AMY: Voice Memos, Buttercream, and the Power of Feeling Seen

Summary

Podcast Summary: The Bobby Bones Show

Episode: AMY: Voice Memos, Buttercream, and the Power of Feeling Seen
Release Date: July 20, 2025
Host/Authors: Amy and Kat
Description: Join Amy and Kat on "Feeling Things," a heartfelt and engaging podcast where they navigate the spectrum of emotions, from the chill moments to the real, everyday experiences. In this episode, they delve into the themes of self-expression, gratitude, personal challenges, and the simple joys that make life meaningful.

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1. Introduction: Exploring Feelings and Self-Expression

The episode kicks off with Amy and Kat setting the stage for a candid conversation about daily emotions and personal experiences. They emphasize the importance of acknowledging and feeling various emotions as a pathway to personal growth.

Kat (00:27): "Sometimes the best thing you could do is just stop and feel things."

2. "Tan" as a Feeling: Beyond Skin Deep

Amy introduces an unconventional topic: viewing a tan not just as a physical state but as an emotional one. This sparks a lively discussion between the hosts about the psychological effects of having a tan versus undergoing treatments like spray tanning.

Amy (00:33): "I have the feeling of the day today."

Kat (00:55): "There's memes or videos that people make. They're like, I thought I was depressed, but then I got a spray tan and everything felt fine again."

3. Tanning Tales: From Spray Beds to Sun Damage

The conversation shifts to personal tanning experiences, highlighting the differences between natural sun tanning and artificial methods. Kat shares her balanced approach to sun exposure, mentioning the visible signs of sun damage despite her efforts to tan responsibly.

Kat (01:37): "But my sun damage is also coming out. So then I'm reminded, oh, this is why I don't like to be in the sun."

4. Throwback to Tanning Beds and Hair Highlights

Amy reminisces about her days using tanning beds and the quirky tradition of placing stickers during sessions. This segues into a discussion about hair maintenance, specifically the trend of "money pieces" in highlights, revealing the hosts' shared experiences with unexpected hair color mishaps.

Amy (04:19): "When I was in high school, spray tanning and self-tanning was not a thing."

Kat (06:07): "It wasn't really until I got in my car and then I got home that I was like, oh, wow. These front pieces are significantly brighter than anywhere else."

5. Coping with Pet-Induced Chaos: The Great Luggage Disaster

A significant portion of the episode revolves around Kat's ordeal with her cat, Maggie, who sabotaged her packing by urinating in her daughter's luggage just hours before a trip. The hosts vividly recount the stressful yet humorous steps Kat took to salvage the situation, including the use of vinegar to eliminate odors and the quick purchase of new luggage.

Kat (24:20): "I didn't have. I'm just dealing with that later."

Amy (27:13): "So meta was your old one black?"

Kat (35:34): "I filled that up because you had to have vinegar and enough water. And I was like, okay, what's the next thing that I need to do?"

6. Expressing Gratitude: The Power of Voice Memos

Amy shares a heartfelt moment where she received a voice memo from her sister-in-law expressing gratitude for her role in their children's lives. This leads to a deep conversation about the significance of expressing gratitude and the impact of feeling seen and appreciated by others.

Amy (12:08): "It was just very kind. I like teared up listening to it."

Kat (14:19): "So meta. So meta."

7. Navigating Personal Challenges: ADHD and Packing Panic

Kat opens up about her struggles with ADHD, particularly how it affects her organizational skills like packing for trips. She discusses strategies she's adopting to mitigate stress, such as planning outfits in advance and using visual aids like photographs to streamline her packing process.

Kat (31:35): "Knowing that I have adhd... I have to be proactive about packing."

Amy (33:24): "I did this trip."

8. Building and Maintaining Friendships: From Spin Classes to Lasting Bonds

The hosts reflect on the longevity of their friendships, tracing back to how shared interests, like spin classes, have evolved over time. Kat narrates her thoughtful gesture of bringing a specially prepared buttercream cookie cake for her friend Jill's birthday, underscoring the simplicity and significance of small acts of kindness.

Kat (43:27): "It's a little thing that I was proud of myself."

Amy (46:35): "I think icing on the cookie cake is anti meta."

9. Closing Thoughts: Embracing Joy and Community Support

As the episode winds down, Amy and Kat emphasize the importance of community and support systems in navigating life's ups and downs. They encourage listeners to reach out, share their feelings, and cherish the relationships that foster mutual gratitude and understanding.

Kat (50:15): "We haven't bought a dang thing. And we will continue to grow."

Amy (51:53): "Yeah, it is sick."

10. Listener Engagement and Future Surprises

The episode concludes with a shoutout to a listener named Cindy, who left a voicemail expressing her appreciation for the podcast. Amy and Kat invite listeners to engage through various platforms, hinting at exciting surprises in upcoming episodes.

Kat (49:27): "Saving 877-207-2077."

Amy (51:25): "Yeah, people buy YouTube followers everywhere."

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Notable Quotes:

• Kat (12:08): "It was just very kind. I like teared up listening to it."
• Amy (33:24): "I did this trip."
• Kat (35:43): "It's a plastic storage bin. So that's what I'll say."
• Amy (46:35): "I think icing on the cookie cake is anti meta."

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Key Takeaways:

• Emotional Awareness: Acknowledging and feeling a range of emotions is crucial for personal well-being.
• Gratitude: Expressing gratitude can strengthen relationships and enhance one's sense of being valued.
• Adaptability: Navigating unexpected challenges, such as pet mishaps, requires resilience and creative problem-solving.
• Friendship Maintenance: Small gestures and consistent support are foundational to long-lasting friendships.
• Personal Growth: Understanding and addressing personal challenges, like ADHD, can lead to improved habits and reduced stress.

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This episode of "The Bobby Bones Show" offers a blend of humor, vulnerability, and insightful discussions, making it a relatable and enriching listen for anyone navigating the complexities of daily emotions and relationships.

Transcript

[A]

This is an I heart podcast. If you ever have feelings and you just want some, maybe a cat got you covered like a n. Ladies and fellas, we just follow in the spirit where it tell us from the real stuff to the chill stuff and the in between.

[B]

Sometimes the best thing you could do.

[A]

Is just stop and feel things. This is Feeling Things with Amy and Kat.

[B]

Happy Tuesday. Welcome to Feeling Things. I'm Amy.

[A]

And I'm Kat. And I have the feeling of the day today. But first, you look very tan today.

[B]

Is tan a feeling?

[A]

We could make it into one. I think it's feeling very tan.

[B]

Let me tell you. You know how you feel before a spray tan and then after a spray tan?

[A]

Do you feel sad and then you feel happy?

[B]

Yes. There's memes or videos that people make. They're like, I thought I was depressed, but then I got a spray tan and everything fel felt fine again. Well, this isn't a spray tan. This is my actual tan tan. Because, yeah, we went on a trip and I slowly built up to a tan and.

