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Episode title: Wake Up Classy 97 with Josh and Chantel - Monday, May 4th, 2026
Episode summary introduction:
It's a Monday morning and Josh and Chantel are running on sore muscles & sunburned skin. Gen Z being dubbed "the Christopher Columbus generation" for rediscovering things like going outside, a dramatic weekend recap featuring broken RC car axles (not once, but twice), a surprise geeky hobby birthday present, a bee rescue mission that kept a dinner party waiting, Emery's first prom, updates on the big backyard beautification bonanza, New Jersey's adorable Jersey Dogs lottery scratch-off, it's May the 4th so we dive deep into a Star Wars trivia showdown, and more!!
Timestamps:
(0:00) - Bonus: Christopher Columbus Generation
(1:54) - Sore bodies
(5:18) - Good News
(8:07) - We saved a bee
(12:31) - 2 broken axles & Trevor
(20:15) - Josh's new gloves
(24:18) - Chantel's birthday gifts
(32:04) - The package mystery revealed
(36:20) - Prom!
(39:27) - Sleeping in public
(43:28) - Planting trees
(50:04) - Would You Rather
(53:56) - May the 4th be with you
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Full show transcript:
Well, hey, welcome to a Monday. Here's the podcast. Here's the podcast. What's going on? A lot of people are calling Gen Z the Christopher Columbus generation. What's that mean?
Because they keep, quote, unquote, discovering things that already existed, such as quiet quitting, which is doing less amounts of work. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And silent walking, which is just walking without your phone.
Which is just going outside, yeah. Yeah, no, this is great. I like where this is going. The Christopher Columbus generation. They've also discovered, quote, unquote, Coke floats.
No, that's just a root beer flow, just with Coke instead of root beer. Got it, yeah. Look at this new thing. It's so new. It also feels like every generation kind of just comes up with these new ideas that have just existed forever. So give me an example of what we discovered that already existed.
Uh, I don't have one. Yeah, because we discovered it for the first time. True pioneers.
The internet. I mean, we did exist before that. So everything we've ever done on the internet has been for the first time.
Fair. It was all new. See? See?
New. We were surfing the worldwide web. These guys out here going like, have you heard about going outside?
Have you heard about turning off the internet? Yeah. Yeah.
Yeah. Have you heard about using your imagination? I need a digital detox. That's my childhood. Settle down Columbus.
Go for a walk. Interesting. I think that's a, that's an interesting name for it, the Christopher Columbus generation.
Discovering things that have already been discovered. Since 1492. All right. Well, hey, here's today's show. How about that? Enjoy. Well, my body hurts. That's about all I can say this morning. Is that my body hurts? We got a little sun. I got a little sunburn.
I got a lot of soreness in my legs, my calves. Yeah. They're, they're lit up.
Yeah. My back is like, bruh. How are your arms?
You are not 20. You know, my arms are okay. My shoulders though.
But not a lot going on my arms at least today. You know, as, as your body heals, things move around and evolve. And then you go like, okay, well, my body healed that part. Now that part hurts. So that's what I've learned about being in my near mid 40s.
I am in my mid 40s. Yeah. That's right. Happy birthday on Saturday. Thanks. It was over. It's over.
It's done. No, I know, but still. It's, it's still exciting. Yeah.
Your, your face nodding makes no noise. Yeah. I know. Okay. It's still exciting. I don't have anything to say. It's not, it's over.
It's done. Now you, I'm looking at your arms. You've got some sunburn.
I did get some of my arms and my neck. Yeah. I see that.
And the back of my neck. Yeah. Yeah.
You got. We got some sun. We were outside a lot of the time. We were doing some yard work. We were going on walks to the park.
We had a, we had a weekend that was a blur. It was very busy, very fun field. Very fast.
Very fast. We are now back in the studio where I wish I had like a hot tub and a masseuse. Those are the two things I need for my sore body. That sounds nice.
In no particular order. I need, I need my muscles to soak in the heat and I need the massage. That sounds fantastic. So if we can just arrange that within the next, what, three and a half hours? Yeah. That'd be great. Okay.
I'll get on it. Some point in the morning, hot tub and. A masseuse. A masseuse. So they're going to have to bring the hot tub, warm it up quickly so that I can enjoy that and the massage, massage. Massage.
Massage. Yeah. Do you feel productive? Do you feel like you accomplished a lot? I feel like it was a weekend and it was a blur and there was accomplishment yesterday for sure.
There was a family in town and all kinds of other things going on Friday and Saturday and even into Sunday. But yesterday afternoon was where the productivity lied if there was going to be any. And yeah, I mean, I got a little bit of stuff done. Lots to do though. There is always lots more to do.
I have a whole new list. I don't know if you saw it. We'll get into that later. Oh, okay. I did not see it. Oh, no. All right.
Well, hey, good morning. It's Josh and Chantel. We're in the studio. We're going to make it work even with sore bodies.
Because all we're going to do is sit and talk. Yeah. It's not like we're doing any heavy lifting today. Until later.
More heavy lifting. No, I can't today. No. I'm busy. Oh, okay.
Busy not helping. Sounds great. Hey. Hi.
Want to hear some good news? Yeah. So the New Jersey Lottery came up with this idea earlier this year. They allowed people to vote for Jersey's top dogs. Actual dogs? Yeah. Actual dogs. And the field was narrowed down to 50 through a statewide contest of voting and all of that.
And now 18 contest winners will become the faces of a new lottery scratch-off game. Okay. Called Jersey's top dogs, I assume. Well, actually, I can tell you it's called Jersey Dogs. Selected from thousands of entries, these 18 finalists will have their names, faces, and hometowns featured on the $5 Jersey Dog ticket that launches today. The runners-up are getting in on the action as well. Dozens of the top vote-getters will appear in the Image Match section of the scratch-off game, allowing players to maybe possibly win the $200,000 jackpot while celebrating some community doggos, which is kind of fun. Dogos. Congrats, top dogs.
