1 00:00:05,360 --> 00:00:09,520 Speaker 1: Welcome to Morenita, a deep dive into the Latin X experience. 2 00:00:09,720 --> 00:00:12,280 Speaker 1: With more Anita, we want to create a community and 3 00:00:12,280 --> 00:00:15,680 Speaker 1: a shared space with you while sharing knowledge and inspiration. 4 00:00:16,000 --> 00:00:19,200 Speaker 1: This show is about celebrating our culture with guests who 5 00:00:19,239 --> 00:00:30,480 Speaker 1: exemplify the best of us. I'm Darrylene Castillo Vieplemi. Happy 6 00:00:30,520 --> 00:00:33,479 Speaker 1: holidays to everyone out there. We hope you are enjoying 7 00:00:33,520 --> 00:00:35,960 Speaker 1: some time with family or maybe just a day off 8 00:00:36,080 --> 00:00:38,879 Speaker 1: or two. We wanted to have a slightly different episode 9 00:00:38,920 --> 00:00:41,760 Speaker 1: this week to celebrate the holidays and talk about our 10 00:00:41,800 --> 00:00:44,959 Speaker 1: favorite holiday memories and what they mean to us. So 11 00:00:45,159 --> 00:00:48,880 Speaker 1: we brought a very special guest, my partner in life, 12 00:00:48,920 --> 00:00:53,440 Speaker 1: Andres Peli. Andres is a marine, and today we talked 13 00:00:53,440 --> 00:00:56,440 Speaker 1: about our favorite Christmas memories and memories of the past. 14 00:00:56,640 --> 00:00:58,600 Speaker 1: I hope you guys enjoy it just as much as 15 00:00:58,640 --> 00:01:07,360 Speaker 1: I did. Well everyone, Oh my god, Oh we're recording. 16 00:01:07,400 --> 00:01:11,280 Speaker 1: I'm sorry. I'm sorry, Okay, sorry, sorry, sorry, No more jokes, 17 00:01:11,319 --> 00:01:13,680 Speaker 1: No more jokes. Oh my god, We're never going to 18 00:01:13,760 --> 00:01:17,480 Speaker 1: get through this interview. Um. Hello everybody. Today we have 19 00:01:17,760 --> 00:01:21,280 Speaker 1: a very very special guest, someone that is very near 20 00:01:21,319 --> 00:01:25,240 Speaker 1: and dear to my heart. My right hand man, my 21 00:01:25,600 --> 00:01:31,160 Speaker 1: partner and crime and hello andres Hello? Hello? Was that 22 00:01:31,240 --> 00:01:34,480 Speaker 1: was that a suffice? That that was that introduction? Like, okay, no, 23 00:01:34,560 --> 00:01:37,440 Speaker 1: I was good, but I'm concerned who's who's your left 24 00:01:37,440 --> 00:01:41,640 Speaker 1: hand man? You have a left hand man? Do we 25 00:01:41,640 --> 00:01:44,000 Speaker 1: need to talk about something? No, no, we don't even 26 00:01:44,040 --> 00:01:46,560 Speaker 1: talk about anything. But um, we're really excited to have 27 00:01:46,640 --> 00:01:51,280 Speaker 1: you here on mor Anita because you're our Christmas special 28 00:01:51,920 --> 00:01:53,840 Speaker 1: and I thought it would be really cool to just 29 00:01:53,920 --> 00:01:57,320 Speaker 1: like have our listeners get a little insight on our lives. 30 00:01:57,680 --> 00:02:01,080 Speaker 1: Um and are family his aree and it's it's the 31 00:02:01,120 --> 00:02:03,880 Speaker 1: most wonderful time of the year. Yes, it is. I mean, 32 00:02:04,440 --> 00:02:08,840 Speaker 1: could we not get anyone else? Chas He's like a 33 00:02:08,840 --> 00:02:11,240 Speaker 1: lot of pressure, is it? Is it? Okay, We're going 34 00:02:11,280 --> 00:02:13,800 Speaker 1: to relieve some of the pressure. So you know, I 35 00:02:13,840 --> 00:02:17,040 Speaker 1: love Christmas. You know, that's like one of my, yes, 36 00:02:17,280 --> 00:02:21,200 Speaker 1: absolute favorite holidays. We were a little late this year though, 37 00:02:21,400 --> 00:02:22,960 Speaker 1: I know, I know, and you know this is like 38 00:02:23,280 --> 00:02:26,480 Speaker 1: one of my least favorite holidays. It is not your 39 00:02:26,560 --> 00:02:31,040 Speaker 1: least favorite holiday. I mean, I'm not into the decorating, 40 00:02:31,400 --> 00:02:35,560 Speaker 1: the lights, the tree, you know, No, you're not into 41 00:02:35,680 --> 00:02:39,720 Speaker 1: doing the work. But then you appreciate it in the 42 00:02:39,760 --> 00:02:42,240 Speaker 1: morning when you wake up and see like all the 43 00:02:42,320 --> 00:02:46,320 Speaker 1: all the beautiful lights in the Christmas tree. Last year, Um, 44 00:02:46,440 --> 00:02:49,560 Speaker 1: and this had a Yeah, you had a meltdown last year. 45 00:02:49,600 --> 00:02:51,840 Speaker 1: You were just tired. We were doing a lot of Christmas, 46 00:02:51,880 --> 00:02:53,800 Speaker 1: a lot of it can be very stressful. You're right, 47 00:02:53,840 --> 00:02:56,440 Speaker 1: I can see how Christmas can be a very stressful 48 00:02:56,440 --> 00:03:00,120 Speaker 1: time of this. Like it was like Christmas overload. There's 49 00:03:00,160 --> 00:03:03,160 Speaker 1: a lot going on, and like I'm not into the 50 00:03:03,160 --> 00:03:07,280 Speaker 1: whole decorating thing, and like you want us to put 51 00:03:07,480 --> 00:03:13,959 Speaker 1: Christmas pajamason. You got the Christmas music going, like everything 52 00:03:14,120 --> 00:03:17,480 Speaker 1: is going. I'm like, I'm just gonna put some balls 53 00:03:17,480 --> 00:03:22,240 Speaker 1: in the tree, put some lights. So well, actually before 54 00:03:22,280 --> 00:03:25,839 Speaker 1: you met me, that was to the Christmas before, the 55 00:03:26,160 --> 00:03:29,880 Speaker 1: before quarantine Christmas. That was your first time putting a 56 00:03:29,880 --> 00:03:33,239 Speaker 1: tree up, right, Yeah, so like the only reason, no, 57 00:03:33,400 --> 00:03:37,480 Speaker 1: either that year or the year before. But the truth 58 00:03:37,560 --> 00:03:41,360 Speaker 1: comes out. I mean the only reason I got a tree. 59 00:03:42,080 --> 00:03:45,000 Speaker 1: It was for Georgie, my dog. You know, I never 60 00:03:45,040 --> 00:03:50,600 Speaker 1: really cared about dog, our dog. But whenever a dog, okay, 61 00:03:50,640 --> 00:03:53,160 Speaker 1: but whenever someone needs to walk him in the