[A]

What do you mean?

[B]

Like, I was prepping for my trip.

[A]

Oh, to try pre tanned.

[B]

Pre tanned for my trip. And I didn't get too much sun exposure at all, but it just feels good to actually have some color on my skin.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

And tan is a feeling. Feels good.

[A]

I'm adding it to the wheel. I don't know that. Now that you're saying this, I don't know that I've ever seen you with a real tan from the sun.

[B]

Yeah, but my sun damage is also coming out. So then I'm reminded, oh, this is why I don't like to be in the sun.

[A]

What do you mean, sun?

[B]

Well, I have all these little white spots that start to pop up and I have them on my back. And my kids were like, what is this splotchiness on your back? I'm like, sun damage. Kids stay out of the tanning beds because I. Oh, yeah, my kids, My kids are Haitian, so they're already tan. Right. They're very, very tan. But other kids listening. I had a tanning bed membership in high school, in college.

[A]

That is wild. And what's wrong?

[B]

There's still not any bad idea.

[A]

But there's still. People still have those. Yes.

[B]

My daughter's friend goes to a tanning bed. And I get this. I learned about this because my daughter said, I tried out a tanning bed today. Again, my daughter's Haitian.

[A]

She did.

[B]

And I said, what? Why? And she said, well, my friend was going because she Has a membership, and I wanted to see what it was all about. And I said, well, first of all, you don't need to do that. She's like, well, again, I want to just experience it. Like, laying in the bed with the lights and.

[A]

Okay, that is a nice experience. Though I will say it's very warm. I've been to a tanning bed probably 10 times in my life. I splurged on a 10 pack in college, and I think for like, a formal or something. But I'm also thinking I could have gotten a spray tan for cheaper. Why did they.

[B]

They weren't popular then. At least for me. When I was in high school, spray tanning and self tanning was not a thing. Tanning beds, you put the little sticker on your hip, but it's like a.

[A]

It kind of feels like a sauna, don't you think? Yeah, it's warm, so maybe your daughter can just go to a sauna.

[B]

Right? She just wanted to experience it one time. It's not like she's gonna be going back. But I was also shocked at the same time to find out she had a friend that was going to a tanning bag because. Yeah, I don't know if the mom knows about it. I almost felt like this felt like a situation where I should call the mom and say, do you know your daughter's going to a tanning bed?

[A]

She's like, yeah, we go together.

[B]

And then I was like, okay, this is none of my business. It's not like she's smoking cigarettes, but kind of.

[A]

Like, wait, it honestly could be just as damaging.

[B]

Yes. So therefore, I tried to sun responsibly and prepare my skin, but my sun damage is coming through, but I still think some sun is okay. And then I did sunscreen and tried to take care of my skin, but, yeah, I do have some natural color. Shout out. Not my face, though. This is spray tan.

[A]

Because you cover your face.

[B]

Self tanner. Like a mist that I. On my face.

[A]

Do you. I have a couple questions for you to follow up about your tan. Oh, one. As a child. Well, as a teenager, you went to the tanning bed. Did you get, like, sucked into buying the, like, expensive lotion that they would sell you?

[B]

Yes, of course.

[A]

And did you put a. Did you put the sticker on?

[B]

Yes.

[A]

What kind of sticker did you have, like, the Playboy Bunny sticker?

[B]

No, because I know. I'm sure I did that at one point, but mostly, like, the heart or the palm tree.

[A]

Wait, did you do the Playboy Bunny sticker?

[B]

I'm Sure I did it at one point or another because, like, I feel like everybody did, but I remember. Well, you only had a 10 pack.

[A]

I couldn't afford the sticker.

[B]

I went many, many times. Oh, for the stickers. Stickers.

[A]

Extra stickers for free. But I'm just. I was just joking.

[B]

No, I definitely had the special lotions. Yeah, I did all the things. And then probably in my 30s is when I just.

[A]

That's like school girl back in the day.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Going to the tiny bed with my. I got my lotion, I got my sticker.

[B]

Yeah. And when I was little, I would go out in the sun all the time with just baby oil. And I put sun in. In my hair for natural highlights. You could buy the sun in at the grocery store. Or I put lemon juice and then I would have this like orange looking highlight situation.

[A]

You said, I'm so pretty.

[B]

Yeah, this looks good. But I wasn't really tan. I was more like red with my sun. In hair.

[A]

You were burnt and then you had orange hair.

[B]

So that. Those are the days. Which right now I know my hair is slicked back, so you can't really see it, but I haven't seen you yet since I got my hair done and I got it highlighted. Can you see my money pieces?

[A]

No, I can't.

[B]

Is it called money pieces or money piece?

[A]

Money pieces would be the plural of peace. And if you have two of them, that'll be pieces.

[B]

Okay, then I have money pieces, because.

[A]

I guess you could just get one.

[B]

But I didn't ask for them. I guess she just did it because that's what's on trend right now. And I asked for highlights, but that's not what you. I didn't even know that's what they were called. And then I went to work and Morgan on the Bobby Bone show was like, oh, yeah, those are called.

[A]

But she wasn't like, I'm gonna give you. What do you think about doing this?

[B]

No. Wasn't discussed.

[A]

My hair girl will be like, okay, do you want it lighter in the front or what do you want it? Like, she'll ask me. She won't just like, yeah, this is.

[B]

The first time this person had ever colored my hair. And there was no discussion. I mean, I told her the shade of highlights that I was hoping for, which she nailed. And the rest of the highlights are great. I just am waiting for the front part to grow out. It's not. I'm. I'm 44. Like, I don't need money pieces.

[A]

So. Okay, here's A question about that. Then she dries your hair. Does she style it for you? Okay. But as she's drying it, you're starting to see it come in and you're like, huh, what is that? And you say, what did you say? What is this?

[B]

No, I didn't say anything.

[A]

You just said, I love it.

[B]

I did, I did like the color. I was like, oh, yeah, it looks so good. And it wasn't really until I got in my car and then I got home that I was like, oh, wow, okay. These front pieces are significantly brighter than anywhere else. So I was like, well, this is a bummer. But I was like, well, what? I'm not. It wasn't important enough to me to go back. Okay, I'll just let it grow out. Have you ever gone back to get something fixed? Yes.

[A]

What was it like for you to do that?

[B]

I think they understood. I think what I went back for was valid. I think just over the years, I can't tell you exactly what was wrong with my hair, but I know that I have gone back like, oh, this needs to be a little bit rootier. Oh. A recent example that I do know of, and this is in the last couple years, was the. I don't know what they put like a finish or the, the toner. The toner? Yes, the toner. I don't know, something was just off.

[A]

Like it was the wrong tone.

