WEBVTT - MISsed Home

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<v Speaker 1>Misspelling with Tory Spelling and iHeartRadio podcast.

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<v Speaker 2>So we are back home. We had been evacuated and

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<v Speaker 2>had headed up north.

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<v Speaker 1>For the last week. We stayed up there, which is

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<v Speaker 1>mind boggling. We were actually in came Rio and we

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<v Speaker 1>head back this weekend so that the kids could start

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<v Speaker 1>back normal routines, trying to give them normalcy during this time.

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<v Speaker 1>On Sunday to our home in the valley, and all

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<v Speaker 1>of a sudden.

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<v Speaker 2>It's like, okay, we're back.

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<v Speaker 1>Everyone's safe, fires are under control. You know, I know

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<v Speaker 1>we've all been hooked to our watch duty app. It

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<v Speaker 1>looked like that was starting to you know, Okay, we

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<v Speaker 1>could not focus on that as much.

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<v Speaker 2>We could go back to well.

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<v Speaker 1>It definitely wasn't TikTok this week past weekend. But you

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<v Speaker 1>know which, I'm not mad at. I'm not a TikTok girl. Sorry,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm just saying it. Uh my seven year old is

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<v Speaker 1>sick today and he's here watching me do a podcast

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<v Speaker 1>because I life goes on.

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<v Speaker 2>I have to work and he has to do it

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<v Speaker 2>here with me. Will I do this? But he just

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<v Speaker 2>gave me side eye when I said I'm not.

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<v Speaker 1>A TikTok girl because you're a TikTok dude, what are

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<v Speaker 1>you YouTube?

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<v Speaker 2>YouTube or bust. He's a YouTube guy.

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<v Speaker 1>Anyway, So you know, go back to look in at

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<v Speaker 1>our Instagram or for as creatives out there.

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<v Speaker 2>Pentrist is nice and distracting.

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<v Speaker 1>I got to tell you, if you needs something to

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<v Speaker 1>get your mind off of all the crazy shit that

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<v Speaker 1>is going on everywhere, go to Pinterest. I encourage it.

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<v Speaker 1>Start a board, start pulling creative stuff. You can find

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<v Speaker 1>stuff for dinner. You could find clothing references. You can

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<v Speaker 1>even design a home that you're not even going to build,

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<v Speaker 1>but just a home just.

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<v Speaker 2>To distract yourself.

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<v Speaker 1>I find when I need like a mindless thing to do,

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<v Speaker 1>not mindless, but just like take focus off, I go

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<v Speaker 1>to Pinterest my aging myself here.

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<v Speaker 2>I know it's not the coolest thing to do, but

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<v Speaker 2>really really good. Anyway. So we get home. We finally which.

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<v Speaker 1>The owners of the airbnb that were so kind to

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<v Speaker 1>us in Camerao. They had a cleaning crew come as

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<v Speaker 1>would any guests leave, and we were frantically trying to

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<v Speaker 1>pack in get out to go back from getting out

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<v Speaker 1>the first time.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, and.

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<v Speaker 1>Funny enough, in that thirty minutes when I got the

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<v Speaker 1>kids out when we had to evacuate originally from la

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<v Speaker 1>it wasn't comfortable. Most kids couldn't breathe. There were fairs

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<v Speaker 1>crawling up pants. But you know what, we fitted in

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<v Speaker 1>like the best game of tetris you've ever played.

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<v Speaker 2>And we got out of there because we had.

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<v Speaker 1>To this time. It was kind of on our own

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<v Speaker 1>time a little bit. We went to pack the car

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<v Speaker 1>back up, it didn't all fit, didn't all fit, and

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<v Speaker 1>I was like, well, what's different here? And I couldn't

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<v Speaker 1>figure it out. I mean, we'd been there a week,

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<v Speaker 1>We're a normal family. We had, you know, brought in

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<v Speaker 1>some groceries. We were taking some of our groceries back,

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<v Speaker 1>so we didn't want to have to leave them there,

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<v Speaker 1>and we wanted to be able to use them for

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<v Speaker 1>the next week for school and meal prep. But I

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<v Speaker 1>don't know, it seemed like a lot more than that.

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<v Speaker 1>So the car is fully packed, I mean fully packed,

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<v Speaker 1>and I can't get the kids in.

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<v Speaker 2>So and we did.

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<v Speaker 1>We you know, we left without a lot of our

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<v Speaker 1>clothes and stuff. So we had bought a few you know,

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<v Speaker 1>we were right near the outlets, so everything's on very

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<v Speaker 1>well priced and they need some new clothes for school anyway,

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<v Speaker 1>So we did get a few clothes while we were

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<v Speaker 1>there for the week. My one son came and he

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<v Speaker 1>had no shoes, so we had to get him shoes

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<v Speaker 1>and anyway. But yeah, so the car is fully packed,

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<v Speaker 1>it's ready to go back to LA and the.

