August 2, 2025 • 28 mins
Happy Saturday to our listeners! This is the episode you need to listen to if you’re feeling stressed from your week of work and responsibilities. Amy and T.J. talk about making active recovery a priority during the week and hope you’re inspired to do the same. This week was one of our best weeks of intentionally taking time out of our busy schedules, including Amy going to therapy and T.J. embracing some kitchen time.
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Speaker 1 (00:02):
Hey there are folks. It is Saturday, August second, and
a therapy session, a walk in the rain, a walk
in the heat, and a romantic stroll through Central Park.
It was all part of Robot and I being good
to ourselves this week. Hope you were good to yourself
(00:22):
as well. Welcome to this Saturday recovery run. TJ. Holmes,
Amy Robock here alongside me, Robes. We did bet. We
were very conscious this week and had moments where we
stopped and said, when we get done with this, we're
gonna go do blank. We're gonna go to a blank.
We actually made a conscious decision this week to make
time for ourselves.
Speaker 2 (00:42):
We did.
Speaker 3 (00:42):
We have been working around the clock and actually one
of the days this week we worked I think something
like seventeen hours straight. So yes, I think we almost
had to force ourselves to specifically schedule these downtime and
fun time together.
Speaker 1 (01:01):
Okay, now I feel terrible because to say we have
to schedule fun.
Speaker 2 (01:06):
Time, but I think most people do.
Speaker 3 (01:08):
But this is kind of what the whole point of
this or these episodes are is to recognize that if
we don't prioritize us time alone, time down time, you
actually don't do it. You actually do have to pencil
it in. I really think for most people, you're so
busy and your kids take over so much of your life,
and your work takes over so much of your life
(01:29):
that even though we work together, we're still working.
Speaker 2 (01:32):
So we'll say to.
Speaker 3 (01:33):
Each other sitting across from each other on the microphone
or in the apartment, I miss you, And that sounds
crazy because we're together all day, but we're not being together.
Speaker 1 (01:47):
That's so sad we have this. SKay, how's your schedule? Look,
you want to pencil in some fun at one point thirty.
Speaker 2 (01:53):
Now we put it in permanent market.
Speaker 1 (01:55):
Wow.
Speaker 2 (01:56):
But no.
Speaker 3 (01:56):
But I actually, instead of being sad, I think you
can look at it as smart because if you don't
do that, time just it just kind of escapes you.
It just melts away and you don't know what happened
to your day. So I actually think it's really cool
that we're intentional maybe instead of saying penciling.
Speaker 2 (02:15):
It in or we're forcing ourselves hang it impressions. Yes,
you know, every time I do, why do some weird
low voice? I don't know. That's what we've been doing.
We describe or imitate our husband.
Speaker 1 (02:25):
Every guy has the same My dad talks like this,
my brother talks like this.
Speaker 2 (02:30):
You talk like this. It's not actually personalized.
Speaker 3 (02:32):
It's just the male Yes, it's just the male voice
that I hear, or that it's how I replicated. But
I do think maybe let's just say we were extra
intentional this week about having our time.
Speaker 1 (02:46):
Okay, that's completely fair. You know we did it at
the end of the week on Friday, So I'll go
kind of backwards. We have long weeks, so when we
get done on Friday morning, we're able to be If
we plan things outright, we could be done working on
Friday by seven eight am. And even on a bad day,
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if we don't plan it out right, we should be
done working on a Friday by nine am at the
absolute latest.
Speaker 2 (03:15):
It's been more like noon or five pm.
Speaker 1 (03:18):
Here's my Friday. This is my problem. So on this
most recent Friday, we were working, we were getting done
with the morning run, and I sit. When we get done,
can we get up and take a walk? Can we
go outside and just take a walk? And we did.
We walked a few blocks and it was nice, and
I almost insisted that we not talk about work the whole.
Speaker 2 (03:41):
Time, and there was a light rain.
Speaker 3 (03:43):
It was a misty rain, felt a little bit like Scotland,
and it had been so hot this week. It actually
felt so nice. And I even said to you, I
am so glad you asked us to do this. And
what we ended up doing was skipping a run we
were supposed to take, but we were so exhausted. So
when you train for any sort of race, in this case,
it's a half marathon that we're running in Stockholm in August,
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and we were supposed to run four and a half
miles on Friday morning, and we were exhausted, and so
we took a walk in the rain instead of a
run in the park.
Speaker 2 (04:16):
And I'm not upset about it.
Speaker 1 (04:17):
We gave ourselves a break. It's never I know you
alway say I never regret a run, but I also
never regret being honest with myself and being kind to
my body. I'm giving a break. It's not the end
of the world that we didn't do that run. And
we should never run on.
Speaker 3 (04:32):
Friday, right because Saturdays we have well is our long run.
So we ended up having to do eight miles. So
that's what I feel cool about, giving ourselves a break.
Speaker 2 (04:42):
Before the long run.
Speaker 1 (04:43):
The new Friday rule we show have implemented. Now that's
how we wrapped up things on Friday. But we were
very kind to ourselves unexpectedly starting out kind of the week,
kind of late into the weekend. Last weekend, something we
used to do a lot and we stopped doing. We
went back to Central Park and where we live now
in Lower Manhattan, it's a little bit of a hike
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to get to Central Park. We have so much down
here and if we need to run, we have a
running paths. There's no reason to take off and do it.
But we made a decision to go to Central Park,
and knit was a wonderful day.
Speaker 3 (05:16):
It was because you know, when you live in Manhattan,
it's funny. Anyone who lives here will tell you you
pretty much just stay within a ten radius block and
that's it. And you don't someone asks you to go
to the Upper west Side and it's as if someone's
asking you to fly to Miami.
Speaker 2 (05:30):
It's like, what, it's just too much.
Speaker 3 (05:33):
So it is something that we just usually end up
not doing and we just stay in this small little
block or this ten block radius.
Speaker 2 (05:41):
But yes, it was so fun.
Speaker 3 (05:42):
We went back up to Central Park, our old stomping grounds,
and we went to Tavern on the Green, which is
such a cool place. If you're ever in the city.
It really is an institution. You should absolutely go. And
if it's a nice time of year, eating outside in
the bar area is so fun. You can people watch,
see everyone biking and running, and.
Speaker 1 (06:01):
We don't appreciate it enough here maybe sometimes in the city,
and it's such a tourist attraction it should be. It's
a storied place with celebrity history and oh my god,
in the huge history of pop culture and movies. But frankly,
it's a great restaurant. It's just forget the great institution part.
If you just go there, want to have a meal,
it's just a cool play.
Speaker 3 (06:20):
It's a nice Yes, it's good food, good service, good drinks,
great atmosphere and awesome people watching.
Speaker 1 (06:26):
And it was an apartment you used to live in
that made it more convenient for us to just hop
on a train. Couple of stops we're in Central Park,
we go for a run, go hang out, see our
girl over there. It's average on the Greens, a little
to go area, but we just haven't been up there
in a while. We decided to do so, and roll.
