26,708 or you have after school care, 362 01:09:26,708 --> 01:09:27,875 you have to sometimes pick 363 01:09:27,875 --> 01:09:29,333 them up from after school care. 364 01:09:29,833 --> 01:09:32,833 Or, I think the term from our 365 01:09:32,833 --> 01:09:34,833 generation was latchkey kids. 366 01:09:36,333 --> 01:09:37,333 And they're just hanging out, 367 01:09:37,333 --> 01:09:38,208 and you expect them to 368 01:09:38,208 --> 01:09:39,083 be doing their homework. 369 01:09:39,833 --> 01:09:40,750 Hopefully they are. 370 01:09:42,375 --> 01:09:43,250 You don't really know 371 01:09:43,250 --> 01:09:44,625 what's going on in your house, 372 01:09:44,625 --> 01:09:45,708 and how they're running around. 373 01:09:46,125 --> 01:09:48,125 So it's, I don't know, honestly. 374 01:09:48,500 --> 01:09:52,416 And my, just all of the kudos in the 375 01:09:52,416 --> 01:09:53,541 world to those people 376 01:09:53,541 --> 01:09:55,208 who still have to do 377 01:09:55,208 --> 01:09:56,458 that and balance it all, 378 01:09:56,666 --> 01:09:57,541 because we are truly 379 01:09:57,541 --> 01:09:59,083 blessed to both work from home. 380 01:09:59,833 --> 01:10:00,416 And those people in our 381 01:10:00,416 --> 01:10:02,375 teams that can't do that, 382 01:10:02,375 --> 01:10:03,583 and we talked about it 383 01:10:03,583 --> 01:10:04,916 last week, it takes a village, 384 01:10:05,250 --> 01:10:06,708 which I now know, but I'll forget that 385 01:10:06,708 --> 01:10:07,958 within another month or two. 386 01:10:09,500 --> 01:10:10,000 It takes a village. 387 01:10:10,500 --> 01:10:11,791 It's just incredible 388 01:10:11,791 --> 01:10:15,083 that the day and age, 389 01:10:15,083 --> 01:10:17,250 the expectations, even last week, 390 01:10:17,500 --> 01:10:19,583 they moved up track practice to 4.30. 391 01:10:20,458 --> 01:10:21,250 Right, and I-- 392 01:10:21,458 --> 01:10:22,250 And even for us that we're 393 01:10:22,250 --> 01:10:23,583 from home, I said it to you. 394 01:10:23,583 --> 01:10:24,750 I said, "How do they 395 01:10:24,750 --> 01:10:25,791 expect us to do this? 396 01:10:25,791 --> 01:10:27,166 "I'm actually working." 397 01:10:29,208 --> 01:10:29,916 That was my other point. 398 01:10:30,791 --> 01:10:31,333 The only way you can 399 01:10:31,333 --> 01:10:32,458 get people or your kids 400 01:10:32,458 --> 01:10:33,666 to practice at six o'clock, 401 01:10:33,666 --> 01:10:35,333 if you work in downtown Dallas, 402 01:10:35,541 --> 01:10:37,083 is you gotta leave at 4.15. 403 01:10:37,625 --> 01:10:38,000 Correct. 404 01:10:38,000 --> 01:10:38,916 If you get home by five. 405 01:10:39,583 --> 01:10:40,916 And I don't know about you, 406 01:10:41,833 --> 01:10:43,541 but I worry about my 407 01:10:43,541 --> 01:10:45,500 job at that point, right? 408 01:10:45,500 --> 01:10:46,500 What is my boss thinking? 409 01:10:47,208 --> 01:10:47,666 Right, and that 410 01:10:47,666 --> 01:10:50,208 perception of you in the workplace. 411 01:10:51,083 --> 01:10:53,041 And I like to think 412 01:10:53,041 --> 01:10:54,208 that schedules are getting 413 01:10:54,208 --> 01:10:56,583 a little more flexible, and okay, 414 01:10:57,416 --> 01:10:59,541 if someone needs to leave at four o'clock 415 01:10:59,625 --> 01:11:01,250 to go pick up a kid or to 416 01:11:01,250 --> 01:11:02,666 go take a child somewhere, 417 01:11:03,875 --> 01:11:05,000 they probably then need 418 01:11:05,000 --> 01:11:07,458 to log on later that night. 419 01:11:08,458 --> 01:11:11,000 And that gets really hard, 420 01:11:11,000 --> 01:11:13,000 and it can wear a person down 421 01:11:13,125 --> 01:11:16,000 when they really have no downtime 422 01:11:16,166 --> 01:11:19,166 because they've had to blend and flex 423 01:11:19,166 --> 01:11:20,208 their schedules so much 424 01:11:20,208 --> 01:11:21,375 that it has eliminated 425 01:11:21,375 --> 01:11:24,000 any free time or downtime 426 01:11:24,791 --> 01:11:25,916 or space that people 427 01:11:25,916 --> 01:11:27,250 need to rest and recharge. 428 01:11:28,125 --> 01:11:29,083 We don't have any of that. 429 01:11:29,541 --> 01:11:32,416 And I feel like I talk about that a lot, 430 01:11:32,416 --> 01:11:33,375 even in our highlights, I 431 01:11:33,375 --> 01:11:34,416 was like, "There's no time, 432 01:11:34,416 --> 01:11:35,500 "and there's just no time, 433 01:11:35,500 --> 01:11:36,541 and by the way, we're busy." 434 01:11:37,291 --> 01:11:38,708 Like I know, everybody's busy. 435 01:11:38,708 --> 01:11:40,208 Everybody watching this is busy, 436 01:11:40,208 --> 01:11:42,083 and I know it's hard to 437 01:11:42,083 --> 01:11:44,541 even carve out 10 minutes 438 01:11:44,541 --> 01:11:45,541 to do something on your 439 01:11:45,541 --> 01:11:46,791 own just to rest and relax, 440 01:11:46,791 --> 01:11:48,333 let alone 30 minutes or 441 01:11:48,333 --> 01:11:49,416 40 minutes for a podcast. 442 01:11:49,958 --> 01:11:51,250 So thanks for doing that. 443 01:11:51,708 --> 01:11:53,875 We won't extend this 444 01:11:53,875 --> 01:11:55,958 to two hours, I promise, 445 01:11:56,500 --> 01:11:57,583 because we don't have 446 01:11:57,583 --> 01:11:58,375 that kind of time either. 447 01:11:59,291 --> 01:12:01,083 But I feel like we're hampering, 448 01:12:01,083 --> 01:12:02,916 or I'm hampering on that a little bit, 449 01:12:02,916 --> 01:12:04,000 really focusing on that, 450 01:12:04,000 --> 01:12:04,916 but I know nobody else 451 01:12:04,916 --> 01:12:05,875 has that time either. 452 01:12:05,875 --> 01:12:07,708 And you talk about the free time, 453 01:12:09,083 --> 01:12:09,916 and there's none of it. 454 01:12:09,916 --> 01:12:10,791 We used to watch 455 01:12:10,791 --> 01:12:12,583 television shows at night, right? 456 01:12:12,833 --> 01:12:14,041 All of our favorites, 457 01:12:14,375 --> 01:12:15,791 Chicago PD, Chicago Fire, 458 01:12:16,958 --> 01:12:18,375 that was five years 459 01:12:18,375 --> 01:12:19,541 ago, eight years ago maybe, 460 01:12:19,625 --> 01:12:20,583 but I remember actually 461 01:12:20,583 --> 01:12:21,708 sitting and watching TV. 462 01:12:22,166 --> 01:12:23,666 And the times when we were 463 01:12:23,666 --> 01:12:25,250 able to binge watch a show, 464 01:12:26,000 --> 01:12:26,791 Game of Thrones, 465 01:12:27,166 --> 01:12:28,416 Succession, some of those, 466 01:12:28,666 --> 01:12:32,500 like we haven't done that in years now. 467 01:12:32,541 --> 01:12:32,791 No. 468 01:12:33,666 --> 01:12:36,583 So, I mean, you talk about it, yeah, 469 01:12:37,125 --> 01:12:38,583 the listeners here don't have time, 470 01:12:39,000 --> 01:12:39,708 but that's one of the 471 01:12:39,708 --> 01:12:40,500 reasons why we wanted 472 01:12:40,500 --> 01:12:41,708 to create this podcast 473 01:12:41,708 --> 01:12:43,291 was to let people know 474 01:12:43,291 --> 01:12:44,791 you're not alone, we're all struggling, 475 01:12:45,708 --> 01:12:48,125 and we clearly don't 476 01:12:48,125 --> 01:12:49,166 have the right solution 477 01:12:50,875 --> 01:12:53,083 because we get run down, we get tired, 478 01:12:53,416 --> 01:12:55,958 which is why we really, at least for me, 479 01:12:55,958 --> 01:12:56,875 I don't mean to speak for you, 480 01:12:57,666 --> 01:12:58,583 all year I look forward 481 01:12:58,583 --> 01:12:59,500 to that holiday break. 482 01:12:59,750 --> 01:13:01,500 I try to take a lot of time off, 483 01:13:01,708 --> 01:13:05,166 and it's amazing how tired I get, 484 01:13:05,166 --> 01:13:05,958 and I was like, gosh, 485 01:13:05,958 --> 01:13:06,708 how can I be sleeping 486 01:13:06,708 --> 01:13:08,666 till eight, 8.30 in the morning? 487 01:13:08,666 --> 01:13:11,500 This is crazy, this is not adulting, 488 01:13:12,166 --> 01:13:14,208 but you're so tired from doing that 489 01:13:14,333 --> 01:13:16,500 for such a sustained period of time 490 01:13:17,458 --> 01:13:18,166 that at least for me, 491 01:13:18,166 --> 01:13:19,791 my body just shuts down 492 01:13:19,791 --> 01:13:20,583 and it's like, you need to see. 493 01:13:20,625 --> 01:13:22,291 And that's even further compounded 494 01:13:22,458 --> 01:13:24,458 by everybody's kind of their own person. 495 01:13:24,833 --> 01:13:25,291 I mean, everybody is 496 01:13:25,291 --> 01:13:26,208 their own person, obviously, 497 01:13:26,750 --> 01:13:27,625 but everybody's got their 498 01:13:27,625 --> 01:13:31,666 own way of doing things, 499 01:13:31,666 --> 01:13:33,125 their own internal time clock, 500 01:13:33,125 --> 01:13:34,333 or whatever you want to call it, right? 501 01:13:34,333 --> 01:13:35,875 Their own need for rest and relaxation, 502 01:13:36,500 --> 01:13:37,958 and you and I know that. 503 01:13:37,958 --> 01:13:39,166 I mean, I'm sure everybody else out here 504 01:13:39,166 --> 01:13:40,583 knows how your spouse is, or your 505 01:13:40,583 --> 01:13:41,541 significant other is, 506 01:13:41,541 --> 01:13:42,916 or how your children are, 507 01:13:43,000 --> 01:13:45,375 but I am one, as sad 508 01:13:45,375 --> 01:13:46,666 as it is, we know it, 509 01:13:46,666 --> 01:13:49,625 I have to get that rest in at some point. 510 01:13:50,375 --> 01:13:51,416 I mean, there are times 511 01:13:51,416 --> 01:13:52,916 that maybe I can push through, 512 01:13:52,916 --> 01:13:53,625 and we're gonna talk a 513 01:13:53,625 --> 01:13:54,250 little bit about that 514 01:13:54,250 --> 01:13:55,125 maybe this week of 515 01:13:55,125 --> 01:13:57,000 work-life balance even. 516 01:13:58,000 --> 01:13:59,541 We've been pushing pretty hard on this, 517 01:13:59,541 --> 01:14:01,291 but generally speaking, 518 01:14:02,250 --> 01:14:04,083 whatever it is for my brain, 519 01:14:04,083 --> 01:14:05,458 or physicality, or 520 01:14:05,458 --> 01:14:06,583 whatever I'm doing during the day, 521 01:14:07,166 --> 01:14:08,958 I have to be able to have some time to 522 01:14:08,958 --> 01:14:09,708 come down with that. 523 01:14:11,000 --> 01:14:12,166 And sometimes I just gotta get away. 524 01:14:12,208 --> 01:14:13,250 That's why I go run at night 525 01:14:13,250 --> 01:14:14,708 sometimes, or whatever it is. 526 01:14:14,958 --> 01:14:16,875 I need 30 minutes to decompress 527 01:14:17,541 --> 01:14:18,791 if I'm gonna be worth anything, 528 01:14:18,791 --> 01:14:20,250 and I need to get enough sleep at night 529 01:14:20,250 --> 01:14:21,208 to feel that way too, 530 01:14:21,208 --> 01:14:22,500 but you're not like that. 531 01:14:23,000 --> 01:14:24,083 You're a robot. 