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EP 94: May Catch Up
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It’s our May catch-up, and we’re covering everything from disco balls to rogue body washes.
Whitney kicks things off with a full recap of her Disco Cinco bash — she’s officially in her Nat Note era, complete with themed drinks, custom outfits, and a timeline that could rival a wedding. Meanwhile, Candace shares her unexpected UTI journey (spoiler: it all started with a new body wash... what is happening?!), plus a recap of her girls trip for a friend’s birthday — which included a very aggressive attempt to drink around the world at Epcot 🍻🌎
Oh, and she’s also attempting to plan a Disney trip, but mostly just spiraling in excitement without a game plan.
Tune in for laughs, overshares, and the kind of chaos that only happens in the group chat.
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Transcript
Introduction to the Mom Group Chat Podcast
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There's no right way to do it.
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Oh, we're going to get into it. What up, moms? My name is Candice, and I'm here with my best friend, Whitney. And this is the Mom Group Chat Podcast. And it's going to be May.
May Recap and Mother's Day Plans
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It's giving recap. It's giving recap. It's our May recap. Ay! I had to do that because it's May and it's our May catch-up episode, everyone.
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And I'm so excited to hear about everything. Both Whitney and i just had big weekends. We've got big weekends coming up, or at least I do. I don't know what you have going on this weekend, but I have a big weekend coming up. There's so much going on.
00:00:53
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It's Mother's Day. I'm excited to just... so It is Mother's Day. That's the other thing. My Mother's Day this year is crowded. Or it's like crowded by. Well, it's always crowded. But it's clouded by Disney.
00:01:06
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Oh, well, that's going to be good. Disney back to back. What a little treatsy. Also. Disney girl.
Justin Timberlake: Reputation and Nostalgia
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Is Justin Timberlake canceled? What's his thing right now? don't think so. He's definitely not well loved anymore.
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But in my opinion, I don't think he's canceled. Yeah. Because he was caught holding hands with some chick other than Yeah, that was not great. And then he got a DUI. Okay. Okay. Yeah.
00:01:35
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It's not looking good for Justin Timberlake. But if you think of him like when he – what concert was that? It was a long time ago. No, he was my love. Like literally. Yeah.
00:01:47
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Brought Chris Stapleton out where they had all that like huge band. I went to that concert. nose It was the 2020 experience. It wasn't year 2020. That was just what it was called. The 2020 experience. Yeah, that was really good.
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Honestly, that album, ah like literally Justin Timberlake's albums from um Future Sex Love Sounds when I was in high school. Holy shit, that album is so good.
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And then the 2020 experience that has like It's like you're my mirror. Oh, that album is so fucking good. um i was a huge, I mean, he was like my man growing up. Oh, really? He was my man.
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Oh, yeah. no See, I remember Hannah Garrett. Shut up. That's not her name anymore. That's her main name. um Yeah. She loved NSYNC and Backstreet Boys, like had all the notebooks, like tried to to get me into
Music Memories and Soundtrack Favorites
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it. and i Except I was an NSYNC girl, mostly.
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I never liked them. You're always against the grain. You were just never a boy band girly, and I was. I live for a boy band. You know, that's when I got the soundtrack to Charlie's Angels, so.
00:02:57
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And that was like my anthem.
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My friend Jane and I talk about this all the time, that we got the album. That was a fire soundtrack. Wanting. It used to go out and party. yeah yeah it it wasn't on the soundtrack album and so that's like the reason I bought it I've always loved 70s that's so fucking weird and yeah bought it and then I discovered I like big butts and then my everything changed for me it was the start of rap the trajectory of your life changed hearing like big butts and I cannot okay I love a little bass I'm into this so that yeah that was so good
00:03:39
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That and I bought like I love soundtracks like the bring it on soundtrack I had. Okay. Were you a Josie and the Pussycats girl? Oh, yeah. I loved that I still listen to that soundtrack.
00:03:51
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I'm a punk rock prom queen. Brown paper magazine. Hotter than you've ever seen. God, I have to listen to that today. And also i need to introduce that to Alice and Evie because that's like a core pillar of who I am as a woman is that movie. Honestly.
00:04:07
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Josie and the Pussycats and like Spice World were two such good like fucking movies. Oh, my God. Okay, the wedding I was at last you know back when I went to New Jersey, the song that like got me the most lit on the dance floor was they played Wannabe by the Spice Girls.
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But he like mixed it with something else. Oh, my God. I have never been more hype in my life. It was so good. Like everyone on the dance floor was looking at me like, whoa, this girl's so jazzed to hear this song. But it was so good. And I was texting Hannah, whose wedding is, neck you know, two weeks from now. Oh, you're like, you got to play that. Every time there was a hit song that like – got the crowd going I would tell her to be like add this to your list oh my god that's so funny it was so good yeah that oh that movie is so good um something just came out recently where I like started listening to the music again like within this past year did a documentary come out on them something did
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Oh, on Spice Girls? Oh, the... oh it was just David Beckham's. Yeah, the Beckham's. Yeah, so then I just... was like, all right, well, let's
Personal Health Stories and Experiences
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listen to this again. You're like, let's run it back.
00:05:22
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Too much of nothing. I love all that shit. So good. Oh, so good. What else? are we just gonna recap how are we how did we get here i can't even remember how we got here this is what happens to us we just and timberlake it's gonna be may it brought us here music and pop this is what happens like candace and i turned this on talked for 15 minutes we're like we need to record i know but i couldn't record everything i was talking about is the problem
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She's all sneaky. say on here last time that I had a uti Did I talk about that at all? You told me, I think. Okay, well, I'm going to talk about it on here because i feel like this is something a lot of people deal with. So i started to get a UTI on Easter Sunday. wonder Did all the medication.
00:06:16
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but Easter basket guys. Also my, no, for real, my husband has been obsessed with me recently. Like, I don't know if it's the sexy Easter basket or what, but the man will not leave me alone. You set the tone. I literally got a, you I literally got a UTI from this. So, um, I got a UTI and I went on antibiotics.
