1 00:00:00,200 --> 00:00:02,759 Speaker 1: I always do like a big chug right before we start. 2 00:00:03,120 --> 00:00:09,080 Speaker 1: Do you have to do the whole welcome? I also 3 00:00:09,119 --> 00:00:12,080 Speaker 1: said I wasn't going to drink this November, so oh yeah, 4 00:00:12,200 --> 00:00:14,159 Speaker 1: huh said I was taking off a month because I 5 00:00:14,240 --> 00:00:18,840 Speaker 1: drank for three weeks straight, like every single days. That's 6 00:00:18,880 --> 00:00:21,680 Speaker 1: the reason. That's that's the reason. It's not even an excuse, 7 00:00:21,720 --> 00:00:24,160 Speaker 1: it's the reason. Do I put my drink over here? 8 00:00:25,400 --> 00:00:27,240 Speaker 1: I always do it on this side. Just but that 9 00:00:27,240 --> 00:00:29,960 Speaker 1: would be your right hand. I'm ambidextrious when it comes 10 00:00:29,960 --> 00:00:35,400 Speaker 1: to drinking. I have no limits. Nine whichever hand you 11 00:00:35,479 --> 00:00:38,040 Speaker 1: tell me it's gonna turn into a podcast about drinking. 12 00:00:38,600 --> 00:00:40,280 Speaker 1: We'll get some good stuff out of here. Yeah, we 13 00:00:40,320 --> 00:00:42,680 Speaker 1: have to. I feel like the bloopers of this video 14 00:00:42,720 --> 00:00:52,479 Speaker 1: are gonna be insane. Oh, they're gonna be fun. What's up, Brandy? 15 00:00:52,680 --> 00:00:56,360 Speaker 1: Welcome to the Better Half Podcast. I'm super excited to 16 00:00:56,360 --> 00:00:58,520 Speaker 1: have you on the show. Um, we've known each other 17 00:00:58,640 --> 00:01:00,760 Speaker 1: the past few years that I've been here. You've been 18 00:01:00,840 --> 00:01:04,080 Speaker 1: here a minute, ye, a good minute. So I'm excited 19 00:01:04,080 --> 00:01:06,839 Speaker 1: to talk to you about some things that I feel 20 00:01:06,840 --> 00:01:09,000 Speaker 1: like I don't really know that much about, like raising 21 00:01:09,080 --> 00:01:11,440 Speaker 1: a kid in the NFL because your son is nine, 22 00:01:11,480 --> 00:01:14,280 Speaker 1: like you said, yeah, and I don't know, just talk 23 00:01:14,319 --> 00:01:16,920 Speaker 1: about kind of your experience in the NFL, but more 24 00:01:16,959 --> 00:01:21,200 Speaker 1: importantly you and how you've pursued your career and all 25 00:01:21,240 --> 00:01:24,120 Speaker 1: your ambitions and things like that. So why don't you 26 00:01:24,160 --> 00:01:27,720 Speaker 1: start off by introducing yourself and how you met your 27 00:01:28,120 --> 00:01:30,920 Speaker 1: well and who you're a significant other is? Because I 28 00:01:30,959 --> 00:01:32,600 Speaker 1: feel like they would want to know that. Yeah, like, 29 00:01:32,600 --> 00:01:36,520 Speaker 1: who is this random chake on the show? Well, hello, guys, 30 00:01:36,640 --> 00:01:40,400 Speaker 1: my name is Brandy Square. I am wife of Damien Square, 31 00:01:41,000 --> 00:01:43,960 Speaker 1: nose tackle number seventy one for the Good Old Chargers, 32 00:01:44,840 --> 00:01:48,880 Speaker 1: and we have been with the Chargers for seven years now. 33 00:01:48,960 --> 00:01:53,320 Speaker 1: This is year eight for us. That I'm gonna give 34 00:01:53,480 --> 00:01:58,600 Speaker 1: a round of seven years. It's been a long time. 35 00:01:58,760 --> 00:02:02,600 Speaker 1: That's insane. And so you guys have been together since college, right, yes, 36 00:02:02,720 --> 00:02:10,079 Speaker 1: since two thousand and eight. That isn't crazy. Okay, So 37 00:02:10,320 --> 00:02:15,120 Speaker 1: tell us how you guys met hey fell in love? Okay? Well, um, 38 00:02:15,320 --> 00:02:18,800 Speaker 1: I actually have a cousin that plays for the Cardinals, 39 00:02:19,680 --> 00:02:23,799 Speaker 1: and um, he introduced us in college. He was actually 40 00:02:23,800 --> 00:02:29,120 Speaker 1: a high school prospect. He was a high school prospect 41 00:02:29,480 --> 00:02:33,760 Speaker 1: and I was trying to check out the recruiting process 42 00:02:33,760 --> 00:02:35,720 Speaker 1: because I wanted to be what we call Abama Bell. 43 00:02:36,320 --> 00:02:39,000 Speaker 1: I have no idea what that is. Right, So, as 44 00:02:39,040 --> 00:02:42,960 Speaker 1: you know, Alabama is a really big football state. Like 45 00:02:43,200 --> 00:02:45,360 Speaker 1: all I know, I mean being permission us. All I 46 00:02:45,400 --> 00:02:50,840 Speaker 1: know about Alabama's we no other professional team could ever survive. 47 00:02:51,000 --> 00:02:53,520 Speaker 1: We tried like arena ball and all this other stuff. 48 00:02:53,800 --> 00:02:58,160 Speaker 1: Nothing ever worked out. It's all college ball. So how 49 00:02:58,160 --> 00:03:01,200 Speaker 1: many times has Alabama gone to the hip when we 50 00:03:01,200 --> 00:03:05,440 Speaker 1: were in college? It was three times, and we won 51 00:03:05,480 --> 00:03:09,679 Speaker 1: all three times. Quick side No. I went to Michigan State, 52 00:03:09,720 --> 00:03:12,640 Speaker 1: we played Alabama in the championship. I remember that game. 53 00:03:12,840 --> 00:03:18,240 Speaker 1: I was pregnant in that game. Anyways, back to how 54 00:03:18,320 --> 00:03:22,480 Speaker 1: y'all met. So we met. Um My cousin takes me 55 00:03:22,560 --> 00:03:25,359 Speaker 1: to camp with him, so you know, he's just kind 56 00:03:25,360 --> 00:03:28,960 Speaker 1: of giving me the run around. And I'm from Birmingham, 57 00:03:29,000 --> 00:03:33,880 Speaker 1: which was forty five minutes from Tuscaloosa. I um see 58 00:03:33,880 --> 00:03:35,480 Speaker 1: some of my friends and I'm like, hey, y'all, I'm 59 00:03:35,520 --> 00:03:37,680 Speaker 1: having a party later tonight because like I said, already 60 00:03:37,680 --> 00:03:40,880 Speaker 1: have my friends there. And we have a party later 61 00:03:40,920 --> 00:03:45,240 Speaker 1: that night. And I see Damien and he's dancing. Nobody 62 00:03:45,240 --> 00:03:50,080 Speaker 1: else is dancing. What else do you expect? Right? And 63 00:03:50,160 --> 00:03:52,080 Speaker 1: I was like whoa whoall time out? Who is this? 64 00:03:52,880 --> 00:03:54,480 Speaker 1: I had to ask him. I was like, who is this? 65 00:03:54,520 --> 00:03:56,720 Speaker 1: And they go, that's Square And I was like, but like, 66 00:03:56,760 --> 00:04:01,240 Speaker 1: what's his real name? No, that's no for real, like 67 00:04:01,320 --> 00:04:04,080 Speaker 1: y'all call him square and they were like, no, his 68 00:04:04,160 --> 00:04:07,440 Speaker 1: name is Damian Square. So it's like, all right, I 69 00:04:07,760 --> 00:04:13,120 Speaker 1: think about it for a second. Right, So I introduced 70 00:04:13,120 --> 00:04:15,400 Speaker 1: myself with the plate of food because I'm a good 71 00:04:15,400 --> 00:04:20,440 Speaker 1: old Southern bill. Hi, you're really cute. Do you want 72 00:04:20,640 --> 00:04:23,560 Speaker 1: would you like some retail dope? I have nachos. I 73 00:04:23,600 --> 00:04:28,719 Speaker 1: have nachos, and I have links. Take your pick. Like literally, 74 00:04:28,800 --> 00:04:31,000 Speaker 1: the best way to introduce yourself to a guy? Yeah, 75 00:04:31,120 --> 00:04:32,800 Speaker 1: my dad always told me the way to a man's 76 00:04:32,839 --> 00:04:36,880 Speaker 1: hardest through his stomach. So day one, boom, I'm Brandy, 77 00:04:37,000 --> 00:04:39,839 Speaker 1: here's your food. Oh my god, that's do you need 78 00:04:39,839 --> 00:04:42,400 Speaker 1: me in your life? And I feel like it's like 79 00:04:43,000 --> 00:04:45,560 Speaker 1: knowing him well. Also, I didn't know his first name 80 00:04:45,560 --> 00:04:47,640 Speaker 1: was Damien until now really because I just know him 81 00:04:47,640 --> 00:04:51,200 Speaker 1: as Square. But I feel like, what a way to 82 00:04:51,279 --> 00:04:53,880 Speaker 1: meet him other than he was dancing and then you 83 00:04:53,920 --> 00:04:55,560 Speaker 1: show up with a plate of food? Which is just 84 00:04:55,600 --> 00:04:58,320 Speaker 1: like you are just like the people person. You're like, 85 00:04:58,360 --> 00:05:00,160 Speaker 1: I know exactly how to get this. So we've we're 86 00:05:00,200 --> 00:05:01,919 Speaker 1: always like the life of the party, and you know, 87 00:05:01,960 --> 00:05:03,919 Speaker 1: we like we introduced ourselves and it was like a 88 00:05:03,920 --> 00:05:05,919 Speaker 1: whole bunch of the team there and all that crap. 89 00:05:06,520 --> 00:05:09,560 Speaker 1: And we would always end up being at parties together. 90 00:05:10,200 --> 00:05:11,600 Speaker 1: I would be like in the middle of the dance 91 00:05:11,600 --> 00:05:13,880 Speaker 1: floor doing my thing and he just like pop up 92 00:05:13,920 --> 00:05:15,960 Speaker 1: behind me and I'm like, hey, what's up. And it 93 00:05:15,960 --> 00:05:19,800 Speaker 1: would just be like a party all night. Were soulmates, right, 94 00:05:19,880 --> 00:05:23,559 Speaker 1: we are soul mats. We would dance like all night parties. Nothing. 95 00:05:23,760 --> 00:05:27,000 Speaker 1: So you guys met what year of college the first 96 00:05:27,120 --> 00:05:32,480 Speaker 1: day a freshman year. So y'all were like babies. We 97 00:05:32,480 --> 00:05:35,920 Speaker 1: were babies. We were eighteen and nineteen years old. Oh 98 00:05:35,960 --> 00:05:39,200 Speaker 1: my gosh. And you guys instantly fell in love. I 99 00:05:39,200 --> 00:05:41,480 Speaker 1: mean instantly once you offered that plate of food and 100 00:05:41,520 --> 00:05:43,360 Speaker 1: you saw his danceman as your life. It was actually 101 00:05:43,360 --> 00:05:45,880 Speaker 1: we were more like friends first. Really, we were really 102 00:05:45,920 --> 00:05:49,719 Speaker 1: like friends. You know, like some of my other homegirls 103 00:05:49,760 --> 00:05:53,760 Speaker 1: wanted them like, ha, yeah, that's cute. Don't try it though, 104 00:05:54,200 --> 00:05:56,200 Speaker 1: but that was my friend. Like if whenever I had 105 00:05:56,200 --> 00:05:58,800 Speaker 1: a problem, I would talk to him and we just 106 00:05:58,839 --> 00:06:02,599 Speaker 1: had a really good relationship ship. I like the best relationships, 107 00:06:02,640 --> 00:06:05,280 Speaker 1: like the best, the best, Yeah, the best relationships turn 108 00:06:05,560 --> 00:06:08,520 Speaker 1: like turn from friendship right into like, oh, I'm gonna 109 00:06:08,520 --> 00:06:10,720 Speaker 1: marry my best round house right, And that's what it was. 110 00:06:10,920 --> 00:06:14,880 Speaker 1: And then um, we were just like inseparables because I 111 00:06:14,920 --> 00:06:17,920 Speaker 1: did end up doing like the recruiting process, we always 112 00:06:17,960 --> 00:06:20,279 Speaker 1: had different guys coming in. So guys that are in 113 00:06:20,279 --> 00:06:24,360 Speaker 1: the NFL now, I watched them grow up as babies, 114 00:06:24,400 --> 00:06:28,120 Speaker 1: like sixteen, seventeen, eighteen years old. They were my recruits 115 00:06:28,720 --> 00:06:31,960 Speaker 1: trying to come to Alabama. So like DJ Fluker, you 116 00:06:31,960 --> 00:06:34,760 Speaker 1: know he's the Chargers, he's now with Baltimore, but that 117 00:06:34,920 --> 00:06:38,880 Speaker 1: was one of my recruits. So you were like, well, 118 00:06:39,120 --> 00:06:41,600 Speaker 1: was he jealous when he saw you like hanging out 119 00:06:41,600 --> 00:06:44,919 Speaker 1: of these guys And he was like no, really, I 120 00:06:44,920 --> 00:06:47,000 Speaker 1: thought you would be like, oh, like she's like yeah, 121 00:06:47,040 --> 00:06:50,120 Speaker 1: she's my friend, but like but it was nothing like that. 122 00:06:50,200 --> 00:06:55,680 Speaker 1: It was just the coaches knew the right people to 123 00:06:55,760 --> 00:06:58,360 Speaker 1: start the party, you know, like you know how certain 124 00:06:58,400 --> 00:07:01,240 Speaker 1: people just always know where the party is. I don't 125 00:07:01,240 --> 00:07:03,480 Speaker 1: know where the party. You don't know where the party is. Gross, 126 00:07:03,560 --> 00:07:07,480 Speaker 1: don't know where the party is. I will create a party. 127 00:07:07,680 --> 00:07:09,680 Speaker 1: Don't go to the party. I have a face mask 128 00:07:09,760 --> 00:07:13,360 Speaker 1: on it. Eight pm. I literally just created a party. 129 00:07:14,680 --> 00:07:17,320 Speaker 1: Can I be invited to Partley's come to the party? Girl? 130 00:07:18,040 --> 00:07:20,920 Speaker 1: But yeah, it was just like that. It was Brandy's 131 00:07:20,960 --> 00:07:23,600 Speaker 1: like a people person, and we would like they would 132 00:07:23,640 --> 00:07:26,600 Speaker 1: all take them to really nice restaurants and things like that, 133 00:07:26,680 --> 00:07:29,680 Speaker 1: so I would be there during that process, you know, 134 00:07:29,920 --> 00:07:32,400 Speaker 1: just it was almost really like you gotta have a 135 00:07:32,440 --> 00:07:34,400 Speaker 1: pretty girl in your arm type of thing. Yeah, So 136 00:07:34,480 --> 00:07:37,160 Speaker 1: we would do that and then afterwards they would have 137 00:07:37,240 --> 00:07:40,240 Speaker 1: the guys come and finished the night with them, you know, 138 00:07:40,320 --> 00:07:44,320 Speaker 1: for the recruiting. And it was always the coaches always 139 00:07:44,320 --> 00:07:47,040 Speaker 1: paired us two up together because they just knew, like 140 00:07:47,080 --> 00:07:50,920 Speaker 1: they're like, yeah, Brandy and Damien, they they're the good ones, right, right, 141 00:07:51,600 --> 00:07:53,920 Speaker 1: And that was our thing, Like even when we tried 142 00:07:54,000 --> 00:07:56,240 Speaker 1: not to talk to each other and it just kind 143 00:07:56,240 --> 00:07:58,760 Speaker 1: of happened, always ended up right back in each other's faces. 