532 01:14:24,500 --> 01:14:26,708 Yes, I can go, and that's one way 533 01:14:26,708 --> 01:14:29,541 that we've kind of split up the timeline. 534 01:14:30,000 --> 01:14:31,625 Now again, my knee, if you 535 01:14:31,625 --> 01:14:32,666 watched the previous episode, 536 01:14:32,666 --> 01:14:33,583 you know all about it, 537 01:14:33,916 --> 01:14:34,958 has thrown a wrench in it, 538 01:14:34,958 --> 01:14:36,000 because driving's a challenge. 539 01:14:36,500 --> 01:14:37,458 That's why I try to take, 540 01:14:37,666 --> 01:14:39,583 if we have a 6 a.m. practice, 541 01:14:40,666 --> 01:14:42,416 I try to do that one, because I know 542 01:14:42,625 --> 01:14:46,333 that I can manage through that, 543 01:14:46,666 --> 01:14:49,166 and it'll bother you if you do it. 544 01:14:49,416 --> 01:14:52,208 So I think that's just one of the things 545 01:14:52,208 --> 01:14:53,875 that it's the balance 546 01:14:53,875 --> 01:14:55,125 that we have to find, 547 01:14:55,458 --> 01:14:57,333 and kind of what works for everybody. 548 01:14:57,875 --> 01:14:59,250 Yeah, yeah. 549 01:14:59,750 --> 01:15:00,333 Well, and we've been 550 01:15:00,333 --> 01:15:01,416 that way our whole marriage, 551 01:15:01,416 --> 01:15:03,833 and I think, in my opinion, 552 01:15:03,833 --> 01:15:05,125 I think the best marriages 553 01:15:05,125 --> 01:15:05,833 and the best of 554 01:15:05,833 --> 01:15:08,000 relationships, it's a give and take. 555 01:15:08,666 --> 01:15:09,291 Absolutely. Right. 556 01:15:10,416 --> 01:15:12,208 If it's all take, it's not gonna be good. 557 01:15:12,666 --> 01:15:15,166 So, I can't take advantage 558 01:15:15,166 --> 01:15:17,125 of you by, you're a robot, 559 01:15:17,125 --> 01:15:17,958 and I'm like, you just 560 01:15:17,958 --> 01:15:19,083 keep going with it, honey, 561 01:15:19,083 --> 01:15:19,708 you've got it. 562 01:15:20,291 --> 01:15:20,416 (laughs) 563 01:15:20,583 --> 01:15:22,333 Because it does 564 01:15:22,333 --> 01:15:24,583 eventually catch up to me. 565 01:15:24,583 --> 01:15:26,333 I can just probably sustain it 566 01:15:26,333 --> 01:15:28,791 maybe a little longer than you can. 567 01:15:28,833 --> 01:15:29,041 Yeah. 568 01:15:30,291 --> 01:15:32,500 But everybody needs that. 569 01:15:33,375 --> 01:15:35,000 And so hopefully people 570 01:15:35,000 --> 01:15:36,125 got that around the holidays, 571 01:15:36,583 --> 01:15:38,833 but know that that's, I 572 01:15:38,833 --> 01:15:40,208 think, a very real struggle, 573 01:15:40,916 --> 01:15:42,375 and a very real struggle, 574 01:15:42,375 --> 01:15:44,500 particularly at these years. 575 01:15:46,500 --> 01:15:47,541 I think forward, and I don't 576 01:15:47,541 --> 01:15:49,125 want to wish away time at all. 577 01:15:50,041 --> 01:15:51,791 I kind of love the 578 01:15:51,791 --> 01:15:53,500 chaos that this time brings, 579 01:15:54,125 --> 01:15:55,041 and I know that I 580 01:15:55,041 --> 01:15:55,666 won't-- Speak for yourself. 581 01:15:56,416 --> 01:15:57,500 Probably. I love the times. 582 01:15:58,000 --> 01:15:59,041 I don't know if I love the chaos. 583 01:15:59,583 --> 01:16:02,750 I keep reminding myself 584 01:16:02,750 --> 01:16:04,625 that this doesn't last forever. 585 01:16:04,625 --> 01:16:04,833 Yeah. 586 01:16:06,166 --> 01:16:07,333 The retirement will come, 587 01:16:07,333 --> 01:16:08,916 the children will be gone, 588 01:16:09,291 --> 01:16:10,458 you know, and married 589 01:16:10,458 --> 01:16:11,500 with their own families, 590 01:16:12,500 --> 01:16:13,125 and we're gonna be 591 01:16:13,125 --> 01:16:14,541 staring at each other going, 592 01:16:14,541 --> 01:16:17,166 wow, what, how did we do it all? 593 01:16:18,750 --> 01:16:20,125 And maybe we'll feel rested then. 594 01:16:21,291 --> 01:16:21,500 Maybe. 595 01:16:22,125 --> 01:16:22,916 And I think we will, and 596 01:16:22,916 --> 01:16:23,666 I think everybody will. 597 01:16:23,958 --> 01:16:25,208 I mean, that's just the way, I mean, 598 01:16:25,208 --> 01:16:26,041 that's the way of the world. 599 01:16:26,500 --> 01:16:27,333 You know when you talk 600 01:16:27,333 --> 01:16:29,291 to my mom or other people 601 01:16:29,541 --> 01:16:30,291 that have been through 602 01:16:30,291 --> 01:16:31,291 this process already, 603 01:16:32,583 --> 01:16:33,916 they know it's just this 604 01:16:33,916 --> 01:16:35,750 time of life, you know? 605 01:16:36,000 --> 01:16:37,666 I don't always wanna 606 01:16:37,666 --> 01:16:40,541 make it sound as though 607 01:16:42,166 --> 01:16:43,250 the time that we're 608 01:16:43,250 --> 01:16:44,541 living in is always busier 609 01:16:44,541 --> 01:16:45,416 than the other people, 610 01:16:45,583 --> 01:16:47,500 but there is no doubt 611 01:16:48,250 --> 01:16:50,791 that 1980s when we all grew up, 612 01:16:50,791 --> 01:16:52,875 or the 90s when we grew up, 613 01:16:53,583 --> 01:16:55,083 technology has brought this 614 01:16:55,083 --> 01:16:57,500 world to a faster pace, right? 615 01:16:57,750 --> 01:17:00,083 We are accomplishing how 616 01:17:00,083 --> 01:17:01,333 many multiple times more 617 01:17:02,041 --> 01:17:02,708 than we used to. 618 01:17:03,250 --> 01:17:05,791 I mean, we talked on phones on the walls, 619 01:17:06,250 --> 01:17:08,041 and if I wasn't at home 620 01:17:08,041 --> 01:17:09,583 next to that phone on the wall, 621 01:17:10,000 --> 01:17:11,166 in fact, I'm not even answer that. 622 01:17:11,500 --> 01:17:13,000 If nobody got to it in time, 623 01:17:13,875 --> 01:17:14,833 you didn't get a hold of me, 624 01:17:15,083 --> 01:17:16,208 and we were just gone. 625 01:17:16,666 --> 01:17:18,625 You talked about latchkey kids, I mean, 626 01:17:20,208 --> 01:17:22,041 again, I'm aware that 627 01:17:22,041 --> 01:17:23,166 I'm talking so much here, 628 01:17:23,166 --> 01:17:24,833 but I love the fact that we're Gen Xers. 629 01:17:25,000 --> 01:17:28,416 Gen Xers are really taking a lot of pride 630 01:17:28,416 --> 01:17:30,083 in how we grew up, you know? 631 01:17:30,083 --> 01:17:31,416 Coming home with the street lamps. 632 01:17:31,500 --> 01:17:34,000 Parents had no idea where we were. 633 01:17:34,000 --> 01:17:35,791 We just got on our bike somewhere. 634 01:17:36,500 --> 01:17:38,041 But we kinda came up 635 01:17:38,041 --> 01:17:40,458 hard because, not hard, 636 01:17:40,458 --> 01:17:42,416 but we learned the way of the world. 637 01:17:42,958 --> 01:17:43,875 Right, there was a lot 638 01:17:43,875 --> 01:17:45,208 more, I think, trial by error 639 01:17:45,833 --> 01:17:47,083 when we were kids. 640 01:17:47,083 --> 01:17:48,375 We actually talked about this quite a bit 641 01:17:48,375 --> 01:17:50,625 when we're camping, and outside, 642 01:17:50,875 --> 01:17:51,750 you growing up in 643 01:17:51,750 --> 01:17:53,791 Colorado, were climbing mountains 644 01:17:54,041 --> 01:17:56,166 and stuff from a very young age, 645 01:17:56,541 --> 01:17:58,875 doing things that, and I don't 646 01:17:58,875 --> 01:18:00,166 necessarily consider myself 647 01:18:00,416 --> 01:18:03,041 a helicopter parent, but if I heard, 648 01:18:03,291 --> 01:18:04,291 if I knew my kids were 649 01:18:04,291 --> 01:18:06,041 doing some of the, you know, 650 01:18:07,125 --> 01:18:09,208 risky things that you were doing by 651 01:18:09,208 --> 01:18:09,916 climbing a mountain, 652 01:18:11,125 --> 01:18:12,916 I would freak out. 653 01:18:14,291 --> 01:18:16,291 I don't know how, I mean, I was like, no! 654 01:18:16,875 --> 01:18:18,000 Well, we've talked about that, 655 01:18:18,000 --> 01:18:19,208 and my mom's here right now, 656 01:18:19,208 --> 01:18:20,041 so when we get done with this, 657 01:18:20,041 --> 01:18:20,916 we can go ask her, but I 658 01:18:20,916 --> 01:18:22,125 would never have let my kids do 659 01:18:22,125 --> 01:18:23,000 some of the things I did, 660 01:18:23,000 --> 01:18:24,166 especially climb that mountain 661 01:18:24,166 --> 01:18:24,916 at that age. 662 01:18:25,041 --> 01:18:26,500 Yeah, there's rattlesnakes everywhere. 663 01:18:26,791 --> 01:18:27,583 Yeah, I mean, there's 664 01:18:27,583 --> 01:18:29,125 a reason why, you know, 665 01:18:29,166 --> 01:18:30,125 there's stories of me 666 01:18:30,125 --> 01:18:31,791 climbing rocks, you know, 667 01:18:31,916 --> 01:18:33,083 lifting myself up onto a 668 01:18:33,083 --> 01:18:34,791 rock and sitting on a cactus, 669 01:18:35,333 --> 01:18:37,166 and, you know, rolling 670 01:18:37,166 --> 01:18:38,250 down the side of the mountain, 671 01:18:38,416 --> 01:18:40,000 crying because I had, you know, 672 01:18:40,000 --> 01:18:41,291 a thousand cactuses in my butt. 673 01:18:43,375 --> 01:18:43,875 Great visual. 674 01:18:45,000 --> 01:18:45,500 We'll cut that. 675 01:18:45,875 --> 01:18:47,083 You're welcome, everyone at home. 676 01:18:48,666 --> 01:18:50,791 My behind, my rear side. 677 01:18:50,833 --> 01:18:51,875 You can say butt, it's okay. 678 01:18:52,250 --> 01:18:52,833 Yeah, okay. 679 01:18:52,875 --> 01:18:55,541 It's all right, yeah, but, you know-- 680 01:18:55,583 --> 01:18:56,250 Oh, you said it again. 681 01:18:58,041 --> 01:18:59,458 I know, I've just said it twice. 682 01:18:59,958 --> 01:19:01,041 That's a great dad joke. 683 01:19:01,500 --> 01:19:02,875 All right, that one will get cut. 684 01:19:03,208 --> 01:19:03,750 All right, let's keep going. 685 01:19:07,458 --> 01:19:08,208 Love actually is going 686 01:19:08,208 --> 01:19:09,125 through my head right now. 687 01:19:09,500 --> 01:19:10,041 I could've just gone 688 01:19:10,041 --> 01:19:11,500 ahead and said the F word, 689 01:19:11,500 --> 01:19:12,833 and then we'd all be in real trouble. 690 01:19:14,416 --> 01:19:15,208 Yeah, I think those 691 01:19:15,208 --> 01:19:16,833 years when we were kids 692 01:19:16,833 --> 01:19:19,208 and we were out playing and, you know, 693 01:19:19,208 --> 01:19:20,166 doing all kinds of 694 01:19:20,166 --> 01:19:21,708 crazy things on a mountain 695 01:19:22,000 --> 01:19:24,166 and getting, sitting on cactuses, 696 01:19:26,000 --> 01:19:27,833 it's different than today's generation 697 01:19:28,291 --> 01:19:29,958 and our children are more 698 01:19:29,958 --> 01:19:31,083 plugged into technology. 699 01:19:31,625 --> 01:19:33,333 We are more plugged into technology 700 01:19:33,333 --> 01:19:33,958 and I think that 701 01:19:33,958 --> 01:19:35,750 makes a lot of challenges 702 01:19:35,750 --> 01:19:37,375 from that work-life balance perspective. 