1 00:00:00,920 --> 00:00:04,280 Speaker 1: Hi. This is Laura Vanderkamp. I'm a mother of four, 2 00:00:04,600 --> 00:00:08,440 Speaker 1: an author, journalist, and speaker. And this is Sarah Hart Hunger. 3 00:00:08,800 --> 00:00:11,800 Speaker 1: I'm a mother of three, practicing position and blogger. On 4 00:00:11,840 --> 00:00:14,600 Speaker 1: the side, we are two working parents who love our 5 00:00:14,640 --> 00:00:17,920 Speaker 1: careers and our families. Welcome to Best of Both Worlds. 6 00:00:18,280 --> 00:00:21,520 Speaker 1: Here we talk about how real women manage work, family, 7 00:00:21,720 --> 00:00:25,360 Speaker 1: and time for fun, from figuring out childcare to mapping 8 00:00:25,360 --> 00:00:28,240 Speaker 1: out long term career goals. We want you to get 9 00:00:28,240 --> 00:00:33,240 Speaker 1: the most out of life. Hi, this is Laura. Welcome 10 00:00:33,240 --> 00:00:36,120 Speaker 1: to Best of Both Worlds. This is episode thirty one, 11 00:00:36,440 --> 00:00:39,960 Speaker 1: during which we'll be interviewing Rachel Anger, who is Sarah's 12 00:00:40,280 --> 00:00:42,960 Speaker 1: sister in law in addition to being a wonderful and 13 00:00:43,000 --> 00:00:45,080 Speaker 1: fascinating person, who are going to learn about how she 14 00:00:45,240 --> 00:00:48,880 Speaker 1: balances work and life. So, since she's actually sitting next 15 00:00:48,880 --> 00:00:51,839 Speaker 1: to Sarah recording, she's going to be part of the 16 00:00:51,880 --> 00:00:55,360 Speaker 1: whole episode. So I mean we could just go ahead 17 00:00:55,400 --> 00:00:57,480 Speaker 1: and dive right in, right, Rachel, you want to introduce 18 00:00:57,520 --> 00:01:02,840 Speaker 1: yourself to everyone? Yes, I am Rachel Longer, and as 19 00:01:02,880 --> 00:01:05,800 Speaker 1: you said, I am sitting next to my sister in law, Sarah. 20 00:01:06,000 --> 00:01:08,920 Speaker 1: So I live on Miami Beach, I am a public 21 00:01:09,000 --> 00:01:14,000 Speaker 1: school teacher here on Miami Beach, and I am married 22 00:01:14,319 --> 00:01:19,680 Speaker 1: to an amazing man named Mike, who is an attorney, 23 00:01:20,360 --> 00:01:24,000 Speaker 1: and we've been married for You won't believe this thirteen 24 00:01:24,120 --> 00:01:27,679 Speaker 1: years in June, right, right, we've been married for one year. 25 00:01:27,800 --> 00:01:29,760 Speaker 1: Lest I always do the math and I'm like, I 26 00:01:29,800 --> 00:01:32,760 Speaker 1: can't believe it's actually thirteen, but it's lucky thirteen. Yes. 27 00:01:33,440 --> 00:01:36,080 Speaker 1: And I have two kids, Max who is ten in 28 00:01:36,200 --> 00:01:39,920 Speaker 1: fourth grade, and Ellie who is almost nine and in 29 00:01:40,040 --> 00:01:44,480 Speaker 1: third grade. And I have a huge baby who's one 30 00:01:44,520 --> 00:01:47,880 Speaker 1: hundred and ten pounds, and he is my golden retriever 31 00:01:47,960 --> 00:01:51,440 Speaker 1: named Lincoln. And let me just say for a moment 32 00:01:51,520 --> 00:01:55,000 Speaker 1: that Rachel was kind of like my parenting guru, and 33 00:01:55,240 --> 00:01:57,960 Speaker 1: us been from a very very long time. So I'm 34 00:01:57,960 --> 00:01:59,680 Speaker 1: a pediatrician, and you would think that I might not 35 00:01:59,760 --> 00:02:03,920 Speaker 1: have so many questions, but like, no, that is very untrue. 36 00:02:03,920 --> 00:02:06,640 Speaker 1: Actually it's very synergistic because she will ask me medical things, 37 00:02:06,640 --> 00:02:08,639 Speaker 1: and I will ask her any kind of behavioral or 38 00:02:08,720 --> 00:02:12,560 Speaker 1: teacher or sort of general knowledge kid type thing. And 39 00:02:12,600 --> 00:02:15,720 Speaker 1: I have been since the kids were born. So I'm 40 00:02:15,760 --> 00:02:18,840 Speaker 1: so excited that you guys will all get to learn 41 00:02:18,880 --> 00:02:21,160 Speaker 1: from her. Brilliance as well. And by the way, if 42 00:02:21,160 --> 00:02:23,880 Speaker 1: you hear any little who's Jenna Beeves with us at 43 00:02:23,880 --> 00:02:26,400 Speaker 1: this means we have a whole other family gathering and 44 00:02:27,480 --> 00:02:31,680 Speaker 1: Miami be here recording, which you know, just to so 45 00:02:31,800 --> 00:02:35,040 Speaker 1: our listeners know, Sarah, you have a lot of extended 46 00:02:35,080 --> 00:02:38,359 Speaker 1: family right there, right. It's very intentional that you guys 47 00:02:38,400 --> 00:02:40,640 Speaker 1: are all living near each It is intentional that we 48 00:02:40,800 --> 00:02:44,280 Speaker 1: live here because we've got Rachel, We've got Josh's parents, 49 00:02:44,280 --> 00:02:47,320 Speaker 1: We've got Josh's grandparents, we've got many of his three 50 00:02:47,360 --> 00:02:50,720 Speaker 1: of his aunts and uncles, we've got some of their offspring. 51 00:02:50,760 --> 00:02:52,520 Speaker 1: We've got an ann in this neighborhood on the other 52 00:02:52,600 --> 00:02:54,359 Speaker 1: side of the family. I mean, like our thanks I 53 00:02:54,360 --> 00:02:56,360 Speaker 1: mean I mentioned it on the holiday episode, but Rachel, 54 00:02:56,360 --> 00:02:58,760 Speaker 1: how many people do you think we have a Thanksgiving? Oh? Like, 55 00:02:59,200 --> 00:03:01,760 Speaker 1: I mean it's been birds of eighty people and Thanksgiving, 56 00:03:01,960 --> 00:03:05,799 Speaker 1: So it's definitely not your typical let all sit around 57 00:03:05,800 --> 00:03:09,120 Speaker 1: the same table thanks which does not work. No, it 58 00:03:09,120 --> 00:03:11,920 Speaker 1: doesn't work. I mean we definitely rend tables, red chairs, 59 00:03:11,960 --> 00:03:14,720 Speaker 1: the whole deal. But it's really wonderful because we're very 60 00:03:14,720 --> 00:03:17,320 Speaker 1: blessed to have a lot of people to love around us. Yeah, 61 00:03:17,320 --> 00:03:20,400 Speaker 1: and so Sarah, you guys intentionally then looked for jobs 62 00:03:20,520 --> 00:03:22,960 Speaker 1: at hospital. Oh yeah, No, I mean actually it was funny. 63 00:03:23,000 --> 00:03:24,880 Speaker 1: I was reading my own blog, as I do, and 64 00:03:24,919 --> 00:03:26,639 Speaker 1: I had a post from like two thousand and four, 65 00:03:26,680 --> 00:03:28,800 Speaker 1: and I made some little mine like TIHI when we 66 00:03:28,800 --> 00:03:31,480 Speaker 1: live in Miami, So like this was it was a 67 00:03:31,600 --> 00:03:35,200 Speaker 1: long time coming and it was very in touch. Yes, 68 00:03:35,480 --> 00:03:39,480 Speaker 1: that's awesome. Well, Sarah, I think you should just lead. 69 00:03:40,000 --> 00:03:42,840 Speaker 1: You can jump in when you have carry any curiosities. 70 00:03:42,840 --> 00:03:44,520 Speaker 1: But I will go ahead and ask Rachel all the 71 00:03:44,520 --> 00:03:46,480 Speaker 1: things I think she needs to tell you guys all 72 00:03:46,600 --> 00:03:50,440 Speaker 1: listeners about. So, Rachel, you told us about your kids 73 00:03:50,800 --> 00:03:53,360 Speaker 1: and their ages, but tell us a little bit about 74 00:03:53,400 --> 00:03:55,440 Speaker 1: your work life. Remind us of what your husband does 75 00:03:55,480 --> 00:03:58,880 Speaker 1: and how you guys kind of fit those pieces together. Okay, 76 00:03:59,000 --> 00:04:03,120 Speaker 1: So my husband is an attorney, which means I guess 77 00:04:03,320 --> 00:04:06,920 Speaker 1: I'm established as like the primary parent in terms of 78 00:04:06,920 --> 00:04:09,640 Speaker 1: taking care of our children, which I think we're going 79 00:04:09,680 --> 00:04:12,120 Speaker 1: to get to a little bit later. But I don't 80 00:04:12,120 --> 00:04:16,200 Speaker 1: really have any help in child's care. So let me 81 00:04:16,200 --> 00:04:19,240 Speaker 1: start with how I became a teacher, because I think 82 00:04:19,279 --> 00:04:22,560 Speaker 1: that's very important. I started teaching in the year two thousand, 83 00:04:23,320 --> 00:04:25,840 Speaker 1: so it's been eighteen years. This is my eighteenth year 84 00:04:25,880 --> 00:04:28,000 Speaker 1: of teaching. That is unreal. That's actually more unreal to 85 00:04:28,000 --> 00:04:30,479 Speaker 1: me than your marriage. Yeah, yes, it is unreal. It 86 00:04:30,520 --> 00:04:34,200 Speaker 1: does feel unreal, and I've loved pretty much every single year, 87 00:04:35,000 --> 00:04:37,960 Speaker 1: or at least parts of those years. I graduated from 88 00:04:38,000 --> 00:04:40,799 Speaker 1: the University of Miami and I have a master's degree 89 00:04:41,040 --> 00:04:46,240 Speaker 1: in Reading and Learning Disabilities. I got my master's degree 90 00:04:46,320 --> 00:04:49,200 Speaker 1: while I was already full time teaching, So I think 91 00:04:49,240 --> 00:04:53,480 Speaker 1: it's important to mention, like how my career has unfolded 92 00:04:54,160 --> 00:04:59,760 Speaker 1: in that when I was a single, young just graduated 93 00:04:59,800 --> 00:05:04,039 Speaker 