Hosts: Stefanie Navarro & Meredith Hill
Run Time: 39 Mins
Theme: VIP Treatment at World Cup Playoff Game, WNBA on court drama, British VS Americans, Petty Bluetooth payback, AITA, Book Club Review!
Welcome back to This Is My Circus — the show where parenting chaos meets true crime tangents, accidental glam, goat cuddling, and next-level laundry reviews. In this episode, we’re giving small-town energy with international flair.
We cover:
- 🐐 Our upcoming goat cuddle fest at Tractor Supply (yes, that’s real)
- ⚽ Meredith’s VIP World Cup qualifying match experience — elevator attendants, suite service, and all the charcuterie
- 💥 Our take on the WNBA’s Sophie Cunningham body slam moment (spoiler: we’re fans)
- 📱 Petty Bluetooth speaker hacks and the growing list of things Americans say to confuse Brits
🧼 Clean Laundry & Clean Chaos:
- Our TikTok-tested laundry detergent smells incredible and comes in an aesthetic metal can
- Finally a detergent that the scent doesn't' disappear
🐊 Florida Is At It Again:
- Florida's building a detention center in the Everglades (yes, the swamp — surrounded by gators and pythons)
- Travis Scott’s Astroworld documentary has us shook and Jackson asking serious questions
🎙️ “Am I the A-Hole?”
A neighbor leaves donuts and snowballs with a sarcastic note after a Tuesday 3 a.m. party.
📚 Book Chat: The Vacancy in Room 10 by Seraphina Nova Glass
We had high hopes for the premise — secretive husband, suspicious death, eccentric neighbors — but the plot wandered and lost us.
⭐️ Rating: 4/10
💬 Best parts? The quirky residents and the fixer-chick named Cass. Worst? Everything else.
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What She Left by H.K. Christie
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(00:00):
Welcome to, this is my circus,the podcast where we embrace the
chaos and keep it real aboutparenting, pop culture, true
crime, and the books we can'tput down because let's be
honest, life is one big circusand we're just trying to survive
with caffeine, sarcasm, and alittle true crime obsession.
So if you love unfilteredconversation, questionable
parenting hacks, and deep divesinto the things that keep us up
(00:21):
at night, you're in the rightplace.
Buckle up, grab your popcorn,and let's get into the chaos.
I'm Stephanie Meredith andwelcome to This is my circus.
Hey Steph.
Hi.
I told you just now like itfeels like I hadn't seen you in
forever.
I know.
I used to go to like dinner.
You know, imagine hanging outoutside of just, that would be
(00:42):
great.
Well, we are on Saturday.
Oh.
Gonna go to the goat.
Are we gonna do the goat cup?
I will a hundred percent go.
Uh, let's go.
Okay.
So it's at tractor supply Yes.
On Saturday.
We'll figure out what time wewant to go.
Yeah.
And it's like$5 for five minutesto cuddle goats.
I'm taking like$200.
It's four good calls.
Brian, it's four good calls.
One of our listeners hasrequested that we video Heck
(01:04):
yeah.
Um, unless I get like run overby a goat.
So that happened to Dylan whenwe lived in what?
Okay.
So we lived Nashville, stilllike right outside Nashville.
And we were at the Nashville Zooand they have a petting zoo
mm-hmm.
In there.
And he was like two.
Mm-hmm.
And the goats would like run andcharge you.
(01:26):
I know exactly what you'retalking about.
Two, 2-year-old little tinyDylan would just get like boop,
he'd like fall over, but they dothey, was it a baby goat?
They were like all ages.
Okay.
So, okay.
But the, the little ones whenthey're just learning to do that
is so adorable.
'cause they're, they're like,you know, so small and they're
(01:46):
trying to look so mean andaggressive and they're just like
running wobbling sideways atyou.
Mm-hmm.
He was okay though.
Oh, he left?
Yeah.
Okay, good.
Perfect.
Best response.
Well, hopefully none of thathappens.
Yeah.
But we're gonna go, we'll figureout, yeah.
Okay.
I'm in.
Okay.
Yeah.
Clean out your coin jar so wecan take all the monies.
(02:07):
Oh, I've got a whole big bucketsomewhere.
Do you Yeah.
Know that when you're purse andyou just like throw it?
Yeah.
Or the, when you get paid to dolaundry because you find money
in the laundry.
Yeah.
That's, mm-hmm.
Yeah, that's what I like to callit.
Or have to clean Dylan's roomand I'm like, finders keepers.
Yeah.
A hundred percent.
Or I give him cash.
(02:27):
Most things are okay to justlike tap and stuff, but if I.
Give him cash and he forgets togive it back or give him a
change.
Give it back now.
Yeah.
Just think they're slick, don'tthey?
They do.
Oh my goodness.
Well, thanks for moving therecording day from yesterday to
today.
You had a big day.
I had a big day.
(02:49):
I had so much fun.
So, one of the perks of workingfor Brown works for Lowe's home
improvement and one of the perksis the headquarters is here in
Charlotte.
And so they have, lots ofopportunities for.
To give away, uh, tickets todifferent events, concerts,
sporting events, any kind ofthing.
And we've been lucky and gottickets before.
(03:12):
And they're great.
We've been to see the Hornetsand like sat in the suites where
the food is all inclusive andthat was so much fun.
Mm-hmm.
So yesterday, my big, big day,it feels like a book.
Meredith's big, big Day.
It's like what was it, theZebra?
Yes.
Um, but I'm in the, I'm in thecase ra okay, so my, our big,
big day yesterday was Brianreceived from work as part of a
(03:35):
recognition of him doing such agood job.
Tickets to one of the qualifiersfor the World Cup.
That was yesterday in Charlotte.
So we watched Portugal beatGermany, which was unexpected.
So that was fun, but.
OMG.
That is how I was meant to live.
Let me tell you.
These were VIP hospitalitytickets.
(03:56):
The only things that were notincluded was parking, and I
think they probably just forgotto send us a parking pass.
There was a special interest atB of A that we went in interest.
I'm so excited.
I came and talk a specialentrance.
Mm-hmm.
There was somebody standingthere with the VIP sign that
took our group like 20 feet tothe next person with the VIP
(04:18):
sign.
Like, we're follow.
Oh my God.
Like, everybody was like, whoare they?
And I was like, I'm half of apodcast team.
So it was like we got, keptgetting handed off from person
to person and they were walkingus through, It was just
unbelievably amazing.
They were like, okay, this isyour elevator.
And I was like, well, whatfloor?
Where are we going?
And I was like, country comes totown.
(04:41):
You know, I was not, I wastrying to be all smooth and
played off, but I was like,where are we going?
They were like, well, yourelevator attendant, well take
you where you need to go.
I haven't attendant, there wassomebody in there pushing the
buttons and telling us all thethings.
So we get in there and she waslike, well, who are you rooting
(05:01):
for?
You know, what are you?
And I was like, the food,because food wasn't food and
drink, everything was included.
So we we make it to our suiteand.
There's, if you've never beenbefore.
No, I'm just kidding.
So there's like two attendantsin there the whole time.
There was like 12 people, Ithink, in the suite.
So it was Brian and me, and thensomebody else that he works with
(05:24):
and his wife, and then, youknow, 10 other people, whatever.
And there are two attendantsthat work there and they just
keep refilled on food and they'dtake your trash and they, like,
they would almost possessivelytake the trash from me.
I'm just trying to throw myplant away.
Like, they just took care ofeverything that you could think
of.
Like, and they, of course I'mtalking to'em.
I'm so nice.
(05:45):
I'm not, I'm not nice.
I'm so just peopley.
I'm tell, I'm, I'm like, hive.
I thought it was such anexperience.
So we're there and we're, we'reso close.
We're who can see theexpressions?
Don't take any of that out.
It's something we can see theirexpressions and, oh, I forgot to
tell you this, so we're going inthe elevator.
(06:05):
You know, they, the all thethings and they're like, your
hospitality gifts are over here.
What'd you get?
So there was, it was like, aboutthe size of that can, and it was
bought, it looked like an iPhonebox.
I was like, I know there's notan iPhone in here.
If there is, I'm going to, I'mgonna need new pants because I'm
(06:26):
gonna mess my pants.
But it was not, it was like acommemorative.
Little, like a crystal trophything that said FIFA World Cup
thing on it, which Jackson lovesstuff like that.
Mm-hmm.
So he was thrilled to have that.
And then they had another littlebag and I was like, what's in,
what's in that?
And they were like, oh, that'sjournals.
And I was like, I really don'tneed a journal.
They weren't like engraved oranything, but, it was so much
(06:48):
fun.
We got there at like 2 30, 2 15,something like that.
The game started at three.
We start snacking, like therewas charcuterie board, like all
the things we start going andthey were like, oh, we'll, we'll
let you know when we arebringing the next, course,
course.
That was the pre-game thatwasn't even the appetizers.
(07:09):
So we had pre-game appetizers,entree, cheeses, fruits,
desserts.
It was so amazing.
So we're sitting there.
Watching the game and there waslike a walkway between our suite
and the one beside us.
And everybody kept looking atthis dude.
(07:29):
It was a former soccer playerthat played for Germany that was
in this booth.
And I will not pronounce hisname'cause I will ruin it, but
he played for Germany and his, Alot of people know him because
he is a Muslim and he did notwant beer thrown on him in like
a celebration.
And they did anyway.
Oh.
(07:49):
So he's retired, but there werecops posted outside of his
thing,'cause when we like got upand walked around and stuff, oh,
it had his own bathroom inthere.
Oh my God.
So when we were walking around,there were like three cops
posted outside of his thing.
And then when we went to leave,I guess everybody saw him when
they were coming up.
'cause you know, they're glass.
(08:10):
And we were just kind of hangingout, letting the traffic get by.
And when we went to leave, likethere was so many people in the
hall trying to get to himbecause at that point, like, you
didn't have to show your bandsor anything.
Everything's over that.
They had to like make anannouncement to clear everybody
out.
Like, we need everybody in thishall to go.
Mm-hmm.
Yeah.
I mean, I don't blame them.
(08:31):
It was so amazing you threwthrough.
I have always wanted to go.
