WEBVTT - Almost Famous OG: College Bound

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<v Speaker 1>This is the almost famous podcast with iHeartRadio. Hi, everybody,

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<v Speaker 1>welcome to the almost famous OG podcast with me and

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<v Speaker 1>my husband. We just went from Colorado to Los Angeles

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<v Speaker 1>and we decided to have a chat not at home,

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<v Speaker 1>because why not.

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<v Speaker 2>I didn't even know who were having this chat.

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<v Speaker 3>So what are we supposed to talk about?

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<v Speaker 1>We can talk about anything, really, I mean, this is

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<v Speaker 1>my podcast, so but I think just life in general.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's just give give the people a little glimpse into

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<v Speaker 1>life lately and what's going on with us. So thanks

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<v Speaker 1>for coming on the podcast.

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<v Speaker 2>Sure I didn't have a choice, you did not, but

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<v Speaker 2>you're anyway.

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<v Speaker 1>That's actually true. So we're here for the iHeart Radio

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<v Speaker 1>music words. And I know I'm really excited, but we

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<v Speaker 1>have a member of the family who is also probably

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<v Speaker 1>way more excited than me, and that is our daughter Blakesley.

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<v Speaker 1>She is so she's so excited, babe. We were in

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<v Speaker 1>the car, so Blakesley and I for everybody listening, Blakesley

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<v Speaker 1>and I flew out to Los Angeles last night and

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<v Speaker 1>Ryan flewent today because he was working. And I was like, Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>Blake's look up, who is performing or who's going to

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<v Speaker 1>be there or whatever, and she looked up everybody and

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<v Speaker 1>she was like and Kelsey Ballerini And I was like,

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<v Speaker 1>do you know what that means? And she's like no,

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<v Speaker 1>And I go, do you know who Kelsey Ballerina Ballerina

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<v Speaker 1>is dating? And she was like no, And I go,

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<v Speaker 1>do you know John B And She's like what outer ranks?

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<v Speaker 1>You know how obsessed she has been with that show?

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<v Speaker 1>She was freaking out that he might be there. I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>this is like for a teenage girl. So our daughter

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<v Speaker 1>is fifteen, almost sixteen, almost sixteen. It's crazy. She turns

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<v Speaker 1>sixteen in gosh, what is it like two weeks now.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't even know what today is somewhere around there.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, it's like two weeks away.

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<v Speaker 1>That makes me happy and so sad at the same time. Anyway,

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<v Speaker 1>so teenage girl dreams like this event. I'm so grateful

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<v Speaker 1>for just because she is living out her best life dreams.

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<v Speaker 3>You know, I think she's really excited.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, it's so fun. I wish that Max could have

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<v Speaker 1>been here, but he's got some hockey obligations so he

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<v Speaker 1>couldn't be here. But to walk a red carpet and

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<v Speaker 1>get glammed, and you know, see people that she kind

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<v Speaker 1>of idolizes like Taylor Swift maybe and oh gosh, Eilish,

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<v Speaker 1>she was obsessed with Billie Eila Eilish, you know a

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<v Speaker 1>few years back. Anyway, I'm really excited to be here.

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<v Speaker 1>You're feeling okay, you're feeling good about it.

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<v Speaker 2>I know it's not really I wouldn't go with I'm

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<v Speaker 2>really excited to be here, but I.

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<v Speaker 3>Think it's finn.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, I'm actually more excited to see Blake Slee

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<v Speaker 2>and you know, have this opportunity for her. Wait, like,

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<v Speaker 2>we used to do this kind of stuff a lot

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<v Speaker 2>and haven't for for a long time, especially since the

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<v Speaker 2>kids have been old enough to kind of appreciate what

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<v Speaker 2>it was and to be sort of into pop culture,

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<v Speaker 2>and and for her to have this opportunity and you know,

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<v Speaker 2>to get, like you said, do get to see the

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<v Speaker 2>people that she really looks up to and listens to

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<v Speaker 2>and that sort of stuff is pretty cool. I don't

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<v Speaker 2>think I don't think Max would have gotten the same

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<v Speaker 2>experience out of it. He I think he's probably more

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<v Speaker 2>like sort of hedges more in my direction when it

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<v Speaker 2>comes to that sort of stuff, But it is it

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<v Speaker 2>would be fun for him into music. I think he's

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<v Speaker 2>just less into like the show.