703 01:19:38,375 --> 01:19:40,208 I mean, you'll hold your 704 01:19:40,208 --> 01:19:41,583 phone at nine o'clock at night 705 01:19:41,583 --> 01:19:44,291 and still get an email or a, you know, 706 01:19:44,500 --> 01:19:46,375 team's message from a colleague 707 01:19:46,625 --> 01:19:48,500 and you think you have to answer it. 708 01:19:48,875 --> 01:19:50,083 Yeah, and that's where I was going, 709 01:19:50,083 --> 01:19:51,333 exactly what you were saying there, 710 01:19:51,875 --> 01:19:53,250 this is a busy time in 711 01:19:53,250 --> 01:19:55,083 life historically, right? 712 01:19:55,166 --> 01:19:55,958 Yeah, I mean, I think about the generations, 713 01:19:56,333 --> 01:19:57,000 childbearing, child 714 01:19:57,000 --> 01:19:59,083 raising years are busy years, 715 01:19:59,708 --> 01:20:03,000 but what we do now with all our 716 01:20:03,000 --> 01:20:04,000 plugged-in capabilities 717 01:20:04,000 --> 01:20:04,708 and to your point, I 718 01:20:04,708 --> 01:20:05,625 mean, you're constantly 719 01:20:05,625 --> 01:20:08,250 getting pinged by people you work with 720 01:20:08,250 --> 01:20:10,041 and if they're not emailing 721 01:20:10,041 --> 01:20:11,166 you, they know after hours 722 01:20:11,166 --> 01:20:12,125 they're gonna team 723 01:20:12,125 --> 01:20:13,833 you or they'll text you. 724 01:20:14,083 --> 01:20:16,000 I mean, next thing you know, 725 01:20:16,000 --> 01:20:16,291 they're gonna be 726 01:20:16,291 --> 01:20:17,083 showing you at the front door 727 01:20:17,083 --> 01:20:17,666 because they're just 728 01:20:17,666 --> 01:20:19,666 constantly expect to get a hold of you. 729 01:20:21,083 --> 01:20:25,625 And so I think, I feel like it is busy, 730 01:20:26,041 --> 01:20:28,041 but it's amplified even 731 01:20:28,041 --> 01:20:29,458 more so than maybe it was 732 01:20:29,458 --> 01:20:31,583 when we grew up and that 733 01:20:31,583 --> 01:20:33,791 creates even more of a work-life 734 01:20:34,625 --> 01:20:35,500 issue. Yep. 735 01:20:35,958 --> 01:20:37,000 And it's true and I 736 01:20:37,000 --> 01:20:40,125 think one of the things 737 01:20:40,125 --> 01:20:41,500 that I always talk to 738 01:20:41,500 --> 01:20:43,125 people about, you know, 739 01:20:43,125 --> 01:20:44,916 if they ask me, how do you balance it? 740 01:20:45,875 --> 01:20:48,458 And I always start with everyone's 741 01:20:48,458 --> 01:20:50,083 balance looks different 742 01:20:50,625 --> 01:20:53,166 and you know, as if you're 743 01:20:53,166 --> 01:20:54,791 climbing the corporate ladder 744 01:20:54,958 --> 01:20:56,208 or you know, and there's 745 01:20:56,208 --> 01:20:56,958 been times in my career 746 01:20:56,958 --> 01:20:57,583 where I said, you know 747 01:20:57,583 --> 01:20:58,458 what, I'm gonna hit pause 748 01:20:58,458 --> 01:20:59,375 on any type of 749 01:20:59,375 --> 01:21:02,416 vertical movement, you know, 750 01:21:02,416 --> 01:21:05,166 it was because I was balancing 751 01:21:05,166 --> 01:21:06,208 and I needed that 752 01:21:06,208 --> 01:21:07,416 balance to look different. 753 01:21:07,416 --> 01:21:10,291 I needed to lean in to family. 754 01:21:10,833 --> 01:21:12,750 I mean, we had three 755 01:21:12,750 --> 01:21:14,625 kids in under four years 756 01:21:14,791 --> 01:21:15,875 and so there was a time 757 01:21:15,875 --> 01:21:16,750 at work where I was like, 758 01:21:16,750 --> 01:21:17,375 I just feel like I'm 759 01:21:17,375 --> 01:21:18,583 constantly on maternity leave. 760 01:21:18,583 --> 01:21:21,791 I can't be focusing on a promotion 761 01:21:22,458 --> 01:21:24,666 because that's not where I'm needed. 762 01:21:24,708 --> 01:21:24,916 Yeah. 763 01:21:26,208 --> 01:21:26,750 And I think that's 764 01:21:26,750 --> 01:21:28,000 also then conversations 765 01:21:28,500 --> 01:21:30,583 with your spouse or 766 01:21:30,583 --> 01:21:33,000 significant other is, you know, 767 01:21:33,500 --> 01:21:35,125 when to lean in because there's times 768 01:21:35,291 --> 01:21:36,708 when your spouse needs 769 01:21:36,708 --> 01:21:37,833 to lean in more to work 770 01:21:37,833 --> 01:21:39,333 and so it's, you're 771 01:21:39,333 --> 01:21:41,083 balancing not only just work-life 772 01:21:41,083 --> 01:21:43,958 but then even balancing within the family 773 01:21:44,291 --> 01:21:46,500 to make sure you have adequate coverage. 774 01:21:47,875 --> 01:21:48,708 And even that, I 775 01:21:48,708 --> 01:21:49,375 mean, you hit on a thing. 776 01:21:50,000 --> 01:21:51,583 Obviously we both work, right? 777 01:21:51,583 --> 01:21:52,833 So we're a dual income family. 778 01:21:52,833 --> 01:21:54,833 We both work at fairly high levels. 779 01:21:54,833 --> 01:21:56,541 We both have employees that report to us. 780 01:21:57,125 --> 01:21:58,583 So there's a lot going on 781 01:21:58,958 --> 01:22:00,083 and maybe even that's 782 01:22:00,083 --> 01:22:00,958 changed a little bit more 783 01:22:00,958 --> 01:22:02,125 since the 80s and 90s 784 01:22:02,125 --> 01:22:03,583 when it wasn't as normal 785 01:22:04,125 --> 01:22:05,333 for there to be two 786 01:22:05,333 --> 01:22:06,708 working parents, right? 787 01:22:06,708 --> 01:22:07,416 So you had a parent that 788 01:22:07,416 --> 01:22:08,750 was able to, and even now, 789 01:22:08,750 --> 01:22:09,166 we have a lot of 790 01:22:09,166 --> 01:22:10,875 friends that are, you know, 791 01:22:10,875 --> 01:22:12,625 stay-at-home moms and I don't use that 792 01:22:12,625 --> 01:22:13,708 in a negative connotation. 793 01:22:13,708 --> 01:22:14,541 I don't know what else to call them, 794 01:22:14,583 --> 01:22:17,875 but I will say, and 795 01:22:17,875 --> 01:22:18,750 they will tell you too, 796 01:22:19,000 --> 01:22:19,875 they are crazy busy. 797 01:22:20,125 --> 01:22:20,708 They are. 798 01:22:20,708 --> 01:22:21,458 Right, they've got a 799 01:22:21,458 --> 01:22:22,458 million things to do. 800 01:22:22,458 --> 01:22:23,125 So they're keeping 801 01:22:23,125 --> 01:22:25,916 themselves busy one way or the other. 802 01:22:26,208 --> 01:22:27,333 Right, and it goes back 803 01:22:27,333 --> 01:22:28,166 to what you said last time. 804 01:22:28,166 --> 01:22:29,125 It takes a village 805 01:22:29,125 --> 01:22:33,083 because I work outside the home. 806 01:22:33,375 --> 01:22:34,041 I guess that's a weird 807 01:22:34,041 --> 01:22:35,208 phrase since I work at home 808 01:22:35,208 --> 01:22:37,000 but I think you all get the point. 809 01:22:38,833 --> 01:22:41,625 I can't donate as much 810 01:22:41,625 --> 01:22:43,208 of my time to the schools 811 01:22:43,625 --> 01:22:45,875 and be involved in some 812 01:22:45,875 --> 01:22:47,083 of the things at the school 813 01:22:47,791 --> 01:22:51,375 that my stay-at-home mom friends do 814 01:22:51,500 --> 01:22:54,833 and I rely heavily on them 815 01:22:54,833 --> 01:22:57,208 to help keep me plugged in 816 01:22:57,416 --> 01:22:58,333 and to make sure that 817 01:22:58,333 --> 01:23:00,250 they're kind of then my eyes 818 01:23:00,250 --> 01:23:01,625 and ears out there to make 819 01:23:01,625 --> 01:23:03,041 sure that there's no trouble. 820 01:23:03,041 --> 01:23:03,666 There's nothing that 821 01:23:03,666 --> 01:23:05,000 I'm not aware of going on 822 01:23:05,000 --> 01:23:05,583 at the school because 823 01:23:05,583 --> 01:23:06,791 I'm not there as much. 824 01:23:07,250 --> 01:23:11,500 So it is hard to be a stay-at-home parent 825 01:23:12,250 --> 01:23:14,000 and it's hard to be a working parent. 826 01:23:14,333 --> 01:23:15,416 And so I'm just glad 827 01:23:15,416 --> 01:23:17,625 that we actually have both 828 01:23:18,250 --> 01:23:19,833 because we need both. 829 01:23:21,125 --> 01:23:23,416 Our son, we mentioned on the last episode 830 01:23:23,416 --> 01:23:26,250 that he just has his girlfriend, 831 01:23:26,250 --> 01:23:27,375 first high school girlfriend, 832 01:23:28,166 --> 01:23:30,583 and Monday the kids didn't have school. 833 01:23:31,458 --> 01:23:32,541 And so he asked if he 834 01:23:32,541 --> 01:23:34,166 could have his girlfriend over 835 01:23:34,166 --> 01:23:34,916 and they were just gonna 836 01:23:34,916 --> 01:23:36,125 hang out, watch a movie. 837 01:23:36,916 --> 01:23:37,750 I could let you tell the 838 01:23:37,750 --> 01:23:38,583 first part of the story 839 01:23:39,041 --> 01:23:41,833 and how her mom dropped her off. 840 01:23:41,833 --> 01:23:43,083 It was pretty funny. 841 01:23:43,708 --> 01:23:45,458 It all kind of came together quickly. 842 01:23:46,791 --> 01:23:48,750 And I watched her pull up, 843 01:23:49,333 --> 01:23:50,125 the girlfriend's mom 844 01:23:50,125 --> 01:23:51,375 pulled up in our driveway 845 01:23:51,875 --> 01:23:52,625 and she let her out 846 01:23:52,625 --> 01:23:53,375 and she came to the door. 847 01:23:53,708 --> 01:23:54,750 I stood up in my office 848 01:23:54,750 --> 01:23:55,750 because my office is at 849 01:23:55,750 --> 01:23:56,458 the front of the house, 850 01:23:56,458 --> 01:23:57,291 yours is at the back. 851 01:23:57,625 --> 01:23:58,583 I was just waving at her 852 01:23:58,583 --> 01:23:59,375 through the window saying, 853 01:23:59,666 --> 01:24:00,750 I got her, we're here, 854 01:24:00,750 --> 01:24:01,625 adult her at the house. 855 01:24:02,250 --> 01:24:03,375 I don't think she saw me 856 01:24:03,375 --> 01:24:04,291 because I was watching her. 857 01:24:04,291 --> 01:24:06,500 She pulled back out to leave the driveway 858 01:24:07,208 --> 01:24:07,916 and she stopped. 859 01:24:07,916 --> 01:24:08,875 I'm like, oh, what's going on here? 860 01:24:08,958 --> 01:24:11,500 She got out of her car and came to the 861 01:24:11,500 --> 01:24:12,333 front door basically. 862 01:24:13,041 --> 01:24:15,083 And to your point, I 863 01:24:15,083 --> 01:24:16,500 was still on my sweats 864 01:24:17,166 --> 01:24:19,000 and I hadn't taken a shower yet that day. 865 01:24:19,791 --> 01:24:21,291 I don't know what time she 866 01:24:21,291 --> 01:24:23,166 came over, but like one-- 867 01:24:23,166 --> 01:24:24,791 It was like one or two in the afternoon. 868 01:24:24,833 --> 01:24:25,375 It was late. 869 01:24:26,500 --> 01:24:27,875 It was beyond PJ time. 870 01:24:27,875 --> 01:24:29,375 It was beyond PJ time. 871 01:24:29,625 --> 01:24:30,333 I've been burning the 872 01:24:30,333 --> 01:24:31,000 candle a little bit, 873 01:24:31,000 --> 01:24:32,833 doing all these extra things for the 874 01:24:32,833 --> 01:24:34,000 podcasts and whatnot, 875 01:24:34,000 --> 01:24:35,000 which I love doing, 876 01:24:35,000 --> 01:24:37,125 but there's a big learning curve here 877 01:24:37,333 --> 01:24:39,041 and a lot to kind of get in place 878 01:24:39,208 --> 01:24:41,166 to hopefully make it be 879 01:24:41,166 --> 01:24:42,125 done right and whatnot. 