Yeah. Yeah. It's crazy. But, it's fun. And then we had sports this weekend, found out Henry definitely has jacked up his shoulder to a point where we're gonna have to do some serious, evaluation on how to move forward, which stinks for him, but, you know, part

of it. He handling it?

I don't think he's gonna have to have surgery, so that's a huge plus. But, yeah, he's I think we just need a plan. Like, it's just like with anything else. We really Oh, yeah. We just need a plan. So that's where we are with him. Yeah. So we're just kind of all over the place. Yeah. All over the place. But, yeah, I'm excited for like, you were talking about Thanksgiving. Like, I'm excited for some downtime Yeah.

Where we don't

or we're not blowing and going so much. Yeah. It's nice. Yeah. Fall baseball is over. Football, he has, one more game after this week, and then, then it's just he'll try out for the basketball team. There's a bunch of dudes trying out, so

I'm not sure how to go. Grade basketball? Eighth. Eighth. Did he play seventh?

He did. He did. It's definitely not his sport.

Right.

Like, he works really hard at other at football and baseball. Yeah. I don't know the last time he picked up a basketball. Okay. So, that goes a

team, b team kind of deal?

Okay. Yeah.

So a lot of people can make it.

Yeah. Yeah. So we'll see how that goes. Yeah. Yeah. I just feel like Does

he get nervous for trying out? Uh-huh. For, like, middle school tryouts are probably

So it's, like, over the course of a week. So they, like, go like, they had for, like, an hour and a half, three nights one week, and then they'll tell them. So it's not, like, just one,

you know One big day. They Sounds like, like, cheer tryouts or, like,

show me a performance and people you know? Right. But yeah. So it's like, well, I mean, this is how this is how it is Yeah. You know? Yeah. To see you know, it's you know, it's just the way it is the older they get. Right. Yep. You don't make everything. You don't you know? It's not No. There's no no more daddy ball and

I know. That's kinda nice. But it is. And that's the right age to be doing it.

For the foxy. Yes.

It is.

Yes. It's very nice. Yeah. I mean, now listen. There's challenges everywhere. Yeah. Challenges everywhere. Right. But it's nice to not have to worry about politics coming into play, which there probably is some. Like, there are some super involved parents that I think have the ears of the coaches or whatever.

Or, like, donate or something. Whatever.

I'm like, I don't I that's not really my game. No. So anyway. Mhmm.

Well, that's exciting.

Yes. Very exciting. Okay. When are you gonna put up your Christmas decorations?

I do the day after Thanksgiving.

Okay. Mhmm. Same. Yeah. I'm re you know what Hattie did, little bitch? Got hers out. She did?

Yeah. Like, for her because she has her own little tree. Right?

She has her own little tree and, like, she has a sack full of decorations. So last year after Christmas, I decided that I have so much open storage space in inside my house. Like, there's no reason for me to pack all this shit up and put in the attic. Yeah. Like, if there's open drawers and cabinets and shelves where I can put this stash this Christmas stuff in closets and stuff, like, why do why would I not do that? So I just her tree basically stays decorated and lives on the top shelf in her closet, and then there's a bag of decorations that she has. So the other night, I walk in, and she's blaring Christmas music.

Oh, Hattie.

And she has all of her decorations out. And I walk in, and I'm like, what are you doing? And she's like, I knew you were not gonna like this. I was like, you realize this goes against everything, I believe. And she was like, and that's why I did it. I was like, you. So anyway, I've she's like, are you gonna let me keep it? I'm like, yes. I'm gonna let you keep

it out. Is it just her room or It's

just her room.

Aw. Yeah. So she's ready.

Oh, she's ready.

Oh, okay.

But this was before Halloween. I'm like, it's not even Halloween

yet. Yeah.

But my kids have gotten to the age where they, like, they love this time of year. Like, they love being off of school. They love to look forward to stuff. They love the parties. They love all the things. Yeah. It's fun. Yeah. I And I love this time of year too.

I do too. I do. It's great. It's been oh my gosh. I wish that we could have this weather the whole time. We are getting some really great weather right now here in Dallas.

So nice.

So nice. I when it gets frigid, I'm I don't like being too

cold. I don't either.

I

would much rather be I would much rather it be a hundred and five than Same. Thirty five. Same. I don't handle it well.

Yeah. But, yeah, I'm I'm the day after Thanksgiving. I do feel like I want I don't want Thanksgiving to be completely overshadowed. Yeah. But the day after Thanksgiving, that's, you know, that's our go to.

But when I will say I will I will waiver on this if we're not hosting Thanksgiving.

Mhmm.

So I think this year, like, our Christmas lights outside are getting put up. And I think they did it last year. We just didn't turn them on. Yeah. That's a good idea. In if I look at the calendar and, like, it makes sense for me to decorate the week before Thanksgiving, I Chris inside, I might do it just because we're not hosting Thanksgiving. Right. I was just felt weird if we hosted Thanksgiving, and then I had my Christmas decorations up. It just made me feel weird.

Yeah. I remember you saying that.

Yeah. And so we are not hosting this year, so I might just bring this

to you. You could just kinda ease into it, but you won't. You'll do it all in one day.

I'm too sure if you're familiar with me. There's not a lot of easing going on over here, Julie.

It's hard stop. Stop on easing. Hard stop hard hard start start. I can't say. Yeah. Hard start hard stop. Yes. When it comes to holidays.

Yeah. For

but PSA And that

shit will be completely down by twenty twenty six.

Which is that I definitely I'm a Through New

Year's. Yes. And I there's nothing wrong with that either. I just am like here over it. Yeah. Check it off the list.

PSA though, if you have a husband that does your Christmas lights and maybe needs, like, a while to get him to do it Mhmm. It's the beginning of November, so start asking. It's the time. And then you can have them done by Thanksgiving if you're anything like my house. It's like put it on the list, like, casually nudge, like and then we finally get it out, like, start doing it. Oh, no. They don't work. The lights don't work. There's one that doesn't work, so then the whole strand doesn't work. So now I gotta run to Home Depot, so then it's a whole another week, and then just start to start now.

December twenty second? Exactly. So if you're listening or watching and someone in your life needs a little nudge, send them to the mom game. Let Julie tell them that shit's not gonna work out that way. Nope. You need to jump on it early.

Jump on it early. Start nudging. Start nudging.

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You wanna start? I have four things on here. Mhmm. Cowboys, World series, Mavs Stars. I didn't put college football on. We need to talk about college football because let's just start there. College college game day is going to Lubbock.

Oh, yeah. I think they did see that.

Yep. B

Y E E E. Go be the you should go, like, see if you could do one day of interviewing fans interviewing fans and stuff.

Yeah. Because we're, like, bringing one day of contact. That I should be the guest picker, the celebrity guest picker.

Oh, yes. You could be the celebrity guest picker. It was

very it was a tight race between me and Patrick Mahomes, and they selected Patrick Mahomes. I understood. They said next time, it would definitely be me. Yeah.

Just be on just be on call.