144 00:07:59,120 --> 00:08:04,560 Speaker 1: So when did it transition from being just friends to like, right, um, 145 00:08:05,360 --> 00:08:12,400 Speaker 1: let's see, m it's so long ago at this point, 146 00:08:13,880 --> 00:08:17,360 Speaker 1: it was probably let's see two thousand and ten. So 147 00:08:17,520 --> 00:08:21,160 Speaker 1: our junior year, okay, our sophomore junior year, y'all really 148 00:08:21,160 --> 00:08:24,960 Speaker 1: built like a good friendship basis. Yeah, and I feel 149 00:08:24,960 --> 00:08:27,560 Speaker 1: like also, like you guys were able to experience college 150 00:08:27,680 --> 00:08:30,680 Speaker 1: like friends, kind of had that college experience and then 151 00:08:30,760 --> 00:08:34,400 Speaker 1: like oh he was like my d d you know, like, hey, 152 00:08:34,440 --> 00:08:38,120 Speaker 1: I'm too messed up on the strip. I know you're 153 00:08:38,120 --> 00:08:40,280 Speaker 1: not doing anything. Can you come and pick me up? 154 00:08:40,360 --> 00:08:42,360 Speaker 1: Because he only lets loose like that when he's around 155 00:08:42,400 --> 00:08:44,760 Speaker 1: like people he's comfortable with, right, Okay. Other than that, 156 00:08:45,000 --> 00:08:47,480 Speaker 1: he's just like sitting in the corner, you know. Okay, 157 00:08:47,480 --> 00:08:51,480 Speaker 1: So it flourishes into a relationship, yes, and then we 158 00:08:51,520 --> 00:08:56,480 Speaker 1: would come parents crazy, Okay, So when did you get pregnant? 159 00:08:56,679 --> 00:08:59,760 Speaker 1: I got pregnant in two thousand and ten. I had 160 00:08:59,800 --> 00:09:02,280 Speaker 1: my son in two thousand eleven. You guys were like, 161 00:09:02,800 --> 00:09:06,040 Speaker 1: I've been liking you for the past two years. Yeah, 162 00:09:06,080 --> 00:09:08,480 Speaker 1: and now we're parents. And now we're parents, and we 163 00:09:08,480 --> 00:09:12,240 Speaker 1: were like, um, all right, so what do we do? 164 00:09:12,600 --> 00:09:15,160 Speaker 1: So was that like hard for you? Is that difficult? 165 00:09:16,679 --> 00:09:19,680 Speaker 1: It wasn't hard. No, I've been babysitting like my whole life. Yeah, 166 00:09:19,720 --> 00:09:21,720 Speaker 1: you know, you're like those once you've been around kids, 167 00:09:21,880 --> 00:09:23,920 Speaker 1: you know what to do right, right, But the hard 168 00:09:24,000 --> 00:09:31,719 Speaker 1: part was juggling school, parenthood and football because I mean, 169 00:09:31,840 --> 00:09:34,760 Speaker 1: you're at Alabama right, like girls are getting pregnant lifted, right, 170 00:09:34,800 --> 00:09:37,960 Speaker 1: that's right, you know that's I have no idea. Well, okay, 171 00:09:38,200 --> 00:09:41,880 Speaker 1: Alabama prepared me for the NFL. Okay, because Alabama was 172 00:09:41,920 --> 00:09:45,040 Speaker 1: just a whole other beast. I feel like it is 173 00:09:45,040 --> 00:09:47,480 Speaker 1: a whole nother I at least know that much like Alabama. 174 00:09:47,640 --> 00:09:50,000 Speaker 1: When you think of a football a college football school, 175 00:09:50,040 --> 00:09:56,960 Speaker 1: you're like Alabama SEC, Clemson SEC, some ACC and that's 176 00:09:56,960 --> 00:09:59,000 Speaker 1: really part of the SEC. You know what I'm saying, 177 00:09:59,120 --> 00:10:04,320 Speaker 1: Like ten big t. Sorry you guys. So yeah, so 178 00:10:04,360 --> 00:10:08,360 Speaker 1: Alabama and like saban strict schedule, like it prepared us 179 00:10:08,440 --> 00:10:11,960 Speaker 1: for the NFL. So being without him, right, wasn't that hard? 180 00:10:12,000 --> 00:10:14,400 Speaker 1: Like his parents and his grandparents would come in town 181 00:10:14,559 --> 00:10:18,360 Speaker 1: and we would have to have things giving like start Thanksgiving. 182 00:10:18,400 --> 00:10:22,800 Speaker 1: Without him, It's like nothing has changed now, nothing has changed, 183 00:10:24,040 --> 00:10:26,400 Speaker 1: you know. Yeah, So now it's just like, all right, 184 00:10:26,679 --> 00:10:28,800 Speaker 1: how many people are coming over? Well not this year 185 00:10:28,840 --> 00:10:31,160 Speaker 1: because you know, yeah you're COVID and all that. But 186 00:10:31,800 --> 00:10:34,800 Speaker 1: usually it's like a flock of guys and their girls 187 00:10:34,840 --> 00:10:37,760 Speaker 1: at our house and we're just having a big feast, right, Yeah, 188 00:10:37,800 --> 00:10:40,880 Speaker 1: And honestly, it's like the girls in the morning like okay, 189 00:10:40,920 --> 00:10:42,880 Speaker 1: so like we're gonna come over and then he's just 190 00:10:42,920 --> 00:10:44,679 Speaker 1: like waiting around for them to get out of practice. 191 00:10:45,280 --> 00:10:47,880 Speaker 1: I don't think Isaac and I have spent one Thanksgiving together, 192 00:10:47,920 --> 00:10:51,000 Speaker 1: like the full day. Really No, I can't say we 193 00:10:51,080 --> 00:10:53,760 Speaker 1: have either. I do know, like we've spent Christmas together, 194 00:10:53,760 --> 00:10:55,240 Speaker 1: But Christmas, I feel like it's a little bit different. 195 00:10:55,280 --> 00:10:57,320 Speaker 1: Christmas is a little different Thanksgiving. It's like, oh, we 196 00:10:57,360 --> 00:10:59,440 Speaker 1: have to like lift in the morning or like go 197 00:10:59,480 --> 00:11:01,240 Speaker 1: and do some thing. Yeah, and then it's like, oh, 198 00:11:01,240 --> 00:11:03,000 Speaker 1: i'll see you later. They're still not home until like 199 00:11:03,000 --> 00:11:06,559 Speaker 1: three o'clock, you know. So in that case, you're different 200 00:11:06,600 --> 00:11:09,560 Speaker 1: life prepping beforehand, you know, and dealing with the kids. 201 00:11:10,240 --> 00:11:14,320 Speaker 1: But yeah, that's that. So, I mean Alabama prepared you 202 00:11:14,320 --> 00:11:21,120 Speaker 1: guys for that. So the draft process, obviously you knew like, okay, 203 00:11:21,160 --> 00:11:26,360 Speaker 1: he's going somewhere. So at this point, were guys married yet? Yes? Yes, 204 00:11:26,480 --> 00:11:30,200 Speaker 1: So we got married and graduated on the same day. Wait, 205 00:11:30,240 --> 00:11:31,960 Speaker 1: I think I saw a picture of that. Yeah, can 206 00:11:32,000 --> 00:11:37,280 Speaker 1: we insert the pictures? Like my anniversary post. Oh yeah, yeah, okay, 207 00:11:37,280 --> 00:11:39,240 Speaker 1: I can see that. That That was That was okay. So 208 00:11:39,240 --> 00:11:41,320 Speaker 1: you guys got married and graduated in the same day 209 00:11:41,400 --> 00:11:44,280 Speaker 1: and your parents and you're like, oh my gosh, another curveball. 210 00:11:44,360 --> 00:11:47,559 Speaker 1: He's going to NFL. Not really a curveball, but another 211 00:11:47,600 --> 00:11:49,240 Speaker 1: thing to add on top of like what we already 212 00:11:49,240 --> 00:11:54,280 Speaker 1: have going on. So he tore his aco in CEO 213 00:11:54,679 --> 00:11:58,880 Speaker 1: in lateral monisques like our sophomore year. I don't even 214 00:11:58,880 --> 00:12:01,000 Speaker 1: know what all three of them, all that stuff in 215 00:12:01,000 --> 00:12:03,480 Speaker 1: the knee. So it's like basically just ripped. He ripped 216 00:12:03,520 --> 00:12:06,000 Speaker 1: his knee apart, like no contact, just chasing the tighten 217 00:12:06,240 --> 00:12:08,920 Speaker 1: just falls down, like oh, he's gonna get back up, 218 00:12:09,000 --> 00:12:11,280 Speaker 1: and I see the cart and I'm like, ohh when 219 00:12:11,320 --> 00:12:12,840 Speaker 1: you see the cart, well, you see the cart, you 220 00:12:12,880 --> 00:12:16,600 Speaker 1: know it's rule. Right. Luckily, luckily we haven't had those 221 00:12:16,640 --> 00:12:20,280 Speaker 1: issues since, not caught off on my head, right, but 222 00:12:20,480 --> 00:12:24,760 Speaker 1: we've been good. So our chances of being drafted we 223 00:12:24,760 --> 00:12:27,080 Speaker 1: didn't know. So we actually stayed in school. Well, he 224 00:12:27,120 --> 00:12:30,480 Speaker 1: stayed in school an extra year to up his draft chances, 225 00:12:30,760 --> 00:12:33,040 Speaker 1: the draft chances and get your degree and get well 226 00:12:33,040 --> 00:12:35,520 Speaker 1: we already graduated. Oh I'll graduated. Was he going for 227 00:12:35,559 --> 00:12:37,880 Speaker 1: his masters? Hey, we should stay here. He was just 228 00:12:38,559 --> 00:12:43,800 Speaker 1: playing football, yeah, just taking classes. It's like I don't know, yeah, 229 00:12:43,960 --> 00:12:46,200 Speaker 1: basket weak, whatever I need to do, I don't know. 230 00:12:46,280 --> 00:12:50,840 Speaker 1: Like no, but really he started doing business classes okay. Yeah, yeah, 231 00:12:50,880 --> 00:12:52,800 Speaker 1: he was like, well, I'm not gonna all go to ways, right, 232 00:12:52,880 --> 00:12:55,680 Speaker 1: so he started taking business classes. He's still playing football. 233 00:12:55,720 --> 00:12:57,760 Speaker 1: He's still playing football. And then so this would be 234 00:12:57,800 --> 00:12:59,840 Speaker 1: his fifth year. This is his fifth year, okay, and 235 00:13:00,000 --> 00:13:02,679 Speaker 1: so did it become more of like, okay, he's definitely 236 00:13:02,679 --> 00:13:05,680 Speaker 1: going in the NFL this year, Like he's recovered, he's good. Yep, 237 00:13:06,120 --> 00:13:09,959 Speaker 1: that's what that was. Yeah. So we're in Houston getting 238 00:13:09,960 --> 00:13:11,880 Speaker 1: ready for the draft and they're like, okay, you're at 239 00:13:11,920 --> 00:13:15,440 Speaker 1: least fifth round, right, go to the first day and 240 00:13:15,520 --> 00:13:18,440 Speaker 1: you're just you can't sleep. You know, you can't sleep 241 00:13:18,480 --> 00:13:21,400 Speaker 1: that first night of draft because you're like, okay, first 242 00:13:21,480 --> 00:13:25,440 Speaker 1: day everyone got picked, cool, great, but we're going tomorrow 243 00:13:25,760 --> 00:13:28,360 Speaker 1: and you're just wondering where you're packing your stuff up 244 00:13:28,400 --> 00:13:32,280 Speaker 1: and where you're good moving to right. Second day goes 245 00:13:32,320 --> 00:13:37,640 Speaker 1: by nothing. The phone's ringing and people were saying like, oh, 246 00:13:37,640 --> 00:13:39,760 Speaker 1: I want to put you on the oh you're if 247 00:13:39,760 --> 00:13:42,600 Speaker 1: you go as a like undrafted, I'll pick you guys. Yeah, 248 00:13:42,840 --> 00:13:44,880 Speaker 1: and it's ringing, like can you please not call my 249 00:13:44,880 --> 00:13:48,319 Speaker 1: phone until right exactly? So that's what's happening. So we 250 00:13:48,320 --> 00:13:50,520 Speaker 1: were like in three different locations, like every day we 251 00:13:50,520 --> 00:13:53,040 Speaker 1: were this place, this place, this place. So day three 252 00:13:54,360 --> 00:13:57,760 Speaker 1: drafts over and we're looking at each other like, okay, 253 00:13:58,040 --> 00:13:59,640 Speaker 1: I did not know he went on draft. Yeah, he 254 00:13:59,679 --> 00:14:03,240 Speaker 1: was undrafted. He was undrafted, and what you're in the 255 00:14:03,320 --> 00:14:08,280 Speaker 1: NFL is this eight right? Blessings? Right? Where's my big 256 00:14:08,280 --> 00:14:12,960 Speaker 1: show on when I needed? So we go undrafted and 257 00:14:13,000 --> 00:14:16,560 Speaker 1: he ends up picking Philly that's our first team, and 258 00:14:16,600 --> 00:14:20,480 Speaker 1: I know nothing about Philly, but I'm like, if you 259 00:14:20,520 --> 00:14:22,600 Speaker 1: want to go, let's let's do this. You know, so, 260 00:14:22,760 --> 00:14:27,160 Speaker 1: are you as an undrafted free agent, is undrafted free 261 00:14:27,160 --> 00:14:30,600 Speaker 1: agent whatever? Undrafted? Are you able to choose where you go? Yeah? 262 00:14:30,640 --> 00:14:32,920 Speaker 1: We were so. Initially it was going to be the 263 00:14:32,960 --> 00:14:35,680 Speaker 1: forty nine years and he looked at the depth charts 264 00:14:35,680 --> 00:14:37,280 Speaker 1: and one of our one of his other d linemen, 265 00:14:37,360 --> 00:14:40,000 Speaker 1: had actually gotten drafted there and he was like, okay, 266 00:14:40,080 --> 00:14:42,480 Speaker 1: we could know be the dynamic duo work this thing out. 267 00:14:42,840 --> 00:14:46,320 Speaker 1: But actually our old old line coach was the old 268 00:14:46,320 --> 00:14:51,240 Speaker 1: line coach at Philly. Now, so so he did get research, 269 00:14:51,360 --> 00:14:54,840 Speaker 1: Like he was like, I'm yeah, like he was for sure, yeah, 270 00:14:54,880 --> 00:14:58,440 Speaker 1: and he was just like they say I got a 271 00:14:58,520 --> 00:15:00,640 Speaker 1: chance against their old line, then I'm gonna go. That's 272 00:15:00,680 --> 00:15:04,080 Speaker 1: that's what I'm gonna do. Right, And Philly was the 273 00:15:04,240 --> 00:15:07,240 Speaker 1: best experience of like, I couldn't have had a better 274 00:15:07,440 --> 00:15:10,920 Speaker 1: rooky season. That's amazing. It was awesome. It was awesome. 