880 01:24:42,125 --> 01:24:44,750 But anyways, I was 881 01:24:44,750 --> 01:24:46,458 embarrassed to some degree 882 01:24:46,583 --> 01:24:49,083 that, yeah, I'm not even ready 883 01:24:49,083 --> 01:24:50,833 and it's 1.30 in the afternoon. 884 01:24:50,833 --> 01:24:52,250 And she actually made the comment to me. 885 01:24:52,250 --> 01:24:54,000 She's like, oh, did you 886 01:24:54,000 --> 01:24:55,208 guys both work from home 887 01:24:55,500 --> 01:24:59,500 or are you just eating chips and dip 888 01:24:59,500 --> 01:25:01,833 on the, watching Netflix today? 889 01:25:02,166 --> 01:25:02,875 I know, yeah. 890 01:25:03,125 --> 01:25:03,958 No, I'm just turning into 891 01:25:03,958 --> 01:25:05,083 Fat Thor, thank you very much. 892 01:25:05,083 --> 01:25:06,000 Yeah, that's exactly right. 893 01:25:06,000 --> 01:25:07,208 Fat Thor is a great one. 894 01:25:07,541 --> 01:25:09,708 So yeah, so that was interesting, 895 01:25:09,708 --> 01:25:11,791 but she dropped the girlfriend off 896 01:25:13,000 --> 01:25:13,916 and then that's where 897 01:25:13,916 --> 01:25:14,666 you're going with your story. 898 01:25:15,416 --> 01:25:17,458 Yeah, so then I think go 899 01:25:17,458 --> 01:25:18,375 into where they're watching 900 01:25:18,375 --> 01:25:21,000 a movie and they are on 901 01:25:21,000 --> 01:25:22,000 a beanbag chair together. 902 01:25:22,000 --> 01:25:23,083 It's a big beanbag chair, 903 01:25:23,083 --> 01:25:25,208 but still on a beanbag chair. 904 01:25:25,833 --> 01:25:28,333 And I think I was gone. 905 01:25:28,333 --> 01:25:29,083 I was at soccer 906 01:25:29,083 --> 01:25:30,333 practice later in the evening, 907 01:25:31,916 --> 01:25:33,875 but what we don't wanna be though, 908 01:25:34,375 --> 01:25:35,250 is those parents' 909 01:25:35,250 --> 01:25:38,875 house where anything goes. 910 01:25:38,875 --> 01:25:40,125 Right, right. 911 01:25:40,500 --> 01:25:41,708 Because I know growing 912 01:25:41,708 --> 01:25:43,208 up, the person's house, 913 01:25:43,666 --> 01:25:45,375 when I was in high school in junior high, 914 01:25:45,375 --> 01:25:46,083 where anything went. 915 01:25:47,500 --> 01:25:49,791 Everybody knew, let's go to her house 916 01:25:49,791 --> 01:25:50,666 and we'll go to their basement. 917 01:25:52,375 --> 01:25:53,250 They had very loose rules. 918 01:25:53,833 --> 01:25:56,041 Right, and we don't have 919 01:25:56,041 --> 01:25:57,375 loose rules at this house. 920 01:25:57,708 --> 01:26:00,250 Yeah, so more to come on that one. 921 01:26:00,625 --> 01:26:01,708 We're kind of learning. 922 01:26:01,708 --> 01:26:02,166 I mean, we've been 923 01:26:02,166 --> 01:26:04,083 through that in our lifetimes, 924 01:26:04,291 --> 01:26:06,000 but it's just an awkward, 925 01:26:08,083 --> 01:26:10,625 it's awkward conversations in situations 926 01:26:10,625 --> 01:26:11,666 to be in with your child. 927 01:26:11,958 --> 01:26:12,666 And I'm glad, because our 928 01:26:12,666 --> 01:26:13,875 kids are pretty open with us 929 01:26:13,875 --> 01:26:14,875 about some of these things. 930 01:26:14,875 --> 01:26:15,625 Way more open than I 931 01:26:15,625 --> 01:26:16,625 ever was with my parents. 932 01:26:16,958 --> 01:26:19,125 And I don't know what 933 01:26:19,125 --> 01:26:20,250 your household was like. 934 01:26:20,250 --> 01:26:22,125 I know what mine was like at that age. 935 01:26:22,416 --> 01:26:23,708 And we did not have those 936 01:26:23,708 --> 01:26:25,041 open lines of communication, 937 01:26:26,625 --> 01:26:28,125 period, let alone to talk about things 938 01:26:28,125 --> 01:26:29,500 that were more sensitive subjects 939 01:26:29,875 --> 01:26:30,666 like that would have been. 940 01:26:32,000 --> 01:26:33,250 Well, you have to remember, 941 01:26:33,375 --> 01:26:34,583 I was a bit of an ugly duckling 942 01:26:34,791 --> 01:26:37,375 and I didn't really come into my own 943 01:26:37,541 --> 01:26:38,541 or anything like that 944 01:26:38,541 --> 01:26:39,958 until much, much later. 945 01:26:40,166 --> 01:26:42,416 So I'm in unchartered 946 01:26:42,416 --> 01:26:44,458 territory and I don't really know. 947 01:26:45,500 --> 01:26:48,208 Because at 14, I didn't have a boyfriend. 948 01:26:48,458 --> 01:26:49,125 Right, right. 949 01:26:49,833 --> 01:26:50,750 Rightly so, if you've 950 01:26:50,750 --> 01:26:51,958 ever seen my freshman year 951 01:26:52,166 --> 01:26:53,000 of high school picture. 952 01:26:54,250 --> 01:26:55,041 Gosh, I hope it doesn't 953 01:26:55,041 --> 01:26:55,916 ever make it to the internet. 954 01:26:56,125 --> 01:26:57,250 Anyway. Yeah, it's right here. 955 01:26:57,541 --> 01:26:58,458 We'll put it up. There we go. 956 01:26:58,958 --> 01:27:00,583 So anyway, but the kids 957 01:27:00,583 --> 01:27:02,125 finally went back to school then 958 01:27:02,291 --> 01:27:03,708 on Tuesday. Yeah. 959 01:27:04,083 --> 01:27:05,625 And I don't know about you, 960 01:27:05,625 --> 01:27:06,833 but I feel a little bit 961 01:27:06,833 --> 01:27:09,500 like the scene in Wayne's World 962 01:27:09,875 --> 01:27:12,541 when they're like, game on. 963 01:27:12,541 --> 01:27:13,541 Because just as we got 964 01:27:13,541 --> 01:27:15,291 two days under our belt. 965 01:27:15,375 --> 01:27:15,833 Game off. 966 01:27:16,500 --> 01:27:17,708 Game off, yeah. 967 01:27:17,708 --> 01:27:19,458 And they pull everything off, right? 968 01:27:19,916 --> 01:27:21,375 It was totally that scene 969 01:27:21,375 --> 01:27:22,666 because we've now had a snow day 970 01:27:22,666 --> 01:27:23,583 for the last two days. 971 01:27:23,625 --> 01:27:25,000 Yeah, two snow days, two 972 01:27:25,000 --> 01:27:25,916 snow days now in Texas. 973 01:27:27,791 --> 01:27:28,500 Which it was valid. 974 01:27:28,958 --> 01:27:30,750 We got two, three inches of snow. 975 01:27:30,875 --> 01:27:31,500 Valid for Texas. 976 01:27:33,166 --> 01:27:34,000 Minnesota, Colorado. 977 01:27:34,916 --> 01:27:36,041 There. Ridiculous. 978 01:27:37,125 --> 01:27:37,750 Right. Ridiculous. 979 01:27:38,333 --> 01:27:40,416 Now granted, I will note 980 01:27:40,416 --> 01:27:42,958 the caveats that I get it. 981 01:27:43,166 --> 01:27:44,916 Don't send me things saying, 982 01:27:45,291 --> 01:27:46,708 Texas doesn't have the 983 01:27:46,708 --> 01:27:49,083 equipment to clear the roads 984 01:27:49,291 --> 01:27:50,375 and all that kind of stuff. 985 01:27:50,666 --> 01:27:51,375 I get it, there's not a 986 01:27:51,375 --> 01:27:52,583 bunch of snow clouds around, 987 01:27:52,583 --> 01:27:54,541 but they do ice, they do pre 988 01:27:54,541 --> 01:27:56,458 spray for ice and all that. 989 01:27:56,916 --> 01:27:58,166 And I also get, if it's icy, 990 01:27:59,166 --> 01:27:59,875 no matter how good of 991 01:27:59,875 --> 01:28:00,666 a driver are you can. 992 01:28:01,083 --> 01:28:02,791 But that being said, 993 01:28:02,791 --> 01:28:04,125 those two caveats being said, 994 01:28:04,125 --> 01:28:08,500 it is ridiculous how scared Texans are 995 01:28:08,833 --> 01:28:10,083 of stuff falling from the sky. 996 01:28:10,583 --> 01:28:11,958 Let it be frozen like snow 997 01:28:11,958 --> 01:28:14,583 in the last two days or water. 998 01:28:15,250 --> 01:28:16,250 It's true. They freak out. 999 01:28:16,583 --> 01:28:18,000 It's true. Worst drivers ever. 1000 01:28:18,000 --> 01:28:19,416 We knew that when I lived in Colorado, 1001 01:28:19,625 --> 01:28:21,041 before I ever lived in Texas. 1002 01:28:22,000 --> 01:28:24,291 It's like, oh, this car, oh, flying by. 1003 01:28:24,708 --> 01:28:25,625 Hey, actually. You know they're bad? 1004 01:28:25,791 --> 01:28:26,916 You know the horrible driver? 1005 01:28:26,916 --> 01:28:27,625 You knew they're from Texas. 1006 01:28:28,791 --> 01:28:30,458 Sure enough, license plate from Texas. 1007 01:28:31,500 --> 01:28:32,208 Yeah, that's funny. 1008 01:28:32,208 --> 01:28:33,000 I don't think we got 1009 01:28:33,000 --> 01:28:34,541 many Texans up in Minnesota, 1010 01:28:34,541 --> 01:28:36,416 so I wasn't aware of the stereotype. 1011 01:28:36,916 --> 01:28:38,500 They probably can't even stay on the road 1012 01:28:38,500 --> 01:28:39,708 to get up there long enough. 1013 01:28:40,000 --> 01:28:41,500 It's too icy or snowy. 1014 01:28:42,208 --> 01:28:43,291 Yeah, they ran out the road 1015 01:28:43,291 --> 01:28:44,166 or got in a car wreck 1016 01:28:44,166 --> 01:28:45,000 or something like that. 1017 01:28:46,166 --> 01:28:47,333 Terrible drivers is the point. 1018 01:28:48,250 --> 01:28:50,000 So, I mean, gosh, maybe I just squashed 1019 01:28:50,000 --> 01:28:52,708 my own theory there, 1020 01:28:53,208 --> 01:28:55,750 but Texas is protecting their people 1021 01:28:55,750 --> 01:28:57,083 because they're such bad drivers. 1022 01:28:57,166 --> 01:28:59,708 You put them on the road with an inch. 1023 01:28:59,958 --> 01:29:02,041 I mean, the year we moved here, 1024 01:29:02,041 --> 01:29:03,583 they canceled school for two years. 1025 01:29:03,583 --> 01:29:04,541 This was eight years ago, 1026 01:29:04,958 --> 01:29:06,166 for literally a 1027 01:29:06,166 --> 01:29:07,750 quarter of an inch of snow. 1028 01:29:08,750 --> 01:29:09,208 Quarter of an inch. 1029 01:29:09,875 --> 01:29:10,416 You remember that? 1030 01:29:10,416 --> 01:29:10,875 We were still in 1031 01:29:10,875 --> 01:29:11,916 corporate housing at that point. 1032 01:29:12,208 --> 01:29:13,583 Yeah, I really remember 1033 01:29:13,583 --> 01:29:14,541 it because I cut that. 1034 01:29:17,500 --> 01:29:17,541 (laughing) 1035 01:29:19,166 --> 01:29:21,500 We will cut that, but I'm 1036 01:29:21,500 --> 01:29:22,333 gonna leave in the discussion 1037 01:29:22,333 --> 01:29:23,125 that we're cutting it 1038 01:29:23,125 --> 01:29:24,500 because that was like the first, 1039 01:29:25,166 --> 01:29:27,083 who said something that maybe be 1040 01:29:27,083 --> 01:29:28,750 sensitive to viewers? 