Yeah. Be in Montana in case something happens. Right. But, yeah, I'm super stoked. So it's, BYU top ten matchup. It's the biggest game at in Lubbock or Fortecc period, and I would say over fifteen years, maybe even closer to twenty. Students are already camping out. They were camping out on Monday. They're skipping class? They well, they do they've got it figured out. They do, like, shifts. They set up tents and all that kind of stuff to make sure that they can get in the stadium. It's gonna be bananas. I'm so excited. I'm so scared. Like, this is the best team we've had in so very long, and I'm just I like like, my friend interesting feeling. Right? Yeah. My friends that that, you know, went to other schools, most of them TCU, are, like, you know, rooting for the, Red Raiders or they're giving me shit or whatever. And I'm like, it's just I can't even be it's it's like the Rangers in the World Series. Like, you just or when they were in the playoffs in twenty three, like, I'm like, I just don't really wanna talk a lot about it. Like, I'm just nervous. I'm scared. Just hold me. Like, just keep winning, please. And they had that, obviously, that that slip up at Arizona State when, oh, what's his head? That stud quarterback, dual threat came back. Why can't I think of his name?

Yeah. I don't know his name.

Oh my gosh. He's really, really good, and he's dual threat. Whatever. Anyway, they had that slip up, and then they bounced back nicely. And everything's right in front of them that they've but that this is they've gotta win this game if they wanna even think about the playoffs. So thankful it's in Lubbock. It's an eleven AM.

No. No. For Arizona State? Yep. He's their quarterback that just won AP player of the week.

Because one before

that, Sam Levitt?

Sam Levitt. K. So Sam Levitt was hurt, then he came back, then he got hurt again. Got it. And he he just we didn't handle it well. Anyway, super excited for Lubbock, for Texas Tech, for Joey McGuire, for that program, for the fan like, just for game zone. The mom game zone Joy Maguire. Yes. So, yeah, it's it should be fun. I intend to watch every single snap.

What time is that one?

It's an eleven.

Okay.

So I'm super, super stoked for that game. Yeah.

It should be A and M this Saturday too No. At Mizzou.

It is at Mizzou? Yep. Wait. They've lost one, Mizzou?

We've lost two because we lost to Vandy last week, which was our, like, big game Yeah. That a lot of people were talking about because it was two top ten or top fifteen, teams. Yeah. And that one was a really close tough loss. But, yeah, Mizzou's playing A and M. I'm excited for that. I'm just so excited that we play these teams again because we didn't for so long. And, like, my brother is in Aggie. My parent my stepdad's in Aggie. My cousins are Aggies. And Right. So we obviously aren't going this time, but I wanna go Yeah. To some of those games. And then next weekend or the twenty second, that's when they're supposed to play OU, and we are trying to go to that one in Norman. I've gotta go to that one. Yeah. Yeah. We're we're, like, currently trying to secure tickets, and bring the kids. So, yeah, that's, I guess, my college football world.

Yeah. For sure. Because that one's kinda been good matchups. I mean, it's been a fun college football season. Yeah. Like, I feel like Ohio State I was like, SMU knocked off Miami. Like, it's just been a crazy college football season. I think Ohio State's probably, like, the team Mhmm. If if I were

guessing. Like last year.

Yeah. Yeah. But, you know, they they've got some plenty of other contenders that are gonna be in the mix, which we've done. And then the the by the time this comes out, the, like, whatever, the CFP Yeah. The rankings come out, Tuesday night. So that'll be interesting to see what they're

gonna have. Ohio State's number one, and then A and M is number three

right now.

Alabama number four. Is legit. They're legit. And I know Aggies fans are all just holding their breath just like you are. Right? It's like

I'm sure.

This can't be real.

Yeah. This can't be happening. Yep. Yeah. Number nine, girl. Okay. Cowboys played on Monday Night Football.

Yes.

They looked awful.

They did look awful.

Absolutely terrible.

Kind of like everyone expected. So funny because they were on the Monday night game, of course, so there's so much, like, pomp and circumstance surrounding it

and Yeah.

The whole pregame show where they have to kinda talk about the cowboys for at least half of it because you're there.

Yeah.

Jerry Jones went on there.

So did you help Jason? Jason. I mean, did you hear, Jerry Jones on with, Steven Acevedo? Heard some of it. Yeah. So I'm here to to issue a public apology to you and every other cowboy fan that I insulted last week by saying Jerry Jones really wanted to win football games. Yeah.

Because it's He's not even hiding it.

But I I will stand by my assessment that he is absolutely delusional.

I think everyone agrees with that.

That he he thinks in some twisted way that he is doing that, that he's trying to win football games. Yeah. Like, he thinks that in his mind. Like, I think he he has convinced himself of that. But if you look at the evidence, and then you listen to the words that come out of his mouth, you're like I don't know. I just I I thought he was ultra competitive and wanted to win at all cost, and I learned that he is, and that's true. But he it's not in football. Right. It's in his bank account. Money. Yeah. Yep. And that's gross.

And his team's still making money. So, you know Right. That's why he can just kinda be like, well, even if we lose

I know.

We're still making money.

That goes against every like, the vast majority of people have been around in my sports

career. That's why people are so frustrated with him. It's like

And then also too so follow my thinking here, is that he is so, you know, wanting to be the big dog that that he would want to that that that winning would be the most important thing.

Mhmm.

But but I'm thinking winning football and his version of winning is Managely. The most money.

Mhmm. And also still, like, he's kinda famous or or whatever.

I heard oh my god. He's so everywhere. Right?

Like, Kelly and I were talking about last night. He's on the pregame show. He's everywhere. He's the first one that gets gives sound in the locker room after a loss. And I know it's always been that way, and there's, like, five hundred cameras. You get, like, a little shot of Jerry Jones' nose, and you can't understand anything that he's saying. It doesn't even make sense. You can tell he's like gosh. But I'm like, we all still, like, fiend over getting this sound as reporters. I say we because I used to do it back in the day. You know, you close your eyes and you stick your big stick in there, and you're like, I just gotta get something from my station or whatever. I didn't

know where you were going there with

the big stick. Stick.

We're sticking it in there. Ma'am, Julie.

No. That's the male reporters. Yeah. And they're like they're in there just getting in there as much as they can with their big stick.

Yeah. It's it's real sad. It really does make me sad because I really did wanna and I and so here's the deal. I'm still I'm even with all the shit that's gone on

Yeah.

I'm still I still root for this team.

Yeah. A lot of people do.

I still want them to win. When you live there, it's

like, well, come on. Like, what are we supposed to do?

I know. And it's I grew up watching them with my dad, but my sister and I like, that was, like, our some of our best memories were, like, watching cowboys football with my dad. And I just want so bad for them to be trying hard. I know. And it's not a reflection on the players or the coaches. It's just Jerry makes it so hard. Yeah. He makes it so hard because he seems so out of touch, and then you say shit like, I'm you know, whenever they're you know, nobody's talking about us, I gotta stir it up, and I stir up the controversy. And it's like, gross.

No. That's what he does. Well, then last night, he was on the pregame show, and he's like, I'm working on a big trade or whatever. So that quote came

out. Morning.

Was it a big trade? Was it anything? I didn't even see what it was.

Some dude from the Bengals.

And

he's like, you know? I can't remember.

Yeah. Whatever But, yeah,

he's trying to worse defense than Dallas. Right. This he's from there. He's their best player or parent or leading tackler. I don't know. It's linebacker.

Logan Wilson.

There you go. Bengals?

Yes. Okay. With the Bengals.

Yeah. So anyway more than that. Public apology to Julie and all the other Cowboys fans out there for

Yes. And the reason it was, like, so glaring was because of the quote about, like

Oh, which by the way, we shot that episode last week, and the very next day, he goes with the the very next day Yes. He does that interview with The Wall Street Journal. He's like, that's why I'm talking to you and not trying to fix this cowboy's defense. And I was like, well, this didn't age well, Jerry.

Thanks a lot. Thanks, Jerry. You couldn't even let Emily's teammate live on for one day.