Okay.
So one of my dreams is to golike to, the Olympics or the
World Cup and see like a bigfamous team play in like their
country.
You know, like, and I don't carewho, I don't, I mean, of course
I like USA, but I just love theenvironment.
(08:52):
They're so exciting to me.
Yeah.
So Brian was like, is this goodenough?
I was like, yes.
We had ac.
It was AC in there and it wasflipping hot.
It was so hot.
We kept checking to see if theywere going to delay the game
because it's on turf and it wasso hot.
They were hosing down the turf.
Yeah.
And they had a few like specifichydration breaks, which soccer
(09:16):
normally doesn't have any breaksother than the half.
But anyway, I'm sorry, I'm justrambling, but I'm fancy and
that's how I was meant to live.
Yeah, same.
I am not meant to live in thislittle life I currently have.
I tagged you in another, camp.
Yeah, I saw it video and it, itsaid it's like legit glamping
(09:39):
uhhuh with the activities to theside.
Uh, focus on glamping andhanging out and she was like
artsy fartsy stuff.
Yeah.
Arts and craps.
Some of'em.
Gimme the glitter.
Yeah.
I love glitter.
Mm-hmm.
Although you can't get it out ofanything, but I still wanna do
it.
I wanna know where it was.
I didn't look really like I'vebeen, there's one in, is it
(10:01):
North Carolina and somewhereelse?
Oh yeah, there was twolocations.
It was like Vermont and NorthCarolina.
Or something.
Did you happen to look at pricesor, I did not.
Packages or anything.
Well, I just saw that, yeah, shehad put that in the comments.
I'm like, North Carolina,Meredith, I'll have to look.
I have just been so crazy busy.
I hadn't had a time to, but itis like I told Jackson'cause he
(10:21):
sat down the other day.
I.
And he was like, how are youdoing mama?
And I was like, do you reallywanna know?
He was like, yeah.
'cause I, you know, we alwaysask them, how's your day?
Whatever.
I was like, well, I'moverwhelmed.
I'm drowning at work.
I'm trying to start this newbusiness.
Your lawn business is prettybusy and I do a lot of the
communication and stuff withthat.
Try.
I said, and then I just decidedto paint the living room
(10:43):
because, well, why not?
Well, that's apparently how Ihandle stress.
Well, you know, add more.
Make more.
Yeah.
But at least it's something Ican control.
Yeah.
And I can see results.
Maybe that was what it was.
Yeah.
But I'm totally down.
To team building.
That would be a team poundingevent.
Yes.
That would be, if we had a realbusiness, we could.
(11:07):
Okay.
Speaking of the businesses,yeah.
How's Honey Drop going?
Good.
Good.
I guess got, some new software.
Cool.
So I'm, I'm been playing aroundwith that a lot.
Okay.
So I'm just getting my bearingsand Yeah.
Getting everything kind ofsystemized.
Yeah.
And then I'll be ready to reallyjump into it.
Mm-hmm.
Getting it going.
Mm-hmm.
(11:27):
That's awesome.
I'm so happy for you.
You good for you.
Thanks.
Good for you.
Before we go much further, yes.
I wanna talk about somethingthat's kind of sad and I know
we're not a fan of sad, but Ijust want to put it out there
'cause I know a lot of ourlisteners are friends of, like,
local in the area.
Mm-hmm.
(11:48):
There is a girl who goes toschool with Jackson in the same
class.
She's a triplet.
Okay.
And she's fighting leukemia.
Oh.
She's been fighting it for Ithink two years now, but she is,
struggling right now.
So everybody can just say alittle prayer for her name is
Lee, say a prayer for Lee.
Send good vibes and stuff thatway.
(12:09):
Yeah, there's a Facebook page ifyou wanna find it, you can DM me
and I'll link you to it.
Private, but it's still open foreverybody.
So you'll have to like be ledinto it.
But yeah.
Just'cause I know there's a lotof Jackson's classmates and
classmates' parents and peoplemight not know what's going on.
So She is in the hospital.
She was in the hospital on her16th birthday.
(12:30):
Mm.
I know.
But, she's a strong littlecookie, so I think she'll be
good.
She's just in a little roughpatch right now.
Yeah.
But I just wanted to, to bringthat out.
Also, something crazy that'sbeen going on.
Okay.
You're like, what?
Jackson pulled me into watchinga documentary, which I was like,
(12:51):
oh.
You're my child.
Mm-hmm.
You wanna watch a documentary?
He wanted to watch the TravisScott, Dylan and Ruthie watch
that the other day.
Astroworld.
Yeah.
So it was, yeah, crazy.
Fascinating and terrifying andall the things.
Mm-hmm.
Did you watch any of it?
Mm-hmm.
I was actually, I was working inhere and they were watching it
in the living room.
Mm-hmm.
(13:12):
And, I just heard there werelike reactions.
Yeah.
It was, it was interestingthough.
I don't remem, I mean, I, oncehe started telling me about it
mm-hmm.
The, the tragedy that was therewhere several people died Yeah.
Because of just the layout andthe crowd crushing.
but it was, it was crazy.
Yeah.
It was crazy to watch.
So that was something else totake a look at that.
(13:33):
Yeah.
Well, good news we had talkedabout, Our need for smelly
laundry.
Yes.
Good smelling laundry, goodsmelling laundry.
And so I Good scented.
Yes.
A girl on TikTok does reviewsand it's like legit reviews,
like she does good and bad.
And so she said that thislaundry detergent mosey.
(13:53):
Wash, stays on your clothes.
And so I was like, sold.
Yeah.
I brought a shirt down forMeredith to smell.
I snipped it and it's, I loveit.
Like, I think it smells,, thescent actually is, it's not
overpowering.
Not at all.
But it's definitely there.
It is very, a very subtle,gentle smell, but, and I really,
and I love the, the cans.
(14:16):
Yeah, it comes in like thesecool metal cans.
the box like that it came in wasreally cool too.
Yeah.
They branded it really, reallywell.
I am a sucker for details likethat, for.
Pretty packaging.
When Jackson does his loanstuff, I like to make sure
everything is blown off.
Mm-hmm.
And crisp, like the porches alllike, I'm a sucker for that kind
of stuff.
Yeah.
So I'm sold on this.
(14:36):
Yeah.
I'm gonna have to try one ofthose.
They both smell really good.
So Yeah, I got the vanilla moonand the Sugar Dew, which is more
of like a citrusy smell.
Mm-hmm.
But, there are I think like sixor seven different scents and
then there's an unscented one aswell.
Yeah.
But it's super concentrated.
You only use like a tablespoonand a half.
That's awesome.
Tablespoons mm-hmm.
Per load.
(14:56):
And I am in love.
Yeah.
Not as much waste.
You can recycle easily.
They smell good.
Mm-hmm.
And I think you said they'replant-based.
Yes.
So they're not like a lot ofchemically things going in your
skin.
Right.
Oh.
They smell really good though.
Yes, I am obsessed.
So, I've only used the vanillaone so far.
I have not tried, like, thecitrus one on the clothes.
(15:16):
That's supposed to be a littlebit more of a, stronger scent.
Mm-hmm.
On the clothes.
Mm-hmm.
But, excited to try both ofthem.
Did Dylan smell'em?
Yes.
What did he say?
I was like, I smell my shirt.
He's like, Hmm, I like that one.
Which is a vanilla one.
Yeah.
But really, I would've thinkthat he would've liked that.
Well, I didn't try that onclothes yet.
Oh, you didn't let him smell theYeah.
The can.
Well, he smelled the can, but Idon't, I was like, I don't how
(15:38):
it's gonna smell on clothes.
Yeah.
'cause it's a much strongerscent in the can.
It is very strong.
And a lot of those things, like,they'll tell you when you go
like Bath and Body Works andsmell it, that it's different
when it's activated and doeswhatever.
Mm-hmm.
Have, have you seen this, um, inFlorida?
Florida is doing Florida.
Florida be in Florida.
(15:59):
They are building an off thegrid detention center, like a
prison in the Everglades, likein the middle of the Everglades.
A what detention center?
Like a, like a, like juvie orlike adult?
We don't know it.
It just said like a prison styledetention center.
Oh gosh.
They're already broken groundor?
Swamp.
Yeah.
(16:19):
And so this is like alligatoralley, right?
Yeah, hundred percent.
It's like alligator and pythonsthat's what lives there.
So there'll literally be like amoat around this thing.
Nobody's gonna be able toescape, like, no.
And if you escape, it's gonna belike hunger games.
Like you're fighting for yourlife, between the alligators and
(16:40):
the pythons.
Oh my gosh.
Right.
Like, but genius.
Why didn't they do that before?
That's gonna be tough for themto build on just because of the
terrain.
But I'm so here for it.
I wanna know everything aboutit.
Yeah.
I, I was, I was like, okay,Florida is doing Florida.
Yeah.
That's genius though.
'cause you're right, they can't,I mean, okay, you escape.
(17:03):
You're either going get huggedby a python swallowed hole.
Yeah.
Chunks, bag, getta, um, or diemosquito bites.
They have the wild hogs outthere too, I think.
Mm-hmm.
Which are terrifying.
I listen, I, I have no desire,no to, well, I do experience any
(17:25):
of that.
Okay.
You know, I'm the weird one.
Put me on an airboat No.
And let me ride in theEverglades.
I not, oh no.
I just see myself like hitting,you know, um, rollercoasters,
like when it Yes.
Like you like lift off the, andI'm like, I'm gonna die.
(17:45):
Yes.
Yeah.
No, hang on to me.
We'll be fine.
Okay.
So you mentioned the HungerGames.
Yes.
And I know we've talked about'ema little bit before.
Did you read the books or seethe movies?
Did you read any of the two,like prequels?
Mm-hmm., So I had read the oneprequel, it was called Sunrise.
No, it was called Ballad ofSongbird and Snakes, and that
(18:06):
was about snow.
Okay.
I just finished sunrise on thereaping, which is Hamish's
story.
Okay.
Uh, our bookies.
You might wanna jump into it ifyou have already.
It was so twisted and good.
Really?
Yes.
Yeah.
Okay.
So good.