[B]

Wasn't the warm or cool. Right. So then I went back and she goes, oh, that's an easy fix. Let me just put this toner on it. So she put the toner on and washed and blow dried my hair and then I was like, bam, perfect. So it was a toner issue.

[A]

I just am curious. I always like to know how people respond, like if they hate their.

[B]

I'm kind about it.

[A]

Well, I don't. I would never imagine you'd be hateful.

[B]

Some people are not. I was just letting you know, oh.

[A]

I'm really nice, but I've never had a real. Well, I've had one really bad haircut. I didn't have a lot of money and I needed a haircut. And there was a girl I went to high school with that was in hair school and she had a kid and she said, I want to go to this party. I was living at my parents house, I want to go to this party. I'll she put on Facebook, I'll trade a haircut if somebody will watch my kid.

[B]

Oh, so you did that first of.

[A]

All.

[B]

For a haircut. That's awesome.

[A]

That's the best part. When I was, like, 21, never probably changed a diaper. She brings her kid over. I'm thinking, I'm gonna watch this kid for like, a couple hours. She comes back at like, 3am Wait. And I'm at my mom's and dad's house. Like, that's a baby with a baby. And I couldn't get the baby to sleep. So I, like, go to my mom's room, and I'm like, mom, the baby won't stop crying. She's like, she hasn't picked him up yet.

[B]

But you, like, knew her kind of.

[A]

I was, like, adjacently friends with her in high school. I'd known her since probably fifth grade or so. But I. I think I.1 was like, oh, a baby. I'll watch the baby. It'll be cute. And then I was like, she'll be back at a reasonable hour. And then the third thing was, she'll cut my hair. I'll be great. That's the only time I've had to get a haircut fixed. And I didn't go back to the same person, obviously, because I didn't want to babysit again completely crooked. Like, not like, I think I could have done it.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

So it wasn't worth it.

[B]

Wow.

[A]

But my mom actually said last weekend, she was like, remember when so and so dropped her baby off and never came back?

[B]

And you're. But did you say, but I did get my haircut. You should have waited till she finished her schooling.

[A]

Well, I think my mom probably was like, if you really needed a haircut, Catherine, we could have lent you $40. It was like, 15 years ago, probably. Oh, my gosh. It was 15 years ago. That's crazy.

[B]

Time flies.

[A]

I wonder if the baby remembers.

[B]

The baby's 15 now. 15, 16, maybe older.

[A]

Well, no, that would be 15.

[B]

Well, I don't know.

[A]

He was like, probably one or younger.

[B]

Yeah. So he's driving, I hope. And she's probably got. She probably better now, like, at a salon.

[A]

I'm not going back.

[B]

Yeah. So these are. Yeah, these are her stories. You win.

[A]

Well, it was easy, I think, to fix, but what I do remember going to, like, my normal hair girl. And she was like, one, why did you do that? Two, you've been walking around like this. And I was like, yes. Is it that bad? And then she did the thing where, you know how they're like, Dee Dee. So does this even. Yeah. She's like, see, this is up here.

[B]

This is down here. And you're like, well, I Just turned my head and it makes it even.

[A]

Like, what are you talking about?

[B]

That's funny.

[A]

Okay, well, we should do the feeling of the day.

[B]

Yeah, let's do the feeling of the day. Because Tan's not a feeling, but it feels good.

[A]

It can be a state of being.

[B]

Tana is a state of being.

[A]

So I have the feeling. I'm feeling. This is not really a feeling either, but maybe we can narrow it down. I'm feeling grateful for other people's gratitude.

[B]

Okay.

[A]

So I guess you could say you.

[B]

Have gratitude for other people's gratitude. People's gratitude. Okay.

[A]

And I started feeling that I got a.

[B]

It's like Inception.

[A]

Yeah. It's like very meta. Isn't that what they say? Like in. You know, isn't meta like inside the inside?

[B]

So meta. I don't know.

[A]

Sick. When all feels sick. So I spent the weekend with my parents and my older brother and his wife, my sister in law and their kids and their twins. They have little baby twins, they're two. And they're. I will say they are the kind of kids that, that you are like, oh, hi. And they run away saying, mommy, daddy. Like they're not. They have like a little stranger danger, which is I think healthy to an.

[B]

Extent to their aunt.

[A]

Like, you know, it's been, it's hurt my. I've been sad about it. I'm like, I'm gonna get these kids to bond with me.

[B]

Right.

[A]

Anyway, so we spent the weekend with them and they bonded more with Patrick, which is really sweet to watch. But also like inside I'm like, I'm the cool aunt. He married into this family.

[B]

Right.

[A]

But after the weekend, we got, I got a text this morning, a voice memo to me and Patrick from my sister in law. And she was just. It was like two minutes of her saying, I just wanted to let you guys know how grateful we are for the relationship you have for our kids. And intentionality, which she questioned if that was a word. I'm pretty sure it is. That you put into having relationships with our kids. And it was just very kind. And I like teared up listening to it. And she said some other really nice things that are unimportant. But I was like, wait a second, she didn't have to send that. And there are so many things that I think that I don't send to people. And it was a reminder to share those things more often. Send even texts that just like this made me think of you. We don't think about it when we have like a really fun Time with our friends or somebody, we don't get home and think like, oh, I should let them know. I think sometimes it feels understood. But then when you get a text that's like, we had a. A great time with you this weekend. We're so grateful for the relationships you have with our kids.

[B]

And it meant a lot to receive it.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

So you have gratitude for that, but then also within you want to show up that way.

[A]

Yes, because of how much that meant to me. And it also gave me this reminder of we need to feel our feelings so we can get our needs met and all of that that we talk about all the time. And if my sister in law didn't allow herself to feel her feelings, she would never have created that moment for me. So that's also a reason, like feel your feelings so you can feel the gratitude and share that. Feel the happiness or the joy or whatever. So you can share that. Because I mean, now more than ever we need access to more joy, I think. And gratitude.

[B]

Meta. So meta.

[A]

That's gonna be your new.

[B]

Our new one's gonna be meta.

[A]

Yeah. We need a running tab of the list, the words sick, meta fruiting hard and see when they start.

[B]

Taking flight.

[A]

Yeah. Taking flight. Yeah, take flight.

[B]

Take a flight that reminds me of this morning. You're reminding me I need to do better at all of this or even yesterday. I sent my best friend from high school, Andrea, a voice. I've thought of her every day for the last week and I hadn't sent a message, so I sent her a voice text yesterday. You're saying, hey, I've been thinking of you and I don't know why I haven't stopped to text. But I'm driving right now. I'm about to be somewhere, but I wanted to get something going on. Voice text. I like voice text.

[A]

You've turned me on to voice messages.

[B]

Yeah. See, do you call them voice messages or voice texts?

[A]

It's a voice memo technically, isn't it?

[B]

I don't know, I feel like it's a voice text.

[A]

Text. A voice text.

[B]

Because you're singing a text, you mean. Oh, that's voice to text.