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<v Speaker 2>Dogs are packed in the back.

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<v Speaker 1>Our other big dog, he's in the car, Cats in

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<v Speaker 1>the car, ferret smelling to high Heaven, Ferrets in the car.

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<v Speaker 2>Check check check.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh shit, I can't get my five kids in the car, okay,

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<v Speaker 1>And they had a friend sleepover while we were there,

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<v Speaker 1>so I had six kids to get in the car,

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<v Speaker 1>and an hour before that, I felt very encouraged. I

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<v Speaker 1>was like, because because our friend, he said, should call

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<v Speaker 1>my dad and tell him to come pick me up.

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<v Speaker 1>I was like, no, We're all just gonna squish back in.

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<v Speaker 1>We're gonna get home and Dad can pick you up

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<v Speaker 1>at our house when we get back to LA. Now

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<v Speaker 1>didn't happen, so I literally had to. I hated doing this.

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<v Speaker 1>It felt like bougie, but I didn't know what else

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<v Speaker 1>to do. It was like either drive an hour and

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<v Speaker 1>a half two hours back with the dogs and all

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<v Speaker 1>the stuff, drop that off, put it away, make sure

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<v Speaker 1>it's secure and the animals are secure, and then.

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<v Speaker 2>Drive back and get the kids.

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<v Speaker 1>And during this time I just don't I'm in the

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<v Speaker 1>mindset of I don't want my care it's too far

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<v Speaker 1>away from me.

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<v Speaker 2>So I called an uber. I called an uber and

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<v Speaker 2>the kids rode in luxury.

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<v Speaker 1>Back to our home in Calabasas, and my oldest son,

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<v Speaker 1>Liam went with me and he said, no, Mom, I'm

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<v Speaker 1>not going to let you go alone.

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<v Speaker 2>I said, thank you.

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<v Speaker 1>So it was me, Liam, three dogs, a cat, and

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<v Speaker 1>a very stinky ferret. Uh and yeah. Halfway back, Liam

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<v Speaker 1>says to me, we were making good time. Liam says

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<v Speaker 1>to me, it's it's smelling really bad. I said, well,

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<v Speaker 1>it's coda. She's a ferret. It's not her fault. They

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<v Speaker 1>just smell fact. And he said, no, something else smells worse.

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<v Speaker 1>And then loan, behold our cat in his carrier on

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<v Speaker 1>my son's lap had pooped. And I said, well, hey,

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<v Speaker 1>we still have Remember those T shirts that I said

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<v Speaker 1>put over your mouth we're going to go through the

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<v Speaker 1>fires on the freeway when we evacuated.

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<v Speaker 2>Those T shirts are still in here. Every single piece

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<v Speaker 2>of things we have in here. Put that T shirt

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<v Speaker 2>around your mouth nose and sit tight. So anyway, we

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<v Speaker 2>get back home.

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<v Speaker 1>We get back home, we pull in. The uber is

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<v Speaker 1>just pulled in. All the other kids look in very

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<v Speaker 1>good moods. They're hyper, they're smiling, they're happy, they're running.

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<v Speaker 1>They want to get back to their rooms and their home.

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<v Speaker 1>They haven't seen, you know, want to see what home

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<v Speaker 1>looks like. And Liam and I are like.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh god, the stench.

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<v Speaker 1>But we get all the animals out, and the kids

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<v Speaker 1>are just going nuts. They're like so happy to be

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<v Speaker 1>back in their home and that their home is in

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<v Speaker 1>one piece and everything is fine. So I'm still outside

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<v Speaker 1>and packing stuff. I've not gone into the home yet.

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<v Speaker 1>And I get into the home. So I walked through

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<v Speaker 1>our front door, and you guys, I'm not an alarmist,

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<v Speaker 1>Like I can pretty much go through any situation and

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<v Speaker 1>still be like, okay, still going what's next.

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<v Speaker 2>I walked in and I gasped.

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<v Speaker 1>I literally gasped, and I didn't want to panic the kids,

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<v Speaker 1>but I looked around and I was like, oh my god.

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<v Speaker 1>I had heard about this while we were gone out

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<v Speaker 1>of town, evacuated. Someone has broken into our home and

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<v Speaker 1>has burglarized our home.

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<v Speaker 2>There have been looters here. Look at the state of

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<v Speaker 2>the house. There was shit everywhere.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, it looked like people had come in and

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<v Speaker 1>just trashed our house.

