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But here we are.

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I made the decision after breastfeeding three kids and that was nine years ago. So anywho, that's not the conversation today.

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Okay guys, let's talk really quickly about ynab. You put so much time and effort into earning money, you deserve to spend it without stress or second guessing. Ynab spelled Y N A B is a life changing app that helps you do what you want with the money you have. You'll create a flexible plan for your money through the simple practice of giving every dollar a job, keeping you focused on the life that you want. You'll be able to cover your mortgage and fund your 401k without sacrificing dinners with friends or that long awaited trip to Mexico.

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Yes, I did just book a trip.

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Spend it well with YNAB. I've talked about it before, but I think you guys know it's the Capricorn in me. I've also just always my whole life been super organized. I love tracking where my money is going, especially right now. With doing some home renovations, having kids.

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Just there's a lot of moving parts.

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In my life and I like seeing where the money is going. Even just groceries alone. I like being able to track all of that stuff so that I know then how to just budget my life. Listeners of let's Be Honest can claim an exclusive 3 month free trial with no credit card required at www.ynab.com Honest again, that is spelled Y N K A B. All right, I want to talk to you guys about Skims. Skims, bras and underwear are the only intimates that I've been wearing lately. My entire top drawer is filled with the most amazing, stretchy and supportive fabrics. I'm always on the go, as you guys know, and I need products that keep me feeling comfortable and confident all day long. Nothing fits me as well as Skims does. If you have not tried these guys, you have to. I've told you this before, I did not want to like skims, but I do. I'm obsessed, particularly with the Fits Everybody thong. I've tried every thong imaginable, but nothing beats the Fits Everybody thong from Skims. It's seamless and it fits me like a glove. There's nothing worse than uncomfortable underwear, but I barely feel like I have anything on when I wear these. And I'm loving the triangle bralette. I love that this bralette just keeps everything in place no matter what's going on. All right, so shop Skims Best intimates, including the Fits Everybody collection and more@skims.com and in Skims stores.

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She loves it.

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I think it's adorable. And she has all of our stuffed animals on it, which is really cute. But she can actually sit on it and read a book or swing or do her homework or whatever. And I love that their delivery is super fast. I think we got this swing in like two or three days. There's something for every style and every home, no matter your space or your budget. So find all of your spring living essentials, storage solutions, decor, and more all in one place. Give your home the refresh it needs with wayfair. Head to wayfair.com right now. That's W A Y-F A I R.com wayfair every style, every.

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Okay, this one is random. We're about to take a left turn. Something I've. I've been doing a lot more of in the last 8ish months is I've been eating way more carbs than I have since I was a kid. And I've been able to not think about my weight, worry about my. Like, my weight doesn't even cross my mind anymore. And I've decided carbs are not what's making us fat. And let me, let me clarify this. Good quality carbs. Good quality sourdough. I even question the sourdough that's at Whole Foods. I'm sorry, but I do.

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I.

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Because when you look at the ingredient labels, ideally you want sourdough to have what, three or four ingredients. Flour, salt, water. I'm probably yeast maybe. I don't even know if there's yeast. Well, yeah, there's gotta be. But the ones that whole foods have all kinds of in them. So I don't know if you're eating good quality. The pasta that I get is from Italy. You can get that at Whole Foods. Durham semolina wheat, I think is what it is. But making sure, read the ingredient labels, make sure it's really good quality. That there's like one, you know, mainly just one ingredient in pasta anyways. Bread, Same thing.

B (14:31)

It should.