I know. You couldn't even let me have a shot at having any sort of legitimate chance at having any sort of footing in

the city. I appreciate you taking me out and admitting.

I did.

Because you because you, as a fan, you wanna believe

that it airs.

Like, I get it. I know. But he he did reference that last night too on the ESPN pregame show. He was like, he referenced that quote. He was like, I know a lot of people are mad at me for saying that, but I do care about this cowboys defense, and I do have a big trade coming tomorrow. You know? He's like, oh, shit. I did it again. Yeah. I shouldn't I shouldn't just talk out of my ass. Yeah. Like, I'll never learn.

I know. But to say, like, you'll do anything to stay I heard the quote from the Stephen a Smith show, revelant. Not even relevant. He's trying to stay revelant.

Yeah. He is. Like Revelant. He needs to go to A and M and hang out with Revali. I know. But not.

That's the first thing I thought of.

I know.

It's like, is there an A and M connection

Yeah. Yeah. So, anyway I know.

It's like, is there an A and M connection

here? Yeah. Yeah. So, anyway

I'm I'm sorry to all Cowboys fans out there. Just just in general, it just it sucks to be us is all I'm gonna say. Mhmm. It sucks to be us.

Just the best thing I ever did was I didn't I took my heart back. I didn't let them control

it anymore. They don't have It was a while ago. I'm not as invested as I used to be. Yeah. But I'm still invested.

Yeah. I'm not. And I'd

like like, some of those guys seem so likable. Like, I like like like Dax seems so likable. Great.

Did you see him praying before the game? It was like lamb. Twelfth anniversary of his mom passing. He's just a good dude. Yeah. And to that point, I had in here did you see what Cam Newton said? He, like, made a public announcement to Jerry Jones. You said, Jerry Jones, you at eighty three. Dak at thirty two. You better not make a mistake. Like, I think he was thinking about this trade or, like, this this season. Like, you're eighty three years old. Like, you're you've got Dak Prescott in his prime playing arguably better than he has in a long time. I don't know about ever. But and you're just kinda, like, letting it waste away, and that's sad because because Dak could lead a team to the super I think he could lead a team to the Super Bowl. Like, he Hundred percent. But you you don't have the team around him, especially the defense around him to get there, which is

kinda sad. Offense has had a rough couple weeks. But Yeah. After my all twenty twos film study

Mhmm.

I What's

your take?

Struggled.

Uh-huh.

The defense also struggled.

And Everybody struggled. It was a struggle bus.

Equal struggle. Had a touchdown. That was cool.

Did you see Des Brant getting a haircut at the game in his his suite? What? Des Bryant. That's right. I was taking, like, random notes. Des Bryant all these people, like, come loiter around the Cowboys to stay relevant. Yeah. You know, Des Bryant's definitely one of them who wants to be relevant. And he had his, I guess, his barbers come, and they he's just sitting there watching the game getting a haircut in his suite. Okay. I he's still someone I think would be a great guest for us.

I do too.

I think he'd do it.

Didn't he hit on you or something?

No. That was Tara Lewins. K. Definitely. He was playing in the celebrity pickleball championship tomorrow night at Brookhaven, I saw.

Okay.

I know. But some of my girlfriends and I are going to not the celebrity game, but we're going out to the pickleball tournament. They're like, oh, we should go watch this. I was like, no.

Do you think they'll remember you?

Probably not. He's probably hit on so many young, blonde, white reporter people, honestly. Woah. Okay. Truthful. Saying. Julie. What? Yeah.

I think

probably hits on everybody.

That's enough. Well, no. What? Maybe you're just special. I'm not special. Maybe you are special. You're special. Not special. You're special to me. Oh, thank you, Glenn. Glenn, the voice of God in our air, said you're special.

My mom says I'm special.

You are special. Okay. Do we wanna hit on Mavs and Stars at all?

They're they're The only, like, Stars Are they middling? Worthy news. They are middling a bit. They still have a pretty decent record. Yeah. They've lost a little bit more as of late, so it might feel like they're slipping a little bit. I think they lost this week, the most recent game that they've played. But the big news for the stars, and this came out during last night's pregame show as well, is the, there's a new stadium series game at AT and T Stadium in twenty twenty six. Didn't you go to the

one at the Cotton Bowl and wasn't it amazing?

It was so amazing. Yeah. That was the New Year's Day one, the winter classic.

Yeah.

I mean, Kelly was coaching then, so, like, he we he was working. Yeah. And I think I was not working, so I just got to, like, take the kids and and hang out. It was one of our best sports memories. Oh, that's cool. Be so fun. And, you know, to Jerry's credit, like, he gets all this shit in there. There's a bunch you

know, so much Surely they're gonna, like, open the roof and stuff.

Yeah. You yeah. You would think. And hopefully, we'll have some good weather and all that, but they had Jamie Benn, Tyler Seggin, and I get to that. Yeah. And Wyatt Johnson at the game last night and and celebrated. Jasmine was saying earlier, I didn't notice. I guess they didn't get a very good round of applause from the fans when they introduced the stars players at the Cowboys game. Why? I don't know. I think Cowboys fans just don't care about the stars. I don't know.

I don't know. That's rude.

Ain't that rude? Yeah. Those are That's rude. Those are some great dudes. I was thinking about Jamie and Tyler. It's like, they both left their babies to come here. Yeah. I wonder if they've had a change of heart about doing shit like that. You know, when you have kids and things kinda change, and you're like, I'd rather just, like, stay home with my hot ass wife and baby Yeah. Than like go be like paradeoed around like oh we have the stadium series coming up.

Yeah but when they're that little

and they don't even know if their contracts like like it's twenty twenty six like I think Tyler someone was like oh will Tyler even be playing? It's like so anyway that's just part of being a I'm sure I'm acting like they had to go to war or something. Last night, they went to AT and T Stadium for to watch Monday night football, and Jamie Vinn is a notoriously big like, he's always been a Cowboys fan. Yeah. I'm sure they loved it.

Well, that's rude of Cowboys fans to not give them a good ovation.

I agree. They're very

I mean, they're by far the most consistently good team in our metroplex. Right. I mean, it's not even close. I know.

They deserve better.

Yes. I mean, Rangers fans, listen. Every game at the ballpark that's during the anthem, it's big stars.

Did I tell you I heard that fans are great.

In Lubbock, they did the same thing. They did stars?

Yes. Oh, cool. That's great. Well, that means the stars reaches.

Large. I know. I thought it was really interesting.

Made it to the prairies.

Because I'm so used to hearing it, and then I was like, oh, I'm in Lubbock. Like, what is happening? Oh, I'm in Lubbock. I'm not in I'm not at the ballpark.

And I will say, to touch on the Mavs, I'm glad that there's screaming flag.

Oh, yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

I think that's cool. So they've adopted that from the stars screaming stars. I mean, Cooper Flagg has to think that that's kinda cool.

Yeah. Hopefully, it'll spur him.

I just wanna keep him happy. Can we not ruin him? Like, I mean and I know he's a slow burn a little bit to get going. Yeah. He's twelve. He's twelve years old. Like, he's older, like, he's older than Ryder. I mean, he's younger than Ryder.

I mean, he's yeah.

Same age.

He's very young. They're crazy. It's gonna take a minute. Okay. And then finally, in sports course, I do wanna hit on the world series. Did you watch?

Yeah. I did. I watched James Bevan. Dude. It was so good.