morning, 62 00:03:53,200 --> 00:03:58,400 Speaker 1: it's always your dog. Literally, Yeah, we have. We actually 63 00:03:58,440 --> 00:04:01,800 Speaker 1: have two dogs, and Georgie is our pit bull that 64 00:04:01,840 --> 00:04:04,880 Speaker 1: we have. He's a rescue and we have Pixie. And 65 00:04:05,080 --> 00:04:07,200 Speaker 1: you got the tree for Georgie. Yeah, I mean it 66 00:04:07,440 --> 00:04:11,640 Speaker 1: just canned the holiday stirred for him. But like, prior 67 00:04:11,680 --> 00:04:14,760 Speaker 1: to that, like I never really cared about decorating, you know, 68 00:04:14,920 --> 00:04:18,320 Speaker 1: being in the military, Like I've always been like my own. Yeah, 69 00:04:18,600 --> 00:04:20,960 Speaker 1: and I go home for the holidays, to go home 70 00:04:21,000 --> 00:04:23,960 Speaker 1: for Christmas, Thanksgiving, you know. So I'm like, if I'm 71 00:04:23,960 --> 00:04:27,719 Speaker 1: gonna be away for the holidays, like, what's the point 72 00:04:27,760 --> 00:04:29,560 Speaker 1: of saying up a tree for me to look at, 73 00:04:29,640 --> 00:04:32,120 Speaker 1: you know, I mean it makes sense to me. So 74 00:04:32,320 --> 00:04:35,680 Speaker 1: you've been serving in the military for how many years? Now? 75 00:04:36,240 --> 00:04:41,640 Speaker 1: Nineteen years in January nineteen years. How old are you 76 00:04:41,640 --> 00:04:46,920 Speaker 1: when you joined? I was a young buck. You're still 77 00:04:46,920 --> 00:04:52,040 Speaker 1: a young buck. My hair and body would tell you otherwise, 78 00:04:52,080 --> 00:04:55,000 Speaker 1: you know, But whatever, I appreciate it. So what was 79 00:04:55,040 --> 00:04:57,920 Speaker 1: that like for you? You are very close with your family, 80 00:04:58,120 --> 00:05:02,240 Speaker 1: so like, yes, close to my family. It was holiday 81 00:05:02,240 --> 00:05:04,080 Speaker 1: has always been a hard time, you know, because either 82 00:05:04,880 --> 00:05:07,680 Speaker 1: if I'm deployed and I'm gone, obviously I can't be 83 00:05:07,720 --> 00:05:10,640 Speaker 1: a wrong family. So it's always like try to do 84 00:05:10,800 --> 00:05:14,200 Speaker 1: a phone call when you can or email. This is 85 00:05:14,240 --> 00:05:19,440 Speaker 1: before the FaceTime days, you know, so it's new. It 86 00:05:19,440 --> 00:05:22,760 Speaker 1: would have been nice to have FaceTime whiles deployed. But 87 00:05:25,240 --> 00:05:27,800 Speaker 1: if I'm around, I try to go home for a 88 00:05:27,839 --> 00:05:31,080 Speaker 1: lot of days, Like for sure, Thanksgiving, I'm going home, 89 00:05:31,600 --> 00:05:34,680 Speaker 1: like that's a given, Like that's my favorite time of year. Yeah, 90 00:05:34,800 --> 00:05:37,560 Speaker 1: if I could make it for Christmas, I'll make it. 91 00:05:37,600 --> 00:05:40,800 Speaker 1: But it's not like high on the list of priorities, 92 00:05:40,880 --> 00:05:43,880 Speaker 1: so must go home, you know. Yeah, Thanksgiving is like 93 00:05:43,960 --> 00:05:47,200 Speaker 1: a pretty big deal on your family's end. I mean, 94 00:05:47,279 --> 00:05:49,920 Speaker 1: are there like on Christmas or thinks? I guess we 95 00:05:49,960 --> 00:05:52,240 Speaker 1: can just talk about the holidays in general because they're 96 00:05:52,279 --> 00:05:58,200 Speaker 1: so they're all, you know, put together. But you're Colombian Colombiano, 97 00:05:58,880 --> 00:06:03,840 Speaker 1: So is there anything like that your family does? I know? 98 00:06:03,880 --> 00:06:06,279 Speaker 1: I mean I feel like we just went to Denver 99 00:06:06,360 --> 00:06:09,480 Speaker 1: and we were in Colorado for Thanksgiving. I feel like 100 00:06:09,480 --> 00:06:12,640 Speaker 1: you guys like to like travel. No, this that was 101 00:06:12,680 --> 00:06:16,400 Speaker 1: actually the first time we travel for thanks Garving, at 102 00:06:16,480 --> 00:06:19,120 Speaker 1: least with me. They did the year prior and I 103 00:06:20,000 --> 00:06:23,680 Speaker 1: it's just for me. Thanksgiving was that was the time. 104 00:06:24,880 --> 00:06:28,640 Speaker 1: Excuse me, the one day, uh, the year that we 105 00:06:28,720 --> 00:06:30,560 Speaker 1: all go to relait this house, Like we're all going 106 00:06:30,600 --> 00:06:33,600 Speaker 1: to Grandma's house. It's a given. She's laying it down 107 00:06:33,720 --> 00:06:36,760 Speaker 1: the kitchen. She's cooking up a storm, you know, like 108 00:06:37,600 --> 00:06:41,479 Speaker 1: everyone puts their differences aside because you know, family squabbles, 109 00:06:41,480 --> 00:06:46,880 Speaker 1: everyone has issues with somebody, but everyone comes home for Thanksgiving, 110 00:06:47,440 --> 00:06:49,520 Speaker 1: you know. So that's the reason why I always went home, 111 00:06:49,560 --> 00:06:52,240 Speaker 1: because like I know, I could see everyone. You know, 112 00:06:52,480 --> 00:06:55,320 Speaker 1: It's like I could see everyone on one trip. Easy peasy. 113 00:06:55,800 --> 00:06:58,920 Speaker 1: My quarter for the year is done. You know. So 114 00:07:00,320 --> 00:07:02,599 Speaker 1: this year, like my family is like, oh, we're gonna 115 00:07:02,640 --> 00:07:06,359 Speaker 1: go away. We're gonna go to Colorado for things Giving, 116 00:07:07,279 --> 00:07:08,960 Speaker 1: and like they kind of got a pitch it to 117 00:07:09,040 --> 00:07:12,520 Speaker 1: me because they know how important Thanksgiving us for me. 118 00:07:12,560 --> 00:07:16,080 Speaker 1: And I'm like wait, wait, wait, we're going where? Why? 119 00:07:16,160 --> 00:07:19,680 Speaker 1: Who's cooking? Who's Thanksgiving? Who's doing turkey? You know, I'm 120 00:07:19,680 --> 00:07:23,000 Speaker 1: not seeing all these questions. I'm like what And I'm like, yeah, 121 00:07:23,000 --> 00:07:24,360 Speaker 1: I can't be a part of this, Like I don't 122 00:07:24,360 --> 00:07:28,800 Speaker 1: want to go, and I was