1 00:00:05,921 --> 00:00:25,160 Speaker 1: Apogee Production. Welcome back to another episode of Mama Dad 2 00:00:25,401 --> 00:00:30,441 Speaker 1: Mum podcast. We are at school holidays, School Holidays again. 3 00:00:30,281 --> 00:00:31,641 Speaker 2: School holidays. 4 00:00:32,040 --> 00:00:34,561 Speaker 3: School's out for nearly the summer, but we've got one 5 00:00:34,601 --> 00:00:35,641 Speaker 3: more term to go. 6 00:00:35,721 --> 00:00:38,001 Speaker 1: And so Rach, this is going to blow your mind. 7 00:00:38,120 --> 00:00:44,121 Speaker 1: But this next term, term four, is technically the girls' 8 00:00:44,480 --> 00:00:47,760 Speaker 1: first term of year twelve. I don't know why they. 9 00:00:47,721 --> 00:00:51,361 Speaker 3: Are at maybe because like term four in Lakes and 10 00:00:51,361 --> 00:00:53,640 Speaker 3: then they don't really do the last term do they 11 00:00:53,761 --> 00:00:54,241 Speaker 3: grade twelve? 12 00:00:54,241 --> 00:00:56,561 Speaker 2: They don't do the last term next year. 13 00:00:56,521 --> 00:00:58,761 Speaker 1: So I don't know why you wouldn't just call it 14 00:00:59,161 --> 00:01:01,881 Speaker 1: term four for year eleven and then just year it's 15 00:01:01,921 --> 00:01:02,521 Speaker 1: only three terms? 16 00:01:02,601 --> 00:01:03,241 Speaker 2: Yeah, who cares? 17 00:01:03,561 --> 00:01:08,881 Speaker 1: But also who cares? But yeah, over complicated things again. Yes, 18 00:01:08,921 --> 00:01:11,000 Speaker 1: so that was their last term of year eleven done? 19 00:01:11,161 --> 00:01:14,961 Speaker 3: Yeah, crazy, You've got like they're in their last year 20 00:01:15,000 --> 00:01:15,560 Speaker 3: of school. 21 00:01:15,721 --> 00:01:17,761 Speaker 1: I'm actually so excited about. 22 00:01:17,840 --> 00:01:21,041 Speaker 3: Oh my gosh, you can start counting down the dollars 23 00:01:21,241 --> 00:01:23,761 Speaker 3: and also next year counting up the dollars. 24 00:01:23,881 --> 00:01:28,601 Speaker 1: It'll be driving. So technically one last term of the 25 00:01:28,961 --> 00:01:34,121 Speaker 1: bust a lot anyway, but lifts anywhere. Happy days, my god. 26 00:01:34,241 --> 00:01:36,761 Speaker 2: Oh my gosh, your life is about to change. What's 27 00:01:36,961 --> 00:01:37,481 Speaker 2: you're on? 28 00:01:38,241 --> 00:01:42,080 Speaker 1: Peas picking up drunk parents from places. 29 00:01:41,321 --> 00:01:44,280 Speaker 2: Not are loud? Not allowed? Really? 30 00:01:44,441 --> 00:01:48,160 Speaker 3: Yeah, well, they've got certain times, they've got certain like well, 31 00:01:48,321 --> 00:01:51,241 Speaker 3: pea plates, sorry you said pea plates. Learner's absolutely not 32 00:01:51,361 --> 00:01:54,001 Speaker 3: pea plates. I think it's like play on. But at 33 00:01:54,081 --> 00:01:56,600 Speaker 3: the same time, don't they have on the first early 34 00:01:56,721 --> 00:01:59,481 Speaker 3: pea plates. They've got like times that they have to 35 00:01:59,521 --> 00:02:01,081 Speaker 3: be driving or something like that. 36 00:02:01,161 --> 00:02:03,241 Speaker 1: Yeah, I think it might not be after eleven. 