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We went to that, we traveled, we wented to that wedding. I finished antibiotics. I came back My UTI came back and I have an update. It was actually, i don't think was the sex. It was my freaking body wash. I have used the same body wash for 10 years. The dove one with the cucumber on it. Okay. It smells so good.
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It's like nostalgic. It smells so good. I have literally used that for 10 years. Three days before Easter Sunday, I changed body washes and- and I got, that's when I got the UTI. I came back from our trip, started to use that new, new body wash again. The UTI came back.
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I switched back to my old body wash. It went away. How fucking wild is that? Yeah. That's kind of crazy. Like it messed up your pH or something. Yeah. So anyways, that was a little small update. That's more so for Whitney. Cause I had already talked to her about this, but if you were getting UTIs, check your body wash, which clearly, have you ever talked about how you had that?
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It was like, iron It was crazy. Yeah. Well, I don't know that I ever have, but I will right now because I'm just going to be an open book. So I had a cyst on my urethra when I was a senior in high school.
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um So I had to have it surgically removed. Like I had to go under and have surgery to remove it because it was pretty large. It was like the size of a quarter. That's crazy. Or maybe a nickel. I don't know.
00:08:02
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Whatever. it was I remember them saying that. And so I had to have it removed, um which created um scar tissue on my urethra, which is more prone to like bacteria and like getting infections than...
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whatever So all throughout college, I had chronic UTIs. was crazy. every I swear to God, it once a month. like They were insane and I like couldn't control them. and And it honestly ruined my life a little bit. Anytime we went anywhere, i was getting UTIs.
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And then finally, when I left, I think it was maybe my senior year college or right after I left college, I ended up seeing a urology like specialist and like we put me on a long term um like antibiotic regimen that ah was like, I swear six or seven months worth of antibiotics and it killed it and kicked it.
00:09:03
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And I didn't have UTIs for years, like literally from that time after college to literally last weekend, like I have not had a UTI, but I used to get them like chronically.
00:09:14
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So I am no stranger to a UTI, but um it was my body wash that brought it back. I think. That is so crazy. Yeah.
00:09:25
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I have a very, I will say i do have a very sensitive wahein nether region. Like, and I don't mean that in like, like, I mean like with products, with tampons, with like, it gets like, like, you gotta be careful down there.
00:09:44
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I got to be careful down there. Like I just, my, my body doesn't like extra things. yeah I will say. So I just try to keep it very simple. And also that's the other thing is like, I don't even with body wash, you know, they say you're not really supposed to like, it's not like I'm washing inside my body with it. I'm like, no down there.
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That was the first thing my mom said when I told mom about the body wash thing. You're like, you're not supposed to do that. She was like, you're not washing up in there. And I was like, no. But like around, you know, I'm a clean person.
00:10:13
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But i even that it didn't like. so Yeah. don't know. I just, not to be on the topic of like, one time Candace and I had a yeast infection the Yeah, we were yeast sisters.
00:10:28
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We had yeast infections at the same time. At Easter, because we called it Easter for Easter. Yeah, we had a yeast-er for Easter. um It was because we were in bathing suits or something. Like, we went to the lake something. Yeah, you know, you're young and dumb. Like, we were probably 19 and got drunk, slept in a wet bikini bottom.
00:10:49
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Yeah. and that Literally we were asking for it. Oh my God. i But ah you don't know that when you're 19. It's funny. Yeah. Like my mom didn't teach me that, but it's something I'm going to teach my daughters. Oh, I mean, we fucking learned that was horrible. Yeah, it was bad.
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Oh, it's bad.
Cinco Jisco Party Preparations and Highlights
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I will never, ever make that mistake again. like immediately, anytime I'm in a bathing suit, im I rip it off immediately. I'm like, I'm not even going to sit around. ever I'm scared. The risk is too high. It's too high.
00:11:22
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Scared the shit out of me. Like, oh my God. um But all the, that fun topic aside, let's recap what we did in April but I feel like we're mostly going to talk about our past weekend because we both yeah little bangers of a weekend I had my Cinco Jisco party Candace had what is the beginning of her Disney travels and had a blasty blast doing that so where shall we begin I want to start with your party. i like dying to know the details. I only know very minimal.
00:11:57
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And i just want to start this by saying you looked fucking fantastic. You looked so gorgeous. I was like dying over your photos. You looked so good. Your makeup was so good.
00:12:08
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Your hair looked so good. i was proud of my makeup. I will say you looked, it looked, you looked like you were from the sixties, seventies. Like it looked so good. So thank you. Golf clap.
00:12:20
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From a makeup girly, looked amazing. Thank you so much. I got all the ideas from Pinterest. um I was like, I actually like tried to outsource doing my hair and makeup, which, you know, I'm pretty good at my hair.
00:12:35
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i didn't really need it. It was just more of like a fun, like me and my friends were like, let's line up like bridesmaids and like y'all come over. Cause we took, or Chris took the kids on Saturday morning. so we had all day to ourselves, which we have not done that in a very long time. They spent the night at my parents, which we hardly ever do.
00:12:53
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Um, they usually come here and like, we wake up with them, but we were like, we're going to need the morning. so yeah um, I ended up not hiring someone cause they were pretty expensive.
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was like, all right, I'm going to wing it. I'm going to do this myself. And, I knew I had the hair on lock, bitch. Like, I got this. Honestly, you it looked so good. Like, you didn't need anyone.
00:13:15
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It looked so good. Not with that hair tool, that wavy talk hair tool or whatever it is. um That gives you, like, the blowout-y look, and it looks so good, and then you can flip your little bangs out. so But then, I mean, it rained all damn day, so my hair, like, frizzed up the second I went outside. i was like, okay. Oh, no. That didn't work out.
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But luckily it stopped raining. We had to like put everything together within the last hour because it rained all damn day, which let me just tell you, I could have given two shits that it was raining because I was having a night with my friends. Like I did not care whatsoever.