I did not expect that series to be so incredibly captivating, entertaining, even like, it was so good. Right. And it broke my heart for I mean, and I never thought I would say I mean, I don't love either one of those teams, by any stretch. I mean, I'm

loving it. I definitely wanted Toronto, though, for

all of the I was rooting for Toronto simply because, like, I don't like repeat champions unless it's the Rangers.

Mhmm. Like, I

don't want anyone to dominate unless it's the Rangers.

Sense. It gets kinda boring.

And so I was happy for Clayton Kershaw. I was happy for Kirby Yates. Yes.

You

know, a million people. I mean, the it's the Dodgers is Dave Roberts is effing phenomenal. Mhmm. Their manager. It's a it's a first class organization. They do everything. I mean, they do so many things right. Like, you know, I think that a lot of that starts with Dave Roberts. I think Dave Roberts is amazing. But Yamamoto, like, Ohtani was ridiculous. He's a complete aberration. Like, he's insane. Yeah. He's the best player on the planet, maybe the best player ever to play. But what Yamamoto did was unheard of. And the props that he is getting are so well deserved that I'm so glad that he did it on that stage, because he's been I mean, he's been so incredibly solid. And you never know how those things are gonna translate when they come over from Japan. And with him, like, for him to pitch I mean, he pitched, like, a complete game shutout, and then he pitched, you know, six innings. And then he and then the next night,

he goes out to do.

I mean, what do you I mean, he's insane.

Yeah. It's good that he's getting some of that love. Yeah.

And so, anyway, the numbers were out the roof as far as viewership is concerned.

It was great. Like, some were saying, like, the best World Series of all time.

It was really fun.

Needed that,

don't you think? I completely agree.

Baseball needed that. You've gotta draw people you gotta draw, like, kids back in. Like, I know my rider was watching. Like, my mom was into it. Like, people that aren't normally into the World Series or baseball were watching. I know all of Canada was, like, hanging by a thread.

You know, we're just

really looking at all of Japan.

Yeah. Yeah. I think it was a great series for the game of baseball.

Yeah. It was good. It was exciting. It's one of those when you're kinda sad it's over. Yeah. You know? But it's it's always fun that it's on Halloween.

I know. Last night, I was like, what or Sunday night. I was like, there's no there's no baseball. There's no I mean, I guess you could watch Sunday night football, which whatever. But I don't know. It was just I was like, watching playoff baseball, having playoff baseball on almost every night for a month was So fun. Glorious.

Yeah.

And then it's just like it goes away.

And then it's

say bye.

But time flies, it'll be back soon.

It does. I feel like, oh, and also too, like, the Rangers coaching staff continues to take Yeah. Forms. So first, Bobby Wilson, the catching coordinator, left, and then Mike Maddox, the pitching coach, which you're I mean How long had he been here? Well, so he was here in one stint with Wash. Uh-huh. And then he left, and then he came back. Okay. So it feels like

a loan.

Let me know when you find a better pitching coach in Major League Baseball. I don't know that it's possible. Yeah.

And then The pitchers had a good season. Right?

Yes.

And it was not

the best.

It was not him wanting to leave? Did you hear I well, I don't know what was happening.

To the Angels.

Okay.

So he had a another He had a good opportunity. Better opportunity that he felt better about. And then Tony Beasley. I'm so sad. Oh, I know. For ten years.

Right. And Is he going somewhere else? Or He

is weighing his options, but that was his decision to not come back.

Oh, okay. Yeah. He's great.

He's fantastic.

With my first pitch. He's one of the bless him. Bless me.

He's one of the nicest humans on the planet.

Mhmm.

Salt of the earth. Just a good, very just an incredible man, has been so incredible to me and to my family.

Yeah.

Henry and Hattie feel like he's theirs.

Yeah. You know,

he's just Well,

and you always do a good job of keeping in touch with people. Oh, yeah. Yeah.

He Like But he called me, I think it was Sunday morning. Mhmm. And I've I was walking to Hattie's volleyball game, and I showed it to Henry, and I was like, I think I know what this is. He was like, is he gonna leave? And I was like, that's probably why he's calling. Aw. So I talked to him after, you know, he was like, I just wanted you to hear from me. And I said, well, I hope you're if you're at peace with it, and if you're happy, I'm happy. So he's it said I'm definitely at peace with it. So wish him obviously nothing but Yeah. The very best. All those guys. I mean, Bobby Wilson's fantastic. Mike Maddox is fantastic. Bees. I mean Quite the turnover. I know. I know. So it's different. I mean, I may be next.

Did you are you gonna get a better opportunity in Anaheim?

Definitely not that. Oh my god. Can you imagine?

What if someone Taking my talents

to Anaheim.

Right? You're gonna work every single game. Oh. They they want someone who will work all the games.

That's a hard pass. I'm so old. There's no way. I couldn't I couldn't physically do it. Oh, no. But, yeah, I have no idea I have no idea what's happening with me. I have had lots of inquiries about lots of changes. What about you? And I'm like

And they just, like, kinda don't

Don't know.

Talk to you till spring.

No. I'll usually hear something November, December. Okay. And then we'll get a gauge for it. But, I mean, who knows? Stay tuned. Stay tuned. Stay tuned.

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We don't do it. We're gonna do it. K. Get out your phone. Oh, so this is the story. The headline is, can TikTok's bird theory predict your relationship is doomed. Here's the skinny. Getting advice from TikTok always dicey, but people are into this. Have you seen the bird theory videos that are all over social media? It's a test that's supposed to show how strong your relationship is. Someone Someone came up with it a few years ago, but it's blowing up now. So Oh, dear. Google says searches okay. Anyway, this is the trend.

If you're searching for how to get a quick divorce, then your relationship might be doomed.

Yes. No. Watch. So all you do so what you're supposed to do Mhmm. You're supposed to show them this is supposed to show how interested your partner is in you. So I think you're supposed to ask them or tell them, like, I just I saw a bird today. But I think what we should do to make this fun for right now is text Kelly.

Oh, okay.

I am going to text Mike Mhmm. And I'm gonna say, I just saw a bird with an exclamation point.

Okay. Okay. Do you want me to do the same thing?

Do the same thing.

I just saw a bird.

Exclamation point. Like, it has to be I just saw I oh, I just

I sent it. I just saw a bird.

How many exclamation points?

He's gonna be like, you're doing something done with it, Molly.

How how many exclamation points did you do? Just one. Just oh, I did three.

Well, then he no. He's gonna know something's off. When have you ever texted him three exclamation points?

All the time?

No. You don't. No. Never.

Okay. So we're gonna do it. Okay. What about do you have a text string, like, a a fun text string group, like, a group of moms? Yeah. Okay. Let's text them too. So I'm gonna text the remedial book club, and I'm just gonna say, I just saw a bird.

Sadly, mine's not anyone that wants talent. Still working on that, but I got my besties from college.

Still working on local friends, Julie.

Yeah. You know, sometimes things just take a turn.

So there's ten girls on this text ring. So I I'm in I'm expecting, like, pure comedy to ensue here.

Okay. I just sent it to my college bestie.

Mike is probably thinking that I mistyped something.

Do we do we do you have, like, a big giant like, like, I have, like, second grade moms.

Okay. Nothing against any of the I delete all those.

Oh, you do. I should do it to, like, the random second grade mom group meeting where, like, I don't really even know everybody.

Have a bunch of numbers in there you don't recognize? Yeah. Okay. So we're gonna come back to this and see what happens. Okay. Okay. So so far, nothing. Crickets on

my end. But we just sent it.

Yeah. We did.