1041 01:29:29,000 --> 01:29:30,375 And it was you, just for the record, 1042 01:29:30,375 --> 01:29:31,125 because it's usually me 1043 01:29:31,125 --> 01:29:32,291 screaming something out. 1044 01:29:32,625 --> 01:29:33,916 Some of these indoor soccer 1045 01:29:33,916 --> 01:29:36,375 game comments come to my mind, 1046 01:29:36,375 --> 01:29:37,125 which I can't obviously 1047 01:29:37,125 --> 01:29:38,416 repeat here, but everybody goes, 1048 01:29:39,583 --> 01:29:40,458 like, "What did Shawn say?" 1049 01:29:40,458 --> 01:29:40,958 I'm like, "That was 1050 01:29:40,958 --> 01:29:43,000 totally acceptable 20 years ago." 1051 01:29:45,375 --> 01:29:45,791 So it was you, that's 1052 01:29:45,791 --> 01:29:46,500 all I wanna point out. 1053 01:29:46,500 --> 01:29:47,041 Yeah, yeah. 1054 01:29:47,333 --> 01:29:50,583 So the snow days, we had the 1055 01:29:50,583 --> 01:29:51,958 kids at home another two days. 1056 01:29:52,125 --> 01:29:55,166 So we had the problem 1057 01:29:55,166 --> 01:29:56,791 with children in the office 1058 01:29:57,125 --> 01:29:59,250 and all of that, which- 1059 01:30:00,000 --> 01:30:00,750 So straight back to the 1060 01:30:00,750 --> 01:30:01,875 beginning of this conversation, 1061 01:30:01,916 --> 01:30:02,458 right? Right. 1062 01:30:02,458 --> 01:30:03,291 We were so happy because 1063 01:30:03,291 --> 01:30:04,083 the kids were going back 1064 01:30:04,083 --> 01:30:05,000 to school. Yep. 1065 01:30:05,375 --> 01:30:06,166 And then they came back home. 1066 01:30:06,958 --> 01:30:07,125 Right. 1067 01:30:08,208 --> 01:30:11,083 And then, I think, I 1068 01:30:11,083 --> 01:30:12,625 think this is the first time 1069 01:30:13,291 --> 01:30:14,791 our children have ever 1070 01:30:14,791 --> 01:30:16,708 played us against each other 1071 01:30:16,708 --> 01:30:17,958 in a very real way. 1072 01:30:18,125 --> 01:30:18,750 Oh, yeah. 1073 01:30:19,958 --> 01:30:23,958 And so both of us had busy days 1074 01:30:24,208 --> 01:30:27,916 and they were passing me post-it note. 1075 01:30:28,166 --> 01:30:29,041 They were trying to tell 1076 01:30:29,041 --> 01:30:29,916 me that they were invited 1077 01:30:29,916 --> 01:30:30,958 to their friend's house. 1078 01:30:30,958 --> 01:30:32,583 Well, then they go into your office 1079 01:30:32,583 --> 01:30:34,375 and indicate that mom was okay 1080 01:30:34,375 --> 01:30:36,208 if we go over to our friend's house. 1081 01:30:36,208 --> 01:30:36,958 Are you okay? 1082 01:30:38,666 --> 01:30:40,791 Long story short, they had 1083 01:30:40,791 --> 01:30:41,833 this whole thing planned out 1084 01:30:41,833 --> 01:30:42,750 and ended up getting picked 1085 01:30:42,750 --> 01:30:44,708 up by their friend's parents. 1086 01:30:45,750 --> 01:30:47,750 And we never even agreed to 1087 01:30:47,750 --> 01:30:48,791 the fact that they could go. 1088 01:30:49,375 --> 01:30:49,916 Yeah, we had no idea. 1089 01:30:50,458 --> 01:30:51,625 So, I mean, let's just 1090 01:30:51,625 --> 01:30:52,833 first back up and just say, 1091 01:30:53,333 --> 01:30:54,125 love these friends. 1092 01:30:54,750 --> 01:30:55,958 Love them. Love these parents. 1093 01:30:56,500 --> 01:30:57,500 Nothing wrong with that. 1094 01:30:57,916 --> 01:30:58,750 Love that they can spend 1095 01:30:58,750 --> 01:30:59,666 time with them and thank you. 1096 01:31:00,166 --> 01:31:01,791 They very- Yes, they're fantastic. 1097 01:31:01,833 --> 01:31:02,416 They had a great time. 1098 01:31:03,208 --> 01:31:04,750 But, and I said it to 1099 01:31:04,750 --> 01:31:06,041 the mom when I went outside 1100 01:31:06,375 --> 01:31:07,500 because they're like, we're going 1101 01:31:07,500 --> 01:31:08,791 straight to sledding 1102 01:31:09,291 --> 01:31:10,625 and Liam doesn't have socks on. 1103 01:31:11,291 --> 01:31:12,666 And I was like, well, I'm sorry. 1104 01:31:13,000 --> 01:31:14,000 I literally just learned 1105 01:31:14,000 --> 01:31:15,250 about everything that's happening 1106 01:31:15,875 --> 01:31:17,458 two minutes ago, right? 1107 01:31:17,833 --> 01:31:19,500 So we had to go back inside 1108 01:31:19,750 --> 01:31:21,125 and we were inside for five more minutes 1109 01:31:21,250 --> 01:31:22,250 packing the right stuff 1110 01:31:22,250 --> 01:31:23,333 because our kids were like, 1111 01:31:23,833 --> 01:31:24,750 like you said, they were 1112 01:31:24,750 --> 01:31:27,125 negotiating and arranging all this 1113 01:31:27,791 --> 01:31:28,666 via text with their 1114 01:31:28,666 --> 01:31:30,250 friends behind the scenes 1115 01:31:30,708 --> 01:31:31,500 while they're like, 1116 01:31:32,125 --> 01:31:33,708 mom gave the thumbs up. 1117 01:31:34,333 --> 01:31:35,333 And then, oh, it 1118 01:31:35,333 --> 01:31:36,166 didn't even stop at that. 1119 01:31:36,666 --> 01:31:37,666 All of a sudden they're like, 1120 01:31:37,875 --> 01:31:38,458 oh, and we're gonna 1121 01:31:38,458 --> 01:31:39,416 spend the night there. 1122 01:31:40,291 --> 01:31:42,166 And for the record, I 1123 01:31:42,166 --> 01:31:43,458 never gave the thumbs up. 1124 01:31:43,750 --> 01:31:44,500 They were the ones 1125 01:31:44,500 --> 01:31:46,208 who gave me a thumbs up. 1126 01:31:47,125 --> 01:31:50,208 I'm staring at my screen, right? 1127 01:31:50,208 --> 01:31:51,583 And I can just see out of my peripheral 1128 01:31:51,583 --> 01:31:53,375 them standing behind me or in 1129 01:31:53,375 --> 01:31:54,583 front of me going like this. 1130 01:31:55,000 --> 01:31:56,875 I don't know what this means. 1131 01:31:57,333 --> 01:31:59,708 Like, and so I ignored 1132 01:31:59,708 --> 01:32:02,041 them as a great mom should do. 1133 01:32:02,791 --> 01:32:04,708 Cause clearly this ended up in a, 1134 01:32:05,708 --> 01:32:06,666 in a situation where my 1135 01:32:06,666 --> 01:32:08,208 kids invited themselves 1136 01:32:08,208 --> 01:32:09,000 to someone's house. 1137 01:32:09,625 --> 01:32:10,416 And clearly this is a 1138 01:32:10,416 --> 01:32:12,041 situation where ignorance 1139 01:32:12,916 --> 01:32:14,500 or ignoring them, you 1140 01:32:14,500 --> 01:32:15,541 know, means agreeance. 1141 01:32:17,125 --> 01:32:19,000 So we have since had the conversation 1142 01:32:19,916 --> 01:32:22,666 that that is not to happen again. 1143 01:32:23,208 --> 01:32:25,708 And so I will, how do you 1144 01:32:25,708 --> 01:32:26,958 think I handled that conversation 1145 01:32:26,958 --> 01:32:27,958 with the kids today? 1146 01:32:27,958 --> 01:32:28,375 Is that okay? 1147 01:32:29,166 --> 01:32:29,666 It was good. 1148 01:32:29,666 --> 01:32:31,250 And this, yeah, it was great. 1149 01:32:31,708 --> 01:32:32,416 And you know, this is part 1150 01:32:32,416 --> 01:32:33,666 of that good cop, bad cop 1151 01:32:33,666 --> 01:32:34,708 that we talk about to some 1152 01:32:34,708 --> 01:32:37,083 degree, because you and I, 1153 01:32:37,416 --> 01:32:38,083 there's, there's a few 1154 01:32:38,083 --> 01:32:39,125 things like I would say 1155 01:32:39,666 --> 01:32:41,375 over our 20 year relationship, 1156 01:32:42,500 --> 01:32:43,708 there's a handful of things. 1157 01:32:43,833 --> 01:32:45,541 There's four or five things that, 1158 01:32:46,291 --> 01:32:49,250 that we will squabble about 1159 01:32:49,250 --> 01:32:51,208 and we get along really well. 1160 01:32:51,208 --> 01:32:52,166 And probably in an, 1161 01:32:52,458 --> 01:32:53,750 to an annoying degree, 1162 01:32:53,750 --> 01:32:54,750 maybe to some other people, 1163 01:32:54,750 --> 01:32:56,000 like we just don't fight that much. 1164 01:32:56,000 --> 01:32:56,416 We're okay. 1165 01:32:57,500 --> 01:32:59,833 I remember somebody once asked, you know, 1166 01:33:00,041 --> 01:33:01,500 do you have any, what's 1167 01:33:01,500 --> 01:33:04,416 your, what's your success? 1168 01:33:04,875 --> 01:33:05,958 What's your, what's your suggestion 1169 01:33:05,958 --> 01:33:06,916 for success in marriage? 1170 01:33:08,083 --> 01:33:09,541 And I looked at you and I 1171 01:33:09,541 --> 01:33:10,583 came up with it pretty quickly. 1172 01:33:10,875 --> 01:33:13,041 And I said, it's okay to tie. 1173 01:33:13,791 --> 01:33:14,791 You know what I mean? 1174 01:33:14,791 --> 01:33:15,666 Like you don't have to 1175 01:33:15,666 --> 01:33:16,916 have a winner of every fight. 1176 01:33:17,458 --> 01:33:18,583 I think that's something that I've kind 1177 01:33:18,583 --> 01:33:19,750 of tried to live by, 1178 01:33:20,416 --> 01:33:21,666 you know, through the years. 1179 01:33:22,458 --> 01:33:23,916 So it's okay to tie. 1180 01:33:24,250 --> 01:33:24,708 And that's something 1181 01:33:24,708 --> 01:33:25,833 that I've kind of lived by, 1182 01:33:25,833 --> 01:33:27,708 you know, for our whole relationship. 1183 01:33:27,708 --> 01:33:28,666 And I think we both do. 1184 01:33:28,666 --> 01:33:29,166 It's okay. 1185 01:33:29,166 --> 01:33:29,916 Like there's times when we'll 1186 01:33:29,916 --> 01:33:31,916 just walk away and, you know, 1187 01:33:31,916 --> 01:33:32,541 I'm sure if there is 1188 01:33:32,541 --> 01:33:33,958 videos on each of our faces, 1189 01:33:33,958 --> 01:33:34,750 we're both, both 1190 01:33:34,750 --> 01:33:36,250 rolling our eyes or, you know, 1191 01:33:36,250 --> 01:33:36,875 it's a good thing. 1192 01:33:37,125 --> 01:33:37,791 Internal, not a lot. 1193 01:33:37,791 --> 01:33:38,125 I'd better roll my eyes. 1194 01:33:38,458 --> 01:33:39,583 Yeah, neither have I. 1195 01:33:41,250 --> 01:33:43,041 But the point there was, you know, 1196 01:33:43,083 --> 01:33:44,250 there's a handful of things that we know 1197 01:33:44,250 --> 01:33:45,083 that we squabble about. 1198 01:33:45,291 --> 01:33:46,583 And one of them for 1199 01:33:46,583 --> 01:33:47,875 me, and you know this, 1200 01:33:47,958 --> 01:33:49,666 is the good cop, bad cop. 1201 01:33:50,083 --> 01:33:52,916 Like I am the bad cop parent. 1202 01:33:53,375 --> 01:33:54,750 I lay down the law. 1203 01:33:55,375 --> 01:33:57,125 And sometimes I feel like I got to lay 1204 01:33:57,125 --> 01:33:58,083 down the law too much. 1205 01:33:58,083 --> 01:33:59,208 And I'm like, can you jump in here? 1206 01:33:59,208 --> 01:34:01,125 Just let them know you feel the same way. 1207 01:34:01,625 --> 01:34:02,416 You know, even though 1208 01:34:02,416 --> 01:34:03,833 you're standing back there, 1209 01:34:03,833 --> 01:34:04,375 I don't know that they 1210 01:34:04,375 --> 01:34:06,208 understand that it's not just dad. 1211 01:34:06,583 --> 01:34:07,750 Dad's the one that's always mad. 1212 01:34:08,416 --> 01:34:08,916 You know what I mean? 1213 01:34:08,916 --> 01:34:10,291 So I did appreciate today, 1214 01:34:10,291 --> 01:34:11,500 because it was one, I don't want to say 1215 01:34:11,500 --> 01:34:12,291 one of the few times, 1216 01:34:12,375 --> 01:34:14,666 but it is not the norm 1217 01:34:14,666 --> 01:34:16,625 to get the talk from mom. 1218 01:34:16,625 --> 01:34:17,250 So I mean, they both 1219 01:34:17,250 --> 01:34:18,708 sat there, were like, 1220 01:34:18,875 --> 01:34:19,625 we're in trouble. 