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E16: Role Reversal
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We are back with another episode, this time discussing the nuances of our family dynamics and individual relationships with our mom, our dad, and each other. We break down the moments of realizing our parents were not invincible super humans, and dissect the challenges (and rewards) of showing up for them like they’ve showed up for us for the past 30+ years.
Despite how hard the past year has been, we are eternally grateful for the unique and beautiful relationships we have with each other.
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Transcript
Instagram Live Mishaps
00:00:05
Speaker
Hey girl. Hi. Been a minute. Yeah, it's been... Well, we tried to go live last night and that was like the biggest failure of. Yeah. If you're one of the three people that tuned into us for more than 10 seconds, thanks, I guess. I'm sorry. Also sorry. Yeah. was brutal.
00:00:21
Speaker
But anyway, we're back. we We were like, we have no plan. Let's go live. And evidently, I think you need a plan to go live on Instagram. I mean, it was fun to talk to Lucy and like FaceTime, but we needed to probably do that offline, which we did after. Mom didn't even watch. I was like, oh, we're going live on Instagram. And she was like, what is that? like I actually don't have time. She would love Instagram live.
00:00:40
Speaker
I almost don't want tell her about it. Please don't. She'll go on and like rant. Love you.
Evolving Family Roles
00:00:44
Speaker
Anyway, guess that's a good segue because the topic we wanted to sort of talk about today is just the roles that exist in our family and sort of, I guess, highlighting the role of like parenting child and how that evolves and develops not only as you age, but also as I guess for lack of a better word, shit gets thrown at you. Yeah. When you're faced with different types of situations, I think like something that we've been thinking about a lot just in navigating the ups and downs of this whole experience is okay. How are we as supportive as we can be for each other, for our mom, for our dad and for ourselves and all four of those things, I think present very differently and take a completely different skillset. It's like, okay, if I'm, I don't know if I'm like,
00:01:30
Speaker
if you're having a bad day and I'm trying to help you cope, like what I'm going to say to you and how I'm going to help coach you through that is way different than how I would talk to myself or how different than how I guess like I would interact with mom. And it's just made us sort of reflect on the nuance of parent child relationships, sibling relationships. And it's also, at least for me, and I think you feel the same,
00:01:52
Speaker
made me so grateful for the amazing relationships that we do have with each other, with our other sister, with mom and dad. And like the foundation of those relationships, because I do think another thing that I've actually sort of been thinking about more recently um is like you were saying, like there's a way to, all we want to do is be there for each other and be there for what?
00:02:12
Speaker
I, I, you found your bracelet. Oh All we want to do is be there for each other. There's also like, I like how you said being there for yourself too because I do think that sometimes being there for yourself involves setting a boundary and yeah not being there for someone 24-7 and like that sounds wrong but I was just speaking about this actually and therapy but I was saying how like I want to just be there for everyone all the time but sometimes like that's just too much and that's fair that's with any relationship that's not just highlighting this situation but I think it has recently for me yeah um
00:02:47
Speaker
I also think like trying to be there for everyone is sometimes a deflection of like not actually being able to like be there for yourself.
Gratitude for Family Bonds
00:02:55
Speaker
Oh my god. Like when I'm in my darkest moment I'm like oh who needs help like how can I help? Yeah.
00:02:59
Speaker
It's just not. But even like the way that I speak to like the way that I would comfort you or comfort Lucy or comfort dad or mom is is entirely different. Totally. But I think like all us sort of have different relationships and with one another, with certain groups of the family, with the family overall. Like, I think we're lucky to be very, very close, but like our relationships are all, I think they're all like kind of different.
00:03:22
Speaker
Yeah. I think they're different. And I think sometimes like when you're faced with such a big emotional thing going on, like sometimes, like I just, as an example that I think sort of led us to wanting to talk about this, like I was Like, I think right now it's a harder time than
Father's Health and Family Dynamics
00:03:39
Speaker
it's been. Like we've said on a couple of the other episodes, um our dad has, for separate reasons from brain cancer, has not been able to walk hardly at all just um due to some compressed discs.
00:03:52
Speaker
Very bad back pain. Yeah, really bad back pain. um And that we're figuring out hopefully soon. But I think it's been harder and I think it's been, well, it has been harder and it's been specifically hard, I think, on our mom.