Mhmm. People might be And, like, then you could, like, try your mom. Like, my mom would be like,

oh, sweetie. That's so great. Okay. You wanna do moms? Sure.

Okay. Let's

do moms too. K. Mom. I just saw a bird.

My my mom has this, like, bird thing with me when I was born. There was, like, a bird on the car. Okay.

I got a response for

my leaving the hospital? What do you say?

What? And then I'm gonna say a bird exclamation. I saw it. Oh my gosh. I

love it.

A bird. I saw it. Wait. Let me get a

bit. I just saw a bird. What? I saw it. I'm like, girl, whatever shots you're getting at House of Skin and Health are working. You were excited about seeing a bird.

Oh. I said, I don't know what that means.

He's trying to, like, decide, like, if it's something sexual. I was like, is this a good sign

for me? Should I come home? Alright. I'm leaving the office right now. Hey. Okay. Should I stop right here? Can you think of anything better?

Like,

I just saw a bird. What? A bird, exclamation point. I saw it.

I don't know what that means.

Like, in

the air with, like, three exclamation

points. It was flying.

Yeah. He's gonna think you're on drugs. He's getting

it was flying.

It was flying. It was flying.

One. In the mirror.

Oh, my besties said what kind? What color?

Stop.

They're so nice. With a little eagle.

I can't wait for my bitchy friends to respond because they're gonna be like, shut the fuck up and quit quit polluting the text string with your dumbass observations.

Merry Comfort, I love you. What kind? What color? Stop. It's my college friends. I'm your

friends with a bunch of Julies.

I am.

Y'all are all so happy and nice.

Best. No. There's not. There's ten of us. There's some Emily's in there.

Dude, what such a bitch. You are a bitch.

You're a bitch. I didn't say anything that You're like, led you No. You're one way or the other.

You're a sneaky bitch. You're a sneaky bitch. You're an undercover bitch is what you are. None of my friends are mean. You are an I

mean, they're Emily's like My

friend Jessica texted wow in all caps. My mom just texted question mark.

Aw. Poor Carol. She's gonna be on she's gonna answer her for

a loop. Just give her five minutes. She'll be calling. Is everything okay? Where was the bird?

Like, because you could see a bird, like, in your house and it'd be an event. Right? Like, maybe she's thinking there's a bird in your house.

Oh, it's so funny.

She has bubbles, doesn't she?

Okay. Okay.

She's still texting you. Who? Your mom. No. Carol. I can see her bubbles.

Let me she's trying to figure out. She's probably calling my sister. Is everything okay with Emily?

I just Okay. I've only gotten one friend.

Let's check back in. K. I feel like I'm proud I'm proud of Mike for texting me back.

Oh, my mom said where?

God, you have a we have different kind of friends and family.

My people are like, don't she's fragile. Just go with

it. Yeah. Just entertain her. Oh, yes. Oh, tell us all about the bird. Do you have any pictures? Did you snap a photo?

Yeah. Like, we don't wanna go to

this magical. My mom Me and my friends are like, she's a bitch. Tell her she sucks, and this is a dumb topic

of conversation. Because what would you do if they texted? Oh, it

would be w t f

Right.

And oh, awesome. Way to go. Yeah. Really killing it today.

My mom wrote Bird dork. My mom wrote baby bird. Oh. Oh, my other friend Lauren said, did you take a picture?

Oh my gosh. I love it. This is this is if you have ever wondered about Julie and I's dynamic and how different we are, this should give you a very clear idea of just Mhmm. How different we are. We love each other.

Mhmm.

So We do. Yeah. So if you have friends who are different than you oh, look. What did I tell you? My mom's calling. I answered. So I told you. You did. You did. Hey, mom.

My curiosity is getting the best of My curiosity is getting the best of me.

Okay. I I just was calling to see if you I just wanted to tell you I saw a bird. Honey, that's not unusual. Yeah. I I know, but it was it was flying.

Okay. Are you okay?

I I am. Mom, I'm mom, I'm okay. It's a joke. It's a bit for the mom game. And you just

Hi, Carol.

Julie says hi. Hi, Julie. Okay. She said hi. Okay.

Hey, Annie. I don't remember that.

No. I just told Julie. I said my mom's gonna be worried. She's gonna call within five minutes, and you did.

Is that a new thing to get attention? Or It is.

It's a new thing to get attention. Okay. You It's very rare. It I know. It is.

In all the eleven years I've lived here.

Okay, mom. Well, try it on your friends. I love you.

Okay. I love you too. Bye. Bye. Oh my god.

I told you. Oh my god. I told you she would call. Well, honey She can't help herself.

Well, honey

Well, first of all, she was

That's not very rare. She

the curiosity was too much for her. It was too much.

She had to know what was going on. Can you bring Carol back? She

Yes. I'm not Catholic,

but I used to be. But curiosity is too much for me.

Yeah. I've gotta know.

Oh my god. I've gotta know. That's amazing.

Okay.

Oh my god.

Well, we'll keep everyone updated on this if more responses come in. Okay. Let's see. And we're we're we're good on time. We're good on time.

Alex just ignored me.

Okay. We're good on time?

Yeah.

Okay. Because I have been wanting to go through this. People are sharing the strangest rules that their parents had growing up, and I feel like I love lists like this, and Jasmine does a great job of finding them.

Uh-huh.

Especially the ones that, like, take us back to

Right. Like, things that don't childhood

and how old we are.

Yeah.

Makes me laugh. Okay. Did you have this one? Number one, no turning on the lights during thunderstorms. I don't think we had that one. Yeah. We did.

Really? Yes. Like, you had to sit in the dark when there was a thunderstorm?

I there was I do I don't think this was a regular thing, but I think there were times when, yes, we turned out the lights and, like, we would get flashlights. My dad was a weird storm guy. Like, he wanted to, like, see that shit rolling in. Yeah. We lived in West Texas.

The weird storm people.

Yeah. I mean, it's like, this isn't smart, dad. Like, you realize that we there's there's nothing around us. Like, we are a flat plain for a tornado to just mow its way over us. Yeah. Because we lived in Plainview, but hence the name, Plainview. Right. Like, there's nothing. And, anyway, like, all the houses in Plainview had basements. Like, it was torna it's part of tornado alley. And so I feel like he would always, like, go outside, and we would, like, do weird shit, like, turn off the lights, and I'd have to check real excited. Like I didn't. I was terrified. But did he? And I stayed in the basement. He was always, like,

yeah.

Let's go see this shit roll in. I'm about to He would, like, yell at us. He'd probably outside smoking a Winston and yell yelling in, time to get out of the cover, girls. Like, whatever. But, yeah, that was that was a a thing. I don't know if it was a regular thing in our house, but I do remember something similar to that. Kelly's mom used to get so excited when she'd

be visiting and we'd have thunderstorms. She would she'd be like she'd go sit on the patio. She'd just watch it all. She's like telling people back home, like, oh, we thought a good one. Because then and it makes you realize, like, it's Yeah. Greer Ware doesn't have thunderstorms. Like, our thunderstorms are intense.

I love thunderstorms with no wind. It's Yeah. It's kind of a unicorn. Yeah. But I don't like the wind, but I love thunderstorms. Like, if it's just thundering and lightning and raining bed.

Ugh. I don't like if I'm having

to function.

No. Yeah.

Yeah. Okay. Number two, no wearing clothing with faces on them. No Mickey Mouse shirts, no kitty cat shirts, nothing. So that's I didn't have that one.

I didn't either. And that's like a mom.