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<v Speaker 1>Totally, the red carpet stuff. Yeah, for sure, I agree. Yeah, No,

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<v Speaker 1>I think it'll be fun. And I mean Kenny Chesney's

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<v Speaker 1>performing like it's like a It's like, you know, when

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<v Speaker 1>we've been to other award shows in the past, it's

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<v Speaker 1>like a big concert.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, of all the things that we used to do,

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<v Speaker 2>I think the award shows were probably yeah, up there

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<v Speaker 2>with with my favorite, just because of that. You get

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<v Speaker 2>such a wide variety of performers, and you get to

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<v Speaker 2>see people in person and see kind of sometimes get

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<v Speaker 2>to meet him and see how they are and yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>and that's always kind of fun too.

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<v Speaker 1>So Yeah, I'm glad you're here.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm glad I'm here too.

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<v Speaker 1>So and then afterwards we talked about Blakesley turning sixteen, which,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, it makes me sad just because I feel

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<v Speaker 1>like I saw someone someone, you know, my brain does

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<v Speaker 1>not work that well these days people. So someone was

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<v Speaker 1>talking about why would you be sad, like with your

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<v Speaker 1>kids growing up, and I'm like, it's just like I

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<v Speaker 1>miss the baby days with all with any milestone, it's

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<v Speaker 1>just one more step for her, like leaving the nest.

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<v Speaker 1>In my mind, so you know, it's it's a happy

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<v Speaker 1>thing for her to turn sixteen, and I'm really excited

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<v Speaker 1>for her because she's very excited to drive and have

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<v Speaker 1>that independence. But it also like breaks my little mama's

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<v Speaker 1>heart that she's getting older and closer to leaving me, not.

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<v Speaker 3>You, she's just no, I know.

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<v Speaker 2>Hopefully, I mean hopefully they'll both find their footing in

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<v Speaker 2>life and be able to have successful, fun lives with

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<v Speaker 2>families that we'll get to enjoy that phase of two.

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<v Speaker 3>So, yeah, I agree.

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<v Speaker 2>I think as the kids were growing up, I always thought,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, I think every little phase of life, I

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<v Speaker 2>was always kind of like, I wish they could just

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<v Speaker 2>stay in this phase of life and then they would

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<v Speaker 2>progress to the next phase of life, and I would

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<v Speaker 2>say the same thing and on and on and so

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<v Speaker 2>I think that's going to continue to be the case.

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<v Speaker 2>Where we're we'll just appreciate all of the all of

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<v Speaker 2>the milestones and all of the steps, and and what

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<v Speaker 2>will be really strange is if they're if they're both

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<v Speaker 2>off in college, or like if our house is empty.

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<v Speaker 3>I know that will be.

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<v Speaker 2>An adjustment, but yeah, that's still a ways often. So

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<v Speaker 2>I think that you know, having moments like this with Blakesley,

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<v Speaker 2>and you know, when I got to go to North

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<v Speaker 2>Dakota and watch Max play hockey and those sorts of things.

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<v Speaker 2>Those are sort of the bigger things, but even just

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<v Speaker 2>the day to day interactions and stuff, just trying to

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<v Speaker 2>appreciate those more.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, totally.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, It's it's interesting because people always ask, I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>it's kind of a superficial question these days, but just

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<v Speaker 2>like what's new. I'll see, like I'll work with somebody

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<v Speaker 2>I haven't worked with for a while or something, and

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<v Speaker 2>they'll always ask what's new, And there's really not anything,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, momentous or monumental or anything giant, but it's

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<v Speaker 2>just a lot of little things in this phase of life.

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<v Speaker 3>I think I'm.

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<v Speaker 2>Trying to do a better job of appreciating because I

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<v Speaker 2>do kind of see the sort of writing off into

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<v Speaker 2>the sunset part of it. And you know, like fifty

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<v Speaker 2>years old, you're like closer to one hundred than zero now,

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<v Speaker 2>and that's not Sometimes that awakens something and you just say, like, well,

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<v Speaker 2>let's make sure that we appreciate these days and stuff.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, well, I like that you said closer to one hundred.