1: from college teacher, I was able to devote absolutely one 94 00:05:04,200 --> 00:05:07,560 Speaker 1: hundred percent of my energy to my classroom and to 95 00:05:07,680 --> 00:05:13,039 Speaker 1: also getting my master's degree. So that shifted when I 96 00:05:13,120 --> 00:05:19,280 Speaker 1: became pregnant, and that was probably about my seventh year 97 00:05:19,400 --> 00:05:21,920 Speaker 1: of teaching. I think it was either six or seventh 98 00:05:21,960 --> 00:05:25,080 Speaker 1: year of teaching. I took a leave from the public 99 00:05:25,080 --> 00:05:29,359 Speaker 1: school system and I wanted to devote myself basically to 100 00:05:29,720 --> 00:05:35,159 Speaker 1: raising my child, Max, And once I did that, I 101 00:05:35,200 --> 00:05:37,920 Speaker 1: had to actually resign from public school systems. So what 102 00:05:38,040 --> 00:05:41,479 Speaker 1: I shifted into when he was about six months old, 103 00:05:42,320 --> 00:05:45,719 Speaker 1: I changed kind of the career path but still in education, 104 00:05:46,040 --> 00:05:48,520 Speaker 1: and I, yeah, you want to Yeah, I was going 105 00:05:48,600 --> 00:05:51,039 Speaker 1: to say, all along, I have a feeling. I mean 106 00:05:51,080 --> 00:05:52,760 Speaker 1: I kind of know the answer to this, but you 107 00:05:52,800 --> 00:05:55,840 Speaker 1: know a lot of our listeners like struggle with that, 108 00:05:55,920 --> 00:05:57,720 Speaker 1: like do they want to take time off? How long 109 00:05:57,880 --> 00:06:00,240 Speaker 1: is there is there a plan for afterwards? I know 110 00:06:00,320 --> 00:06:02,200 Speaker 1: you didn't think that your leave was going to be permanent, 111 00:06:02,320 --> 00:06:04,799 Speaker 1: Like how did you think of that in terms of, well, 112 00:06:05,000 --> 00:06:07,039 Speaker 1: so back in or did you always know you go 113 00:06:07,040 --> 00:06:09,280 Speaker 1: back to the same thing or no, that's a good question. 114 00:06:09,440 --> 00:06:12,359 Speaker 1: So I actually thought that I would take with the 115 00:06:12,480 --> 00:06:14,920 Speaker 1: leave that was given to me, which I think the 116 00:06:15,000 --> 00:06:17,039 Speaker 1: rules back then were they give you one year and 117 00:06:17,080 --> 00:06:19,479 Speaker 1: then they guarantee that you'll get your position back, but 118 00:06:19,520 --> 00:06:21,960 Speaker 1: you have no pay during that time. Okay, So I 119 00:06:22,000 --> 00:06:23,320 Speaker 1: was like, all right, I'm going to take a year 120 00:06:23,400 --> 00:06:26,480 Speaker 1: off raise him. He was born in September. It's perfect 121 00:06:27,160 --> 00:06:30,280 Speaker 1: start a school year to beginning of the next school year. 122 00:06:31,080 --> 00:06:34,160 Speaker 1: And it actually came down to the economics of it 123 00:06:34,200 --> 00:06:36,039 Speaker 1: that it was going to be too much money to 124 00:06:36,040 --> 00:06:38,560 Speaker 1: get the type of child care that I wanted for him, 125 00:06:38,600 --> 00:06:42,440 Speaker 1: which was in my mind a full time nanny. So 126 00:06:42,880 --> 00:06:46,240 Speaker 1: when I weighed those options, I just decided that it 127 00:06:46,320 --> 00:06:49,239 Speaker 1: was actually a big decision. I was walking our older 128 00:06:49,360 --> 00:06:52,520 Speaker 1: dog who has passed away, Sebastian, and I was on 129 00:06:52,520 --> 00:06:54,800 Speaker 1: my cell phone and I was like, I'm not going 130 00:06:54,880 --> 00:06:57,960 Speaker 1: back to work. I'm not going back to work. And 131 00:06:58,000 --> 00:07:02,400 Speaker 1: then I ended up getting the opportunity to actually teach 132 00:07:02,480 --> 00:07:07,080 Speaker 1: parent child classes at our neighborhood temple. So I ended 133 00:07:07,160 --> 00:07:11,360 Speaker 1: up going back at six months to teaching parent child classes. 134 00:07:11,360 --> 00:07:12,840 Speaker 1: So I was still in the education field, but it 135 00:07:12,880 --> 00:07:16,120 Speaker 1: was actually more with the moms and the dads, and 136 00:07:16,400 --> 00:07:19,960 Speaker 1: I did take an actual official leave from the public 137 00:07:20,000 --> 00:07:22,720 Speaker 1: school system, so it was part of that. Also, knowing 138 00:07:22,840 --> 00:07:25,800 Speaker 1: as a teacher and as honestly a highly respected teacher 139 00:07:25,840 --> 00:07:29,720 Speaker 1: and coveted teacher because she is, you knew you could 140 00:07:29,800 --> 00:07:32,320 Speaker 1: go back. Like, is it career that you can go back. Yes, 141 00:07:32,520 --> 00:07:34,160 Speaker 1: it is a career that you can go back to 142 00:07:34,320 --> 00:07:36,040 Speaker 1: the thing that you have to do and you have 143 00:07:36,160 --> 00:07:37,920 Speaker 1: to be mindful of. And I'm not sure how this 144 00:07:38,040 --> 00:07:40,480 Speaker 1: is in every state, but definitely in Florida you need 145 00:07:40,520 --> 00:07:44,800 Speaker 1: to keep your certification. So I essentially throughout the three 146 00:07:44,880 --> 00:07:47,520 Speaker 1: years before I went back to public school, I actually 147 00:07:48,240 --> 00:07:49,760 Speaker 1: or actually was at six years. I guess it was 148 00:07:49,800 --> 00:07:51,720 Speaker 1: six years before I went back to public school. I 149 00:07:51,720 --> 00:07:54,560 Speaker 1: may be wrong with the math, but I kept my 150 00:07:54,640 --> 00:07:58,000 Speaker 1: certification up, so I kept taking college courses and then 151 00:07:58,320 --> 00:08:00,600 Speaker 1: was able to renew my certificate with which allows me 152 00:08:00,680 --> 00:08:04,679 Speaker 1: to then get hired again. So you kept every option open, 153 00:08:04,920 --> 00:08:08,239 Speaker 1: every possible option. So after I taught the parent child classes, 154 00:08:08,280 --> 00:08:12,600 Speaker 1: I shifted into teaching pre kindergarten. Oh and I had 155 00:08:12,640 --> 00:08:16,960 Speaker 1: a child in between, so very quickly in between. Yes, 156 00:08:17,320 --> 00:08:19,680 Speaker 1: when Max was nine months old, I got pregnant with 157 00:08:19,720 --> 00:08:24,040 Speaker 1: my daughter, Ellie, and they're eighteen months one day shy 158 00:08:24,120 --> 00:08:29,480 Speaker 1: of eighteen months of art. So when she was three, 159 00:08:30,000 --> 00:08:33,440 Speaker 1: I officially went or two, actually, I take it back too, 160 00:08:33,520 --> 00:08:36,360 Speaker 1: I officially became a pre kindergarten teacher at the temple 161 00:08:36,440 --> 00:08:40,280 Speaker 1: where they were attending nursery schools. And that was your 162 00:08:40,320 --> 00:08:43,040 Speaker 1: full time That was my full time job. And it 163 00:08:43,080 --> 00:08:45,760 Speaker 1: worked out really beautifully because they would be where I 164 00:08:45,920 --> 00:08:49,400 Speaker 1: was all day, but in a different classroom, so I 165 00:08:49,440 --> 00:08:51,120 Speaker 1: wasn't taking care of them all day, and I was 166 00:08:51,160 --> 00:08:53,680 Speaker 1: also able to get back to what I truly love, 167 00:08:53,800 --> 00:08:57,240 Speaker 1: which is teaching. So and then you went back into 168 00:08:57,280 --> 00:09:01,240 Speaker 1: the public schools. When they were a little bit older. Then. Yeah, 169 00:09:01,360 --> 00:09:05,640 Speaker 1: So once they were both out of the temple at 170 00:09:05,679 --> 00:09:09,720 Speaker 1: the pre kindergarten program, I stayed there for one more 171 00:09:09,800 --> 00:09:13,680 Speaker 1: year because the public school that I teach at is 172 00:09:13,840 --> 00:09:16,320 Speaker 1: very hard to get a position as a teacher, Like, 173 00:09:16,400 --> 00:09:19,920 Speaker 1: no one ever wants to leave the school. Agree, yes, 174 00:09:20,000 --> 00:09:23,400 Speaker 1: I can imagine that. Yeah, so I had to kind 175 00:09:23,440 --> 00:09:26,840 Speaker 1: of go to the principle and basically say I want 176 00:09:26,880 --> 00:09:28,600 Speaker 1: to come back to the public school system and I 177 00:09:28,679 --> 00:09:33,560 Speaker 1: want to teach here. So Rachel, then you eventually got 178 00:09:33,559 --> 00:09:35,720 Speaker 1: a position back at the school that you really wanted 179 00:09:35,760 --> 00:09:36,959 Speaker 1: to be and you had to wait for that to 180 00:09:37,000 --> 00:09:39,640 Speaker 1: happen because your position was no longer guaranteed after you'd 181 00:09:39,640 --> 00:09:42,000 Speaker 1: been out that long, right, And so eventually you found 182 00:09:42,040 --> 00:09:44,280 Speaker 1: a job there. Okay, yeah, so you go back to 183 00:09:44,320 --> 00:09:46,480 Speaker 1: teaching full time and your kids are in school. But 184 00:09:46,520 --> 00:09:48,640 Speaker 1: I think a lot of people have this idea that, oh, 185 00:09:48,760 --> 00:09:50,720 Speaker 1: you know, you're teaching and your kids are in school, 186 00:09:50,760 --> 00:09:52,600 Speaker 1: it's the exact same hours. But it doesn't always work 187 00:09:52,640 --> 00:09:56,640 Speaker 1: that way, right, Well, essentially, yes, you're right, it did 188 00:09:56,679 --> 00:09:59,439 Speaker 1: not work that way because actually here in Florida, and 189 00:09:59,480 --> 00:10:02,319 Speaker 1: I'm not sure how it is everywhere but we are 190 00:10:02,480 --> 00:10:05,679 Speaker 1: the younger children actually get out an hour earlier than 191 00:10:06,160 --> 00:10:09,480 Speaker 1: just the torment parents. I mean, is that the reasoning 192 00:10:09,520 --> 00:10:13,920 Speaker 1: I'm curious, like, like it's within the one school so 193 00:10:13,960 --> 00:10:16,120 Speaker 1: many Yeah, my kids get out like an hour earlier 194 00:10:16,160 --> 00:10:18,840 Speaker 1: than her kids. Right, So if there's ever like an emergency, 195 00:10:18,920 --> 00:10:20,480 Speaker 1: you know, you have to, like I would have to 196 00:10:20,520 --> 00:10:24,080 Speaker 1: like leave my classroom, grab Anabel and then run over 197 00:10:24,120 --> 00:10:26,239 Speaker 1: to my room. It hasn't happened yet, but it could. 