[A]

Are you sending a words audio. Audio. Okay.

[B]

Over text. Like a sound.

[A]

Okay.

[B]

They play it. I'm not like reading the. I don't send.

[A]

That's voice text. That's a voice text.

[B]

Oh, it is. Okay.

[A]

But a voice memo, I think I could be wrong, but in my head a voice text is when you're talk to text.

[B]

Yeah. We need to know what Apple officially Says about what these are called.

[A]

Oh, we have it. Voice text typically refers to an audio message. Dang it. I'm wrong. Through messaging app. While voice memo. You usually.

[B]

It's okay to be wrong. Feel your feelings.

[A]

I feel wrong wrong.

[B]

Feel your feelings.

[A]

Okay, so anyway, you sent a voicemail.

[B]

I sent a voice text.

[A]

I didn't.

[B]

And, you know, then it was like, okay, that, you know, felt good. I haven't heard back from her yet, and it's fine. But that's just. That's okay, though. I. We don't need to talk all the time, and I know she'll get back to me whenever she can, but I'm like, why am I not better at doing that? Like, I should have sent it the first time I thought of her.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Anyway, so I come down the stairs, and I notice that Shannon got her haircut. But I'm walking out the door, and I need to go and, like, oh, her hair looks cute. But I don't. It doesn't ever come out. But in my mind, I want to be the person that comes downstairs and is like, hey, how's it going? And when I'm. When I was driving, I was driving just thinking about how annoyed I was that I wanted to have more energy and be more like, hey, how's it going? Your hair looks cute. But none of that came out of my mouth.

[A]

It's more like you said it in your head.

[B]

Well, I also was. Here's the other thing. I was on the phone with my boyfriend as I'm walking down the stairs. So I'm on the phone. So I'm having thoughts, and I want to say it out loud, but I don't because I'm on the phone, and then I have to walk out the door. So I say bye, and I get in the car, and then I hang up with him, and I'm like, dang, I didn't get to say what I wanted to say to Shannon, you know?

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

But then I don't ever say it.

[A]

Later because the time has passed.

[B]

Because the time has passed, and then my brain moves on. Exactly. But I definitely want to be that more. Like, hey, I just want to be more lively when I see people and say their names and I had that exact thought while I was driving of like, why do I want to be this person and think it would be so cool to be the person that's like, kat, Kathryn, Kitty Cat. How's it going? You know?

[A]

But, like, why do you want to be that person?

[B]

Because that seems fun to me.

[A]

That's so weird.

[B]

That would be weird if you like walked in and I was like, like, Or. Or if I walk downstairs and Shannon's at my house, I'm like, shannon, Shannon.

[A]

That would be so weird.

[B]

The Shannon native.

[A]

I won't speak for myself. Shannon. Would that be weird?

[B]

No, that would be fun. She would run. I think that would be fun.

[A]

Okay, why does it have to be that? Why can't it just be like, good.

[B]

Morning, like, okay, fine, yes. Call it what you want. Or like right now you can just be.

[A]

What's the word? What's the word that you want to be?

[B]

I want to be energetic.

[A]

More friendly.

[B]

Like, yes. More just like I. Hey, I see you. What up? I don't want it to be. It's not fake though, because it's really happening. I'm not trying to be something I'm not. I just don't know. I'm like, that's who I want to be and it doesn't come out. And I want to be that. I don't care if you run. I want to be. How to be run away.

[A]

Wait, but do you. I think sometimes you are. Sometimes you are very. I don't know the word. Jovial maybe, but like very boisterous. Enthusiastic. Yeah. There are times that I have showed up here and you're like, oh my gosh, hi. And there's times where you're like working and you're not, but I think you are. Yeah, I think.

[B]

Okay, so here's the thing. There's a blend, y' all say, and.

[A]

You don't want to blend.

[B]

And I think my internal, at my core, deep down, how I always want to be, minus work or hormones or whatever else, keeps me from being who I want to be 28 days out of the month. So like what, two, three days out of the month I get to be Shannon Kitty cat.

[A]

Okay.

[B]

But maybe that's who so inside. So I'm just sharing that. Like you're saying you one up more of that. Like this was a good example of like your sister in law showing up for you. Like, I'm just want to show up even for myself of like doing the little things that we know would be good. Like, I don't really think Shannon would run. I actually think it probably feel really good for someone to be like, Shannon. Hey, hey, Cat. Cat, whatever. Like, I feel like that would feel warm.

[A]

You remind me of just like somebody's uncle.

[B]

Like I need to know.

[A]

Do you know what I mean? Like your uncle. That's like, cat, welcome back. Like I Just. That's what I. I don't have an uncle like that, but I. That's what you remind me of. Like, you're being like somebody at a family reunion.

[B]

Oh, Uncle Eddie.

[A]

Yeah, Uncle Eddie. Okay. Do you want to accept where you are? Do you want to work towards pulling that out of you more?

[B]

I guess I would like to work on pulling it out of me more because that's when I was driving, I was like, I wanted to say hi to Shannon in a louder way and compliment her hair. And then I was just driving, like, why didn't I do that? And then now I do know. I was on the phone with my boyfriends, but I should have been like, hold, please, Shen.

[A]

Then.

[B]

Your hair looks so good. But that's like. And then I'm driving and I'm irritated. Like, why am I not this way? Like, I want to, you know, I want to be the person, like, at work.

[A]

I also think that we judge ourselves. Sometimes we give ourselves too much grace, but also sometimes we judge ourselves very harshly, and we perceive ourselves coming off differently than we are. Like, because. Because in our head, we want that, like, perfect. We have this ideal image of ourselves, how we want to show up. Like, you're talking about. But other people that care about you don't usually judge you as harshly. So they judge the whole of you versus that. One time you didn't say Shannon.

[B]

I know, but I don't. I don't really ever do it. I. I want to do it. Like, I don't. It's more of, like, I'm in, like, a go mode at times.

[A]

They will make you a sticker chart.

[B]

So I have to, like, slow down and be intentional. Sort of like slowing down and being intentional of, like, I should send this gratitude message. I should send my friend this note because I had this one thought of this. This happened, and then it could bring you gratitude, and then you have gratitude for the gratitude, and it's so meta.

[A]

So I said this earlier, a second ago as a joke with a sticker chart. But if you do want to start to form a habit and it start to feel like that's what I do, how are you going to remember to do that? Like, for. For me, one time, I wanted to show more gratitude, and I was like, oh, I'm gonna buy a box of letters, and I'm going to write letters to people, and that's going to help remind me to do it, to be intentional. It backfired because I don't enjoy writing letters. I feel like that's A job more for cryo cat. She would probably do that more than I would.

[B]

She likes cards.

[A]

Cards? Well, yeah.

[B]

Greeting cards.