275 00:15:10,960 --> 00:15:13,640 Speaker 1: And I would assume that Philly is a lot different 276 00:15:13,640 --> 00:15:17,640 Speaker 1: from the Chargers, very different, especially well, but you were 277 00:15:17,680 --> 00:15:19,920 Speaker 1: here for the transition, which we'll talk we'll talk more 278 00:15:19,920 --> 00:15:22,760 Speaker 1: about because I'm very curious about that. But so you 279 00:15:22,800 --> 00:15:25,560 Speaker 1: guys went to Philly, and how old was your son 280 00:15:25,560 --> 00:15:33,280 Speaker 1: when you guys moved two one two? He's nine now yeah, 281 00:15:33,320 --> 00:15:36,920 Speaker 1: they're like you're like, how old were right? Yeah? He 282 00:15:36,960 --> 00:15:39,960 Speaker 1: said he was like one two years old? Okay, yeah, 283 00:15:40,000 --> 00:15:43,640 Speaker 1: and so how is that? That was cool? You know, 284 00:15:43,800 --> 00:15:46,920 Speaker 1: that's what I called the arm the arm baby phase. Yeah, 285 00:15:47,000 --> 00:15:49,360 Speaker 1: you just pack him up and go, you know, nothing 286 00:15:49,400 --> 00:15:52,160 Speaker 1: to do it. Well, I feel like once once you're like, okay, 287 00:15:52,240 --> 00:15:55,280 Speaker 1: I went through the newborn phase, like I'm taking him 288 00:15:55,320 --> 00:15:57,640 Speaker 1: out he's like starting to like look around and like 289 00:15:57,680 --> 00:16:00,080 Speaker 1: start talking and stuff like that. You're like, okay, this 290 00:16:00,160 --> 00:16:04,440 Speaker 1: is fun. Like yeah, when you have cute kids, do 291 00:16:04,520 --> 00:16:06,480 Speaker 1: you know what comes with cute kids? You have an 292 00:16:06,560 --> 00:16:09,160 Speaker 1: ugly baby, don't, right, A lot of att engine comes 293 00:16:09,160 --> 00:16:11,240 Speaker 1: with cute kids. Oh, but he thinking about it, like 294 00:16:11,280 --> 00:16:14,080 Speaker 1: he grew up in alban in Tusclusa, so we were 295 00:16:14,120 --> 00:16:17,120 Speaker 1: already going to tailgates, like we were already doing like 296 00:16:17,160 --> 00:16:21,600 Speaker 1: all of that was like he was one and he 297 00:16:21,800 --> 00:16:24,240 Speaker 1: was I have pictures. It's so cute. He's walking up 298 00:16:24,240 --> 00:16:26,320 Speaker 1: to random people like hey, so what you doing here? 299 00:16:26,400 --> 00:16:29,080 Speaker 1: You know, like he always just owned the place and 300 00:16:29,120 --> 00:16:34,320 Speaker 1: he's always just been a football fanatic that I'm I 301 00:16:34,320 --> 00:16:36,880 Speaker 1: feel like it would be so cool to watch your 302 00:16:37,000 --> 00:16:40,160 Speaker 1: dad be in the NFL and like going to school 303 00:16:40,200 --> 00:16:45,240 Speaker 1: like that's my dad. Oh. By the whole daycare, knew 304 00:16:45,280 --> 00:16:51,240 Speaker 1: the Eagles fight song and he would wear his little 305 00:16:51,240 --> 00:16:54,600 Speaker 1: wristbands to school because he wanted everyone to know, like, yeah, 306 00:16:54,680 --> 00:16:58,480 Speaker 1: I'm important, my dad plays. That's my daddy. That's my daddy. 307 00:16:58,640 --> 00:17:02,760 Speaker 1: Like hello, you guys stay in Philadelphia for how long? 308 00:17:02,880 --> 00:17:05,840 Speaker 1: We were there for a full season and we were 309 00:17:05,880 --> 00:17:09,280 Speaker 1: the very last cut of camp that next year, I 310 00:17:09,440 --> 00:17:14,639 Speaker 1: hate to be there. Yeah, But looking in hindsight, you're like, well, 311 00:17:14,640 --> 00:17:17,520 Speaker 1: we're in La, right, So how long after you guys 312 00:17:17,520 --> 00:17:21,040 Speaker 1: got after he got cut, that you guys ended up 313 00:17:21,040 --> 00:17:25,160 Speaker 1: coming out here? Okay, So we get cut and we 314 00:17:25,200 --> 00:17:30,520 Speaker 1: go to the Chiefs. I'm sorry that was a current vot. 315 00:17:30,560 --> 00:17:34,000 Speaker 1: I didn't know that we went to the Chiefs, Like yeah, 316 00:17:34,040 --> 00:17:38,199 Speaker 1: and that is the most grueling and daunting weekend of 317 00:17:38,200 --> 00:17:41,040 Speaker 1: your life. Cut weekend horrible, especially when you have like 318 00:17:41,080 --> 00:17:44,320 Speaker 1: a kid. So luckily we had great friends and they 319 00:17:44,359 --> 00:17:46,359 Speaker 1: were having like little birthday parties and stuff to keep 320 00:17:46,400 --> 00:17:50,119 Speaker 1: our mind off of it. Right, But as we're like stressing, 321 00:17:50,320 --> 00:17:52,919 Speaker 1: we're at these people's houses and I don't know what 322 00:17:52,960 --> 00:17:55,240 Speaker 1: our next move is gonna be. So he's talking to 323 00:17:55,320 --> 00:17:57,600 Speaker 1: his agia and you know, coaches are calling or gs 324 00:17:57,600 --> 00:18:01,080 Speaker 1: and they're doing their little tango and then and keep 325 00:18:01,119 --> 00:18:03,960 Speaker 1: in mind, I haven't packed a thing, because I'm like, okay, well, 326 00:18:04,000 --> 00:18:07,159 Speaker 1: you know, at least we'll get picked up practice squad. Yeah, no, 327 00:18:07,720 --> 00:18:10,440 Speaker 1: you're going to Kansas City. Gets that call, he has 328 00:18:10,480 --> 00:18:13,359 Speaker 1: to leave, mind you, in Alabama and we were in 329 00:18:13,400 --> 00:18:15,640 Speaker 1: a two bedroom apartment. We go from a two bedroom 330 00:18:15,640 --> 00:18:19,320 Speaker 1: apartment to a three story townhouse and I have to 331 00:18:19,359 --> 00:18:21,919 Speaker 1: pack that thing up and get out of dodge, like, 332 00:18:22,160 --> 00:18:29,119 Speaker 1: go oh my, I cannot even imagine. Yeah, it's very stressful. Okay, 333 00:18:29,240 --> 00:18:34,600 Speaker 1: So y'all are in Kansas City, Kansas. Never known this information. Yes, 334 00:18:34,840 --> 00:18:36,280 Speaker 1: I didn't know. You went too the you guys went 335 00:18:36,280 --> 00:18:38,439 Speaker 1: to the Eagles, but I did not. You guys went 336 00:18:38,480 --> 00:18:41,680 Speaker 1: to Kansas. So how long were guys in Kansas? Two months? Okay, 337 00:18:42,520 --> 00:18:46,600 Speaker 1: we got cut on my birthday. We had people in town, 338 00:18:46,640 --> 00:18:49,840 Speaker 1: they were ready for the game. We got them jerseys made, 339 00:18:50,840 --> 00:18:55,600 Speaker 1: you know, the walk through the day before. They were like, hey, 340 00:18:55,680 --> 00:18:56,879 Speaker 1: we need to talk to you if we're going to 341 00:18:56,920 --> 00:18:59,320 Speaker 1: cut you. Because that was the year Eric Barry found 342 00:18:59,359 --> 00:19:02,840 Speaker 1: out he had can't or so they had to take 343 00:19:02,880 --> 00:19:06,760 Speaker 1: someone from actor Froster off and move someone up from 344 00:19:06,760 --> 00:19:09,000 Speaker 1: practice squad to actor Froster. So was he gonna go 345 00:19:09,000 --> 00:19:12,080 Speaker 1: on practice squad? They completely cut him. They wanted him 346 00:19:12,080 --> 00:19:16,160 Speaker 1: too though, They said don't go anywhere, don't call right 347 00:19:16,720 --> 00:19:19,080 Speaker 1: if you get a call, let us know. But we 348 00:19:19,119 --> 00:19:22,520 Speaker 1: hate it Kansas City. So you guys were like, yeah, no, 349 00:19:23,280 --> 00:19:26,119 Speaker 1: because I know for all the listeners that don't know 350 00:19:26,400 --> 00:19:28,080 Speaker 1: when you get cut, you have to get cut for 351 00:19:28,119 --> 00:19:30,320 Speaker 1: twenty four hours before they can bring you do so 352 00:19:30,359 --> 00:19:32,960 Speaker 1: for that twenty four hours, any team can call. Any 353 00:19:32,960 --> 00:19:36,119 Speaker 1: team can call. There's so many rules of the NFL, 354 00:19:36,119 --> 00:19:38,200 Speaker 1: Like if you're on practice squad and another team calls, 355 00:19:38,240 --> 00:19:39,639 Speaker 1: like you can go, but you have to be on 356 00:19:39,680 --> 00:19:43,480 Speaker 1: their active roster. Like yeah, so many it's really really crazy. 357 00:19:43,600 --> 00:19:45,040 Speaker 1: I don't even know how to keep up. Most of 358 00:19:45,080 --> 00:19:49,720 Speaker 1: the time. I don't I don't keep Sorry. We get 359 00:19:49,720 --> 00:19:52,760 Speaker 1: the call from the Chargers, okay, and I'm like, hell, yeah, 360 00:19:52,840 --> 00:19:58,080 Speaker 1: let's go. Dug Like Sandy live in California, You're like, 361 00:19:58,160 --> 00:20:02,040 Speaker 1: from Philadelphia to Kansas City. Well, that's crazy about that 362 00:20:02,200 --> 00:20:06,040 Speaker 1: was We came out to San Diego a few months 363 00:20:06,040 --> 00:20:10,480 Speaker 1: before because we did POA oh you know, okay, and 364 00:20:10,560 --> 00:20:12,960 Speaker 1: the PO that year was in San Diego. We were like, man, 365 00:20:13,040 --> 00:20:14,879 Speaker 1: how cool would it be if we lived here? A 366 00:20:14,960 --> 00:20:20,119 Speaker 1: few months later, we're living y'all. We manifested that. Yeah, right, 367 00:20:20,280 --> 00:20:22,199 Speaker 1: So you guys end up coming to San Diego. We 368 00:20:22,240 --> 00:20:25,480 Speaker 1: come to San Diego during their bye week. So I 369 00:20:25,600 --> 00:20:28,760 Speaker 1: just unpacked my last box and I have to go 370 00:20:28,840 --> 00:20:32,520 Speaker 1: to San Diego, find us an apartment, come back Luckily 371 00:20:32,600 --> 00:20:35,480 Speaker 1: he helped me move that time because Chargers were in 372 00:20:35,560 --> 00:20:38,800 Speaker 1: bye week, so he was right, We're like, you are packing. 373 00:20:38,840 --> 00:20:41,560 Speaker 1: You're packing, so which everybody. I don't know if people 374 00:20:41,600 --> 00:20:44,040 Speaker 1: think that, like the NFL players get somebody to pack 375 00:20:44,040 --> 00:20:45,879 Speaker 1: stuff up for them, but like you, you have to 376 00:20:46,040 --> 00:20:48,919 Speaker 1: coordinate all that. Baby, gotta have money for that, have 377 00:20:48,960 --> 00:20:51,919 Speaker 1: real money for that, especially if someone's like packing your 378 00:20:51,920 --> 00:20:55,199 Speaker 1: house from top to bottom, Like yeah, think about it. 379 00:20:55,200 --> 00:20:58,000 Speaker 1: We're undrafted that point, so that contract is just going 380 00:20:58,040 --> 00:21:02,800 Speaker 1: over to the next team. That was a three year deal, right, 381 00:21:02,920 --> 00:21:06,440 Speaker 1: so we're still Rickie contract, okay, and moving that Many 382 00:21:06,480 --> 00:21:09,960 Speaker 1: times I did not know that when you got picked 383 00:21:10,000 --> 00:21:13,040 Speaker 1: up by another team. Again, luckily you don't have to. 384 00:21:13,160 --> 00:21:15,520 Speaker 1: You haven't had the experience that hopefully you won't have to. 385 00:21:16,160 --> 00:21:18,800 Speaker 1: Hopefully you won't have to. See it's a free agent 386 00:21:18,840 --> 00:21:24,639 Speaker 1: after Oh okay, um okay, So you guys go to 387 00:21:24,680 --> 00:21:28,840 Speaker 1: the Chargers in San Diego. In San Diego, I want 388 00:21:28,880 --> 00:21:30,879 Speaker 1: to know selfishly. I don't even care about what the 389 00:21:31,240 --> 00:21:34,040 Speaker 1: listeners are care about. I want to know selfishly what 390 00:21:34,080 --> 00:21:43,960 Speaker 1: San Diego was like, Oh my god, San Diego was amazing, Like, man, 391 00:21:44,320 --> 00:21:47,520 Speaker 1: I have so many memories, so many good memories of 392 00:21:47,600 --> 00:21:50,600 Speaker 1: San Diego. Yeah, I feel like it's definitely a smaller 393 00:21:50,640 --> 00:21:54,240 Speaker 1: town and like Orange County ways if people don't know 394 00:21:54,320 --> 00:21:56,919 Speaker 1: that the Chargers are checkling the LA Chargers, but we 395 00:21:56,920 --> 00:21:59,880 Speaker 1: are in Orange County, Whereas I feel like San Diego 396 00:22:00,280 --> 00:22:03,399 Speaker 1: is definitely a smaller town vibe. It's not a small town, no, 397 00:22:03,600 --> 00:22:09,960 Speaker 1: but it's a different feeling. Yeah, so basically Qualcom it's 398 00:22:10,040 --> 00:22:12,320 Speaker 1: right there off for like Friar's Road. I've been to 399 00:22:12,400 --> 00:22:16,200 Speaker 1: Qualcom once. It was when Notre Dame Isaac's College played Navy. 400 00:22:16,240 --> 00:22:18,199 Speaker 1: So we went around the field and I was like, 401 00:22:18,200 --> 00:22:20,480 Speaker 1: this is a cool stadium. It was. It was really cool. 402 00:22:20,840 --> 00:22:22,879 Speaker 1: They didn't have any ac so being pregnant there it 403 00:22:22,960 --> 00:22:28,280 Speaker 1: was not fun. Oh yeah. But we lived like literally 404 00:22:28,400 --> 00:22:30,720 Speaker 1: in walking distance of the stadium, so we could literally 405 00:22:31,280 --> 00:22:33,240 Speaker 1: get all the girls together. We would walk down to 406 00:22:33,280 --> 00:22:36,919 Speaker 1: the stadium, have our tacos, and we tailgate and then 407 00:22:37,040 --> 00:22:40,159 Speaker 1: you know, tailgating was all around the stadium. So we 408 00:22:40,240 --> 00:22:44,480 Speaker 1: had player parking, but you could skating is just surrounded 409 00:22:44,480 --> 00:22:48,159 Speaker 1: by like nothing but tailgates. And they're there because the 410 00:22:48,200 --> 00:22:51,680 Speaker 1: game is at one. They get there at ten o'clock 411 00:22:52,160 --> 00:22:55,640 Speaker 1: and they're partying from ten and two four or five 412 00:22:55,640 --> 00:22:58,119 Speaker 1: o'clock when the game is over, right, and it was 413 00:22:58,280 --> 00:23:03,200 Speaker 1: amazing at tom So we did that and we would 414 00:23:03,240 --> 00:23:07,200 Speaker 1: go back and forth. We would go back and forth 415 00:23:07,240 --> 00:23:11,560 Speaker 1: between Houston and San Diego because our son was getting older, 416 00:23:12,000 --> 00:23:14,959 Speaker 1: right right, okay, and we wanted to make sure he 417 00:23:15,040 --> 00:23:18,160 Speaker 1: was still around most of his family because Stamien's from Houston. 