198 00:10:26,960 --> 00:10:30,080 Speaker 1: But anyway, what I did was, we actually have an 199 00:10:30,160 --> 00:10:33,760 Speaker 1: incredible enrichment program at our school. So it's after school enrichment, 200 00:10:33,800 --> 00:10:37,840 Speaker 1: which is offered essentially from the hours of dismissal up 201 00:10:37,960 --> 00:10:43,920 Speaker 1: until I want to say, around five ish cases after 202 00:10:44,480 --> 00:10:46,720 Speaker 1: there is an aftercare option where you can leave them 203 00:10:46,920 --> 00:10:50,040 Speaker 1: till like around six thirty, but that's more like babysitting. 204 00:10:50,400 --> 00:10:53,760 Speaker 1: So I would sign my children up every single day 205 00:10:53,920 --> 00:10:57,600 Speaker 1: for an actual enrichment program, so that could range anywhere 206 00:10:57,600 --> 00:11:03,720 Speaker 1: from like keyboard to bookmaking to art classes. And that 207 00:11:04,040 --> 00:11:06,679 Speaker 1: is my child's care after school, and it still actually 208 00:11:06,800 --> 00:11:10,960 Speaker 1: is now three years later, still my child's you know 209 00:11:11,000 --> 00:11:13,480 Speaker 1: what I asked in the morning then too, because sometimes 210 00:11:13,520 --> 00:11:15,719 Speaker 1: contractually I know around here our teachers are required to 211 00:11:15,720 --> 00:11:17,280 Speaker 1: be in at eight thirty, but you can't drop your 212 00:11:17,320 --> 00:11:19,959 Speaker 1: kids off at the school at eight thirty. So there's 213 00:11:20,040 --> 00:11:25,880 Speaker 1: that issue exactly. So it worked beautifully because we also, 214 00:11:26,520 --> 00:11:29,520 Speaker 1: in another interesting and fun to know fact about Florida schools, 215 00:11:29,960 --> 00:11:33,600 Speaker 1: our younger children start earlier than our older children. And 216 00:11:33,640 --> 00:11:36,600 Speaker 1: I've always taught the secondary elementary school, so from third 217 00:11:36,640 --> 00:11:38,679 Speaker 1: through fifth. So currently I'm teaching fifth grade. But when 218 00:11:38,679 --> 00:11:42,160 Speaker 1: I initially started there, I was teaching third and both 219 00:11:42,200 --> 00:11:45,240 Speaker 1: of my kids actually started earlier than my being started, 220 00:11:45,320 --> 00:11:48,160 Speaker 1: So I would run drop them off at their classroom, 221 00:11:48,240 --> 00:11:50,080 Speaker 1: kiss them goodbye, tell them I love them, and then 222 00:11:50,200 --> 00:11:52,320 Speaker 1: run up to my room. But you never had an 223 00:11:52,320 --> 00:11:54,280 Speaker 1: issue where you had to be there. I never had 224 00:11:54,280 --> 00:11:56,600 Speaker 1: an issue where I had to be there earlier and 225 00:11:56,640 --> 00:11:59,720 Speaker 1: they couldn't be I would ask this to be sorry 226 00:11:59,760 --> 00:12:03,240 Speaker 1: I interrupting you, loved I can't see you too. I 227 00:12:03,280 --> 00:12:05,280 Speaker 1: know you are having a conversation like I'm leaping in 228 00:12:05,320 --> 00:12:09,160 Speaker 1: from the from over here in Philadelphia, But I mean, 229 00:12:09,200 --> 00:12:11,240 Speaker 1: I would imagine that one of the upsides of being 230 00:12:11,280 --> 00:12:14,200 Speaker 1: around so much extended family as well is there's a 231 00:12:14,280 --> 00:12:17,640 Speaker 1: layer of backup to a degree as well. Yeah, so 232 00:12:17,920 --> 00:12:20,079 Speaker 1: my big backup comes in when my kids are sick. 233 00:12:20,600 --> 00:12:23,840 Speaker 1: So if my husband cannot work from home that day 234 00:12:23,880 --> 00:12:26,760 Speaker 1: he has hearings or whatever is going on, then I 235 00:12:26,840 --> 00:12:31,840 Speaker 1: have my mom. So my mom is my backup. Beyond that, 236 00:12:32,080 --> 00:12:37,360 Speaker 1: I do not have other backup other than emergency use 237 00:12:37,640 --> 00:12:41,200 Speaker 1: of art Lady exactly because I'm not here, which I 238 00:12:41,240 --> 00:12:43,800 Speaker 1: think I only had to do that. Like, but it's 239 00:12:43,800 --> 00:12:46,480 Speaker 1: probably nice to know that you like could, Yes, although 240 00:12:46,480 --> 00:12:48,040 Speaker 1: now your kids are so much older, there's so much 241 00:12:48,080 --> 00:12:50,040 Speaker 1: older that they can like almost take care of themselves 242 00:12:50,120 --> 00:12:52,679 Speaker 1: at this point, but not when they're sick. But they 243 00:12:52,679 --> 00:12:55,640 Speaker 1: can take care of themselves at my mom's house by 244 00:12:55,840 --> 00:12:59,000 Speaker 1: turning on Netflix and watching some kind of cooking show 245 00:12:59,440 --> 00:13:00,839 Speaker 1: whatever it is that they need to do. So it 246 00:13:00,920 --> 00:13:03,760 Speaker 1: becometractually very good to talk us through like a school day, 247 00:13:04,880 --> 00:13:07,040 Speaker 1: you know, a work day, or life in the house 248 00:13:07,720 --> 00:13:11,600 Speaker 1: on a typical work day. Yeah, so it'll lead us 249 00:13:11,640 --> 00:13:14,320 Speaker 1: into our next topic, which is that I do other 250 00:13:14,440 --> 00:13:16,520 Speaker 1: than working as a teacher, because there is a lot 251 00:13:16,559 --> 00:13:18,920 Speaker 1: and that's actually yeah, I want to say another big point. 252 00:13:19,120 --> 00:13:24,640 Speaker 1: So my basic day, I actually live one block from 253 00:13:24,720 --> 00:13:26,719 Speaker 1: the school that I teach at. Actually I don't even 254 00:13:26,760 --> 00:13:28,839 Speaker 1: think it can. I think it's I think it's less 255 00:13:28,840 --> 00:13:32,280 Speaker 1: than a lock, so I don't have to commute, which 256 00:13:32,320 --> 00:13:37,200 Speaker 1: is a tremendous blessing. So I wake up before the 257 00:13:37,280 --> 00:13:42,000 Speaker 1: kids usually and I make coffee, make a smoothie, get 258 00:13:42,040 --> 00:13:44,920 Speaker 1: the kids up for row, breakfast on the table. It's 259 00:13:44,960 --> 00:13:49,360 Speaker 1: definitely not very elegant. There's usually fruit involved, sometimes not, 260 00:13:50,760 --> 00:13:54,840 Speaker 1: and then we rush off to school. I teach starting 261 00:13:54,960 --> 00:13:58,720 Speaker 1: at eight thirty, unless it's two days a week. I 262 00:13:58,720 --> 00:14:01,160 Speaker 1: actually start teaching it about seven fifteen because I do 263 00:14:01,720 --> 00:14:05,840 Speaker 1: extra early morning tutoring for students that are learning a 264 00:14:05,920 --> 00:14:09,080 Speaker 1: second language, which is English, which we have a huge 265 00:14:09,120 --> 00:14:13,199 Speaker 1: population of students here in Miami that are follow that protocol. 