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<v Speaker 2>And then.

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<v Speaker 1>Upon closer inspection, I realized, oh shit, oh, this is

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<v Speaker 1>just the way I live. Yeah, And that's when it

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<v Speaker 1>really dawned on me that when all of this settles down,

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<v Speaker 1>I know it's just stuff. And I've seen the devastation,

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<v Speaker 1>the loss friends, families, people displace, people that have lost everything,

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<v Speaker 1>and when you're lucky enough that you still have your

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<v Speaker 1>home and you still have your things, it really put

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<v Speaker 1>into perspective that it's like, God, I have so much stuff.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm so blessed to have so much stuff, but I

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<v Speaker 1>need to get rid of that stuff and it needs

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<v Speaker 1>to It's who was it who was uh, oh my gosh,

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<v Speaker 1>what was her name that did the book that did

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<v Speaker 1>the where you literally talk to your things. You're like,

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<v Speaker 1>thank you for serving your purpose and this was great,

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<v Speaker 1>But now I'm letting you go and moving on. Marie Condo,

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<v Speaker 1>Marie Condo, very wise human. So yeah, I'm really ready

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<v Speaker 1>to do that, especially this all on the heels of

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<v Speaker 1>me doing my hoarding episode where I'm like, I really

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<v Speaker 1>just haven't had the time, but I'm ready to let

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<v Speaker 1>go of stuff. And then everybody around us in LA

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<v Speaker 1>losing their stuff and needing stuff, and especially being back

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<v Speaker 1>in town now we can help donate all our stuff

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<v Speaker 1>that we can get out and give it to the

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<v Speaker 1>people who have lost stuff. So I'm happy to excite

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<v Speaker 1>and excited to start doing that. But then walking in

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<v Speaker 1>and not recognizing your own home that you haven't been

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<v Speaker 1>in a week because you've been in this nice airbnb

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<v Speaker 1>that's all clean. And as I've said before, it's a

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<v Speaker 1>time issue. Because I kept this airbnb clean. I took

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<v Speaker 1>care of it every day. I cleaned the counters, I

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<v Speaker 1>put things away. There was nothing left on the kitchen counter. No,

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<v Speaker 1>everything had a place. Granted it was we have a

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<v Speaker 1>smaller house and not a lot of room, and we

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<v Speaker 1>don't have a pantry, and I have a lot of

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<v Speaker 1>kids and snacks and it's hard to find places for things.

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<v Speaker 1>But I realized, yeah, anyway, my point is I walked

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<v Speaker 1>into my home and didn't recognize my home.

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<v Speaker 2>Because it was in such.

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<v Speaker 1>A state of disaster that I thought someone had eluded it.

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<v Speaker 1>Then I looked around and all my stuff was still there,

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<v Speaker 1>all our stuff was still there. It just was everywhere.

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<v Speaker 1>So I said to my best friend Jess, I said,

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<v Speaker 1>we're home, because she wanted to know when we're home safe.

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<v Speaker 1>We're home, and she said, are you happy to be home?

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<v Speaker 1>And I said, grateful to come home to a home,

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<v Speaker 1>I said, but I got to say. I walked in

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<v Speaker 1>and I thought our house had been burglarized. And then

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<v Speaker 1>I realized, nope, this is just how we live. And

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<v Speaker 1>she goes, Wow, she goes, that's actually the perfect way

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<v Speaker 1>to describe your home. I said, what, and she goes,

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<v Speaker 1>your house constantly looks like you've been burglarized.

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<v Speaker 2>I said great.

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<v Speaker 1>So if I wasn't backing it up myself, now my

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<v Speaker 1>best friend was backing it up. And then I said, well,

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<v Speaker 1>I don't want to live like this anymore. And then

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<v Speaker 1>she had to go because she knew the next step

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<v Speaker 1>was going to be me saying, because she's amazing at organizing, like,

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<v Speaker 1>do you think you can come over when the kids

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<v Speaker 1>are at school this week and help me organize? I

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<v Speaker 1>know you're listening to us, so it's a subtle hint.

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<v Speaker 1>Help me help me. Anyway, so we were here, I

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<v Speaker 1>did straight enough best I could, and we settled back

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<v Speaker 1>in the kids were anxious to go back to school.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, everyone had been out of school for a week.

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<v Speaker 1>And anyway, we went back to our normal routine, kind

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<v Speaker 1>of normal, and then boom this week, Oh you start

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<v Speaker 1>getting You memorize the sound of that watch duty app

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<v Speaker 1>ding that comes through because I don't know about you,

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<v Speaker 1>but I have it on constantly and I kept hearing

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<v Speaker 1>it ding ding ding, you know, first weather warnings.