418 00:23:18,960 --> 00:23:22,800 Speaker 1: So every fall we would be in San Diego. In 419 00:23:22,800 --> 00:23:27,720 Speaker 1: every spring we would be in Houston. Wow. Yeah, a 420 00:23:27,800 --> 00:23:33,080 Speaker 1: traveling family. A traveling family. Okay, So you guys now 421 00:23:33,119 --> 00:23:35,840 Speaker 1: stay in California full time? Yes, correct, Okay, yes, because 422 00:23:35,840 --> 00:23:39,400 Speaker 1: I'm tired of all that. But I do know there 423 00:23:39,400 --> 00:23:42,159 Speaker 1: are families that go back and forth there in the 424 00:23:42,200 --> 00:23:44,879 Speaker 1: past season, and there, in fact, there are some guys 425 00:23:44,920 --> 00:23:47,400 Speaker 1: who have like they're like, well, my kids are older, 426 00:23:47,520 --> 00:23:49,560 Speaker 1: I'm not taking them out of school every fall, like 427 00:23:49,600 --> 00:23:52,000 Speaker 1: they're going to stay there and I'll come back I can. 428 00:23:52,840 --> 00:23:56,200 Speaker 1: Oh my gosh, it's and I I mean, I'm just 429 00:23:56,280 --> 00:23:59,240 Speaker 1: like a little young and like I just got engaged. 430 00:23:59,359 --> 00:24:03,080 Speaker 1: But the idea of raising kids in NFL, it's not like, oh, 431 00:24:03,119 --> 00:24:05,159 Speaker 1: like we can just up and move whenever. You have 432 00:24:05,240 --> 00:24:07,679 Speaker 1: to like be conscientious of like, oh, this is my 433 00:24:07,760 --> 00:24:12,359 Speaker 1: kid's decision. Absolutely, but you have to remember, like the 434 00:24:12,480 --> 00:24:15,399 Speaker 1: kids aren't happy, like they weren't as happy when Dad's 435 00:24:15,440 --> 00:24:18,439 Speaker 1: not around, right exactly. So with any living situation you 436 00:24:18,480 --> 00:24:21,040 Speaker 1: can name, we've done it, Like Damien has lived with roommates. 437 00:24:21,119 --> 00:24:23,880 Speaker 1: Like he was on practice squad when I was pregnant. 438 00:24:24,280 --> 00:24:29,560 Speaker 1: So ye're two with the Chargers. I'm pregnant for camp. 439 00:24:29,840 --> 00:24:34,160 Speaker 1: I'm pregnant. I'm like six months pregnant, No, seven months pregnant, 440 00:24:34,400 --> 00:24:36,800 Speaker 1: and there's like very pregnant, yeah, really pregnant, and there's 441 00:24:36,800 --> 00:24:39,000 Speaker 1: three of us pregnant at the same time, all d Lyneman. 442 00:24:39,040 --> 00:24:41,440 Speaker 1: It was so funny, all girls in all D Lineman, 443 00:24:43,160 --> 00:24:46,760 Speaker 1: perfect right, it was We're like, okay, plays, they got 444 00:24:46,760 --> 00:24:51,200 Speaker 1: it right. So he gets cut and they put him 445 00:24:51,200 --> 00:24:55,080 Speaker 1: on practice squad. Well, we already have a house in Houston, 446 00:24:55,760 --> 00:24:59,359 Speaker 1: and I'm like, I have a four year old and 447 00:24:59,400 --> 00:25:03,359 Speaker 1: I'm pregnant. I have to go back home because things 448 00:25:03,400 --> 00:25:06,560 Speaker 1: are uncertain here right now. So he did that whole 449 00:25:06,560 --> 00:25:11,360 Speaker 1: season with roommates and that was like the first time 450 00:25:11,359 --> 00:25:16,000 Speaker 1: he's had roommates in his adult life. It's like, hey, 451 00:25:17,200 --> 00:25:19,639 Speaker 1: m yeah. So it was like for them in an 452 00:25:19,720 --> 00:25:23,640 Speaker 1: apartment and they would get traded and picked up and everything, 453 00:25:23,800 --> 00:25:27,720 Speaker 1: and Damien was the last one standing. So I have 454 00:25:27,960 --> 00:25:32,280 Speaker 1: no roommates. Come back. Nobody came. But the cool thing 455 00:25:32,320 --> 00:25:34,080 Speaker 1: about him being all practice squad was he got to 456 00:25:34,119 --> 00:25:36,960 Speaker 1: come home on the weekends when they were away games. Okay, 457 00:25:37,240 --> 00:25:39,639 Speaker 1: so you would fly to Houston, would fly to Houston 458 00:25:39,680 --> 00:25:43,440 Speaker 1: on the weekends and be with us. Wow. Right, So 459 00:25:43,760 --> 00:25:48,399 Speaker 1: one week it was actually, yeah, five years ago, Halloween weekend, 460 00:25:48,400 --> 00:25:52,040 Speaker 1: they were playing Baltimore. They fly him to Baltimore and 461 00:25:52,080 --> 00:25:54,920 Speaker 1: then they're like, I don't think we're gonna need you 462 00:25:55,000 --> 00:25:58,080 Speaker 1: after all, So they flew him home to Houston and 463 00:25:58,119 --> 00:26:02,159 Speaker 1: I gave birth. Then I had a plan, like a 464 00:26:02,280 --> 00:26:06,199 Speaker 1: planned delivery at a C section. He stayed home for 465 00:26:06,280 --> 00:26:10,159 Speaker 1: like four days. Oh my god. Yeah, day three because 466 00:26:10,240 --> 00:26:13,280 Speaker 1: my birthday is two days after Halloween. So November second, 467 00:26:13,600 --> 00:26:18,160 Speaker 1: we celebrate my birthday. My best friend surprises me that night, 468 00:26:18,480 --> 00:26:21,800 Speaker 1: like I'm getting ready, like anxiety attack, about to have 469 00:26:21,840 --> 00:26:24,840 Speaker 1: another kid, and my best friend comes in. She drives 470 00:26:24,840 --> 00:26:27,040 Speaker 1: in from Arizona because she's moving to Dallas. So she 471 00:26:27,119 --> 00:26:30,719 Speaker 1: drives past Dallas and comes to Houston and she spends 472 00:26:30,720 --> 00:26:32,760 Speaker 1: like the night with me, right, yeah, You're like, at 473 00:26:32,840 --> 00:26:34,720 Speaker 1: least I have somebody, yea, at least have somebody, right, 474 00:26:35,080 --> 00:26:37,359 Speaker 1: But i'd wake up the next morning and I have Carson. 475 00:26:38,920 --> 00:26:41,800 Speaker 1: They're rolling us to the room where we're gonna spend 476 00:26:41,840 --> 00:26:45,240 Speaker 1: a few days. He gets the call, Hey, we're moving 477 00:26:45,240 --> 00:26:52,320 Speaker 1: you up to active roster. Yeah. You're like, um, can 478 00:26:52,359 --> 00:26:54,439 Speaker 1: I have a phone? Um? Hi, We're gonna have to 479 00:26:54,440 --> 00:26:56,800 Speaker 1: wait because I just had a child. Thank yeah. No, no, no. 480 00:26:56,840 --> 00:26:58,800 Speaker 1: I was like I was still like drugged up and everything, 481 00:26:58,800 --> 00:27:00,680 Speaker 1: and I was like, wait, did you did you just 482 00:27:01,200 --> 00:27:05,440 Speaker 1: sign your contract in the hospital? Brutal? Did? He did? 483 00:27:05,440 --> 00:27:07,520 Speaker 1: He had to find like a computer and a printer 484 00:27:07,600 --> 00:27:09,720 Speaker 1: and they sank over the contract and he signed it 485 00:27:09,760 --> 00:27:14,679 Speaker 1: in the hospital room. What Yeah, I feel like that 486 00:27:14,760 --> 00:27:16,960 Speaker 1: has to be like be like one of the craziest, like, oh, 487 00:27:16,960 --> 00:27:19,359 Speaker 1: I'm signing my contract right here, right now. You just 488 00:27:19,400 --> 00:27:24,760 Speaker 1: had this baby, I just got moved up okay. Yeah. 489 00:27:24,840 --> 00:27:27,000 Speaker 1: And the crazy thing about that was I didn't tell anyone, 490 00:27:27,280 --> 00:27:29,720 Speaker 1: but it was on Twitter, you know, one of those 491 00:27:30,119 --> 00:27:34,359 Speaker 1: it's like you're like just kind of scrolling like yeah, 492 00:27:34,400 --> 00:27:36,040 Speaker 1: and they had her whole name and everything, and I 493 00:27:36,040 --> 00:27:38,680 Speaker 1: hadn't told anyone. So I was like, what is this? 494 00:27:39,320 --> 00:27:41,879 Speaker 1: It was really weird. One of the nurses. One of 495 00:27:41,960 --> 00:27:45,800 Speaker 1: the things the mysteries of being associated with the NFL, 496 00:27:46,640 --> 00:27:49,960 Speaker 1: You're just like, the craziest part of it being associated 497 00:27:49,960 --> 00:27:52,520 Speaker 1: with the NFL is when you find out information about 498 00:27:52,560 --> 00:27:55,880 Speaker 1: your man or somebody else on Twitter before you're like, yes, 499 00:27:56,119 --> 00:27:58,600 Speaker 1: even in the know. Yep. I've had friends that got 500 00:27:58,680 --> 00:28:02,119 Speaker 1: traded like that and they found out on Twitter. I 501 00:28:02,160 --> 00:28:07,120 Speaker 1: have heard a story about that where that has happened, 502 00:28:07,440 --> 00:28:13,639 Speaker 1: and it's interesting, right, crazy. Yeah, So that experience, if 503 00:28:13,680 --> 00:28:16,720 Speaker 1: your kids ever go to the hospital, use the alias 504 00:28:17,400 --> 00:28:21,480 Speaker 1: and you can do that. This is Jonah Smith. So 505 00:28:21,520 --> 00:28:24,040 Speaker 1: we had like a whole cold name, like my son 506 00:28:24,160 --> 00:28:25,960 Speaker 1: he had an asthma a tech a few years ago 507 00:28:26,000 --> 00:28:27,440 Speaker 1: and he ended up in the hospital for a few 508 00:28:27,480 --> 00:28:30,639 Speaker 1: days and we I was telling them the story and 509 00:28:30,680 --> 00:28:32,520 Speaker 1: he was like, you know, you can use the alias, right, Like, 510 00:28:32,560 --> 00:28:34,600 Speaker 1: you don't have to use your real name, so no 511 00:28:34,640 --> 00:28:37,760 Speaker 1: one will know you guys are here. So keep that 512 00:28:37,800 --> 00:28:43,680 Speaker 1: in mind, you know, back pocket. Yeah, now we have 513 00:28:43,720 --> 00:28:45,560 Speaker 1: two kids. Okay, So now I have two kids and 514 00:28:45,600 --> 00:28:48,240 Speaker 1: he's on the active roster. Did he ever get cut 515 00:28:48,280 --> 00:28:50,440 Speaker 1: down to the practice squad again. No, so he's been 516 00:28:50,520 --> 00:28:56,040 Speaker 1: an active robin, active roster consistently for the last five years. Prayers. Yes, 517 00:28:56,160 --> 00:28:59,080 Speaker 1: up to that, that Rickie contract was rough. Yeah. Yeah, 518 00:29:00,440 --> 00:29:03,240 Speaker 1: as it got cut, but then he nobody picked him up, 519 00:29:03,240 --> 00:29:04,760 Speaker 1: so he was like, oh, now I'm on the chargers. 520 00:29:04,840 --> 00:29:08,600 Speaker 1: Ye cut. Okay, it's like a roller coaster, it is okay. 521 00:29:08,640 --> 00:29:10,959 Speaker 1: So the past five years have been a little bit 522 00:29:11,000 --> 00:29:14,480 Speaker 1: of smooth, balent sailing. Yeah. So throughout all of that, 523 00:29:14,640 --> 00:29:17,920 Speaker 1: you were super consistent. You're like, this is my husband, 524 00:29:18,400 --> 00:29:20,640 Speaker 1: these are our kids. You do whatever you can to 525 00:29:20,720 --> 00:29:25,160 Speaker 1: make it work. Yea. So once, so, how long were 526 00:29:25,200 --> 00:29:29,000 Speaker 1: you guys in San Diego for? Tree years? Years? Two? 527 00:29:29,080 --> 00:29:31,800 Speaker 1: Three years? Okay, okay, everything's run together at this point. 528 00:29:31,880 --> 00:29:34,160 Speaker 1: Did you guys ever buy a house in San Diego? No? 529 00:29:34,520 --> 00:29:36,680 Speaker 1: So when we were in San Diego that first year, 530 00:29:37,160 --> 00:29:39,160 Speaker 1: we end up buying our house in Houston because I 531 00:29:39,200 --> 00:29:41,520 Speaker 1: was like, I'm tired of moving. It's like a little 532 00:29:41,520 --> 00:29:43,480 Speaker 1: home base. Yeah, it was our little home base so 533 00:29:43,520 --> 00:29:46,360 Speaker 1: we could say like all his jerseys and balls, yeah 534 00:29:46,360 --> 00:29:49,120 Speaker 1: are literally our home base became our vacation home. Because 535 00:29:49,160 --> 00:29:53,040 Speaker 1: when we moved to Orange County, schools are better life 536 00:29:53,080 --> 00:29:55,240 Speaker 1: is a little you know, more stable when it's not 537 00:29:55,280 --> 00:29:58,960 Speaker 1: a party attracting the party life that we were so 538 00:29:59,000 --> 00:30:02,360 Speaker 1: accustomed to. So it was like, Okay, this can be 539 00:30:02,360 --> 00:30:05,640 Speaker 1: a good change. Let's let's stay here. Yea. And by 540 00:30:05,680 --> 00:30:11,480 Speaker 1: that time our son was in first grade. Yeah, growing 541 00:30:11,600 --> 00:30:14,720 Speaker 1: up and with a father that's in the NFL, literally 542 00:30:14,720 --> 00:30:17,280 Speaker 1: in the NFL. Oh. That was hard when he was 543 00:30:17,360 --> 00:30:19,800 Speaker 1: coming up though, because he's like, oh, my daddy plays 544 00:30:19,840 --> 00:30:23,239 Speaker 1: football at the park and I'm like, dude, no, You're like, 545 00:30:23,360 --> 00:30:25,960 Speaker 1: this is not the time stranger danger. Yeah I told 546 00:30:25,960 --> 00:30:28,000 Speaker 1: you that, right, it's about to steal you and ask 547 00:30:28,000 --> 00:30:31,640 Speaker 1: a ransom, right, yeah, right, So that was hard when 548 00:30:31,640 --> 00:30:33,720 Speaker 1: he was younger, but as he got older and we 549 00:30:33,720 --> 00:30:37,920 Speaker 1: were like in a safer community, things began to change. 