37 00:02:03,801 --> 00:02:05,721 Speaker 2: We'll just get all your drinks in early. Yeah. 38 00:02:05,841 --> 00:02:09,081 Speaker 3: Yeah, it's Katie. Pick her up now, six thirty pm. Yeah, 39 00:02:09,121 --> 00:02:13,441 Speaker 3: she's already done. Cinderella's kind to change into a pumpkin 40 00:02:13,481 --> 00:02:18,321 Speaker 3: if you don't pick her up now. 41 00:02:25,121 --> 00:02:29,601 Speaker 1: Am I bad mum for shutting the purse strings? 42 00:02:30,520 --> 00:02:33,721 Speaker 2: Kind happy about it? I'm alright with this. It's a 43 00:02:33,721 --> 00:02:34,641 Speaker 2: great subject. 44 00:02:34,881 --> 00:02:37,601 Speaker 1: Yeah, so, I know I've spoken a little bit about it. 45 00:02:37,641 --> 00:02:39,521 Speaker 1: But both the girls have jobs at Macas. They've been 46 00:02:39,520 --> 00:02:42,321 Speaker 1: there a year now, wonderful. Yeah, they've stuck at it. 47 00:02:42,441 --> 00:02:43,761 Speaker 2: How much have they saved in a year? 48 00:02:44,841 --> 00:02:45,361 Speaker 1: Yeah? 49 00:02:45,401 --> 00:02:49,321 Speaker 3: So, and that leads me to where I am today, 50 00:02:49,601 --> 00:02:51,441 Speaker 3: of shutting the purse strings. 51 00:02:51,081 --> 00:02:56,041 Speaker 1: So yesterday racis okay? They have got seven concerts coming 52 00:02:56,121 --> 00:02:59,761 Speaker 1: up seven. Oh my gosh, that's a lot of driving 53 00:02:59,800 --> 00:03:02,041 Speaker 1: from you. Well, I probably don't need to do it 54 00:03:02,321 --> 00:03:06,561 Speaker 1: late night because oh next year they next year December 55 00:03:06,641 --> 00:03:10,241 Speaker 1: and then next year they are obsessed with music. 56 00:03:10,561 --> 00:03:13,441 Speaker 2: It's totally okay with that, yeah, apart. 57 00:03:13,201 --> 00:03:18,400 Speaker 1: From the spending money the minute they have it. So yesterday, Rache, 58 00:03:18,481 --> 00:03:21,681 Speaker 1: they say to me, okay, mom, we really want to 59 00:03:21,680 --> 00:03:23,000 Speaker 1: go to lane Way Festival. 60 00:03:23,361 --> 00:03:27,641 Speaker 2: Oh yeah, when's that? I saw that yesterday maybe February. Yeah, 61 00:03:27,680 --> 00:03:29,761 Speaker 2: it's on the Gold Coast. Yeah. I was like, and 62 00:03:29,960 --> 00:03:33,481 Speaker 2: I didn't think it's here, so last night, rage. 63 00:03:35,841 --> 00:03:41,001 Speaker 1: No, they wanted to put money towards the accommodation, yeah, 64 00:03:41,801 --> 00:03:45,521 Speaker 1: so that they can then the minute the dates announced. 65 00:03:45,841 --> 00:03:48,001 Speaker 1: I mean it was quite smart thinking about it. They 66 00:03:48,001 --> 00:03:50,641 Speaker 1: wanted to make sure the accommodation was booked before the 67 00:03:50,681 --> 00:03:53,081 Speaker 1: announcement of what it was. And then obviously everything be 68 00:03:53,161 --> 00:03:54,401 Speaker 1: super expensive around there. 