We not only had a great meal, a great experience
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all some folks we hadn't seen in a while, but
we had a good experience with folks just being kind
to us that day that I am so glad we
decided to go.
Speaker 2 (06:57):
Yeah, and you didn't start off in a good mood,
and your mood completely changed what.
Speaker 1 (07:01):
I kind of even remember what was hitting me that day.
Something was I'm not sure if something happened or if
I just didn't sleep well, but I started and I
was telling you. I said, yeah, I'm in a little
bit of a funk. I'm trying to fight my way
out of it.
Speaker 2 (07:11):
Which I appreciated you explaining to me.
Speaker 3 (07:13):
It's always nice to know I didn't do anything, or
you aren't mad at me. You're like, I am not
in a good place and I'm actively working on trying.
Speaker 2 (07:20):
To get out of it.
Speaker 1 (07:21):
I God, what does that say?
Speaker 3 (07:22):
And I was like, Okay, that's cool. So you worked
that out. I'll just be quiet and try not to
make your mood worse.
Speaker 1 (07:28):
Okay, let's take a moment here. Okay, mates out there,
don't take that tax. You didn't try to help me
out of it. You were just who.
Speaker 2 (07:38):
I mean, that was my first thought. I'm not gonna lie.
Speaker 1 (07:41):
But we go to our place and we were even
I think initially disappointed because the seats we wanted and
seats we were used to having weren't open. Fine, and
they were standing about to order from the bar, and
there were We walked through and there were a lot
of folks eyeballing us, and that's fine.
Speaker 2 (07:57):
We're used to that kind of used to.
Speaker 1 (07:59):
But he got a little awkward, got a little weird,
and it got a little much that we wanted to
go hide, if you will, in the back of the
outdoor place. So we order our food. Everything's fine. We
go through the first round of food or it was coming.
The first round was coming, and a kid came over
to us. How old was he?
Speaker 3 (08:19):
Oh, I mean he probably was Sabine's age, probably around
eleven or twelve.
Speaker 1 (08:23):
Okay, scruffy, blonde hair, right. She was it Leo?
Speaker 2 (08:28):
Yes, Leo was his name.
Speaker 1 (08:29):
I think his name was Leo. This kid, white kid
in Florida comes up to us out of nowhere. He
comes up to me first. I don't I think your
back was to him, yes, and he says, can I
take a picture with you. And my initial reaction I
might have seemed like a jerk initially because I'm like,
how do you know who I am? Like?
Speaker 2 (08:46):
Why are you.
Speaker 1 (08:48):
Twelve year old kid from Florida asking me? And it
was cool. We are starting to get this and it's
bizarre that people are coming up to us and complimenting
us or fans of ours because.
Speaker 2 (08:58):
Of our podcast?
Speaker 3 (09:00):
Were you so just saying I miss you on TV,
I miss you on GM. These folks actually two sets
to them and the restaurant were like, we love your podcast.
We listened to your podcast. Really yes, And he said
my parents listened to your podcast. So he was honest,
and that's understandable. I would never expect a kid like
that to be listening to our news or Morning Run,
(09:21):
but yes, and it was sweet he wanted a picture
with us because his parents listened.
Speaker 2 (09:25):
To our podcast.
Speaker 1 (09:25):
That was just a sweet moment. And then over when
I went back to the bar area to order another
drink and I'm standing there and I'm waiting, a guy
comes over and starts talking to me. I kind of
remember he and his wife's name. I think her name
was Cindy Marius is something his name I remember having
a red shirt anyway, I remember all this, and he
came over. He wanted to buy us a drink and
he said, man, no, we're fans, we love you. We
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just buy you a drink. He and I went back
and forth, boom boom boom boom boom. I say no, man,
it's no, no, no. And then I finally said, you
know what, man, The point is when people want to
do nice things for you, you should let them. And
that's the whole point. And I said sure, thank you.
And this nice couple bought us a couple of very
sweet sparkling rosees.
Speaker 3 (10:07):
Yes, and then we went over I got to meet
them too and thank them. But they were very sweet,
very kind. It was it was an uplifting afternoon. And
then what I loved about it next, because we're usually
very quick in our timing. We don't have a lot
of time, so we have a very specific route we
go back or what we're doing, we just kind of
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walked through Central Park holding hands, and then we ended
up at Columbus Circle. Loved that mall over there, and
just went into a few stores and it was just
really fun and not an unplanned and that's what was
cool about it just to kind of let the river
take us, and so we just walked and said where
are we going to end up?
Speaker 2 (10:45):
And we just ended up just walking around at the
Upper west Side. It was so fun and it's weird.
Speaker 1 (10:50):
To say out loud, now, this is something we just
don't do. We don't have time to just blow time.
We don't just go and float around places because we're
looking at the clock. Okay, we got this much time,
next call is at two thirty. It's always something so scheduled.
That was a rare moment and that was really cool.
Speaker 3 (11:06):
It was it set the whole week off really really well,
and that was awesome. So yes, it began with that
kind of walk around, just unplanned walk, and it kind
of ended with a walk in the rain. The week
was really really cool. But in between there were also
some amazing moments. For instance, well we did a walk.
Speaker 2 (11:25):
In the heat too.
Speaker 3 (11:26):
You know, sometimes you get it's oppressive, it's hot here
in the city, the concrete jungle, and we.
Speaker 2 (11:30):
Ended up doing a really fun walk where we.
Speaker 3 (11:32):
Also didn't have the specific destination. So we did that
twice this week.
Speaker 1 (11:35):
Yeah, I don't know why I asked for that, but
it was we had a really blistering I mean we
had a heat advise.
Speaker 2 (11:40):
Every day here and triple digits and that was that.
Speaker 1 (11:43):
I said, yeah, let's go for a walk for whatever
is that the day Sabine men of sound, Yes.
Speaker 3 (11:46):
And we sat in the shade and it wasn't terrible.
There was a little breeze. We were down by the seaport,
and yeah, it just kind of took a moment. I
think we took about an hour, and even Sabine was like,
why are you.
Speaker 2 (11:57):
All sitting out here? It's hot?
Speaker 3 (11:59):
You know that, right, But then she ended up hanging
to and realized that get you acclimate, you acclimate more
as long as you're in the direct sunlight.
Speaker 2 (12:06):
We acclimated. It was great. And then a wonderful woman
who was serving us as well, who was so sweet
bringing water.
Speaker 1 (12:13):
Oh my goodness. You know what, if you had some
doubts about humanity, this week would have renewed your faith.
We ran into some really nice people, and not nice
just because they decided to do nice things for us
or had any idea who we were. That woman was
kind in a way that we didn't ask and she
didn't have to and actually made her own job harder
(12:35):
out there. That was a really sweet lady.
Speaker 3 (12:37):
She's standing out in the heat all day long serving people,
and she was didn't have to leave her. She had
a little it's like a little kiosk bar. She did
not need to be running back and forth to bring waters,
sauce to beane was there. Cayman brought her a water
without us ever going up and asking. It was just
really it was above and beyond a.