550 00:30:37,960 --> 00:30:41,000 Speaker 1: Now that's like his ticket. You know, he's already a 551 00:30:41,080 --> 00:30:44,000 Speaker 1: cool kid, but he's like, I'm not invited the birthday party. 552 00:30:44,040 --> 00:30:46,480 Speaker 1: Hold on, watch this. My dad will give you an 553 00:30:46,520 --> 00:30:49,880 Speaker 1: autograph ball, right. My dad can come to the school 554 00:30:49,880 --> 00:30:52,160 Speaker 1: and speak if you need them to, right. It was 555 00:30:52,200 --> 00:30:54,800 Speaker 1: all of that, so it was actually a lot of fun. 556 00:30:55,680 --> 00:30:59,320 Speaker 1: So from there, um, we started having like little fundraisers 557 00:30:59,440 --> 00:31:02,040 Speaker 1: and we at our like annual block party, like we 558 00:31:02,120 --> 00:31:06,240 Speaker 1: actually made Orange County our home, right and we've been 559 00:31:06,320 --> 00:31:08,840 Speaker 1: here ever since. And that's when you start to like 560 00:31:09,160 --> 00:31:13,440 Speaker 1: meet neighbors and let's start actually like developing roots. Yeah, 561 00:31:13,480 --> 00:31:16,040 Speaker 1: And I feel like that's one of the best parts 562 00:31:16,040 --> 00:31:18,440 Speaker 1: about being like with a team for so long is 563 00:31:18,440 --> 00:31:21,160 Speaker 1: that you can actually like start making friends that are 564 00:31:21,200 --> 00:31:26,520 Speaker 1: outside the NFL. Well, friends are amazing, but it's nice 565 00:31:26,520 --> 00:31:28,800 Speaker 1: to have somebody outside the NFL that you're like, oh, like, 566 00:31:28,840 --> 00:31:31,480 Speaker 1: what do you want to do this weekend? Like no, totally, 567 00:31:31,480 --> 00:31:33,680 Speaker 1: whereas and like you see the other people like five 568 00:31:33,720 --> 00:31:36,640 Speaker 1: days a week and you're like, uh yeah, I would 569 00:31:36,640 --> 00:31:40,120 Speaker 1: always tell like my friends no matter if they were 570 00:31:40,120 --> 00:31:41,760 Speaker 1: in the NFL or not. I'm like, you need your 571 00:31:41,800 --> 00:31:45,320 Speaker 1: set of normal friends, and then you need your NFL 572 00:31:45,400 --> 00:31:48,080 Speaker 1: friends because you're going to have problems that happen in 573 00:31:48,120 --> 00:31:52,320 Speaker 1: this life that your normal friends can't even comprehend, right, 574 00:31:52,840 --> 00:31:56,760 Speaker 1: And it's not really even that crazy, but still just 575 00:31:56,800 --> 00:31:59,840 Speaker 1: to say your problem, it's like and you're complaining because 576 00:32:00,120 --> 00:32:02,440 Speaker 1: is right, you know. And I feel like we could 577 00:32:02,440 --> 00:32:05,960 Speaker 1: talk about that literally for hours, because I mean the 578 00:32:06,040 --> 00:32:10,040 Speaker 1: smallest complaints, like oh, like today is that one day 579 00:32:10,040 --> 00:32:12,120 Speaker 1: where they make all the cuts, and everyone's like, oh, 580 00:32:12,160 --> 00:32:14,360 Speaker 1: he's fine, like, don't worry about it. But then other 581 00:32:14,400 --> 00:32:17,080 Speaker 1: people that have been through that process are like, Okay, 582 00:32:17,160 --> 00:32:19,040 Speaker 1: best of luck to you guys, Like we're gonna be 583 00:32:19,040 --> 00:32:21,960 Speaker 1: sitting here waiting. We'll keep in touch, make sure everything's 584 00:32:22,000 --> 00:32:24,560 Speaker 1: good whatever. Nobody really knows like the heaviness of that 585 00:32:24,640 --> 00:32:26,920 Speaker 1: day other than people who are in it, right, And 586 00:32:26,960 --> 00:32:29,880 Speaker 1: then other things like, oh, my husband's about to go 587 00:32:29,920 --> 00:32:33,080 Speaker 1: to camp for a month, right, I'm all alone. Yeah, 588 00:32:33,160 --> 00:32:36,000 Speaker 1: people don't really understand that either exactly. But then I 589 00:32:36,040 --> 00:32:38,240 Speaker 1: feel like you also kind of want friends to step 590 00:32:38,240 --> 00:32:41,440 Speaker 1: away from it. Yeah, you do. Like I got to 591 00:32:41,480 --> 00:32:45,320 Speaker 1: a point where I wasn't so consumed with his career, right, 592 00:32:45,360 --> 00:32:47,960 Speaker 1: and I was more like, Okay, that's that's his job, 593 00:32:48,040 --> 00:32:51,160 Speaker 1: Like that's his own identity. You know, I'm a mom 594 00:32:51,240 --> 00:32:54,200 Speaker 1: over here. I always say I have to keep one 595 00:32:54,240 --> 00:32:56,680 Speaker 1: foot in his world and one foot in the real world. 596 00:32:56,880 --> 00:32:59,600 Speaker 1: You know. I never want anyone's head to blow up 597 00:32:59,640 --> 00:33:04,160 Speaker 1: and gets big, right, let's not be able to adjust 598 00:33:04,200 --> 00:33:07,120 Speaker 1: to life after retirement. I never want anything like that. 599 00:33:07,280 --> 00:33:09,640 Speaker 1: So I always try to make sure to keep a 600 00:33:09,680 --> 00:33:12,800 Speaker 1: good balance between the two worlds. If you will, I 601 00:33:12,800 --> 00:33:15,280 Speaker 1: mean that's amazing that you even said that, because I 602 00:33:15,280 --> 00:33:18,960 Speaker 1: feel like I saw that like the first like two 603 00:33:19,040 --> 00:33:21,080 Speaker 1: years Isaac was in the NFL. I was like, this 604 00:33:21,160 --> 00:33:24,520 Speaker 1: is amazing, Oh my god, NFL life, this is sick, 605 00:33:24,560 --> 00:33:27,160 Speaker 1: Oh my god. Whatever, And then I feel like I 606 00:33:27,240 --> 00:33:29,160 Speaker 1: kind of came down and I was like, this is 607 00:33:29,200 --> 00:33:33,200 Speaker 1: just your job. Yeah, we're gonna live normally once you're 608 00:33:33,240 --> 00:33:36,840 Speaker 1: done with the NFL. We're gonna have other dreams, aspirations. 609 00:33:36,920 --> 00:33:40,760 Speaker 1: You're gonna do more things after the NFL. Right, Obviously, 610 00:33:40,840 --> 00:33:42,680 Speaker 1: we're gonna You're gonna want to stay in follow your 611 00:33:42,720 --> 00:33:45,400 Speaker 1: dream as long as you can, but there's eventually going 612 00:33:45,440 --> 00:33:47,640 Speaker 1: to be a point where you're like, I'm not exactly. 613 00:33:47,720 --> 00:33:50,120 Speaker 1: I mean, people don't understand NFL stands for what not 614 00:33:50,200 --> 00:33:52,800 Speaker 1: for long. Oh my god, I've heard that, right, and 615 00:33:52,840 --> 00:33:55,800 Speaker 1: it's true. You know. So you get this lump sum 616 00:33:55,840 --> 00:33:58,880 Speaker 1: of money at twenty two, twenty three years old, and 617 00:33:59,040 --> 00:34:01,560 Speaker 1: you just go cry, and you know, you don't realize 618 00:34:01,600 --> 00:34:05,160 Speaker 1: that once the season stops, you're not getting paid, and 619 00:34:05,200 --> 00:34:10,480 Speaker 1: once camp starts, you're barely getting paid. You're waiting for 620 00:34:10,520 --> 00:34:12,520 Speaker 1: the season to start again. Cut that out if it's 621 00:34:12,520 --> 00:34:17,160 Speaker 1: not accurate compared to their normal pages. It's not it's 622 00:34:17,160 --> 00:34:19,759 Speaker 1: like a debt teacher. Yeah, obviously a lot more. I 623 00:34:19,840 --> 00:34:22,800 Speaker 1: got to say that, but I'm not like, I'm not 624 00:34:22,920 --> 00:34:27,919 Speaker 1: like the payment schedule. Yeah obviously. But with that being said, 625 00:34:28,000 --> 00:34:30,080 Speaker 1: if you're used to the simpler things in life, and 626 00:34:30,120 --> 00:34:33,839 Speaker 1: you're used to just taking it one day at a time, 627 00:34:34,640 --> 00:34:37,839 Speaker 1: adjusting isn't that big of a deal. It's harder for 628 00:34:37,880 --> 00:34:40,840 Speaker 1: people that get caught up in the hype. You know, 629 00:34:42,080 --> 00:34:44,120 Speaker 1: we're in the NFL, We got all this money, and 630 00:34:44,120 --> 00:34:46,600 Speaker 1: it's like, dude, you do realize you need to save that, right, 631 00:34:47,320 --> 00:34:50,480 Speaker 1: you know. So once you get grasped that concept, and 632 00:34:50,480 --> 00:34:52,239 Speaker 1: it takes people a while, you know, like I said, 633 00:34:52,280 --> 00:34:54,799 Speaker 1: they're twenty two and twenty three years old and they 634 00:34:54,880 --> 00:34:56,960 Speaker 1: were just giving this check and you're like, oh, yeah, god, 635 00:34:57,040 --> 00:34:58,760 Speaker 1: this is amazing. All I'm gonna do is play football 636 00:34:58,760 --> 00:35:00,600 Speaker 1: and I get paid, and I can, you know, go 637 00:35:00,640 --> 00:35:03,239 Speaker 1: buy me some Gucci and Blinciagas and like to no, 638 00:35:04,120 --> 00:35:07,120 Speaker 1: don't do that. But then you have like people pulling 639 00:35:07,200 --> 00:35:09,279 Speaker 1: on you. No family, like I got problems. You know, 640 00:35:09,320 --> 00:35:11,719 Speaker 1: you got all that too, But you just have to 641 00:35:11,719 --> 00:35:15,200 Speaker 1: stay grounded, essentially, just stay grounded and try not to. 642 00:35:15,520 --> 00:35:17,719 Speaker 1: You never want to live paycheck to paycheck. It's what 643 00:35:17,800 --> 00:35:21,920 Speaker 1: we say, right, take your savings, take that check and 644 00:35:22,000 --> 00:35:24,520 Speaker 1: throw it all in savings and get you a little 645 00:35:24,520 --> 00:35:26,960 Speaker 1: bit that you need and just right that way. Man, 646 00:35:27,000 --> 00:35:29,800 Speaker 1: It's interesting you say that because Isaac has financial advisor, 647 00:35:30,040 --> 00:35:32,600 Speaker 1: which I feel like I would recommend to anybody, anybody 648 00:35:32,640 --> 00:35:34,560 Speaker 1: in the NFL, because I feel like they would be 649 00:35:34,600 --> 00:35:37,479 Speaker 1: the voice of reason if you're single. But it's also 650 00:35:37,520 --> 00:35:39,239 Speaker 1: hard to find a good one because you don't know 651 00:35:39,239 --> 00:35:43,239 Speaker 1: who to try see. Isaac got his financial advisor from 652 00:35:43,320 --> 00:35:47,080 Speaker 1: one of his friends back home, Okay, and he, I guess, 653 00:35:47,080 --> 00:35:49,120 Speaker 1: had been working with a bunch of like bigger name 654 00:35:49,160 --> 00:35:51,120 Speaker 1: guys and he's like, I usually wouldn't sign somebody like 655 00:35:51,120 --> 00:35:52,880 Speaker 1: this or blah blah blah blah whatever, but I'll be 656 00:35:53,000 --> 00:35:55,239 Speaker 1: the exception. That's cool, And I'm like, okay, but his 657 00:35:55,320 --> 00:35:58,000 Speaker 1: financial advisor is like so sweet down earth. But he 658 00:35:58,080 --> 00:36:00,279 Speaker 1: was saying to Isaac when he first got an NFL like, 659 00:36:00,480 --> 00:36:03,040 Speaker 1: you have to look at the NFL. Is your your 660 00:36:03,120 --> 00:36:05,239 Speaker 1: paycheck that you get for this year, divide that by 661 00:36:05,239 --> 00:36:08,880 Speaker 1: a lifetime, and so until you get to where you 662 00:36:08,880 --> 00:36:11,560 Speaker 1: can live comfortably for the rest of your life on 663 00:36:11,920 --> 00:36:14,080 Speaker 1: what is in your savings and what is coming to 664 00:36:14,200 --> 00:36:17,600 Speaker 1: you exactly. You can't overspend like you have to keep 665 00:36:17,640 --> 00:36:20,759 Speaker 1: your head down, keep your head down, you can't let it. 666 00:36:20,920 --> 00:36:22,680 Speaker 1: Don't look at that flashy car over there. Don't look 667 00:36:22,680 --> 00:36:24,680 Speaker 1: at that jump suit over there, right, don't look at 668 00:36:24,719 --> 00:36:27,600 Speaker 1: that ring or those shoes. I mean, treat yourself every now. 669 00:36:27,680 --> 00:36:29,319 Speaker 1: Look at the engagement ring, now you gotta do. I mean, 670 00:36:29,560 --> 00:36:31,640 Speaker 1: look a look at the ring for the lady, right, 671 00:36:32,280 --> 00:36:34,160 Speaker 1: the one that's true to your heart, you know, not 672 00:36:34,280 --> 00:36:38,640 Speaker 1: the one that's addicted to the life. So you can't. 673 00:36:38,680 --> 00:36:41,239 Speaker 1: I mean, I know, I know you, I know your 674 00:36:41,280 --> 00:36:43,520 Speaker 1: family y'all are super down at earth, like thank you. You 675 00:36:43,400 --> 00:36:46,040 Speaker 1: You guys haven't let the NFL like life get to 676 00:36:46,080 --> 00:36:48,839 Speaker 1: you or like I don't know, I feel like live 677 00:36:48,880 --> 00:36:51,439 Speaker 1: beyond your means, not even beyond your means, but just 678 00:36:52,120 --> 00:36:55,560 Speaker 1: you guys have lived humbly, humble