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<v Speaker 1>That means you're thinking that a hundred will be your number.

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<v Speaker 1>So that's good. Stick around for a while, please, I

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<v Speaker 1>don't know.

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<v Speaker 3>I don't know if I'll make a hundred.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I don't know if I would want to live

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<v Speaker 1>that old. Like, you know, if I'm in pain already.

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<v Speaker 2>I imagine how I'm.

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<v Speaker 1>Going to feel what I'm one hundred.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, well, just imagine this is totally off topic.

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<v Speaker 2>Fifty fifty years ago. Yeh, so what is that nineteen

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<v Speaker 2>seventy five, and.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know, you're better in mass seventy well when

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<v Speaker 1>we were born nineteen seventy four.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, so.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, exactly, I mean that would be easy with figured

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<v Speaker 2>it out, like like with the world, like it was

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<v Speaker 2>so much different right, like barely there were I don't

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<v Speaker 2>even think that those little Apple to e computers were

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<v Speaker 2>out yet. There was no like it was all televisions

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<v Speaker 2>were giant boxes with like ears sticking out like you said, telegraphs.

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<v Speaker 1>No, I'm just kidding.

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<v Speaker 2>Everything is so different. And then in another fifty years,

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, who knows.

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<v Speaker 3>Maybe we will be one hundred years alone.

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<v Speaker 1>We know, maybe the world will or.

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<v Speaker 3>Maybe the world that way we go, Yeah, we'll prefer

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<v Speaker 3>to think of.

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<v Speaker 1>It that's to be positive. Yes, uh huh, in hopes

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<v Speaker 1>that we actually can become grandparents and enjoy that part

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<v Speaker 1>of life too. No rush there by the way, Blake's lean, Max,

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<v Speaker 1>if you're listening, they are, Yeah, So I don't know

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<v Speaker 1>if I interrupted you and if you had more to

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<v Speaker 1>that thought.

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<v Speaker 2>No, that was just a brief like wonder if like

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<v Speaker 2>you know what, because that will be well, let's just

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<v Speaker 2>say when Max and blakes here are fifty years old

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<v Speaker 2>and we're grandparents, hopefully, yeah, what will the world be

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<v Speaker 2>like for our grandparents? Hopefully hopefully we as a human

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<v Speaker 2>population figure it out and we can kind of start to,

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<v Speaker 2>oh make things good, yeah for everybody, but know that

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<v Speaker 2>they're bad now, but no better.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, No, life is good. During this trip, we decide

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<v Speaker 1>I decided that because Blakesley and I were going to

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<v Speaker 1>be here, you have to go back to work, obviously,

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<v Speaker 1>but since Blakesley and I were going to be here,

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<v Speaker 1>that we would go look at some colleges, which is

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<v Speaker 1>a whole other thing, like just envisioning her being in college,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, or and not necessarily college, just being on

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<v Speaker 1>her own, you know, not living in our home, which

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<v Speaker 1>she's always welcome to come back to as is Max.

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<v Speaker 1>But I it's it's kind of a little shock to

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<v Speaker 1>the system. I'm not going to lie. Yeah, trying to

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<v Speaker 1>take advantage of it and really enjoy it. Rented a

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<v Speaker 1>convertible because when we were in LA the last time

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<v Speaker 1>and Blakesley and I rented a convertible, it was I

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<v Speaker 1>feel like a core memory, you know, like just blasting

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<v Speaker 1>the music and down, you know. I don't think we

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<v Speaker 1>were on the PCH but just cruising around LA. So

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<v Speaker 1>we did that again, and we're going to go visit

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<v Speaker 1>some colleges. I wish you could be there, But it's

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<v Speaker 1>it's a little shock to the system, and it's kind

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<v Speaker 1>of bittersweet, like it'll be exciting to share that with her,

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<v Speaker 1>but at the same time thinking about my baby.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, hopefully they can figure out sort of what

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<v Speaker 2>they want to do, which I think is kind of

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<v Speaker 2>a weird thing to ask a sixteen year old or

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<v Speaker 2>I had no idea what I wanted to do when

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<v Speaker 2>I was seventeen years old, And I'm not sure you're

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<v Speaker 2>supposed to know, unless like there are those rare people

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<v Speaker 2>who like some of them will prop I see today

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<v Speaker 2>that just like knew they wanted to be musicians, and

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<v Speaker 2>so that's what they just strove for their entire lives.