Well, you know, they're allabout kids killing each other.
Yeah.
But so good.
You understand a little bit moreof his whatever.
(18:29):
I'm sure they'll do movies outtathis.
Yeah.
It was really good though.
I know we were talking aboutsports earlier.
Yes.
Have you seen all this WNBAstuff?
With, Sophie Cunningham.
Mm-hmm.
Oh my gosh.
Listen, she is a legend.
She is like my, my hero now.
What?
She must be being petty.
Oh my God.
What is she doing?
Okay.
So, and I don't follow mm-hmm.
Any of this stuff.
(18:49):
I just kind of knew CaitlynClark Right.
Because of all the drama thatwas going on.
Right.
Last year with her and.
She, by the way, is the only onethat Michael Jordan is a fan of.
Really?
Yeah.
He gave her like a$50 milliondeal.
Really?
Yeah.
And she does a lot off thecourt, for the community Yeah.
And for kids.
And she donates a lot of time,money, everything.
(19:10):
Yeah.
She's very, very, very involvedoff the court.
And I think that he said, youknow, besides being a phenomenal
player, right.
That was a big draw for her.
Yeah.
But she gets.
Just cheap shot after cheap shoton the court.
Oh yeah, absolutely.
And all the other women are sojealous and so petty of her.
Mm-hmm.
Because of her skills.
Mm-hmm.
And, well, she's not flashy.
(19:32):
No.
Don't get me wrong, if I coulddo what I would, but some of
these girls are playing ballwith their lashes on and all the
things and she just wears a highpony, no makeup.
Yeah.
And hoops.
Yeah.
And she is, like you said, she'sjust does a lot of good things
or whatever and they don't likeher for they all the reasons.
(19:53):
Yeah.
So.
JC Sheldon mm-hmm.
Was on the other opposite teamand was just, just given a, to
her scratch.
Tried to scratch her eyes.
Mm-hmm.
And then the rest weren'tcalling nothing.
Yeah.
So after she got her eyescratched, she was walking away
and one of the other team pushedher to the ground from behind.
Oh my gosh.
And I was like, blatant.
(20:14):
And the refs did nothing aboutit.
Yeah.
So my girl comes out.
Yes.
And her background.
She's a black belt in TaeKwonDo.
Okay.
She filled in for her highschool, football team's kicker
when the kicker got injured.
I love that.
I mean, she is just a badass.
Like I love that.
She's amazing.
(20:34):
So she, JC goes to get a shot upand.
My girl.
Mm-hmm.
Takes her and does a taek shutup.
She sweep the leg.
No.
She like took her from like, Itook her just down like.
I just went down, took her bylike, by like a head, neck,
shoulder down and she gets upand I mean, they were just going
(20:58):
at it and I, but it was like atthe end of the game there was
like three minutes left and allgame long.
The rest did nothing.
Yeah.
She also took JC out anothertime, just kind of like.
Got her really little shoulderand she just went bloop, like
fell over, like dealing with thegoat..
I can't believe I didn't see it.
We've been watching, the men'sbasketball NBA playoffs has been
(21:19):
going on and, so I guess that'sjust been taking on my, my mind
power.
Yeah.
I love her Now.
I don't watch basketball.
I would watch basketball becauseof her.
I mean, she's just got all herteammates backs.
I love that.
Yeah.
You need somebody like that.
Yeah.
Like you need somebody on yourteam.
(21:41):
That's kind of the, the mouthyone.
'cause you don't wanna look toosoft.
Mm-hmm.
You need somebody that's gonnatalk trash.
Jackson's not really a trashtalker, I don't think.
Dylan, I mean, he'll, they will,but they're not the ones who go
out there looking for it, but,mm-hmm.
Some of Jay's friends will belike, I'm this, some of the ones
that aren't quite so big.
They're like, I'll talk trash ifyou're going up my back.
Like shoulder.
(22:01):
It's me.
Yes.
Is that us?
I feel like, like I just had avision of me trying to carry you
off somewhere and like holdingyou around your belly while
you're still like kicking andscreaming and like what happened
before Maybe, maybe I was havingdeja vu.
That's so funny.
Yeah.
So, um, yeah.
(22:22):
That's so funny.
They're calling her theenforcer.
I love it.
I do too.
And she's just gorgeous.
And she, she is, so she got now,after that whole mm-hmm.
Debacle, she got 500,000 newfollowers on.
Social media and I was like, yougo girl.
Like she deserves it.
And I'm not big on using theterm bully.
I think that's overused.
(22:43):
I think a lot of times thingsaren't really bullying
situations, but we're, you know,whatever.
So, but when people are being abully like that to somebody else
and nothing is being done aboutit mm-hmm.
Then when Ben Enforcers gottastep in.
Yeah.
I don't have a problem withthat.
Neither do I.
And I am like a hundred percentSophie fan Uhhuh.
(23:03):
I'm gonna have to follow hernow.
She'll have 500,001.
That's great though.
I love it.
Yeah.
So you go girl.
Mm-hmm.
I gotta find her.
Yeah.
Let's see.
Have you, I know that you lovesome accents, so you might have
seen this going on.
Have you seen the, 100 Britishmen versus 100 American men who
(23:26):
would win?
No.
Okay.
So this British dude was like,I've got a question.
I have a question.
If it was a hundred British menand a hundred American men who
would win, and he's like, oh,the British would win, blah,
blah, blah.
I'm like, going on like hisreason.
And so the comment section ofcourse was lit.
Like lit and just a couple ofmy, my faves fas given to me.
(23:49):
Yeah.
Okay.
Our, somebody said ourpresident, Isabel, and you think
we're scared of y'all.
That's great.
All we need to do is send in theWaffle House employees.
We have security to get intosome of our McDonald's and you
think we're scared of someBrits, we will knock the beans
(24:09):
right off your toast.
I don't understand that.
I don't either.
I don't even wanna try.
Like I'm not giving it a chance.
No, me either.
No thank you.
But the dude did a follow upvideo and he was like, I am
sorry I take it back.
I did not know about these, thisWaffle house.
What is.
(24:31):
I feel like most people shouldknow about the Waffle House.
I feel like that's an Americanjoke.
Like people laugh.
There's like a compile of likeWaffle House videos in the
background Yes.
Of like, of all the drama thatcan happen It, the lady that
caught the metal chair Uhhuh inone hand.
One hand, yeah.
And he's like.
What kind of sorcery is this?
You're aary.
(24:53):
I have not seen the 100 British.
Oh, look it up.
Okay, so then there's a guy thatspent a lot of time here.
He was a British guy.
He Tried to, he went through alot of the states and Yeah.
Was doing like, British mantaste.
I've seen some of those.
Yeah, for the first time orwhatever.
Yeah, like whatever.
And so he was tagged in it alot.
So he did a video and he's like,I was tagged in this and as a
British man, I spent a lot oftime in America.
(25:15):
We are going to lose.
We could not enter the fight.
We already do this.
Once they're built differentdon't.
Do it.
Don't do it.
Don't do it.
So then a girl was like, well,there's this debate about the
men.
How about the women?
And the, she's like, I'm justkidding.
We should not, it was a Britishgirl.
We're not even gonna go there.
(25:36):
She's like, we would show up,but we would lose.
That is so funny.
And they're like, that's sofunny.
Our unhinged, and then, so thenthe comment section is
hysterical because it's like,Americans, we hate each other,
but don't let anybody likemm-hmm.
Bring us into a fight because wewill become the most patriotic
country you've ever seen.
And somebody's like, it's likewhen somebody messes with my
(25:58):
brother or sister, uh uh.
Exactly.
I can talk as much trash as Iwant about them, but don't talk.
That is great.
And that is so true.
We are kind of all unhinged,like British people are so
proper, they have, so for themost part they have like all the
manners and the rituals and theceremonies and we're just like,
Hey, y'all.
(26:19):
What y'all doing proud of ourcrazy.
We are, we are proud of ourcrazy.
I'm okay with it though.
Yeah.
I am pretty patriotic though.
Are you?
To a point like, yeah, I am notwearing red, white, and blue all
the time.
But do you have a a, a Americanflag?
Bikini?
No.
(26:41):
No, but I always get tear eye,like when you're watching a
parade and like the, ROTC orwhatever come through,
especially like a long time ago,it used to be discharged
veterans and stuff that wouldcome through that always gets
me.
I know my heart.
My grandpa was in the Army andhe fought in World War II and he
went everywhere.
Mm-hmm.
So I think that's just a littlenostalgia for that.
(27:03):
Yeah.
Have I ever told you aboutJackson's, Fran, Logan, and him
being really patriotic?
Mm-hmm.
Okay.
I'll make it short.
First time this kid was spendthe night we were, he was going,
okay, this whole situation, Imight not be able to make it
short.
He was going with us to thebeach for a week, the next week
and we'd met this kid and hungout.
(27:24):
But he never like spend thenight.
So he spends the night before.
We're leaving the next day so wecan just all get up and go.
Well, you know how it is the dayyou're leaving, you're like in
and outta the house 15 times andloading up the cooler and doing
all the things.
Well, the boys are up andthey're downstairs.
Jackson was, I don't know,getting ready, whatever.
So Logan's just in therewatching videos and Jackson's
(27:45):
made jokes about how patriotiche is in America.
You know, he just, all this kindof stuff.
And I hear the span bannerplaying.
I knew that Logan was the onlyone down here and the TV wasn't
on, and I was like, is this justwhat we do in the mornings?
Like do I stop?
Is it okay if I just keep goingright in the hallway with one
(28:07):
hand in a laundry basket?
Like I'm not really a hundredpercent sure he was just
watching some kind of a reel orsomething.
But the way Jackson had built itup, I thought that might be what
we do.
We just stop every morning andyou know.
I love that kid though.
He's a mess.
You never know what you're gonnaget with these boys.
You know?, oh, there was anotherBritish guy.
(28:28):
So he was talking about how likecrappy his neighbor is.
Mm-hmm.
And he said, how problematic theneighbor is.
Mm-hmm.
Everybody in the building orwhatever.
Mm.
Just one of those really grumpymm-hmm.
Jerky guys.