Yeah. Jersey Dogs is the ticket. Jersey's top dogs is the contest. And, yeah, now they've got these 18, including, you ready for some names? Yes.
Reggie Zakzak. Of course. Right. Penny Ritz.
Hamilton Bach. What? Yeah. That one's got a couple of names to live up to. I think these are their actual last names. So, Reggie, Penny, Hamilton, Lake, Dallas, May, Huck, Joey, Penny, Cosmo, Jezebel, and Toby in all caps. Toby. Toby. I am rooting for Jezebel. Okay. I haven't seen him or her, but- So, Jezebel is- By name only, I'm calling for Jezebel.
It's an interesting pick for you, based on name only. Yeah. Here's page two, because there's 18 of them. Toby, not in all caps. Jersey. A top Jersey dog named Jersey.
I feel like they're trying to stack their odds. Lula. Duke in all caps. Rella. Penny.
Arlo. Decker. Trapper. What kind of dog do you think Trapper is? Hound dog. Bass and Hound. Yeah. Audrey, Teddy, and Gracie. Okay. And they're pretty cute.
Well, congrats and good luck. Top dogs. Top dog. You made it.
You got your face on a scratcher. Wow. Yeah, it's good news.
We saved a bee over the weekend. Well, maybe. Think.
Yeah, maybe. We found a bee. We were standing in the garden, and this bee flew in from somewhere, and then I hear it just right at my feet.
And I went, oh no. And it's not a hornet or a yellow jacket or anything like that. It's an actual honey bee. Not one of the big ones.
Those ones are awesome. But it was just a regular standard honey bee. And the bees are suffering right now. They're struggling.
Very, very hard time for bees right now. And so we felt it was important that we tried to help this guy get back on his wings. And he had, I've got the what they call weed barrier laid down, but I haven't put all the like mulch and stuff on top of it yet. But it's fibrous. And I think his little feet got stuck in the little fibers. Well, he had something sticky that he got stuck to first. So we were trying to get the sticky off of him. And then we were trying to get the fibers off of his feet.
Yeah. And then once we finally got him to where he seemed like he was going to be OK, we gave him a little bit of like a little drop of water. You know, we were nursing this little bee back to health.
You carried him in your hand over to a flower and put him on the flower. And then we had to leave. We had some people waiting for us. There are people waiting for us that were like, hey, we're at the restaurant. Are you going to come meet us for dinner? And we were like, yeah, we got to save a bee.
A bee? Yeah, that's exactly what was the response. What? Yeah, settle down. I got to save this bee.
It's important. I don't know. I checked on him later on the flower where I put him. He wasn't there.
That means he flew away. Everything's great. I hope so. I think about him every day. Do you? Yeah. Every day since Friday.
Yes. I've been thinking about that bee every day since Friday. I do check the flower every day just to see if there's any signs of him. Well, I'm sure he got his strength and flew off. And carried on? Yep. Okay. I believe you. I think we did it. Think we rescued that bee.
That's right. I was impressed by you carrying it in your hand. And you were like, I don't even care. And I went, okay, all right.
Sounds good. He showed no, I don't think he was threatened by us at all. I never saw his stinger. He was fine. He was just a little bee.
He's just a little bee. I'm not afraid. I didn't think you'd be afraid. You just were like, no, I'm just going to carry it.
Well, we had a stupid stick that he was trying to get on. And I was like, just, I'm just getting on my hands. I got more ground to cover on my hands.
Just get on my hands. And you went, you're going to carry him? Yeah. We got a life to save, Josh.
There's no time to waste. So Chantel saved a bee. I did save a bee. He did.
Yeah. I have to say that we did because I'll be too sad if we didn't. I know we did.
Everything's cool with that bee. We got the tweezers out. I know.
We were really trying to pull that little fiber off there for a while. Anyway, yeah. Good job saving that bee. I know.
Good job us. You ever see that video where that woman like takes a bee in and she, it becomes like a friend. It was like a bee that got stuck somewhere and she took it inside of her house and gave him a little nectar and stuff. Yeah. Yeah.
Like in her window. I thought about doing that. Thought about bringing him in.
Yeah. He's going to be fine. I didn't because I was like, I don't know what the next step is if I bring him inside. And then I don't want to be inside my house.
I don't think we've reached that step in our relationship. Where we have a bee in the house. No, the yeah, me and the bee. Yeah. Or you're like, you can live in here now. I think he was like, yeah, you can carry me to that flower, but I don't, we're not at that live in stage.
Don't take me in the house. Yeah. Yeah.
No, I live out here. Hey, but I hope he's back. He comes back, pollinate some stuff. That'll be great. That will be great. Yeah. I got plenty for him to pollinate.
Do you? Not yet. It's not in the ground yet. Well, no, but I keep bringing it outside every day and letting it be outside, you know, I water it, let it get some sunlight. Yeah.
Maybe some bees will be like, oh, strawberry. Yeah. Good job. We are lifesavers.
Bee lifesavers. So if you recall, I had a broken axle in my RC crawler at the end of last week. And if you were keeping up with the, with the story at all, I had to hurry up and order some new parts to get them here in time, try and get everything put back together. Well, parts arrived.
Good news. Got everything rebuilt, driving the RC car in the kitchen, didn't hit anything, didn't do anything crazy. Here, this little tiny snappy click noise broke a second axle. I mean, in minutes, if even it was very quickly, another axle broke and I went, what? You got to be kidding me.