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<v Speaker 2>But I think the majority of people are still on

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<v Speaker 2>a exploratory mission as they graduate high school and go

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<v Speaker 2>to college, and you know, deciding on which college to

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<v Speaker 2>go to is part of that. And so I think

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<v Speaker 2>Blakesley tends to to want to go somewhere more.

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<v Speaker 3>Beachy, like the West Coast.

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<v Speaker 2>I could I couldn't imagine Max wanting anything to do

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<v Speaker 2>with the Los Angeles area, but he did.

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<v Speaker 1>Say at home, because we were talking like what we

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<v Speaker 1>were going to do, and he said, yeah, I don't

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<v Speaker 1>think California is you know for me. Actually I think

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<v Speaker 1>you were in the kitchen when we said that. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, so, but I think you guys will have a

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<v Speaker 2>good time and hopefully she'll see something at one of

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<v Speaker 2>these places that that sort of sparks her interest and

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<v Speaker 2>at least gets her thinking in that direction. It's hard,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, Like with the move to Denver, I think

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<v Speaker 2>that was part like partly intentional as a way to

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<v Speaker 2>sort of start to build a foundation for our kids

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<v Speaker 2>so that they could we could do as much as

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<v Speaker 2>we could to set them up to be successful adults.

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<v Speaker 2>This is just a continuation of that. That's the That's

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<v Speaker 2>definitely the phase of life that I feel like I'm in,

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<v Speaker 2>that we're in is it's more it's less a selfish phase,

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<v Speaker 2>so you know, less of these types of my heart

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<v Speaker 2>radio events and.

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<v Speaker 3>That sort of stuff that just you and I go to.

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<v Speaker 2>That we're incorporating our kids into our lives and we're

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<v Speaker 2>trying to build them as best we can and prepare

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<v Speaker 2>them as best we can for for that time when

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<v Speaker 2>they do step out the door, leave the nest, and

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<v Speaker 2>and then you know, then you can kind of circle

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<v Speaker 2>back and we can, you know, refocus our attention in

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<v Speaker 2>other places.

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<v Speaker 3>Hopefully hopefully we will give it.

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<v Speaker 2>You have given them enough to be self sustaining.

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<v Speaker 3>But but like you said.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't think parenting ever ends. And you know, I

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<v Speaker 2>mean clearly, we live super close to my parents, and

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<v Speaker 2>I feel like my mom and dad are always helping

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<v Speaker 2>out and checking.

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<v Speaker 3>Up on us.

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<v Speaker 2>And you know, my mom always says that she just

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<v Speaker 2>never never stops worrying about me or my brother. And

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<v Speaker 2>so it doesn't matter what period of life you're in,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, you're always gonna love and care for and

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<v Speaker 2>want the best for your kids.

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<v Speaker 1>Always I recently, I don't know if I told you this,

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<v Speaker 1>but so you know how they're always on Snapchat. I've decided,

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<v Speaker 1>like they snap their friends constantly, yeah, or boyfriends or

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<v Speaker 1>girlfriends or whatever, and I'm like, I need to do

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<v Speaker 1>that with them so that they'll like so we can

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<v Speaker 1>continue this interaction. So maybe you don't, I know, you

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<v Speaker 1>don't have it on your phone, but maybe you set

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<v Speaker 1>up an account so that like just just even snapping

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<v Speaker 1>like pictures. That's kind of like so my mom and

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<v Speaker 1>I as you know, but you know, people listening. In

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<v Speaker 1>order for me to stay connected to my mom who's

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<v Speaker 1>in Indiana, we like send each other. We play wordle

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<v Speaker 1>every morning, you know, and we send each other like

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<v Speaker 1>our results from Mortal. Just I need to know that

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<v Speaker 1>she's okay, Like every morning. I want to make sure

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<v Speaker 1>that she's okay. She lives alone, you know, I want

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<v Speaker 1>to make sure she's okay. And I'm feeling that way

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<v Speaker 1>about the kids, Like I want to create some kind

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<v Speaker 1>of habitual thing where we stay connected. So I don't

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<v Speaker 1>know if there's something that you would want to do too,

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<v Speaker 1>or if you want to join me in the snapchat thing, but.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, I mean I guess I.