And so the next video, it waslike y'all every didn't say
y'all, it is like whatever theirvision version of y'all is, but.
He said he was able to connectto the dude's Bluetooth speaker.
(28:50):
Oh.
And the guy's name is Joe.
So he, what did he do?
He plays Cotton eye, Joe, and heblasted it like he was able to
control how loud this, so youcan hear it in his apartment
from the next apartment over andit is kind of like that.
Yeah.
Yeah.
And so he's like, can you turnit down?
And like you can hear the guylike, what?
(29:13):
Turn off?
Like that is great.
So then he's like, give me guy'sname's, Joe.
Gimme all the, the, oh yeah.
So they play Jolene.
Oh yeah.
And I mean, just like all thesedifferent, I mean, fat Joe had a
lot.
Yeah.
Yeah.
So hysterical.
So then he takes a video hecould just kind of seem he's
holding it like this.
Yeah.
And he knocks on the guy's doorand he is like, you, I'm really
(29:34):
sorry to bother you, but youknow, the music's really loud
sometimes and the guy's like, Ican't, I dunno what's going on.
And I, I'm, I'm sorry.
That is so funny.
I'm like, the pettiness is, thatis so funny.
We, when we were at a basketballgame, we tried to connect to the
Bluetooth at the high school tojust.
(29:55):
Be stupid because we're grown upadults and we can do it.
Yeah.
I was at a wrestling match forDylan, a couple years ago, and I
guess it was a kid that wastrying to send like an airdrop
to everybody around.
Oh yeah.
And it was like a bathroomtoilet picture or something too,
but I was like, this is so dumb.
Mm-hmm.
I always forget aboutairdropping to mass people like
in public though.
I've never been a victim.
(30:16):
Have you?
Well, just that one that.
If that's my new goal, I'm gonnaairdrop to everyone.
do you want to do, am I theA-hole?
I would love to.
Okay.
Okay.
I don't think Joe's the a-hole.
I mean Joe's neighbor.
Oh, okay.
Am I the a-hole for buying mynew neighbor donuts?
I will hold my judgment.
(30:38):
I live in a small apartmentcomplex with about 13 other
units.
We got a new neighbor a coupleweeks ago, saw him taken in
boxes, but I haven't seen themat all since last night at about
two 30, music starts blastingfrom his place and you can hear
a bunch of people inside beingsuper loud.
This went on until about 4:00 AMwhen a cop knocked on his door.
I did not call them.
(30:58):
I like how they calledthemselves.
I'm not a snitch.
Um, I'm guessing he brought hisCrays home from the bar to keep
the party going.
It's a Tuesday night.
I have work at 7:00 AM I foundthis very annoying, even with
all my windows closed and a fanrunning, I could still hear the
noise.
So this morning I left a note onhis porch that said, Hey, thanks
so much for that 3:00 AM wake upcall on a Tuesday from my name,
(31:21):
my apartment number, who has tobe at work at 7:00 AM.
I left a pack of hostess pinksnowballs and powdered donuts
placed in an intentional fashionwith the note, came home and he
had thrown the donuts back on myporch.
I thought it was funny way ofhandling the situation, but I
guess he didn't.
Am I the A-hole?
I don't think so.
Hold on.
(31:42):
So how did he, did he have himas like.
I was genital.
I, I, that's what I wasassuming.
But how would you have twodonuts and two snowballs?
I don't think that, did it saytwo donuts?
I thought so.
I thought it just said donutsand snowballs.
Oh, maybe the donuts were in abox.
You know, I'm visual.
I have to see it in my head.
And the pink snowball thing Idid.
(32:02):
Yeah.
I just, I I left a pack ofhostess pink snowballs and
powdered donuts.
Okay.
Oh my God, I, you're not ana-hole.
No, I think it's hysterical.
I, that could have been Ha andI, listen, if I was a neighbor,
I would've kept the food.
Fried dough.
(32:24):
I love those.
Those like chocolate cakes withthe coconut on the outside and
the pink, like snowball things.
Mm-hmm.
I love them.
Yeah.
I never get them anymore, but Ilove them.
I can't eat any of that stuffanymore.
I know I hate it when I'mbringing up food and then I
bring up food.
It's okay.
It'll be fine.
Okay.
Okay.
Well, I don't think he's thea-hole.
I thought that was handledpretty cute.
(32:44):
I did too.
And like if the dude was madabout that, he, you know what it
was, he probably thought thatthat was who called the cops.
Oh yeah.
That's what I would think.
Now that I think about it, yeah.
He probably thought he was asnitch.
Uhhuh.
Yeah.
You are playing your music clouddude, on a Tuesday.
Mm-hmm.
In the middle of the night.
Yeah.
But I don't think the way hehandled it was bad.
Me either.
Bring me donuts, boy.
(33:06):
Especially after drinking, youknow, it's even better.
It's like a bagel after drinkinga bagel after drinking.
Mm-hmm.
I, I'm not thought I hate thoseeither.
No.
So what do you have after youhave a drink or two?
I don't really drink anymore.
Yeah.
Well, so.
I don't have that problem.
I don't get hung over.
That solves so many fuckingbeliefs between being no gluten.
(33:29):
Yeah.
But I don't go anywhere, so.
Right.
And then even if you gosomewhere like I'm.
So anti like drinking anddriving.
Oh yeah.
And so it's just not worth it.
Yeah.
For any of the things.
No, not at all.
I'm so thankful that there'slike Uber and stuff now.
Yeah.
Because there obviously wasn'twhen, you know, when the
(33:52):
dinosaurs were pulling hervehicles and Lauren knows how
like, oh God, I'm so lucky toget alive.
Yeah, but it, I mean, not injail.
There's no excuse.
No.
Zero.
Yeah.
When you have that many, thosethings at your fingertips.
Yep.
Okay.
So books, uh, if you're not abookie, yes.
This is your time to exit.
Please tell your friends tolisten.
We love you.
(34:13):
We do love you.
Thank you.
And learn to read.
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All right.
So this week, we read thevacancy in room 10.
After her husband's sudden anddeath, Anna Hartley checks into
his cd former studio to uncoverthe truth, only to discover a
web of secrets.
A husband she never really knewand a danger that may be closer
than she thinks.
who was the author?
(34:33):
Do you have that written down?
I have it pulled up.
I can.
It's okay.
It was, Serafin Nova Glass.
This was a lot.
This book was all over the placeto me.
I wasn't a fan.
Mm-hmm.
Okay.
Mm-hmm.
All right.
So we got dual views.
Yeah.
We've got, Anna's mm-hmm.
View, and then the, maintenanceca lady ca mm-hmm.
Her view.
And so there's two totallydifferent plots that like, like
(34:56):
eventually meet up at the end.
Mm-hmm.
That kind of cross overtogether.
I did like the supportingcharacters like all the crazy
ladies.
Their perspective.
Yeah, they were a lot of fun.
Uhhuh.
They were, um, they had herback.
Yeah.
They were just vibing.
They were great.
(35:16):
They seemed like a fun bunch.
Yeah.
And, so I enjoyed their littlepart Yeah.
The supporting roles.
Yeah.
I could picture them too.
So could I, I could picture the,apartment complex.
Like all of it was just so clearin my head and I love it when
books are so descriptive.
Yeah.
Like that.
Mm-hmm.
So I did enjoy that part.
(35:37):
And there's everything that Inormally, like all the
ingredients were there mm-hmm.
For a book that I would love.
Mm-hmm.
Um, you've got like, like thesecret life of the husband.
Right.
And you've got like the, youknow, all the, all the mystery
stuff, the murder.
Mm-hmm.
Like all the things.
And I, it just wasn't there forme.
It didn't hit, yeah.
It wasn't for me either.
And even with the, added pieceof like Cass being a fix-it
(35:57):
girl, which I thought that wasso cute.
And her business name ofhandyman was adorable.
I like it when women are indifferent roles than they
normally are, you know, like oldschool roles.
Right.
So I enjoyed all of, like, herlife with that of the Little Boy
Frank.
Mm-hmm.
I loved all the characters, butthe story was, I.
Lacking.
(36:18):
Yeah.
It just didn't hit for me.
Mm-hmm.
I didn't get, get investedmm-hmm.
In any one thing, you know?
Mm-hmm.
And I also figured it out.
Did you The guy always do, like,I was just like, yeah.
You know, it was him.
Mm-hmm.
Yeah.
I mean, I obviously knew itwasn't whoever they were trying
to make us believe it was.
Mm-hmm.
But I couldn't figure out Yeah.
Who it was.
(36:38):
I felt like there was just somany things.
Going on in it.
Yeah.
There's, between the, I forgothis name.
The one she, the scissors?
Yeah.
Yeah.
Eddie.
Mm-hmm.
Whatever.
Eddie.
Yeah.
There was just so many pieces.
Yeah.
I, it was all over the place.
Mm-hmm.
And there was too many storiesmm-hmm.
(36:59):
Going on.
And, and some were soirrelevant.
Mm-hmm.
Like the whole thing with.
Ex passed his ex.
Yeah.
Was just kind of like, yeah.
Alright.
Did he do it?
Like what are we talking?
Yeah.
Yeah.
Why is he even in here?
Yeah.
Yeah.
so this, this book just does nothit for me.
No.
Me either.
Yeah.
I give it like a four.
Yeah.
And that's only because I likethe, the ladies at the pool,
(37:21):
they were really great.
They, when she was going to thefancy party and they showed up
in like, oh, like bar hoppingclothes almost from 2004.
It was, it was everything.
And she's in like, Gucci.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Absolutely.
Yeah.
I really, I really liked themand like I said, I liked the,
The little boy and herrelationship with him and a lot
(37:43):
of the different characters likethat.
I'd probably read something elseby this author just because I
think maybe it was just every,'cause like you said, everything
else was there.
Mm-hmm.
Maybe it was just trying to.
Pull this one together.
So I'm, I might give it anothergo and I'll let you know.
Okay.
You're like, okay.
I'm not wasting my time.
No, thanks.
Um, what's next?
The next one is what?
She left by HK Christie.
(38:04):
Now on Hoopla, you have to getthe three, it's a series and
there's three books together.