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Plus like yeah some of the people we like, I hadn't seen the house yet. So i was like, don't care if people are in my house. Like, this is great. Like, yay, let's have a party. So it was like the 11th hour.
00:14:03
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it like stopped raining at two, but then it came back at six. The party was at seven. It stopped at seven. And um I had some friends come over beforehand because I was like, y'all, we're going to have to like run furniture and shit outside because we tried to just yeah not get anything wet.
00:14:18
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So we all were like running and throwing up decorations everywhere. So the outside like wasn't as decorated as I wanted, but it's whatever. We had a margarita, not an We had a margarita actual machine delivered.
00:14:29
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So that was just the hit. That was. Okay. I have questions about this. So it was like a frozen margarita machine. Yeah. Was that hard to like work and run?
00:14:40
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Did it, was it enough margarita to like serve everyone? I have so many questions. Yeah. Okay, it was not hard to work and run. You literally rent it. It's like what they have at a Mexican restaurant.
00:14:51
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It is a massive machine. Also, what do you Google to rent this? Because like, I want one. It wasn't that expensive either. Like to rent, you have it for two days.
00:15:04
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um But it was fucking awesome. It was just like the they have in the restaurant. You pour like a whole bottle of tequila in it and a whole bottle, a triple sec. And then the mix, it takes 10 minutes.
00:15:16
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And then it's just constantly spinning. And they give you two buckets worth if you want to make two. And we didn't go through all of it. They let you keep What you don't use. So we have it frozen in a freezer bag for us to have for the summer.
00:15:30
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so Oh my God. and was it delicious? It was amazing. We put Grand Marnier out there with it for little floaters. Oh, it was so good. It was so good. Wow.
00:15:42
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I probably had five. Like, I lost count. I just kept going up to it like it was soft serve of ice cream and just like pulling the lever. And I was like, wait and um once we ran out of Grand Marnier, I just started pouring beer in it.
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like
00:15:59
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I was like, I got a little Corona Rita. Yeah. So but that was like such a hit. Um, and we had that outside. It was also a little chilly, but like, Chris was like, put your drunk jacket on to It's like, yeah, we got a party to throw. So was like, okay.
00:16:14
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Um, also my dress was from Dillard's. I had a few questions about that and, um, Dillard's is popping the fuck off. I'm no, every time I go into Dillard's, I'm like, wait, and this is so much cuter than, I think what sucks is their website is so awful.
00:16:31
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So awful that every time I try to look at Dillard's website to see what they have, it's so awful to navigate. If you work for Dillard's listening, to this. Please spend some money and update your website. Dear God.
00:16:42
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And then i go into the store and I'm like, Oh wait, everything in here is so cute. odd It's so cute. Like they carry brands that I just was shocked. And I know like the Nat note has something coming out, um, in the fall with, with them, like a collab. And I'm like, okay, love it even more now. Cause she's my inspo.
00:17:03
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Um, but yeah, Yeah, Dillard's has some cute shit right now. I bought it from Dillard's and I got blue eyeshadow from Target and just looked at Pinterest and went for it. and had to Wait, I feel like we need to go back to the beginning, though. Like, did you say explicitly that you were having like, did you tell the listeners you were having a disco cinco party? I feel like. OK, OK.
00:17:25
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okay Yes, I did. for Cinco Disco? Cinco Disco theme. So it was, you know, for Cinco de Mayo, but a disco flair to it and come to it as you will. Interpret it as you may.
00:17:41
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So mostly everyone was dressed pretty 70s, 60s, and we had some Cincos, but um lots of disco balls, lots of like fiesta things we had we got chewy's catering um yum well let me tell you that didn't stop me from ordering taco bell late night so i love you so much oh my gosh chris was like we have all this food and you're ordering taco bell like fuck yeah i am yeah some cheesy gordita crunch up in here
00:18:14
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Um, so good, but it was so fricking fun. I had the seventies playlist on lock, which then turned into, um kind of some remixes like seventies remixes.
00:18:27
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Um, and we all were hanging out outside. Some people would come inside at one point we all were inside and like this is like kind of foggy at this point but I just remember like getting on the couch and dancing on the couch and then like falling and being on the table and then just twerking and then um at one point we were all just dancing in my house like in the living room like everybody was just twirling around so fun I was vibing like Ain't nobody tell me nothing. i just danced all night and was having the time of my life.
00:19:01
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And what else? Oh, and then as people are like kind of started trickling out, um we started playing flip cup as you will. As you as you do. as you As one does. And so then we just play flip cup for the rest of the night. And then, of course, Chris...
00:19:19
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convinces his friend David who David and Kathleen went ah went with us on this um ski trip and like the boys hot tub the whole time like Kathleen and I like didn't touch the hot tub once again Chris convinces him to jump in the pool I'm like why do you keep getting David wet like what is happening here and so then they're in the pool it's fucking freezing too and they're just nutty um but yeah we were up forever and it was so Much fun. i got, people were asking also about my little cigarettes that I made. Yeah, what is that?
00:19:56
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I was just, it's something that Natalie did on the Nat Note. Like, she did it for a Valentine's party one time, and I was like, I want to make that. I didn't even Google the recipe. It's just a pretzel, and then you dip it in white chocolate, and you get black sprinkles on the bottom. Oh. Like, crystal sprinkles.
00:20:13
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Oh, my God. I thought they were caviar at the top. Oh, no, So I was confused. No, they were just... That makes way more sense. So they're just like a prop.
00:20:24
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Yeah. And so I just wanted of those everywhere because I was like, we smoke in the 70s. Yeah, yeah. So that was really easy. Like I said, I didn't even Google the recipe. I just like assumed...
00:20:36
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that's what it was and did it. And they turned out so freaking cute. Everyone dressed so good. cute. I was going to say, did everyone leave, did ah everyone leaned into the theme and like showed up and showed out?
00:20:50
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I think with this being, cause you know, my friends and decided we're doing this, like we're going in, we're having a party and everyone's hosting like every few months, like the next one's in July.