beginning. I know, I'm blessed, 679 00:36:55,600 --> 00:37:00,400 Speaker 1: but like we're living just like normal. So you started 680 00:37:00,440 --> 00:37:03,920 Speaker 1: your own company I have, and so you have your 681 00:37:04,080 --> 00:37:08,839 Speaker 1: Obviously you have been such a I have not to 682 00:37:08,840 --> 00:37:12,399 Speaker 1: call it like such a big aspect in I'm gonna 683 00:37:12,400 --> 00:37:13,880 Speaker 1: call him square because I can't call him give me. 684 00:37:14,640 --> 00:37:16,640 Speaker 1: But you've been You've been such a big aspect in 685 00:37:16,719 --> 00:37:19,800 Speaker 1: his life, Like while everything was changing, Okay, we're changing 686 00:37:19,840 --> 00:37:22,400 Speaker 1: team to team to team. Okay, now we're stable, and 687 00:37:22,440 --> 00:37:25,000 Speaker 1: you're like, Okay, well, now that we're stable, I'm gonna 688 00:37:25,000 --> 00:37:26,840 Speaker 1: follow my own dream. I'm gonna start my own stuff 689 00:37:26,880 --> 00:37:29,759 Speaker 1: because I mean, obviously I know square. He's like, I 690 00:37:29,800 --> 00:37:31,800 Speaker 1: love this woman. I want her to follow her dreams too. 691 00:37:32,120 --> 00:37:35,040 Speaker 1: So tell us a little bit about how you've followed 692 00:37:35,080 --> 00:37:39,520 Speaker 1: your dreams. Okay, started that you follow your dream I mean, yeah, 693 00:37:39,560 --> 00:37:42,600 Speaker 1: you were on my website. She's on my website. Guys, 694 00:37:43,400 --> 00:37:47,000 Speaker 1: don't go and check it out. It is with the 695 00:37:47,040 --> 00:37:51,799 Speaker 1: why so I started my company. It's called Vibe Kit. 696 00:37:52,040 --> 00:37:55,200 Speaker 1: You know, um, a lot of my friends, they always 697 00:37:55,280 --> 00:37:57,399 Speaker 1: come to me when they're going through things. We don't 698 00:37:57,400 --> 00:38:02,400 Speaker 1: necessarily talk about it, right, It's just like I need that. 699 00:38:02,680 --> 00:38:05,000 Speaker 1: I need your hospitality. I need you to cook me something. 700 00:38:05,000 --> 00:38:08,359 Speaker 1: I need you to make me some warm tea. Like 701 00:38:08,440 --> 00:38:11,160 Speaker 1: I'm like a spiritual healer in a sense. If I 702 00:38:11,160 --> 00:38:13,840 Speaker 1: could do it for myself, that would be great, but 703 00:38:13,960 --> 00:38:17,040 Speaker 1: for others, right, you know, it's taking that advice and 704 00:38:17,200 --> 00:38:20,280 Speaker 1: you can't take your own that type of thing. Oh yeah, 705 00:38:20,320 --> 00:38:25,080 Speaker 1: that's me. But I do like my friends every year, 706 00:38:25,200 --> 00:38:27,560 Speaker 1: like they just kind of come to me, and it's 707 00:38:27,600 --> 00:38:32,400 Speaker 1: always dang. I feel like so refreshed and rejuvenated after 708 00:38:32,520 --> 00:38:37,640 Speaker 1: this weekend with you, And I was like, Okay, I 709 00:38:37,680 --> 00:38:41,040 Speaker 1: think y'all might be on to something. You know, entrepreneur bright, 710 00:38:41,760 --> 00:38:45,520 Speaker 1: So I'm trying to turn like me into a business. 711 00:38:46,239 --> 00:38:49,920 Speaker 1: But finding yourself and your twenties and your twenties are 712 00:38:49,960 --> 00:38:51,440 Speaker 1: very crappy, by the way, I can say that as 713 00:38:51,480 --> 00:38:55,360 Speaker 1: a proud woman in my thirties now. Twenties are hard. 714 00:38:55,719 --> 00:38:59,720 Speaker 1: Twenties are girl, thank you. Twenties are hard. But finding 715 00:38:59,719 --> 00:39:02,400 Speaker 1: yourself in the midst of all of that, it's very difficult. 716 00:39:02,800 --> 00:39:05,960 Speaker 1: So when you have people around you that can really 717 00:39:07,120 --> 00:39:11,359 Speaker 1: pour into you, it's very important. So I took their 718 00:39:11,440 --> 00:39:14,880 Speaker 1: words and I just started to discover who I was 719 00:39:15,000 --> 00:39:19,279 Speaker 1: as a woman, like not as mom, not his wife, 720 00:39:19,400 --> 00:39:24,840 Speaker 1: but just as Brandy. And what I realized is I 721 00:39:24,960 --> 00:39:27,799 Speaker 1: love to care for people. I'm a nurturer and I 722 00:39:27,840 --> 00:39:31,160 Speaker 1: wanted to give the world something that was like a 723 00:39:31,160 --> 00:39:33,839 Speaker 1: little piece of me. But it's also like healing, right, 724 00:39:34,760 --> 00:39:36,719 Speaker 1: So that's when I came up with Vibe Kid, which 725 00:39:36,800 --> 00:39:40,920 Speaker 1: is my CBD company. Oh yeah, So if y'all are 726 00:39:41,000 --> 00:39:42,840 Speaker 1: on your computer or even on your phone, go and 727 00:39:42,920 --> 00:39:48,120 Speaker 1: check it out vybe Hei dot com. So tell us 728 00:39:48,120 --> 00:39:49,920 Speaker 1: a little bit about how like the process of you 729 00:39:50,040 --> 00:39:52,880 Speaker 1: starting it, Like you into square? Is it weird for 730 00:39:52,960 --> 00:39:56,680 Speaker 1: me to call him square? I do call him Damien? Yes, Okay. 731 00:39:57,120 --> 00:40:00,319 Speaker 1: Obviously you're always like, yeah, we're the squares, Like how 732 00:40:00,360 --> 00:40:02,080 Speaker 1: do you spell it? Just like the shape? You're like, 733 00:40:02,239 --> 00:40:05,239 Speaker 1: we're the Squares. I never thought my last name was 734 00:40:05,280 --> 00:40:07,440 Speaker 1: truly going to be squire, but here I am today. 735 00:40:08,440 --> 00:40:10,520 Speaker 1: So you go to him and you're like, I want 736 00:40:10,520 --> 00:40:12,920 Speaker 1: to start this company. So how did it all start? 737 00:40:13,200 --> 00:40:15,399 Speaker 1: Because you realize like, this is like what I want 738 00:40:15,440 --> 00:40:17,800 Speaker 1: to do. Yeah, So we've been talking about it for 739 00:40:17,880 --> 00:40:21,320 Speaker 1: a while. You know. It was always I went to 740 00:40:21,360 --> 00:40:25,719 Speaker 1: school for broadcast communications, right, and I didn't get to 741 00:40:26,040 --> 00:40:28,840 Speaker 1: necessarily go for it because I had a kid and 742 00:40:28,960 --> 00:40:32,239 Speaker 1: then my husband was in the NFL, so things get 743 00:40:32,280 --> 00:40:34,600 Speaker 1: a little bit difficult, and he's got difficult, so I 744 00:40:34,719 --> 00:40:37,600 Speaker 1: kind of lost my way in the process, right, And 745 00:40:37,760 --> 00:40:40,000 Speaker 1: we were talking about like, Okay, well, yeah, maybe you 746 00:40:40,080 --> 00:40:42,400 Speaker 1: do need a job. Maybe you do need something that's 747 00:40:42,560 --> 00:40:46,799 Speaker 1: not in the household that can fulfill you. But then 748 00:40:47,000 --> 00:40:49,120 Speaker 1: you go on like job interviews as a mom and 749 00:40:49,239 --> 00:40:52,000 Speaker 1: you're like, yeah, I can't work that schedule because my 750 00:40:52,239 --> 00:40:54,839 Speaker 1: kid and then my man only has like one day 751 00:40:54,880 --> 00:40:56,880 Speaker 1: off a week. You know, you can't do that, Like 752 00:40:56,960 --> 00:41:01,560 Speaker 1: I can't work Tuesdays or I definitely can't Fridays after twelve, 753 00:41:01,680 --> 00:41:04,560 Speaker 1: I can't work, and then Saturdays after one and then 754 00:41:04,880 --> 00:41:08,480 Speaker 1: Sundays and that's definitely a no go, right And I 755 00:41:08,640 --> 00:41:11,399 Speaker 1: definitely can't work nighttimes. I can only do morning shift, 756 00:41:11,480 --> 00:41:14,160 Speaker 1: but it can't be before nine o'clock and it has 757 00:41:14,239 --> 00:41:17,160 Speaker 1: to be four three o'clock. Well an Irvine it was 758 00:41:17,560 --> 00:41:23,000 Speaker 1: two o'clock. So you're just like, it's so hard, so 759 00:41:23,160 --> 00:41:26,120 Speaker 1: hard to be with somebody who is in the NFL, 760 00:41:26,239 --> 00:41:28,600 Speaker 1: because you're like, I want to maintain my own independence, 761 00:41:28,640 --> 00:41:30,960 Speaker 1: but finding a job that's going to allow me to 762 00:41:31,080 --> 00:41:33,560 Speaker 1: maintain my own independence, but also I can actually spend 763 00:41:33,640 --> 00:41:36,720 Speaker 1: time with my significant other because their schedule is crazy. 764 00:41:36,920 --> 00:41:39,600 Speaker 1: It's just I feel like it's not even existent. It 765 00:41:39,760 --> 00:41:43,000 Speaker 1: almost isn't unless you create it yourself. So I had 766 00:41:43,040 --> 00:41:45,640 Speaker 1: to create my own job, so I'll go to Damie, 767 00:41:45,640 --> 00:41:50,920 Speaker 1: and I'm like, hey, since we're all into these holistic medicine, 768 00:41:51,719 --> 00:41:56,239 Speaker 1: we really like hate using pharmaceuticals just because of the 769 00:41:56,320 --> 00:41:58,799 Speaker 1: wearing's here that ultimately it calls us on your body, right, 770 00:41:58,840 --> 00:42:01,680 Speaker 1: I mean off a podcast. I would love to talk 771 00:42:01,719 --> 00:42:05,160 Speaker 1: to you about that more because I feel the same way. Yes, sometimes, 772 00:42:05,280 --> 00:42:09,000 Speaker 1: especially in their line of work, you can't avoid it. Yes, 773 00:42:09,560 --> 00:42:15,960 Speaker 1: So I actually started fulfilling, like actually forming the company 774 00:42:16,160 --> 00:42:20,840 Speaker 1: during quarantine because I like chaos. You know. You're like, 775 00:42:21,040 --> 00:42:23,359 Speaker 1: I'm at home and there's a lot going on, but yeah, 776 00:42:23,400 --> 00:42:25,759 Speaker 1: I am going to throw something at myself one more time. 777 00:42:25,920 --> 00:42:27,760 Speaker 1: I have two kids. They can keep each other entertained. 778 00:42:29,400 --> 00:42:31,400 Speaker 1: You're like, oh, you need mommy. I don't care. Give 779 00:42:31,440 --> 00:42:33,799 Speaker 1: me another mommy, it's not here. I have a video 780 00:42:33,840 --> 00:42:37,480 Speaker 1: like I had so many what ambushes with them and 781 00:42:37,600 --> 00:42:41,840 Speaker 1: my zoom calls. It's like, hey, your mommy's new friend. No, 782 00:42:43,360 --> 00:42:44,560 Speaker 1: I don't have a kid, but I do have a 783 00:42:44,640 --> 00:42:46,919 Speaker 1: dog and a cat, and they would get into fights 784 00:42:46,960 --> 00:42:50,680 Speaker 1: and just like shut shut up, yes, shut up, please 785 00:42:50,719 --> 00:42:54,239 Speaker 1: shut up. Yes. So yeah I had that and right 786 00:42:54,280 --> 00:42:57,160 Speaker 1: before quarantine, I actually went to a white label convention 787 00:42:57,200 --> 00:43:00,720 Speaker 1: in Vegas, literally like the day before or the lockdown. 788 00:43:02,520 --> 00:43:04,960 Speaker 1: Thy means like, hey, you're cutting it real close. So 789 00:43:05,120 --> 00:43:07,719 Speaker 1: I was supposed to say like two days. I ended 790 00:43:07,800 --> 00:43:11,080 Speaker 1: up staying that one day and then I had to 791 00:43:11,160 --> 00:43:13,480 Speaker 1: change my flight, but the flight wasn't until later, so 792 00:43:13,600 --> 00:43:15,960 Speaker 1: I like, I snug off and got a massage and 793 00:43:17,360 --> 00:43:20,759 Speaker 1: thank you honey, thank you baby, and then I got 794 00:43:20,800 --> 00:43:24,520 Speaker 1: on my flight. I deserved it. So from that self 795 00:43:24,600 --> 00:43:31,520 Speaker 1: care day and everyone else saying, oh my god, Brandy's amazing, right, essentially, 796 00:43:32,040 --> 00:43:35,440 Speaker 1: I started, I started doing my research, and I called 797 00:43:36,000 --> 00:43:38,800 Speaker 1: the people whose cards I got at the White Label convention, 798 00:43:39,440 --> 00:43:42,600 Speaker 1: and I ended up getting in touch with this lovely girl. 799 00:43:43,560 --> 00:43:45,839 Speaker 1: I'm telling her my ideas and I'm like, but look, 800 00:43:45,920 --> 00:43:49,600 Speaker 1: I don't want just any old CBD. Like I'm not 801 00:43:49,719 --> 00:43:52,279 Speaker 1: trying to have any lawsuit, so I'm not trying to 802 00:43:52,320 --> 00:43:54,279 Speaker 1: have that crowd, you know, like I want some good 803 00:43:54,440 --> 00:43:58,560 Speaker 1: legit stuff. So what I did was I made my 804 00:43:58,640 --> 00:44:03,080 Speaker 1: own formulas. I talked with their scientists, and I made 805 00:44:03,160 --> 00:44:05,320 Speaker 1: friends of the stones sign just like, uh, can we 806 00:44:05,400 --> 00:44:09,320 Speaker 1: add a little bit of the I don't even know what, 807 00:44:09,320 --> 00:44:13,520 Speaker 1: I don't even know what ashaganda? I had a little 808 00:44:13,520 --> 00:44:15,319 Speaker 1: bit more of that. Add a little more lions man 809 00:44:15,400 --> 00:44:20,520 Speaker 1: in it, you know. But yes, se sa urple life girl, 810 00:44:21,320 --> 00:44:25,040 Speaker 1: no pun in, give me some more. So I really 811 00:44:25,120 --> 00:44:28,759 Speaker 1: wanted to at least have one product for my son. 812 00:44:29,480 --> 00:44:34,400 Speaker 1: I wanted to get the whole immune system right. So 813 00:44:35,160 --> 00:44:37,160 Speaker 1: I started talking to them, and I was telling them 814 00:44:38,120 --> 00:44:40,160 Speaker 1: the effects that I want and the benefits that I 815 00:44:40,280 --> 00:44:45,040 Speaker 1: want from each product. And we started just brainstorming different 816 00:44:45,080 --> 00:44:49,160 Speaker 1: herbs to infuse in the oils, if you will, and 817 00:44:49,600 --> 00:44:52,320 Speaker 1: they were sending me samples. They would just send me 818 00:44:52,360 --> 00:44:57,960 Speaker 1: different samples and like more as Ganda, Yeah, more of that, 819 00:44:58,320 --> 00:45:00,640 Speaker 1: more of that place, thank you. But no, seriously, it 820 00:45:00,760 --> 00:45:02,480 Speaker 1: was like some of it was. They would send me 821 00:45:02,560 --> 00:45:04,520 Speaker 1: when with powdered, and they would send me when with 822 00:45:04,600 --> 00:45:06,560 Speaker 1: the liquid form, and if you would have to see 823 00:45:06,680 --> 00:45:10,799 Speaker 1: which one happened during quarantine during quarantine. But the cool 824 00:45:10,880 --> 00:45:14,680 Speaker 1: thing about that was normally they would be in school, right, 825 00:45:14,760 --> 00:45:18,680 Speaker 1: so they wouldn't see the process of starting your own business. 