[A]

Okay, so if you did have a chart on your fridge that said, say hi to Shannon loudly or people, then you can put. Every time you do it, you'll put a sticker on there and that feel. Have you had an adult sticker chart?

[B]

No.

[A]

They're awesome.

[B]

Do you have one?

[A]

I had one for a goal that I had a couple years ago.

[B]

Okay. Did you get to the goal?

[A]

Yes. And it was me, and we were training for something, and me and my two roommates, we were all doing it. So we was like, every night we got to go put our stickers up together.

[B]

Like, good job.

[A]

You got your sticker.

[B]

So I need to do an adult sticker chart.

[A]

I think that could be fun.

[B]

Maybe I practice on my animals if I'm home alone. Maggie.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

My cat's right here.

[A]

If. Nope. If nobody comes to your house that day, you can definitely practice with your animals.

[B]

Okay, well, I'm thinking Maggie's right here, which I've been so angry at. Maggie. Like, angry.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Feeling feelings of anger.

[A]

Do you want to talk about it?

[B]

Towards my cat. Like, she really pissed me off.

[A]

You don't even like that word.

[B]

I hate that word. But okay, I used it because.

[A]

Multiple times.

[B]

No, just now.

[A]

Okay.

[B]

Like, I didn't know, but she peed in my daughter's luggage right before about to leave for our trip. And so she came downstairs. We're flying out in less than, like, 12 hours. And I'm like, oh, great. Well, now we need to. Look what we need to do with your clothes, because cat pee is next level P. So it says, you know, soak the clothes in vinegar, then wash it twice. Don't put it in the dryer, because the dryer could. The heat could lock in the cat's pee smell. So then I have to go to my boyfriend's house, pick up box fans. I'm trying to figure out this whole plan on how to get everything washed and dried and then put into another piece of luggage in time for us to get to the airport, because we don't have a lot of time.

[A]

And what do you do with that luggage?

[B]

Basically done. I don't know, because everyone was like, oh, take the liner out and wash it. Well, the liner doesn't remove from this luggage, so I'm not sure if it's ruined, but I'll have to. I'm just dealing with that later. Which is away luggage. So it's like, nice That's. I know.

[A]

So wait, that way. That luggage should. I feel like they should make the liners come out.

[B]

I don't think. I haven't figured out a way.

[A]

If anybody that works for a way is listening, that would be some feedback. But they probably don't want to do that. Because then you had to buy new luggage.

[B]

Right? Because I went to the away store in my 12 hour window. Because what happened was then I'm like, well, I better go check my luggage because I packed early and I never pack early and Sashira always packs early. Her luggage was open. Maggie peed in it. Well, then I, while I'm taking care of Stashira's situation, go to my room and I'm like, oh my gosh. Maggie peed in my luggage too. All my clothes, everything. So I couldn't believe it because I'm done packing. I never pack early, and I packed early days early. So I just had to like breathe and think, okay, there's a lot worse things in the world. Which there are. I totally get it. But we're just gonna. We're about to leave and these are the outfits and now I need to wash them. And now they smell like cat pee. And now my luggage has cat pee in it. We're out of luggage at this point. So there's no way to even wash the luggage and dry the luggage. And then what? You put your clothes back in the cat pee luggage and then when you get there and it's hot and humid where we were going and no. So I had to go. This luggage door was about to close. Luckily, it's right down the street from my house. I go to away, I buy another bag and two bags. I was like, yeah, my cat peed. No, I didn't have to. We had another luggage, Chris to share that we could use. But after that we were out of luggage. So then I had to go get another and I got my other piece of luggage. So what does this make possible? New luggage? I got olive green. That was fun. Yeah. Yeah, it looks good. It's very meta.

[A]

So meta was your old one black?

[B]

It was navy.

[A]

Okay. Olive green. So much better.

[B]

Yeah. So figure that out if your cat ever pees in your luggage. The 30 minute vinegar soak worked. The double wash in the washing machine worked. And then drying my clothes with everything. Yeah. But Alex had two box fans, so I went borrowed those and then just had the clothes blowing overnight. And then we had to leave for the airport like at 4:45 in the morning or something. And I had Everything drying. And then at like, 4am I just packed everything up.

[A]

Was it all dry yet or is it still a little damp?

[B]

One of my, like, swimsuits that was really thick, which I don't know if you've ever. Have you ever had the Hunger Zone swimsuit? Hungza. Hungza.

[A]

Hungza. How do you spell that?

[B]

Oh, Hunza. I don't even know how to say it.

[A]

You put a G in there.

[B]

Oh, Hunza. G. Oh, is the brand okay? It's a little pricier, but you get the top and the bottom. It's not like you're buying the top. And it's. It's one size fits all. One size.

[A]

What's that? That stretchy?

[B]

Yes. Okay, stretchy. And I got this hot pink one. Like, I bought it. And then Cat. Cat is like, five, ten. Aren't you? I don't know if people heard that. Kat, why don't you tell them what she said?

[A]

She said, yeah, with a thick ass.

[B]

So, yes. Kat's body is banging. And we were able to the same one fit us. This crazy.

[A]

I was thinking I like buying separates because I am smaller on the top than what I need for my bottom. But this is. It works for everybody.

[B]

It's like molds to your body. Whatever you need. I read some reviews. Some people weren't very happy with that. I was. I believe Kat was.

[A]

Yeah, it's probably one size fits all for a certain range of sizes.

[B]

Sure. Yeah, yeah.

[A]

Which. There's no way to make that. Yeah, sure.

[B]

It's not across the board, but what. What always trips me up is, I don't know, am I this size on the top and this size on the bottom? And then I get annoyed, and then I just end up not ordering a swimsuit. Well, I had seen multiple people post about this swimsuit, so I finally decided to give it a go. And I ordered it on Revolve or something, and I thought, okay, well. And again, this wasn't like, this amount for the top and this amount for the bottom. It was. I got both pieces. And it's my favorite swimsuit. It's my favorite.

[A]

Your cat pee.

[B]

And I got it in bubble gum pink or something like that, and I love it. But that one took a little while longer to dry the. But whatever material.

[A]

But it was saved.

[B]

It was saved.

[A]

Also, Maggie left. Yeah.

[B]

When you heard us talking about her, she. I bought a new sun hat. She peed on that. And I was like, I. I can't return this. How do I wash it? So I sprayed it down with vinegar. And then I wore the sun hat on the plane, and my boyfriend was like, you smell like vinegar. You smell like vinegar. And I was like, it's fine. When we get to the beach, I'll put it in the ocean. The salt water will kill everything. The sun will clean it right up. And then when we left, when we were on the flight home, he was next to me, and I had on the same hat. And I said, do you smell that? And he was like, no. And I said, exactly. Vinegar smell is gone. So that was my. My anger towards Maggie actually dissipated. So I was really annoyed and angry. But then you told me that your aunt said her cats did that they're angry because you're leaving or they have anxiety about you traveling. So then I feel like, well, that's kind of sweet.