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<v Speaker 2>It's like, oh gosh, the winds are coming back.

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<v Speaker 1>And then fires broke out again, and it's like, oh

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<v Speaker 1>my gosh. So it was where near Santa Clarita and

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<v Speaker 1>near Ventura County, Camera Rio where we just were. It's like,

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<v Speaker 1>oh my gosh, I feel bad. Like we were here

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<v Speaker 1>and we evacuated and went there because we were safe,

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<v Speaker 1>and then we came back here because we were safe,

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<v Speaker 1>and now came Rio's on fire, and it's like, this

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<v Speaker 1>is just a wild, a wild time. You guys, being

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<v Speaker 1>I know, I always bring this up, but being an

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<v Speaker 1>La native, like, we never had winds like this, we

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<v Speaker 1>never had fires like this. This is just so many

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<v Speaker 1>natural disasters that in La you know, I guess we

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<v Speaker 1>were very lucky we didn't have to have them for

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<v Speaker 1>that long and it's catching up with us.

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<v Speaker 2>But it's you know, no one's prepared here in LA.

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<v Speaker 1>And then you know, with the fires starting and the

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<v Speaker 1>winds kicking in high gear, all the kids going.

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<v Speaker 2>Back to school, it's just the air quality.

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<v Speaker 1>And I don't know how other moms and dads and

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<v Speaker 1>parents feel out there, but I know I was hesitant

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<v Speaker 1>to send my kids back. And one, you know, having

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<v Speaker 1>gone through that time of hearing the watch app the ding,

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<v Speaker 1>the ding, you know, and red flag warnings and.

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<v Speaker 2>Evacuations.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, all of our PTSD you know kind of

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<v Speaker 1>red flags, red flag warnings are peaked right now. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>it's like just when we thought things were calming down

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<v Speaker 1>and containment and there was so much lost in distraught

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<v Speaker 1>people thanks to a really amazing community in LA, in California,

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<v Speaker 1>everyone was starting to help each other go on that long,

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<v Speaker 1>hard road of building stuff back and then to suddenly

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<v Speaker 1>be faced with, oh my god, it's all starting again.

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<v Speaker 1>So yeah, I just you know, and the kids, the teenagers,

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<v Speaker 1>you tell them, you send them with their masks. I

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<v Speaker 1>can't monitor if they're going to wear a mask. All

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<v Speaker 1>I know is they tell me our other friends aren't

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<v Speaker 1>wearing masks. We look really stupid in masks. And I said, well,

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<v Speaker 1>I have one kid who has horrible asthma, so she

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<v Speaker 1>agreed to it. But the other kids, I'm like, I'm

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<v Speaker 1>not there. I don't know what's going on. I don't

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<v Speaker 1>know if they're wearing their mask. I don't know about

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<v Speaker 1>your kids' schools, but all my kids go to public schools,

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<v Speaker 1>and their schools are outdoor campuses, so it's.

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<v Speaker 2>Not all in a main school thing.

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<v Speaker 1>They go in and out of classrooms, and they are

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<v Speaker 1>predominantly outside when they are not in their classroom period.

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<v Speaker 1>And then I saw Pee was returning, and I'm like, really,

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<v Speaker 1>they're going to make them run with the air quality

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<v Speaker 1>like this and do laps. That just blew my mind.

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<v Speaker 1>But anyway, you know, now I dropped my kids off

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<v Speaker 1>at school this morning. They're all having allergies again because

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<v Speaker 1>the winds and the fires and the smoke in the air.

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<v Speaker 1>They're all sneezing, throats are hurting, rubbing their eyes, not

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<v Speaker 1>feeling well. But they've missed so much school, so I

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<v Speaker 1>get them back to school and the wind is just

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<v Speaker 1>kicking into high gear.

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<v Speaker 2>I watched one of my daughters walk away.

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<v Speaker 1>She has a pretty far walk outdoor campus, and I'm

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<v Speaker 1>watching her and her whole little body is just moving

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<v Speaker 1>back and forth with the wind, and I'm just like,

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<v Speaker 1>oh my god. And as a mom, you just want

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<v Speaker 1>I wanted to scream out of the car, get back

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<v Speaker 1>in the car, let's go, let's go, let's go to

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<v Speaker 1>do something fun, because these kids shouldn't have to worry

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<v Speaker 1>about all of this. We're parents, we should be worrying

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<v Speaker 1>about all this, but they're like having to go through

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<v Speaker 1>it with us and worry about it, and it's just insane. Anyway,

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<v Speaker 1>the fires have spread. They're now god Ventura County, Santa Clarita, Oxnard,

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<v Speaker 1>they're heading. One broke out on the four or five

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<v Speaker 1>Supulvita Pass last night, like, so it's just coming from

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<v Speaker 1>all angles. So I don't think anyone who lives in California,

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<v Speaker 1>who lives in La specifically and roundabout there, feel safe

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<v Speaker 1>because you know, at any time, if these winds don't stop,

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<v Speaker 1>it's just going to start all over again. It's this

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<v Speaker 1>vicious circle. But yeah, so that's where we're at. We're at,

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<v Speaker 1>and I've been trying this week to like get back

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<v Speaker 1>to normal and cooking and doing.