A (14:32)

Minimal ingredients are what is key here. But it's been fascinating for me because I used to be scared of carbs in a lot of ways. And, you know, we were told for so long that carbs are what, you know, essentially make you fat. And I just wholeheartedly disagree. And again, everything goes Back to quality. If you're eating good quality everything, I think you can eat everything in moderation. But I just really don't think that carbs are the devil. Every single morning for breakfast, I have a huge piece of sourdough toast with two eggs. Usually I was trying. I was trying to up my protein and I was doing three eggs for a minute, but it just became a lot of food. I would rather eat the bread than have an extra egg. And then I eat. Right. Well, I usually do leftovers for lunch, but I do a ton of rice. But we would do a ton of pasta. We do pizza, but I get the pizza dough. So I'm lucky because I have. If you're in Tennessee, the kneaded loaf is a woman, and she makes all of these sourdough products out of her house. And you go and do these pickups. And I do that every week. And we get multiple loaves of sourdough bread. We do the pizza crust. She has cinnamon rolls that are fucking amazing. And so we just got burger. I'm making burgers tonight. And we got sourdough burger buns, which I'm really excited to try. Those are new. And so again, I just really go back to. If you can, I think try to find. Farmers markets are great places to find this stuff. I get sourdough bagels at the farmer's market that I go to every Saturday. And so it can be done, you guys, it's. Sometimes it's more effort, 1000% to have to make an extra trip somewhere to, let's say, someone's house to do a porch pickup or to the farmer's market. I get it. In addition to the grocery store. Listen, two days ago, I. Because if I can't make it to the farmer's market or if I haven't in a while, there are some of the places that I love that do these pickups. These like little farm stand pickups. And the place I get all of my ground. All of my meat, not just my ground beef. All of my beef from Bear Creek Farm. I'll. I'll shout out all my places here in Tennessee and you can go and do a pickup. And I had so much going on that day. I was so fucking stressed out, honestly. I'd just gotten home from. I had to go to Colorado for a funeral. And my kids had an early release day, so they were home at 1:15. And it was just. I. There's a lot happening right now on the work front as well. And I was like, I have to go get Meat. And I was so pissed about it. But I was like, this is what I'm doing for the health of my family, because that's how much I care about it. So I think if you care about it, you can make it a priority. That was not what I should have been doing on Wednesday afternoon, was going and doing a beef pickup. But I did it because that's important to me.

B (17:21)

So.

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So you just have to decide if this stuff is important to you. It can absolutely be done. But my whole point of this bullet point was that carbs are not the devil. And I think there's something to being really free with food, allowing yourself to eat what you want to a degree and not worrying about it. I think the combination of all of those things really goes a long way. Okay, the next one is. I am currently reading a book called Unbound. And this book is amazing. A friend told me about it and it is written by a dominatrix about essentially what she has learned about power over the years of doing this as a job. And I'm only halfway done with it, but it talks a lot about the dominant role and the submissive role. And in a lot of ways, the submissive role is being vulnerable. But I think what she's trying to get across is that those two roles are very different than how we've classified them in our society, and they're both equally as important. And there's a art to the way that you move about life while doing both of those roles that I think some people sort of naturally do and aren't even aware of. But she gives you concrete examples of like how to be successful as a dominant to get what you want, or in the same breath, how you can be submissive and get what you want. And what else does she talk about? She talks about. It's even interesting because she talks about just a normal conversation with a friend or a colleague or whoever and how there's this natural ebb and flow of submissive and dominant. And it just, it. It's like a. Like a ping pong game. It just sort of goes back and forth and a lot of times we don't even realize that we're doing it. But it. It's fascinating to hear her perspective on it. But she also. I love that she describes the whole point of like how people respond to a dominant is really the basis of it, is that so many people right in their everyday lives are. Are the dominant and for them to give themselves fully to someone. And I don't even mean just sexually. Okay, this this book is very. Is far beyond sexually. Of course there are sexual elements to it because she was a dominatrix, but it's so much bigger than that. But her whole thing is having someone be able to become the submissive and have someone else just fully take over. And when you're the submissive, it's all about your pleasure and allowing yourself that so that someone else can fully take over. She says that, you know, even the most powerful people, they just like, melt in that submissive role. And I can appreciate that. I feel like I'm definitely a dominant in most of my life. And that's why in a relationship, I actually love so much to be the submissive. And so I. I relate to that. Again, I'm speaking way beyond just sexually. I think it's a much broader thing. Anyways, I think that this book is really great and I think it would be good for truly anybody to read, especially if you're someone who wants to go after what you want in life, but you kind of don't know how. This book really kind of gives you permission to be you and to chase your dreams. And it's encouraging to get to know yourself at such a deep level that you know what your desires are. Because I think a lot of people don't even know their own desires. And how can you live a fulfilled, happy life if you don't even know what you want? So if that speaks to you, definitely get this book. Because it is. It's the best book I've read in a long time.