266 00:14:14,200 --> 00:14:20,640 Speaker 1: And then after teaching, I actually do homework Club, which 267 00:14:20,680 --> 00:14:22,760 Speaker 1: I want to do to mention that because actually I 268 00:14:22,760 --> 00:14:24,480 Speaker 1: don't know if they have this in every district, but 269 00:14:24,600 --> 00:14:27,960 Speaker 1: parents should look into if they do, because if the 270 00:14:28,000 --> 00:14:29,840 Speaker 1: time you spend doing with homework with your kids is 271 00:14:29,840 --> 00:14:32,280 Speaker 1: not quality time, yes, maybe other schools offer this where 272 00:14:32,280 --> 00:14:34,680 Speaker 1: they could basically stay after school for an hour with 273 00:14:34,800 --> 00:14:37,040 Speaker 1: the teacher, get like a tutoring session. You pay the 274 00:14:37,040 --> 00:14:38,880 Speaker 1: teacher directly, so it's a great way for them to 275 00:14:38,880 --> 00:14:41,200 Speaker 1: make a little extra money, your kid gets care and 276 00:14:41,280 --> 00:14:44,120 Speaker 1: their homework is done. So and the big thing is 277 00:14:44,160 --> 00:14:46,640 Speaker 1: that I always find that parents are asking me like 278 00:14:46,840 --> 00:14:50,640 Speaker 1: I'm having problems completing homework with my child. Number one, 279 00:14:50,680 --> 00:14:52,840 Speaker 1: I don't understand it, because once you get to a 280 00:14:52,840 --> 00:14:56,720 Speaker 1: certain level, it becomes pretty difficult. And number two, we're 281 00:14:56,760 --> 00:15:00,360 Speaker 1: fighting because you know, your interactions with your childreners supposed 282 00:15:00,400 --> 00:15:05,880 Speaker 1: to be ones of emotional support social support, but definitely not. 283 00:15:06,400 --> 00:15:09,800 Speaker 1: You know which way you're going to long divide two 284 00:15:09,840 --> 00:15:13,520 Speaker 1: hundred fifty two divided by seven. So I recommend looking 285 00:15:13,520 --> 00:15:16,480 Speaker 1: into somebody else to work with homework. And it doesn't 286 00:15:16,520 --> 00:15:18,040 Speaker 1: need to be one on one. It could definitely be 287 00:15:18,080 --> 00:15:21,440 Speaker 1: in a group session. So I do offer homer club 288 00:15:21,480 --> 00:15:24,160 Speaker 1: four days a week, and then probably four days a week. 289 00:15:24,160 --> 00:15:27,040 Speaker 1: I will also tutor for an hour after homework club. 290 00:15:27,120 --> 00:15:30,480 Speaker 1: So my day at work ends at about five fifteen 291 00:15:30,600 --> 00:15:33,440 Speaker 1: five thirty, okay, So everybody, like, you know, people always 292 00:15:33,480 --> 00:15:37,080 Speaker 1: think of teachers, oh like such short hours, but no, no, 293 00:15:37,120 --> 00:15:43,400 Speaker 1: not really. And that doesn't even factory reading, grading papers 294 00:15:43,520 --> 00:15:48,280 Speaker 1: and you know, putting, you know, answering emails and all 295 00:15:48,320 --> 00:15:50,440 Speaker 1: the other things that are like the general stuff you 296 00:15:50,480 --> 00:15:52,160 Speaker 1: have to do or get to do as a teacher, 297 00:15:52,240 --> 00:15:57,560 Speaker 1: which I also do, but that usually I enjoy. Okay, 298 00:15:57,560 --> 00:15:59,680 Speaker 1: so it's five fifteen, you're done with your workday. And 299 00:15:59,720 --> 00:16:02,080 Speaker 1: then okay, so five fifteen, I'm done with the workday. 300 00:16:02,120 --> 00:16:05,280 Speaker 1: I rushed the kids home, I feed them dinner, and 301 00:16:06,120 --> 00:16:09,880 Speaker 1: usually while they're eating dinner, I work out because I 302 00:16:09,960 --> 00:16:13,760 Speaker 1: have a garage that I've converted into a little bit 303 00:16:13,760 --> 00:16:16,800 Speaker 1: of a workout room. It's very important to me that 304 00:16:16,960 --> 00:16:20,120 Speaker 1: forty five minutes to an hour a day, and after 305 00:16:20,200 --> 00:16:23,800 Speaker 1: that is usually when I start any of the extracurricular 306 00:16:23,840 --> 00:16:27,400 Speaker 1: stuff that I do in terms of my volunteering. So 307 00:16:28,320 --> 00:16:29,680 Speaker 1: I don't know if you want to get into that. 308 00:16:30,960 --> 00:16:32,920 Speaker 1: Let's talk about some of that stuff since we're on that, 309 00:16:33,400 --> 00:16:35,680 Speaker 1: because you have a number, and tell us how you 310 00:16:35,680 --> 00:16:37,600 Speaker 1: got into it and has that like evolved over time, 311 00:16:37,640 --> 00:16:39,720 Speaker 1: because I'm thinking of it right now with my little 312 00:16:39,760 --> 00:16:42,640 Speaker 1: kids babies and stuff, and I'm like, I can I 313 00:16:42,680 --> 00:16:45,760 Speaker 1: even imagine fitting that kind of stuff in. So tell 314 00:16:45,840 --> 00:16:48,480 Speaker 1: us what you do and then was there, like how 315 00:16:48,480 --> 00:16:50,120 Speaker 1: did you build up to the amount that your doing. 316 00:16:50,280 --> 00:16:54,200 Speaker 1: So I do a lot, and I built up to 317 00:16:54,280 --> 00:16:58,080 Speaker 1: it probably within the past two years, and I honestly 318 00:16:58,120 --> 00:17:01,440 Speaker 1: have to say that I really well into it because 319 00:17:02,440 --> 00:17:05,120 Speaker 1: a rabbi at the temple that we are members of 320 00:17:05,800 --> 00:17:07,919 Speaker 1: asked me to be a part of it. So I 321 00:17:07,960 --> 00:17:11,400 Speaker 1: was on a committee as a layperson and it's called 322 00:17:11,400 --> 00:17:14,439 Speaker 1: the Social Justice Network and we do social action and 323 00:17:14,520 --> 00:17:17,320 Speaker 1: I'll talk about that in a little bit, but basically 324 00:17:17,359 --> 00:17:19,840 Speaker 1: she asked me to be a chairperson, and I said 325 00:17:19,880 --> 00:17:21,960 Speaker 1: to her, you know, this seems like a daunting task. 326 00:17:22,000 --> 00:17:24,480 Speaker 1: I have a full time job, and on top of 327 00:17:24,480 --> 00:17:27,159 Speaker 1: a full time job, I walk my dog and I 328 00:17:27,320 --> 00:17:30,000 Speaker 1: take care of two kids, and I just don't think 329 00:17:30,000 --> 00:17:31,880 Speaker 1: that I could give it as much as I would 330 00:17:31,920 --> 00:17:35,359 Speaker 1: want to. So then she kind of thought about it 331 00:17:35,400 --> 00:17:38,560 Speaker 1: and offered me a co chair position. So when it 332 00:17:38,600 --> 00:17:40,399 Speaker 1: became a co chair and I share it with a 333 00:17:40,440 --> 00:17:44,359 Speaker 1: friend of mine named Mara, and we actually work our 334 00:17:44,400 --> 00:17:47,679 Speaker 1: personalities work perfectly together. What she's good at I'm not. 335 00:17:47,880 --> 00:17:50,600 Speaker 1: What I'm good at, she's not as good at. So 336 00:17:51,200 --> 00:17:53,919 Speaker 1: we really work very well together anyway. So what our 337 00:17:53,960 --> 00:17:57,679 Speaker 1: Social Justice Network does is we pick an action item 338 00:17:57,800 --> 00:18:01,160 Speaker 1: that's important to the community at large, and then we 339 00:18:02,840 --> 00:18:07,320 Speaker 1: fully educate the temple community regarding that. So currently this year, 340 00:18:07,400 --> 00:18:10,679 Speaker 1: our initiative has been on the restoration of voting rights, 341 00:18:12,160 --> 00:18:15,600 Speaker 1: and the state of Florida is one of three states 342 00:18:15,920 --> 00:18:18,439 Speaker 1: in the United States of America that does not allow 343 00:18:18,520 --> 00:18:21,960 Speaker 1: you to regain your voting rights if you commit a 344 00:18:22,000 --> 00:18:29,440 Speaker 1: felony after you have completed your entire sentence. That means 345 00:18:29,640 --> 00:18:34,200 Speaker 1: years in prison, parole, et cetera. So it gets very 346 00:18:34,240 --> 00:18:36,479 Speaker 1: hard for someone who has gone through that to actually 347 00:18:36,480 --> 00:18:40,879 Speaker 1: be invested in their community, and in general, the statistics 348 00:18:40,880 --> 00:18:44,960 Speaker 1: show that they then become reincarcerated. And actually we succeeded 349 00:18:45,000 --> 00:18:48,919 Speaker 1: in this action and got enough petition signed to actually 350 00:18:48,920 --> 00:18:52,160 Speaker 1: get this amendment for the Florida Constitution on the November 351 00:18:52,200 --> 00:18:57,679 Speaker 1: twenty eighteen ballot. So we're going to be promoting that initiative. 352 00:18:58,400 --> 00:19:01,920 Speaker 1: And then last year we worked on gun violence prevention 353 00:19:02,400 --> 00:19:06,760 Speaker 1: and we've just had a very big factory in Florida, 354 00:19:07,840 --> 00:19:09,600 Speaker 1: which I'm not going to talk too much about because 355 00:19:09,640 --> 00:19:14,640 Speaker 1: it becomes very emotional, but we did, we got involved, 356 00:19:14,640 --> 00:19:17,240 Speaker 1: and I would recommend this to many of your listeners. 357 00:19:17,880 --> 00:19:23,760 Speaker 1: It's Mom's Demand Actions Ask campaign and this is something 358 00:19:23,760 --> 00:19:26,200 Speaker 1: that I had actually not heard of until I started 359 00:19:26,200 --> 00:19:31,160 Speaker 1: the advocacy, and it's great for younger children. And actually, 360 00:19:31,480 --> 00:19:36,280 Speaker 1: I know, Laura, you have much older children, right, We've 361 00:19:36,280 --> 00:19:39,360 Speaker 1: got the combinations, so we're like, we're together on this 362 00:19:39,640 --> 00:19:42,200 Speaker 1: comment that I'm about to share with you. But basically, 363 00:19:42,240 --> 00:19:48,200 Speaker 1: Mom's Demand Action has a campaign that they train parents, 364 00:19:48,200 --> 00:19:51,600 Speaker 1: and it's a quick page on their website where it's 365 00:19:52,119 --> 00:19:54,600 Speaker 1: before you send your child over to somebody's house for 366 00:19:54,640 --> 00:19:58,520 Speaker 1: a playdate, you ask a few simple questions. Our parents 367 00:19:58,600 --> 00:20:01,720 Speaker 1: used to ask, do you lock the back door if 368 00:20:01,720 --> 00:20:03,879 Speaker 1: there's a pool, or do you have a pool fence? 