69 00:03:54,521 --> 00:03:54,720 Speaker 2: Yep. 70 00:03:56,041 --> 00:03:59,761 Speaker 1: But Rach, they wanted to pay. It was sixty dollars 71 00:03:59,841 --> 00:04:03,921 Speaker 1: each and then two friends going with them, so two 72 00:04:04,001 --> 00:04:07,681 Speaker 1: hundred and forty dollars. And Jay is reading through where 73 00:04:07,721 --> 00:04:12,881 Speaker 1: this accommodation is. This accommodation is a shared apartment where 74 00:04:12,921 --> 00:04:15,721 Speaker 1: they get the one room. I was like, absolutely not. 75 00:04:15,961 --> 00:04:17,681 Speaker 1: You can't do k is horrible. 76 00:04:17,801 --> 00:04:20,641 Speaker 2: He was sounding horrible there. Oh my gosh, I would 77 00:04:20,801 --> 00:04:22,721 Speaker 2: never I would never even stay there. 78 00:04:22,841 --> 00:04:25,760 Speaker 3: No, No, you don't even know who's in that nextual bedroom. 79 00:04:26,081 --> 00:04:29,401 Speaker 1: No you don't know. And so then I'm also, and 80 00:04:29,440 --> 00:04:32,161 Speaker 1: this is like a side note of concerns. I was like, 81 00:04:32,241 --> 00:04:35,401 Speaker 1: this is only in four months time. Am I okay 82 00:04:35,721 --> 00:04:38,601 Speaker 1: with them going to the Gold Coast by themselves? 83 00:04:38,841 --> 00:04:40,961 Speaker 2: Yeah, this is what I mean, because really. 84 00:04:40,761 --> 00:04:43,041 Speaker 1: In my head, I was thinking they're going to be 85 00:04:43,081 --> 00:04:46,760 Speaker 1: wandering around on the Gold Coast at midnight and getting 86 00:04:46,801 --> 00:04:51,520 Speaker 1: insert this accommodation I don't know, probably, and this is 87 00:04:51,521 --> 00:04:53,361 Speaker 1: only in four months time. And they were like, yeah, 88 00:04:53,361 --> 00:04:55,361 Speaker 1: but mum will be seventeen. I was like, it's actually 89 00:04:55,361 --> 00:04:58,121 Speaker 1: not about age. Sorry, I went on, I was on 90 00:04:58,241 --> 00:05:00,161 Speaker 1: a girl's holiday overseas when I. 91 00:05:00,201 --> 00:05:02,321 Speaker 2: Was seventeen, when my gosh, don't tell them that. 92 00:05:02,440 --> 00:05:05,281 Speaker 1: No, but I was a very different seventeen ye. 93 00:05:05,281 --> 00:05:06,440 Speaker 2: Old Yeah, I was gonna say. 94 00:05:06,481 --> 00:05:09,241 Speaker 3: But also I think, yeah, that is a very very 95 00:05:09,320 --> 00:05:13,481 Speaker 3: big But even then at seventeen me I wouldn't have 96 00:05:13,521 --> 00:05:17,241 Speaker 3: put myself in a share accommodation with anyone that I 97 00:05:17,320 --> 00:05:20,721 Speaker 3: hate sleeping in, Like what are those things like backpackers? 98 00:05:20,761 --> 00:05:22,841 Speaker 3: Like we have to share a room and sleep It's 99 00:05:22,880 --> 00:05:23,880 Speaker 3: my worst nightmare. 100 00:05:24,001 --> 00:05:24,801 Speaker 2: Yeah, I know. 101 00:05:25,721 --> 00:05:29,481 Speaker 1: Funny story. I used to go to Ibtha because I 102 00:05:29,521 --> 00:05:32,921 Speaker 1: lived in London in England and so going to Abitha 103 00:05:33,041 --> 00:05:36,801 Speaker 1: was like a real cheap party holiday. And the first 104 00:05:36,801 --> 00:05:41,001 Speaker 1: time I went reached, I stayed in a one star hotel. 105 00:05:41,361 --> 00:05:46,241 Speaker 3: One I just go straight to putting your feet on 106 00:05:46,281 --> 00:05:48,801 Speaker 3: the ground in the bathroom. 107 00:05:48,801 --> 00:05:49,921 Speaker 2: Did you have to wear thongs? 