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<v Speaker 1>Know you hate it, and I don't hate it.

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<v Speaker 3>I just don't know that I need another thing.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, true, but none of us do. None of us do.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, it's hard enough to just check my regular text

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<v Speaker 2>emails that I have, like now I looked at so

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<v Speaker 2>I know, adding another form of communication isn't.

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<v Speaker 3>True top priority.

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<v Speaker 2>But yeah, and plus, you know, I think there are

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<v Speaker 2>certain things that are just theirs, you know. Yeah, I

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<v Speaker 2>think Chat's kind of theirs that was developed for more

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<v Speaker 2>of their generation than ours. And so yeah, I mean

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<v Speaker 2>we we got married. I think it was like my.

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<v Speaker 1>Space for sure.

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<v Speaker 3>And now there's no MySpace.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh wait, what was it?

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<v Speaker 3>It was?

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<v Speaker 1>Well Twitter had had Twitter. No, Twitter hadn't even started.

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<v Speaker 2>It was MySpace and chat rooms.

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<v Speaker 3>And stuff, but the message boards right, there was nothing.

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<v Speaker 2>Really, there's no Twitter, no Instagram, no Facebook.

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<v Speaker 1>No, none of that. No, those kids weren't even in

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<v Speaker 1>college yet. Those Facebook guys, they were not They were

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<v Speaker 1>still in the moon. No. Maybe I know that this

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<v Speaker 1>is a question that we always get asked, but I

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<v Speaker 1>just wanted you to give everyone kind of an update

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<v Speaker 1>on how you're.

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<v Speaker 2>Feeling, like an actual update or just what I tell.

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<v Speaker 1>Everybody, an actual update. Would be lovely fine.

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<v Speaker 3>I feel fine. I feel fine basically.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean that the actual update, because that's what you

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<v Speaker 1>tell everybody.

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<v Speaker 2>I think. I think there's just a new definition of

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<v Speaker 2>fine that isn't maybe as as like, I don't know

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<v Speaker 2>what the word would be, the descriptive word like, it's

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<v Speaker 2>not as great as maybe fine was ten years ago.

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<v Speaker 2>But there's nothing like in my life that's preventing me

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<v Speaker 2>from doing really anything that I want to do in.

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<v Speaker 1>My life because you don't let it.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, maybe, I think, and I think honestly, I think

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<v Speaker 2>age plays a large factor into a lot of decisions now.

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<v Speaker 2>It's less so than any kind of or more so

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<v Speaker 2>than any kind of health concerns or anything like that.

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<v Speaker 3>So I don't know.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, it's it's a tough adjustment when mentally you

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<v Speaker 2>want to be in or feel like you're in one place,

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<v Speaker 2>and then physically sometimes you're reminded that you're not in

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<v Speaker 2>that same place, and so just trying to find a

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<v Speaker 2>balance there and still live a productive, fun, enjoyable life

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<v Speaker 2>is the challenge that I face.

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<v Speaker 3>But certainly a lot.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm a lot better than I was four years ago,

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<v Speaker 2>I would say, but probably not.

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<v Speaker 3>Fourteen years ago, but I was thirty six.

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<v Speaker 1>I was just gonna say, I think that's all of us.

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<v Speaker 3>It is what it is like.