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<v Speaker 2>For the kids.

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<v Speaker 1>But it's you know, I'd be lying if I didn't say, like,

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<v Speaker 1>every time I hear a ding, I lose focus on

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<v Speaker 1>what I'm doing. And it's not you know, helping them

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<v Speaker 1>with homework, it's not making them dinner. It's like glued

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<v Speaker 1>to my watch app and I'm like, oh god, I

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<v Speaker 1>just I don't know. I hope things calm down. I

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<v Speaker 1>know twenty twenty five. Every year, we're all so positive

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<v Speaker 1>and it's so much motivation to go into the new

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<v Speaker 1>year being like this.

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<v Speaker 2>Is going to be great.

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<v Speaker 1>It's a reset, restart, things are gonna be amazing.

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<v Speaker 2>And things started off.

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<v Speaker 1>Pretty rough in twenty twenty five for a lot of

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<v Speaker 1>people across the world, and it's like okay, And then

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<v Speaker 1>he started thinking, like the new year just started.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm like, goodness, okay.

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<v Speaker 1>Well how long do I let the new year go

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<v Speaker 1>on before I'm like, okay, this isn't the year. If

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<v Speaker 1>this isn't the one for me or anyone like. But

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<v Speaker 1>as we all know, in life, life has ebbs and flows,

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<v Speaker 1>positives and negatives. We have moments of distraught, and we

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<v Speaker 1>have moments of.

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<v Speaker 2>Joy and life and rebirth.

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<v Speaker 1>And I don't know, and we have each other, so

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<v Speaker 1>we keep we keep going on.

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<v Speaker 2>We hold each other up and and say let's keep moving.

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<v Speaker 1>And to those that don't have people to hold them up,

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<v Speaker 1>you just keep moving anyway. But I'm very lucky I

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<v Speaker 1>have my five kids with me at all times. But yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>when when huge disasters and you got to move fast

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<v Speaker 1>and you got to get going, it does. It's hard,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, being a single mom getting all of it

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<v Speaker 1>together fast.

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<v Speaker 2>You're just.

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<v Speaker 1>When you're used to having a partner for twenty years

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<v Speaker 1>that lives with you in the house, you know, you are.

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<v Speaker 1>You get used to having four sets of hands, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>and someone's strong. You know, we haven't in the house

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<v Speaker 1>physically mentally, I'm the strong one. But I'm just saying

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<v Speaker 1>you get used to that, and then when things happen

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<v Speaker 1>that are beyond your control and you have to take

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<v Speaker 1>action fast, It's just it's an interesting thing that you realize, like, oh,

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<v Speaker 1>you really think about it again, I'm a single mom

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<v Speaker 1>of five kids. And then when they're all asleep at night,

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<v Speaker 1>I remind myself, fuck all the naysayers, I'm doing great.

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<v Speaker 1>So yeah, we're all doing great. We're all doing the

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<v Speaker 1>best we can and we're doing great and it's getting better.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, that's my rant.

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<v Speaker 1>My god, my podcast was so interesting today that my

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<v Speaker 1>kid who was fixated watching me, I.

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<v Speaker 2>Put them to sleep. This is great, this is great.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm just gonna set up a makeshift podcast anytime I

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<v Speaker 1>need to get that kid to bed, because that kid

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<v Speaker 1>does not go to sleep, so like some camerameal tea

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<v Speaker 1>like settle down, turn the TV off, wind down, shut

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<v Speaker 1>your brain off, count sheep. And also because they were

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<v Speaker 1>out of school for a week and like on vacation time,

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<v Speaker 1>even though it was evacuation time, they stayed up all night.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, I didn't limit them, like they can sleep

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<v Speaker 1>in as long as they're getting their online school stuff done.

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<v Speaker 2>He wouldn't sleep. But now I got a backup tool.

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<v Speaker 1>Anytime I need to put the kid to sleep, I'll

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<v Speaker 1>just start talking, start podcasting. Oh boy, wildlife