I think I already startedreading this and I didn't like
it.
Okay.
Did you start reading it?
I read it, or listened to itlike a couple weeks ago.
Okay.
I got, I mean, it wasn't myfavorite, but I got through it.
All right.
Um, Martina Monroe is a singlebad day away from losing it all.
(38:25):
Stuck, catching insurancefraudsters and cheating spouses
due to DUI, the.
Despondent PI yearns to returnto more fulfilling gigs.
So when a prospective clientasks for her by name to identify
an unknown infant in a familyphoto, she leaps at the
opportunity and travels to oneplace she swore never to go back
home.
As the pressure mounts and thetemptation of boo calls like a
(38:46):
siren, martina digs into themystery and discovers many of
the threads have razor sharpends.
Forced to partner with aresentful detective
investigating a linkedsuspicious death.
The haunted private eye unravelsclues that delve deep into her
past and put her in a dark anddangerous corner.
Okay, cool.
Um it did take me a little bitto get into it.
Okay.
I'll give it another go, butI'll give it another go.
(39:10):
I think that's it, though.
It is.
Okay.
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Welcome to, this is my circus,the podcast where we embrace the
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So if you love unfilteredconversation, questionable
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(00:21):
at night, you're in the rightplace.
Buckle up, grab your popcorn,and let's get into the chaos.
I'm Stephanie Meredith andwelcome to This is my circus.
Hey Steph.
Hi.
I told you just now like itfeels like I hadn't seen you in
forever.
I know.
I used to go to like dinner.
You know, imagine hanging outoutside of just, that would be
(00:42):
great.
Well, we are on Saturday.
Oh.
Gonna go to the goat.
Are we gonna do the goat cup?
I will a hundred percent go.
Uh, let's go.
Okay.
So it's at tractor supply Yes.
On Saturday.
We'll figure out what time wewant to go.
Yeah.
And it's like$5 for five minutesto cuddle goats.
I'm taking like$200.
It's four good calls.
Brian, it's four good calls.
One of our listeners hasrequested that we video Heck
(01:04):
yeah.
Um, unless I get like run overby a goat.
So that happened to Dylan whenwe lived in what?
Okay.
So we lived Nashville, stilllike right outside Nashville.
And we were at the Nashville Zooand they have a petting zoo
mm-hmm.
In there.
And he was like two.
Mm-hmm.
And the goats would like run andcharge you.
(01:26):
I know exactly what you'retalking about.
Two, 2-year-old little tinyDylan would just get like boop,
he'd like fall over, but they dothey, was it a baby goat?
They were like all ages.
Okay.
So, okay.
But the, the little ones whenthey're just learning to do that
is so adorable.
'cause they're, they're like,you know, so small and they're
(01:46):
trying to look so mean andaggressive and they're just like
running wobbling sideways atyou.
Mm-hmm.
He was okay though.
Oh, he left?
Yeah.
Okay, good.
Perfect.
Best response.
Well, hopefully none of thathappens.
Yeah.
But we're gonna go, we'll figureout, yeah.
Okay.
I'm in.
Okay.
Yeah.
Clean out your coin jar so wecan take all the monies.
(02:07):
Oh, I've got a whole big bucketsomewhere.
Do you Yeah.
Know that when you're purse andyou just like throw it?
Yeah.
Or the, when you get paid to dolaundry because you find money
in the laundry.
Yeah.
That's, mm-hmm.
Yeah, that's what I like to callit.
Or have to clean Dylan's roomand I'm like, finders keepers.
Yeah.
A hundred percent.
Or I give him cash.
(02:27):
Most things are okay to justlike tap and stuff, but if I.
Give him cash and he forgets togive it back or give him a
change.
Give it back now.
Yeah.
Just think they're slick, don'tthey?
They do.
Oh my goodness.
Well, thanks for moving therecording day from yesterday to
today.
You had a big day.
I had a big day.
(02:49):
I had so much fun.
So, one of the perks of workingfor Brown works for Lowe's home
improvement and one of the perksis the headquarters is here in
Charlotte.
And so they have, lots ofopportunities for.
To give away, uh, tickets todifferent events, concerts,
sporting events, any kind ofthing.
And we've been lucky and gottickets before.
(03:12):
And they're great.
We've been to see the Hornetsand like sat in the suites where
the food is all inclusive andthat was so much fun.
Mm-hmm.
So yesterday, my big, big day,it feels like a book.
Meredith's big, big Day.
It's like what was it, theZebra?
Yes.
Um, but I'm in the, I'm in thecase ra okay, so my, our big,
big day yesterday was Brianreceived from work as part of a
(03:35):
recognition of him doing such agood job.
Tickets to one of the qualifiersfor the World Cup.
That was yesterday in Charlotte.
So we watched Portugal beatGermany, which was unexpected.
So that was fun, but.
OMG.
That is how I was meant to live.
Let me tell you.
These were VIP hospitalitytickets.
(03:56):
The only things that were notincluded was parking, and I
think they probably just forgotto send us a parking pass.
There was a special interest atB of A that we went in interest.
I'm so excited.
I came and talk a specialentrance.
Mm-hmm.
There was somebody standingthere with the VIP sign that
took our group like 20 feet tothe next person with the VIP
(04:18):
sign.
Like, we're follow.
Oh my God.
Like, everybody was like, whoare they?
And I was like, I'm half of apodcast team.
So it was like we got, keptgetting handed off from person
to person and they were walkingus through, It was just
unbelievably amazing.
They were like, okay, this isyour elevator.
And I was like, well, whatfloor?
Where are we going?
And I was like, country comes totown.
(04:41):
You know, I was not, I wastrying to be all smooth and
played off, but I was like,where are we going?
They were like, well, yourelevator attendant, well take
you where you need to go.
I haven't attendant, there wassomebody in there pushing the
buttons and telling us all thethings.
So we get in there and she waslike, well, who are you rooting
(05:01):
for?
You know, what are you?
And I was like, the food,because food wasn't food and
drink, everything was included.
So we we make it to our suiteand.
There's, if you've never beenbefore.
No, I'm just kidding.
So there's like two attendantsin there the whole time.
There was like 12 people, Ithink, in the suite.
So it was Brian and me, and thensomebody else that he works with
(05:24):
and his wife, and then, youknow, 10 other people, whatever.
And there are two attendantsthat work there and they just
keep refilled on food and they'dtake your trash and they, like,
they would almost possessivelytake the trash from me.
I'm just trying to throw myplant away.
Like, they just took care ofeverything that you could think
of.
Like, and they, of course I'mtalking to'em.
I'm so nice.
(05:45):
I'm not, I'm not nice.
I'm so just peopley.
I'm tell, I'm, I'm like, hive.
I thought it was such anexperience.
So we're there and we're, we'reso close.
We're who can see theexpressions?
Don't take any of that out.
It's something we can see theirexpressions and, oh, I forgot to
tell you this, so we're going inthe elevator.
(06:05):
You know, they, the all thethings and they're like, your
hospitality gifts are over here.
What'd you get?
So there was, it was like, aboutthe size of that can, and it was
bought, it looked like an iPhonebox.
I was like, I know there's notan iPhone in here.
If there is, I'm going to, I'mgonna need new pants because I'm
(06:26):
gonna mess my pants.
But it was not, it was like acommemorative.
Little, like a crystal trophything that said FIFA World Cup
thing on it, which Jackson lovesstuff like that.
Mm-hmm.
So he was thrilled to have that.
And then they had another littlebag and I was like, what's in,
what's in that?
And they were like, oh, that'sjournals.
And I was like, I really don'tneed a journal.
They weren't like engraved oranything, but, it was so much
(06:48):
fun.
We got there at like 2 30, 2 15,something like that.
The game started at three.
We start snacking, like therewas charcuterie board, like all
the things we start going andthey were like, oh, we'll, we'll
let you know when we arebringing the next, course,
course.
That was the pre-game thatwasn't even the appetizers.
(07:09):
So we had pre-game appetizers,entree, cheeses, fruits,
desserts.
It was so amazing.
So we're sitting there.
Watching the game and there waslike a walkway between our suite
and the one beside us.
And everybody kept looking atthis dude.
(07:29):
It was a former soccer playerthat played for Germany that was
in this booth.
And I will not pronounce hisname'cause I will ruin it, but
he played for Germany and his, Alot of people know him because
he is a Muslim and he did notwant beer thrown on him in like
a celebration.
And they did anyway.
Oh.
(07:49):
So he's retired, but there werecops posted outside of his
thing,'cause when we like got upand walked around and stuff, oh,
it had his own bathroom inthere.
Oh my God.
So when we were walking around,there were like three cops
posted outside of his thing.
And then when we went to leave,I guess everybody saw him when
they were coming up.
'cause you know, they're glass.
(08:10):
And we were just kind of hangingout, letting the traffic get by.
And when we went to leave, likethere was so many people in the
hall trying to get to himbecause at that point, like, you
didn't have to show your bandsor anything.
Everything's over that.
They had to like make anannouncement to clear everybody
out.
Like, we need everybody in thishall to go.
Mm-hmm.
Yeah.
I mean, I don't blame them.
(08:31):
It was so amazing you threwthrough.
I have always wanted to go.
Okay.
So one of my dreams is to golike to, the Olympics or the
World Cup and see like a bigfamous team play in like their
country.
You know, like, and I don't carewho, I don't, I mean, of course
I like USA, but I just love theenvironment.
(08:52):
They're so exciting to me.
Yeah.
So Brian was like, is this goodenough?
I was like, yes.
We had ac.
It was AC in there and it wasflipping hot.
It was so hot.
We kept checking to see if theywere going to delay the game
because it's on turf and it wasso hot.
They were hosing down the turf.
Yeah.
And they had a few like specifichydration breaks, which soccer
(09:16):
normally doesn't have any breaksother than the half.
But anyway, I'm sorry, I'm justrambling, but I'm fancy and
that's how I was meant to live.
Yeah, same.
I am not meant to live in thislittle life I currently have.
I tagged you in another, camp.
Yeah, I saw it video and it, itsaid it's like legit glamping
(09:39):
uhhuh with the activities to theside.