108 00:05:50,161 --> 00:05:51,321 Speaker 1: One star? Oh? 109 00:05:51,721 --> 00:05:53,281 Speaker 2: Honestly, did you catch anything? 110 00:05:53,440 --> 00:05:56,241 Speaker 1: I was so poor. We were going to nightclubs and 111 00:05:56,241 --> 00:05:59,521 Speaker 1: spending all on my own drinking. And I remember going 112 00:05:59,561 --> 00:06:02,561 Speaker 1: to the shop and I'd buy a box of Pringles 113 00:06:03,121 --> 00:06:06,121 Speaker 1: and then some baby Bell cheese. And I do like 114 00:06:06,241 --> 00:06:14,041 Speaker 1: Pringle baby Bell sandwiches. I mean quite nice tastyies for dinner. 115 00:06:14,281 --> 00:06:17,361 Speaker 1: So anyway, very different seventeen year olds like I just 116 00:06:17,561 --> 00:06:20,121 Speaker 1: am like, oh, it's not just an age thing, it's 117 00:06:20,161 --> 00:06:25,481 Speaker 1: a life experience, life experience, yeah, street wise all that 118 00:06:25,561 --> 00:06:29,241 Speaker 1: kind of stuff. So anyway, and I said, okay, say 119 00:06:29,361 --> 00:06:32,921 Speaker 1: that this accommodation was suitable, which is not. And then 120 00:06:33,001 --> 00:06:36,081 Speaker 1: the tickets for lame weight come out. Do you have 121 00:06:36,201 --> 00:06:38,361 Speaker 1: enough money for the tickets? How much are the tickets? 122 00:06:38,641 --> 00:06:41,841 Speaker 1: About two hundred dollars? Okay, so I've googled its two 123 00:06:41,961 --> 00:06:44,881 Speaker 1: hundred to two hundred and fifty usually, I went okay, cool, 124 00:06:44,921 --> 00:06:48,200 Speaker 1: So who's got two hundred and fifty dollars? And amere 125 00:06:48,320 --> 00:06:52,481 Speaker 1: goes I have great? What about Holly? Yeah no I don't, 126 00:06:52,641 --> 00:06:55,361 Speaker 1: but Amelia is gonna lend it to me. Okay, so 127 00:06:55,601 --> 00:06:58,161 Speaker 1: that's five hundred dollars. So how much have you got? Well, 128 00:06:58,161 --> 00:07:01,801 Speaker 1: I've got four hundred, and I've gone, all, you're one 129 00:07:01,841 --> 00:07:05,121 Speaker 1: hundred shor what about the rest? And then she's got no, No, 130 00:07:05,201 --> 00:07:06,760 Speaker 1: I've actually got more than that. I said, have you 131 00:07:06,841 --> 00:07:09,001 Speaker 1: She's like, yeah, I've got more than that because I've 132 00:07:09,001 --> 00:07:11,841 Speaker 1: got three shifts coming up. I was like, so you 133 00:07:11,841 --> 00:07:13,481 Speaker 1: haven't got more than that? Have you been paid for 134 00:07:13,521 --> 00:07:18,801 Speaker 1: those three shifts in advance? Macs pay you in advance? No? Okay, 135 00:07:19,001 --> 00:07:22,201 Speaker 1: So this math is not working for me. It's literally 136 00:07:22,321 --> 00:07:26,281 Speaker 1: going from scent to scent, like it's literally going okay, 137 00:07:26,321 --> 00:07:28,081 Speaker 1: well I've got this right now, I'll pay for that, 138 00:07:28,561 --> 00:07:30,721 Speaker 1: and the next week i'll have this. I pay for that. 139 00:07:31,041 --> 00:07:33,241 Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, because I've got nothing else to pay for us? 140 00:07:33,401 --> 00:07:34,561 Speaker 2: They can Yeah. 141 00:07:34,681 --> 00:07:36,481 Speaker 1: I remember when I went to I went to UNI 142 00:07:36,521 --> 00:07:39,401 Speaker 1: for a year and then I dropped out. I was 143 00:07:39,441 --> 00:07:42,121 Speaker 1: probably the richest I've ever been at Unie. Yeah, because 144 00:07:42,201 --> 00:07:46,881 Speaker 1: student loan. I was buying design of clothes and so 145 00:07:47,481 --> 00:07:49,561 Speaker 1: I have put a stop to it. And I was like, 146 00:07:49,601 --> 00:07:52,601 Speaker 1: absolutely not. Holly's turned around, she's angry with me. She's 147 00:07:52,601 --> 00:07:54,881 Speaker 1: turned around and gone, I just don't have anything to 148 00:07:54,921 --> 00:07:57,801 Speaker 1: look forward to. I went, excuse me, we're going on 149 00:07:57,841 --> 00:08:01,201 Speaker 1: holiday next week and you got seven concerts books? What 150 00:08:01,201 --> 00:08:02,401 Speaker 1: about seven concerts? 151 00:08:02,521 --> 00:08:04,601 Speaker 2: Yeah? Yeah, how about you get some extra shifts? 152 00:08:04,761 --> 00:08:08,761 Speaker 1: Yeah, macaus is great. The problem is that they have 153 00:08:09,281 --> 00:08:11,761 Speaker 1: like millions of kids. 154 00:08:11,921 --> 00:08:14,761 Speaker 3: Yeah yeah, and they've got restrictive hours of work. Yeah, 155 00:08:14,801 --> 00:08:16,841 Speaker 3: so that's going to make it harder in itself. So 156 00:08:16,961 --> 00:08:20,161 Speaker 3: those three hour, three hour, three hour where's me? When 157 00:08:20,201 --> 00:08:22,761 Speaker 3: I was their age, I was banking up seven till 158 00:08:22,801 --> 00:08:27,321 Speaker 3: seven on a Sunday, Yeah, Sunday rates seven am till 159 00:08:27,361 --> 00:08:28,961 Speaker 3: seven pm at the cheesecake shop. 160 00:08:29,121 --> 00:08:31,401 Speaker 2: Happy days. That was my whole week's worth wage. 161 00:08:31,521 --> 00:08:34,841 Speaker 1: I don't understand why they don't give the kids who 162 00:08:34,961 --> 00:08:39,961 Speaker 1: are on the lower hourly rate the public holiday days. 163 00:08:40,001 --> 00:08:41,001 Speaker 1: And the Sundays, I. 164 00:08:41,001 --> 00:08:42,521 Speaker 2: Think they Oh yeah, true. 165 00:08:42,761 --> 00:08:45,041 Speaker 3: Gracie says to me, you know what, I'm going to 166 00:08:45,041 --> 00:08:47,721 Speaker 3: get a job. Mum, I said, I love that. When 167 00:08:47,761 --> 00:08:50,601 Speaker 3: he's starting, she goes, I'm going to get a job. 168 00:08:50,681 --> 00:08:52,321 Speaker 3: And I said, well, it's good because we've got a 169 00:08:52,361 --> 00:08:54,521 Speaker 3: few friends that have got businesses like locally. 170 00:08:54,761 --> 00:08:57,281 Speaker 2: So yep, you get a job, like if you just 171 00:08:57,321 --> 00:08:58,161 Speaker 2: put your name down. 172 00:08:58,241 --> 00:09:00,761 Speaker 3: And I mean you're only twelve, so you probably won't 173 00:09:00,801 --> 00:09:01,441 Speaker 3: be on the books. 174 00:09:01,561 --> 00:09:03,841 Speaker 2: I said, but I'm sure you'd get a few hourly shifts. 