against it and I 123 00:07:28,840 --> 00:07:31,840 Speaker 1: was not a fan. And the reason we went, I 124 00:07:31,880 --> 00:07:34,480 Speaker 1: don't know if you remember, is because of you. Because 125 00:07:34,560 --> 00:07:37,320 Speaker 1: we were home. We were home in Florida during the summer, 126 00:07:38,240 --> 00:07:40,440 Speaker 1: and I think they caught us, like they were talking 127 00:07:40,480 --> 00:07:43,800 Speaker 1: about thingsgiving. You know, we may have been a little tipsy, 128 00:07:43,880 --> 00:07:47,600 Speaker 1: having a couple of drinks or whatever, and they pissed 129 00:07:47,640 --> 00:07:52,160 Speaker 1: the idea of going to Colorado. And You're like, yeah, absolutely, 130 00:07:52,240 --> 00:07:54,760 Speaker 1: let's do it. Blah blah blah blah. You were down. 131 00:07:55,240 --> 00:07:57,160 Speaker 1: They kind of set me up because they sold it 132 00:07:57,200 --> 00:08:00,760 Speaker 1: to you and you agreed to us. And now everyone's like, oh, 133 00:08:00,840 --> 00:08:03,720 Speaker 1: I'm down and they're coming blah blah blah, we gotta 134 00:08:03,760 --> 00:08:08,040 Speaker 1: do it. Speaking of Florida, I remember when you and 135 00:08:08,080 --> 00:08:12,640 Speaker 1: I first, um moved in together and everything, and obviously 136 00:08:12,720 --> 00:08:16,680 Speaker 1: during pandemic times, Um, You're like, oh, I have a 137 00:08:16,760 --> 00:08:20,720 Speaker 1: Christmas tree upstairs in the attic. I was like, no, 138 00:08:21,760 --> 00:08:24,440 Speaker 1: we are not doing a fake tree. Remember I went 139 00:08:24,520 --> 00:08:28,480 Speaker 1: off on you. Yeah, like, no, we're not doing a 140 00:08:28,520 --> 00:08:30,880 Speaker 1: fake tree. We have to go and get a tree. 141 00:08:30,960 --> 00:08:34,480 Speaker 1: And I'm like, honestly, like, it's like I grew up 142 00:08:34,600 --> 00:08:37,680 Speaker 1: very poor and we always had a fake tree because 143 00:08:37,679 --> 00:08:41,360 Speaker 1: I'm like, you use it, put it away, you use it, 144 00:08:41,440 --> 00:08:43,920 Speaker 1: put it away. You know, you save some money, you know. 145 00:08:44,720 --> 00:08:50,000 Speaker 1: So I'm pretty like pretty thrifty. You know, you're very thrifty. 146 00:08:50,000 --> 00:08:52,800 Speaker 1: Thank you. Thank you for calling me treat the nicest 147 00:08:52,800 --> 00:08:55,480 Speaker 1: way possible. So I'm like, I don't want to buy it. 148 00:08:55,520 --> 00:08:58,840 Speaker 1: Like you like the concept of you buy a tree, 149 00:08:59,559 --> 00:09:03,600 Speaker 1: you decorate it, and then you throw it away and 150 00:09:03,640 --> 00:09:05,959 Speaker 1: then you do it again next year. I'm like that 151 00:09:06,240 --> 00:09:12,280 Speaker 1: six bucks you throw away and you're reinvesting. Or I 152 00:09:12,320 --> 00:09:16,520 Speaker 1: could buy a fake tree which is eighty bucks one 153 00:09:16,600 --> 00:09:19,400 Speaker 1: shop and you reuse it. You know. It's like the 154 00:09:19,440 --> 00:09:22,240 Speaker 1: gift that keeps on giving. But it's such a memory 155 00:09:22,280 --> 00:09:25,520 Speaker 1: for me when I was little because that's something that 156 00:09:25,960 --> 00:09:29,400 Speaker 1: me and my mom, my dad, um and mel you know, 157 00:09:29,440 --> 00:09:31,280 Speaker 1: my stepfather. That's like those are the things that we 158 00:09:31,320 --> 00:09:34,000 Speaker 1: all did together, and like it's a memory and now 159 00:09:34,640 --> 00:09:41,120 Speaker 1: you know, now we do it and we spend a year. Yeah, 160 00:09:41,400 --> 00:09:44,600 Speaker 1: thank you, You're very welcome. I mean my memory is 161 00:09:44,640 --> 00:09:47,040 Speaker 1: like Mom's like go to the attic, get the true 162 00:09:47,080 --> 00:09:49,240 Speaker 1: bring it out, yelling at me to fix it up. 163 00:09:49,600 --> 00:09:53,000 Speaker 1: I'm putting all the branches out or whatever the things 164 00:09:53,040 --> 00:09:55,800 Speaker 1: are called, and she's like it doesn't look good enough. 165 00:09:55,880 --> 00:09:57,600 Speaker 1: Open up some more. And I'm opening it up, and 166 00:09:57,679 --> 00:09:59,920 Speaker 1: like she's yelling at me like that's my family tradition. 167 00:10:00,040 --> 00:10:02,240 Speaker 1: Get yelled when we set up the fake tree, you know, 168 00:10:02,360 --> 00:10:04,199 Speaker 1: and then we put it back and it doesn't fit 169 00:10:04,240 --> 00:10:19,040 Speaker 1: in the box. But now we have a real tree. 170 00:10:19,840 --> 00:10:21,439 Speaker 1: So what do you think now that you've done, Now 171 00:10:21,440 --> 00:10:23,640 Speaker 1: that you've done both, are you are you real treating 172 00:10:23,880 --> 00:10:26,600 Speaker 1: or are you fake treating? You don't you don't have 173 00:10:26,640 --> 00:10:28,160 Speaker 1: to lie to me. You can tell me the tree 174 00:10:28,520 --> 00:10:32,040 Speaker 1: to say it because obviously if I say, you're right, 175 00:10:32,280 --> 00:10:35,400 Speaker 1: like I would never live it down. But there is 176 00:10:35,679 --> 00:10:40,560 Speaker 1: something I don't want you the word of magical, but 177 00:10:40,640 --> 00:10:45,400 Speaker 1: it's something special about having the real treat. You get 178 00:10:45,440 --> 00:10:49,360 Speaker 1: the smells and you get like like you get the 179 00:10:49,360 --> 00:10:54,120 Speaker 1: whole experience, you know. So I do enjoy the fake treat, 180 00:10:54,800 --> 00:10:57,160 Speaker 1: and like I'm a little concerned. I'm still concerned about 181 00:10:57,200 --> 00:11:00,160 Speaker 1: like the tree, sap. Does they go on the floor 182 00:11:00,080 --> 00:11:02,480 Speaker 1: or like what is it going to mess up the floor? 