Speaker 1 (12:57):
Major change we did make this week Robes and I
think that followed us in the morning run the episodes
we do every single morning, the news updates. People know
we get up very very early in the morning. We
made an adjustment to our schedule to give us an
extra hour of sleep, and I think it's working.
Speaker 3 (13:12):
I do too, okay it you know, it's funny. I
still haven't so. My alarm used to be set at
three am. And what I found this week because I
pushed it back to four am, and I was scared.
The first day I did three forty five because I
just wasn't sure how it was going to turn out.
And then the next the rest of the week, I said,
at for four am. I have yet to not see
three am. My body has continued to wake up. Now
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I have fallen back asleep a little bit, but it's
funny I haven't and then I've woken up before my alarm.
Speaker 2 (13:40):
So my whope, my goal.
Speaker 3 (13:41):
Is next week that I'll actually sleep up until my
alarm goes off. But my body just got so used
to getting up so early. So but I'm I think
it makes a huge difference. That hour is a big deal.
Speaker 1 (13:51):
That was a cool adjustment, and we made a conscious
decision on a couple of occasions, I think Thursday and
Friday to lay down and take a damn nap. Yes,
you know, I am very anti napps.
Speaker 3 (14:01):
So am I because I say sometimes, well I often
say every time I've taken a nap, when I get up,
I feel disoriented.
Speaker 2 (14:07):
I don't feel refreshed, I feel.
Speaker 3 (14:09):
But honestly, we are so sleep deprived that those naps
were everything. And I was rejuvenated and I felt so
much better. So and they were I mean, they were
an hour and a half, like like legit naps.
Speaker 1 (14:24):
But folks, that wasn't even the highlight of the recovery
we had this week. We actually saw an off Broadway
play the same play on back to back nights this
week and it was absolutely the highlight of our week.
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Oh and by the way, Robock had some therapy.
Speaker 3 (14:48):
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Let's start with my therapy. So I have made a
point to keep working on just I want to be
a better human. I want to be a holder being
where I am self reliant, I can self soothe all
these things that, yes, as adults, we realize we are
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lacking in sometimes. So I did a couple sessions here
and there, and what I end up usually doing. I
have a therapist who I have been with, who I
love for literally two decades now, and I usually call
her if I'm feeling something specific and I have an emergency,
and I have decided I actually just want to have
some maintenance therapy, and so once a month I'm checking
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in and I'm checking in with her and on myself
and what I can do better and how I can understand.
Speaker 2 (16:42):
Better in all of this.
Speaker 3 (16:43):
So, yeah, I made the decision to have a consistent
therapy session once a month.
Speaker 2 (16:50):
And I'm really proud.
Speaker 3 (16:51):
Because I think it's it's hard to work on yourself,
and it's hard to reflect sometimes, and it's you have
to come to terms with real truths about yourself.
Speaker 2 (16:59):
So I've I feel like that is.
Speaker 3 (17:01):
An investment I'm making not just in me, but in
our relationship, because the better I am, the better we are.
Speaker 1 (17:09):
I'm all for it the better you. Yeah, I sleep
better thanks to a better you. I'm teasing you. It's
always the funniest part about this, and all that is great,
and it's maintenance, right, you know, you shouldn't have to
go when there's an emergency. It's better to do maintenance.
And it's always interesting when you. I've been around you
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and you've done a few therapy sessions. It's always hilarious.
I know it's very private, it's very intimate, but we're
always in the same place, right, so you're trying to
find privacy, so you'll get away from me. There have
been times you've been places, we've been, places you were upstairs,
but you will still turn on this white noise machine
and I hear.
Speaker 2 (17:49):
You because you know, I learned the tactic.
Speaker 3 (17:52):
I learned the tactic back in the day before COVID,
when everybody had to go into therapy in person.
Speaker 2 (17:57):
I had never done a zoom. But you walk into
the office and usually get there a.
Speaker 3 (18:01):
Little early and they're still in the session with the
person before you, and in the lobby they have a
white noise machine because it just it makes everyone feel comfortable.
You can really speak what you're feeling and not worry
that someone else can hear you.
Speaker 2 (18:13):
So I have employed that tactic.
Speaker 3 (18:15):
In the apartment, I put the white noise machine right
by the door so you can't hear. Mostly, I just
feel better that you can't hear, because if I think
maybe you can hear, then maybe I'll edit what I'm saying.
Speaker 1 (18:25):
Do you think I would positively have my ear to
the door.
Speaker 2 (18:28):
You're not that guy.
Speaker 1 (18:29):
I know you're not sure. I am terrified to hear
any part of your therapy session. You have no idea.
I had to get close to the door to get
something out of the clout, like a towel, and you
should have seen how quickly I did it and retreated.
I didn't even close the door all the way after
I got the thing out.
Speaker 3 (18:43):
And there was something funny that happened during the therapy
session because so you were on a phone call, actually
a part of it, so I could hear you, you know,
the background of like won't you're on the phone.
Speaker 2 (18:53):
Then I could hear won't stop.
Speaker 3 (18:54):
So I knew you were off the phone, and I
knew you were going into the shower, which was good,
But all of a sudd sudden, when you got off
the phone, I heard music. You just it blasted, and
I thought, oh my god, can he hear what I
just said? And he doesn't want to hear it, so
he's blasting music now, and then I started to get.
Speaker 2 (19:09):
Panicked while I was in the middle of my session.
Speaker 1 (19:11):
It was just a Bluetooth mishap with the soundbar and
it blasted accidentally, and I do apologize for that. It's funny,
you say funny, the funniest part of the week. If
folks don't know how many people might why not. Your
daughter has produced a play that's off Broadway. That is,
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we were there from the inception to hear her talk
about it. To have this idea for play and what
we're gonna do. You're gonna have all these wigs, and
we're gonna have all the actors. It's going to have
a different wig every time that they put on, chosen
by the audience, and then they're gonna do an improv
show based on whatever the audience picks. That really is
the pitch. Yes, that was the idea we heard months ago,
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and we went to back to back shows. We've seen
it three times now, but it to see this thing
come to life that we heard as a crazy ass
idea has been really really cool to watch.
Speaker 3 (20:09):
Yeah, from the inception to the actual perfection, I mean
it is remarkable. Look, she's not even performing in the play.
She went to acting school. She wants to be an actress.
But it's pretty cool that she decided or she recognized
that improv is not necessarily her strength. It's a very,
very incredibly.
Speaker 2 (20:27):
Difficult skill set to have.
Speaker 3 (20:29):
And so she has some of her fellow NYU grads,
folks who she came up with, who are really good
comedic timing, like amazing, and she had created it, produced
it and directs it. But watching these folks on stage
have no script, no pre planning, and the audience actually
votes ahead of time what the genre is going to be,
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so it can be a who done it? Yes, So
we got to see all three. I mean they kind
of skewed the voting. By the way, if you go
see this play, to tell Autumn Wiggs the play, wigs
the play, they have an Instagram handle and everything, And
I'm telling you she's getting more and more theater's book
throughout the fall. So it's going to be everywhere soon hopefully,
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because this thing is really incredible. And look, I'm a
harsh critic of my daughter, and I will say.
Speaker 2 (21:16):
Oh, that's good.