1221 01:34:20,375 --> 01:34:21,666 Yeah, in fact, our 1222 01:34:21,666 --> 01:34:23,125 daughter was nearly crying. 1223 01:34:23,500 --> 01:34:25,666 So I thought it landed maybe. 1224 01:34:26,166 --> 01:34:27,750 Not that I like to make them cry, 1225 01:34:27,750 --> 01:34:28,583 but you know what? 1226 01:34:28,583 --> 01:34:30,125 When they mess up, they need to know, 1227 01:34:30,125 --> 01:34:30,666 and they need to know 1228 01:34:30,666 --> 01:34:31,625 what the consequences are. 1229 01:34:32,125 --> 01:34:35,208 So hopefully I did all right on that. 1230 01:34:35,208 --> 01:34:36,416 Yeah, I'm just curious how 1231 01:34:36,416 --> 01:34:37,708 that works in households. 1232 01:34:37,708 --> 01:34:38,125 If there's just 1233 01:34:38,125 --> 01:34:39,416 always a good cop, bad cop, 1234 01:34:39,416 --> 01:34:40,791 or if it's like, or if 1235 01:34:40,791 --> 01:34:41,958 that changes, you know, 1236 01:34:41,958 --> 01:34:43,083 you really need to have rules at times. 1237 01:34:43,583 --> 01:34:43,958 You know, you're 1238 01:34:43,958 --> 01:34:45,000 gonna be a bad cop today. 1239 01:34:45,583 --> 01:34:46,291 Because I've actually 1240 01:34:46,291 --> 01:34:48,000 literally asked you at times, 1241 01:34:48,250 --> 01:34:49,916 "Can you just please go be the bad cop?" 1242 01:34:50,916 --> 01:34:54,875 Take that and run with it for the moment. 1243 01:34:55,291 --> 01:34:55,500 Right. 1244 01:34:57,291 --> 01:34:58,916 I knew how it was in my house growing up. 1245 01:34:58,916 --> 01:34:59,708 We always had the same 1246 01:34:59,708 --> 01:35:00,958 good cop and bad cop. 1247 01:35:01,708 --> 01:35:03,666 It was always pretty. 1248 01:35:03,875 --> 01:35:04,333 We did too. 1249 01:35:07,291 --> 01:35:08,500 So maybe, for the 1250 01:35:08,500 --> 01:35:09,708 listeners, I don't know. 1251 01:35:10,250 --> 01:35:10,791 Maybe it changes. 1252 01:35:11,083 --> 01:35:12,875 But maybe that bad cop sometimes wants 1253 01:35:12,875 --> 01:35:14,833 the good cop just to be, you know, a 1254 01:35:14,833 --> 01:35:16,916 little bit more annoyed cop. 1255 01:35:18,333 --> 01:35:20,750 Rather than just so positive because bad 1256 01:35:20,750 --> 01:35:21,833 cop is like the worst. 1257 01:35:22,750 --> 01:35:24,208 Bad cop's not a fun place to be. 1258 01:35:25,000 --> 01:35:26,166 As we unpack 1259 01:35:26,541 --> 01:35:28,416 topics, I mean, I think 1260 01:35:28,541 --> 01:35:31,208 work-life balance, we've spent some quite 1261 01:35:31,208 --> 01:35:33,041 a bit of time on that this time and 1262 01:35:33,041 --> 01:35:34,208 because I think it's really 1263 01:35:34,208 --> 01:35:35,625 important and something that a 1264 01:35:35,625 --> 01:35:37,041 lot of people struggle with. 1265 01:35:38,750 --> 01:35:39,041 And 1266 01:35:40,166 --> 01:35:42,625 you can tell it's top of mind for us and 1267 01:35:42,625 --> 01:35:45,083 how that feeds into the 1268 01:35:45,083 --> 01:35:46,958 family and the family life and 1269 01:35:47,750 --> 01:35:51,416 how you can balance it all. Well, it'll 1270 01:35:51,416 --> 01:35:54,375 always be a topic, right? Because I think 1271 01:35:54,375 --> 01:35:57,375 the way life works, at least for me, is 1272 01:35:57,833 --> 01:35:59,583 you're struggling, 1273 01:35:59,583 --> 01:36:00,750 you're hiking to get to that 1274 01:36:01,291 --> 01:36:03,416 horizon, right? You're like, just if I 1275 01:36:03,416 --> 01:36:04,708 can just get over, if I can just get done 1276 01:36:04,708 --> 01:36:06,000 with this or I can just do that, 1277 01:36:06,000 --> 01:36:06,625 if I can just get to 1278 01:36:06,625 --> 01:36:08,291 that horizon, then I'm 1279 01:36:09,333 --> 01:36:12,375 sailing free, you know, then I've made it 1280 01:36:12,375 --> 01:36:15,583 at that point in time. And every time I 1281 01:36:15,583 --> 01:36:17,333 get to that horizon, I look up, 1282 01:36:18,000 --> 01:36:19,125 and then I get there's another horizon. 1283 01:36:21,958 --> 01:36:23,041 Hey, thank you for saying that. That's 1284 01:36:23,041 --> 01:36:24,000 probably the saying. I just 1285 01:36:24,000 --> 01:36:25,291 didn't use the correct saying. 1286 01:36:25,583 --> 01:36:26,791 But there's false summits 1287 01:36:26,791 --> 01:36:28,208 and I think because of that, 1288 01:36:28,916 --> 01:36:30,375 you're always gonna be struggling with 1289 01:36:30,375 --> 01:36:31,375 the work-life because there's something 1290 01:36:31,375 --> 01:36:32,541 new. That next summit 1291 01:36:32,625 --> 01:36:34,458 puts something in, like our soccer 1292 01:36:34,458 --> 01:36:36,000 practices, for instance. Right now, 1293 01:36:36,500 --> 01:36:38,416 all three, two soccer and 1294 01:36:38,416 --> 01:36:39,541 track are at the same place. 1295 01:36:40,291 --> 01:36:42,541 But at some point, eventually, that's 1296 01:36:42,541 --> 01:36:44,791 gonna change and that's gonna completely 1297 01:36:44,791 --> 01:36:46,541 reshuffle our work-life 1298 01:36:46,541 --> 01:36:48,000 balance. Because right now, again, 1299 01:36:48,416 --> 01:36:50,250 thank you to the carpool people and thank 1300 01:36:50,250 --> 01:36:52,375 you for the gentleman who drove this week 1301 01:36:52,375 --> 01:36:53,791 because I know he asked if somebody else 1302 01:36:53,791 --> 01:36:54,708 could and we couldn't. 1303 01:36:55,541 --> 01:36:57,458 So, you know, again, it takes a village 1304 01:36:57,458 --> 01:36:58,291 on that kind of stuff. 1305 01:36:58,583 --> 01:37:01,833 And my point is we hamper on it now, but 1306 01:37:01,833 --> 01:37:03,375 I think six months from now, it's still 1307 01:37:03,375 --> 01:37:05,041 an issue and six years from now, 1308 01:37:05,083 --> 01:37:07,708 it's probably still an issue. Yes. Yep. 1309 01:37:08,083 --> 01:37:10,583 Every phase, I think, with 1310 01:37:11,041 --> 01:37:14,041 raising children, marriage, and career is 1311 01:37:14,041 --> 01:37:16,375 different. Yeah. And 1312 01:37:16,375 --> 01:37:18,458 it's how do you be agile 1313 01:37:18,458 --> 01:37:20,875 and work through it and 1314 01:37:20,875 --> 01:37:22,958 yet still maintain the important 1315 01:37:22,958 --> 01:37:24,750 relationships? I mean, 1316 01:37:25,458 --> 01:37:28,041 we talk about it. We know that this is a 1317 01:37:28,041 --> 01:37:29,666 very busy, very busy time. 1318 01:37:30,583 --> 01:37:32,125 Have we ever mentioned that? I think so. 1319 01:37:32,125 --> 01:37:33,500 Okay. Once or twice. Okay. 1320 01:37:33,750 --> 01:37:35,833 But coming into 1321 01:37:35,833 --> 01:37:38,750 retirement, you get some time back, 1322 01:37:39,375 --> 01:37:41,625 but you also can't only invest in your 1323 01:37:41,625 --> 01:37:43,500 kids and their lives 1324 01:37:43,500 --> 01:37:45,291 because once they move on, 1325 01:37:45,291 --> 01:37:46,166 and this is something that 1326 01:37:46,166 --> 01:37:47,791 we try to keep top of mind, 1327 01:37:48,916 --> 01:37:52,416 we, as a husband and wife, need to keep 1328 01:37:52,416 --> 01:37:54,583 our relationship strong because that 1329 01:37:55,000 --> 01:37:58,916 lasts longer than the craziness of having 1330 01:37:58,916 --> 01:37:59,958 our kids in our house. 1331 01:38:00,250 --> 01:38:02,583 Yeah. Oh, for sure. And so 1332 01:38:03,083 --> 01:38:04,000 continuing to find 1333 01:38:04,000 --> 01:38:06,750 time to invest in that and 1334 01:38:06,750 --> 01:38:08,875 grow together through all of 1335 01:38:08,875 --> 01:38:11,166 the chaos and the times that 1336 01:38:12,083 --> 01:38:12,416 this 1337 01:38:13,083 --> 01:38:15,291 timeframe and life bring is really 1338 01:38:15,291 --> 01:38:17,125 important. And we can go down that 1339 01:38:17,125 --> 01:38:18,041 tangent probably on another 1340 01:38:18,041 --> 01:38:19,250 episode to some degree here, 1341 01:38:19,250 --> 01:38:21,041 but I mean, we were really good, really 1342 01:38:21,041 --> 01:38:22,625 up maybe to the last year or so, 1343 01:38:22,625 --> 01:38:25,166 but we've almost always carved out time 1344 01:38:25,166 --> 01:38:26,333 to have date night. Yes. 1345 01:38:26,583 --> 01:38:28,458 If nothing else, date night. 1346 01:38:28,875 --> 01:38:29,291 And I think another 1347 01:38:29,291 --> 01:38:30,541 thing that's big for us, 1348 01:38:31,416 --> 01:38:33,583 not to give away all of our secrets here, 1349 01:38:35,583 --> 01:38:36,583 but I think another thing 1350 01:38:36,583 --> 01:38:38,416 that's big for us, which honestly, 1351 01:38:38,958 --> 01:38:41,250 I've heard from quite a few people that I 1352 01:38:41,250 --> 01:38:42,125 don't think it's the norm. 1353 01:38:42,708 --> 01:38:44,875 We go to bed at the same time every 1354 01:38:44,875 --> 01:38:45,583 single night together. 1355 01:38:46,041 --> 01:38:49,083 Yes. Yes. And that is, I, 1356 01:38:50,416 --> 01:38:51,125 that's just something 1357 01:38:51,125 --> 01:38:52,416 that works for us, right? 1358 01:38:52,416 --> 01:38:53,750 I think everyone has their thing, but 1359 01:38:53,750 --> 01:38:56,541 that is huge for us because we get that 1360 01:38:56,541 --> 01:38:58,000 time of whether it's 1361 01:38:58,000 --> 01:38:58,666 getting ready for bed. 1362 01:38:58,833 --> 01:39:00,791 We're brushing our teeth together. We 1363 01:39:00,791 --> 01:39:03,041 read together in bed. Right. Well, we 1364 01:39:03,041 --> 01:39:04,875 read separate books, but we 1365 01:39:04,875 --> 01:39:06,250 still read at the same time. 1366 01:39:06,250 --> 01:39:08,416 I read aloud to you until you get sleepy. 1367 01:39:08,750 --> 01:39:11,125 Not that cheesy. Oh my God. That's not 1368 01:39:11,125 --> 01:39:12,125 cheesy. That's something else. 1369 01:39:14,000 --> 01:39:18,666 But it is good time together to reset. 