183 00:11:02,679 --> 00:11:07,960 Speaker 1: Like what's gonna happen up the floor? Okay, I'm just saying, 184 00:11:08,040 --> 00:11:11,360 Speaker 1: like the treets have I mess up the floor, But 185 00:11:11,400 --> 00:11:13,839 Speaker 1: like now we have a fake tree in the attic, 186 00:11:13,960 --> 00:11:16,079 Speaker 1: So what do I do with that? It's a backup, 187 00:11:16,120 --> 00:11:19,440 Speaker 1: it's a plan B. It's a plan B for like 188 00:11:19,480 --> 00:11:21,720 Speaker 1: that one year that we're just a little lazy and 189 00:11:21,760 --> 00:11:23,880 Speaker 1: we're like, you know, we'll just get the fake tree 190 00:11:23,920 --> 00:11:25,720 Speaker 1: this year. I don't ever see that happening. I'm so 191 00:11:25,840 --> 00:11:31,320 Speaker 1: you know how I am. If it was up to you, 192 00:11:31,440 --> 00:11:36,360 Speaker 1: we will get the Christmas tree set up by August jeus. 193 00:11:37,240 --> 00:11:39,800 Speaker 1: It's summertime. What are you trying to do? A tree 194 00:11:39,800 --> 00:11:43,880 Speaker 1: out Comara? That is so accurate? That is accurate? You 195 00:11:43,920 --> 00:11:46,400 Speaker 1: know how I am? I love and I love stocking fillers. 196 00:11:47,440 --> 00:11:51,200 Speaker 1: Is that your first hunting stocking fillers before? Wasn't that 197 00:11:51,240 --> 00:11:54,000 Speaker 1: so much fun? Though? It was fun, I mean it 198 00:11:54,200 --> 00:11:58,480 Speaker 1: was fun, but again you're like, oh, we're just gonna 199 00:11:58,480 --> 00:12:01,680 Speaker 1: buy a bunch of small gifts. But like when you 200 00:12:01,760 --> 00:12:03,800 Speaker 1: get to a little small kid, like what do you 201 00:12:03,840 --> 00:12:05,480 Speaker 1: get her? You know, what do you get the girl 202 00:12:05,559 --> 00:12:11,000 Speaker 1: that has like very extensive taste? I don't have very well? 203 00:12:10,000 --> 00:12:13,360 Speaker 1: You we like to we like to find the finer 204 00:12:13,440 --> 00:12:18,000 Speaker 1: things in life. And now, like, I'm easy. You gave 205 00:12:18,040 --> 00:12:20,600 Speaker 1: me a nice bottle of scotch, a couple of cigars. 206 00:12:20,640 --> 00:12:25,120 Speaker 1: I'm happy, Okay you're out here, Like give me a 207 00:12:25,240 --> 00:12:28,720 Speaker 1: hundred dollar bottle of scotch and a cigar. But I'm simple, 208 00:12:29,320 --> 00:12:38,920 Speaker 1: I'm easy, Okay. Um, So New Year's Eve, we're gonna 209 00:12:38,920 --> 00:12:40,800 Speaker 1: have a different kind of New Year's even this year 210 00:12:40,800 --> 00:12:45,080 Speaker 1: because I I won't be around. Yeah, that's gonna be 211 00:12:45,240 --> 00:12:48,640 Speaker 1: that's gonna be rough. Yeah, it's gonna be our first 212 00:12:48,679 --> 00:12:52,560 Speaker 1: New Year's Eve separately since we started dating. Like we've 213 00:12:52,600 --> 00:13:00,200 Speaker 1: been together like NonStop around the clock. Some somewhauld a 214 00:13:00,200 --> 00:13:03,320 Speaker 1: little too long. Not me, I'm not something. I wouldn't 215 00:13:03,320 --> 00:13:07,960 Speaker 1: say that of course, though, you know, like you're just 216 00:13:08,040 --> 00:13:10,320 Speaker 1: like you're just there, you know, every time I turned around, 217 00:13:10,760 --> 00:13:13,240 Speaker 1: I wake up and you're there. Like I turned around 218 00:13:13,280 --> 00:13:16,200 Speaker 1: and you're there, like Jesus, like you're there all the time, 219 00:13:17,280 --> 00:13:22,440 Speaker 1: you know. But like we've had every holiday, every everyone 220 00:13:22,480 --> 00:13:25,800 Speaker 1: in these moments we've made together, built together, and like 221 00:13:26,720 --> 00:13:29,120 Speaker 1: now like you're gonna go back on tour, you have 222 00:13:29,240 --> 00:13:32,440 Speaker 1: a new show, Like now you're doing things now. And 223 00:13:32,480 --> 00:13:35,920 Speaker 1: I'm like, okay, So like years like about myself, like 224 00:13:36,600 --> 00:13:39,480 Speaker 1: I'm with the dogs, Like what do I do? Um? 225 00:13:39,800 --> 00:13:42,440 Speaker 1: We had a party last year. We were not a 226 00:13:42,480 --> 00:13:44,480 Speaker 1: party we had like our we had we had our 227 00:13:44,520 --> 00:13:49,120 Speaker 1: quarantine friends over everybody had like their little quarantine group, 228 00:13:49,240 --> 00:13:52,240 Speaker 1: you know, I mean, okay, you make your sound like 229 00:13:52,320 --> 00:13:54,920 Speaker 1: we had like a we had two people over. Okay, 230 00:13:55,000 --> 00:14:00,079 Speaker 1: I decorated heavily. I did a lot. Yes, we have 231 00:14:00,240 --> 00:14:02,960 Speaker 1: two people over. You know you have two people over 232 00:14:03,000 --> 00:14:05,000 Speaker 1: and not two dogs? Do you like having I don't 233 00:14:05,000 --> 00:14:07,959 Speaker 1: think you We didn't have a resolution like situation last year. 234 00:14:07,960 --> 00:14:11,280 Speaker 1: But we're talking about doing resolutions this year, right, Yes, 235 00:14:11,760 --> 00:14:15,800 Speaker 1: we definitely are. Like I've always made resolutions. I've always 236 00:14:15,800 --> 00:14:19,800 Speaker 1: done the same old, same a'most same money. You know, 237 00:14:19,800 --> 00:14:25,400 Speaker 1: I'm I'm not getting shape and like I'm going to 238 00:14:25,480 --> 00:14:30,960 Speaker 1: be more patient and like January five or six, like 239 00:14:32,000 --> 00:14:35,120 Speaker 1: oh that just goes out the window. You know you're 240 00:14:35,160 --> 00:14:41,080 Speaker 1: not this year. I mean I do, like I make resolutions, 241 00:14:41,560 --> 00:14:47,840 Speaker 1: I just break come very very early. Like what I 242 00:14:47,840 --> 00:14:49,400 Speaker 1: want to do this year is like you know how 243 00:14:49,440 --> 00:14:51,240 Speaker 1: I am? Like I went to like investing and this 244 00:14:51,400 --> 00:14:53,880 Speaker 1: and that and what I heard one of the podcasts 245 00:14:54,120 --> 00:14:56,960 Speaker 1: was like you who sit down with your partner have 246 00:14:57,040 --> 00:15:00,720 Speaker 1: a dinner, and like you