And I don't remember that one.

I feel like that's a mom that's trying too hard

to, like, control.

I I feel like I know people who wouldn't that was kind of a thing. Like, more more like not my mom's friends, but my friends. Like, when kids were younger, it was, like, no characters. It was Really? In our Montessori school, we couldn't wear characters, but I feel like there were other parents that wouldn't buy because it's, like, not like, it's cheesy or, like, not cool. I don't know. And some people

worry way too much. It's the first time

I ever heard of it. My kids are wearing a face, I'm, like, excited because that means they're still being a sweet little kid. Like Yeah. You know? People don't even worry so much about what their kids are wearing.

Yeah. Okay. Number three, having to drink a huge glass of milk every morning as a kid because parents believed it would make them grow tall.

That's true. There was

a big milk push back in the day. Dude, so hard. The woman we just talked to on the phone, my mom, would make would I would sit there, like, it would be a standoff. It was dinner, though, I remember. And it would be a standoff. And she's like, you're not getting up till you finish your milk. And I'm like, this is this is ridiculous.

Right.

And then I would I mean, it was and I I think I would, like I am sure as dramatic as I was, like, I would gag and Right. Yeah. And, like, choke it down. I hated the taste of milk.

I didn't drink much milk.

Taste of milk. Yeah. So that was definitely a thing.

And now it's like everyone gets sick from milk. Yes. Like, there's so many

kids intolerance.

Yeah. Including mine and me, I think.

Okay. One drink cup by this kitchen sink. If you're thirsty, use that cup and put it back for the other family members.

Did you have that? I don't think so. I think we were allowed our own cups, but I don't mind that. I hate, like, twenty cups everywhere.

I know. I know when we're bad. I'm a bottled water. I we I shouldn't we drink way too much bottled water. Oh, yeah. Like, I we have our big cups that we'll use and the kids have for school, but, like, if we're just grab and go, it's it's not good.

That's fine.

No stepping on the bath mat with wet feet. What? Yeah. What's this for? It's the point of the bath mat. Right. That's a dumb one. I didn't have that one. Curtains had to be open first thing in the morning so the neighbors wouldn't think we slept slept in. Oh, that's So I will say this is part of my morning ritual Uh-huh. Is opening the curtains, in the kids' room and in our room because it's the only place when you have curtains.

Close them. They're open all day. Night. And you close them at night? Yes. But Is that part of your routine?

It is part of my routine. Laundry dishes, trash beds, blow. Wow. That's the five things I can be done in the morning. Blow the leaves in the on the back and the

I was like, damn, girl. My question Every night?

No. Morning. These are morning chores. Morning. Yeah.

You asked for it.

I told you I got blower's elbow. Leaf blower's elbow. Oh. Because I was whole they were this is when I wasn't playing tennis, and I went to the chiropractor. He's a friend of ours. And he was like, so what are you doing, like, with the are you playing tennis? And I was like, no. Not right now. I haven't played in, you know, over a year. And he's like, what are you what what are you doing? And I was like, well, I mean, I'm I'm blowing every day. He was like, I'm in my car friends, and he was, like, turned. And I was like, it's leaf like, the leaf blower. It's blowing leaves off the patio.

You have to give them more context. You can't just say I'm blowing everything.

I've never seen a dude, like, get so he was like so I was

like he's like, already texted Mike. I'm like, hell yeah, brother.

Way to go. So he now it's like a joke. He's like, I mean, you're the first person I've ever diagnosed with leaf blowers elbow. He's like, well, you need to switch the switch the blower to the other hand. So, yeah, I had leaf blowers elbow. So that's part of my five five daily morning chores.

Do you have that many leaves, or is it like a therapy?

Beds blow. Yeah.

Yeah. I mean, one Yeah. It's therapy or, yeah, you have that many leaves?

One leaf is too many. Oh my gosh. Yeah. It makes me feel so good, though. I get it done. Yeah. Yeah. Whatever it takes. Whatever it takes to make me not crazy. Mhmm. The cur okay. The curtains. We already talked about the curtains. So curtains aren't in there, but it's part of, like, the sweep of the house in the morning after the kids leave, open their curtains. And then Henry's like a vampire and does not want any light anywhere whatsoever. So the moment he gets on, he closes them.

Okay.

Whatevs. Weren't allowed to walk from the bathroom to our bedrooms after a shower and just a towel.

I don't really remember that.

Yeah. I don't either. Had to leave the room to fart, and fart was a cuss word.

I mean

I was raised by a man.

So y'all just could

blow into it? I don't think we so much blowing. I don't think we really let it rip very often, but I feel like fart was kind of frowned upon.

Oh, I still frown upon it majorly. I hate when my kids are talking about farts and poops and

But not a bad word.

I mean, I don't love it because if it becomes normalized, like, these poor teachers. So Yeah. Right? When I when I volunteered, like, a month or so ago, one of the boys in Ryder's class was like, he farts all the time, about Ryder to me, like tattling on him. And I was like, what? So we, like, had a big talk about it. And he's like, well, mom, I don't know what to do. Like, what am I supposed to do? Ask him about that. The teachers that are all having to sit there and, like, teach through farts.

But here's the deal. If if you've gotta fart, you've gotta fart. You there's only so much you can hold.

Well, and I've heard that this generation of kids just does. Like, they just fart. Like, even the girls.

Yeah. It's I don't that's not a huge player in our house as far as the girls are concerned.

I hope they still keep it private.

Do you remember the first time you farted around Kelly?

No. But I remember the first time I farted around my best friend, Jesse.

Oh, really?

Her dad came in and scared us.

And you farted.

And she, like, lost it. She's like, because I've never been a I I say that I don't.

Like, I

I did say that I didn't back then.

Okay. And then

And so she was like, like You do. Yeah. Yeah.

Well, I mean So I remember

I don't look. I try not to.

Thanksgiving. I think it was Thanksgiving. We were in Graham, and we're a super competitive family just in general.

Mhmm. So

we were the kids were, like, doing jump rope. I'd say that. I I'm a super competitive individual in general. Mhmm. And so they were doing a jump rope, and I was like, step aside. Let me show y'all. I'll do this jump rope thing. So I do it, and I I'm I'm in a groove, and it's just every time I hit the ground. It's I Oh. Mhmm. Oh. And they're all laughing at me, and I'm like, fuck all these other father. I am going to win this. I will bounce.

Where are you farting so much?

I don't know. It's Thanksgiving. You eat a lot of shit. I don't know. Every time you talk. If you think for one second that I'm stopping because I'm absolutely humiliated

dying laughing?

Yes. Oh, god. They still tell the story. My my brother-in-law, Cody, will still bring it up.

Yep.

They're like, oh, yeah. Big time Rangers reporter farts while jump roping at Thanksgiving dinner. I'm like, but who won that shit? I did.

Wasn't it worth

a note

if I did?

But I was not I was not yes. Okay. Yes. I'm not I yes. Absolutely. Absolute it's a natural thing. It happens sometimes. And if it means you have to do that to win your jump rope competition at Thanksgiving dinner, then Hey. So be it. Cheers. Thank you.

Congratulations on the w. Thank you.

Very important. Okay. Wasn't allowed any to watch anything that depicted a dysfunctional family in case they realized it was us. Right. I I don't

That is a weird thing.

Like, if But don't you remember when, like, the first, like

You want your kids to think that your family is great.

Yeah. But not normal. Right. Yeah. My kids know. I mean, like, I ask my kids all the time. I'm like, do you wish do you wish I was normal? And they'll be like, no.