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All right, let's talk about Built. This is a PSA for anyone who rents. If you haven't heard of bilt, you're.

A (21:26)

About to thank me.

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Okay?

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So there's no cost to join bilt, and as a member, you'll earn valuable points on rent and on your everyday spending. Built points can be transferred to your favorite hotels and airlines and even the ones you haven't heard of. Did you guys know that there's over 500 airlines and 700,000 hotels and properties around the world that you can redeem your built points toward.

A (22:06)

I had no idea there were this.

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Many airlines and hotels and properties, so that gets me really excited. Points can also be redeemed towards a future rent payment and unique experience experiences that only Built members can access. So if you're not earning points on rent guys, my question is why not start earning points on rent you're already paying by going to join built.com honest? That's J-O-I N B I L T.com honest. Make sure to use my URL so that they know I sent you. Again, that is join built.com honest to start earning points on your rent payments today. Let's talk about ritual. You guys know I'm all about living a healthy lifestyle and particularly about gut health. I actually just retested my gut because I've really been working on it for the last year and I think probiotics are a huge reason I've been able to get my gut back in balance.

A (23:10)

And it just seems like everything is.

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Connected to our gut microbiome.

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The fact is we're learning so much.

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About how the gut microbiome is key to our mental health, our immunity and of course our digestion. If you're looking for digestive support, Ritual has got your back, or rather your biome with synbiotic plus a 3 in 1 supplement of clinically studied pre, pro and postbiotics to support a balanced gut microbiome with daily use. I love probiotics. I think they are so, so incredible for your gut and specifically the Ritual symbiotic plus I've been taking every morning, I take it first thing on an empty stomach. So it's just done and I feel.

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The best I ever have. I've really been making the health of.

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My gut a priority for the last year and it's made a huge difference. What I also love about ritual products is that quality is top notch. They have clean ingredients and all of their products are vegan, GMO free and tested for heavy metals and common allergens, which is awesome. So get your gut going. Support a balanced gut microbiome with Rituals symbiotic plus get 25 off your first month@ritual.com Be honest. That's ritual.com Be honest for 25 off your first month.

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Okay, let's talk about Gatorade.

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You guys know I'm a health nut and I'm all about staying hydrated. Well, Gatorade hydration booster puts my water to work to help me do just that. You guys know I love electrolytes. I'm always trying to get them in, especially when I'm working out, if I'm going in the sauna, traveling. I also love to have them with me. I love just throwing these Gatorade Hydration booster packets in my bag. Having one in my purse just anytime.

A (25:00)

I leave the house.

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It's part of my routine. You know, you check for your keys, your wallet, your phone, and also my electrolytes. It's formulated specifically for all day always on hydration. It has an advanced blend of electrolytes from watermelon, sea salt, and other sodium and potassium salts. It's packed with essential vitamins A, C, B3, B5, and B6. There are no artificial flavors, sweeteners, or added colors. You guys know I love that.

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So it helps keep you at your.

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Best no matter what the day throws at you. This product is for anyone with a lot on their to do list. It's great for those busy days when you forget to drink as much water as maybe you normally do or you've been just neglecting your hydration. Okay, guys, so put your water to work with. Gatorade hydration booster. Meet your new go to for all.