actually talked about your goals 247 00:15:00,800 --> 00:15:05,880 Speaker 1: what you want to accomplish, accomplished by yourself, accomplished as 248 00:15:05,920 --> 00:15:08,160 Speaker 1: a couple, Like what do you want to accomplish as 249 00:15:08,200 --> 00:15:11,360 Speaker 1: a goal? And I want to do that because something 250 00:15:11,400 --> 00:15:13,800 Speaker 1: you do, like you have your what's it called, like 251 00:15:13,840 --> 00:15:16,200 Speaker 1: a vision board, like a vision board. Yeah, I have 252 00:15:16,320 --> 00:15:19,000 Speaker 1: like all of my goals up by the office. Yeah, 253 00:15:19,160 --> 00:15:21,160 Speaker 1: Like I never had that before, So like I actually 254 00:15:21,160 --> 00:15:24,560 Speaker 1: want to have something like when I get up, I 255 00:15:24,600 --> 00:15:29,440 Speaker 1: see what I want to accomplish either the next quarter, 256 00:15:29,640 --> 00:15:32,000 Speaker 1: the next year, and I'm like, all right, I gotta 257 00:15:32,080 --> 00:15:34,040 Speaker 1: stay focused, kind of stay focused. This is what I 258 00:15:34,120 --> 00:15:35,800 Speaker 1: want to do, you know. So I do want to 259 00:15:35,800 --> 00:15:37,720 Speaker 1: do that. Yeah, I think we I think we're gonna 260 00:15:38,160 --> 00:15:40,440 Speaker 1: do that, like have a little sit down and like 261 00:15:41,400 --> 00:15:43,200 Speaker 1: I'm gonna buy some things so we can make a 262 00:15:43,320 --> 00:15:46,400 Speaker 1: vision board. I think it's so important to like write 263 00:15:46,480 --> 00:15:48,880 Speaker 1: your goals down, you know. I love writing, so I 264 00:15:48,920 --> 00:15:52,520 Speaker 1: have like so many journals. I know, I know, And 265 00:15:52,560 --> 00:15:55,280 Speaker 1: it's like that's something I'm learning, like in this relationship, 266 00:15:55,440 --> 00:15:58,240 Speaker 1: to sit down and communicate with your partner and like 267 00:15:58,760 --> 00:16:03,320 Speaker 1: you guys, actually hash what you want to accomplish right together. 268 00:16:03,440 --> 00:16:07,920 Speaker 1: Not only separate because separately we have our own lanes 269 00:16:08,000 --> 00:16:10,680 Speaker 1: obviously and like our own interests and things like that, 270 00:16:10,760 --> 00:16:14,080 Speaker 1: but I think it's very important as a couple, especially 271 00:16:14,120 --> 00:16:18,240 Speaker 1: like during the holidays. Also, like seasonal depression is really real. 272 00:16:18,520 --> 00:16:20,680 Speaker 1: I think that's why I like to decorate so much, 273 00:16:20,800 --> 00:16:24,359 Speaker 1: because you know how it can get kind of gloomy 274 00:16:24,400 --> 00:16:26,880 Speaker 1: and it's getting you know, it's getting dark earlier, and 275 00:16:26,960 --> 00:16:29,480 Speaker 1: like I get a little depressed around this time. I 276 00:16:29,520 --> 00:16:32,320 Speaker 1: don't know like if anybody else does, but it's a thing. 277 00:16:32,680 --> 00:16:35,960 Speaker 1: So like I I just feel like the decorations, Yeah, 278 00:16:36,000 --> 00:16:38,080 Speaker 1: the decorations and like all of that is just so 279 00:16:38,120 --> 00:16:40,960 Speaker 1: helpful to like brighten things up a little bit. And 280 00:16:41,000 --> 00:16:44,960 Speaker 1: then if you're living with a partner and with somebody 281 00:16:45,160 --> 00:16:47,600 Speaker 1: in your household, like you want to be on the 282 00:16:47,640 --> 00:16:50,880 Speaker 1: same page, you know, so like I think communicating and 283 00:16:51,920 --> 00:16:56,280 Speaker 1: sharing your goals with each other and all of those 284 00:16:56,800 --> 00:17:00,480 Speaker 1: important conversations like are necessary because also like it's time 285 00:17:00,560 --> 00:17:05,040 Speaker 1: for new growth, right like, and that's what the new 286 00:17:05,119 --> 00:17:10,760 Speaker 1: year is all about. Agreed, agreed, agreed. Okay, what is 287 00:17:10,800 --> 00:17:15,600 Speaker 1: your favorite Christmas song of all time? Favorite Christmas song? 288 00:17:16,680 --> 00:17:25,320 Speaker 1: I mean no, no, I mean I don't have a 289 00:17:25,440 --> 00:17:28,240 Speaker 1: Christmas I guess like jingle bells. Jingle Bells is a 290 00:17:28,280 --> 00:17:31,520 Speaker 1: good one. Again, Like the holidays is very different for 291 00:17:31,600 --> 00:17:34,760 Speaker 1: me because like if I don't go home, I'm just whatever, 292 00:17:35,400 --> 00:17:38,080 Speaker 1: stationed that like I'm at home. What is that? Like? 293 00:17:38,119 --> 00:17:41,080 Speaker 1: I mean, do you guys when when you're stationed somewhere, 294 00:17:41,119 --> 00:17:44,240 Speaker 1: like is there a little Christmas party or like you 295 00:17:44,240 --> 00:17:47,040 Speaker 1: guys come together or because I know that you're like 296 00:17:47,160 --> 00:17:51,479 Speaker 1: you're like the so andres in his in his world 297 00:17:51,680 --> 00:17:55,640 Speaker 1: of being a marine and everything. Um, he's like, you're 298 00:17:55,680 --> 00:17:59,040 Speaker 1: like the cool guy. Like everyone likes you. Like you're 299 00:17:59,040 --> 00:18:01,520 Speaker 1: like the cool guy. You're playing a music, like you know, 300 00:18:01,560 --> 00:18:04,240 Speaker 1: you're very inviting and you're I feel like you're always 301 00:18:04,240 --> 00:18:07,400 Speaker 1: there for your marines and you're someone that they look 302 00:18:07,520 --> 00:18:10,960 Speaker 1: up to. So like have you always still been like 303 00:18:11,000 --> 00:18:15,879 Speaker 1: that around the holidays too? Yeah, because I know how 304 00:18:15,960 --> 00:18:19,000 Speaker 1: it is when you have a leadership that let's say 305 00:18:19,080 --> 00:18:23,240 Speaker 1: you have a boss who's has his own priorities. He's married, 306 00:18:23,320 --> 00:18:27,480 Speaker 1: has his kids. Obviously, he's focused on his family and whatnot, 307 