I have to say no. I have to say no.

Yeah. And I was like, I mean, I could if you want I'll tell them this all the time. If you want, I'll just be normal and boring. I'll just be totally normal and just be real flatline, just totally normal, boring, standard, run of the mill, normal mom. Mhmm.

Is that

what is that what you want?

I don't know what they're like what they're supposed to say.

I don't know. Let me know. Let me out. Yeah. Let me out of this. I mean, I think there's times when they wish I was more normal, and I think that there's times when they appreciate

The things you're doing are good things, like keeping the house clean. It's not like you're crazy, like Yeah.

And dressing up as a sexy nurse and picking up my seventh grader from middle school. That's funny.

Yeah. I mean, there's moms that are much worse than us.

Yeah. Oh, okay. Yes. We're again, we're here to make you better

about yourself. To anything. No. We're, like, still good parents, I think.

Yeah. We're trying our best. Yes. We're trying our best.

We are.

Okay. Bring home plastic sandwich bag from the school lunch to be used again the next day. No. Hundred percent. I did. You did.

Yeah. I mean, my mom Which

is now why I throw everything away. I'm like, I'm not saving anything.

Yeah. Yeah. We were, like, my I remember we were thrifty, you know, my whatever. But I remember, like, my mom getting generic, like, brand things, and I was, like, mortified.

Yeah. It's like, oh, I can't believe you got, like, Johnny O's instead of Cheerios. I know. Or whatever they were. Now you know how our kids feel and why they want, you know.

Mine luckily don't care about any of that yet. Oh, they will.

Well, I'm sure Labooboos?

The Labooboos. Yeah. But I just mean, like, brand name Yeah. Like, anything. They don't care.

Well, good congratulations, and godspeed that it continues.

And it turns out Anna, I think, has fake little boo boos, and she doesn't care. So I'm like, okay. Fine. Good. Like, I think the one I got out of the

mailbox was fake. A problem we encounter the older they get.

Yeah. Well, and who are surrounded by, like, if you're in an area where everyone's, like Oh, yeah. And we're in that area, but I'm just, like, no. You're not getting the baseball life ice cream backpack that everybody has. Yep. Like, you don't need that to be cool, and luckily, they aren't asking for any of it Right. Yet.

Yeah. Hopefully, it lasts. Yeah. Godspeed. Okay. Wasn't allowed to invite a friend over for a second time until they invited me over to their house first.

I respect this. Mom kept track of

how many times I invited friends over and demanded they reciprocate before I could invite them again, which I think there's some there I there was some of that with my I don't think it was, like, a spreadsheet where it was, like, keeping track, but it was you would start to notice, like, if and you notice it now. And I feel that way now, like, especially when I was working so much, and traveling so much and working so many nights, there there would be so many times when Hattie would, you know, go spend the night that now that I'm not working so much, I do try to reciprocate and be, like, the one who, you know, oh, the, you know, the girls can spend the night at my house or even though, like, even, like, this week, like, we have a thing coming up for Henry, like, two different things. And, you know, usually, I couldn't do be the one to be like, I'll grab the boys from school. They can come here and shower, and then I'll get them to the Pasco game or do this and do that. Now I can. And so Yeah. I enjoy doing it much more because it's I I feel like everybody else kinda picked me up for the longest time

Yeah. In

that regard. But I see like, so strict, but I do I do see it.

And I see what this kinda means too. Like, you don't if the if it's being reciprocated, like, you feel like the friendship's reciprocated.

Yes.

Like, you don't want your like, in my case, it's my son. Like, he's always begging us to invite people over, but those people aren't necessarily inviting him. But then I also have to remind myself, like, their parents might just be busy. Like, it might not mean anything.

And also too, I feel like it's a lot, if your child is a boy or a girl.

Yeah.

And I feel like because, like, Henry doesn't wanna have sleepovers anymore at all. Like, he wants to hang out Yeah. But he doesn't wanna have he's he's

not interested had one last night. It's, like, big in writers. He

is not interested in having spending people spend the night. He's not interested in spending at other people's house. He wants to be in his bed, in his space, have the ability to go to bed when he wants to go to bed. Meanwhile, Hattie would literally sleep at a different friend's house every night for the next year.

Right.

And she would have zero problem with it.

Yeah.

Or have someone spend the night at our house every night. When did she

start sleepovers. She

started so she actually spent the night I think she was three

Yeah.

With our across the street neighbors.

Have to. Right? Like But

they were, like, they're, like, five years older than her. Yeah. And they were, like, can I think it was during, like, a snowstorm or something? Like, can Hattie spend the night? And we're, like, sure. I mean, we're right across the street. It wasn't but I think probably I mean, they she's still very much into the sleepovers with the girls. Yeah. Very much so. Henry not so

Feel like it. Henry now

is in the hangout stage with with boys and girls, which I love.

Yeah. Like, because I feel like Do the ladies like him?

They I don't know. I don't they I don't I don't know. I think I mean, I think they like, they're not like a big coupled off grade

Yeah.

Or at least his group of friends isn't. But they all they we this year, especially, they've started to, like, hang out more.

Yeah.

Just like

Eighth grade is kinda when the Yeah.

Yeah. Which I love. I had so many good still, some of my dearest friends to this day are dudes. Yeah. And I just feel like it's so important to learn how to

Just be friends.

Be friends with the opposite sex. Yeah. And so I think that that's been fun. Super, super fun. Yeah. But, yeah, he's not into the sleepovers anymore, Hattie. Very much so.

Yeah.

But I think she started doing it on the reg, like, second or third grade.

Okay. Because Anna's in second now, and she's not really like, I'm not initiating it. Yeah. I'm not but I'm thinking it's maybe starting. Yep. So I don't know. Does that mean we have to? No. No. But she's asking for it more.

Yeah. Yeah. I don't think there's anything wrong with it, honestly. Yeah. Only because I did it, honestly.

Just kidding. No. There's nothing wrong with it. It's just, like, more to plan.

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Let's see here.

I've got nothing.

Oh, my friends. My the next one.

Oh my gosh.

Love that for you, Jules, with the kissy face. How did it make you feel? They're fucking with me, but they're all so sweet.

Okay. Good. Yeah. Okay. Okay. That makes me feel better because I thought they were being for real, and I'm like, I need to meet all of these women and go with them. They're the best. They are so nice. They're

so nice.

But also too, they're kinda giving you a jab, which I also appreciate.

That's true. They are. They are. See, that's my friend Taylor who is the one when I was like, some of them are like you. My friend Taylor is like she said this is great cry laugh. Like, she knows.

Yeah.

But they're amazing. Kelly gave it a question mark. Okay. That's all I got.

We got responses.

And then I'll say it was flying.

I'm just gonna say to the remedial book club, you guys y'all all failed except for Jessica.

Lane, what are you doing? Living your lives? Seriously. Not paying attention to Emily's text? Rude. Mhmm.

Okay. This is also a story I've been wanting to get to for a couple weeks. Twenty three percent of men are cool with leaving restrooms without washing their hands. And go ahead and put me in

Not shocking.

Twenty three percent of

the men. I know. That's gross.

If you've stood in you're gross. Good one. Sick burn. If you've stood at a sink in a public bathroom and looked into the mirror, you've probably glared at plenty of people who walk out without washing their hands. So you're judging? You're glaring at people who don't wash their hands, who don't believe that they touched anything gross on their own body, that they can't just walk out of the restroom without pee

and wipe it? Well, yeah, but I didn't touch my But particles. Okay. Well, particles are everywhere. They're a higher percentage of particles where you pee after

you pee. You, and you don't have any proof.