369 00:20:04,560 --> 00:20:08,359 Speaker 1: And we now need to ask do you have a 370 00:20:08,400 --> 00:20:10,600 Speaker 1: gun in the house, And if you have a gun 371 00:20:10,640 --> 00:20:13,640 Speaker 1: in the house, is it locked up? And if it's 372 00:20:13,680 --> 00:20:17,239 Speaker 1: locked up, is the AMAO separated from the firearm? And 373 00:20:17,359 --> 00:20:19,960 Speaker 1: once you basically get the answers to all these questions, 374 00:20:20,000 --> 00:20:22,239 Speaker 1: you can decide on your comfort level whether or not 375 00:20:22,320 --> 00:20:24,520 Speaker 1: you want your child to go to that play date 376 00:20:24,640 --> 00:20:27,000 Speaker 1: or if you want to host the plate. And I 377 00:20:27,080 --> 00:20:28,640 Speaker 1: have to say, the first time I asked the question, 378 00:20:28,680 --> 00:20:30,920 Speaker 1: it was very hard, But ever since then it's been 379 00:20:31,240 --> 00:20:34,000 Speaker 1: just part of my question and your movement has worked 380 00:20:34,000 --> 00:20:36,200 Speaker 1: because I have been asked that question. So yeah, you've 381 00:20:36,240 --> 00:20:40,359 Speaker 1: been asked, I'm sure I know by someone who I 382 00:20:40,520 --> 00:20:44,840 Speaker 1: educated anyway, So that volunteering has actually led me into 383 00:20:46,440 --> 00:20:50,480 Speaker 1: becoming a part of another major organization in Minibid that's 384 00:20:50,520 --> 00:20:54,760 Speaker 1: called Packed, which is people acting community together and they 385 00:20:54,800 --> 00:20:59,120 Speaker 1: are an interfaith organization and I serve on their gun 386 00:20:59,200 --> 00:21:04,240 Speaker 1: violence prevention group. And through this program, we not only 387 00:21:04,359 --> 00:21:09,560 Speaker 1: educate people, but we also actually advocate for change in 388 00:21:09,600 --> 00:21:15,600 Speaker 1: the government's protocol for different things. And that's been really fulfilling. Rachel, Like, 389 00:21:15,600 --> 00:21:17,520 Speaker 1: when you're thinking about this from the term of like 390 00:21:17,640 --> 00:21:20,840 Speaker 1: how your your time winds up working, like, I think 391 00:21:20,880 --> 00:21:23,680 Speaker 1: a lot of our listeners are, you know, it's certainly 392 00:21:23,720 --> 00:21:27,159 Speaker 1: interested in volunteering. I think they may be slightly wary 393 00:21:27,160 --> 00:21:31,439 Speaker 1: of taking on leadership roles, partly because a breed, you know, 394 00:21:31,920 --> 00:21:34,200 Speaker 1: the full time job, as you said, having kids. What 395 00:21:34,359 --> 00:21:36,440 Speaker 1: made you think that that was something you could fit 396 00:21:36,600 --> 00:21:38,040 Speaker 1: in your life? I mean, did you look at it 397 00:21:38,040 --> 00:21:40,000 Speaker 1: sort of objectively, like I know this will take this 398 00:21:40,160 --> 00:21:42,719 Speaker 1: many hours, or I know that I could devote you know, 399 00:21:42,840 --> 00:21:44,760 Speaker 1: one evening a week or one even over two weeks 400 00:21:44,840 --> 00:21:47,000 Speaker 1: or whatever it is. You know, I'm curious how you 401 00:21:47,040 --> 00:21:52,120 Speaker 1: sort of made that calculation. So when my children were 402 00:21:52,240 --> 00:21:54,800 Speaker 1: very young, I did not do it. I actually was 403 00:21:54,840 --> 00:21:57,480 Speaker 1: like on one committee and I would volunteer. You know, 404 00:21:57,520 --> 00:21:59,840 Speaker 1: it was like every other month than I would attend 405 00:22:00,119 --> 00:22:03,960 Speaker 1: something as a layperson. It was not directly involved, and 406 00:22:04,040 --> 00:22:06,359 Speaker 1: if I did anything directly, it was with like two 407 00:22:06,440 --> 00:22:10,080 Speaker 1: other people, so that we all shared the responsibilities. So 408 00:22:10,119 --> 00:22:13,320 Speaker 1: that's sort of where it began. And then as I 409 00:22:13,359 --> 00:22:16,280 Speaker 1: saw that that worked out. You know, as my children 410 00:22:16,320 --> 00:22:18,560 Speaker 1: got older, they need a little bit less of me. 411 00:22:18,880 --> 00:22:22,520 Speaker 1: So when I'm home during that like hour or two 412 00:22:22,560 --> 00:22:26,200 Speaker 1: hours before my meetings start, I was able to compartmentalize 413 00:22:26,240 --> 00:22:31,120 Speaker 1: the timing by by thinking of it in that when 414 00:22:31,160 --> 00:22:34,879 Speaker 1: I'm at my meeting, they're showering, they're brushing their teeth, 415 00:22:35,160 --> 00:22:37,480 Speaker 1: and they're going to bed, things they could do independently 416 00:22:37,720 --> 00:22:41,280 Speaker 1: or with you know, my husband's supervision, And I felt 417 00:22:41,359 --> 00:22:44,160 Speaker 1: totally comfortable that I don't need to be a part 418 00:22:44,280 --> 00:22:48,800 Speaker 1: of every single teeth brushing, every single shower. I have 419 00:22:48,960 --> 00:22:51,720 Speaker 1: missed out on a couple of baseball games and basketball 420 00:22:51,760 --> 00:22:55,359 Speaker 1: games here and there, but they're left with their father 421 00:22:55,480 --> 00:22:58,760 Speaker 1: with them. So I feel like that's what's been able 422 00:22:58,800 --> 00:23:01,560 Speaker 1: to make Italy a good thing because then they get 423 00:23:01,600 --> 00:23:04,640 Speaker 1: to have that quality time with Mike that otherwise you'd 424 00:23:04,680 --> 00:23:06,639 Speaker 1: be there and it wouldn't quite right. So I think 425 00:23:06,640 --> 00:23:11,400 Speaker 1: people forget, well you could act how do you deal 426 00:23:11,440 --> 00:23:13,280 Speaker 1: with that with him? Then? Because I think another thing 427 00:23:13,320 --> 00:23:15,399 Speaker 1: our listeners might be wondering is like, well, I'm worried 428 00:23:15,440 --> 00:23:19,800 Speaker 1: that my partner might you know, resent that I'm you know, gone, 429 00:23:20,000 --> 00:23:22,480 Speaker 1: or that he or she has to cover this time 430 00:23:22,520 --> 00:23:24,880 Speaker 1: when I'm out doing this. Like I'm curious if you've 431 00:23:24,880 --> 00:23:28,760 Speaker 1: had any conversations along those lines. Well, we definitely have, 432 00:23:28,960 --> 00:23:32,600 Speaker 1: and if there's and we've also overbooked ourselves because sometimes 433 00:23:32,600 --> 00:23:37,480 Speaker 1: he has after work activities, or he has work days 434 00:23:37,520 --> 00:23:39,960 Speaker 1: that don't end, you know, when he's actually preparing for 435 00:23:40,000 --> 00:23:42,200 Speaker 1: a trial, he won't get home until late. And if 436 00:23:42,200 --> 00:23:44,120 Speaker 1: I have a committee meeting or something that I need 437 00:23:44,160 --> 00:23:47,240 Speaker 1: to attend, I will drop my kids off at my 438 00:23:47,320 --> 00:23:50,280 Speaker 1: parents and then it'll be like this is how I 439 00:23:50,320 --> 00:23:54,840 Speaker 1: go with topperwarers in hand of their dinner and everything 440 00:23:54,920 --> 00:23:57,919 Speaker 1: described on top with a post it note, you know, 441 00:23:58,080 --> 00:24:00,679 Speaker 1: explaining exactly what they need to do, and then I 442 00:24:00,680 --> 00:24:04,640 Speaker 1: pick them up before bedtime. Because Mike doesn't know, it's 443 00:24:04,680 --> 00:24:07,160 Speaker 1: not like so, I guess it's a little too unpredictable. 444 00:24:07,160 --> 00:24:09,760 Speaker 1: It's a little unpredictable that portion of it, but I 445 00:24:09,880 --> 00:24:12,399 Speaker 1: sort of will give them a heads up. So on 446 00:24:12,480 --> 00:24:16,280 Speaker 1: Sunday nights, logistically, I like look at my week. I 447 00:24:16,320 --> 00:24:18,800 Speaker 1: book everything through my calendar, and I know Sarah wants 448 00:24:18,840 --> 00:24:23,760 Speaker 1: to ask me about my life, yes, and neither one 449 00:24:23,760 --> 00:24:25,800 Speaker 1: of you is going to like my answer, so be prepared. 