00:21:01
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and I think that was just the kickoff. Like this the standard. set the tone. It set the tone. And I feel like they're only going to get better, you know, because yeah now we know like how much to lean in And it's there. So we actually talked about the next one that my friend Lauren and Chris are hosting.
00:21:22
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Chris was the one in the green. um Yeah, yeah. He looked so good. looked so good. Like, honestly, that suit was like sleigh. Like, I feel like Harry Styles would wear that suit.
00:21:33
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I know. For real. yeah I was like, Lauren, i have to post your husband on my Instagram. He looks so good. um But they are going to do... It's like a pinch pitch a tent party.
00:21:45
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And it's going to be Avicii themed. And we're going roll in. Everyone's going to set up their own tent like Coachella in July. oh okay. Okay, this could be contributed.
00:21:58
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So is everyone dressing like festival? i guess we'll see. Wow. I want to come. They have a... massive backyard like it's perfect it's gonna be so fucking fun oh my god that's so isn't that cool that is what a fun wow there well of course they were like we were thinking of vici and chris and i like erupted were like we love avici like we cried during his documentary we're very big avici fans and so we were just like
00:22:30
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I woke up the next morning and texted her. i was like, I can't stop thinking about a VG. I'm so yeah excited. So that's going to be in July. so fun and then i think our friends kathleen and david are gonna do an octobery one just because i i was like i love october but i need a break like i can't host yeah you have so much going on yeah i'm appreciative that someone else is doing it and i get to just show up and then and then obviously elissa and matt have christmas because they they always do a little christmas thing oh my god so
00:23:02
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fine I want to come. Can I come to one? Please. I think this is just the more the merrier. We had like 40 something people at this party. Well, it makes me want to start it here at our, like with our friend group. Like I want to do. You just got to like, we had girls night and I sat them down. I said, look, I've been inspired.
00:23:25
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i want this to be a thing. i was like, can we commit to each hosting a party one time this year? And have something to look forward to. And it was just like everyone texted me all week like how much they felt like they needed this. It was like a desperate, like i don't know, it's spring. Like i just want to get out of the house, like have a babysitter for the night. Like everyone was so excited. And I think everyone was just like jazzed up. I was so jazzed the whole night. I was like a fucking energizer bunny.
00:23:55
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I was hopping around. love that. Like bebopping. I was just having so much fun. It was great. Yeah. I'm so jealous and I'm so sorry I couldn't be there. Like, I'm not kidding. If I didn't already commit to something else, like Vinny and I would have been on a plane.
00:24:09
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Like I would have been on a plane. 100%. Oh, you can come to the one in July. i love Lauren. So I might just text her and be like, can I come? Please. And also my husband loves Avicii, so.
00:24:20
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I mean, you can spend the night with us. It's perfect. but and Lauren, I know you listen. Can I come to your party? They would love to have you. they People ask me. They're like, we thought maybe Candice would be here. I'm not kidding. wish.
00:24:35
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I wish. so oh It was. All right. Yeah. It's great. It was
Disney Adventures and Upcoming Trips
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great. and um I also had a fun weekend. I was in Orlando for my friend Keller's 30th birthday. So she's a little bit younger than me. I know you're thinking, are you 30? I'm not, sadly.
00:24:54
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But um I will be turning 35 this year. I am ah far from it. I keep telling people I'm 35, by the way. Like someone asked my new, I invited some new neighbors and they're like, how old are you? And I said 35. I was like, no, I'm not. Yeah.
00:25:07
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Not yet. don't Don't rush it, okay? No, I'm not. Yeah. um So we went to Disney and ah did a drink around the world day for her birthday. And let me tell y'all, it slaps every time. That's my favorite day ever.
00:25:23
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I don't care how how old I am. So fun. Like, I don't care how old you are. It is so fun. And I was telling Vinny this because like, we saw some groups.
00:25:35
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I told Vinny, I was like, while we were at Epcot, there were so many bachelor parties there. And he was like, really? And I was like, listen, if you lean in, And just commit to the bit. Like, it is so fun. And we ended up like, you know, you, as you go through these countries, like you can tell, like you kind of see the same people in each country.
00:25:53
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So you end up chat, the drunker you get, the chattier you get, like, you know, yeah We ended up chatting with this. It was this huge group of, and it was confusing at first because I thought maybe was a bachelor party, but there were girls there.
00:26:05
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It was girls and guys. It was huge. And they all had these shirts that were so choogy. They said, proud Disney adult on the back. They looked like so choogy, but I could tell the people were cool. Do you know?
00:26:17
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Well, and I mean, like I like Disney, but I'm not going to wear Disney adult shirt. Right. But I'm into it. It was these two gay guys. And this was their like engagement oh cute bachelor party thing. So that's why it was girls and guys because it was like two gay guys. And the the shirts were like part of the bit.
00:26:36
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You know, it was like we're going to lean in and like be Disney adults for the day. And they look like they were having the best freaking time. It is just so fun. The food and drinks are honestly bomb.com.
00:26:48
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Those, those nachos in Mexico. Like I would drive to Orlando right now to get some, like I'm dead serious. Like, you know, our I start to get lost in the sauce by Japan. I'm like, Oh, Yeah, yeah.
00:26:59
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No, no, we were. You hit Japan and you're like, sake to me, bitch. Like, let's go. Also, I learned this time, I tried a new drink in Japan and Japan has the best drink. The Violet Sake drink in Japan is hands down the best drink in Epcot. Sounds good. Don't come for me.
00:27:16
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It literally tastes so good. Oh my God. Also- It's so fun. Mexico, margarita, and then you're just vibing. Yeah. Wow. So there were a lot of people in our group who had never been to Epcot or hadn't done, or maybe they'd been to Epcot when they were little.
00:27:30
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so they hadn't, like, they didn't know. and They couldn't get over how close together the countries were. They were like, you're telling me I have to finish this like within 10 steps. I was like, finish your drink, girl. You got to do it.