It came in a two pack. So I said, well, I'm going to have to swap it out. Otherwise, I'm not going to be able to go do rock crawling on Saturday like I want. So I do that, get the other one put in there and everything's kind of okay. And then I didn't drive it. I was like, I'm going to, I'm just going to wait because I don't want to snap it when I'm not out trying to rock crawl. If I'm going to snap another one, it's going to be while I'm doing something awesome, not just driving around the kitchen.
Yeah. So we get out and about. We're going and checking out some hobby stores, went and checked out a shop in Blackfoot, checked out shop in Idaho Falls, kind of, you know, doing some stuff, did some crawling in Blackfoot. That was cool. No problems. Crawled up a course, all good.
Sounds great. Went to a spot in Idaho Falls, driving around. At some point you said to me, I don't know if you got a good look at my axle.
And I went, I can't say that I did. Well, let me show you. Look at how delicate these parts are.
So anyway, so I'm driving around, crawling around at the spot in Idaho Falls and all of a sudden I can't climb anything. And I'm like, there's no way. Like, are you serious? There's just, there's no way.
And sure enough, free spinning wheel. Again? Snap the other one. Yeah. Did I know that? Now I'm out of axles.
Did I know that you snapped both axles? I don't know. It was not, it was not good. I think you probably told me, but there was a lot going on this weekend.
So I probably heard but didn't listen. So clearly there was something wrong with the crawler. And I'm, and I'm trying to investigate it. I'm trying to figure out like, what has changed? For those that don't know, this is Josh's remote control rock crawler.
That's right. And I'm trying to figure out like, what's causing this? Because somewhere the geometry is messed up, that I've got the ability to snap these axles so easily. So come to find out, and this is still an untested theory because I don't have another axle to put into it until they get here middle of this week. I have a pretty strong theory that the radio controller upgrade is allowing the steering to turn further than it is safe to do so. And in turning so sharp, it's just cranking that angle and snapping that axle over and over and over. So I've tuned that down to about 60%.
Oh, good. And I think instead of having 100% of range, having 60% will prevent me from hitting that steep angle and breaking more axles. I can't be breaking axles every time I drive. No, we can't. I, we can't keep buying axles. That's what I'm saying. So I've got to remedy the problem. So I think, I think that's the, the big, the big takeaway.
Okay. Now we're at the shop in Idaho Falls, looking around, checking things out. Looking at drift cars and they've got a whole drift track in here and we're looking at crawlers and all the different parts and fun things like that.
And we're getting ready to kind of take off and there's a guy standing at the counter and he has got an RC car. It is like a one-sixth scale. It's huge. Okay.
I don't know what that means. It's like as big as this control board. Holy moly. Huge. It's one-sixth the size of an actual car.
Okay. It's one-sixth scale. Giant.
Got it. And he goes, Hey, to the, to the lady behind the counter. He goes, Hey, did you know celebrities stop, stop and shop here? Who, where? I know that's when I'm like, who's around? Like who is in the room? Who is it? He was telling her about me.
No. And I'm there with my brother-in-law and he goes, Well, I don't know about that guy, but this guy for sure. I'm like, Oh no. And anyway, his name is Trevor, a really good dude. He shook hands. He complimented you and I on the show, which was very nice. And it was good to meet him, but it was, it was pretty funny. You know, you, you had celebrity shopping in it.
Trevor thinks you're a celebrity. That's true. That is true. That's cute.
I don't know. It was, it was super funny. I don't know about him, but definitely him. Okay. Anyway, it was good to meet Trevor while we were checking out the RC show. So, good night. Maybe you guys can RC together. He's in a different world than I'm in.
I'm not in the one-sixth scale for one and for two. That thing is built for speed. You can't co-mingle.
I mean, they're just different. Like I go real slow up things. He goes real fast, apparently into trees, Trevor, which by the way, good advice, don't crash them into trees. I like to go, I like, that's what I'd like to do when I drive your RC car. Just go really fast and you go, take it easy, take it easy. I'm not built for speed. What are you built for? Climbing.
It's a crawler. So boring. So go buy yourself a race car one.
They make those. I kind of actually just would. I think I'd get bored with it really quickly. Like it'd be really fun to go really fast for maybe 10 minutes and I'd be like, okay, I'm done.
But then you could go up ramps and things. That's why I like to use yours for a split second. And then I go, okay, here you go. I'm done. I just need a brief like, let me go really fast and then I, then I'm over it.
And then I go, okay, I'm gonna do something else. Mine's built for torque for going up things, for crawling. Right. It's got a lot of weight to hold it down to the ground. It's not super aerodynamic. Right.
It's just built to climb over rocks. Cool. Things. Cool.
Yeah. Anyway, found a couple of cool spots to crawl, which was good news. And I, you know, broke both the new axles. That's not good news. But I'm upgrading the entire system.
This was you, this was your face. Just buy the thing. Just buy the parts.
Just do it right and buy the parts. And I went, thank you for that. That's going to help me. I'm going to be in good shape now because I'm going to rebuild that whole front end of that thing.
It's going to be real nice, real strong. Yes. You don't believe me? No, it's fine. I'm, I'm hearing. I'm just not listening.
What? Like I'm hearing what you're saying. I'm just not actively listening.
Cause you, cause you're bored by it. Kind of. I don't know what to say other than I think your sister is unconvinced that I have strong hands. Big strong hands. They look like big strong hands. I think I have some big strong hands. I think maybe you just wear out your gloves. I think you just, you tend to keep stuff until it's kind of worn down. I mean, it's who you are. Okay.
What is that? It's who you, you keep stuff until it's worn down. It's who you are. What does that mean? Walk me through that. You just, when you buy something, you generally buy something of good quality and you, you shop for the best deal for the best.
What product? You really do. And then you buy it and then you take care of it until it's pretty much needs replaced. And then you're like, yeah, I need to replace this. That's, that's what you do.