450 00:24:26,240 --> 00:24:28,200 Speaker 1: But anyway, so what I do is on Sunday nights, 451 00:24:28,200 --> 00:24:30,760 Speaker 1: I like look at my week, and I let him 452 00:24:30,800 --> 00:24:33,480 Speaker 1: know when my meetings are scheduled, and if I feel 453 00:24:33,480 --> 00:24:37,159 Speaker 1: like we have a shared calendar through our iPhone and 454 00:24:37,320 --> 00:24:40,200 Speaker 1: if it's a you know, a family calendar, and I'll 455 00:24:40,200 --> 00:24:44,160 Speaker 1: put major things that I cannot miss on a family calendar. Now, 456 00:24:44,640 --> 00:24:47,920 Speaker 1: the other aspect is because my kids are essentially nine 457 00:24:47,960 --> 00:24:50,600 Speaker 1: and ten, I take them to a lot of this 458 00:24:51,359 --> 00:24:57,200 Speaker 1: with me, and that's a really empowering moment for me 459 00:24:57,720 --> 00:25:01,600 Speaker 1: and for them because they know me as a teacher mom, 460 00:25:02,240 --> 00:25:05,639 Speaker 1: but that's what they call me, a teacher mom. And 461 00:25:05,800 --> 00:25:08,600 Speaker 1: when they're able to see me lead a meeting at 462 00:25:08,600 --> 00:25:12,240 Speaker 1: the temple that's regarding social action, and I do talk 463 00:25:12,320 --> 00:25:14,240 Speaker 1: to them about all of these different things that I'm 464 00:25:14,280 --> 00:25:18,880 Speaker 1: advocating for because I want to raise socially active children, 465 00:25:19,040 --> 00:25:23,439 Speaker 1: meaning you know, injustice work, and so they'll come with me. 466 00:25:23,560 --> 00:25:25,920 Speaker 1: And then what sometimes will work out is we live 467 00:25:26,119 --> 00:25:28,800 Speaker 1: in a great neighborhood, so I can just get a 468 00:25:28,840 --> 00:25:30,359 Speaker 1: text from my husband and he'll be like, I'm in 469 00:25:30,400 --> 00:25:32,280 Speaker 1: the driveway of the temple and I just let them 470 00:25:32,359 --> 00:25:35,320 Speaker 1: run down. So if there's like an overall also, by 471 00:25:35,320 --> 00:25:37,600 Speaker 1: the way, is a half a block commute. Yeah, also 472 00:25:37,640 --> 00:25:39,399 Speaker 1: a half a block commune across the street from our 473 00:25:39,480 --> 00:25:44,400 Speaker 1: elementary school. So I think logistically, I am very lucky, 474 00:25:44,520 --> 00:25:47,159 Speaker 1: and I don't think this works out for everyone. So 475 00:25:47,200 --> 00:25:50,840 Speaker 1: that's a choice. It's a choice. And so I mean 476 00:25:50,880 --> 00:25:53,960 Speaker 1: there's certain things here that there you know, we talk 477 00:25:54,040 --> 00:25:57,639 Speaker 1: to people who have long commutes. I mean, not that 478 00:25:57,680 --> 00:26:00,199 Speaker 1: they have perfect choice in this matter either, but if 479 00:26:00,240 --> 00:26:03,200 Speaker 1: you think about it, the time you devote to, for instance, 480 00:26:03,280 --> 00:26:05,800 Speaker 1: a commute or that it might take to get to 481 00:26:05,960 --> 00:26:08,320 Speaker 1: stuff that you're living far away from, I mean, you 482 00:26:08,320 --> 00:26:11,440 Speaker 1: can pretty much probably absorb a lot of your community 483 00:26:11,480 --> 00:26:15,800 Speaker 1: involvement and your volunteering activities within that time that other 484 00:26:15,840 --> 00:26:19,480 Speaker 1: people would be devoting to being in the car. I mean, 485 00:26:19,640 --> 00:26:22,159 Speaker 1: so yeah, and I mean most people ask me, they're like, 486 00:26:22,359 --> 00:26:25,720 Speaker 1: how do you do it? And it's a very hard 487 00:26:25,760 --> 00:26:28,040 Speaker 1: question to answer because it gives me anxiety. But then 488 00:26:28,040 --> 00:26:30,600 Speaker 1: I just say, I just do it, you know, so 489 00:26:31,119 --> 00:26:33,520 Speaker 1: it just works out, and until the moment that it doesn't, 490 00:26:33,600 --> 00:26:37,800 Speaker 1: I'm going to keep you know, this lifestyle going because 491 00:26:38,040 --> 00:26:40,520 Speaker 1: it works for me. It clearly works for her. Your 492 00:26:40,560 --> 00:26:45,080 Speaker 1: planning process the sun. I can't wait for your answer 493 00:26:45,160 --> 00:26:47,720 Speaker 1: to this, okay, because book let me give you a book. 494 00:26:47,760 --> 00:26:50,440 Speaker 1: Like I wrote on I like the question can you 495 00:26:50,480 --> 00:26:54,080 Speaker 1: read the question how a psycho planner that I am? 496 00:26:54,440 --> 00:26:57,959 Speaker 1: And sometimes I think you really think I am? How 497 00:26:57,960 --> 00:27:00,200 Speaker 1: are you about planning not about anything else? How do 498 00:27:00,280 --> 00:27:02,680 Speaker 1: you manage all the details? Because you do a great job? 499 00:27:02,720 --> 00:27:04,920 Speaker 1: And she does, I mean like she's actually I mean 500 00:27:04,960 --> 00:27:07,520 Speaker 1: that's a funny thing. Like I think one of my 501 00:27:07,560 --> 00:27:09,760 Speaker 1: planning strategies is I just don't do I'm like, oh, 502 00:27:09,760 --> 00:27:12,160 Speaker 1: we're having family dinner. Oh I'm bringing like the napkins. 503 00:27:12,200 --> 00:27:14,880 Speaker 1: Like sorry, Like I like, she knows, like it's true. 504 00:27:14,920 --> 00:27:17,239 Speaker 1: And she shows up with like five different things that 505 00:27:17,280 --> 00:27:21,200 Speaker 1: she's made by hand. No, it's crazy, maybe three things 506 00:27:21,280 --> 00:27:24,120 Speaker 1: I don't know. So like really, it's like, no matter 507 00:27:24,200 --> 00:27:26,040 Speaker 1: what your system is, it clearly works for a style 508 00:27:26,040 --> 00:27:28,760 Speaker 1: of person because she gets it done. So yeah, so 509 00:27:29,359 --> 00:27:32,000 Speaker 1: I hear your secret, so I don't it's not really 510 00:27:32,080 --> 00:27:34,960 Speaker 1: such a secret. But basically we're very lucky right now 511 00:27:34,960 --> 00:27:38,639 Speaker 1: that we all communicate through emails, and every single email 512 00:27:38,680 --> 00:27:41,479 Speaker 1: basically has either a calendar invite on it or a 513 00:27:41,680 --> 00:27:44,199 Speaker 1: create event when you tap on that nice little blue 514 00:27:44,560 --> 00:27:47,919 Speaker 1: section and it creates a calendar event for me. So 515 00:27:47,960 --> 00:27:50,240 Speaker 1: whenever I'm on a committee or I need something to 516 00:27:50,280 --> 00:27:53,159 Speaker 1: be done, I literally tap on that little thing and 517 00:27:53,200 --> 00:27:56,879 Speaker 1: I set alerts one day before, one hour before. And 518 00:27:57,080 --> 00:28:00,920 Speaker 1: my big planning is that I look at my schedule 519 00:28:00,960 --> 00:28:02,760 Speaker 1: for the week on Sunday night and I'm just like, 520 00:28:02,800 --> 00:28:05,760 Speaker 1: all right, I know, no meeting Monday, and I mean 521 00:28:05,800 --> 00:28:07,960 Speaker 1: I need you also know that, like essentially I have 522 00:28:08,040 --> 00:28:12,040 Speaker 1: meetings Monday through Thursday. So Friday I do not have 523 00:28:12,080 --> 00:28:14,600 Speaker 1: a meeting. It's like, good question. Yeah, I mean, truthfully, 524 00:28:15,119 --> 00:28:17,840 Speaker 1: I definitely would say like three out of the four 525 00:28:17,960 --> 00:28:21,760 Speaker 1: nights I have meetings. That's conservatively away because I'm also 526 00:28:21,760 --> 00:28:24,159 Speaker 1: on the board of trustees at the Temple, so I 527 00:28:24,240 --> 00:28:26,920 Speaker 1: divide my time there as well. But these are all 528 00:28:27,080 --> 00:28:30,800 Speaker 1: things that I love doing. So for planning, I just 529 00:28:30,880 --> 00:28:33,840 Speaker 1: make sure that it's on my calendar. If something is 530 00:28:33,880 --> 00:28:37,359 Speaker 1: not on my calendar, I will miss it or I 531 00:28:37,440 --> 00:28:41,280 Speaker 1: will completely be like wait a minute, getting the email 532 00:28:41,400 --> 00:28:43,560 Speaker 1: or the evite reminder of the day before, and I'll 533 00:28:43,600 --> 00:28:45,320 Speaker 1: be like, oh my gosh, I didn't put that on 534 00:28:45,320 --> 00:28:48,920 Speaker 1: my calendar and then quickly put it in and overnight 535 00:28:49,000 --> 00:28:52,200 Speaker 1: a gift from Amazon directly to the person rather than 536 00:28:52,240 --> 00:28:56,960 Speaker 1: actually bringing one. So I'm definitely not perfect, and probably 537 00:28:57,000 --> 00:28:59,640 Speaker 1: there's something I could learn from your planning. No, I 538 00:28:59,640 --> 00:29:01,680 Speaker 1: think it's that's a great answer, but the way our 539 00:29:01,720 --> 00:29:04,040 Speaker 1: brains work are very different. But I don't need to 540 00:29:04,080 --> 00:29:06,960 Speaker 1: see it on paper. I need to just know, and 541 00:29:07,960 --> 00:29:10,280 Speaker 1: I don't know. My brain holds a lot of this 542 00:29:10,400 --> 00:29:13,520 Speaker 1: information in and I just know I don't bother you. Yeah, 543 00:29:13,560 --> 00:29:15,120 Speaker 1: it doesn't bother me. It doesn't. It should be up 544 00:29:15,120 --> 00:29:18,840 Speaker 1: at night. So awesome, that's how it works. So Rachel, 545 00:29:18,960 --> 00:29:21,160 Speaker 1: can I go back to something I think we we'd 546 00:29:21,160 --> 00:29:22,960 Speaker 1: skipped over a little bit earlier, But Sarah and I 547 00:29:22,960 --> 00:29:25,800 Speaker 1: are dying to know because of course you and you 548 00:29:25,800 --> 00:29:27,280 Speaker 1: know what. I think this should count as our Q 549 00:29:27,400 --> 00:29:30,920 Speaker 1: and A. Let's make this our Q and A segment. Okay, 550 00:29:30,920 --> 00:29:32,440 Speaker 1: well then we'll do love of the week after the 551 00:29:32,520 --> 00:29:35,480 Speaker 1: Q and A this time, Yeah, we'll just have a 552 00:29:35,480 --> 00:29:37,040 Speaker 1: good love of Well, my Q and A is going 553 00:29:37,120 --> 00:29:39,479 Speaker 1: to be about like, you know, what teachers want parents 554 00:29:39,520 --> 00:29:44,040 Speaker 1: to know is that when good what you want from parents? 