00:27:42
Speaker
Like you're so right. By the time you get to Japan, like you're drunk, like you're drunk. You're not even halfway. No. um And we did the hibachi for lunch, which is so good and so fun. And honestly, a good reset because you like fill your belly You sit for a little while and then you can get out keep going. And it's beautiful. Like, I don't know. is. Japan is really cute and like relaxing a little bit. It It's so fun. just, if you haven't drank around the world, highly recommend. Then you get to America and it's boring as fuck.
00:28:16
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like I know. we We did the classic chug a beer in America and holy shit, it's hard. who Yeah. why It was hard. America's like, you just go in there to cool off when it's really hot. Yeah.
00:28:28
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it And that's the one thing I will say is that it was really, it was it was hot. Didn't Shannon like the Hall of Presidents? Yes. Shannon loved the Hall of Presidents, which is we used to give her shit about because we're like, what the fuck?
00:28:44
Speaker
It's the worst part. it's i thought about her because they're the hall of presidents was like under construction so it's not you can't even go inside of it that and like it's a small world like if you make me go on that ride i'm pissed oh god that's so funny so you know we're going this weekend with my in-laws and glenis's one request was it's a small world so i got a fast past it's a small world was like literally never in my life would i normally so Swear to God, it's that generation. It's like that was the only ride that existed at Disney at the time. So they make you go on it.
00:29:16
Speaker
Yeah. um But it was so fun. And I just love Disney. i I like call me a Disney adult. I don't care. It's just so fun. And so if you lean in, it is so joyful and magical. We rode the galings of the guard the yeah Guardians of the Galaxy ride. I've never rode it.
00:29:37
Speaker
Oh, my God. Whitney. ah Like you need to fly here right now to go much better in my opinion. Okay. Like, you know, I cried after avatar. Like it changed my life. i couldn't see I thought about it for two days after and it is the best ride in Disney world in all of Disney world. It is so fun and so good.
00:29:57
Speaker
I cannot say enough good things about it. Like it's so fun. um i really do miss Disney. Cause I used to go there work. You need to come. i used to go once a year.
00:30:08
Speaker
Can we like do it just an adults one in the fall? I've been waiting for you to get done with all your travel so we can actually discuss plan when I'm coming and when you're coming.
00:30:21
Speaker
Yeah. I think it'd be so fun for you and Chris to come without the kids as much as I love the kids and do like a drink run because Chris has never done it. Right. I don't know.
00:30:32
Speaker
Chris would throw up. He No, he has. Oh, he has. Okay. Yeah, he has. He did. Okay. I think. But yeah, it was so fun. And then Saturday we just like hung by the pool at the house and like chilled. It was so, we played flip cup and like, you know, you did all that. i say who you went with?
00:30:51
Speaker
Oh, it was my friend Keller who is from my due date group. So she, we have kids literally the exact same age, like Alice and her son CJ are the exact same age. And then actually she has a second around the same age as Evie. They're like a month apart or two months apart.
00:31:09
Speaker
So our kiddos are like around the same age and her and I are just close. And like, she told me she was coming to Orlando and I was like, girl, I'm there. I am there.
00:31:21
Speaker
So um it was so fun and it was a nice little weekend away. Yeah, it was great. And then we're gearing up. I have three days here and then Thursday morning at 6 a.m. I'm...
00:31:35
Speaker
Every Thursday she's out. Every Thursday at least. No, um we've always had this trip with the girls planned. So we are spending four days at Disney starting Thursday. So I'm in full Disney prep mode.
00:31:49
Speaker
And after I'm honestly happy I went on last Friday because it it made me realize like all the things I don't have, like Like I lost all of our stroller fans and all that in the flood. Like, and I just never repurchased. And so I, last night I placed a huge order. I was like, stroller fans, like, uh, also bringing a refillable water, water bottle to Disney saves you so much fucking money now. Holy Like one water bottle is like $5. If you bring a refillable water bottle.
00:32:20
Speaker
Recently, not you. And I, this morning I was talking with some friends and I was like, I mean, where do you not go without that shit anyway? Nowadays, like they, yeah we had a drink out of the water fountain growing up and they are thirsty all the time.
00:32:33
Speaker
Their water bottles always empty. I'm like, how much water are you consuming? And like, I think about us going to Disney when we were little or even just in college, like when we went and drank around the world.
00:32:45
Speaker
I dont remember drinking a water. Do you? I don't.
00:32:50
Speaker
No, no, no. Yeah. So, um, yeah, I've been in full Disney prep mode. I've got outfits. I've been, we, you know, like our fast passes opened up for us to book those. So we have, I have all of our fast passes booked and our dining book.
00:33:10
Speaker
We are literally, this is crazy. So we, Are you going to ride Guardian? No, not with the kids, I guess. Not with the kids. Although we are going to Epcot. We switched. So we were going to go just do Magic Kingdom the whole time.
00:33:22
Speaker
But after, Alice will not stop talking about meeting Anna and Elsa. It's all she talks about. And oh a it the only place to meet Anna and Elsa is Epcot. So and we switched our – yeah. Yeah.
00:33:34
Speaker
We switched our plans and we're going to do Saturday and that's that it's, it'll be nice. Cause that's our day with just Vinny and I and the girls, like no other family. So we're going to spend the morning at the pool, at the hotel and like chill.
00:33:47
Speaker
And then they're going to take a nap around 12 and we'll, we'll get them up. We want to be back at Epcot by like three and we'll just spend the evening at Epcot. We'll eat around the world, have a drink or two. yeah broke We'll meet Anna and Elsa and we're going to ride the Frozen ride at Epcot on Saturday. um But yeah, I've been in full Disney prep mode. So if you have questions about Disney, I don't know if we want to do a full episode on that. I'm totally down to if you want, um but I'm so excited. We're staying at the Contemporary, which is like off the monorail, which is...