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<v Speaker 2>That question is hard to answer, And I think the

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<v Speaker 2>hardest part about that is when people ask me what

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<v Speaker 2>they can do when they're not feeling good, and when

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<v Speaker 2>they understand kind of what I went through health wise,

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<v Speaker 2>which is I'm assuming what you were referring to, and

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<v Speaker 2>they're also going through something similar, And the hardest part

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<v Speaker 2>for me is to say that I feel fine, but

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<v Speaker 2>not really be able to explain how to find that

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<v Speaker 2>for them, because I think it's such a personal journey

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<v Speaker 2>and effort, and a lot of it just depends on

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<v Speaker 2>what you're willing to go through and what works for

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<v Speaker 2>you and what like. It's a very complicated subject, I think,

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<v Speaker 2>and I really feel for people that are suffering through

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<v Speaker 2>things like chronic illnesses and things like that that there

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<v Speaker 2>really isn't a lot of attention given to or there's

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<v Speaker 2>not a lot of remedies offered, and so you're just

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<v Speaker 2>kind of, you know, throwing darts and hoping that some

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<v Speaker 2>of them happen to hit and and I think for

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<v Speaker 2>luckily for me, several of them have hit and that's

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<v Speaker 2>reduced the impact that's had on me personally. Unfortunately, I

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<v Speaker 2>don't know how to translate that for everybody, And so

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<v Speaker 2>that's that's probably the biggest frustration for me, is just

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<v Speaker 2>now the understanding of what that feels like and what

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<v Speaker 2>people are going through and how frustrating and debilitating that

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<v Speaker 2>can be.

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<v Speaker 3>And then to.

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<v Speaker 2>Top it all off, to not have any real legitimate hope.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, you can always have hope, but there's just

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<v Speaker 2>sometimes it's hard to find it when you you just

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<v Speaker 2>can't see alight at the end of the tunnel.

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<v Speaker 1>So yeah, and you feel like that. Yeah, And I

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<v Speaker 1>think what I feel like a lot of people don't

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<v Speaker 1>understand is that lime, for whatever reason, is different for everybody.

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<v Speaker 1>So like you know, you say, oh, well I have

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<v Speaker 1>a cold, so I'm coughing and I'm sneezing, and you know,

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<v Speaker 1>I've got congestion. That's kind of across the board what

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<v Speaker 1>people experience, no matter your national or gender or you

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<v Speaker 1>know what I mean. And lime is different for everyone

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<v Speaker 1>because it attacked whatever wherever it's attacking in your body,

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<v Speaker 1>that's what your symptoms are going to show, right, So

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<v Speaker 1>it's different for everybody. And I think The hard thing

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<v Speaker 1>is that you know your path. Your your path with

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<v Speaker 1>lime disease has been it's all individual. It's very very personal, personalized.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't what's the word, do you know what I mean? Like,

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<v Speaker 1>it's it's unique to everybody. And I think that's really

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<v Speaker 1>hard because a lot of people ask you for you know,

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<v Speaker 1>your help in like how you've found some success in

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<v Speaker 1>feeling better. And it's hard because I feel like everyone

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<v Speaker 1>that you talk to who has dealt with lime has

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<v Speaker 1>a different path. So it's not like you can't take

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<v Speaker 1>this one medicine and find a cure. I don't know.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, there's just not very much known about it, and

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<v Speaker 2>I think it can bring out other conditions and things

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<v Speaker 2>like that that you have to deal with and so

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<v Speaker 2>but anyways, I don't want to go down like a

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<v Speaker 2>Debbie Downer path life. Life for me is great and

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<v Speaker 2>I think life in general is great, and so hopefully,

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<v Speaker 2>hopefully that could be the message is that there is

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<v Speaker 2>like I can be an example of someone who has

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<v Speaker 2>dealt with it and has come out the other end

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<v Speaker 2>for the most part, and I probably will always be

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<v Speaker 2>dealing with some component of it, but it definitely doesn't

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<v Speaker 2>impact me in any negative sort of way. I'm able

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<v Speaker 2>to come here, I'm able to work, I'm able to

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<v Speaker 2>enjoy the kids, like you know, take the dog for

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<v Speaker 2>walks and like like really doing just about everything I've

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<v Speaker 2>always done.

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<v Speaker 3>So totally so yeah it's not.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, there is hope.

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<v Speaker 3>There is there.

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<v Speaker 2>Thank you, Thank you.

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<v Speaker 1>For our little chat. Not that I don't talk to

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<v Speaker 1>you every single day, so thanks for listening. Everybody, keep

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<v Speaker 1>tuning in