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Day always on hydration. Okay, the next thing that I love is currently loving is amakase. Amakase. Amakase. I'm probably mispronouncing that, but it is a. It's sushi, but it's the style of sushi. And it is a 16 course sushi experience. Justin. I kind of mentioned it on a previous podcast because we did that on my birthday actually with my kids. But it's one piece of sushi per course. And you go and you sit at the bar and the sushi chefs are incredible. And typically, I mean, now it's becoming very popular. So I don't know, you know, if there's like, I guess knockoff versions is sort of the way to say it. But typically the quality of fish is incredible. There's a place here in Nashville, sushi bar, and they fly in all of their fish from Japan and New Zealand. And just the quality, this fish melts in your mouth. And how these chefs prepare just a. What would normally be a simple piece of fish on rice is phenomenal. It will blow your socks off. It is so fun. It's because there's so much going on and they're always explaining each piece to you and you know, you're with other people at the bar. It's very entertaining in a lot of ways. I was able to take my kids to it. I also went on New Year's Eve. You can do it as a date. You can do it with girlfriends. I've been there with girlfriends. So it's just a fun experience. It's not cheap. It's Definitely a splurge, but it's worth it. And you can do sake pairings or you could just. You don't have to drink. I didn't drink on my birthday, actually. Or you can do, you know, whatever. But it is. I have done it before where you do the sake pairings. You get a little sloshed, not gonna lie. But it is very fun. So it's a cool experience for a special occasion. An anniversary, a birthday, something fun. It's. It's really worth doing, I think. Okay, the next one is. So I, for the longest time, would not do gel on my hands because I. I don't even really know why. I don't really have a good reason. And then I finally discovered gels three years ago, and I was like, what the fuck have I been doing? Why have I not been doing gels? So I started consistently doing them, and then sort of around the same time, I noticed I was getting these little bumps kind of like around my nose, kind of like under my eyes a little bit. And I. I mean, trying to figure out what that was from was one of the most exhausting things. I had no idea. And then randomly, I decided to give my nails a break. And what do you know, all my little bumps went away. And at the same time, I started seeing videos on TikTok again. Thank God for TikTok of how people. Some people are, I guess, allergic to gels. And this is a very common thing that people get bumps on their face from having gels on their hands. Okay? So I was telling that to my nail girl and she was saying that I guess there's this chemical in gels called Hema, and that is what makes people get these little rashes, essentially. So she said, let's try Hema free gels. And we did. And I have not had any of those little bumps on my face. I've been doing Hema free gels now for a few months. It's the only gel I will let Saylor get. And it's made such a difference because I can still do gels, but I don't have a fucking rash all over my face. So I would encourage you guys to try Hema free gel. I did go to a nail salon and I asked for it, and they looked at me like I had four heads. So I don't think it's everywhere just yet. But my guess is that's gonna start popping off here pretty soon. Kate, my nail girl, did say that she thinks eventually all gels will be Hema free, which then sort of Makes me wonder what the fuck is in it. And if it's so bad for you, why didn't they just do Hema free from the jump? You know, like, that's the kind of stuff that just pisses me off. Like, if you can do it without it, and it's way better for you. Come on. I get. It's all about, you know, unfortunately, our society and is all about making the most money. I understand that, but how about we get a brand with some integrity that actually cares about its customers? It's