Uh, focus on glamping andhanging out and she was like
artsy fartsy stuff.
Yeah.
Arts and craps.
Some of'em.
Gimme the glitter.
Yeah.
I love glitter.
Mm-hmm.
Although you can't get it out ofanything, but I still wanna do
it.
I wanna know where it was.
I didn't look really like I'vebeen, there's one in, is it
(10:01):
North Carolina and somewhereelse?
Oh yeah, there was twolocations.
It was like Vermont and NorthCarolina.
Or something.
Did you happen to look at pricesor, I did not.
Packages or anything.
Well, I just saw that, yeah, shehad put that in the comments.
I'm like, North Carolina,Meredith, I'll have to look.
I have just been so crazy busy.
I hadn't had a time to, but itis like I told Jackson'cause he
(10:21):
sat down the other day.
I.
And he was like, how are youdoing mama?
And I was like, do you reallywanna know?
He was like, yeah.
'cause I, you know, we alwaysask them, how's your day?
Whatever.
I was like, well, I'moverwhelmed.
I'm drowning at work.
I'm trying to start this newbusiness.
Your lawn business is prettybusy and I do a lot of the
communication and stuff withthat.
Try.
I said, and then I just decidedto paint the living room
(10:43):
because, well, why not?
Well, that's apparently how Ihandle stress.
Well, you know, add more.
Make more.
Yeah.
But at least it's something Ican control.
Yeah.
And I can see results.
Maybe that was what it was.
Yeah.
But I'm totally down.
To team building.
That would be a team poundingevent.
Yes.
That would be, if we had a realbusiness, we could.
(11:07):
Okay.
Speaking of the businesses,yeah.
How's Honey Drop going?
Good.
Good.
I guess got, some new software.
Cool.
So I'm, I'm been playing aroundwith that a lot.
Okay.
So I'm just getting my bearingsand Yeah.
Getting everything kind ofsystemized.
Yeah.
And then I'll be ready to reallyjump into it.
Mm-hmm.
Getting it going.
Mm-hmm.
(11:27):
That's awesome.
I'm so happy for you.
You good for you.
Thanks.
Good for you.
Before we go much further, yes.
I wanna talk about somethingthat's kind of sad and I know
we're not a fan of sad, but Ijust want to put it out there
'cause I know a lot of ourlisteners are friends of, like,
local in the area.
Mm-hmm.
(11:48):
There is a girl who goes toschool with Jackson in the same
class.
She's a triplet.
Okay.
And she's fighting leukemia.
Oh.
She's been fighting it for Ithink two years now, but she is,
struggling right now.
So everybody can just say alittle prayer for her name is
Lee, say a prayer for Lee.
Send good vibes and stuff thatway.
(12:09):
Yeah, there's a Facebook page ifyou wanna find it, you can DM me
and I'll link you to it.
Private, but it's still open foreverybody.
So you'll have to like be ledinto it.
But yeah.
Just'cause I know there's a lotof Jackson's classmates and
classmates' parents and peoplemight not know what's going on.
So She is in the hospital.
She was in the hospital on her16th birthday.
(12:30):
Mm.
I know.
But, she's a strong littlecookie, so I think she'll be
good.
She's just in a little roughpatch right now.
Yeah.
But I just wanted to, to bringthat out.
Also, something crazy that'sbeen going on.
Okay.
You're like, what?
Jackson pulled me into watchinga documentary, which I was like,
(12:51):
oh.
You're my child.
Mm-hmm.
You wanna watch a documentary?
He wanted to watch the TravisScott, Dylan and Ruthie watch
that the other day.
Astroworld.
Yeah.
So it was, yeah, crazy.
Fascinating and terrifying andall the things.
Mm-hmm.
Did you watch any of it?
Mm-hmm.
I was actually, I was working inhere and they were watching it
in the living room.
Mm-hmm.
(13:12):
And, I just heard there werelike reactions.
Yeah.
It was, it was interestingthough.
I don't remem, I mean, I, oncehe started telling me about it
mm-hmm.
The, the tragedy that was therewhere several people died Yeah.
Because of just the layout andthe crowd crushing.
but it was, it was crazy.
Yeah.
It was crazy to watch.
So that was something else totake a look at that.
(13:33):
Yeah.
Well, good news we had talkedabout, Our need for smelly
laundry.
Yes.
Good smelling laundry, goodsmelling laundry.
And so I Good scented.
Yes.
A girl on TikTok does reviewsand it's like legit reviews,
like she does good and bad.
And so she said that thislaundry detergent mosey.
(13:53):
Wash, stays on your clothes.
And so I was like, sold.
Yeah.
I brought a shirt down forMeredith to smell.
I snipped it and it's, I loveit.
Like, I think it smells,, thescent actually is, it's not
overpowering.
Not at all.
But it's definitely there.
It is very, a very subtle,gentle smell, but, and I really,
and I love the, the cans.
(14:16):
Yeah, it comes in like thesecool metal cans.
the box like that it came in wasreally cool too.
Yeah.
They branded it really, reallywell.
I am a sucker for details likethat, for.
Pretty packaging.
When Jackson does his loanstuff, I like to make sure
everything is blown off.
Mm-hmm.
And crisp, like the porches alllike, I'm a sucker for that kind
of stuff.
Yeah.
So I'm sold on this.
(14:36):
Yeah.
I'm gonna have to try one ofthose.
They both smell really good.
So Yeah, I got the vanilla moonand the Sugar Dew, which is more
of like a citrusy smell.
Mm-hmm.
But, there are I think like sixor seven different scents and
then there's an unscented one aswell.
Yeah.
But it's super concentrated.
You only use like a tablespoonand a half.
That's awesome.
Tablespoons mm-hmm.
Per load.
(14:56):
And I am in love.
Yeah.
Not as much waste.
You can recycle easily.
They smell good.
Mm-hmm.
And I think you said they'replant-based.
Yes.
So they're not like a lot ofchemically things going in your
skin.
Right.
Oh.
They smell really good though.
Yes, I am obsessed.
So, I've only used the vanillaone so far.
I have not tried, like, thecitrus one on the clothes.
(15:16):
That's supposed to be a littlebit more of a, stronger scent.
Mm-hmm.
On the clothes.
Mm-hmm.
But, excited to try both ofthem.
Did Dylan smell'em?
Yes.
What did he say?
I was like, I smell my shirt.
He's like, Hmm, I like that one.
Which is a vanilla one.
Yeah.
But really, I would've thinkthat he would've liked that.
Well, I didn't try that onclothes yet.
Oh, you didn't let him smell theYeah.
The can.
Well, he smelled the can, but Idon't, I was like, I don't how
(15:38):
it's gonna smell on clothes.
Yeah.
'cause it's a much strongerscent in the can.
It is very strong.
And a lot of those things, like,they'll tell you when you go
like Bath and Body Works andsmell it, that it's different
when it's activated and doeswhatever.
Mm-hmm.
Have, have you seen this, um, inFlorida?
Florida is doing Florida.
Florida be in Florida.
(15:59):
They are building an off thegrid detention center, like a
prison in the Everglades, likein the middle of the Everglades.
A what detention center?
Like a, like a, like juvie orlike adult?
We don't know it.
It just said like a prison styledetention center.
Oh gosh.
They're already broken groundor?
Swamp.
Yeah.
(16:19):
And so this is like alligatoralley, right?
Yeah, hundred percent.
It's like alligator and pythonsthat's what lives there.
So there'll literally be like amoat around this thing.
Nobody's gonna be able toescape, like, no.
And if you escape, it's gonna belike hunger games.
Like you're fighting for yourlife, between the alligators and
(16:40):
the pythons.
Oh my gosh.
Right.
Like, but genius.
Why didn't they do that before?
That's gonna be tough for themto build on just because of the
terrain.
But I'm so here for it.
I wanna know everything aboutit.
Yeah.
I, I was, I was like, okay,Florida is doing Florida.
Yeah.
That's genius though.
'cause you're right, they can't,I mean, okay, you escape.
(17:03):
You're either going get huggedby a python swallowed hole.
Yeah.
Chunks, bag, getta, um, or diemosquito bites.
They have the wild hogs outthere too, I think.
Mm-hmm.
Which are terrifying.
I listen, I, I have no desire,no to, well, I do experience any
(17:25):
of that.
Okay.
You know, I'm the weird one.
Put me on an airboat No.
And let me ride in theEverglades.
I not, oh no.
I just see myself like hitting,you know, um, rollercoasters,
like when it Yes.
Like you like lift off the, andI'm like, I'm gonna die.
(17:45):
Yes.
Yeah.
No, hang on to me.
We'll be fine.
Okay.
So you mentioned the HungerGames.
Yes.
And I know we've talked about'ema little bit before.
Did you read the books or seethe movies?
Did you read any of the two,like prequels?
Mm-hmm., So I had read the oneprequel, it was called Sunrise.
No, it was called Ballad ofSongbird and Snakes, and that
(18:06):
was about snow.
Okay.
I just finished sunrise on thereaping, which is Hamish's
story.
Okay.
Uh, our bookies.
You might wanna jump into it ifyou have already.
It was so twisted and good.
Really?
Yes.
Yeah.
Okay.
So good.
Well, you know, they're allabout kids killing each other.
Yeah.
But so good.
You understand a little bit moreof his whatever.
(18:29):
I'm sure they'll do movies outtathis.
Yeah.
It was really good though.
I know we were talking aboutsports earlier.
Yes.
Have you seen all this WNBAstuff?
With, Sophie Cunningham.
Mm-hmm.
Oh my gosh.
Listen, she is a legend.
She is like my, my hero now.
What?
She must be being petty.
Oh my God.
What is she doing?
Okay.
So, and I don't follow mm-hmm.
Any of this stuff.
(18:49):
I just kind of knew CaitlynClark Right.
Because of all the drama thatwas going on.
Right.
Last year with her and.
She, by the way, is the only onethat Michael Jordan is a fan of.
Really?
Yeah.
He gave her like a$50 milliondeal.
Really?
Yeah.
And she does a lot off thecourt, for the community Yeah.
And for kids.
And she donates a lot of time,money, everything.
(19:10):
Yeah.
