B (27:46)
Wow. Well, thanks. I mean, and you. We've talked about this before. We don't need to be repetitive, but you picked up a lot of the slack, and I feel so lucky to have you as a partner for eight. Eight years at this point where I can have those conversations with you. And just, like, I need your help, and that's what we do for each other. And, you know, I'll do it for you next year. And I know we feel the same, like, when we're really happy. And I feel like this year it was these highs and lows, and I felt so happy in these certain areas of my life. But it was such a horrific year, and we don't need to rehash it all, but just the atrocities committed by the president and the administration, and all the pain and suffering and loss and families ripped apart and just the greed and the corruption of it all, and this dismantling of our democracy, it has been like a waking nightmare that we're still in. And so there was that this year of living this double life where you're doing all this stuff and you'll feel like this, where you're like, I'm feeling so happy. But there's this feeling in the back of my mind that things are bad and there's rage and heartbreak over what's happening. And we've discussed various ways to manage that. I think that just stay vigilant and speak out and be generous when you can, and take care of each other. And let's look forward to the midterms in 2026. And I just think that so many people are hurting and suffering and struggling. And I did this thing that I have done in the past. I feel weird talking about it because it's like I'm kind of. I can't. I don't much have much more capacity to do it. So if someone's listening, they're like, well, I want to be a part of that. But I posted on my Instagram the other night, like, if you're struggling and I can help you and give you some money, let me know and I'll venmo you. I want people to get, you know, cash immediately if they really, really need it and just message me. And I had it up for an hour and I had like over a hundred messages. And so I took it down because I was like, I can't even get to all these. And I don't want people to pour their heart out and then expect something like, I just, it's. I just have to limit what I. What I can handle. And I wish I could. Could handle more, but it's just to read these stories, like, I. I couldn't go to bed till like three in the morning. It's just, it's. It's overwhelming. Like, the people that are hurting, like, young people our age, younger parents, grandparents, people who are taking care of sick family members, people who are working two jobs, like single moms. I mean, people have graduate degrees, they can't pay their bills. It' just, I'm so sick over it. People that we're the only country in the world where people can't afford their medical care and their one medical emergency away from being completely broke or on the streets. And the way that the cost of living has 10x'd over the last decade, but people's salaries haven't, and the greed from this administration and are these people in power and how they don't care and the wealth hoarding and the disparity. And like, people are working hard and they're just trying to get by and they can't. And it's. It's tough. And I feel so angry at the state of the world and that we're the only advanced country that has to live like this when it comes to health care. And the people at the top are just getting, like, wealthier and wealthier. And I just say, like, if you can help, just do it. You know, if you have, if you are you. If you're secure yourself financially and you have something to give, of course you have to put your oxygen mask on before you help others. Just, just try and, you know, give back where you can and help your neighbors. And, you know, so many people in my DMs also submitted other people. And I think that was the comment that I was seeing, that they were like, all the GoFundMes that I posted were from other people. Like, I want, can you help this family or help my friend or people were sending in, like, can you. Not for me, I'm fine, but can you. This is this other person that needs it. And I got messages like that, like, the. Are you realizing that people want to help other people?