hard to find, but I'm gonna. I'll not get on my soapbox again. Not the episode. So, yeah, Hema Free gels. And if more of us start asking for them at nail salons, I think it's only a matter of time before then it kind of starts really catching on. Okay. Another thing is, so I'm sure you guys, for the most part, are aware, red light is so beneficial. I do ads on the podcast for, you know, different red light, and I've talked about how great it is for you. In a nutshell, red light helps your body produce its own natural melatonin at night. And so red light at nighttime is. Is really beneficial. I lost my mind a little bit during COVID I thought the world was going to end, and I was following major conspiracy theorists, and I really went off the deep end for a while. So much so that I even had red light bulbs in my kids lamps on their nightstands. And my kids were so mad at me and, you know, understandably so. They were like, this is weird. What the fuck's happening? I look back at some of the shit I did, but great intentions behind it. I just wanted my kids to, you know, naturally produce their own melatonin. I wanted. I wanted them to sleep really well. Okay, we got rid of the red light bulbs and the. In the lampshades. But for Christmas, I gave my kids, myself, my mom, Justin. I gave a lot of people these little. These little red lights that can just sit by your bed. You could travel with it too. And it's, you know, it's little. It's about the size of your palm. And I just put it on at night when I go into my room if I'm gonna read or if I'm. I'll be honest with you guys. Sometimes I scroll on TikTok. Ugh, I hate that I do that at night, by the way. But I do sometimes. But I put my little red light on, and I swear by red light. I have been sleeping like a baby, Justin. Also says since he's been using this little red light, it's made a huge difference in his sleep quality. It actually makes you tired at night. So I. And there's nothing necessarily special about this little red light. I don't even know the brand. I did get it on the GOOP website. But you could get any sort of little red light and just to have by your bedside. I just. Or at night. Another thing I do at night too is when the sun starts to go down. I do like to dim all of the lights in my house. Just sort of like getting all of our natural body clocks, you know, just letting our body clocks know it is night and we are gonna be going to bed soon. I do find that that helps. I have on my phone too. It switches over to the. What is it? It's like the warmer tone on your phone that switches over, I think at 7:00 at night and then stays like that until 8:00 in the morning. No, 7:00 in the morning. So there are little things that you can do because the blue light from our phones, our TVs, our computers, that is what is messing up our circadian rhythms. And so the red light is what helps that. So happy sleeping. Okay, the next thing is, anytime I wear sweats on the podcast, I get a ton of DMs or comments asking where my sweats are from. So I'm going to tell you, I'm such a sweat whore. I probably spend the most money out of like in the clothing department on sweats. The amount of sweats that I have is so stupid, quite honestly. But I love them. I love them and I wear them the most out of anything that I have. So I figure, hey, why not? But okay, so Rebecca Minkoff just recently told me about Joa Brown. These are the sweats that I'm currently wearing. The softest, most comfortable sweats on the planet. Honestly, after discovering these, I may never buy another pair of sweats other than Joe Brown. They also have cute little just like tank tops and shirts and great basics, I would say. I also discovered recently the brand yellow label. I have another gray pair because, you know, obviously we need multiple gray pairs of sweats. And those are also great. Those are really great Uncommon. James does have awesome sweats, you guys. We had this fall, we had a set that just said uncommon on it. It was a big uncommon in both navy blue and brown. And I lived in those. Well, I still do. I love those.