Okay. So all the people that say wash your hands are wrong, all the doctors.

No. I have I have no doubt. Like, it's great if you wanna wash your hands. I will also say I didn't wash my hands hardly at all growing up, and I feel like my pretty my immune system is pretty fucking strong. Good job. Yeah. Thank you.

You're just killing it today.

Shut up. A descending handwashing biatch.

So do your kids? Did you teach them to?

Yeah. I mean, it's we're not we're not living in what they we're they grew up in COVID.

What about if they, like, touch your nose like, their nose and, like, with their snot or, like, boogers, and then they don't wash their hands? Just think about the next place, those boogers.

Think your kids are washing their hands every time they pick their boogers?

Well, no. But if they wash their hands at least after going to the bathroom, it's, like, at least built in a couple times a day.

Yeah. But you know how strong my immune system is because of all the particles that I have absorbed through my nose and mouth and

Good job.

Yeah. Anyway, I just think that, like, there's there's handwashing shame, and I'm I'm here to tell you I am again not your Hilda Diane. Is this? This is. This is it. And legends.

You have hand washing shavers.

But okay. Or or and then there are people that do it, and they'll just do this. And then they're like Better than nothing. Is it?

Yeah. Okay. It is. Not shocking though that a lot of men don't do it. Eighty five percent of women report always washing their hands, so you're in a fifteen percent bracket.

You know what? Those bitches are lying. There's Eighty five get wait. You act like eighty five percent.

Big chore. It just takes two seconds.

It's not. But I'm not interested in all of the stuff. I'm there's certain places where, yes, I will wash my hands. If I'm in a really gross place, which also makes no sense, I will

but, like, if I'm just so interested. You're an interesting specimen.

I know.

Like, the OCD is so real I know. Except for your hands. Just go. Like, the house must be immaculate. Yeah. Like, the hands can be full of shit.

They're not full of anything. Or pee. They're full of immunity boosting particles. Good job. Yeah. Stop saying good job.

Of

you. No. You're not. You're being condescending, and I am not Anna, and I'm not seven or however old she is.

She's seven. She's seven.

I think half of these people are lying.

Maybe they are, but I do see majority of people washing their hands in the bathroom, like public restrooms. Yeah. Well, I don't see many people just,

like, dodge it. So public restrooms, I do. Okay.

Yeah. That's good.

Most of them. Okay. But, like, if there's not paper towels, I'm not interested in your air dryer.

That's true.

The air dryers are annoying. Such a whip because then you know what happens? Then I get impatient, and then I just start wiping shit everywhere.

Just felt like water.

Be good.

And it can't be good.

No. You're right. So, anyway,

I sit on the toilet seat or do you hover?

No. I don't hover.

I don't hover either. That hurts your legs.

But I do make sure that there's nothing that, like, I'll wipe before I sit.

I'll wipe. But and then there's some of the, like, paper things, you know, where you put, like, the little paper shield on the toilet.

Have you ever used one of those and it didn't poke down?

Yeah. And then you just pee on yourself? Sucks. It sucks. Could you not perforate this thing a little bit more? Toilet I paper company?

Yeah. Whatever.

It's not perforated enough.

Yeah. I okay. Listen. If certain bathroom yes. Every time.

Mhmm.

But number one, no. We don't need to do this every time. Your hands are gonna get really dry.

Those are, like, drying up. I don't see them as

much anymore. No. No. No. I'm talking oh, yeah. Those are I'm just talking about in general, washing hands.

Yeah.

If I'm going number two, yes. Okay. Yes. I just acknowledged. I breaking news. I And yoga too.

Jump rope. This is a big day of revelation for Emily. Revelation. Yeah. Jerry Jones did.

Revelation. That's right.

Yeah.

Right. It's revelation. Yeah. Well played. Relevation days. Listen. Yep. I don't hover, and I don't wash unless it's number two or it's a really nasty disgusting bathroom. But then it that kind of even defeats the purpose too. Like, I'm like, just give me the hell out of here, and I've got baby wipes in my car.

Yeah. Good job. I don't know what else to say.

I don't either. I feel like I wanna punch you right now.

I don't know what else to say.

No. Because you're you're judging.

I think so. I'm just like, congratulations. Congratulations. K.

So you wash your hands every time?

Yeah. I do.

You do? Yeah. Like, in here, you wash your hands? Of course. Yeah.

And I mean, it's just not I don't think about it's just part of my routine. Like, it's it's nothing to do.

Just better than everyone who does No.

But, like, my home routine sucks compared to yours. Like, wait.

Wait. No. I'm totally I'm totally getting it. Yeah. Wait. But do you wash your hands at home every time? Yeah. You do? Oh, yeah. Both?

I mean, I buy nice soap. I have nice hand I have nice towels. It's fun. It's a great experience.

So in my gut so this is this is one that if any of my friends are listening to, they will totally know exactly what I'm about where I'm about to go. But in my in my powder bath you've been in my powder bath.

Mhmm. Like You have the individual little towels.

And so my friends now know that you don't put those in

the trash. Mm-mm.

You bring them to the kitchen trash. Yeah. Because we don't want the trash. Right. Because it's trash. It's not really for trash. It's for decoration. It's or in case of emergency.

In case of emergency trash. But I'm sure the kids don't abide by this. And their friends?

No. No. Kids and their friends don't abide by anything. No. But, yeah, like, my girlfriends, like, it's so funny now. Like, they'll walk out and they'll be like, look. Look. I got my Right. I got my towel. I'm putting it in the kitchen.

Like, I've I thought about it at your house, but I think I still put in the trash. Yeah. Uh-huh.

Yeah. Some people just wanna

do it. It's a very nice little bath.

Alright. Bless my heart. Okay. Well, so Where are we? So special. Glenn confirmed. Mhmm. Okay. Anything else we need to talk about?

Covered at all.

We did. I can I just say I love when we have guests, but I do love when it's just the two of us?

Yeah. I I know.

Because we get to just go off on random tangents. Yeah. We are we are on a time crunch.

I have no idea what is gonna happen.

Life is mom games like a box of chocolates.

We never know what you're gonna get. That's right. Okay.

Anything else? What's next week? We have somebody coming in next week, don't we?

We're going back and forth whether that's next week or the week after, honestly.

Okay.

But it's supposed to be scheduled for the week after.

Okay.

But, yeah, next week. It is I it looks like he thinks it's next week, so maybe it is next week. But he's, an Instagram there's people on Instagram that, like, just get super popular from putting their takes out there, and I think this guy's one of them, but it's, like, healthy sports care. Supposed to

be on the eighteenth.

That's what I had too, but he's he's we're messaging right now. And he said, I'm showing one PM eastern on my time. So maybe he doesn't see that I said the eighteenth. So anyway, it'll either be next week or the week after, but he has some really awesome opinions and takes on youth sports and has, like, a giant following on social. So he'll be joining us. Okay. Yeah.

And his name's Jason.

Yes. That's right.

Healthy sports.

Healthy sports parents on the Insta.

Okay. Thanks for being with us and hanging out once again. We will be back next week. Congrats. Cheers. No no fights.

We had no fights. Yay. We did it.

Other than Julie being condescending to me and telling me good job for not washing my hands. Hands.

Yeah. What else to say?

Good job, honey. Way to go. Okay. So we will see you back here from the Coppola Studios next week. And that's

right time.

It is mom game out. Mom game out.