Well, this is who you are. Big backyard beautification bonanza that's been going on. I've worn through three pairs of gloves. Just in this project alone? Two for sure. You pulled out like five pair of gloves.
They, all of the fingers were, They were, there's three pair. Okay. And there, I've thrown them all away. Okay, good. I did take this picture of all of them.
And the index and middle finger and thumb on all three pairs on both left and right hand, these three fingers just demolished, destroyed, holes in all of them. They don't work. I'm sorry. So I went and got some new gloves. You needed some new gloves. I got a couple of pair. I did. And the big work glove pair that I got has reinforced thumb index and middle finger.
Oh, good. Then double layer leather on those three fingers. So I'm hoping these are going to last a bit longer because I had a leather pair and then a couple of different canvas pairs that were just demolished. And then the other pair that I got are like the, they've been dipped in that plastic, whatever that is, but they are like, like cut proof.
You can't cut through them. So I thought, well, that sounds sturdy. And then, so those ones are kind of my garden gloves.
And then the other ones are my work gloves. Oh, good. Yeah. Good, good. Yeah. I'm pretty excited. You needed some new gloves.
My fingers hurt from doing the work with no gloves on because the hole's in them. Do you, I can't remember. I was just going to ask. I was going to ask you something. And I, it started with, do you?
I don't know if I do or don't. You also have, you pretty, you have pretty tender fingers because you blister pretty easily. Tender, I don't think is the right word. What's the word? I don't know the right word, but tender sounds like not it because they're good, strong hands.
They're strong. I push buttons for a living. I think that's why I can burn through the fingertips so quickly is because I have such strong button pushing fingers. Your force in your pointers are pretty, intend? Strong. So explain why you blister so easy.
Because the skin on the outside can't handle the bone and muscle strength on the inside. Yes. Big strong hands.
Okay. I'm impressed that you got new gloves. You're impressed that I got new gloves. I don't think that's even a sentence. I'm proud. I'm happy.
Support. It doesn't affect you at all. I had a birthday on Saturday. Happy birthday on Saturday. It's over, but I woke up. What is kind of fun is there was the tradition that I, what? I woke up.
What is fun is. Well, I woke up because I, I, I tried to go out into the kitchen on Friday night. Oh, what a crazy time. When you try to do something nice and secret in the house and I've, I've got things arranged and I've been working with the kids and we've been trying to put together stuff. And in our house, there's a bit of a, what would you call it a tradition? I don't know. It's kind of a birthday setup where there's like a nice little display of birthday ness on the kitchen table. So when you wake up, you go, Oh, that's right.
It is my special day. Yeah. I usually, and this is something I started when the kids were little and it was just on the table. There's some balloons and a party hat and their favorite treats on the table along with their presence.
And they just wake up and see that and go, Oh yeah. That was my birthday. Yeah. So we wanted to return the favor and set that up for you. So I'm trying to, trying to get you to disappear so that I can do things is just a nightmare. Like maybe you could go upstairs so I could get some gifts and put them around.
Like maybe that could be a thing. And the people are like, why are you being all weird? Like why are you, why are you restless? Do you like do something like go away or something and you just sitting, having a conversation.
I'm like, you're in eye shot. I can't do anything until you go upstairs. So finally you go upstairs and I'm like, okay, everybody's getting ready to go to bed.
I can finally get some stuff taken care of. Okie doke. And then you keep milling around and I'm like, get out of here. You said you were going to bed.
You keep wandering and then you're like, Oh, I got to go take care of a thing. And no, we argued about something that was in the fridge. I said, yeah, we have that. And you go, no, we don't.
And I said, yes, we do. I'm going to go look in the fridge right now. And I went, no, you're not. And then you got up and you're like, I'm going to go look and you open the door and there's Emory and she's like, go back in there. So I woke up on Saturday and there was some lovely treats on the table.
Thank you. My favorites, Toblerone, Buenos, which are the hazelnut. So good. Charleston shoes. All my favorites.
Diet Coke's. Man, it was the best. All of my favorites. Popcorners. Popcorners. I love popcorners. You guys know me.
We're right. And a couple of gifts. And there were some gifts.
What'd you get for your birthday? I don't want to say. You don't want to say? Are you wearing them?
Yes. You don't want to talk about your new shoes? Well, I can talk about my new shoes because these are super cute. Do you like them? I do like them a lot.
Okay, good. They don't have a lot of arch support. They have none.
They're barefoot shoes. You said you liked mine and wanted your own. Yeah. These are zero. Is that what they're called? Zero shoes. That's right. It's like you're wearing zero shoes.
Yeah. They're so lightweight. It's like I'm barefoot.
That's the whole point. I like them a lot. Right. I do too. That's why I have a pair. And then I opened my other present.
Yes. I was kind of embarrassed to open it in front of. You had some people around watching when you opened it up. What'd you get for your birthday? I got a medal to take. Say it loud and proud. I got a medal to take.
That's right. Because listen, you've heard enough about my geeky hobbies. It's time for you to have your own. Yeah. You've wanted one of these for a long time.
We've goofed about it on the show for a few years. It's your time. So I took it out in the backyard.
That's right. For its maiden voyage. Expecting to find jars of gold. And we listened. It was beeping, beeping, beeping.
And I was like, we got to start. Digging. So you got to shovel out. You were digging. And I went, oh, you can pinpoint the accuracy of where it is. And so it was pinpointing. I was like, it's in that pile. It's in that pile. Aluminum foil. We found some aluminum foil.
I mean, you know. And then later you were gone. You and my brother-in-law were gone. And so me and my sister decided to take her grandkids down to the park.
Yeah. And she said, it was her idea. She goes, bring your metal detector. And I went, oh, okay.