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I will say we have very good.

A (34:32)

Sweats at Uncommon, James. We've worked really hard in the last two years to get our merch up to a really good place, and I'm very proud of where it's at right now. So I have a couple from Mad Happy, but I. I think I'm. I think I'm turning on. Not turning on Mad Happy, but I think I've moved on from Mad Happy. But it was a great run. A great run. They're just. They're really thick. They're really big, which I do love sometimes, but I don't know the Joa Brown. Right now I'm in this super cozy, comfy era. This is my cozy era. Okay, the next thing is an east side Martini. I had no idea what an east side Martini was until I was in la. And I. Well, I'm doing Dry February, by the way, because really. Because I just want to make sure I'm on my A game for my podcast tour, and I want to look my best, and I find if I'm trying to look my best, alcohol is the first thing to go. So doing Dry February, I only drank twice in January.

B (35:30)

Is that right?

A (35:32)

Once in la, and I went out on Broadway, actually, in Nashville, one night we had a snowstorm, and they plowed my driveway. And I was like, I'm getting out. And I met Kaitlyn Bristow, actually, and we went out. We had a really fun night. I think those were the only two nights in January that I drank. So I've essentially done Dry January, and I'm now doing Dry February. But when I was in la, I got dinner with my girlfriends, who I've known for 20 years, and I tried an east side Martini. And so let me tell you what's in an east side Martini. Muddled cucumber, mint, lime juice. And then with vodka, or you could do tequila of choice. You shake it, you strain it. You know, all the good martini things. But it was amazing because it was so refreshing. Also, you guys, I think I'm over tequila. It's so sad to say. The last few times I've drank, I've been drinking vodka. I never. I never thought I would be here ever, ever, ever. It started when I used to do my espresso martinis with tequila, and I loved it. And I was like, oh, my God, it's so much better. Who gets vodka than the espresso martinis anymore? Well, then one night I was like, yeah, I'm gonna do it with vodka. I don't know. I was, you know, feeling rebellious, and I haven't looked back. I've even Done. Vodka sodas with squeezes of orange in it. Fucking amazing. I don't know what happened. I don't know what happened. I've totally turned on tequila. I'm not proud of it. I'm. I feel bad, you know, I feel like I'm breaking up with someone. But I'm back on vodka. So I did my east side Martini with vodka. And I don't regret it. I don't even think it would be good with tequila. Okay, last one. Okay. And this one might be the most important on the list if you're like me and you care about your health at all. So if you own a home, definitely do this. If you live in an apartment or a condo, you might be sol, which is shit out of luck. I don't know. Well, actually, you could talk to your building, though, about doing this. Okay, so smart meters are what most houses and apartment buildings, condo buildings, office buildings, etcetera, have on. I'm just going to use homes as an example. Okay. But smart meters are what most homes have on them. This is for your electrical, and apparently they are a fire hazard and they emit the highest level of EMFs out of anything. Way more than your cell phone. Way more. I mean, like, if you. Way more. Oh, by the way, Bluetooth earbuds that are Bluetooth also have very high EMFs. So never use the Bluetooth headphones. Always get the ones with the cord. I know they're kind of nerdy, although I think they're kind of coming back. But. So anyways, smart meters, I know, it's crazy. My mom tried to tell me this years ago, and I was like, whatever. Well, okay, smart meters, they admit a ton of emfs. My smart meter was on the outside wall of my fucking bedroom. So I was sleeping, my fucking head was next to my smart meter since I moved into this house in September. So for months. Months. Which, oh, my God, it just killed me. So what you can do is you can call your electrical company and you can ask to switch it out for an analog meter. So I just did this totally easy. They didn't even care or ask. Well, they actually asked why? And I just said, because they're a fire hazard.

B (39:14)

Great.

A (39:14)

No problem. They sent someone out, literally the next day. The next day it was a hundred dollars to switch it out. So there's going to be a charge, but I don't know that's worth it to me. I do not want to be sleeping next to a ton of EMFs every single night. So look into it. Just saying I care I care about the health of everybody. And they just sort of made these smart meters a thing, I guess. Like, no one, no one I even think knew what was going on. It just sort of happened. But I think the more we pay attention to what's going on, the better, and the more questions that we ask, the better. So. I don't know, look into it if you care about emfs. I do. I know not everybody does. And hey, I do think sort of ignorance is bliss sometimes to a degree, but now that I'm aware of it, I have to do something about it, so. Anywho. Okay, so Those are the 10 things I'm just personally loving at the moment. I hope you guys were into this list. I know it was all over the map, you know, everything from EMFs to alcohol. Hey, it's all about balance, though, right? Isn't that so funny? Like, I care so much about sleeping next to emfs, but give me a fucking east side Martini. That makes sense. I'm just keeping it real, you know? All right, you guys, we are gearing up for tour. I'm so freaking excited to see you guys on the road. I will be releasing the episodes or the interview portion of the podcast tour as episodes, so you will get to hear the interviews. But definitely if you can come and see me do and. Yeah, but I will. I will see you guys next week.