Speaker 3 (21:17):
I walked away from the first show saying, you have
a hit on your hands. We were laughing from start
to finish, and you're a tough critic and you were
laughing to be so all ages. So Bean was laughing,
Like I looked over and saw you guys, and I
was so happy because it was resonating and it was fun.
Speaker 1 (21:35):
It is just it's such a good time. And it
opens with a drag queen who does the initial introductions
to the audience. It shows you who the characters are,
and then you get to pick and vote which wig
you want them. It is just a fun, a good
time and this week to be there and to see that,
and to see the friends come out to support her,
and to talk to them afterwards and actually say thank
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you for being here, thank you for being here. It
was just it was really really a cool Who knows
what's going to happen with the show, but it is
at this moment, after just three public shows, it is
a success no matter what happens to it later, because
she has made it this far and what she pulled
off is so impressive.
Speaker 3 (22:13):
Yeah, thank you I'm really proud of her, not just
because of her creativity, creativity and how much work she's
put into this while she's working three different jobs because
she's moving out, getting her own place in just two weeks,
and she knows she's responsible for all the bills, so
she's hustling. But to be able to get theaters here
in New York to allow them to put this on,
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and she had to get a couple different theaters and
she's running around town doing it. But I love her hustle.
I love what she's doing to be a working actress.
She also has to have, you know, several other jobs
and also try to do what she loves. So it's
pretty cool to watch her start off like this making
something this cool and this funny.
Speaker 2 (22:53):
So look for it.
Speaker 3 (22:54):
I mean, I hope that this just grows and gets
bigger and bigger. But it really was a highlight. And
having you there, supporting her, supporting me, it was everything.
And to have you and Speen both there was awesome.
Speaker 1 (23:04):
Sabine wanted, Sabine was scrapping, She adjusted, and he shows
the what was at eight o'clock? When was at nine thirty?
This twelve year old we got run in the streets
in New York or a nine to thirty show. No, No,
Sabin kicked. It was fun, It really really was. And
the final thing, it's something everybody knows. They listen to
us Rose, they know I do most of the cook
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What percentage of the cooking do I do in our relationship?
I'll let you say.
Speaker 2 (23:29):
I would say ninety five percent.
Speaker 1 (23:32):
Okay, that's fair, and that's fun and I enjoy it
and that's all good. But having the girls in the
house this summer, there's been a lot more cooking, yes,
and a lot less eating on my part because they
come in and eat all the food that I cook.
Because they won't tell me ahead of time, Yes, we're
we're eating tonight as well. Can you make enough? No? No,
no, no no. They'll say, nah, we got other plans. We
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don't eat anything, and then they wait and then they
see the deliciousness and folds and then here they come.
So that's been my experience. But Robes it was. And
you know, I have known Eva since what twenty fifteen? Yeah,
go back as far as twenty fifteen or so. What
age was.
Speaker 2 (24:11):
She she would have been like twelve thirteen years old.
Speaker 1 (24:14):
Yeah, I have known her since she hit teenage years.
This week I had the best experience, most engaging, and
most the experience with her. I'm most appreciative of happened
this week because I was at the house. I'm not
sure where you were.
Speaker 2 (24:33):
I was working some other gig.
Speaker 1 (24:35):
You were somewhere at the time, and at least was
I think working at the time as well. And so
it was just me and Eva at the house for
a little while, and we just got a chance to
engage with nothing else around, nobody else around. I had
to ask her about the play and who she's dating,
and all the tea from work and all these things.
And then at one point, this goes back to the cooking,
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I was asking her, well, you're gonna eat because that
was the night I was going to cook for you. Yes,
but they weren't around and I was making for lates.
Speaker 2 (25:03):
Yeah, it was great. You actually went to Whole Foods
and got a whole meal planned. It was very sweet
and they weren't.
Speaker 1 (25:08):
Gonna be able to make it, but I said, all right,
you do you want anything? I have shrimp in here.
You know that I make this shrimp dish she loves,
And I made a meal for and we just said
we had an hour, hour and a half just the
two of us to hang so I haven't I don't
think I've said this to this extent with you. It
was one of the best experiences I've had involving your family.
Speaker 2 (25:28):
That's great. I love that. That's well.
Speaker 3 (25:30):
I walked in it was a long day and I
came in and I saw the two of you, and
I saw her eating shrimp that you had made her,
and I was like, it really was one of my
favorite moments to come in and you weren't. You know.
It wasn't some like, oh look at what they're doing,
Look what It was just I caught a real sweet, intimate,
lovely moment that I really appreciated, and thank you for
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being so kind.
Speaker 2 (25:52):
You know, when someone is is.
Speaker 3 (25:55):
Goes out of their way for your child, it's the
biggest and nicest thing they could do, because when someone
is kind of your child, it's like the biggest compliment
in a way.
Speaker 1 (26:04):
Let me just say that was the moment I wasn't
going out of my way. That was There were things
that I mean, I had to organize the parties for
her and had to work my ass off to do
some things that was going out of my way. This
was effortless and wanted and natural, and it was just
a really really cool moment. Anyway, I don't think i've talked.
Speaker 2 (26:23):
To you about it sharing that that much fun.
Speaker 1 (26:25):
But yeah, that was a part of my cooking. But
I've been doing a lot of cooking this week and
I've enjoyed. It's been fun. It's been communal at the house.
Speaker 3 (26:31):
And guess what, ladies, here's the amazing thing. Not only
does he cook, but he actually cleans while he cooks,
and sometimes it's already clean by the time we're eating.
Speaker 2 (26:41):
It's it's kind of remarkable. So thank you, baby. If
I don't say thank you enough, thank you, I don't
know where I learned.
Speaker 1 (26:46):
That trick, because it wasn't for my dad. He used
to cook and then he would announce I cooked. I
ain't cleaning like we get it, dude.
Speaker 2 (26:56):
I like to clean while I cook too. Though it
does help. It does help. Well, thank you, And.
Speaker 3 (27:01):
We had a we actually had a really really really
nice week in the middle of a lot of chaos, and.
Speaker 1 (27:05):
A really really nice weekend coming up and a really
nice week ahead me and all the girls. We're going
to be spending some time, getting a little time out
of the city. But it's how many girls are involved
in this weekend.
Speaker 3 (27:18):
Well, it's going to total very but it's going to
be one, two, three, four, five, six girls and TEJ
that's being included in the group.
Speaker 2 (27:26):
Yes, I included.
Speaker 3 (27:27):
I think it might be six or seven because there's
a couple overlap and some kids are coming and going.
Speaker 1 (27:31):
Okay, but it's good. We're going to get out. We're
going to do some more parenting, yes, for the next week,
but we'll keep you posted and updated about exactly what
are our deal is this coming week. But it'll be fun.
But hope you're getting a chance to recover. We didn't
do so good about it for a couple of weeks there,
but we have in the past few weeks really turning
it around and it has been indoluable. So I hope
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you all take the time to do so.
Speaker 2 (27:55):
All right, well, thank you so much for listening to us. Everybody.