00:18:27,680 --> 00:18:31,240 Speaker 1: and he needs glass to fight. He forgets about the 308 00:18:31,640 --> 00:18:36,480 Speaker 1: young nineteen twenty year old marine that is from you 309 00:18:36,520 --> 00:18:40,200 Speaker 1: know the middle of Wyoming or Texas, and now he's 310 00:18:40,240 --> 00:18:43,080 Speaker 1: in California or New York and he can't fly home 311 00:18:43,119 --> 00:18:46,720 Speaker 1: because flights are expensive. So he's like, well I can't 312 00:18:46,960 --> 00:18:49,840 Speaker 1: I can't fly home, or he doesn't have enough leaf time, 313 00:18:50,119 --> 00:18:52,320 Speaker 1: enough time off to go home, so he stays in 314 00:18:52,359 --> 00:18:54,560 Speaker 1: the backs. He's at home, he's in his room by 315 00:18:54,640 --> 00:18:57,280 Speaker 1: himself and one of the barracks just so are just 316 00:18:57,320 --> 00:19:00,080 Speaker 1: our listeners can catch up on that. The barracks for 317 00:19:00,240 --> 00:19:02,760 Speaker 1: like the marine state, like you have like usually two 318 00:19:02,760 --> 00:19:05,080 Speaker 1: per a room. You know, it's kind of like a 319 00:19:05,119 --> 00:19:08,760 Speaker 1: squad base, like a dorm, like you have like a 320 00:19:08,800 --> 00:19:10,760 Speaker 1: dorm type of thing. You know. So it's kind of 321 00:19:10,760 --> 00:19:12,880 Speaker 1: like when you have leadership that just focused on their 322 00:19:12,920 --> 00:19:16,679 Speaker 1: family and they neglect the young marine you know. So 323 00:19:16,760 --> 00:19:19,639 Speaker 1: it's like that's kind of depressing, like you said, like 324 00:19:19,720 --> 00:19:22,639 Speaker 1: you know, this time of the year, the holidays is 325 00:19:22,760 --> 00:19:27,040 Speaker 1: very depressing and so saturates go up. So like I 326 00:19:27,280 --> 00:19:31,040 Speaker 1: want my guys to know that, like you don't gotta 327 00:19:31,040 --> 00:19:33,159 Speaker 1: be alone. I don't want you to be alone. That 328 00:19:33,240 --> 00:19:35,119 Speaker 1: you come to my house, we have drinks, who have 329 00:19:35,480 --> 00:19:39,240 Speaker 1: our we'll cook a meal, will hang out, will chill, 330 00:19:39,359 --> 00:19:42,840 Speaker 1: like we're gonna get together, you know. Like my guys, 331 00:19:42,880 --> 00:19:45,800 Speaker 1: I have a bunch of motivate Marines that they like 332 00:19:45,880 --> 00:19:50,440 Speaker 1: to do the holiday, the Christmas exchange, like the Christmas 333 00:19:50,480 --> 00:19:54,879 Speaker 1: gift and I'm like normally not my thing, but I 334 00:19:55,040 --> 00:19:57,360 Speaker 1: do it because they want to do it. And when 335 00:19:57,400 --> 00:20:01,160 Speaker 1: you see your bosses and your leadership that are involved 336 00:20:01,200 --> 00:20:04,240 Speaker 1: with your life and it perks them up a little bit, 337 00:20:04,320 --> 00:20:07,280 Speaker 1: it makes a little more a little happier, you know, 338 00:20:07,960 --> 00:20:10,159 Speaker 1: and it's like, you know how, Yeah, I'm a jokester. 339 00:20:10,480 --> 00:20:14,159 Speaker 1: I'm always like joking around, making jokes, you know, and 340 00:20:14,240 --> 00:20:16,920 Speaker 1: like my guys know that I'm going to mess with them, 341 00:20:17,280 --> 00:20:32,120 Speaker 1: they can mess with me, so they sit there, they 342 00:20:32,119 --> 00:20:34,760 Speaker 1: make fun of me. We make jokes and like it's 343 00:20:34,800 --> 00:20:39,280 Speaker 1: a very casual environment. Because our job, in our career 344 00:20:39,359 --> 00:20:43,560 Speaker 1: field is very high stressed. Why am I going to 345 00:20:43,600 --> 00:20:48,120 Speaker 1: add to their already high level of stress, especially during 346 00:20:48,119 --> 00:20:50,879 Speaker 1: the holidays. Whatever I can to make their life easier, 347 00:20:51,119 --> 00:20:53,719 Speaker 1: you know, you can't ignore the depression. And then like 348 00:20:54,080 --> 00:20:57,359 Speaker 1: I think it's so great that you you know, I 349 00:20:57,359 --> 00:20:59,000 Speaker 1: think for all of your marines, like you have a 350 00:20:59,080 --> 00:21:01,159 Speaker 1: very soft spot for them all, you know, and it 351 00:21:01,280 --> 00:21:04,399 Speaker 1: shows in your leadership and gosh, I mean one of 352 00:21:04,400 --> 00:21:08,719 Speaker 1: our dog babysitters is one of your marines, you know. 353 00:21:08,840 --> 00:21:11,199 Speaker 1: And you know how I am. I'm always like invite 354 00:21:11,200 --> 00:21:13,520 Speaker 1: them over and like, let's you know, I love cooking 355 00:21:13,800 --> 00:21:16,119 Speaker 1: and we love cooking, so it's like let's make a 356 00:21:16,160 --> 00:21:19,440 Speaker 1: meal or you know, anything to make them feel a 357 00:21:19,520 --> 00:21:22,760 Speaker 1: little more at home. And it's so true like that 358 00:21:22,920 --> 00:21:27,119 Speaker 1: some of these marines come from you know, like the 359 00:21:27,119 --> 00:21:30,000 Speaker 1: Midwest or like you know, small towns and things like that, 360 00:21:30,080 --> 00:21:32,399 Speaker 1: and then they moved to places like New York and 361 00:21:32,440 --> 00:21:35,480 Speaker 1: it's like culture shock, you know, and then you don't 362 00:21:35,480 --> 00:21:39,240 Speaker 1: know anybody, and then how did you deal with all 363 00:21:39,240 --> 00:21:42,119 Speaker 1: of that, like for yourself, you know, like when you 364 00:21:42,160 --> 00:21:46,560 Speaker 1: were moving around a lot. And I mean when I 365 00:21:46,680 --> 00:21:52,560 Speaker 1: was younger, it was definitely rough when I couldn't go home, 366 00:21:53,080 --> 00:22:03,159 Speaker 1: But if I was deployed, it was rough. Um. Phone calls, home, emails, home, um. 367 00:22:03,200 --> 00:22:07,440 Speaker 1: And when you're deployed, the military, they they try their 368 00:22:07,520 --> 00:22:12,240 Speaker 1: hardest to kind of like boost your