1370 01:39:19,833 --> 01:39:23,000 And there's a song from Ed 1371 01:39:23,000 --> 01:39:25,500 Sheeran called Tides, and he says, 1372 01:39:26,041 --> 01:39:27,916 but time stands to 1373 01:39:27,916 --> 01:39:29,375 still when I'm with you. 1374 01:39:29,666 --> 01:39:32,291 And that is how I think about that time 1375 01:39:32,291 --> 01:39:34,666 that we have that 30 minutes or whatever 1376 01:39:34,666 --> 01:39:36,750 it is of just getting ready for bed, 1377 01:39:36,750 --> 01:39:39,000 reading in bed, or it's just us. 1378 01:39:39,625 --> 01:39:41,125 Yeah. And we get back to us. Yeah. 1379 01:39:41,541 --> 01:39:42,916 And maybe that works for us because 1380 01:39:42,916 --> 01:39:44,500 throughout our relationship and other 1381 01:39:44,500 --> 01:39:45,875 people's relationship are different. 1382 01:39:45,875 --> 01:39:47,750 Like you said, like they may have that 20 1383 01:39:47,750 --> 01:39:49,125 minutes together somewhere else in the 1384 01:39:49,125 --> 01:39:51,500 day that they don't need to have that at 1385 01:39:51,500 --> 01:39:52,458 nighttime or again, 1386 01:39:52,458 --> 01:39:53,250 like we talked earlier. 1387 01:39:53,291 --> 01:39:57,166 Some people, I know your mom, she's a 1388 01:39:57,166 --> 01:39:59,291 night owl. Oh, very much so. 1389 01:39:59,500 --> 01:40:01,125 You know, so she likes to stay up late 1390 01:40:01,125 --> 01:40:03,083 and, you know, your dad goes 1391 01:40:03,083 --> 01:40:04,000 to bed a little bit earlier. 1392 01:40:04,000 --> 01:40:04,833 And I don't know what they did their 1393 01:40:04,833 --> 01:40:07,083 whole life, but I know in this in this 1394 01:40:07,083 --> 01:40:08,708 chapter of their life, that's how it is. 1395 01:40:09,125 --> 01:40:10,458 And it works fine for them. They are a 1396 01:40:10,458 --> 01:40:11,291 lovely couple that 1397 01:40:11,291 --> 01:40:12,625 loves each other. Right. 1398 01:40:12,625 --> 01:40:13,500 So there's nothing. I mean, each 1399 01:40:13,500 --> 01:40:14,916 everybody has their own way. 1400 01:40:14,916 --> 01:40:16,500 But I think what we're trying to say is 1401 01:40:16,500 --> 01:40:18,458 find your spot. Yes. 1402 01:40:18,583 --> 01:40:19,958 Find that moment. Right. 1403 01:40:20,166 --> 01:40:20,958 Find those date nights. 1404 01:40:20,958 --> 01:40:22,083 Find that moment in every day. 1405 01:40:22,083 --> 01:40:23,416 I mean, that's that's 1406 01:40:23,416 --> 01:40:24,416 an everyday thing for us. 1407 01:40:24,416 --> 01:40:26,625 We go to bed every day together and 1408 01:40:26,625 --> 01:40:28,708 that's 20 minutes that we get to just 1409 01:40:28,708 --> 01:40:32,000 kind of unwind and, you know, and we do 1410 01:40:32,000 --> 01:40:33,000 have rules in that, too. 1411 01:40:33,000 --> 01:40:34,125 It's like we don't bring we don't talk 1412 01:40:34,125 --> 01:40:36,625 about work in bed because we talk about 1413 01:40:36,625 --> 01:40:37,916 work everywhere else. 1414 01:40:37,916 --> 01:40:39,833 Everywhere else. It's dinging on us. 1415 01:40:39,833 --> 01:40:40,833 They're texting us. I 1416 01:40:40,833 --> 01:40:42,166 mean, everywhere else. 1417 01:40:42,166 --> 01:40:43,708 I mean, you know, you have to have some 1418 01:40:43,708 --> 01:40:44,791 rules around things like that. 1419 01:40:44,791 --> 01:40:46,208 Not that we're that strict, but I mean, 1420 01:40:46,208 --> 01:40:47,625 that is one that I think is a good one. 1421 01:40:48,041 --> 01:40:49,500 That's a good hard stop. 1422 01:40:49,500 --> 01:40:51,500 Yeah. Like, OK, is this really a work? 1423 01:40:51,500 --> 01:40:52,791 We're not doing a work conversation. 1424 01:40:53,083 --> 01:40:55,333 It's so we will we'll pivot and stop and 1425 01:40:55,333 --> 01:40:56,333 we can pick that one up then 1426 01:40:56,333 --> 01:40:57,958 the next day if we need to. 1427 01:40:58,208 --> 01:41:01,625 So yeah, I think that's it's really 1428 01:41:01,625 --> 01:41:02,875 important to have that time 1429 01:41:04,583 --> 01:41:07,833 because we need to ensure that we are 1430 01:41:07,833 --> 01:41:09,500 fulfilling the most important 1431 01:41:09,500 --> 01:41:10,541 relationships in our life. 1432 01:41:10,958 --> 01:41:12,875 Yeah. Yeah. That's right. 1433 01:41:13,166 --> 01:41:14,291 Well, we're on the same page for that, 1434 01:41:14,291 --> 01:41:15,375 too. So that's good. 1435 01:41:15,875 --> 01:41:17,458 It's good to know. High five. 1436 01:41:17,541 --> 01:41:18,750 Number one on the podcast. 1437 01:41:19,083 --> 01:41:21,000 I do love a good high five. 1438 01:41:22,416 --> 01:41:23,958 It's just that clapping thing 1439 01:41:23,958 --> 01:41:25,000 that we do with all the kids. 1440 01:41:25,000 --> 01:41:27,500 Like, it makes that like hand clap noise. 1441 01:41:28,000 --> 01:41:29,750 Yes. Yeah, that's like a thing. 1442 01:41:29,750 --> 01:41:30,833 I mean, there's a lot of stupid things 1443 01:41:30,833 --> 01:41:31,791 that kids do these days. 1444 01:41:31,791 --> 01:41:32,958 And that's one of that's a thing. 1445 01:41:33,625 --> 01:41:35,375 Yeah. Yeah. We actually had a 1446 01:41:35,375 --> 01:41:37,333 competition, a hand clapping competition. 1447 01:41:37,708 --> 01:41:39,708 Little insight into our family. 1448 01:41:40,833 --> 01:41:41,916 We are quite competitive. 1449 01:41:42,458 --> 01:41:44,583 Game night usually ends in tears and 1450 01:41:44,583 --> 01:41:45,708 fights in our house. 1451 01:41:45,708 --> 01:41:46,916 We've almost outlawed it to this point. 1452 01:41:47,833 --> 01:41:48,500 There's too many fights. 1453 01:41:49,250 --> 01:41:49,833 Too many fights. 1454 01:41:51,250 --> 01:41:54,083 So, you know, I mean, in 1455 01:41:54,083 --> 01:41:55,250 those circles that we run in, 1456 01:41:55,250 --> 01:41:55,916 most of the families we 1457 01:41:55,916 --> 01:41:57,000 know are the same way, too. 1458 01:41:57,375 --> 01:41:58,458 Yeah. So I don't 1459 01:41:58,458 --> 01:42:00,500 think we're unique there. 1460 01:42:00,500 --> 01:42:02,958 It does help give me some comfort that 1461 01:42:02,958 --> 01:42:04,750 people are like that. 1462 01:42:04,750 --> 01:42:07,208 And it reminded me of our kids who they 1463 01:42:07,208 --> 01:42:07,958 went sledding with their 1464 01:42:07,958 --> 01:42:09,083 friend, their best friends. 1465 01:42:09,291 --> 01:42:10,250 Yes. They're great people. 1466 01:42:10,875 --> 01:42:12,375 The the they have like a 1467 01:42:12,375 --> 01:42:14,208 family texting string, right? 1468 01:42:14,208 --> 01:42:15,416 Ours is like with everybody in our 1469 01:42:15,416 --> 01:42:16,625 family, like our immediate family. 1470 01:42:16,875 --> 01:42:18,000 It's the English. It's 1471 01:42:18,000 --> 01:42:18,875 all it says is English. 1472 01:42:18,875 --> 01:42:19,791 So it's our kids and us. 1473 01:42:20,500 --> 01:42:21,250 But theirs is. 1474 01:42:22,000 --> 01:42:23,000 Let's just we use our 1475 01:42:23,000 --> 01:42:24,083 name for the example. 1476 01:42:24,416 --> 01:42:25,125 But what was it like? 1477 01:42:25,125 --> 01:42:27,500 The English is always win or what is it? 1478 01:42:27,500 --> 01:42:28,500 Yes. It's what it is. Yeah. 1479 01:42:28,500 --> 01:42:29,750 That's what it is. The name of the group 1480 01:42:29,750 --> 01:42:30,916 is English is always win. 1481 01:42:31,125 --> 01:42:32,708 But with their last name, right? 1482 01:42:32,833 --> 01:42:33,375 Which is hilarious. 1483 01:42:33,666 --> 01:42:34,458 So I don't understand. 1484 01:42:34,666 --> 01:42:36,333 Everybody's competitive. Yes. 1485 01:42:36,625 --> 01:42:38,333 But I still need to send them some of 1486 01:42:38,333 --> 01:42:40,500 those pics that I took of our kids 1487 01:42:40,500 --> 01:42:41,500 beating them at 1488 01:42:41,500 --> 01:42:43,958 bowling, bowling, skeet ball. 1489 01:42:44,416 --> 01:42:46,541 What else was there? 1490 01:42:46,541 --> 01:42:47,458 There's a couple of other things to you, 1491 01:42:47,458 --> 01:42:48,166 but I can't remember what. 1492 01:42:48,166 --> 01:42:48,916 Yeah. The one where you 1493 01:42:48,916 --> 01:42:50,000 knock the clowns down. 1494 01:42:50,458 --> 01:42:51,083 I think they beat us 1495 01:42:51,083 --> 01:42:52,083 in that one for sure. 1496 01:42:52,083 --> 01:42:54,291 But that's true. We did take a loss. 1497 01:42:54,291 --> 01:42:55,291 We took an L on that. We took 1498 01:42:55,291 --> 01:42:56,750 a loss on that one for sure. 1499 01:42:57,500 --> 01:42:59,291 That's funny. It's good to know. 1500 01:42:59,625 --> 01:43:01,250 And again, that's one reason why we like 1501 01:43:01,250 --> 01:43:03,125 to do this podcast is because 1502 01:43:04,166 --> 01:43:05,500 hopefully people are 1503 01:43:05,500 --> 01:43:07,958 finding that to be relatable. 1504 01:43:08,333 --> 01:43:11,125 I know I felt fantastic when I finally 1505 01:43:11,125 --> 01:43:11,791 heard that other 1506 01:43:11,791 --> 01:43:12,916 people can't do game night. 1507 01:43:12,958 --> 01:43:14,291 I was feeling like a failure 1508 01:43:14,291 --> 01:43:15,791 of a mother because I'm like, 1509 01:43:15,791 --> 01:43:17,875 my kids always start fighting and crying 1510 01:43:17,875 --> 01:43:19,875 and they hate this and it should be fun. 1511 01:43:20,750 --> 01:43:21,916 But after talking to people and they're 1512 01:43:21,916 --> 01:43:22,916 like, well, that's how it always ends 1513 01:43:22,916 --> 01:43:23,833 in our house, too. And I 1514 01:43:23,833 --> 01:43:25,458 was like, oh, thank goodness. 1515 01:43:25,666 --> 01:43:27,333 I thought it was just us. 1516 01:43:27,791 --> 01:43:29,750 That's a really good point. Not to not 1517 01:43:29,750 --> 01:43:32,250 not to gloss over that by any means. 1518 01:43:32,250 --> 01:43:33,041 That's a really good point, because there 1519 01:43:33,041 --> 01:43:34,416 are times like literally I'm like, 1520 01:43:34,416 --> 01:43:35,583 are we just crazy? Like, are we just 1521 01:43:35,583 --> 01:43:38,000 raising the most hellion of kids? 1522 01:43:38,625 --> 01:43:40,416 Like they're so misbehaved, you know, 1523 01:43:40,416 --> 01:43:41,458 they're spoiled brats. 1524 01:43:42,083 --> 01:43:44,125 And I think they behave really well, 1525 01:43:44,125 --> 01:43:44,625 actually, when they're 1526 01:43:44,625 --> 01:43:45,583 out in the real world. 1527 01:43:45,583 --> 01:43:46,458 It's at home. They kind 1528 01:43:46,458 --> 01:43:47,500 of let their guard down. 1529 01:43:48,041 --> 01:43:49,708 But when other people say that, you know, 1530 01:43:49,958 --> 01:43:51,333 they can't have game night either, too, 1531 01:43:51,708 --> 01:43:52,583 that actually gave me 1532 01:43:52,583 --> 01:43:53,375 a little bit of relief. 