I'm Amy Roebuck alongside t J. Holmes.
Speaker 3 (28:01):
We hope you have a wonderful, relaxing Saturday.
Hey there are folks. It is Saturday, August second, and
a therapy session, a walk in the rain, a walk
in the heat, and a romantic stroll through Central Park.
It was all part of Robot and I being good
to ourselves this week. Hope you were good to yourself
(00:22):
as well. Welcome to this Saturday recovery run. TJ. Holmes,
Amy Robock here alongside me, Robes. We did bet. We
were very conscious this week and had moments where we
stopped and said, when we get done with this, we're
gonna go do blank. We're gonna go to a blank.
We actually made a conscious decision this week to make
time for ourselves.
Speaker 2 (00:42):
We did.
Speaker 3 (00:42):
We have been working around the clock and actually one
of the days this week we worked I think something
like seventeen hours straight. So yes, I think we almost
had to force ourselves to specifically schedule these downtime and
fun time together.
Speaker 1 (01:01):
Okay, now I feel terrible because to say we have
to schedule fun.
Speaker 2 (01:06):
Time, but I think most people do.
Speaker 3 (01:08):
But this is kind of what the whole point of
this or these episodes are is to recognize that if
we don't prioritize us time alone, time down time, you
actually don't do it. You actually do have to pencil
it in. I really think for most people, you're so
busy and your kids take over so much of your life,
and your work takes over so much of your life
(01:29):
that even though we work together, we're still working.
Speaker 2 (01:32):
So we'll say to.
Speaker 3 (01:33):
Each other sitting across from each other on the microphone
or in the apartment, I miss you, And that sounds
crazy because we're together all day, but we're not being together.
Speaker 1 (01:47):
That's so sad we have this. SKay, how's your schedule? Look,
you want to pencil in some fun at one point thirty.
Speaker 2 (01:53):
Now we put it in permanent market.
Speaker 1 (01:55):
Wow.
Speaker 2 (01:56):
But no.
Speaker 3 (01:56):
But I actually, instead of being sad, I think you
can look at it as smart because if you don't
do that, time just it just kind of escapes you.
It just melts away and you don't know what happened
to your day. So I actually think it's really cool
that we're intentional maybe instead of saying penciling.
Speaker 2 (02:15):
It in or we're forcing ourselves hang it impressions. Yes,
you know, every time I do, why do some weird
low voice? I don't know. That's what we've been doing.
We describe or imitate our husband.
Speaker 1 (02:25):
Every guy has the same My dad talks like this,
my brother talks like this.
Speaker 2 (02:30):
You talk like this. It's not actually personalized.
Speaker 3 (02:32):
It's just the male Yes, it's just the male voice
that I hear, or that it's how I replicated. But
I do think maybe let's just say we were extra
intentional this week about having our time.
Speaker 1 (02:46):
Okay, that's completely fair. You know we did it at
the end of the week on Friday, So I'll go
kind of backwards. We have long weeks, so when we
get done on Friday morning, we're able to be If
we plan things outright, we could be done working on
Friday by seven eight am. And even on a bad day,
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if we don't plan it out right, we should be
done working on a Friday by nine am at the
absolute latest.
Speaker 2 (03:15):
It's been more like noon or five pm.
Speaker 1 (03:18):
Here's my Friday. This is my problem. So on this
most recent Friday, we were working, we were getting done
with the morning run, and I sit. When we get done,
can we get up and take a walk? Can we
go outside and just take a walk? And we did.
We walked a few blocks and it was nice, and
I almost insisted that we not talk about work the whole.
Speaker 2 (03:41):
Time, and there was a light rain.
Speaker 3 (03:43):
It was a misty rain, felt a little bit like Scotland,
and it had been so hot this week. It actually
felt so nice. And I even said to you, I
am so glad you asked us to do this. And
what we ended up doing was skipping a run we
were supposed to take, but we were so exhausted. So
when you train for any sort of race, in this case,
it's a half marathon that we're running in Stockholm in August,
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and we were supposed to run four and a half
miles on Friday morning, and we were exhausted, and so
we took a walk in the rain instead of a
run in the park.
Speaker 2 (04:16):
And I'm not upset about it.
Speaker 1 (04:17):
We gave ourselves a break. It's never I know you
alway say I never regret a run, but I also
never regret being honest with myself and being kind to
my body. I'm giving a break. It's not the end
of the world that we didn't do that run. And
we should never run on.
Speaker 3 (04:32):
Friday, right because Saturdays we have well is our long run.
So we ended up having to do eight miles. So
that's what I feel cool about, giving ourselves a break.
Speaker 2 (04:42):
Before the long run.
Speaker 1 (04:43):
The new Friday rule we show have implemented. Now that's
how we wrapped up things on Friday. But we were
very kind to ourselves unexpectedly starting out kind of the week,
kind of late into the weekend. Last weekend, something we
used to do a lot and we stopped doing. We
went back to Central Park and where we live now
in Lower Manhattan, it's a little bit of a hike
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to get to Central Park. We have so much down
here and if we need to run, we have a
running paths. There's no reason to take off and do it.
But we made a decision to go to Central Park,
and knit was a wonderful day.
Speaker 3 (05:16):
It was because you know, when you live in Manhattan,
it's funny. Anyone who lives here will tell you you
pretty much just stay within a ten radius block and
that's it. And you don't someone asks you to go
to the Upper west Side and it's as if someone's
asking you to fly to Miami.
Speaker 2 (05:30):
It's like, what, it's just too much.
Speaker 3 (05:33):
So it is something that we just usually end up
not doing and we just stay in this small little
block or this ten block radius.
Speaker 2 (05:41):
But yes, it was so fun.
Speaker 3 (05:42):
We went back up to Central Park, our old stomping grounds,
and we went to Tavern on the Green, which is
such a cool place. If you're ever in the city.
It really is an institution. You should absolutely go. And
if it's a nice time of year, eating outside in
the bar area is so fun. You can people watch,
see everyone biking and running, and.
Speaker 1 (06:01):
We don't appreciate it enough here maybe sometimes in the city,
and it's such a tourist attraction it should be. It's
a storied place with celebrity history and oh my god,
in the huge history of pop culture and movies. But frankly,
it's a great restaurant. It's just forget the great institution part.
If you just go there, want to have a meal,
it's just a cool play.
Speaker 3 (06:20):
It's a nice Yes, it's good food, good service, good drinks,
great atmosphere and awesome people watching.
Speaker 1 (06:26):
And it was an apartment you used to live in
that made it more convenient for us to just hop
on a train. Couple of stops we're in Central Park,
we go for a run, go hang out, see our
girl over there. It's average on the Greens, a little
to go area, but we just haven't been up there
in a while. We decided to do so, and roll.
We not only had a great meal, a great experience
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all some folks we hadn't seen in a while, but
we had a good experience with folks just being kind
to us that day that I am so glad we
decided to go.
Speaker 2 (06:57):
Yeah, and you didn't start off in a good mood,
and your mood completely changed what.
Speaker 1 (07:01):
I kind of even remember what was hitting me that day.