[A]

Yeah, it was her neighbor's cats did that. Oh, she. She's not a cat person, but she. When I. I was with her when I heard that that happened, and she said, oh, that's what cats do. They're mad that you're leaving. Because I think her being mad is also being. Yeah, sad. Like, oh, you're leaving me and you're not taking me with you. I'm gonna pee in your luggage. However, that is a bummer, because I was so proud of you for packing early the last time you went on a trip. I was so stressed out for you.

[B]

Because I packed so late.

[A]

You should have been at the airport, and your suitcase was not packed.

[B]

It's normally me. I know, but I was. I told you I was actually legit, super excited for this trip, and I am practicing my skills to not be adhd, whatever it is. I, I. I'm aware of some of my behaviors that don't end up serving me well, like.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

What do you say about therapy? The awareness is.

[A]

Well, the booby trap of therapy.

[B]

The booby trap of therapy. Well, the booby trap of knowing that you have adhd, at least for me, is some of my behaviors that I have done forever that come from me having adhd. Well, now that I'm aware of them and I know that I can try to work on them, I don't want to just do that, because that's how I've always done it, and that's how I am. I have to be proactive about packing.

[A]

So what's the solution? You put your. You pack and then you put the suitcase in the closet or.

[B]

Well, now what I'm gonna do is I'm. I did. I did like the feeling of being packed early. It did feel good. Which I know you have adhd, too, but we're different because you have some anxiety. Like, you just want to get it done. Like, I don't have that. I'm like, ah, we'll get to the airport when we get there. It's fine.

[A]

I'm at the airport with a snack and a drink. And you haven't packed yet.

[B]

Right. So I'm just missing that anxiety piece that. That drives me towards getting that done. Now I just have awareness, which is going to drive me towards wanting to get it done. Because now I'm aware of, like, the peace that I felt because even though I'm not super stressed, I guess there is this internal struggle. But I've always felt like I perform better under pressure and I can finally make decisions because I don't have a choice. Like, if it's hard for me to make a decision, if I have hours to decide, I'm like, well, I don't know. But then if it's down to the wire, it's like, you know.

[A]

Yeah. It's the same idea of, like, you have to be at somewhere and you have to get dressed. If I have three hours, I'll change my outfit 15 times versus if I have five minutes. I've gotten ready so fast before. And to Patrick, I'm like, don't remember that. Because I can do it if I don't have a choice. But if I have time and can be late, I'll take all that time up.

[B]

I did something for this trip, too, that I haven't ever done before. I had all my outfits for each night planned out and before I packed. Tried them on.

[A]

Do that.

[B]

No, I did this trip.

[A]

What do you normally do? Just throw a bunch of clothes in? The suit?

[B]

Yeah. And I don't have them assigned to, like, I don't know for sure what shoes are gonna go without. I'm like, these shoes will probably go with this, this, and this. And then maybe I'll wear this. But this. I had my designated outfits and I went ahead and I took a picture. So that way, when I was down there on the trip getting ready, I got ready with such ease. Cause I didn't even have to think. I just went and looked back at the picture. I'm like, oh, yeah, I'm doing this, this, and this Kim Kardashian level. I felt, well, my outfits were simple.

[A]

Well, I mean, that's what she does. What her. I think that's what her team does for her is they, like, take the picture. They put a polaroid on the.

[B]

Oh, I should do that.

[A]

Well, there's no need if you have it in your.

[B]

I know, but a Polaroid, that'd be kind of fun. It's a little thing that I was proud of myself. Like, little steps that then made my life easier down there. It's like being proactive and taking that time ahead of time, getting to. Then put yourself at ease when you're on the vacation.

[A]

But don't you think you did all that because you were really excited?

[B]

Yeah, because my boyfriend was going. Yeah. If my boyfriend and his family, like, if they were gonna be on the trip, if it was just a girls trip, I don't know that I would do that.

[A]

You're like, I don't care.

[B]

Well, no, I think I still would have cared.

[A]

I think my point in saying that is it is nice to see how much effort. I think a lot of that effort was excite. Just pure excitement. You were excited about your outfits because you were excited to. On this trip with your boyfriend. Like, you were excited.

[B]

You know what the gift of excitement got me? My cat peeing in my luggage.

[A]

But then it got you new luggage.

[B]

Yes.

[A]

So you're welcome.

[B]

I. I will say that in the moment, that was a very stressful time. But stressful. Like, I have perspective on life. It's not the end of the world. But we do have this trip planned. We are trying to get out the door soon, and now we're faced with this, like, cat pee situation. And I also was proud of myself for just doing the next thing that I needed to do, like handling it, getting the vinegar, getting the, like, tub filling it up, because I had to get this big, clear, like, basket bucket thing. And what is that called? A bin. A cleared.

[A]

A bin.

[B]

A bin. A bucket.

[A]

You call it a tote. Cat just said tote.

[B]

It's not a toast.

[A]

A tote. It's not a tote.

[B]

Is it a toe?

[A]

No, Papa. No, it's not a toe.

[B]

To Piper. No, it's not.

[A]

Have we ever told the story of us being in a lawyer's office and you're yelling, no, Piper, no.

[B]

I don't think so.

[A]

Well, we were in a. We were trying to be in a professional meeting, and some. What happened that you said that he made some comment about something we probably wouldn't want to do, so you just. You just out of nowhere go, no, Papa, no. He did not get it at all.

[B]

And so I was like, you're not watching, like, White Lotus. Because I feel like that was a couple of months ago, and So I feel like at the time that we were saying that, like, everyone was talking like her.

[A]

Yeah. I didn't even watch White Lotus, and I knew what it was.

[B]

Oh, because you saw it on Tick Tock.

[A]

Well, my friend started doing it when we went on vacation.

[B]

No.

[A]

Tsunami.

[B]

Tsunami. Oh, my gosh. Her character is amazing.

[A]

So it's not. You don't call it a toe.

[B]

No, it's a plastic storage bin. So that's what I'll say. I filled that up because you had to have vinegar and enough water. And I didn't have. I was like, where are we gonna. We have all. All of Sashiro's clothes and all of my clothes. And I just wanted to soak everything at once. So I did that, and I was like, okay, what's the next thing that I need to do? Go get the box fans. What's the next thing I need to do? Go get the luggage.

[A]

And you just. People help you.

[B]

Yes. Then I needed to pick up some alterations, so cryo cat went to go pick those up for me. And her attitude about it was so great. Cab was like, I'll go. I love a task. I love checking things off my list.

[A]

That's literally what she said. I. I honestly, I was in Franklin at my family, so sorry I couldn't tap in there, but it was so cool for you to send that text. And then immediately Kat was like, what do you need? I'll do it. I love a task. I'm like, what a good friend.