Okay. I felt kind of foolish. So she's kind of into it too.
Kind of. She needs, you guys need to get her one. And then you guys can go together on your big metal detecting adventures. Here's the stupidest part. I felt stupid doing it at the park in public.
It's one thing to do it in your backyard, but another thing to do it where people can see you. And then I couldn't figure out how to put it together. So I was just kind of holding the. The display. The display.
Yeah. It was working just fine. But then I was like, it's beeping.
It's beeping. And we, we told my six year old. My niece.
My great niece and my sister's granddaughter. We were like, start digging. She was all excited about digging. Turns out it was the shovel that she had in her hand.
No kidding. Every time you went, it's beeping. I went, that's the shovel. You're too close to the shovel. You need to move the shovel away.
It's beeping because the shovel is right there. Man, you got some practice to do. Yeah, it's okay. You got to get it. I got to figure out what the rules are, like where I'm allowed to go and dig. And where, yeah, I just got to figure out what the rules are. Like if you're at a playground or something and you're in the, like not out in the grass area, if you're in like the playground area and you're in there, like digging through mulcher sand or something, that feels like that's probably okay. And I'm certainly not going to like dig six inches deep or anything crazy. Okay.
I'm just going to. Or eight feet. How far would you dig before you were like, I must have missed it. Oh, it was my shovel the whole time. Well, and I got too close to a picnic table. I was like, oh, there's something over here.
It's the picnic table legs. Oh, man. It's okay. You got to learn a little bit.
I'm only going to get better. That's right. Welcome to your nerdy hobby. Thank you.
Thank you very much. Comes with the cool backpack. So headphones. So that only you hear the beeps. Exactly. Because I don't want everybody else to know that I've found treasure.
Exactly. You're going to start doing TikTok live. You're going to be out there metal detecting on TikTok live.
Hey, what's up guys? Thanks for the follows. Oh, you sent me a galaxy. That's sweet.
What's a galaxy? Oh, that's what that's when people send you gifts in your TikTok feed that are worth money. Oh. Yeah. I want one of those. I know.
Go TikTok live. Okay. Metal detecting.
Chantel detector. That's what I told you. You got to call your. I know. I got to come up with a cool name. Chantel detector.
That's not that cool. I had to come up with something. Find it with Chantel. No.
Treasure hunting with Chantel. No. No. It's not that. I'll think it's something cool.
And then I'm going to find something cool. Are you? Yeah. Just wait. I'm waiting. Well, this story has been a little while in the making. And I'm finally glad to kind of reveal this mystery.
Okay. There was a day about two weeks ago where a package arrived or didn't arrive. And you were very befuddled as a fine word. I don't even remember this. I ordered some birthday gifts off of the internet. Okay. And I just love waiting for packages to arrive, as you know. Yes. So I monitor tracking pretty heavily.
Yes, you do. And I get this notification that the package is going to be delivered very soon. I'm near your house.
The package will be delivered momentarily. And I went, you got to be kidding me. Because I was waiting for it all day. I've been watching for it. I'm like, this is going to happen.
I had Emory on standby to like help make sure this package got picked up if it showed up so that you wouldn't be aware. And then one day you came home and the truck was in front of the house and you couldn't pull in there. And so you went around the block. But then when you came back, the delivery truck had left, but there was no package on the step. That's how quickly we were able to move a package so you wouldn't see it. No, no, no way.
Yeah, way. You guys. And then, and then because our daughter's got a good talent of being able to improv. To lie.
Sure. Improv. She, uh, she immediately said, I don't know. They didn't ring the doorbell. I don't know what, maybe they got the wrong address.
I don't, I don't know. And you bought it. And then you were like, did anybody get a package?
Did somebody, did somebody order a thing? You were so concerned about what was going on with that delivery truck. Well, I was just confused because they were in front of the house. So I knew, and I saw him walking up to the door.
And then by the time I arrived, I went. What the heck? I was just so confused.
Yeah. I was like, where's the package? I looked all over and it wasn't a windy day.
Yeah. I went, it didn't blow away. There was never a package.
There's no way that we would porch pirated. You. You.
You scallywag. I was just so, I was so stressed that day because I knew it was going to be delivered and the delivery window kept getting later and later and later. And I went, this thing's going to arrive either right when she. Gets home or right like after. And then what, then what do I do?
And sometimes packages get delivered and they're not in like a different package. And I'm, and so I'm, I'm going like, Oh, great. This is just great.
This is going to blow up everything. And then you go, there was a truck here, but there was no package. Where's, where's the package?
And at the same time I'm getting a text from memory like packages secured. Like, yes. Awesome. Well, lucky that he parked in front of the driveway because. Otherwise you would have carried it in.
I know I would have met him in the driveway and been like, Oh, thank you so much. I know. So that worked out pretty nice in your favor.
That is correct. But it did confuse you for a couple of days. You were like, I just can't figure out why that truck was here. It did not for a couple of days. I just was like, maybe they got the wrong address, but I saw him walking up to the house and then I went, whatever.
It was probably something for Beck and if he sits back and she can be concerned. I knew I didn't order anything. Nope. But that was fun to, uh, to hear you talk about that whole story and be so confused and know exactly what actually did happen and not be able to say anything until just now. I hate not being in on secrets. You're in on it now. I am. No, I know all of them.
Yeah, I think so. And tell us that until December or Mother's Day. Mother's Day. Our daughter went to prom like so many others this past weekend. Busy prom weekend. It was a busy prom weekend. We went downtown to take some pictures of her and her date.
Yeah. There was a lot of people downtown taking pictures of themselves and their prom date. Very true. There were plenty of those happening. I'm, I'm stoked at how they turned out. I was nervous about it and because I don't do a lot of portrait stuff, uh, but it, they turned out really well. I'm, I'm very happy with how they ended up looking. So weren't sure if they were blurry or not because you forgot your readers.