175 00:09:04,001 --> 00:09:06,041 Speaker 3: She goes, well, when I get this job, she said, 176 00:09:06,041 --> 00:09:07,921 Speaker 3: I'm going to save up my money. And I said, yeah, 177 00:09:08,001 --> 00:09:09,721 Speaker 3: you can save up and then and then I'm going 178 00:09:09,801 --> 00:09:13,001 Speaker 3: to buy a phone because you can't do anything about 179 00:09:13,001 --> 00:09:16,121 Speaker 3: it because that's my money and that'll be my phone. 180 00:09:16,241 --> 00:09:16,601 Speaker 2: I said. 181 00:09:16,761 --> 00:09:18,641 Speaker 3: You can save up all your money, I said, but 182 00:09:18,721 --> 00:09:20,281 Speaker 3: every time you buy the phone, I'm going to take 183 00:09:20,281 --> 00:09:20,961 Speaker 3: it away from you. 184 00:09:22,321 --> 00:09:24,241 Speaker 1: What about what about the phone bill? 185 00:09:24,521 --> 00:09:27,841 Speaker 3: It's this power trip of like Mom says, no, so 186 00:09:27,961 --> 00:09:30,441 Speaker 3: I'm going to now go and earn it and buy 187 00:09:30,481 --> 00:09:31,081 Speaker 3: it myself. 188 00:09:31,361 --> 00:09:34,161 Speaker 1: Yeah, but then it's not just the bill. Then it's 189 00:09:34,201 --> 00:09:36,401 Speaker 1: the Wi Fi. Then how are you gonna get on 190 00:09:36,441 --> 00:09:39,521 Speaker 1: the Wi fi. Rach, I've got this amazing new app. Yes, 191 00:09:39,561 --> 00:09:42,001 Speaker 1: what's it called? So turn off the Wi Fi to 192 00:09:42,081 --> 00:09:45,561 Speaker 1: the whole house. No, but you can do individual devices 193 00:09:45,601 --> 00:09:45,921 Speaker 1: on there. 194 00:09:46,161 --> 00:09:47,721 Speaker 2: Oh yeah, so. 195 00:09:47,801 --> 00:09:53,481 Speaker 1: It's called eero ero Yeah. And then on it like 196 00:09:53,521 --> 00:09:56,321 Speaker 1: I'm start watching TV last night, right yeah, and it's 197 00:09:56,401 --> 00:09:58,841 Speaker 1: ten pm and I was like, oh, it's got my 198 00:09:58,881 --> 00:10:06,001 Speaker 1: phone out, kids laptops paused, Amelia's laptop, Holly's laptop up. Pause, 199 00:10:06,041 --> 00:10:08,441 Speaker 1: And you can like set it so like it's set 200 00:10:08,481 --> 00:10:14,921 Speaker 1: at the moment Monday to Thursday. It's set till six am. 201 00:10:14,201 --> 00:10:17,121 Speaker 2: So that they can't have WiFi. No WiFi. Oh yeah, 202 00:10:17,361 --> 00:10:20,201 Speaker 2: it's Have they ever tried just hot spotting off your device? 203 00:10:20,961 --> 00:10:23,081 Speaker 1: No, because they can't just do it without a password. 204 00:10:23,681 --> 00:10:25,641 Speaker 2: Yeah. Well sometimes you can if you've done it before 205 00:10:25,641 --> 00:10:26,361 Speaker 2: without a password. 206 00:10:26,441 --> 00:10:28,601 Speaker 1: They hold spot off their own phones. But that's why 207 00:10:28,601 --> 00:10:32,001 Speaker 1: we've got the rule about bringing your phones down. Yeah yeah, 208 00:10:32,041 --> 00:10:35,721 Speaker 1: at a certain time. I love it downstairs. They're upstairs 209 00:10:35,721 --> 00:10:36,441 Speaker 1: on their laptops. 210 00:10:36,521 --> 00:10:42,521 Speaker 3: I'm just get my phone out, canceled, cancel, thanks for coming, 211 00:10:42,721 --> 00:10:43,321 Speaker 3: see you later.