[B]

Yeah. And I didn't. I was. I don't think she was saying, yeah, no. Well, I was saying I can't remember where she was. Like, maybe she was somewhere. Because where the alterations place is. First of all, it's her alterations person. She introduced me to her. She's awesome. So I knew the alterations person would love to see Kat if she popped by, but it's also right off the highway, and if Kat happened to be driving, I was like, if you're in the area and you're driving by there, could you possibly do this? I'm in cat pee crisis situation. And if not, no worries. I'll figure it out. But that just definitely would help. And she was like, I love a good task. Check. And I was like, bam, baller. Which I didn't even get to see her because when she came to drop it off, I was getting the box fans or I was at the luggage store. Anyway, we got it all figured out, and it was great. And I also pause, pause, pause, pause. Congratulated myself, pause. This is me saying pause to myself. Like, thank you to myself for just handling it. Even though I wanted to just curl up in a ball and cry.

[A]

With as much ease as you could have.

[B]

With as much ease as I could have. And with good support. And, you know, Stasher and Stevenson helped, too, and it was great. We got it all done. So cat pee.

[A]

Yeah. Crazy story.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Now you know. And now you might have saved other people from that. Maybe they got a new cat and they're going on a trip. And now they know. Zip it up.

[B]

Zip it up. Pack early, but zip it up. Put it in the closet. And then vinegar is your best friend. Except for you might smell like vinegar. And then your boyfriend's gonna be like, what's that smell? And then you're gonna be like, don't let it ruin our first family vacation together.

[A]

Vinegar is not a great smell.

[B]

I know.

[A]

So he's a trooper. Speaking of your luggage, you packed something special.

[B]

What?

[A]

It's your luggage.

[B]

I did what?

[A]

You packed something that. To take with you on vacation. Oh, my gosh.

[B]

I think you're talking about with my boyfriend.

[A]

I don't think I would bring that up.

[B]

What? Oh, the cookie cake.

[A]

Something really special.

[B]

Vinegar. Yes. I took a great American cookie cake. I smuggled it into. So another country.

[A]

What's Jill.

[B]

So we were meeting my friend Jill down there, and I met her to spin class in our 20s. So that's fun, you know, like, say hi to people at a workout.

[A]

Best friends at a spin. Well, kind of have a spin class. We were teaching there.

[B]

Yeah. You just never know. Like, friendships are fun like that. How they're going to evolve. And then we've maintained our friendship all these years.

[A]

You don't even like spin.

[B]

This is when I did, like, spin. I didn't like it. I thought I liked it. I was a cyclist.

[A]

Oh, you were like a road biker?

[B]

Yeah, Like, I had a road bike. We would switch been when we were training indoors because I did triathlons.

[A]

Okay. Just like.

[B]

So I went to this gym in Austin that was very, you know, like Lance Armstrong, Livestrong. He was popular at the time.

[A]

Have you watched his 30 for 30?

[B]

Yeah. It's not great.

[A]

Bad vibes.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Okay.

[B]

This was before those vibes.

[A]

Okay.

[B]

But everybody at this gym, they all swim, bike, run, didn't eat cereal, stuff like that. I remember one of my trainers was like, so what did you eat for breakfast today? And I was like, cereal. And she goes, you eat cereal? And I remember being like, yeah. I was like, okay. I guess I don't eat cereal anymore.

[A]

What did she have?

[B]

Why eat cereal now? But I definitely didn't eat cereal after that.

[A]

How many years ago was that?

[B]

I was 23 or 24.

[A]

I think that speaks to, like. Hopefully people aren't saying that these days. Like, the culture was so, like, the things people thought they could say.

[B]

Yeah. I mean, she was a trainer, so, like, trying. She was helping, like, but even live their best life and, like. Yeah, I don't think. I don't know. She might. Okay, she might be the type to say that one.

[A]

You weren't asking for her?

[B]

No, I think it was. I was, but I was training, though. I was training for a gym.

[A]

Train better. You got to eat better.

[B]

She was my triathlon trainer at the gym.

[A]

Okay.

[B]

So she was teaching me how to swim, bike, and run because I didn't know how to do the swimming or the biking. I took adult swim lessons. What? Because I didn't. I mean, I knew how, you know.

[A]

Just, like, be a fast swimmer.

[B]

If you're swimming a mile, you have to swim a certain way so you don't exhaust yourself.

[A]

You know that. I had to quit the swim team because I can't dive.

[B]

I can't really either. Like, you struggle, like, going in. Me, too.

[A]

What if that's part of our. I get in the position, but then I just jump?

[B]

Yes. Like, it really freaks me out to, like, go. I don't go straight in.

[A]

It's like, set, and you get in the position.

[B]

Yes. I really struggle with that, too.

[A]

My mom took me to swim meets for. I was on the indoor swim team, and I'm like, mom, what would you do when your kid would just cannonball it into the water?

[B]

And she was like, that's my girl.

[A]

Wait, to this day, you can't do it.

[B]

No, I don't like it.

[A]

You should do. But, like, do I want to learn? I think this point, it's more of a fun fact than anything, that we can't dive. But it hasn't affected my life other than I had to quit the swim team.

[B]

Other than, like, you know, some people that dive, and it's, like, really pretty.

[A]

But I can do a flip into the water. That's what's crazy. I can run and flip into the water, but I can't dive. You would think the flip would be scarier.

[B]

Yeah. I wonder what that's about. Hmm. Another thing we have in common.

[A]

Okay. We've sidetracked.

[B]

Okay. So the cookie cake.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Okay. So Jill, she loves buttercream icing and cookie Cakes, but specifically vanilla buttercream. From anywhere. Well, a great American cookie company, you can get a white out cookie cake, the big birthday ones, and they will cover the thing. White it out in icing. Not just little, little white dots. They will white it out. And it is glorious, especially for someone that loves that. So got a white out cookie cake, Happy birthday, Jill written on it.

[A]

Was it a. A circle?

[B]

A big circle. And so those are like big. How am I going to get this into the luggage? Well, so I cut it up and I preserved the happy and the birthday and the Jill. And then I got parchment paper and I got a Tupperware thing. And then Stevenson packed the least of all of us, so he had room in his luggage. Plus, if he got caught with it, be like, Stevenson, you, Stevenson. You know you can't bring cake. No, Barbara.

[A]

No. Like, you can't bring cake. He's a silly boy.

[B]

He didn't even know it was in there. Because trust me, if that boy got asked, did you bring any food into the country? He'd be like, just a whole cake. It's in my bag. Which I know it's not fruit, but I don't know if they would freak out. I know you don't want to take fresh fruit, fruit and vegetables across borders or whatever. But, like, even we were coming back into America, the guy's like, do you have any food? And we don't even have the cake at this point. We did have a case, like, no, but. Well, he had granola. And I was like. I say. He said, do you have any food to claim? No. And then Stevenson goes, mom, the granola. And then the officer's like, thank you for being honest, son. And I was like, you know, you didn't need to know about the granola. We got it at the airport.