I know. So the camera that I use, it's a, it's a nice camera, but it doesn't have a viewfinder. It's just the, the screen because it's, it also does heavy, like heavy video stuff. So it doesn't have like a look through viewfinder where you get to focus and stuff on that. So you just look at the screen, but the screen is small.
So I normally have to have my readers to be able to do a good job. I thought they did great. I think they came out. She was so funny because she was very, very nervous and I couldn't decide if she was just nervous cause she had never gone to prom before she went with her boyfriend. So it's not, it wasn't like a new date or anything.
Yeah. Or if she was just nervous because we had some family there and her family was teasing her that they were going to embarrass her. Or if it's just because it's a really, it's your first prom, not the first dance, but it's the first time she's gone to prom. And there's a lot, you know, a lot of probably, uh, what's the word I'm looking at? Expectation or unknown. Yeah.
There's, there's a lot of unknown for sure. So yeah, that, that, that's enough to make somebody nervous. Yeah. It was funny because as soon as we got downtown though, to take pictures because he came to pick her up and then you and I followed them downtown to take some pictures and you could tell when her nervousness finally ended and she became more relaxed because then she started taking sillier pictures and goofing around a bit. And I went, well, she's relaxed a bit.
Yeah. Compared to where she was, like he showed up and she was like shaking because he was going to meet family and embarrassing. So no, that was, it was very handsome and adorable. Yep. And it sounds like they had a good time. So that's all good. And, uh, and now that prom is done.
Check. One may activity done. I mean, may is the craziest of all of the months for everyone.
And then so check that one off the list. Well, I saw between prom stuff, I saw people taking graduation pictures over the weekend when I was downtown. Uh, I mean, there was a lot of buzz happening with a lot of people out and about.
It was a great, great weather. I know. It was, yeah. The sky was perfect for picture taking.
It was really, really nice. So anyway, wash your hands of that one. That one's done. That one's done.
Check that one off the books. I had to have an infusion on Friday and this particular place where I get these done, it's not like you get your own private little area. There are. Go ahead.
Oh, sorry. There are, um, areas where people are looking at you and they, the nurses there gave me some Benadryl, right? Immediately. I went. Well, I'm feeling a little sleepy.
Ooh. Not that, not that taking a nap is like out of the norm. Like you could do that anyway. Yes, but I'm not generally one to fall asleep in public.
I'm not one to, I don't like people. This is a little different than like public. I get it. I get it. And most of the people there are equipped to take a small little snooze.
Sure. Because that's kind of what you do there. I mean, you're there for a good amount of time. You're there for hours. Hours. But like five, six hours.
That's a, that's a big deal. Uh, would you ever fall asleep like at a park, like on a blanket? No. You don't think so? I think it sounds nice in theory, but I, there's too many people I think, I don't know, I don't know if I'd be able to relax at least at this place.
I feel safe. Yeah. But I'm saying like there's only what eight people in there at a time other than the people that work there. Yeah. Eight other patients. Right.
So there's you and seven other people. Correct. Something like that. Correct.
Maybe up to 10. Yeah. Something like that.
Yeah. So somewhere between seven and nine other people. And they, they kind of go through like, cause you're there for such a long time, people come and go. Mm hmm. But no, I don't think, cause I, I did an antibiotic infusion at the same place. Yeah. And I had to go frequently for a couple of weeks. And people are there for different. All kinds of stuff.
Iron deficiencies and all kinds of different things. And it's funny because you'll fall asleep and you'll wake up and you'll be like, Hey, there's a different person in that chair. Where'd that other person go?
How did I miss that? But I, I mean, I was, I was only in there for a half hour or something at a time. Like I was pretty in and out.
You were one of the in and out. Yeah. I was, I was there for a short visit and then I was out. Yeah. I wasn't in there for a six hour run.
Oh, I envy those people. Cause I'm there for so long. I go, Hey, welcome.
Yeah. I've been here. You're going to be gone before I am.
So good to see you. You forgot headphones. I did forget headphones. I offered to bring you some. You said no. Well, yeah, I was fine. But I noticed that when I did fall asleep, I caught myself doing this a couple of times. Oh yeah. That checks out. I've heard that noise. And my slip of my mouth open a couple of times. So when I would wake up, I've seen that face. Yeah. Well, I, I. Yep. Would you ever do that on like, uh, like a public transit? Not intentionally. No, okay. I don't know. That I feel, that I feel like you're in an enclosed space. I feel like it's just. And you could miss your stop. Yeah. And I also just don't feel safe with those.
There are a bunch of strangers wandering around. Yeah. I'd be too afraid of something happening to me or them stealing my stuff.
Yeah. Unless I was very, very, very tired. Like after you've been working a bunch of extra shifts. Yeah. Now you got to take the train home.
That sounds awful, doesn't it? I know. Oh, people do that all the time. Yeah.
Good on you. And then have to try to stay awake on the train. I know.
So they can then like walk a ways from the train station to their house. I know. Yeah, that's life. I know it is for them.
That's right. I don't. I don't enjoy sleeping in public. I just did it because of the Benadryl.
The Benadryl strikes again. You want to talk about the big achievement yesterday? Go ahead. Well, the big achievement yesterday was that the trees that we purchased a couple of weeks ago are finally in the ground. Yes, they are. Which I'm very excited about. Have been dug. Yep. Trees have been planted. Dirt is on top of them. That's right.
They have been watered. So that's a little bit nervous. What are you nervous about?
I just don't want them to die. So here's what I have found because I've been doing some planting of tree research this morning. Okay. We did good on making sure we got them planted right. Like they're good. The depth is right.
