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Speaker 1: Come. It's a magical.

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Speaker 1: I'm thrilled to have you here. Welcome back to season

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Speaker 1: two of the Adventures of Curiosity Cove, where each episode

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Speaker 1: we dive into one of my own lla, The Curious Adventures,

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Speaker 1: or listen to an original story right here in my

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Speaker 1: cozy treehouse. Picture this. We're nestled among the trees, surrounded

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Speaker 1: by comfy bean bag piles of fluffy pillows, and yes,

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Speaker 1: are we waiting for? Let's continue today's tale, Chelsea's Checklist,

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Speaker 1: Part two. Are you ready to listen? I sure am

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Speaker 1: all right, let's do it.

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Speaker 3: Chelsea, her mom and dad, and Aunt Mary all walked

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Speaker 3: down to the cafeteria of the retirement home to find

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Speaker 3: many groups of sweet elderly people filing into line to

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Speaker 3: get their lunch. Aunt Mary hugged and kissed them all

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Speaker 3: and jumped into line, where she was greeted by other

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Speaker 3: sweet women and men. On the drive home, Chelsea was

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Speaker 3: in deep thought.

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Speaker 1: What a story Aunt Mary had that was interesting?

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Speaker 3: Yeah, how about the five day train ride? I thought

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Speaker 3: five hours was unbearable?

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Speaker 1: Hmm, I'm really thinking about the checklist. Oh yeah, if

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Speaker 1: I could have a checklist for morning and chores, I

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Speaker 1: then be able to start chipping away at my fun checklist.

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Speaker 3: I think that makes a lot of sense.

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Speaker 1: Yes, And if you get your.

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Speaker 3: Chelsea's dad nudges her, mom enticing her to allow Chelsea

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Speaker 3: So what's on the fun checklist?

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Speaker 1: Play video games? Go outside and play on my play structure,

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Speaker 1: paint in color, swing on my aerial swing, play more games.

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Speaker 1: And if I just get my checklist done first thing

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Speaker 1: in the morning, I will have all the time to

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Speaker 1: do whatever else I want to do. Right. That's all

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Speaker 3: But there are going to be some days when I

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Speaker 1: I mean, I don't I'm doing that. I actually like

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Speaker 3: Well, I actually like you helping me wash the cars.

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Speaker 1: And I may need you to help me cook, set

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Speaker 1: the table or wash dishes. Mom, that's not work. You know.

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Speaker 1: I love helping you cook, and washing the dishes is

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Speaker 3: The next few days, Chelsea had a renewed love for checklists.

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Speaker 3: She made morning checklists, after noon checklists, checklists for each

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Speaker 3: after school activity, lunch checklist, nighttime checklist. She even made

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Speaker 3: checklist for her dad. Jeez, the toilet seat's broken again.

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Speaker 1: Yep, I got a few toys in here that needs

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Speaker 3: Well, looks like I'm gonna have to hire a helping hand.

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Speaker 3: Do you know of anyone in the area looking for

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Speaker 3: Well, she ain't the best. I don't want her. After

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Speaker 3: six days of checklists, Chelsea didn't want to look at

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Speaker 3: what's on the checklist today?

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Speaker 1: Dad? Can you just leave me?

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Speaker 3: Chelsea cut her response short when she saw her dad's

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Speaker 3: to process what just happened, wondering if he'd somehow missed

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Speaker 3: the mark he'd always been her positive ally offering support

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Speaker 3: without judgment. But the tone of the remark stung, even

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Speaker 3: if she hadn't meant it to. She could feel the

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Speaker 3: to create. Oh sorry, Dad, it's just no, it's it's okay.

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Speaker 3: Sorry if it seemed I was overstepping, I'll give you

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Speaker 1: Hey, honey, what's on the checklist today?

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Speaker 3: Mom?

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Speaker 1: Please?

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Speaker 3: But Chelsea didn't have the words to express how she felt.

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Speaker 3: She wasn't even sure how she felt. She just knew

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Speaker 3: she didn't want to talk about checklists today. Her mom

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Speaker 3: tried to make a joke.

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Speaker 1: Ooo, okay, well I'll just back away slowly. I'm not

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Speaker 3: Chelsea's dad pop back into the kitchen to see that

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Speaker 3: there was fresh coffee. Oh god, bless you, honey, you

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Speaker 3: made coffee. Thank you, sure thing. I'm just gonna grab

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Speaker 1: Dad.

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Speaker 3: Yes, dear, I'm sorry.

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Speaker 3: That's okay, thanks for apologizing. Is everything all right?

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Speaker 1: I don't know. I just woke up feeling like I

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Speaker 1: want to avoid you guys, because I feel bad that

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Speaker 1: I don't want to do one. Why would you feel

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Speaker 3: Well maybe that's the perfect reason that you don't want

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Speaker 3: to do one today. How much have you accomplished in

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Speaker 3: these past a lot of days? So much. And how

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Speaker 1: Well, really proud of myself, but really tired today. Do

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Speaker 1: you feel burnt out? Yes? Well maybe you just need

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Speaker 3: I do. And how does that make you feel talking

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Speaker 1: Relieved? I mean I really enjoyed making checklists.

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Speaker 3: Well do you think maybe you just went a little

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Speaker 1: I mean, yeah, but how am I going to fit

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Speaker 1: it all on one checklist? Well? Like it? Mary said,

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Speaker 1: maybe you can prioritize your checklist and have your daily checklist,

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Speaker 1: weekly checklist, and your monthly checklist. I can even do

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Speaker 1: a yearly checklist. You could, and your father and I

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Speaker 1: are always here to help if you need.

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Speaker 3: Chelsea got up and walked to the paper drawer, pulled

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Speaker 3: checklist today. Relax. Then she wrote below it, checklist for tomorrow.

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Speaker 3: Make daily, weekly, monthly checklist.

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Speaker 1: Okay, last conversation about checklist today, Dad, one item on

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Speaker 1: your checklist, Make Chelsea some chocolate chip pancakes the end.

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Speaker 1: Whoo Ah, those checklists sound like a lot of work. Boy,

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Speaker 1: Do I understand what Chelsea's going through. Sometimes I feel

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Speaker 1: like my day also controls me. Huh, I'm gonna make

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