Something was I'm not sure if something happened or if
I just didn't sleep well, but I started and I
was telling you. I said, yeah, I'm in a little
bit of a funk. I'm trying to fight my way
out of it.
Speaker 2 (07:11):
Which I appreciated you explaining to me.
Speaker 3 (07:13):
It's always nice to know I didn't do anything, or
you aren't mad at me. You're like, I am not
in a good place and I'm actively working on trying.
Speaker 2 (07:20):
To get out of it.
Speaker 1 (07:21):
I God, what does that say?
Speaker 3 (07:22):
And I was like, Okay, that's cool. So you worked
that out. I'll just be quiet and try not to
make your mood worse.
Speaker 1 (07:28):
Okay, let's take a moment here. Okay, mates out there,
don't take that tax. You didn't try to help me
out of it. You were just who.
Speaker 2 (07:38):
I mean, that was my first thought. I'm not gonna lie.
Speaker 1 (07:41):
But we go to our place and we were even
I think initially disappointed because the seats we wanted and
seats we were used to having weren't open. Fine, and
they were standing about to order from the bar, and
there were We walked through and there were a lot
of folks eyeballing us, and that's fine.
Speaker 2 (07:57):
We're used to that kind of used to.
Speaker 1 (07:59):
But he got a little awkward, got a little weird,
and it got a little much that we wanted to
go hide, if you will, in the back of the
outdoor place. So we order our food. Everything's fine. We
go through the first round of food or it was coming.
The first round was coming, and a kid came over
to us. How old was he?
Speaker 3 (08:19):
Oh, I mean he probably was Sabine's age, probably around
eleven or twelve.
Speaker 1 (08:23):
Okay, scruffy, blonde hair, right. She was it Leo?
Speaker 2 (08:28):
Yes, Leo was his name.
Speaker 1 (08:29):
I think his name was Leo. This kid, white kid
in Florida comes up to us out of nowhere. He
comes up to me first. I don't I think your
back was to him, yes, and he says, can I
take a picture with you. And my initial reaction I
might have seemed like a jerk initially because I'm like,
how do you know who I am? Like?
Speaker 2 (08:46):
Why are you.
Speaker 1 (08:48):
Twelve year old kid from Florida asking me? And it
was cool. We are starting to get this and it's
bizarre that people are coming up to us and complimenting
us or fans of ours because.
Speaker 2 (08:58):
Of our podcast?
Speaker 3 (09:00):
Were you so just saying I miss you on TV,
I miss you on GM. These folks actually two sets
to them and the restaurant were like, we love your podcast.
We listened to your podcast. Really yes, And he said
my parents listened to your podcast. So he was honest,
and that's understandable. I would never expect a kid like
that to be listening to our news or Morning Run,
(09:21):
but yes, and it was sweet he wanted a picture
with us because his parents listened.
Speaker 2 (09:25):
To our podcast.
Speaker 1 (09:25):
That was just a sweet moment. And then over when
I went back to the bar area to order another
drink and I'm standing there and I'm waiting, a guy
comes over and starts talking to me. I kind of
remember he and his wife's name. I think her name
was Cindy Marius is something his name I remember having
a red shirt anyway, I remember all this, and he
came over. He wanted to buy us a drink and
he said, man, no, we're fans, we love you. We
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just buy you a drink. He and I went back
and forth, boom boom boom boom boom. I say no, man,
it's no, no, no. And then I finally said, you
know what, man, The point is when people want to
do nice things for you, you should let them. And
that's the whole point. And I said sure, thank you.
And this nice couple bought us a couple of very
sweet sparkling rosees.
Speaker 3 (10:07):
Yes, and then we went over I got to meet
them too and thank them. But they were very sweet,
very kind. It was it was an uplifting afternoon. And
then what I loved about it next, because we're usually
very quick in our timing. We don't have a lot
of time, so we have a very specific route we
go back or what we're doing, we just kind of
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walked through Central Park holding hands, and then we ended
up at Columbus Circle. Loved that mall over there, and
just went into a few stores and it was just
really fun and not an unplanned and that's what was
cool about it just to kind of let the river
take us, and so we just walked and said where
are we going to end up?
Speaker 2 (10:45):
And we just ended up just walking around at the
Upper west Side. It was so fun and it's weird.
Speaker 1 (10:50):
To say out loud, now, this is something we just
don't do. We don't have time to just blow time.
We don't just go and float around places because we're
looking at the clock. Okay, we got this much time,
next call is at two thirty. It's always something so scheduled.
That was a rare moment and that was really cool.
Speaker 3 (11:06):
It was it set the whole week off really really well,
and that was awesome. So yes, it began with that
kind of walk around, just unplanned walk, and it kind
of ended with a walk in the rain. The week
was really really cool. But in between there were also
some amazing moments. For instance, well we did a walk.
Speaker 2 (11:25):
In the heat too.
Speaker 3 (11:26):
You know, sometimes you get it's oppressive, it's hot here
in the city, the concrete jungle, and we.
Speaker 2 (11:30):
Ended up doing a really fun walk where we.
Speaker 3 (11:32):
Also didn't have the specific destination. So we did that
twice this week.
Speaker 1 (11:35):
Yeah, I don't know why I asked for that, but
it was we had a really blistering I mean we
had a heat advise.
Speaker 2 (11:40):
Every day here and triple digits and that was that.
Speaker 1 (11:43):
I said, yeah, let's go for a walk for whatever
is that the day Sabine men of sound, Yes.
Speaker 3 (11:46):
And we sat in the shade and it wasn't terrible.
There was a little breeze. We were down by the seaport,
and yeah, it just kind of took a moment. I
think we took about an hour, and even Sabine was like,
why are you.
Speaker 2 (11:57):
All sitting out here? It's hot?
Speaker 3 (11:59):
You know that, right, But then she ended up hanging
to and realized that get you acclimate, you acclimate more
as long as you're in the direct sunlight.
Speaker 2 (12:06):
We acclimated. It was great. And then a wonderful woman
who was serving us as well, who was so sweet
bringing water.
Speaker 1 (12:13):
Oh my goodness. You know what, if you had some
doubts about humanity, this week would have renewed your faith.
We ran into some really nice people, and not nice
just because they decided to do nice things for us
or had any idea who we were. That woman was
kind in a way that we didn't ask and she
didn't have to and actually made her own job harder
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out there. That was a really sweet lady.
Speaker 3 (12:37):
She's standing out in the heat all day long serving people,
and she was didn't have to leave her. She had
a little it's like a little kiosk bar. She did
not need to be running back and forth to bring waters,
sauce to beane was there. Cayman brought her a water
without us ever going up and asking. It was just
really it was above and beyond a.
Speaker 1 (12:57):
Major change we did make this week Robes and I
think that followed us in the morning run the episodes
we do every single morning, the news updates. People know
we get up very very early in the morning. We
made an adjustment to our schedule to give us an
extra hour of sleep, and I think it's working.
Speaker 3 (13:12):
I do too, okay it you know, it's funny. I
still haven't so. My alarm used to be set at
three am. And what I found this week because I
pushed it back to four am, and I was scared.