The size of the diameter of the hole was twice the size of the pot they were in. Like all of the things we were supposed to do is good. Great. We did not backfill with the same soil that was removed. I put in new soil. And I don't know that that's necessarily a bad thing. It just says backfill with the same soil that was removed, breaking up dirt, clods, and then tamping down to remove air pockets.
That's, I don't think that's a deal breaker. I put in better soil. Like I put in good soil. So I'm happy with my decision to do that. Okay. Yeah. Cause our soil is not so great. Yeah. We put actual good soil to establish, which I think is going to be great.
Okay. Water thoroughly immediately after planting to settle the soil. We've given a lot of water.
Which is good. And then I was thinking too much water. You have to, well, because the water gets absorbed into the dirt. Yeah. Right. Like all of that water is now in the soil around the hole and where the, where the roots are trying to get established. So that's good.
Cause that's where the water needs to be is down at the roots. So that's why we want to give them a good start. Right.
And now I have to water thoroughly, which I did immediately after planning to help settle the soil, but I have to keep new trees watered frequently daily for the first week or two. Oh. Yeah.
Okay. Especially in the summer, because we don't want that those roots need to get water and establish and do their thing. So I got to keep watering that area every day for the next couple of weeks. And then, you know, the, the staking that I did on the bigger one, that should be in place for at least the first year, which I had planned on leaving. They're just new baby trees.
That's right. New babies. They're, they're big.
We bought big trees. They're so cute though. I love them. I just want, I want more now. You want more trees.
Don't you want more? Because when we, before I planted it, we had in a different position in the yard and you were kind of like, I like the tree there. Is that why I just like that tree. So I want a bunch of them everywhere.
I get you. The trees are expensive. That's true. But they're so pretty. Every time I see somebody chopping down a tree, I go, why?
I know. Well, if it has a disease or it's becoming a hazard, or if it's, if it's died, like I drive around and I see dead trees, I'm like, somebody needs to do something with that tree. Well, the dead trees can go for sure. But we just had a neighbor that chopped down a tree and I was like, why? That tree was fine. Is that the one you were telling me they were trimming?
No, that was a different one. Who cut down a tree? The neighbor on the corner.
Put them on blast. The neighbor on the corner. There's a neighbor around the corner who has a beautiful weeping willow. And I, we don't have space for a weeping willow, but that is one of my favorite trees.
And he was trimming his weeping willow. What you do? Why? You got to give it a haircut.
I don't know. I just wouldn't ever because it's so pretty. It's important. I know it is. Because that's how disease and stuff can get into your trees.
You got to keep them trimmed up. We had a neighbor across the street a couple of years ago, some brand new neighbors. First thing they did, they bought the house, chopped down the lilac bush. And I went, why? Cutting down the trees.
I think they cut that down because they didn't want it. No, I know. I know. It just makes me sad. And also it was their house. So I get fully aware.
I just always get sad. It was super ornamental on the side of the house. It looked, it looked nice without it.
It just looked like there's the side of your house. Okay. You know, that happens, but good job, Josh. Good job planting those trees.
Yeah. And now I need to get some mulch, which will help keep the soil moist longer. But I need, I need mulch all over the place. I need like, we got to wait till mulch week. Well, that's, that's not the same mulch.
So the problem is I need to get my hands on the good stuff. Okay. It's not a problem.
It just means I got to get my hands on some good stuff. We did also take out the pond. Oh, the pond is finally out. It's been a. Yes. Bane in our side, a thorn in our side. Yes. The thorn in our side, the bane of our existence. For a long couple of years.
Yeah. Because we decided at one point we wanted to have a nice water feature. I had a waterfall going.
It was, it was cool for like one year. And then it was a lot to maintain and you can't use chemicals because we have dogs. The dog was drinking out of it. So I couldn't, it got all algae and gross.
The pump stopped working and it was expensive to fix. Yep. It just became, and it was gross. Ooh, the smell from that pond.
Totally bananas. I'm glad that's out. So the pond is out. High five to our tractor driver.
Shout out to Brett. Yeah. We got that taken care of. That's nice. And now I've got all the dirt that came out of the tree holes is now filled in where the pond was. So I just got to like let that level out now too. And now I can scrape everything forward.
I can get, I finally get some progress going. Look at us. Big, beautiful backyard. Beautiful. Big, beautiful backyard beautification. Bonanza.
Step three, step seven hundred. I don't even know. There's so much going on every day. There's something new. I know, but the trees are in the ground and I feel good about that. Me too. Mulch.
Time for mulch and water and lumber and trip systems and planting the food and greenhouse and sheds, baby steps, baby steps, more berries. Would you rather this or that would you rather have Yoda or Obi-Wan Kenobi as your Jedi instructor? All right. This is because today is May the fourth. This is important.
Would I rather have Yoda or Obi-Wan as my Jedi master? Yep. You wrote instructor, which is an interesting word. Yes. Yes. Instructor Jedi master.
Would I rather have Yoda or Obi-Wan Kenobi as my Jedi master? Instructor. Yeah. Yes.
Instructor. Don't be such a nerd. Don't be such a Star Wars nerd. Easy there. Boops and swoops. What?
Yeah. Walking around parks, listening for boops and swoops. Settle down with your nerd. I'm picking.
I'm going to pick Obi-Wan. Are you really? Yeah.
Why? I think he's a great teacher. I think that's in his nature to do that. I feel like he's patient. I was just going to say that I feel like he's more patient than Yoda.
But I also don't have to carry him around like a backpack. But also isn't Yoda like the master master? He's one of. Obi-Wan's Jedi master as well. No, I know.
But didn't Yoda teach Obi-Wan how to be a Jedi? Listen, my nerd, I'm only run so deep. Okay. I don't know the answer to that. This is not the answer you're looking for.