She's very, very, very involvedoff the court.
And I think that he said, youknow, besides being a phenomenal
player, right.
That was a big draw for her.
Yeah.
But she gets.
Just cheap shot after cheap shoton the court.
Oh yeah, absolutely.
And all the other women are sojealous and so petty of her.
Mm-hmm.
Because of her skills.
Mm-hmm.
And, well, she's not flashy.
(19:32):
No.
Don't get me wrong, if I coulddo what I would, but some of
these girls are playing ballwith their lashes on and all the
things and she just wears a highpony, no makeup.
Yeah.
And hoops.
Yeah.
And she is, like you said, she'sjust does a lot of good things
or whatever and they don't likeher for they all the reasons.
(19:53):
Yeah.
So.
JC Sheldon mm-hmm.
Was on the other opposite teamand was just, just given a, to
her scratch.
Tried to scratch her eyes.
Mm-hmm.
And then the rest weren'tcalling nothing.
Yeah.
So after she got her eyescratched, she was walking away
and one of the other team pushedher to the ground from behind.
Oh my gosh.
And I was like, blatant.
(20:14):
And the refs did nothing aboutit.
Yeah.
So my girl comes out.
Yes.
And her background.
She's a black belt in TaeKwonDo.
Okay.
She filled in for her highschool, football team's kicker
when the kicker got injured.
I love that.
I mean, she is just a badass.
Like I love that.
She's amazing.
(20:34):
So she, JC goes to get a shot upand.
My girl.
Mm-hmm.
Takes her and does a taek shutup.
She sweep the leg.
No.
She like took her from like, Itook her just down like.
I just went down, took her bylike, by like a head, neck,
shoulder down and she gets upand I mean, they were just going
(20:58):
at it and I, but it was like atthe end of the game there was
like three minutes left and allgame long.
The rest did nothing.
Yeah.
She also took JC out anothertime, just kind of like.
Got her really little shoulderand she just went bloop, like
fell over, like dealing with thegoat..
I can't believe I didn't see it.
We've been watching, the men'sbasketball NBA playoffs has been
(21:19):
going on and, so I guess that'sjust been taking on my, my mind
power.
Yeah.
I love her Now.
I don't watch basketball.
I would watch basketball becauseof her.
I mean, she's just got all herteammates backs.
I love that.
Yeah.
You need somebody like that.
Yeah.
Like you need somebody on yourteam.
(21:41):
That's kind of the, the mouthyone.
'cause you don't wanna look toosoft.
Mm-hmm.
You need somebody that's gonnatalk trash.
Jackson's not really a trashtalker, I don't think.
Dylan, I mean, he'll, they will,but they're not the ones who go
out there looking for it, but,mm-hmm.
Some of Jay's friends will belike, I'm this, some of the ones
that aren't quite so big.
They're like, I'll talk trash ifyou're going up my back.
Like shoulder.
(22:01):
It's me.
Yes.
Is that us?
I feel like, like I just had avision of me trying to carry you
off somewhere and like holdingyou around your belly while
you're still like kicking andscreaming and like what happened
before Maybe, maybe I was havingdeja vu.
That's so funny.
Yeah.
So, um, yeah.
(22:22):
That's so funny.
They're calling her theenforcer.
I love it.
I do too.
And she's just gorgeous.
And she, she is, so she got now,after that whole mm-hmm.
Debacle, she got 500,000 newfollowers on.
Social media and I was like, yougo girl.
Like she deserves it.
And I'm not big on using theterm bully.
I think that's overused.
(22:43):
I think a lot of times thingsaren't really bullying
situations, but we're, you know,whatever.
So, but when people are being abully like that to somebody else
and nothing is being done aboutit mm-hmm.
Then when Ben Enforcers gottastep in.
Yeah.
I don't have a problem withthat.
Neither do I.
And I am like a hundred percentSophie fan Uhhuh.
(23:03):
I'm gonna have to follow hernow.
She'll have 500,001.
That's great though.
I love it.
Yeah.
So you go girl.
Mm-hmm.
I gotta find her.
Yeah.
Let's see.
Have you, I know that you lovesome accents, so you might have
seen this going on.
Have you seen the, 100 Britishmen versus 100 American men who
(23:26):
would win?
No.
Okay.
So this British dude was like,I've got a question.
I have a question.
If it was a hundred British menand a hundred American men who
would win, and he's like, oh,the British would win, blah,
blah, blah.
I'm like, going on like hisreason.
And so the comment section ofcourse was lit.
Like lit and just a couple ofmy, my faves fas given to me.
(23:49):
Yeah.
Okay.
Our, somebody said ourpresident, Isabel, and you think
we're scared of y'all.
That's great.
All we need to do is send in theWaffle House employees.
We have security to get intosome of our McDonald's and you
think we're scared of someBrits, we will knock the beans
(24:09):
right off your toast.
I don't understand that.
I don't either.
I don't even wanna try.
Like I'm not giving it a chance.
No, me either.
No thank you.
But the dude did a follow upvideo and he was like, I am
sorry I take it back.
I did not know about these, thisWaffle house.
What is.
(24:31):
I feel like most people shouldknow about the Waffle House.
I feel like that's an Americanjoke.
Like people laugh.
There's like a compile of likeWaffle House videos in the
background Yes.
Of like, of all the drama thatcan happen It, the lady that
caught the metal chair Uhhuh inone hand.
One hand, yeah.
And he's like.
What kind of sorcery is this?
You're aary.
(24:53):
I have not seen the 100 British.
Oh, look it up.
Okay, so then there's a guy thatspent a lot of time here.
He was a British guy.
He Tried to, he went through alot of the states and Yeah.
Was doing like, British mantaste.
I've seen some of those.
Yeah, for the first time orwhatever.
Yeah, like whatever.
And so he was tagged in it alot.
So he did a video and he's like,I was tagged in this and as a
British man, I spent a lot oftime in America.
(25:15):
We are going to lose.
We could not enter the fight.
We already do this.
Once they're built differentdon't.
Do it.
Don't do it.
Don't do it.
So then a girl was like, well,there's this debate about the
men.
How about the women?
And the, she's like, I'm justkidding.
We should not, it was a Britishgirl.
We're not even gonna go there.
(25:36):
She's like, we would show up,but we would lose.
That is so funny.
And they're like, that's sofunny.
Our unhinged, and then, so thenthe comment section is
hysterical because it's like,Americans, we hate each other,
but don't let anybody likemm-hmm.
Bring us into a fight because wewill become the most patriotic
country you've ever seen.
And somebody's like, it's likewhen somebody messes with my
(25:58):
brother or sister, uh uh.
Exactly.
I can talk as much trash as Iwant about them, but don't talk.
That is great.
And that is so true.
We are kind of all unhinged,like British people are so
proper, they have, so for themost part they have like all the
manners and the rituals and theceremonies and we're just like,
Hey, y'all.
(26:19):
What y'all doing proud of ourcrazy.
We are, we are proud of ourcrazy.
I'm okay with it though.
Yeah.
I am pretty patriotic though.
Are you?
To a point like, yeah, I am notwearing red, white, and blue all
the time.
But do you have a a, a Americanflag?
Bikini?
No.
(26:41):
No, but I always get tear eye,like when you're watching a
parade and like the, ROTC orwhatever come through,
especially like a long time ago,it used to be discharged
veterans and stuff that wouldcome through that always gets
me.
I know my heart.
My grandpa was in the Army andhe fought in World War II and he
went everywhere.
Mm-hmm.
So I think that's just a littlenostalgia for that.
(27:03):
Yeah.
Have I ever told you aboutJackson's, Fran, Logan, and him
being really patriotic?
Mm-hmm.
Okay.
I'll make it short.
First time this kid was spendthe night we were, he was going,
okay, this whole situation, Imight not be able to make it
short.
He was going with us to thebeach for a week, the next week
and we'd met this kid and hungout.
(27:24):
But he never like spend thenight.
So he spends the night before.
We're leaving the next day so wecan just all get up and go.
Well, you know how it is the dayyou're leaving, you're like in
and outta the house 15 times andloading up the cooler and doing
all the things.
Well, the boys are up andthey're downstairs.
Jackson was, I don't know,getting ready, whatever.
So Logan's just in therewatching videos and Jackson's
(27:45):
made jokes about how patriotiche is in America.
You know, he just, all this kindof stuff.
And I hear the span bannerplaying.
I knew that Logan was the onlyone down here and the TV wasn't
on, and I was like, is this justwhat we do in the mornings?
Like do I stop?
Is it okay if I just keep goingright in the hallway with one
(28:07):
hand in a laundry basket?
Like I'm not really a hundredpercent sure he was just
watching some kind of a reel orsomething.
But the way Jackson had built itup, I thought that might be what
we do.
We just stop every morning andyou know.
I love that kid though.
He's a mess.
You never know what you're gonnaget with these boys.
You know?, oh, there was anotherBritish guy.
(28:28):
So he was talking about how likecrappy his neighbor is.
Mm-hmm.
And he said, how problematic theneighbor is.
Mm-hmm.
Everybody in the building orwhatever.
Mm.
Just one of those really grumpymm-hmm.
Jerky guys.
And so the next video, it waslike y'all every didn't say
y'all, it is like whatever theirvision version of y'all is, but.
He said he was able to connectto the dude's Bluetooth speaker.
(28:50):
Oh.
And the guy's name is Joe.
So he, what did he do?
He plays Cotton eye, Joe, and heblasted it like he was able to
control how loud this, so youcan hear it in his apartment
from the next apartment over andit is kind of like that.
Yeah.
Yeah.
And so he's like, can you turnit down?
And like you can hear the guylike, what?
(29:13):
Turn off?
Like that is great.
So then he's like, give me guy'sname's, Joe.
Gimme all the, the, oh yeah.
So they play Jolene.
Oh yeah.
And I mean, just like all thesedifferent, I mean, fat Joe had a
lot.
Yeah.
Yeah.
So hysterical.
So then he takes a video hecould just kind of seem he's
holding it like this.
Yeah.
And he knocks on the guy's doorand he is like, you, I'm really
(29:34):
sorry to bother you, but youknow, the music's really loud
sometimes and the guy's like, Ican't, I dunno what's going on.