The first day I did three forty five because I
just wasn't sure how it was going to turn out.
And then the next the rest of the week, I said,
at for four am. I have yet to not see
three am. My body has continued to wake up. Now
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I have fallen back asleep a little bit, but it's
funny I haven't and then I've woken up before my alarm.
Speaker 2 (13:40):
So my whope, my goal.
Speaker 3 (13:41):
Is next week that I'll actually sleep up until my
alarm goes off. But my body just got so used
to getting up so early. So but I'm I think
it makes a huge difference. That hour is a big deal.
Speaker 1 (13:51):
That was a cool adjustment, and we made a conscious
decision on a couple of occasions, I think Thursday and
Friday to lay down and take a damn nap. Yes,
you know, I am very anti napps.
Speaker 3 (14:01):
So am I because I say sometimes, well I often
say every time I've taken a nap, when I get up,
I feel disoriented.
Speaker 2 (14:07):
I don't feel refreshed, I feel.
Speaker 3 (14:09):
But honestly, we are so sleep deprived that those naps
were everything. And I was rejuvenated and I felt so
much better. So and they were I mean, they were
an hour and a half, like like legit naps.
Speaker 1 (14:24):
But folks, that wasn't even the highlight of the recovery
we had this week. We actually saw an off Broadway
play the same play on back to back nights this
week and it was absolutely the highlight of our week.
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Oh and by the way, Robock had some therapy.
Speaker 3 (14:48):
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back everyone to our recovery run on this Saturday morning.
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Let's start with my therapy. So I have made a
point to keep working on just I want to be
a better human. I want to be a holder being
where I am self reliant, I can self soothe all
these things that, yes, as adults, we realize we are
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lacking in sometimes. So I did a couple sessions here
and there, and what I end up usually doing. I
have a therapist who I have been with, who I
love for literally two decades now, and I usually call
her if I'm feeling something specific and I have an emergency,
and I have decided I actually just want to have
some maintenance therapy, and so once a month I'm checking
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in and I'm checking in with her and on myself
and what I can do better and how I can understand.
Speaker 2 (16:42):
Better in all of this.
Speaker 3 (16:43):
So, yeah, I made the decision to have a consistent
therapy session once a month.
Speaker 2 (16:50):
And I'm really proud.
Speaker 3 (16:51):
Because I think it's it's hard to work on yourself,
and it's hard to reflect sometimes, and it's you have
to come to terms with real truths about yourself.
Speaker 2 (16:59):
So I've I feel like that is.
Speaker 3 (17:01):
An investment I'm making not just in me, but in
our relationship, because the better I am, the better we are.
Speaker 1 (17:09):
I'm all for it the better you. Yeah, I sleep
better thanks to a better you. I'm teasing you. It's
always the funniest part about this, and all that is great,
and it's maintenance, right, you know, you shouldn't have to
go when there's an emergency. It's better to do maintenance.
And it's always interesting when you. I've been around you
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and you've done a few therapy sessions. It's always hilarious.
I know it's very private, it's very intimate, but we're
always in the same place, right, so you're trying to
find privacy, so you'll get away from me. There have
been times you've been places, we've been, places you were upstairs,
but you will still turn on this white noise machine
and I hear.
Speaker 2 (17:49):
You because you know, I learned the tactic.
Speaker 3 (17:52):
I learned the tactic back in the day before COVID,
when everybody had to go into therapy in person.
Speaker 2 (17:57):
I had never done a zoom. But you walk into
the office and usually get there a.
Speaker 3 (18:01):
Little early and they're still in the session with the
person before you, and in the lobby they have a
white noise machine because it just it makes everyone feel comfortable.
You can really speak what you're feeling and not worry
that someone else can hear you.
Speaker 2 (18:13):
So I have employed that tactic.
Speaker 3 (18:15):
In the apartment, I put the white noise machine right
by the door so you can't hear. Mostly, I just
feel better that you can't hear, because if I think
maybe you can hear, then maybe I'll edit what I'm saying.
Speaker 1 (18:25):
Do you think I would positively have my ear to
the door.
Speaker 2 (18:28):
You're not that guy.
Speaker 1 (18:29):
I know you're not sure. I am terrified to hear
any part of your therapy session. You have no idea.
I had to get close to the door to get
something out of the clout, like a towel, and you
should have seen how quickly I did it and retreated.
I didn't even close the door all the way after
I got the thing out.
Speaker 3 (18:43):
And there was something funny that happened during the therapy
session because so you were on a phone call, actually
a part of it, so I could hear you, you know,
the background of like won't you're on the phone.
Speaker 2 (18:53):
Then I could hear won't stop.
Speaker 3 (18:54):
So I knew you were off the phone, and I
knew you were going into the shower, which was good,
But all of a sudd sudden, when you got off
the phone, I heard music. You just it blasted, and
I thought, oh my god, can he hear what I
just said? And he doesn't want to hear it, so
he's blasting music now, and then I started to get.
Speaker 2 (19:09):
Panicked while I was in the middle of my session.
Speaker 1 (19:11):
It was just a Bluetooth mishap with the soundbar and
it blasted accidentally, and I do apologize for that. It's funny,
you say funny, the funniest part of the week. If
folks don't know how many people might why not. Your
daughter has produced a play that's off Broadway. That is,
(19:33):
we were there from the inception to hear her talk
about it. To have this idea for play and what
we're gonna do. You're gonna have all these wigs, and
we're gonna have all the actors. It's going to have
a different wig every time that they put on, chosen
by the audience, and then they're gonna do an improv
show based on whatever the audience picks. That really is
the pitch. Yes, that was the idea we heard months ago,
(19:56):
and we went to back to back shows. We've seen
it three times now, but it to see this thing
come to life that we heard as a crazy ass
idea has been really really cool to watch.
Speaker 3 (20:09):
Yeah, from the inception to the actual perfection, I mean
it is remarkable. Look, she's not even performing in the play.
She went to acting school. She wants to be an actress.
But it's pretty cool that she decided or she recognized
that improv is not necessarily her strength. It's a very,
very incredibly.
Speaker 2 (20:27):
Difficult skill set to have.
Speaker 3 (20:29):
And so she has some of her fellow NYU grads,
folks who she came up with, who are really good
comedic timing, like amazing, and she had created it, produced
it and directs it. But watching these folks on stage
have no script, no pre planning, and the audience actually
votes ahead of time what the genre is going to be,
(20:50):
so it can be a who done it? Yes, So
we got to see all three. I mean they kind
of skewed the voting. By the way, if you go
see this play, to tell Autumn Wiggs the play, wigs
the play, they have an Instagram handle and everything, And
I'm telling you she's getting more and more theater's book
throughout the fall. So it's going to be everywhere soon hopefully,
(21:11):
because this thing is really incredible. And look, I'm a
harsh critic of my daughter, and I will say.
Speaker 2 (21:16):
Oh, that's good.
Speaker 3 (21:17):
I walked away from the first show saying, you have
a hit on your hands. We were laughing from start
to finish, and you're a tough critic and you were
laughing to be so all ages. So Bean was laughing,
Like I looked over and saw you guys, and I
was so happy because it was resonating and it was fun.