Sure thing. Look, Obi-Wan has definitely. Tried his best to teach some Jedi that didn't want to hear the message. So there's also that. But I'm sure in all of Yoda's time, he did also have some students that sort of failed him. They were supposed to be the chosen one. You know what I mean?
Who? Did you and McGregor play Obi-Wan and those for early ones? And then who played him in the other ones? Not you and McGregor. He, those were early.
Okay. What is long? He had the long. Jedi. Rat tail. Jedi braid. Very, very cool to have a Jedi braid. Shows discipline. No. Your ability to not fully commit to cutting your hair.
You can have a nice haircut everywhere. Well, but we did Obi-Wan Dian. Spoiler alert. Empire. Who are you picking? I don't know.
It doesn't. I think I'm going to pick. I'm going to pick Obi-Wan because I don't want to be hit by a stick. I feel like you get hit by a stick when you don't listen. When you say the wrong answer. Stop it now. Think Yoda's just always hit me with a stick.
Didn't like it. Yeah, I'm picking Obi-Wan. He's more patient. Okay. And he doesn't. Yeah, I won't have to backpack him around. Yeah, I don't. I don't want to have to learn how to be a Jedi while also carrying Yoda.
Through my back flips. Plus, I feel like Yoda's super judgmental. Like the whole time you're doing stuff, he's like. Yeah, exactly. I don't need that the whole time. Do it another way.
Yeah, I agree. I'm going Obi-Wan. I'm going Ratel Obi.
Would you rather this or that? We've gone the whole show without talking about it, but today is May the fourth. It is Star Wars Day. Yeah, officially. It's May the fourth be with you.
And then tomorrow is Cinco de Mayo and then it's Revenge of the Sixth, which is another chance. If you're not a big light side, you're more of a life on the dark side kind of person. Yeah, that's me. Then the, oh, is it? Yeah. Yeah.
Life in danger. Okay. Sure thing, pal.
Living on the dark side. Okay. If that's more your speed, well then by golly, the sixth is your day, Revenge of the Sixth. So today is for the light-sided people? I think today is officially Star Wars Day, but then a bunch of people were like, we could squeeze out a little bit more. You want to have a little bit more?
Let's have a little bit more. We just need one Star Wars Day. We don't need two Star Wars days.
You think? There was one day I remember, because you have a Boba Fett helmet. That's right. Our son had a Darth Vader helmet. That's right. And he also had a Stormtrooper helmet. That's right. And we one day- And Emery put her hair in Leia buns.
Yeah. She was just little, but we put on our helmets and we just drove through town. With the windows rolled down and we were blaring Star Wars music and waving at people like we were something fancy. It was fun.
It was fun. So happy Star Wars Day. You want to talk more about the things you know about Star Wars? What do you want to talk about?
What do you want me to talk about? I don't even know. Tatooine?
Sure. What do you know about Tatooine? It's a desert habitat. You think? That's where Luke lives with his aunt and uncle.
Okay. What's his uncle's name? Fred. That's it. That's him.
That's right. How many moons does Tatooine have? Six. Okay.
All right. Is that right? No. Nine. That's it.
12. That's right. Yes.
Nine, 12. That's right. Okay. Next question. Do you know that it is there like you can go to Tunisia and you is that where that is? Yeah. And that's where you can go see the filming locations for Tatooine.
I did not know that. If you want, we could go do a tour. Here's I have seen all of the Star Wars movies. I really have a couple of different times.
I just don't retain the information about what's happened in them. Who's Grogu? He is Baby Yoda.
That's right. Do you like him? Yeah, he's cute. Okay.
He's cute. Next question. Okay. These are easy.
All right. What are the little furry guys who live in the trees? What are they called? Those are called Ewoks.
That's right. What do you know about them? They are fighters. True. True. That is true. What else do you know about them?
They were created by Jim Henson. Maybe. I don't. I think so, right? I don't know. I don't know.
I think that's true. What else are you supposed to know about them? I don't know. Where did they come from? From the Star Wars universe. Yeah, but where did they come from? George Lucas created the Ewoks.
Like what? Where did they live? What's their planet?
No cheating. I don't know. I don't know. Well, they live on a moon that happens to be foresty.
Okay. And it is the moon of Endor. Yep.
The moon of Endor. Yep. Yep. I was going to say that. That's right.
And in that particular sequence where the Ewoks are at, the stormtroopers there, they ride something. What is it? I could tell you what it looks like. What does it look like? Well, it's long and it's open. It's long and it's open.
Okay. It's those long ones. I... How do they ride it? Like they're just sitting in it, one person, and it's just sitting in it. And it's really long and it flies.
Okay. What does it look like? Through the trees. I don't know, Josh. Does it look like any other vehicle you might have seen before?
No. It does. What's it supposed to look like? Does it look kind of like a motorcycle? Yeah, kind of. Kind of? Yeah. But it hovers? Yep.
Do you know what they're called? Nope. Okay. If you had to guess. I don't know, Josh.
I don't know. What's it called? A speeder bike.
Right. It's a speeder. Speed racer. A speed... No, that's different. That's entirely different.
Christina Ricci was in that movie though. So I'll give you a point. Okay. Okay. Well, this has been fun.
This has been fun. I certainly know a lot about Star Wars. What's the most disliked character you would think? Jar Jar Bean.
That's it. You know everything about Star Wars. If you know that, you know everything. I know enough to get by. I could absolutely fake my way through a show. I could be a trivia. Could you? Clearly. It didn't sound convincing just then.
When you were faking your way through a trivia. All right, let's wrap up the show. Happy Star Wars Day. May the fourth be with you. Happy Monday.
And we'll see you back here tomorrow on Cinco de Mayo. Woohoo. Yeah. All right, have a good day. Goodbye.
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