[A]

Wait, did you say that to him?

[B]

No, because it's very respectful. Yeah. I'm like, yes, sir. Yes, we have the granola.

[A]

Silly me, I forgot about.

[B]

Yeah, sorry. Granola, Yes. I thought we only needed to claim, like, lemons or something, but I cut it up. And then one night after dinner, we all gathered together and Jill's parents were there, and her mom had a candle. And I piled all the pieces that we cut up and made put it into like a layered cake because it was smushed, kind of smushed. But the name Jill was preserved. Happy birthday was a little. But I just stacked it all on top of each other. We stuck the candle on the top and it made this, like. I mean, it was really yummy. Actually.

[A]

And she know you did that or you surprised her.

[B]

She knew I brought it because I think I said something about how we don't work, don't get dessert tonight because we got.

[A]

But she didn't know you were packing it.

[B]

Yes, she did. She knew because I. I sent her a video of what it looked like before and I'm like, hey. And she was like, shut up. But she didn't know how I was getting it there and what it was going to look like. And it looked interesting for sure. And then put the candle in and then we all sang Happy Birthday and then she enjoyed her mound of buttercream because that's basically what it was with, like little layers of cooking in it. And it was legit. And so I just thought, well, yay for friendships that are long like ours and we don't have to talk all the time. But it's just funny that we met in a spin class and then yay for buttercream. Because that's something that she's loved for so long and it was such a simple gesture. It wasn't a lot of money. It wasn't hard.

[A]

Well, you put some effort into that.

[B]

Well, but relatively speaking, it wasn't anything difficult and it brought her so much joy.

[A]

Yeah. I love to say that. That. That would bring me so much joy. One, because if I love that, I will say their cookie cakes the best.

[B]

10 out of 10.

[A]

I don't love icing on my cookie cake.

[B]

Meta.

[A]

I think icing on the cookie cake is anti meta.

[B]

So you just want cookie. Okay.

[A]

I'm weird about things that are white. You know that. So. But I won't like any of the color of the icing. But it would mean more to me that you went through the effort of figuring out how to do that, you know, like, that's. I'm like, oh, my gosh. You did not have to. Some people were just like, oh, it's hard. I don't think you can do that. You're like, no, I'm going to make this work. So going back to you wanting to be this hello, Shannon person.

[B]

Shannon.

[A]

Oh, sorry. That's. Hello, Jilly. Billy. But that you do stuff like that. Like, I don't know if you recognize that a lot of people wouldn't do that.

[B]

Oh, okay. Well, that helps, I guess, in me how I want to show.

[A]

You were so excited to do that. Yes, yes.

[B]

Like, that was fun to take the cake and then maybe have to blame it on Stevenson. But it is possible.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

To take cake to the Caymans, and then overall successful trip with the boyfriend, his family, my kids. We had so much fun. I loved it. We already want to plan another trip with everybody. Yeah. But it's gonna. It's just hard. Like, all of our schedules are a little crazy, so I don't know how it's gonna happen, but it is exciting. I see why you want to travel with Big P so much is, like, you enjoy being with him and the traveling is, like, fun. And Ben and I, when we were married, we enjoyed doing stuff like that together too. Unfortunately, our relationship didn't work out, but I remember that feeling. So it's just fun to have that feeling again and to find somebody that it's like, oh, you want to, like, get out of the house and do something with.

[A]

There's like, a giddiness to it.

[B]

Giddy.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

The gift of giddy is vacations, experiences, or even just takeations. Oh, Shannon's still laughing about. She said the doc that Maggie walked out during your story about her. Cats are a vibe, let me tell you. I guess we can close with a little call out, a little shout out to a listener named Cindy. She left a. Left us a voicemail, and it's not one to, like, play or anything, but she just said that she added us to her phone, like, in her contacts, and it's. She put our phone number and put feeling things with Amy and Kat so that she can call us anytime she.

[A]

Has thoughts, which we said. You guys should do that.

[B]

Yeah. So be like her. Be like Cindy and save 877-207-2077.

[A]

You got it down. Okay.

[B]

Do you have it saved?

[A]

I don't know that I'm ever gonna call. Maybe I will.

[B]

Maybe you call.

[A]

You know what? It was a long. We had a couple days where we didn't talk right now.

[B]

Yeah, I was really trying to, like, detach.

[A]

Yeah. And maybe next time you do that instead of me. At one point, I felt like I sent you a lot of texts in a row and felt like a stalker.

[B]

Oh. I think I also only had my phone when I, like, I had my phone on airplane mode, so I only had communication if I was somewhere that had wi fi.

[A]

Well, I also think maybe I. Now that I'm telling this again, I think you had voice memos in there and those deleted. So then it just looked like I was texting.

[B]

Oh, so you look like a psycho.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Well, next time you're on vacation, I'll.

[B]

Just call the voicemail and leave all your thoughts there. Save it in your Phone.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Feeling things with me and Amy. Yeah, we put that.

[A]

Amy and me.

[B]

Amy and me. Yeah. And then of course, we want to hear from you. For couch talks, you can send us either a voicemail or an email. Hey there. @feelingthingspodcast.com and do you think it's like next Feeling Things episode, we have a surprise.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Okay.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

All right.

[A]

It is.

[B]

And surprises are fun. Yeah. The gift of surprises.

[A]

You're gonna want to watch on YouTube probably. For sure.

[B]

Props. Or make sure you're subscribe with us on socials.

[A]

No, we want them on YouTube.

[B]

Okay. But they can also follow on Instagram.

[A]

I'm trying to get some YouTube subscribers. We're at 700. I think we're climbing.

[B]

Yeah, I mean, it's better to go.

[A]

Up then, so if you want to.

[B]

Did you know people buy YouTube followers?

[A]

People buy followers everywhere.

[B]

So weird.

[A]

Surprise me.

[B]

I mean, it shouldn't surprise me, but it just does.

[A]

It's weird. Is it weird to you that people buy Instagram followers?

[B]

I guess I've heard of that before. I didn't know they did it on YouTube. I guess I just know they did it on YouTube. We're organic here.

[A]

We don't buy seven buying anything. Real people.

[B]

We haven't bought a dang thing. And we will continue to grow.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

And yeah, some of it's just people don't know we haven't been on YouTube and then on Instagram. Yeah, people. That one's growing too. So I love our community. And we have a surprise next Tuesday. Tuesday, Thursday. We'll have couch talks coming up and then Tuesday. Yeah, fun. Yeah, fun. Exciting.

[A]

Cool.

[B]

Meta.

[A]

Sick. It is sick.

[B]

It is sick.

[A]

Okay, well, we hope you have the day you need to have.

[B]

Bye.

[A]

Bye. This is an I Heart podcast.