555 00:29:44,040 --> 00:29:48,200 Speaker 1: So you're running a classroom, we have kids in classrooms. 556 00:29:48,240 --> 00:29:50,480 Speaker 1: What do you want us to do? What is can 557 00:29:50,520 --> 00:29:52,400 Speaker 1: we do that's helpful? But what do parents do? That 558 00:29:52,480 --> 00:29:57,120 Speaker 1: also like gets on your nerves too? Okay, so it's 559 00:29:57,200 --> 00:30:02,760 Speaker 1: a very touchy subject. I don't definitely, I will not 560 00:30:02,840 --> 00:30:09,880 Speaker 1: be ignorance, I promise, but no, yeah, yeah, Truthfully, I 561 00:30:09,920 --> 00:30:13,080 Speaker 1: have taught in many environments. I taught in the inner 562 00:30:13,080 --> 00:30:15,280 Speaker 1: city in my early career when I was very young, 563 00:30:15,840 --> 00:30:20,880 Speaker 1: and I essentially had zero parent involvement because the parents 564 00:30:20,880 --> 00:30:23,240 Speaker 1: were working sometimes two and three jobs at a time, 565 00:30:23,400 --> 00:30:27,040 Speaker 1: and so essentially the school was their caregiver. So they 566 00:30:27,080 --> 00:30:29,840 Speaker 1: would be dropped off when the gates opened at seven 567 00:30:29,880 --> 00:30:31,800 Speaker 1: am and they would be picked up when the gates 568 00:30:31,800 --> 00:30:34,880 Speaker 1: closed at six point thirty. So that's my initial teaching experience. 569 00:30:35,960 --> 00:30:39,800 Speaker 1: So I never relied on the parents as a resource 570 00:30:39,840 --> 00:30:43,600 Speaker 1: for making my classroom work. Now I'm in a very 571 00:30:43,720 --> 00:30:48,800 Speaker 1: different environment, which is you know, with the PTA is tremendous. 572 00:30:48,840 --> 00:30:51,840 Speaker 1: We have something called Friends of our School, and it's 573 00:30:51,920 --> 00:30:56,480 Speaker 1: incredible because they do a lot of fundraising and outreach 574 00:30:56,560 --> 00:31:00,520 Speaker 1: for the school, and really, coming from where I came from, 575 00:31:00,800 --> 00:31:06,040 Speaker 1: it's such a treat to be able to have these resources. So, 576 00:31:06,920 --> 00:31:10,240 Speaker 1: but one thing being said is that I want every 577 00:31:10,320 --> 00:31:13,880 Speaker 1: parent to know I'm going to generalize here, but that 578 00:31:14,040 --> 00:31:17,480 Speaker 1: all teachers have this have the same, if not a 579 00:31:17,520 --> 00:31:20,640 Speaker 1: similar mindset in that we're there for the kids and 580 00:31:20,840 --> 00:31:24,880 Speaker 1: we want successful children. Not only do I want them 581 00:31:24,920 --> 00:31:29,160 Speaker 1: to be successful academically, that's very important, but I want 582 00:31:29,680 --> 00:31:35,479 Speaker 1: socially emotionally supported children. I mean, we teach elementary school. 583 00:31:36,120 --> 00:31:39,760 Speaker 1: They're going to learn, they're going to understand things. Yes, 584 00:31:40,480 --> 00:31:44,200 Speaker 1: you know, multiplying fractions. It is not easy the first 585 00:31:44,200 --> 00:31:46,800 Speaker 1: time you learn it, but eventually you're going to get it. 586 00:31:47,320 --> 00:31:50,200 Speaker 1: So I really want the support from the parents, not 587 00:31:50,280 --> 00:31:52,640 Speaker 1: so much like, well, why isn't it a B? Or 588 00:31:53,040 --> 00:31:55,160 Speaker 1: why is it a C? And oh my gosh, gosh, 589 00:31:55,480 --> 00:31:58,960 Speaker 1: like it's a D. What happened. We'll support that, we'll 590 00:31:59,000 --> 00:32:01,280 Speaker 1: figure that out. The end grade is going to be okay. 591 00:32:01,320 --> 00:32:06,480 Speaker 1: But really I want support for knowing that you and 592 00:32:06,560 --> 00:32:09,640 Speaker 1: I want the same thing. For your child, for them 593 00:32:09,680 --> 00:32:13,080 Speaker 1: to be a success, and I think sometimes that gets 594 00:32:13,200 --> 00:32:18,280 Speaker 1: lost in translation. Especially I see a big shift from 595 00:32:18,320 --> 00:32:21,240 Speaker 1: the primary elementary grades, where the parents are looking to 596 00:32:21,280 --> 00:32:26,120 Speaker 1: the teacher for guidance, to the secondary elementary grades, where 597 00:32:26,120 --> 00:32:29,520 Speaker 1: it becomes a little bit more like, well, what you're 598 00:32:29,560 --> 00:32:32,120 Speaker 1: not doing enough for my child? Or why didn't you 599 00:32:32,200 --> 00:32:35,200 Speaker 1: show them this? Or and so then I have to 600 00:32:35,240 --> 00:32:37,479 Speaker 1: go into well, actually we did, and they may not 601 00:32:37,560 --> 00:32:40,240 Speaker 1: have brought it home, it's shown you. And so there 602 00:32:40,360 --> 00:32:42,200 Speaker 1: is a little bit of like going back and forth. 603 00:32:42,240 --> 00:32:45,160 Speaker 1: But I really truly believe that we're all there for 604 00:32:45,240 --> 00:32:50,480 Speaker 1: the same purpose, success for children, behaviorally, emotionally, academically, all 605 00:32:50,520 --> 00:32:55,680 Speaker 1: of it. Do you feel like parents are Did they 606 00:32:55,720 --> 00:32:58,400 Speaker 1: give kids enough independence today? Do you feel like that's 607 00:32:58,440 --> 00:33:03,080 Speaker 1: a problem. So I think that I can speak to 608 00:33:03,120 --> 00:33:05,520 Speaker 1: that as a parent of my children, and also what 609 00:33:05,520 --> 00:33:08,400 Speaker 1: I would love to see in my classroom. So my kids, 610 00:33:08,440 --> 00:33:10,640 Speaker 1: like I told you, are in third and fourth grade, 611 00:33:10,880 --> 00:33:14,800 Speaker 1: and if I find that they're not understanding something, I 612 00:33:15,000 --> 00:33:17,600 Speaker 1: actually have given them the skills to go in and 613 00:33:17,680 --> 00:33:21,440 Speaker 1: advocate for themselves. So if they come home and they 614 00:33:21,440 --> 00:33:24,720 Speaker 1: don't understand their home learning, of course I can help 615 00:33:24,760 --> 00:33:26,800 Speaker 1: them I mean, that's my job. I taught all of 616 00:33:26,840 --> 00:33:30,400 Speaker 1: their grades. I understand the concepts and I understand common 617 00:33:30,440 --> 00:33:36,400 Speaker 1: core math, believe it or not. So I believe that 618 00:33:36,720 --> 00:33:40,520 Speaker 1: you have to start giving them little empowerment. So they 619 00:33:40,520 --> 00:33:43,560 Speaker 1: need to know to go into their teacher and say, listen, 620 00:33:44,320 --> 00:33:47,760 Speaker 1: miss third grade teacher, I am not understanding this. Is 621 00:33:47,760 --> 00:33:49,840 Speaker 1: there any time today where you could sit with me 622 00:33:49,920 --> 00:33:52,160 Speaker 1: and sort of work through it. So rather than become 623 00:33:52,200 --> 00:33:54,600 Speaker 1: their teacher or like help do it for them, you 624 00:33:54,640 --> 00:33:58,400 Speaker 1: want to teach them out, and then if that doesn't 625 00:33:58,720 --> 00:34:01,200 Speaker 1: if that's not successful, of course I'm going to teach them. 626 00:34:01,280 --> 00:34:03,440 Speaker 1: I'm not going to let like gaping holes happen in 627 00:34:03,480 --> 00:34:06,760 Speaker 1: their education. But I want them to know that that's 628 00:34:06,760 --> 00:34:09,120 Speaker 1: a lifelong skill. As an adult, you need to be 629 00:34:09,160 --> 00:34:12,640 Speaker 1: able to do that. And so I would love to 630 00:34:12,719 --> 00:34:16,040 Speaker 1: see that happen across the board for parents to kind 631 00:34:16,080 --> 00:34:18,840 Speaker 1: of like empower their kids to go in. I have 632 00:34:18,880 --> 00:34:20,880 Speaker 1: a follow up. Yeah, well, it's a little bit of 633 00:34:20,920 --> 00:34:25,040 Speaker 1: different side of the coin. Parents in our district, there 634 00:34:25,080 --> 00:34:27,160 Speaker 1: are many. There are some that stay at home, maybe 635 00:34:27,239 --> 00:34:29,200 Speaker 1: not as much in the Closter teaching currently, but there 636 00:34:29,200 --> 00:34:30,960 Speaker 1: are some that stay at home. There are some that work, 637 00:34:31,440 --> 00:34:34,600 Speaker 1: those of us that work may be less inclined to 638 00:34:35,680 --> 00:34:38,080 Speaker 1: sign up for a a lot of extra volunteer type opportunities. 639 00:34:38,400 --> 00:34:43,719 Speaker 1: To judge no, So I when I was getting ready 640 00:34:43,719 --> 00:34:45,799 Speaker 1: for this, I was like, I feel sad that you 641 00:34:45,880 --> 00:34:49,200 Speaker 1: have to think that. Actually, so teachers do not judge 642 00:34:49,239 --> 00:34:52,080 Speaker 1: parents at all. I mean, we have families that are 643 00:34:52,080 --> 00:34:55,200 Speaker 1: coming from all different walks of life that go to 644 00:34:55,239 --> 00:34:57,920 Speaker 1: our same school. So you could have a parent that 645 00:34:57,960 --> 00:35:00,320 Speaker 1: could be there from first thing in the mo running 646 00:35:00,480 --> 00:35:03,680 Speaker 1: till dismiss all volunteering and doing all those types of things. 