Speaker 1 (21:35):
It is just it's such a good time. And it
opens with a drag queen who does the initial introductions
to the audience. It shows you who the characters are,
and then you get to pick and vote which wig
you want them. It is just a fun, a good
time and this week to be there and to see that,
and to see the friends come out to support her,
and to talk to them afterwards and actually say thank
(21:55):
you for being here, thank you for being here. It
was just it was really really a cool Who knows
what's going to happen with the show, but it is
at this moment, after just three public shows, it is
a success no matter what happens to it later, because
she has made it this far and what she pulled
off is so impressive.
Speaker 3 (22:13):
Yeah, thank you I'm really proud of her, not just
because of her creativity, creativity and how much work she's
put into this while she's working three different jobs because
she's moving out, getting her own place in just two weeks,
and she knows she's responsible for all the bills, so
she's hustling. But to be able to get theaters here
in New York to allow them to put this on,
(22:35):
and she had to get a couple different theaters and
she's running around town doing it. But I love her hustle.
I love what she's doing to be a working actress.
She also has to have, you know, several other jobs
and also try to do what she loves. So it's
pretty cool to watch her start off like this making
something this cool and this funny.
Speaker 2 (22:53):
So look for it.
Speaker 3 (22:54):
I mean, I hope that this just grows and gets
bigger and bigger. But it really was a highlight. And
having you there, supporting her, supporting me, it was everything.
And to have you and Speen both there was awesome.
Speaker 1 (23:04):
Sabine wanted, Sabine was scrapping, She adjusted, and he shows
the what was at eight o'clock? When was at nine thirty?
This twelve year old we got run in the streets
in New York or a nine to thirty show. No, No,
Sabin kicked. It was fun, It really really was. And
the final thing, it's something everybody knows. They listen to
us Rose, they know I do most of the cook
(23:25):
What percentage of the cooking do I do in our relationship?
I'll let you say.
Speaker 2 (23:29):
I would say ninety five percent.
Speaker 1 (23:32):
Okay, that's fair, and that's fun and I enjoy it
and that's all good. But having the girls in the
house this summer, there's been a lot more cooking, yes,
and a lot less eating on my part because they
come in and eat all the food that I cook.
Because they won't tell me ahead of time, Yes, we're
we're eating tonight as well. Can you make enough? No? No,
no, no no. They'll say, nah, we got other plans. We
(23:53):
don't eat anything, and then they wait and then they
see the deliciousness and folds and then here they come.
So that's been my experience. But Robes it was. And
you know, I have known Eva since what twenty fifteen? Yeah,
go back as far as twenty fifteen or so. What
age was.
Speaker 2 (24:11):
She she would have been like twelve thirteen years old.
Speaker 1 (24:14):
Yeah, I have known her since she hit teenage years.
This week I had the best experience, most engaging, and
most the experience with her. I'm most appreciative of happened
this week because I was at the house. I'm not
sure where you were.
Speaker 2 (24:33):
I was working some other gig.
Speaker 1 (24:35):
You were somewhere at the time, and at least was
I think working at the time as well. And so
it was just me and Eva at the house for
a little while, and we just got a chance to
engage with nothing else around, nobody else around. I had
to ask her about the play and who she's dating,
and all the tea from work and all these things.
And then at one point, this goes back to the cooking,
(24:57):
I was asking her, well, you're gonna eat because that
was the night I was going to cook for you. Yes,
but they weren't around and I was making for lates.
Speaker 2 (25:03):
Yeah, it was great. You actually went to Whole Foods
and got a whole meal planned. It was very sweet
and they weren't.
Speaker 1 (25:08):
Gonna be able to make it, but I said, all right,
you do you want anything? I have shrimp in here.
You know that I make this shrimp dish she loves,
And I made a meal for and we just said
we had an hour, hour and a half just the
two of us to hang so I haven't I don't
think I've said this to this extent with you. It
was one of the best experiences I've had involving your family.
Speaker 2 (25:28):
That's great. I love that. That's well.
Speaker 3 (25:30):
I walked in it was a long day and I
came in and I saw the two of you, and
I saw her eating shrimp that you had made her,
and I was like, it really was one of my
favorite moments to come in and you weren't. You know.
It wasn't some like, oh look at what they're doing,
Look what It was just I caught a real sweet, intimate,
lovely moment that I really appreciated, and thank you for
(25:51):
being so kind.
Speaker 2 (25:52):
You know, when someone is is.
Speaker 3 (25:55):
Goes out of their way for your child, it's the
biggest and nicest thing they could do, because when someone
is kind of your child, it's like the biggest compliment
in a way.
Speaker 1 (26:04):
Let me just say that was the moment I wasn't
going out of my way. That was There were things
that I mean, I had to organize the parties for
her and had to work my ass off to do
some things that was going out of my way. This
was effortless and wanted and natural, and it was just
a really really cool moment. Anyway, I don't think i've talked.
Speaker 2 (26:23):
To you about it sharing that that much fun.
Speaker 1 (26:25):
But yeah, that was a part of my cooking. But
I've been doing a lot of cooking this week and
I've enjoyed. It's been fun. It's been communal at the house.
Speaker 3 (26:31):
And guess what, ladies, here's the amazing thing. Not only
does he cook, but he actually cleans while he cooks,
and sometimes it's already clean by the time we're eating.
Speaker 2 (26:41):
It's it's kind of remarkable. So thank you, baby. If
I don't say thank you enough, thank you, I don't
know where I learned.
Speaker 1 (26:46):
That trick, because it wasn't for my dad. He used
to cook and then he would announce I cooked. I
ain't cleaning like we get it, dude.
Speaker 2 (26:56):
I like to clean while I cook too. Though it
does help. It does help. Well, thank you, And.
Speaker 3 (27:01):
We had a we actually had a really really really
nice week in the middle of a lot of chaos, and.
Speaker 1 (27:05):
A really really nice weekend coming up and a really
nice week ahead me and all the girls. We're going
to be spending some time, getting a little time out
of the city. But it's how many girls are involved
in this weekend.
Speaker 3 (27:18):
Well, it's going to total very but it's going to
be one, two, three, four, five, six girls and TEJ
that's being included in the group.
Speaker 2 (27:26):
Yes, I included.
Speaker 3 (27:27):
I think it might be six or seven because there's
a couple overlap and some kids are coming and going.
Speaker 1 (27:31):
Okay, but it's good. We're going to get out. We're
going to do some more parenting, yes, for the next week,
but we'll keep you posted and updated about exactly what
are our deal is this coming week. But it'll be fun.
But hope you're getting a chance to recover. We didn't
do so good about it for a couple of weeks there,
but we have in the past few weeks really turning
it around and it has been indoluable. So I hope
(27:53):
you all take the time to do so.
Speaker 2 (27:55):
All right, well, thank you so much for listening to us. Everybody.
I'm Amy Roebuck alongside t J. Holmes.
Speaker 3 (28:01):
We hope you have a wonderful, relaxing Saturday.
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