00:34:23
Speaker
chef's kiss with kids to just like get on the monorail and be in the park kind of room do you have to get there is it one room you know it's so funny one of the things on my list today is to call the hotel and figure out like what the bed situation is because my in-laws booked our hotel room so i don't really know i don't know if we have two beds i don't know if we have a king bed i'm definitely bringing a pack and play for evie or maybe they'll provide it for me you know I know.
00:34:48
Speaker
So, and especially Disney. So I'm going to, um, I have one of the things on my to-do list today is to call them and just like figure that out. Um, but yeah, I'm so pumped. I'm so excited. And like seeing all these kids like ah around Disney last Friday, i just made me so excited for her to see everything like through their eyes and yeah'm just so excited. So funny that you were there like It must have been like a Disney weekend.
00:35:17
Speaker
Three people I know were there this past weekend. i was like, wow, wonder if they ran into Candace. but Well, this is a good time to go because it's before school is out. Oh, yeah. And before the summertime's crazy. It's also so fucking hot. It already is hot, honestly. Was it crowded? Yeah.
00:35:34
Speaker
No, it was not bad. And we even talked to like some of the cast members. We were like, is this crowded? And they're like, no, this is a pretty like good day to be here. And we're like, yeah.
00:35:44
Speaker
And it's crazy. Like there's only the morning was fine. Weather wise, it's just like two to 5 p.m. is really hot. And then it cools down. It's fine. It's just the middle of the day. That's like so hot.
00:35:57
Speaker
Which is when you're going. Also, i need to say this. The the. um Disney employees, like all that you have to, they're ri very strict about IDs. Like you have to show your ID everywhere, like to get a drink.
00:36:12
Speaker
Whitney, every single, and maybe they're just blowing smoke up my butt. Every single person. Did I send you a voice note about this? I can't remember. Oh, every single person I showed my ID was like, whoa, you do not look.
00:36:29
Speaker
35. they were, every single person was like, whoa, you look way younger than your age. And I'm like, oh my God, thank you so much. Thank you. I feel like anybody here, there was a, no, literally all the whole time. I was like, and do hear this?
00:36:42
Speaker
And to be fair, when I picked up Lucy Keller sister from the airport, she asked how old, cause we had never met. And she asked me how old I was. And i was like, I'm 34. I'll be 35 this year. And she was like, whoa, you do not look 34.
00:36:54
Speaker
thirty four And I was like, thank you so much. You have great skin. It is true. Thank you. Thank you so much. But um especially this, there was like a hot bartender in Morocco who i was getting ah Moroccan mule in Morocco and I showed him my and hit the look on his face, again, he may have just been blowing smoke up my butt, but he was like, whoa, I was not expecting that. That's what he said. And he like looked me up and down and I was like,
00:37:20
Speaker
Can we just have sex? I was like, oh, okay. He literally was like, whoa, I was not expecting that. And I was like, okay. Mama's two?
00:37:33
Speaker
Me? Oh, it feels good to get complimented. Yeah, it was. It was like a really good confidence boost, honestly. i was like, thank you. I really needed that, honestly. If anything, this is just telling me to get out of the house more because you've been getting hit up.
00:37:50
Speaker
lately and I'm in like oh my gosh even at the party people are like whoa you look great and I was like I need to be around people yeah me just sitting in my I'm entering my milf era I really am I'm like that is the goal i love it I'm so happy it's I will say it's Sunday after the party yeah I I did want to ask about that how was the hangover I was fine. I mean, I woke up drunk.
00:38:22
Speaker
Yeah. yeah Like i was like giggly and laughy and just I laid in bed till eight because my kids were at my parents and Chris was just snoozing. I was like, I would look over at him. I'm like, are you awake yet? Like, are we going to play?
00:38:39
Speaker
Like, what are we doing? Oh, but Chris, as you all know, is my pukey boy. That guy was down for the count until like noon on Sunday. Really? Just like puking? Was he able to keep anything down?
00:38:55
Speaker
He ate two Chex Mix pieces and that was it on Sunday.
00:39:02
Speaker
oh my God. God love him. ah I'm also a pukey girl typically. So I understand. Yeah. Y'all are my pukey friends. I told like, I don't, so I don't puke the night of I just puke the next day. I always like to make that distinction because I don't want to be known as the friend who might throw up in the car. Like that's not me.
00:39:20
Speaker
It's just the next day. and And texted Candice. I said, the party is complete. He has puked. Yeah. Yeah. And scene. No, my brother. FaceTime me because he like went over to my parents house to see the kids and he was like Chris throwing up yet like everyone just knows and Chris was like no haven't and then he finally did and I was like there it is there's my guy
00:39:46
Speaker
guy yeah I mean Chris and I like made a pact because he thought I was gonna take the kids on Saturday to my parents I was like look If you do this, I will pick them up Sunday because I just know how you're going to be Sunday. He was like, no, I'm not. I don't plan on going that hard. And then there it was. And I was like, so you're welcome.
00:40:05
Speaker
Listen, you're not going to put that much effort into a party and not go hard. It was so fun. Period. I had um like some high noons. Then I had like the plethora of Margs. And then we were playing flip cup. Like there's no telling.
00:40:20
Speaker
um how much I consumed and it was so fun and I didn't we were talking oh sorry I didn't mean to interrupt you you're fine I was just saying like ah drink a lot but I didn't feel that bad thank god that's good We were talking at Epcot towards the end in England, which is the second to last country. yeah We were talking about how we wish we had a breathalyzer to see where everyone was at Because clearly there were people like Lucy. Lucy took a ah hard downturn outside of England. Like she was sitting on a stoop outside and we were concerned. We were like, oh no, Lucy's kid going down.
00:41:01
Speaker
and then she rallied. Go eat probably take a pancake in Canada, the honey. Yeah. She like. I don't even know. we i think she just chugged a water and like she rallied and it was she was totally fine the rest of the day. Because we still, we didn't ride yeah Guardians of Galaxy until 7pm.