647 00:35:04,400 --> 00:35:06,759 Speaker 1: I don't think that they're better than you are because 648 00:35:06,800 --> 00:35:09,200 Speaker 1: they're involved at school. I think that they just have 649 00:35:09,280 --> 00:35:13,360 Speaker 1: a different choice that they're making. And I also respect 650 00:35:13,360 --> 00:35:16,440 Speaker 1: the fact that my job is actually supposed to be 651 00:35:16,520 --> 00:35:21,719 Speaker 1: done in conjunction with you, but not reliant upon you 652 00:35:22,239 --> 00:35:26,680 Speaker 1: being there. I do have one thing that I find 653 00:35:26,840 --> 00:35:31,040 Speaker 1: really works for communication with parents, because I would feel 654 00:35:31,040 --> 00:35:32,880 Speaker 1: like maybe as a working parent, that you feel like 655 00:35:32,880 --> 00:35:35,440 Speaker 1: you're not maybe so much at the school and a 656 00:35:35,760 --> 00:35:38,920 Speaker 1: presence at the school. So I use something called the 657 00:35:38,960 --> 00:35:42,319 Speaker 1: remind app where I can actually send out messages to 658 00:35:42,360 --> 00:35:46,719 Speaker 1: the entire class through my phone and the parents can 659 00:35:46,760 --> 00:35:51,160 Speaker 1: actually respond to me individually as though it were a 660 00:35:51,200 --> 00:35:56,560 Speaker 1: text conversation without having my cell phone number, And if 661 00:35:56,600 --> 00:35:59,239 Speaker 1: I need to, I can turn it off, put it on, 662 00:35:59,360 --> 00:36:03,000 Speaker 1: do not disturb verb, you know, or I can leave 663 00:36:03,000 --> 00:36:06,239 Speaker 1: it open and I get messages like can you help 664 00:36:06,280 --> 00:36:10,560 Speaker 1: explain this math problem? All the way through Listen, there 665 00:36:10,680 --> 00:36:14,040 Speaker 1: was maybe a disagreement at PE that you weren't aware of. 666 00:36:14,280 --> 00:36:17,759 Speaker 1: Can you discuss it with my child tomorrow? And all 667 00:36:17,800 --> 00:36:19,680 Speaker 1: of those things are things that I want to know. 668 00:36:21,000 --> 00:36:24,600 Speaker 1: So I love that open line of communication. And obviously 669 00:36:24,719 --> 00:36:29,319 Speaker 1: I hope this supports what you're asking. I feel like 670 00:36:29,440 --> 00:36:32,279 Speaker 1: emailing the teacher and always making them aware of what 671 00:36:32,320 --> 00:36:38,399 Speaker 1: you're thinking is better than letting things ruminate and then 672 00:36:38,440 --> 00:36:40,600 Speaker 1: all of a sudden being like, oh my goodness, now 673 00:36:40,600 --> 00:36:43,880 Speaker 1: we have this big problem. I mean simple as like 674 00:36:44,360 --> 00:36:49,360 Speaker 1: multiple homeworks not being understood to as grand as someone 675 00:36:49,560 --> 00:36:52,960 Speaker 1: being made fun of, and you know, brushing it away 676 00:36:52,960 --> 00:36:55,880 Speaker 1: for a second and then really it becoming a problem. 677 00:36:55,880 --> 00:37:01,799 Speaker 1: But the teacher doesn't know about it. So communication is awesome. Okay, 678 00:37:02,000 --> 00:37:06,000 Speaker 1: that made me feel better. All right, well, this was awesome. 679 00:37:06,400 --> 00:37:08,240 Speaker 1: I think you love the week? Do you have anything 680 00:37:08,239 --> 00:37:10,600 Speaker 1: else before we do? Love of the week. Yeah, let's 681 00:37:10,640 --> 00:37:17,040 Speaker 1: do it. Okay, do I start? Yeah, I like yours, 682 00:37:17,040 --> 00:37:20,800 Speaker 1: go for it. Okay. So my love of every single 683 00:37:20,880 --> 00:37:23,400 Speaker 1: week of my life since I started high school has 684 00:37:23,440 --> 00:37:26,879 Speaker 1: been coffee. But I just threw that one in there. 685 00:37:27,280 --> 00:37:29,840 Speaker 1: But my real true love of the week right now 686 00:37:30,120 --> 00:37:34,839 Speaker 1: is my new workout program, which is by the Beach 687 00:37:34,920 --> 00:37:38,439 Speaker 1: Body Fitness and it is eighty day obsession. So I'm 688 00:37:38,480 --> 00:37:42,520 Speaker 1: giving a huge shout out to Autumn Calibrise, who is 689 00:37:42,600 --> 00:37:45,800 Speaker 1: my virtual trainer. I feel like you are my friend, 690 00:37:46,480 --> 00:37:49,960 Speaker 1: and I thank you for getting me through every single exercise. 691 00:37:50,320 --> 00:37:55,960 Speaker 1: Listen to listen Autumn. If you're listening, I love you 692 00:37:56,160 --> 00:37:58,440 Speaker 1: and you're amazing and I've learned a lot from you. 693 00:37:58,520 --> 00:38:02,680 Speaker 1: And my arms. Also, yeah, she's got great arms. No, yeah, 694 00:38:02,719 --> 00:38:05,200 Speaker 1: Rachel does Beach Body. That's one of my motivations behind 695 00:38:05,800 --> 00:38:09,759 Speaker 1: doing not just running, but other stuff I haven't made. 696 00:38:10,080 --> 00:38:12,919 Speaker 1: I've done some's like that later anyway, Okay, my love 697 00:38:12,960 --> 00:38:16,200 Speaker 1: of the week is actually it's a theme from all 698 00:38:16,200 --> 00:38:18,320 Speaker 1: the stuff you're talking about. I do love the remind 699 00:38:18,400 --> 00:38:21,279 Speaker 1: app that you mentioned, but actually I super love the 700 00:38:21,760 --> 00:38:24,920 Speaker 1: fact that technology allows us we have a WhatsApp group 701 00:38:25,040 --> 00:38:29,360 Speaker 1: of the entire kindergarten class. So if a kid is sick, 702 00:38:29,560 --> 00:38:31,480 Speaker 1: someone can write, oh, my kid is sick, can you 703 00:38:32,360 --> 00:38:34,000 Speaker 1: someone send me a screenshot of the homework, so it's 704 00:38:34,000 --> 00:38:37,120 Speaker 1: super easy to get their homework, or as recently happened, 705 00:38:37,120 --> 00:38:40,560 Speaker 1: someone can test. And it wasn't us in this particular case. 706 00:38:40,880 --> 00:38:44,640 Speaker 1: My child has life, So everybody was able to check 707 00:38:44,680 --> 00:38:47,120 Speaker 1: their kids make sure that we niff anything in the 708 00:38:47,120 --> 00:38:49,359 Speaker 1: bud before it spreads all over the place. And I 709 00:38:49,440 --> 00:38:52,399 Speaker 1: just think I don't think we were able to do 710 00:38:52,440 --> 00:38:54,120 Speaker 1: that easily, or at least no one did do that 711 00:38:54,160 --> 00:38:55,960 Speaker 1: easily back in the day. They were like phone chains 712 00:38:56,000 --> 00:38:58,319 Speaker 1: and stuff. And I'm sure there's Facebook groups. So for 713 00:38:58,320 --> 00:39:01,520 Speaker 1: those of us not on Facebook, the what'size feature has 714 00:39:01,560 --> 00:39:03,799 Speaker 1: been awesome. So that's my love of the week. That 715 00:39:03,920 --> 00:39:07,359 Speaker 1: is great, all right. Mine is being able to make 716 00:39:07,520 --> 00:39:13,040 Speaker 1: copies at home on my printer, like you know, the 717 00:39:13,080 --> 00:39:17,200 Speaker 1: advances in office supply technology that I used to have 718 00:39:17,280 --> 00:39:20,799 Speaker 1: to go to Kinko's or FedEx or something to make 719 00:39:21,719 --> 00:39:25,319 Speaker 1: copies of stuff. And I recently today as we're recording this, 720 00:39:25,320 --> 00:39:27,880 Speaker 1: this morning, we had an appointment to get two of 721 00:39:27,920 --> 00:39:32,960 Speaker 1: the children's passports renewed, which involved a wide variety of 722 00:39:33,000 --> 00:39:38,319 Speaker 1: documentation and black and white copies of said documentation, and 723 00:39:38,360 --> 00:39:40,040 Speaker 1: it was all good. I had that stuff. It didn't 724 00:39:40,080 --> 00:39:41,960 Speaker 1: have to go anywhere to get it, so that was great. 725 00:39:42,400 --> 00:39:44,200 Speaker 1: It's true. We live in a great age. We live 726 00:39:44,200 --> 00:39:48,160 Speaker 1: in wonderful age. Make copies of everything, all right. Well, 727 00:39:48,160 --> 00:39:50,759 Speaker 1: this has been Best of Both Worlds Episode thirty one. 728 00:39:50,840 --> 00:39:55,479 Speaker 1: We've been broadcasting from Miami Beach with the whole Hunger 729 00:39:55,560 --> 00:39:59,600 Speaker 1: family in one room. So it's been great talking with you, Rachel. 730 00:39:59,600 --> 00:40:01,759 Speaker 1: Thank you for coming on, Thank you for having me, 731 00:40:02,280 --> 00:40:04,719 Speaker 1: Thank you. We'll be back next week with more on 732 00:40:04,800 --> 00:40:11,200 Speaker 1: making work and life fit together. Thanks for listening. You 733 00:40:11,200 --> 00:40:14,400 Speaker 1: can find me Sarah at the shoebox dot com or 734 00:40:14,680 --> 00:40:18,360 Speaker 1: at the Underscore Shoebox on Instagram, and you can find 735 00:40:18,400 --> 00:40:22,600 Speaker 1: me Laura at Laura vandercam dot com. This has been 736 00:40:22,640 --> 00:40:25,959 Speaker 1: the best of Both Worlds podcasts. Please join us next 737 00:40:25,960 --> 00:40:29,120 Speaker 1: time for more on making work and life work together.