morale a little bit. 369 00:22:12,320 --> 00:22:14,040 Speaker 1: You know, you go to the childhook. The biggest thing 370 00:22:14,040 --> 00:22:18,320 Speaker 1: in the childhood is like you'll get like steak for dinner, 371 00:22:18,800 --> 00:22:21,399 Speaker 1: or you get like some shrimp, you know, a little 372 00:22:21,400 --> 00:22:27,119 Speaker 1: surpent terif action little fancy. Yeah, they might decorate some stuff, 373 00:22:27,160 --> 00:22:30,640 Speaker 1: but like like you're pretty limited and what you can 374 00:22:30,680 --> 00:22:33,720 Speaker 1: do when you're like an off steer environment like Afghanistan, 375 00:22:33,960 --> 00:22:37,919 Speaker 1: you know, but they try, they try their best. Okay, 376 00:22:37,960 --> 00:22:40,159 Speaker 1: I'm really excited for this question because I know that 377 00:22:40,200 --> 00:22:43,880 Speaker 1: you're a movie buff and you love so Andres has 378 00:22:43,960 --> 00:22:47,800 Speaker 1: the biggest collection of DVDs. You heard me right, DVDs. 379 00:22:48,680 --> 00:22:52,600 Speaker 1: He still holds onto them. You have the biggest DVD 380 00:22:52,760 --> 00:22:57,080 Speaker 1: collection I've ever seen. What is your favorite? Already I 381 00:22:57,080 --> 00:22:59,080 Speaker 1: feel like I know the answer. What is your favorite 382 00:22:59,119 --> 00:23:01,520 Speaker 1: Christmas movie of all time? Let me ask you? What 383 00:23:01,600 --> 00:23:07,399 Speaker 1: do you think? I'm going to say yes, yes, yes, yes, 384 00:23:08,000 --> 00:23:14,240 Speaker 1: it's not a Christmas movie? Is it Dorn Christmas? There's 385 00:23:14,280 --> 00:23:19,640 Speaker 1: a Dorn Christmas yesterday? Is okay? Fine? Whatever, I give 386 00:23:19,760 --> 00:23:22,160 Speaker 1: up on that one. And just so your audience knows, 387 00:23:22,359 --> 00:23:25,359 Speaker 1: let me ask you a question. How many times have 388 00:23:25,560 --> 00:23:29,720 Speaker 1: you seen die Hard with me? Zero? Zero? How many 389 00:23:29,800 --> 00:23:32,080 Speaker 1: times have you let me watch die Hard? When you 390 00:23:32,200 --> 00:23:35,040 Speaker 1: when I when you suggest babe, let's watch a movie. 391 00:23:35,280 --> 00:23:36,840 Speaker 1: What do you want to watch? And I'm like dark 392 00:23:36,880 --> 00:23:39,640 Speaker 1: Heart and you're like, no, I'm not watching dar heard 393 00:23:40,160 --> 00:23:44,679 Speaker 1: We've never let me watch Dhart. Okay, alright, I already 394 00:23:44,680 --> 00:23:47,600 Speaker 1: feel the petition coming on this year we will watch Diehard? 395 00:23:47,920 --> 00:23:51,240 Speaker 1: So oh this is a good one. So um Christmas Eve, 396 00:23:51,640 --> 00:23:53,239 Speaker 1: I know we're not. We're not doing gifts this year 397 00:23:53,359 --> 00:23:57,800 Speaker 1: because we bought the house and you know, we're getting 398 00:23:57,840 --> 00:23:59,359 Speaker 1: a fence. You said you're gonna put a bow on 399 00:23:59,400 --> 00:24:05,640 Speaker 1: the fence of the house. That's a Christmas that's my gift. Yea. Um, 400 00:24:05,680 --> 00:24:07,840 Speaker 1: but you know I'm still doing stocking stuffers because I 401 00:24:07,880 --> 00:24:13,440 Speaker 1: love stalking stuffers. So are you a Christmas Eve gift 402 00:24:13,520 --> 00:24:17,080 Speaker 1: person or a Christmas Day? Oh? No, Christmas Eve too. 403 00:24:17,280 --> 00:24:19,440 Speaker 1: I mean I think all Latinos and all like it. 404 00:24:19,560 --> 00:24:24,359 Speaker 1: It's on a culture. It's always Christmas Eve, Christmas Eve. Yeah, yeah, 405 00:24:24,520 --> 00:24:28,640 Speaker 1: like you, I think it's an excuse for like adults 406 00:24:28,680 --> 00:24:33,119 Speaker 1: to party, have drinks, you know, like at midnight, you 407 00:24:33,200 --> 00:24:36,160 Speaker 1: keep the you get the kids involved and engaged, like, oh, 408 00:24:36,240 --> 00:24:38,720 Speaker 1: here's a gid for you. You know, I like having 409 00:24:38,720 --> 00:24:41,920 Speaker 1: three sheets to the wind, you know. I never I've 410 00:24:41,960 --> 00:24:45,760 Speaker 1: never understood this wake up on Christmas Day and like 411 00:24:45,920 --> 00:24:48,760 Speaker 1: you open up gifts. I mean, yeah, that's American. It's 412 00:24:48,760 --> 00:24:53,800 Speaker 1: always been Christmas Eve, midnight, boom, there's your gifts. You 413 00:24:53,920 --> 00:24:58,679 Speaker 1: got your gifts, Take your ass to sleep. No, I 414 00:24:58,680 --> 00:25:01,560 Speaker 1: think you're so right. That is definitely like a Spanish 415 00:25:01,600 --> 00:25:05,720 Speaker 1: a Latin tradition. I feel like the party. Oh yeah, 416 00:25:05,800 --> 00:25:08,119 Speaker 1: Oh the house parties. Oh my god, did you have 417 00:25:08,160 --> 00:25:09,720 Speaker 1: a lot of house parties when you were When you 418 00:25:09,760 --> 00:25:12,240 Speaker 1: were younger, did your family throw a lot of parties? Yes, 419 00:25:12,359 --> 00:25:16,280 Speaker 1: when I was younger. When I was my family still 420 00:25:16,320 --> 00:25:19,760 Speaker 1: lived in New Jersey. Again, like we all live, you know, 421 00:25:19,800 --> 00:25:22,040 Speaker 1: we grew up pretty poor, so we all lived in 422 00:25:22,640 --> 00:25:26,679 Speaker 1: grandma's house. Like everyone lived in grandma's house. So we 423 00:25:27,240 --> 00:25:32,040 Speaker 1: always had parties. We always got together and like everyone 424 00:25:32,040 --> 00:25:36,520 Speaker 1: would drink too much. There's always a five like my 425 00:25:36,840 --> 00:25:42,200 Speaker 1: family like when like my family now is a hundred 426 00:25:42,240 --> 00:25:46,879 Speaker 1: and eighty degrees different than how we were before. Like 427 00:25:47,040 --> 00:25:50,160 Speaker 1: you know, my family now when they're older, their chill, 428 00:25:51,160 --> 00:25:54,760 Speaker 1: you know, like but back in the day, man, they 429 