And I, I'm, I'm sorry.
That is so funny.
I'm like, the pettiness is, thatis so funny.
We, when we were at a basketballgame, we tried to connect to the
Bluetooth at the high school tojust.
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Be stupid because we're grown upadults and we can do it.
Yeah.
I was at a wrestling match forDylan, a couple years ago, and I
guess it was a kid that wastrying to send like an airdrop
to everybody around.
Oh yeah.
And it was like a bathroomtoilet picture or something too,
but I was like, this is so dumb.
Mm-hmm.
I always forget aboutairdropping to mass people like
in public though.
I've never been a victim.
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Have you?
Well, just that one that.
If that's my new goal, I'm gonnaairdrop to everyone.
do you want to do, am I theA-hole?
I would love to.
Okay.
Okay.
I don't think Joe's the a-hole.
I mean Joe's neighbor.
Oh, okay.
Am I the a-hole for buying mynew neighbor donuts?
I will hold my judgment.
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I live in a small apartmentcomplex with about 13 other
units.
We got a new neighbor a coupleweeks ago, saw him taken in
boxes, but I haven't seen themat all since last night at about
two 30, music starts blastingfrom his place and you can hear
a bunch of people inside beingsuper loud.
This went on until about 4:00 AMwhen a cop knocked on his door.
I did not call them.
(30:58):
I like how they calledthemselves.
I'm not a snitch.
Um, I'm guessing he brought hisCrays home from the bar to keep
the party going.
It's a Tuesday night.
I have work at 7:00 AM I foundthis very annoying, even with
all my windows closed and a fanrunning, I could still hear the
noise.
So this morning I left a note onhis porch that said, Hey, thanks
so much for that 3:00 AM wake upcall on a Tuesday from my name,
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my apartment number, who has tobe at work at 7:00 AM.
I left a pack of hostess pinksnowballs and powdered donuts
placed in an intentional fashionwith the note, came home and he
had thrown the donuts back on myporch.
I thought it was funny way ofhandling the situation, but I
guess he didn't.
Am I the A-hole?
I don't think so.
Hold on.
(31:42):
So how did he, did he have himas like.
I was genital.
I, I, that's what I wasassuming.
But how would you have twodonuts and two snowballs?
I don't think that, did it saytwo donuts?
I thought so.
I thought it just said donutsand snowballs.
Oh, maybe the donuts were in abox.
You know, I'm visual.
I have to see it in my head.
And the pink snowball thing Idid.
(32:02):
Yeah.
I just, I I left a pack ofhostess pink snowballs and
powdered donuts.
Okay.
Oh my God, I, you're not ana-hole.
No, I think it's hysterical.
I, that could have been Ha andI, listen, if I was a neighbor,
I would've kept the food.
Fried dough.
(32:24):
I love those.
Those like chocolate cakes withthe coconut on the outside and
the pink, like snowball things.
Mm-hmm.
I love them.
Yeah.
I never get them anymore, but Ilove them.
I can't eat any of that stuffanymore.
I know I hate it when I'mbringing up food and then I
bring up food.
It's okay.
It'll be fine.
Okay.
Okay.
Well, I don't think he's thea-hole.
I thought that was handledpretty cute.
(32:44):
I did too.
And like if the dude was madabout that, he, you know what it
was, he probably thought thatthat was who called the cops.
Oh yeah.
That's what I would think.
Now that I think about it, yeah.
He probably thought he was asnitch.
Uhhuh.
Yeah.
You are playing your music clouddude, on a Tuesday.
Mm-hmm.
In the middle of the night.
Yeah.
But I don't think the way hehandled it was bad.
Me either.
Bring me donuts, boy.
(33:06):
Especially after drinking, youknow, it's even better.
It's like a bagel after drinkinga bagel after drinking.
Mm-hmm.
I, I'm not thought I hate thoseeither.
No.
So what do you have after youhave a drink or two?
I don't really drink anymore.
Yeah.
Well, so.
I don't have that problem.
I don't get hung over.
That solves so many fuckingbeliefs between being no gluten.
(33:29):
Yeah.
But I don't go anywhere, so.
Right.
And then even if you gosomewhere like I'm.
So anti like drinking anddriving.
Oh yeah.
And so it's just not worth it.
Yeah.
For any of the things.
No, not at all.
I'm so thankful that there'slike Uber and stuff now.
Yeah.
Because there obviously wasn'twhen, you know, when the
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dinosaurs were pulling hervehicles and Lauren knows how
like, oh God, I'm so lucky toget alive.
Yeah, but it, I mean, not injail.
There's no excuse.
No.
Zero.
Yeah.
When you have that many, thosethings at your fingertips.
Yep.
Okay.
So books, uh, if you're not abookie, yes.
This is your time to exit.
Please tell your friends tolisten.
We love you.
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We do love you.
Thank you.
And learn to read.
Bye bye.
All right.
So this week, we read thevacancy in room 10.
After her husband's sudden anddeath, Anna Hartley checks into
his cd former studio to uncoverthe truth, only to discover a
web of secrets.
A husband she never really knewand a danger that may be closer
than she thinks.
who was the author?
(34:33):
Do you have that written down?
I have it pulled up.
I can.
It's okay.
It was, Serafin Nova Glass.
This was a lot.
This book was all over the placeto me.
I wasn't a fan.
Mm-hmm.
Okay.
Mm-hmm.
All right.
So we got dual views.
Yeah.
We've got, Anna's mm-hmm.
View, and then the, maintenanceca lady ca mm-hmm.
Her view.
And so there's two totallydifferent plots that like, like
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eventually meet up at the end.
Mm-hmm.
That kind of cross overtogether.
I did like the supportingcharacters like all the crazy
ladies.
Their perspective.
Yeah, they were a lot of fun.
Uhhuh.
They were, um, they had herback.
Yeah.
They were just vibing.
They were great.
(35:16):
They seemed like a fun bunch.
Yeah.
And, so I enjoyed their littlepart Yeah.
The supporting roles.
Yeah.
I could picture them too.
So could I, I could picture the,apartment complex.
Like all of it was just so clearin my head and I love it when
books are so descriptive.
Yeah.
Like that.
Mm-hmm.
So I did enjoy that part.
(35:37):
And there's everything that Inormally, like all the
ingredients were there mm-hmm.
For a book that I would love.
Mm-hmm.
Um, you've got like, like thesecret life of the husband.
Right.
And you've got like the, youknow, all the, all the mystery
stuff, the murder.
Mm-hmm.
Like all the things.
And I, it just wasn't there forme.
It didn't hit, yeah.
It wasn't for me either.
And even with the, added pieceof like Cass being a fix-it
(35:57):
girl, which I thought that wasso cute.
And her business name ofhandyman was adorable.
I like it when women are indifferent roles than they
normally are, you know, like oldschool roles.
Right.
So I enjoyed all of, like, herlife with that of the Little Boy
Frank.
Mm-hmm.
I loved all the characters, butthe story was, I.
Lacking.
(36:18):
Yeah.
It just didn't hit for me.
Mm-hmm.
I didn't get, get investedmm-hmm.
In any one thing, you know?
Mm-hmm.
And I also figured it out.
Did you The guy always do, like,I was just like, yeah.
You know, it was him.
Mm-hmm.
Yeah.
I mean, I obviously knew itwasn't whoever they were trying
to make us believe it was.
Mm-hmm.
But I couldn't figure out Yeah.
Who it was.
(36:38):
I felt like there was just somany things.
Going on in it.
Yeah.
There's, between the, I forgothis name.
The one she, the scissors?
Yeah.
Yeah.
Eddie.
Mm-hmm.
Whatever.
Eddie.
Yeah.
There was just so many pieces.
Yeah.
I, it was all over the place.
Mm-hmm.
And there was too many storiesmm-hmm.
(36:59):
Going on.
And, and some were soirrelevant.
Mm-hmm.
Like the whole thing with.
Ex passed his ex.
Yeah.
Was just kind of like, yeah.
Alright.
Did he do it?
Like what are we talking?
Yeah.
Yeah.
Why is he even in here?
Yeah.
Yeah.
so this, this book just does nothit for me.
No.
Me either.
Yeah.
I give it like a four.
Yeah.
And that's only because I likethe, the ladies at the pool,
(37:21):
they were really great.
They, when she was going to thefancy party and they showed up
in like, oh, like bar hoppingclothes almost from 2004.
It was, it was everything.
And she's in like, Gucci.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Absolutely.
Yeah.
I really, I really liked themand like I said, I liked the,
The little boy and herrelationship with him and a lot
(37:43):
of the different characters likethat.
I'd probably read something elseby this author just because I
think maybe it was just every,'cause like you said, everything
else was there.
Mm-hmm.
Maybe it was just trying to.
Pull this one together.
So I'm, I might give it anothergo and I'll let you know.
Okay.
You're like, okay.
I'm not wasting my time.
No, thanks.
Um, what's next?
The next one is what?
She left by HK Christie.
(38:04):
Now on Hoopla, you have to getthe three, it's a series and
there's three books together.
I think I already startedreading this and I didn't like
it.
Okay.
Did you start reading it?
I read it, or listened to itlike a couple weeks ago.
Okay.
I got, I mean, it wasn't myfavorite, but I got through it.
All right.
Um, Martina Monroe is a singlebad day away from losing it all.
(38:25):
Stuck, catching insurancefraudsters and cheating spouses
due to DUI, the.
Despondent PI yearns to returnto more fulfilling gigs.
So when a prospective clientasks for her by name to identify
an unknown infant in a familyphoto, she leaps at the
opportunity and travels to oneplace she swore never to go back
home.
As the pressure mounts and thetemptation of boo calls like a
(38:46):
siren, martina digs into themystery and discovers many of
the threads have razor sharpends.
Forced to partner with aresentful detective
investigating a linkedsuspicious death.
The haunted private eye unravelsclues that delve deep into her
past and put her in a dark anddangerous corner.
Okay, cool.
Um it did take me a little bitto get into it.
Okay.
I'll give it another go, butI'll give it another go.
(39:10):
I think that's it, though.
It is.
Okay.
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