00:41:18
Speaker
So it was at the very end. Wow. Which honestly made it more fun because it's so, like like, if you're, yeah, if you're like a little, you know. God, it's so fun. Oh my God. And you, the reason you would love guardians of galaxy is it's like, i don't know if you know this about guardians, but it's very like music related. Like, you know, a lot of, like all the soundtracks are like very important to the movie and whatever.
00:41:44
Speaker
and And when you ride the ride, it like is a thing of like, what song did you get? Because the ride is set to a certain song. So like the song, well not rock and roller coaster.
00:41:55
Speaker
You can do that at the one in um Universal Studios where you pick your song. So you don't get to pick though. It's like whatever you get. And then it's like a thing that all the Disney people talk about. What song did you get? Yeah.
00:42:07
Speaker
So like the last time I wrote it, it was, go and shake your body, baby, do that. that and and internet Which is so random, but with the ride, it was so fun. And then this time I got one way or another. I'm gonna.
00:42:20
Speaker
And when I told Rob, you know, my Disney adult brother, um he was like oh that's a rare one like that's a cool one i was like thank you so much it's like you got the charizard pokemon card oh yeah no literally he was like wow that's rare i was like that is so funny god so fun you guys got to comment like it just made me want to do that more often like i mean why don't i do that once a year honestly uh i'm in um maybe we'll do that for your birthday Whoa.
00:42:50
Speaker
Okay, wait. The problem is my birthday is so crowded because everyone's off school. the The best time to do it is that first weekend in January when people are like kind of ending their vacations. Should we?
00:43:05
Speaker
Yeah. Okay. 35. thirty five And then we'll go back in October for Graydon's fifth birthday. No, like don't. We're going to do it in January worry next year. Don't play me right now. Hold on. I'm looking at the calendar.
00:43:18
Speaker
oh she's done. She's planning it. Yeah, like either that January – I mean the problem is that January 2nd, 3rd, and 4th may still be crowded because people aren't back in school yet since the 1st. But if we wanted to do January 9th, 10th, 11th, like they they that's the best time to go. It's cool and no one's there.
00:43:41
Speaker
I feel like I can definitely do that because Chris – just tell me because Chris requests in October for um being off work and we can figure it out.
00:43:53
Speaker
Oh, my God. Oh, my God. Okay. We're going to table that and i'm we'll revisit, but like I'm very excited about that possibility, honestly. Okay. So excited. um What else? What else happened that we – Oh, I do need to tell a story about... Yeah, I need to tell a story about what happened yesterday.
00:44:11
Speaker
ah i didn't even tell you this. I haven't told you this yet.
Parenting Challenges and Kids' Antics
00:44:15
Speaker
I was going to save it for the pod, and so here we are. Oh, God. So yesterday, we go Publix with Alice, and i think Alice was like having a hard time. I was gone all weekend, so she was like very attached to me. She also has, to be fair, a very large blister on her heel. My mom is...
00:44:36
Speaker
My mom let her wear like dress up shoes without socks. And like she has a huge open blister. And it's like the the drama around this blister. Oh, my God. It is so intense.
00:44:47
Speaker
it And I get it. Blisters hurt. All of her shoes hurt. She was having a thing with shoes with the blister. So I let her go barefoot to Publix in a nightgown. Okay. Which I'm like, I just couldn't fight.
00:45:01
Speaker
You know what mean? I lost the will. We roll up Publix or just grocery stores and pajamas all the time. Yeah. So she's in her Elsa nightgown without shoes. She probably probably looks like a homeless kid, but at that point, I'm just like, whatever.
00:45:15
Speaker
And I also knew we were going to carry her from the car into one of those car carts, you know, like her and out. And almost always when we go to Publix, we get a free cookie and a thing of popcorn chicken and they will snack while we eat. And honestly, it's kind of like a dinner activity for us. Like when we get home, we'll give them some healthy things, but most of the time they'll eat a bunch of popcorn chicken and like whatever.
00:45:37
Speaker
So we're checking out, like having a fine time, whatever. Alice, again, like we're checking out. I'm already in front of the payment machine. Vinny's with me. Thank God.
00:45:50
Speaker
she turns She had popcorn chicken in her mouth. She turns to ask the checkout man if they have stickers, which is sometimes they do so that she knows that they'll give her a sticker. She chokes on her popcorn chicken, starts coughing, and then starts projectile vomiting.
00:46:09
Speaker
all over herself, all over the cart. Thank God it didn't get on Evie next to her, but she just started. that ever happened to your kid where they start to choke and then they cough and then a little bit comes off and then they just start. It's just like, yeah.
00:46:25
Speaker
projectile vomiting all over herself. Vinny and I are like, oh my God, the bad guy who I think was like special needs of some sort, like, which I love that they hired this. and I'm not saying that in a derogatory way. I'm just, it's a fact.
00:46:40
Speaker
And They he started dry heaving like he did not like the throw up. He starts dry heaving. The the checkout guy was like, honestly rude. He didn't say anything or do anything to help us.
00:46:53
Speaker
I immediately grab Alice once she's done and take her into the bathroom. There's vomit all over the car all over the floor. And I take her into the bathroom. She's hysterical because this all is like scary and like a lot.
00:47:08
Speaker
I pull off her gown. I throw it in the garbage. I'm just like, we're done. and Yeah. i And I said to her, I said, Alice, mommy's got to throw this away. It's just too yucky. And she was like, I said, I'll buy you a new one. And she goes, okay, where?
00:47:22
Speaker
I was like, girl, right now? Like, for real? She has no shoes. ah So now she has no shoes, no clothes. but She's just in underwear. And we come out.
00:47:32
Speaker
Vinny is cleaning the vomit off the floor. no one came to help us. Like, no store clerk or anything. Vinny has paper towels. He's cleaning the vomit off the floor, which, like, I'm not saying... I don't know. it just It's kind weird that no one came to like help us. I don't know.