826 00:45:19,920 --> 00:45:23,040 Speaker 1: But did I have this little girl and she's definitely 827 00:45:23,120 --> 00:45:25,759 Speaker 1: watching me, Like I feel like my son he's gonna 828 00:45:25,760 --> 00:45:27,960 Speaker 1: love me regardless, like my mama's boy, you know, but 829 00:45:28,120 --> 00:45:31,799 Speaker 1: my daughter she's gonna be the one like and you're 830 00:45:31,840 --> 00:45:35,640 Speaker 1: telling me what why you know she's gonna grow up 831 00:45:35,680 --> 00:45:42,840 Speaker 1: to be this independent, confident, entrepreneurial Did I say that? Right? Woman? 832 00:45:43,320 --> 00:45:45,880 Speaker 1: And she's like my mom. I watched my mom create 833 00:45:46,040 --> 00:45:49,160 Speaker 1: a business during the worst time, the worst time of 834 00:45:49,200 --> 00:45:52,839 Speaker 1: American history, and that was so rewarding just to see 835 00:45:52,960 --> 00:45:56,719 Speaker 1: them proud of me, you know, like it's not all 836 00:45:56,760 --> 00:46:01,160 Speaker 1: about daddy, It's about mommy too, you know. And there's 837 00:46:01,200 --> 00:46:03,640 Speaker 1: your products or oh is that what your logo is 838 00:46:03,680 --> 00:46:06,800 Speaker 1: gonna look like? And they literally like helped me throughout 839 00:46:06,840 --> 00:46:10,040 Speaker 1: the whole process, and that was so much fun. That 840 00:46:10,200 --> 00:46:13,600 Speaker 1: was so much fun. Wow. Right, And because you know, 841 00:46:13,719 --> 00:46:18,680 Speaker 1: my logo is an elephant with some little leaves blowing 842 00:46:18,760 --> 00:46:22,440 Speaker 1: over and an elephant it has so many meanings, right, prosperity, 843 00:46:22,600 --> 00:46:26,920 Speaker 1: good rock, roll tide, Like duh Isaac has an elephant 844 00:46:26,960 --> 00:46:28,720 Speaker 1: in our house, and I think it's like the elephant 845 00:46:28,760 --> 00:46:32,200 Speaker 1: of education. Yeah, very many different means. That's a whole 846 00:46:32,200 --> 00:46:34,560 Speaker 1: bunch of different meanings, right. Yeah. But so I did 847 00:46:34,680 --> 00:46:39,640 Speaker 1: that and just to watch their faces light up because 848 00:46:39,760 --> 00:46:43,040 Speaker 1: Mommy was doing something like other than taking care of them, 849 00:46:43,320 --> 00:46:45,480 Speaker 1: you know, right, it feels good like mom is not 850 00:46:45,560 --> 00:46:47,560 Speaker 1: making a lunch, make it you make it yourself. You 851 00:46:47,680 --> 00:46:50,520 Speaker 1: have all the costco pizza. I'll make you lunch when 852 00:46:50,560 --> 00:46:53,960 Speaker 1: it gets home from work. Yes, he will like with it. 853 00:46:54,440 --> 00:46:56,600 Speaker 1: That's why. Uh huh, you might want to go get 854 00:46:56,600 --> 00:47:00,880 Speaker 1: it yourself. Aby Sartan knows the look that. Yeah she does, right, 855 00:47:01,320 --> 00:47:03,440 Speaker 1: she does. They can make peanut butter and jelly sandwiches 856 00:47:04,080 --> 00:47:06,839 Speaker 1: pretty good. You're like, while you're at it, make mom 857 00:47:06,920 --> 00:47:10,200 Speaker 1: want to please. I'm hungry. I've been working all day. Yeah, 858 00:47:10,200 --> 00:47:13,400 Speaker 1: thank you. So that was fun. And I ended up 859 00:47:14,640 --> 00:47:18,520 Speaker 1: actually creating three tinsures. It is what they call like 860 00:47:18,760 --> 00:47:22,719 Speaker 1: oil drops. I end up creating them three tinsers, and 861 00:47:22,840 --> 00:47:25,919 Speaker 1: I say they are quarantine approved because we definitely tried 862 00:47:25,960 --> 00:47:31,480 Speaker 1: them and they definitely work. Thank you. So altogether I 863 00:47:31,600 --> 00:47:37,920 Speaker 1: have a full line of four tensers, four drops, some gummies, 864 00:47:38,160 --> 00:47:39,880 Speaker 1: and I have heard from a lot of people you 865 00:47:39,960 --> 00:47:42,800 Speaker 1: have the best streams of your life. That is the review. 866 00:47:42,920 --> 00:47:49,520 Speaker 1: I had amazing dreams last night. Oh I've I've tasted them, Yeah, 867 00:47:49,719 --> 00:47:51,600 Speaker 1: I feel I did. I think you haven't even tasted 868 00:47:51,640 --> 00:47:54,040 Speaker 1: the new ones. The new ones are even better than 869 00:47:54,080 --> 00:47:56,360 Speaker 1: the ones you had last time. I know where my 870 00:47:56,480 --> 00:47:59,600 Speaker 1: credit card is going after them, but I tasted them, 871 00:47:59,640 --> 00:48:01,800 Speaker 1: and I was like, oh my god, Like this doesn't 872 00:48:01,920 --> 00:48:04,480 Speaker 1: just taste like because I feel like that's something that 873 00:48:04,560 --> 00:48:06,160 Speaker 1: you focus on, is like the taste of it. So 874 00:48:06,239 --> 00:48:09,560 Speaker 1: it does absolutely taste. I haven't known the flavor is 875 00:48:09,600 --> 00:48:13,040 Speaker 1: like a rudy or like it's grassy. Yeah, you don't 876 00:48:13,080 --> 00:48:19,640 Speaker 1: want to taste like you're grazing on grass. Might the 877 00:48:19,760 --> 00:48:22,040 Speaker 1: vegans might, but I don't even think they want to 878 00:48:22,440 --> 00:48:26,440 Speaker 1: taste grass, right, So I focused on like the flavor 879 00:48:27,280 --> 00:48:30,719 Speaker 1: and the ingredients in it and the effects of it, 880 00:48:32,160 --> 00:48:38,680 Speaker 1: and all together that combined that made my drops. That's amazing. 881 00:48:38,920 --> 00:48:41,120 Speaker 1: And you, I mean now that you so you started 882 00:48:41,160 --> 00:48:44,240 Speaker 1: in Quarantine and you've had the company ever since Quarantine, 883 00:48:44,280 --> 00:48:46,520 Speaker 1: and you did photo shoots and you were just like, 884 00:48:47,200 --> 00:48:50,920 Speaker 1: all seem ahead, babe, hold on, we are going in. 885 00:48:52,280 --> 00:48:54,960 Speaker 1: I'll put him to work that day. Yes, she did 886 00:48:55,040 --> 00:48:59,840 Speaker 1: a photoshoot and Square was there and he was just like, 887 00:49:00,040 --> 00:49:01,120 Speaker 1: oh do you want me to hold this? Oh do 888 00:49:01,160 --> 00:49:03,000 Speaker 1: you want me to do that? Oh? Okay, how's light? 889 00:49:03,360 --> 00:49:07,320 Speaker 1: And there was holding the flecture during the photoship. He 890 00:49:07,520 --> 00:49:10,320 Speaker 1: was if that's not a man that's supportive? Right? Is 891 00:49:10,480 --> 00:49:13,960 Speaker 1: that's teamwork? Baby? Yeah? Teamwork Oh my god, that's amazing. 892 00:49:14,160 --> 00:49:19,600 Speaker 1: Thank you. I always love when I feel like it's 893 00:49:19,640 --> 00:49:22,239 Speaker 1: so hard when you're moving around and you're you have 894 00:49:22,320 --> 00:49:25,680 Speaker 1: a husband that has such an oh job, that's looked 895 00:49:25,760 --> 00:49:28,200 Speaker 1: up to, I feel like it's sometimes hard to find 896 00:49:28,239 --> 00:49:32,600 Speaker 1: your own voice and like make a name of yourself, Like, yes, 897 00:49:32,960 --> 00:49:35,880 Speaker 1: I am married to him, but I'm not just an 898 00:49:35,960 --> 00:49:40,279 Speaker 1: f a wife, an all girlfriend. Yeah that park is exhausting. Yeah, 899 00:49:40,440 --> 00:49:42,480 Speaker 1: it's fun and it's cute at first, and it's like, oh, 900 00:49:42,600 --> 00:49:46,920 Speaker 1: thank you, But like even with like our foundation, you know, right, 901 00:49:47,120 --> 00:49:51,359 Speaker 1: it was still like this gets the attention because of him, 902 00:49:52,200 --> 00:49:54,840 Speaker 1: like what about me? And I did find myself asking 903 00:49:54,920 --> 00:49:58,120 Speaker 1: that a lot, like okay, but what about me? Right? 904 00:49:58,239 --> 00:50:01,800 Speaker 1: You know? So doing is has possibly been one of 905 00:50:01,840 --> 00:50:04,799 Speaker 1: the most rewarding things I've ever done. I can't say 906 00:50:04,840 --> 00:50:08,120 Speaker 1: that I don't know what is. I'm like emotional today, 907 00:50:08,560 --> 00:50:12,319 Speaker 1: I can bring yea. I feel like I can tell 908 00:50:12,320 --> 00:50:14,120 Speaker 1: you anything right now. I'm like cut the cameras like 909 00:50:14,320 --> 00:50:21,200 Speaker 1: Vie and I honestly, I feel like you've like even 910 00:50:21,360 --> 00:50:24,440 Speaker 1: hearing Okay, so I've never this is something interesting, but 911 00:50:24,480 --> 00:50:27,840 Speaker 1: I've never heard of like somebody with one of the players. 912 00:50:28,080 --> 00:50:29,880 Speaker 1: I hate saying the word like NFL wife because I 913 00:50:29,880 --> 00:50:31,400 Speaker 1: feel like people have such a bad stigma of it. 914 00:50:33,600 --> 00:50:35,239 Speaker 1: I just feel like people have a bad stigma of it, 915 00:50:35,280 --> 00:50:36,480 Speaker 1: and I never want to be like, oh, I'm an 916 00:50:36,600 --> 00:50:39,600 Speaker 1: NFL wife because that's not what I am. That's a 917 00:50:39,719 --> 00:50:41,920 Speaker 1: part of my life, yep, but it's not who I am. 918 00:50:42,360 --> 00:50:45,880 Speaker 1: But I've never heard of one of the NFL wives 919 00:50:46,080 --> 00:50:47,360 Speaker 1: going and like hanging out with a bunch of the 920 00:50:47,400 --> 00:50:51,280 Speaker 1: fans and going to Thunder Alley, which I just baby 921 00:50:51,520 --> 00:50:56,680 Speaker 1: shout out to thunder Valley Alley. Sorry, but I feel 922 00:50:56,680 --> 00:50:58,279 Speaker 1: like I've looked up to you in that way. I'm 923 00:50:58,280 --> 00:51:00,399 Speaker 1: just like, oh my god, you want to go oh yeah, 924 00:51:00,400 --> 00:51:03,480 Speaker 1: because I always have seen you, well, except for Coronap, 925 00:51:03,480 --> 00:51:05,359 Speaker 1: I've always seen you like go into the games having 926 00:51:05,400 --> 00:51:08,560 Speaker 1: fun with all the fans. I'm just like, I'm jealous, 927 00:51:08,640 --> 00:51:11,279 Speaker 1: Like I'm sitting in my car, like obviously I love 928 00:51:11,320 --> 00:51:12,800 Speaker 1: all the girls that like I got the games with 929 00:51:12,960 --> 00:51:16,560 Speaker 1: and like the relationships, friendships whatever I have. But I 930 00:51:16,600 --> 00:51:18,800 Speaker 1: feel like it's such a different experience to go and 931 00:51:18,880 --> 00:51:21,920 Speaker 1: like have fun with fans and you're like, oh my god, 932 00:51:21,920 --> 00:51:23,800 Speaker 1: we could watch My Man together, Like this is a 933 00:51:23,880 --> 00:51:25,960 Speaker 1: fun time, like I'm gonna text you like all the 934 00:51:26,040 --> 00:51:27,759 Speaker 1: bad things I'm thinking during the game that I can't 935 00:51:27,760 --> 00:51:31,680 Speaker 1: necessarily say right right, No, it's so funny because you 936 00:51:31,800 --> 00:51:34,439 Speaker 1: got like Bolt God, shout out to Bolt God, shout 937 00:51:34,480 --> 00:51:38,000 Speaker 1: out to Bolt Punisher. I love them. So you got 938 00:51:38,040 --> 00:51:40,759 Speaker 1: these fans and stress up for the games, and they 939 00:51:40,840 --> 00:51:46,600 Speaker 1: go all out quetely, all of them. Right. And because 940 00:51:46,760 --> 00:51:49,000 Speaker 1: I try to stay when foot in wimpoot out, I 941 00:51:49,040 --> 00:51:53,759 Speaker 1: don't sit in the family section. I always say front row, 942 00:51:54,040 --> 00:51:57,440 Speaker 1: feet propped up, chilling, just having a good time, a 943 00:51:57,520 --> 00:52:01,360 Speaker 1: hot dog, my margarite en. That's me, I say, closest 944 00:52:01,480 --> 00:52:05,759 Speaker 1: to the bar, but front and center as a bar. 945 00:52:06,120 --> 00:52:10,840 Speaker 1: At so or so far, it was like they were 946 00:52:11,120 --> 00:52:13,080 Speaker 1: they had hanging succulents. I was like, does any other 947 00:52:13,160 --> 00:52:17,080 Speaker 1: stadium have because although it was temporary, whatever, new your 948 00:52:17,120 --> 00:52:20,120 Speaker 1: stadium is better. The new stadium is amazing, by the way, 949 00:52:20,239 --> 00:52:22,920 Speaker 1: we've only seen it, you know, as a tour. But 950 00:52:23,000 --> 00:52:25,120 Speaker 1: I can't wait to sit my butt in those comfy 951 00:52:25,239 --> 00:52:28,440 Speaker 1: chairs and cheer all my man. I want to get 952 00:52:28,520 --> 00:52:32,439 Speaker 1: sweet those sweets. Oh, let's go in half and half 953 00:52:34,480 --> 00:52:39,160 Speaker 1: for more like a third and third. We need somebody else, right, No, 954 00:52:39,320 --> 00:52:42,120 Speaker 1: but I feel like that that is something I'm looking 955 00:52:42,160 --> 00:52:45,880 Speaker 1: forward to in the next upcoming season once the country 956 00:52:45,920 --> 00:52:48,360 Speaker 1: gets past Corona. Oh, I'm bringing you. We're going to 957 00:52:48,440 --> 00:52:52,239 Speaker 1: thunder Alley and like, I'm going to text you the 958 00:52:52,320 --> 00:52:54,080 Speaker 1: first day of the first game and I'm gonna do 959 00:52:54,320 --> 00:52:57,480 Speaker 1: where are we tailgating? Where are we sitting? I get 960 00:52:57,520 --> 00:53:00,359 Speaker 1: texts right now because you know, some some stadium allow 961 00:53:00,440 --> 00:53:03,680 Speaker 1: fans and they're going to those games and they're texting me. 962 00:53:03,719 --> 00:53:05,880 Speaker 1: They're like, Hey, are you going because we got a 963 00:53:05,960 --> 00:53:08,239 Speaker 1: spot for you. I was looking at flights last night 964 00:53:08,239 --> 00:53:10,839 Speaker 1: about going to the Kansas City game. Really it's two 965 00:53:11,520 --> 00:53:13,640 Speaker 1: on trips by the way, Kansas City. When you when 966 00:53:13,719 --> 00:53:17,480 Speaker 1: you go there, the whole air, like the air just 967 00:53:17,520 --> 00:53:20,840 Speaker 1: smells like barbecue. It is like a faed Girls stream. 