00:25:54,800 --> 00:25:59,840 Speaker 1: would party, party, party, party, Yeah, my family, I mean, 430 00:25:59,840 --> 00:26:03,080 Speaker 1: you know my family. So did I say more? They're 431 00:26:03,160 --> 00:26:08,239 Speaker 1: I mean, they're still party animals. But like party, they 432 00:26:08,359 --> 00:26:12,480 Speaker 1: still party hard. Um, definitely, they love I mean, and 433 00:26:12,560 --> 00:26:15,439 Speaker 1: my family has every excuse. I mean, Dominicans also make 434 00:26:15,480 --> 00:26:21,159 Speaker 1: every excuse to have a party, like literally birthday, we 435 00:26:21,200 --> 00:26:29,080 Speaker 1: haven't seen her in five years, but party a party. Facts. Okay, 436 00:26:29,240 --> 00:26:33,800 Speaker 1: So what are you looking forward to this car? I'm 437 00:26:33,800 --> 00:26:40,320 Speaker 1: gonna be forward to snow. I want. I want to 438 00:26:40,359 --> 00:26:43,880 Speaker 1: wake up in the morning, have my coffee. And now 439 00:26:43,880 --> 00:26:46,359 Speaker 1: that I have a robe, I'm pretty pretty excited about 440 00:26:46,359 --> 00:26:50,040 Speaker 1: having a robe. Go outside in my drink at us 441 00:26:50,119 --> 00:26:52,560 Speaker 1: and like see the snow. See it. Sit on my 442 00:26:52,640 --> 00:26:57,280 Speaker 1: porch and just look at the snow. Yeah, I'm excited 443 00:26:57,320 --> 00:27:01,680 Speaker 1: for um. I'm excited for us to like we've been 444 00:27:01,720 --> 00:27:05,160 Speaker 1: moving so much. And I think the great thing about 445 00:27:05,160 --> 00:27:08,119 Speaker 1: the holidays, like it's a reminder to like take a 446 00:27:08,160 --> 00:27:12,600 Speaker 1: sit down, pause, and like enjoy the moment with your 447 00:27:12,640 --> 00:27:17,280 Speaker 1: special people, you know. So I'm excited to like relax 448 00:27:17,840 --> 00:27:23,080 Speaker 1: and like breathe and do what you just said, like 449 00:27:23,080 --> 00:27:27,200 Speaker 1: sit on our porch and watch snowfall. Like that's that's 450 00:27:27,240 --> 00:27:32,480 Speaker 1: the dream. We're living the dream. Well and this here 451 00:27:32,480 --> 00:27:35,679 Speaker 1: on Modernita, we ask a question for all of our guests, 452 00:27:36,200 --> 00:27:38,320 Speaker 1: and I'm going to ask you the same question. Oh 453 00:27:38,359 --> 00:27:47,520 Speaker 1: my god, I'm like, guess what what is the one 454 00:27:47,600 --> 00:27:51,199 Speaker 1: thing that makes you feel like home or reminds you 455 00:27:51,240 --> 00:28:03,920 Speaker 1: of home? Reminds me of home? Mm hmm um. Wow, 456 00:28:03,920 --> 00:28:13,280 Speaker 1: that's a good one. What reminds me of home? It's 457 00:28:13,359 --> 00:28:19,960 Speaker 1: gonna sound umb, but like the way you take care 458 00:28:19,960 --> 00:28:25,800 Speaker 1: of me like the way like every morning, like I 459 00:28:25,840 --> 00:28:28,960 Speaker 1: go to work at seven, i am, and she makes 460 00:28:28,960 --> 00:28:34,520 Speaker 1: my she makes my coffee every morning, you know. And 461 00:28:34,520 --> 00:28:37,240 Speaker 1: it's like I like how you spoiled me, you know. 462 00:28:38,160 --> 00:28:41,280 Speaker 1: I like how you're so inviting to everyone and like 463 00:28:41,320 --> 00:28:45,120 Speaker 1: they're so like you just want people to be happy 464 00:28:45,160 --> 00:28:47,520 Speaker 1: and be around. And that's kind of like how my 465 00:28:47,600 --> 00:28:50,440 Speaker 1: family is in Florida, you know, so that kind of 466 00:28:50,480 --> 00:28:53,280 Speaker 1: reminds me of home, of like I feel like we 467 00:28:53,400 --> 00:28:58,640 Speaker 1: are establishing roots and we are setting things up to 468 00:28:58,840 --> 00:29:01,800 Speaker 1: how I was raised when I was younger, you know. 469 00:29:02,680 --> 00:29:04,960 Speaker 1: So it kind of makes me happy. It makes me 470 00:29:05,000 --> 00:29:08,280 Speaker 1: happy to maybe maybe tear up a little bit down 471 00:29:08,320 --> 00:29:12,280 Speaker 1: because I think we both well, we both share that 472 00:29:12,320 --> 00:29:15,080 Speaker 1: because I feel like we both have grown up, you know, 473 00:29:15,160 --> 00:29:17,600 Speaker 1: like with family being so close, and that's something that 474 00:29:17,720 --> 00:29:21,560 Speaker 1: I think we both value and it's very important to us. 475 00:29:21,840 --> 00:29:24,640 Speaker 1: And I'm really grateful that you were able to join 476 00:29:24,720 --> 00:29:29,120 Speaker 1: us here and what Anita for the holiday special and 477 00:29:29,160 --> 00:29:31,280 Speaker 1: thank you for your time and thank you for everything 478 00:29:31,320 --> 00:29:37,000 Speaker 1: you do, thank you for your service, and that I's 479 00:29:37,080 --> 00:29:40,080 Speaker 1: talked a lot about his holidays overseas, and it made 480 00:29:40,080 --> 00:29:42,880 Speaker 1: me remember how lucky I am to be around loved 481 00:29:42,880 --> 00:29:46,000 Speaker 1: ones during the season. I hope during this holiday season 482 00:29:46,080 --> 00:29:48,080 Speaker 1: you can think about our troops who can't be with 483 00:29:48,120 --> 00:29:50,360 Speaker 1: their loved ones and anyone else who has to be 484 00:29:50,400 --> 00:29:53,600 Speaker 1: away from family and loved ones during the holidays. Thank you, 485 00:29:53,640 --> 00:29:56,920 Speaker 1: guys so much for joining us and sending you so 486 00:29:56,920 --> 00:30:00,000 Speaker 1: so so much love on this holiday season. Now I'm 487 00:30:00,000 --> 00:30:02,120 Speaker 1: about to go get some coquito, and I think that 488 00:30:02,160 --> 00:30:10,880 Speaker 1: you guys should do the same. Happy Holidays. Mona Nita 489 00:30:10,960 --> 00:30:13,600 Speaker 1: is a production of Sonato in partnership with I Heart 490 00:30:13,680 --> 00:30:17,320 Speaker 1: Radios michel Da podcast Network. 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