00:47:48
Speaker
It was just such a stressful situation. And Vinny and I left there and we were like, what the fuck was that? Like... I just, it was so weird. and and of And then Alice talked about it all night. You know, I threw up at the groceries i throw it up at the grocery store. And then I took her to school this morning. And the first thing she says to her teachers is, I throwed up at Publix yesterday. And I had to, like, give a whole spiel. I'm like, she's not sick. or cho on She just choked on her popcorn chicken. Like, it's fine. And she was like, yeah, I'm not sick. I'm like, girl, I'm not sick.
00:48:26
Speaker
It was just so dramatic. And so like one of those mom moments where it also was so crazy. Like I do hate throw up and I hate when other kids throw up. But in that moment, like I didn't even care. Like I didn't even think it was gross. No, you don't care.
00:48:38
Speaker
I just was like in mom mode. Let's get this off of you. Let's get this cleaned up.
00:48:46
Speaker
Yeah. It was so bad. ah i'm so sorry. so bad. It's okay. It was just. I mean, that shit happens. Graydon, like sometimes like if they're both um like sick, they'll choke on like snot, like drainage and just puke. Uh-huh.
00:49:03
Speaker
Yeah. And you're like, ah, this is too much. I also, i also feel, I don't know if this is a thing, but ever since Alice has had the stomach bug and through, cause she had never thrown up before until that stomach bug. Yeah.
00:49:18
Speaker
I feel like she's a little pukey. Like if something gets in her throat, she just will like bomb. And I'm like, you never did this. Like, I don't know what happened. I've been also, i have noticed she's been like trying to eat too fast or talk while she eats. I've been trying to teach her like you have to chew and swallow and drink water and like eat like a fucking normal person.
00:49:42
Speaker
So i tell you what I, you know, The second you drop or like your kids leave your house, like they were gone all day Saturday. i missed them immediately. Like why are moms like this?
00:49:53
Speaker
I was like, Oh my God, Chris, turn around and get them back. weekend Turn around and get them back. The second I put them in the car fighting, they're fighting. Mario's just screaming at the top of her lungs and Creighton's like, make her stop.
00:50:09
Speaker
Make her stop. They're just yelling at each other back and forth. I didn't have, An iPad charge because I'm a fucking idiot. So we were just raw dogging this hour drive. Oh, I said, I'm back to being a mom. This is so fun. We're just fighting in the car the whole way home. I'm just like.
00:50:28
Speaker
My girls are, have really started to fight too. And Evie, like y'all, Evie's taking a turn. She's, I mean. They get feisty. The girl.
00:50:39
Speaker
Yeah. She is. We call Margo sassy. Sassy. She is like, she's very physical. Like she, she will just go she will go up to Alice, her body or her face and do this like pinchy grab thing that hurts Alice so bad. i can tell it does. And, and Evie will just like mischievously smile. um She's also just more demanding and like more,
00:51:09
Speaker
It takes a turn. Mischievous. I don't know. I mean, the medium told me that Evie was going to be my wild card and the one I had to worry about. So um between now and 18 months, it's a lot.
00:51:22
Speaker
I also think we're headed in the next couple of weeks for a one nap transition. It's time. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. She's her morning naps have started to get shorter and then her afternoon naps are starting to get shorter and she's having trouble going down at night like she rolls around for an hour yeah so it's time i think here soon we're really gonna honestly like after this disney trip i think we'll probably transition to one nap oh and then your life has changed for the better it's so nice so much free time um my god i love it yeah
00:52:01
Speaker
Oh, this was great, but so fun.
Upcoming Plans and Events
00:52:05
Speaker
Um, what do you have anything else coming up for you? i know we talked about my Disney trip and then I have Hannah's wedding, which is exciting. I just have, um, mother's day, which we have no plans. Like I feel like we usually grill out and like my mom will come or something. And then Chris has, he's been training for a triathlete, like a half triathlon. So he has his triathlon the next weekend.
00:52:29
Speaker
So he'll be gone. for that in Chattanooga. So... That's it. I forgot to tell you that when we were at my cousin's wedding, we sat next to my uncle, Mike Malay, who, you know, you know, their, their sons, whatever.
00:52:45
Speaker
Well, he sat next to Vinny and he was trying to convince Vinny to do this triathlon with the boys. And I was like, please, no, sir, please. And then he was like, you could do it too. You're, you're disciplined enough. I was like, hell no. No, he was talking to me too.
00:53:01
Speaker
I was like, I'm just not interested in biking. Like so the swimming and the running. i'm into that, but I don't want to bike. See, I think the biking is the only part I would be interested in.
00:53:12
Speaker
i don't like that. and It's not for me. i don't I don't really want any part of any of it. So it's like not for me. But I just was like, please, sir, don't convince him to do that. I can't. Chris is at the point where he's like, I'm ready to get this over with because he's been training like longer hours. Like he worked out on Saturday, day of our party for three hours.
00:53:35
Speaker
That's insane. While I cleaned inside. Let's talk about that. Yeah. Wow. It was fine. Like, Because it was raining, like everything got was done in the house. So I was kind of like twiddling my thumbs a little bit. I was like, God, we can't do anything until the rain stops. So I just was like, whatever. He can work out. I don't give a shit.
00:53:58
Speaker
Well, this was fun. I'm so excited to give y'all a full Disney recap. I will try my very best to like write down any tips I have. And haven't checked the weather. That's something I should keep an eye on because it's like if it's going to rain, that might ruin our time. But hopefully we'll be good. It's been a very.
00:54:21
Speaker
oh OK. Right now it's says Saturday and Sunday is rainy, but. That's our big days, really our Thursday and Friday. And Saturday is just Epcot in the afternoon. So it should be fine.
00:54:33
Speaker
Yeah, you should be good. It'll be so fun. That's it. That's all she wrote. All right. I love you guys. I love you. Thank you so much for being a part of our mom group chat. New episodes drop every Tuesday. And don't forget, the group chat is blowing up on our Instagram page. So make sure you're following along over there.
00:54:54
Speaker
All right. Got to go. My toddler just put something in her mouth.