1533 01:43:53,791 --> 01:43:55,500 So to your point, I think that's just 1534 01:43:55,500 --> 01:43:56,208 some of the things 1535 01:43:56,208 --> 01:43:57,375 that just come out of this 1536 01:43:57,375 --> 01:43:59,333 that, you know, maybe we're all a little 1537 01:43:59,333 --> 01:44:00,458 bit more like and normal 1538 01:44:00,458 --> 01:44:01,791 than we all think we are. 1539 01:44:02,208 --> 01:44:03,166 Right. Right. 1540 01:44:03,166 --> 01:44:04,375 And sometimes it's good 1541 01:44:04,375 --> 01:44:06,208 to hear that you're normal. 1542 01:44:06,541 --> 01:44:08,208 Sometimes, you know, you're normal. 1543 01:44:09,958 --> 01:44:10,750 Are you? I thought you 1544 01:44:10,750 --> 01:44:11,625 said you wanted to hear that. 1545 01:44:12,083 --> 01:44:14,166 Yes. It's good to hear it. 1546 01:44:14,166 --> 01:44:15,583 I hope I'm. I'm above normal. 1547 01:44:15,583 --> 01:44:16,416 I'm above average. Are 1548 01:44:16,416 --> 01:44:17,875 you above normal then? 1549 01:44:17,875 --> 01:44:19,000 Well, you are, too. I mean, 1550 01:44:20,083 --> 01:44:21,125 I wouldn't have married you. 1551 01:44:22,833 --> 01:44:24,083 Is that the gushing on you counter? 1552 01:44:24,333 --> 01:44:24,833 There it is. I had to 1553 01:44:24,833 --> 01:44:25,916 get one. I had one. OK. 1554 01:44:27,541 --> 01:44:31,125 So all that to say, I think the more 1555 01:44:31,125 --> 01:44:33,208 content that we try to put out, 1556 01:44:33,208 --> 01:44:34,291 it's it's really to help 1557 01:44:34,291 --> 01:44:35,833 people know that you're not alone. 1558 01:44:36,041 --> 01:44:39,791 And what you're going through is people. 1559 01:44:40,750 --> 01:44:42,375 People are feeling the same way. 1560 01:44:43,041 --> 01:44:44,125 Sometimes that's enough. 1561 01:44:44,541 --> 01:44:45,833 Yeah. You feel like you have the strength 1562 01:44:45,833 --> 01:44:47,708 to make it through another day. 1563 01:44:47,958 --> 01:44:50,041 Yeah. Yeah. Because we are 1564 01:44:50,041 --> 01:44:51,625 just making it up as we go. 1565 01:44:52,041 --> 01:44:53,875 And the only plug I would put there, 1566 01:44:53,875 --> 01:44:55,208 because I know we're coming to the close 1567 01:44:55,208 --> 01:44:57,041 of the first quarter here, let everybody 1568 01:44:57,041 --> 01:44:57,916 take a bathroom break. 1569 01:44:57,916 --> 01:44:58,458 We've got about an hour and a 1570 01:44:58,458 --> 01:45:01,333 half left. But no, we don't. 1571 01:45:01,625 --> 01:45:04,541 But, you know, as if 1572 01:45:04,541 --> 01:45:05,583 people want to hear things, 1573 01:45:05,666 --> 01:45:07,666 I hope they reach out like we're happy to 1574 01:45:07,666 --> 01:45:09,166 discuss certain things, 1575 01:45:09,250 --> 01:45:11,125 you know, on this podcast. 1576 01:45:11,541 --> 01:45:13,416 So if there's people that we know, you 1577 01:45:13,416 --> 01:45:14,291 know, text us, that's fine. 1578 01:45:14,291 --> 01:45:15,250 We're happy to talk about some of this 1579 01:45:15,250 --> 01:45:16,000 stuff. It's kind of fun. 1580 01:45:16,291 --> 01:45:17,458 I mean, we've like I said, we've got a 1581 01:45:17,458 --> 01:45:19,750 lot of positive feedback back, 1582 01:45:19,750 --> 01:45:22,125 which has been interesting and I don't 1583 01:45:22,125 --> 01:45:22,708 want to say surprising, 1584 01:45:22,708 --> 01:45:23,375 but it's just been really 1585 01:45:23,375 --> 01:45:24,458 nice. It's been a relief. 1586 01:45:25,000 --> 01:45:26,875 But also, you know, on the website, I 1587 01:45:26,875 --> 01:45:27,916 mean, you can go to the website 1588 01:45:28,041 --> 01:45:29,041 and, you know, contact 1589 01:45:29,041 --> 01:45:30,291 us that way via the email. 1590 01:45:30,583 --> 01:45:33,250 So feel free, you know, to send us some 1591 01:45:33,250 --> 01:45:34,500 some of those questions and whatnot. 1592 01:45:34,500 --> 01:45:35,875 And we'll be more than happy to discuss 1593 01:45:35,875 --> 01:45:37,666 some of those things as best as we can. 1594 01:45:37,666 --> 01:45:38,666 Again, disclaimer. 1595 01:45:40,458 --> 01:45:44,250 I'm not a professional mom and I haven't 1596 01:45:44,250 --> 01:45:45,708 studied being, you know, 1597 01:45:46,916 --> 01:45:48,958 all I have is my own experience, and I 1598 01:45:48,958 --> 01:45:50,500 think that's what we're going for. 1599 01:45:50,500 --> 01:45:52,083 I'm a half expert on myself. That's 1600 01:45:52,083 --> 01:45:52,958 really where it stops. 1601 01:45:53,708 --> 01:45:54,916 A half expert? I'd say 1602 01:45:54,916 --> 01:45:56,166 you're 100 percent expert. 1603 01:45:56,166 --> 01:45:57,333 I don't know. There's times I'm like, I 1604 01:45:57,333 --> 01:45:58,166 don't know what I'm doing. 1605 01:45:58,916 --> 01:46:00,958 I feel like that all the time. Yeah. OK. 1606 01:46:01,541 --> 01:46:04,708 So, hey, you're not alone. Yeah. 1607 01:46:04,916 --> 01:46:06,166 You're normal. Oh, 1608 01:46:06,416 --> 01:46:07,791 well, you're above normal. 1609 01:46:07,791 --> 01:46:08,375 That's the rudest thing 1610 01:46:08,375 --> 01:46:09,333 anybody's ever said to me. 1611 01:46:10,250 --> 01:46:11,166 You're above normal. 1612 01:46:11,791 --> 01:46:12,666 Just slightly, though. 1613 01:46:14,333 --> 01:46:17,250 But we would love to hear from the 1614 01:46:17,250 --> 01:46:18,250 audience and the listeners 1615 01:46:19,000 --> 01:46:19,916 about what things 1616 01:46:19,916 --> 01:46:20,833 that are on their minds. 1617 01:46:21,291 --> 01:46:21,666 All right. So we give 1618 01:46:21,666 --> 01:46:22,500 everybody a bathroom break. 1619 01:46:22,750 --> 01:46:23,916 Let them come back. Well, 1620 01:46:23,916 --> 01:46:25,000 let's just come back next week. 1621 01:46:25,000 --> 01:46:26,291 Let's just come back next week. Yeah. 1622 01:46:26,291 --> 01:46:27,708 We'll have a lot more to talk about. 1623 01:46:28,583 --> 01:46:30,125 We have a birthday coming up next week. 1624 01:46:30,791 --> 01:46:32,333 You sounded like Mr. Rogers there almost. 1625 01:46:33,083 --> 01:46:34,416 We'll have a lot more to talk about. 1626 01:46:35,041 --> 01:46:37,000 And so will you. I'm not 1627 01:46:37,000 --> 01:46:37,958 going to say on the podcast. 1628 01:46:38,208 --> 01:46:39,166 I promise. Not yet. 1629 01:46:40,791 --> 01:46:42,000 I don't think anyone wants to hear that. 1630 01:46:43,166 --> 01:46:45,916 But I mean, we're going to have 1631 01:46:47,333 --> 01:46:48,458 another teenager in her 1632 01:46:48,458 --> 01:46:50,291 house, so her daughter turns 13. 1633 01:46:50,708 --> 01:46:51,833 That's right. We cannot sign off without 1634 01:46:51,833 --> 01:46:53,000 saying we got another birthday this 1635 01:46:53,000 --> 01:46:55,000 weekend, another teenager in the house. 1636 01:46:55,833 --> 01:46:56,416 She's been a teenager 1637 01:46:56,416 --> 01:46:57,291 for two years, though. 1638 01:46:58,333 --> 01:47:00,958 Wow. The girls just always 1639 01:47:00,958 --> 01:47:02,541 grow up faster than boys. 1640 01:47:02,541 --> 01:47:03,500 I feel like she has been 1641 01:47:03,500 --> 01:47:05,541 worldly since she was about four. 1642 01:47:05,541 --> 01:47:07,833 Yeah. Socially. Yes. Mentally. 1643 01:47:08,916 --> 01:47:10,000 Her attitude, Ali. 1644 01:47:10,750 --> 01:47:12,000 Yeah, she she can 1645 01:47:12,000 --> 01:47:13,208 definitely have the attitude. 1646 01:47:14,375 --> 01:47:15,708 Yeah. Dramaly. Yep. 1647 01:47:15,708 --> 01:47:16,541 Yeah, we definitely get 1648 01:47:16,541 --> 01:47:18,666 some drama. Yeah. Yeah. 1649 01:47:18,791 --> 01:47:20,583 But so we have that. 1650 01:47:20,833 --> 01:47:21,583 But happy birthday to you, 1651 01:47:21,583 --> 01:47:23,208 baby girl. Happy birthday. 1652 01:47:24,750 --> 01:47:26,291 But then also you're headed to Las Vegas 1653 01:47:26,291 --> 01:47:27,250 with our youngest son. 1654 01:47:27,500 --> 01:47:29,375 Oh, yeah. Let's figure out we may have to 1655 01:47:29,375 --> 01:47:30,583 do this via Skype next week. 1656 01:47:30,583 --> 01:47:32,291 I don't know. I'll be in Vegas to the 1657 01:47:32,291 --> 01:47:34,250 next three. Yeah. Weekends. 1658 01:47:35,250 --> 01:47:36,958 Yeah, we actually joke that you may as 1659 01:47:36,958 --> 01:47:37,750 well just stay there 1660 01:47:37,750 --> 01:47:39,000 and fly the kids home 1661 01:47:40,041 --> 01:47:43,458 since you only have about what, a 72 hour 1662 01:47:43,458 --> 01:47:44,458 reprieve from Vegas. 1663 01:47:44,875 --> 01:47:46,458 Yeah, we considered it. But yeah. 1664 01:47:46,916 --> 01:47:49,500 So lots to talk about, lots to unpack. 1665 01:47:49,708 --> 01:47:51,583 So everyone will hear about the 1666 01:47:51,583 --> 01:47:53,916 shenanigans of Sean traveling 1667 01:47:54,291 --> 01:47:55,666 with the kids and the 1668 01:47:55,666 --> 01:47:57,083 soccer parents, soccer parents. 1669 01:47:57,291 --> 01:47:59,708 Indicate all the soccer team to Vegas. 1670 01:48:00,583 --> 01:48:02,375 Yeah. Where it'll be 32 in the morning. 1671 01:48:02,625 --> 01:48:04,166 So it'll be it'll be warmer here in 1672 01:48:04,166 --> 01:48:05,833 Dallas than it will be in Las Vegas. 1673 01:48:06,208 --> 01:48:07,333 So yeah, after all the snow 1674 01:48:07,333 --> 01:48:09,291 melts. Yeah. So you'll be fine. 1675 01:48:10,208 --> 01:48:10,833 You will find out more 1676 01:48:10,833 --> 01:48:11,958 with your MRI next week. 1677 01:48:11,958 --> 01:48:13,541 So we're to come on that more than likely 1678 01:48:13,541 --> 01:48:14,833 a surgery coming the next. 1679 01:48:16,041 --> 01:48:17,541 X X amount of weeks. 1680 01:48:17,750 --> 01:48:18,750 I'm on a week's exactly. 1681 01:48:19,250 --> 01:48:20,416 So lots more to come. 1682 01:48:20,750 --> 01:48:22,125 Yeah. We'll talk about the headaches of 1683 01:48:22,125 --> 01:48:23,833 our medical system on next episode. 1684 01:48:25,041 --> 01:48:25,750 Because I know you've 1685 01:48:25,750 --> 01:48:26,708 been having fun doing that. 1686 01:48:27,000 --> 01:48:28,291 And you're you're kind 1687 01:48:28,291 --> 01:48:29,583 of in that industry. So. 1688 01:48:30,916 --> 01:48:34,916 Yeah. No one needs to hear me go off on 1689 01:48:34,916 --> 01:48:37,333 how frustrating it is, 1690 01:48:37,333 --> 01:48:38,500 because really, most people have talked 1691 01:48:38,500 --> 01:48:39,291 to me one on one, have 1692 01:48:39,291 --> 01:48:41,500 already heard it from me, for sure. 1693 01:48:41,833 --> 01:48:43,750 Yeah. Yeah. All right. 1694 01:48:43,750 --> 01:48:44,541 Well, let's sign off. 1695 01:48:45,083 --> 01:48:46,416 All right. Until next week, 1696 01:48:46,416 --> 01:48:48,625 everyone. Take care. See ya.