968 00:53:20,920 --> 00:53:23,080 Speaker 1: I was like, a bad is a fat girls stream? 969 00:53:24,880 --> 00:53:26,880 Speaker 1: It's not a bad thing. It's not a bad thing 970 00:53:26,880 --> 00:53:31,600 Speaker 1: at all. But Yeah, like those fans like die Hardbow 971 00:53:31,640 --> 00:53:35,360 Speaker 1: Club and everyone, they really have become our family like 972 00:53:35,520 --> 00:53:38,279 Speaker 1: we do. Because I get to toegate with them, I 973 00:53:38,360 --> 00:53:40,839 Speaker 1: get to like know them. I get to learn about 974 00:53:40,840 --> 00:53:43,000 Speaker 1: their lives. I know the husband and the wife, I 975 00:53:43,080 --> 00:53:45,759 Speaker 1: know the kids, like you know and they it's not 976 00:53:45,920 --> 00:53:49,080 Speaker 1: just the game. So it's like also training camp, yea, 977 00:53:49,239 --> 00:53:51,640 Speaker 1: all that stuff. You're they're at games, you're at games. 978 00:53:51,719 --> 00:53:55,359 Speaker 1: It's not like I sit with them and camp. It's 979 00:53:55,400 --> 00:53:58,960 Speaker 1: like they're part of my family. Yeah, they live. They 980 00:53:59,040 --> 00:54:01,600 Speaker 1: have literally watched my kids grow up. They're my biggest supporters, 981 00:54:01,640 --> 00:54:04,279 Speaker 1: were Vibe kids, you know. And it's it's so fun 982 00:54:04,400 --> 00:54:09,319 Speaker 1: because I get to hang out with them and spend 983 00:54:09,400 --> 00:54:12,719 Speaker 1: time with them during football season and the one time 984 00:54:12,760 --> 00:54:15,920 Speaker 1: of year that we get to like Damian experience that 985 00:54:16,920 --> 00:54:20,480 Speaker 1: is during our fundraiser. So usually because of COVID, we're 986 00:54:20,520 --> 00:54:24,040 Speaker 1: not doing it this year, but we usually do this 987 00:54:24,160 --> 00:54:27,920 Speaker 1: thing called Jingle Bowl Rock and we ran out a 988 00:54:28,040 --> 00:54:31,600 Speaker 1: bowling facility and it's just the night of drunkenness and 989 00:54:31,760 --> 00:54:38,800 Speaker 1: bowling and raffles and it is so fun. We have 990 00:54:38,920 --> 00:54:41,000 Speaker 1: some of the fans come up from San Diego, Like 991 00:54:41,280 --> 00:54:44,400 Speaker 1: they get a bus and they drive up from San Diego, 992 00:54:44,520 --> 00:54:48,719 Speaker 1: so like I can't drive because right, but like they're 993 00:54:48,760 --> 00:54:51,759 Speaker 1: in competition with who's gonna be Damian this year? You know, 994 00:54:52,760 --> 00:54:55,080 Speaker 1: and if we do it virtually, like I'm weird something, right, 995 00:54:55,200 --> 00:54:58,600 Speaker 1: I was thinking about we Yeah, if oh you went 996 00:54:58,680 --> 00:55:02,960 Speaker 1: old school with the we. Oh god, but yeah, I 997 00:55:03,160 --> 00:55:05,279 Speaker 1: grew up with we. Okay, I know I feel you. 998 00:55:05,400 --> 00:55:08,160 Speaker 1: We we with some good stuff. Not gonna lie bowling. 999 00:55:08,200 --> 00:55:10,799 Speaker 1: We could just like zoom and bowl, right, we can 1000 00:55:10,880 --> 00:55:13,400 Speaker 1: figure out how to do that. We can figure it out. No, 1001 00:55:13,520 --> 00:55:16,160 Speaker 1: I'll just wait. But no, it's so cool because then 1002 00:55:16,239 --> 00:55:19,360 Speaker 1: they're like, I'm the one that gets Brady messed up 1003 00:55:19,400 --> 00:55:25,840 Speaker 1: before the game, and they just I mean, it's I 1004 00:55:25,960 --> 00:55:28,000 Speaker 1: feel like when I when I see like the die 1005 00:55:28,080 --> 00:55:31,200 Speaker 1: Hard Boat Club and like all of these amazing fans, 1006 00:55:31,320 --> 00:55:33,719 Speaker 1: I don't feel like they're like distant, like, oh, those 1007 00:55:33,719 --> 00:55:37,719 Speaker 1: are the fans. I'm like they're having fun. Like when 1008 00:55:37,800 --> 00:55:39,960 Speaker 1: I went on the Charger fan cruise, shout out to 1009 00:55:40,000 --> 00:55:42,000 Speaker 1: everybody that went on that. I'm just like, these are 1010 00:55:42,040 --> 00:55:44,120 Speaker 1: amazing people, Like I cannot wait to hang out with 1011 00:55:44,200 --> 00:55:46,640 Speaker 1: them and do stuff. And I feel like they're there 1012 00:55:46,800 --> 00:55:49,520 Speaker 1: after the hard games and they're there a good game. 1013 00:55:49,760 --> 00:55:52,200 Speaker 1: Did you see when they had the signs up after 1014 00:55:53,120 --> 00:55:56,400 Speaker 1: their first game, like when camp was over. No, they 1015 00:55:56,440 --> 00:55:59,200 Speaker 1: sent me pictures. They they were out there on the 1016 00:55:59,280 --> 00:56:02,680 Speaker 1: corner with all right, they were on the corner with 1017 00:56:02,840 --> 00:56:05,440 Speaker 1: signs like good luck this season, we love you, we 1018 00:56:05,560 --> 00:56:07,000 Speaker 1: miss you, And I was just like, oh my god, 1019 00:56:07,120 --> 00:56:10,719 Speaker 1: like y'all are better than me. Carson, go and get ma, go, 1020 00:56:10,880 --> 00:56:13,320 Speaker 1: get go, get daddy's big face. We're gonna do Daddy's 1021 00:56:13,360 --> 00:56:18,719 Speaker 1: big head today. Wow. I mean, and then they just 1022 00:56:18,840 --> 00:56:23,760 Speaker 1: become family. They literally become family. Birthdays every Sunday we're texting, 1023 00:56:24,400 --> 00:56:27,480 Speaker 1: they know. I mean, yeah, I mean, especially if you're 1024 00:56:27,520 --> 00:56:31,719 Speaker 1: being here for five years, seven years? Why five years 1025 00:56:31,760 --> 00:56:36,000 Speaker 1: in five years or four years in Orange County? Yeah, 1026 00:56:36,200 --> 00:56:40,399 Speaker 1: four years in Orange County. Yeah, I mean, I don't 1027 00:56:40,520 --> 00:56:45,359 Speaker 1: freaking out. Okay, guys a heavy poor no, but after 1028 00:56:45,520 --> 00:56:49,319 Speaker 1: that long they're like family. You guys know each other whatever. Yeah. 1029 00:56:50,840 --> 00:56:54,480 Speaker 1: So next thing before we end the podcast, I want 1030 00:56:54,520 --> 00:56:57,960 Speaker 1: to know you guys have been married a minute. So 1031 00:56:58,120 --> 00:57:02,200 Speaker 1: I want to know. Here's one thing that people would 1032 00:57:02,239 --> 00:57:07,360 Speaker 1: find funny, something that people don't know about Square. What 1033 00:57:07,800 --> 00:57:11,080 Speaker 1: jun't they know? Square is a funny dude. He's a 1034 00:57:11,120 --> 00:57:16,760 Speaker 1: funny dude. He is just a no hold back gonna 1035 00:57:16,880 --> 00:57:19,440 Speaker 1: say it like it is like that clue Are You 1036 00:57:19,520 --> 00:57:26,520 Speaker 1: in the bed? Classic? Classic? Are you? Are you? Like? 1037 00:57:26,680 --> 00:57:28,320 Speaker 1: But for real though, like I kind of like the 1038 00:57:28,400 --> 00:57:32,960 Speaker 1: hayboard though, right, I shouldn't say it how it is, 1039 00:57:33,040 --> 00:57:34,920 Speaker 1: But what's something about him? Okay, well we found out 1040 00:57:34,960 --> 00:57:39,480 Speaker 1: today that he's a great dancer, amazing dancer. Clips of 1041 00:57:39,760 --> 00:57:43,160 Speaker 1: him dancing, I'm sure the Chargers confine. I'm sure they could. 1042 00:57:43,640 --> 00:57:45,920 Speaker 1: I'm sure I hope they just roll like a montage 1043 00:57:45,960 --> 00:57:49,720 Speaker 1: of him, like right, but he's like on the field, 1044 00:57:49,840 --> 00:57:54,720 Speaker 1: he's the best dad. Like the best dad. He'll get 1045 00:57:54,760 --> 00:57:57,920 Speaker 1: his toes painted, like Carson will be painting his toes 1046 00:57:58,200 --> 00:58:01,560 Speaker 1: and they'll do may up and they'll do their whole 1047 00:58:01,720 --> 00:58:04,360 Speaker 1: little dance. Can we get a picture of him like 1048 00:58:04,400 --> 00:58:06,520 Speaker 1: having a tea party or with his nails? Panic, I 1049 00:58:06,560 --> 00:58:08,760 Speaker 1: will find you one. She's about to go home and 1050 00:58:08,800 --> 00:58:13,160 Speaker 1: be like, I will find please. And then he's he's 1051 00:58:13,240 --> 00:58:16,840 Speaker 1: the best coach because like our son plays football, baseball 1052 00:58:17,120 --> 00:58:20,560 Speaker 1: and basketball, all the sports. He has all the good gene. 1053 00:58:20,640 --> 00:58:23,640 Speaker 1: He's yeah, he's like the little MVP. Right, and he's 1054 00:58:23,720 --> 00:58:26,920 Speaker 1: out there like tired as heck, just came home from 1055 00:58:27,000 --> 00:58:29,160 Speaker 1: work and he's like, nope, we gotta get on it, 1056 00:58:29,320 --> 00:58:32,560 Speaker 1: like I'm gonna mold you to be the best person 1057 00:58:32,680 --> 00:58:36,520 Speaker 1: you can possibly be. Right, And he's just he's great, 1058 00:58:36,760 --> 00:58:40,240 Speaker 1: like he teaches me things and I'm like god, dang 1059 00:58:40,360 --> 00:58:42,760 Speaker 1: you like we gotta come and one out me today 1060 00:58:42,960 --> 00:58:45,480 Speaker 1: I was doing good like the kids like that. I 1061 00:58:45,520 --> 00:58:48,360 Speaker 1: didn't need that. Yeah, that's that's what it's like in 1062 00:58:48,400 --> 00:58:54,200 Speaker 1: our house. Well, I've loved getting to know you. Thank 1063 00:58:54,280 --> 00:58:56,880 Speaker 1: you over the past few years and obviously today, because 1064 00:58:56,880 --> 00:58:59,200 Speaker 1: I feel like it's hard to like find time to 1065 00:58:59,240 --> 00:59:01,840 Speaker 1: sit down, act to talk to somebody, especially like games, 1066 00:59:01,880 --> 00:59:05,320 Speaker 1: alcoholic tailgating, like yeah, and we really don't see each 1067 00:59:05,320 --> 00:59:08,840 Speaker 1: other unless we like, Hey, I know the guys don't 1068 00:59:08,880 --> 00:59:11,480 Speaker 1: want to see each other because they're together twenty four seven, 1069 00:59:11,560 --> 00:59:14,000 Speaker 1: but I want to see you. Well, I mean now 1070 00:59:14,080 --> 00:59:16,080 Speaker 1: that I know that people come to you when they're 1071 00:59:16,160 --> 00:59:18,520 Speaker 1: upset about something, Come on, girl, Food, I should have 1072 00:59:18,720 --> 00:59:21,920 Speaker 1: my psychology license at this point, I'm coming over. I'm 1073 00:59:21,960 --> 00:59:25,160 Speaker 1: asking Carson to paint my nails and you're food and 1074 00:59:25,280 --> 00:59:28,560 Speaker 1: she would love to and Mica will be the perfect gentleman. 1075 00:59:28,680 --> 00:59:33,040 Speaker 1: He'll serve you two date after his Daddy's like I'm 1076 00:59:33,080 --> 00:59:35,720 Speaker 1: gonna be He's like, do you are you okay? You 1077 00:59:35,800 --> 00:59:38,160 Speaker 1: need me water? Can I make you a PB and 1078 00:59:38,240 --> 00:59:41,520 Speaker 1: j I would love a glass of lemon and Cucumberwai 1079 00:59:43,760 --> 00:59:47,920 Speaker 1: spa night we could do that. Anyways, I have loved 1080 00:59:47,960 --> 00:59:52,480 Speaker 1: having you on the podcasts. So if you guys want 1081 00:59:52,560 --> 00:59:55,120 Speaker 1: to go and find Brandy, you can follow on Instagram, 1082 00:59:55,720 --> 00:59:58,280 Speaker 1: go on a vibe kit, make some purchases. I know 1083 00:59:58,440 --> 01:00:01,840 Speaker 1: I'm going to please you yourself a little shout out. Okay, 1084 01:00:01,960 --> 01:00:05,360 Speaker 1: you can find me on Instagram and I am king 1085 01:00:05,920 --> 01:00:10,080 Speaker 1: k I n G Square or at Vibe kid b 1086 01:00:10,600 --> 01:00:14,640 Speaker 1: y B e k I T awesome. All right, thank 1087 01:00:14,680 --> 01:00:16,640 Speaker 1: you so much for coming on, Thank you for having me. 1088 01:00:16,840 --> 01:00:18,160 Speaker 1: All Right, guys, we'll talk to you soon