00:04:04
Speaker
So its how we're towing the line of being helpful, being there for her versus also needing to be like, Hey, i actually can't be your best friend right now because this is hard for me to hear or things like that. Yeah. Because I want to be there and listen to you as a friend, but also like, this is still my dad we're talking about. And sometimes I can't,
00:04:28
Speaker
separate it fully well sometimes i can but not all the time right and i think at the same time like sometimes if she's having a bad day or if there's so much going on she's like i mean we're her like closest people so i think she wants to reach out to us or to lucy and like have a conversation and be like hey this is happening this is happening but i found myself the other day being like okay i'm like because she called me candidly and we talked about this and was like i think hayley's upset with me And I was like, well... She knows me so freaking well. It's like insane. I didn't say anything. You're right you're not like that hard to read. Yeah, no. I was going to say, granted, I definitely wear my emotions on my sleeve. You literally said to me, you were like, I'm being mean. So I think she thinks that I'm mad. No, I wasn't mean enough being mean. I being short.
00:05:07
Speaker
Yeah. Well, yeah. Short. Short. But I was like, i look I don't think she's mad at you. I think that... sometimes with some of the and i asked her i said are you open to feedback and of course she's like yeah course i am i'm like great perfect take seat but i so i said i was like you got i i know it's we're really training into like therapy sessions all the time i said sometimes i think that you need to unload and i would encourage you to before you do that just think about okay
00:05:39
Speaker
the person who I'm talking to in this situation, like they're also going through it and it feels different from what I'm going through. Like I want her to call me all day and be like, I had such a shit day. The dog had diarrhea, blah, blah, blah, blah. She does all the time.
00:05:52
Speaker
But sometimes when she's like, it's so hard. Dad can't walk. He's like, he's like, sometimes just harder to hear. And it's not even like, there's moments where I'm like, absolutely lay it on me. Let me know how I can help. And then there's other moments. If like something's like, I'm having a bad day. Something setting me off yeah that I just just can't hear it. So yeah,
00:06:09
Speaker
It's like with anything. Like sometimes like something random will set me off because I'm having a bad day or set you off because you're having a bad day. yeah like sometimes I'm like the super woman of the family and can help everyone and like perfectly.
00:06:19
Speaker
like Right. And it's not everything. and Exactly. And it's different all the time. i' like So much ebbing. So much flowing. But like with my husband, with Will, I can be like, he can bring something up and I'll be like, I don't want to talk about that right now.
00:06:32
Speaker
And like, that's, that's okay. And like, if he's like, no, I really do, then it can be a conversation. But I do because of all that mom's doing and because of the super woman that she's being, I don't always feel like I, like, I don't want to say, Hey, I can't hear that right now. Like it's a harder, it's harder.
00:06:48
Speaker
So I was sort of just like, in the same way that i'm thinking about how i'm interacting with you versus how i'm interacting with haley versus how i'm interacting with lucy etc like sometimes when you're really really in the thick of it you need to take a beat and be like okay this is what's going on and like this can be my outlet right now and it's not always like depending on what the problem is it's not always going to be related the same way to us as like she would talk to a friend or does this make sense it does it does but i also was thinking it's certainly not like a knockoff like it's i i'm happy that we can have that open conversation with her too well i think that's we're very lucky to have that because i don't think that that mother daughter
00:07:27
Speaker
ah dynamic is very common no we're so lucky that I can even be like Harry opened a feedback like yeah no like that there but it's also saying something like even though it is like that like I I didn't say that I just was like okay well right well that's we're different but I think that it is something that like it's hard like I I don't want to ever like she's in such a different objectively harder position to be in yeah but it's like hard to compare it and it's hard to be like right it's hard for me to push down everything else all the time yeah to be there when like i can do that sometimes but not every day and it's also hard to be like oh you can't say x y and z because like we're saying it's not the content it's like yeah the
00:08:06
Speaker
vibe like it's how I'm feeling it's and I also certainly totally totally and certainly don't want to give off the vibe that like she's putting a lot on us because that's actually not the case at all I think like I think she could put so much more on us and some days I'm like please do it's just it's just being able to have the conversation of I'm in a space to be able to hear this right now I'm not in a space to be able to hear this right now how can I help you find another outlet if it can't be me yeah that sort of and I think it's we're using her as an example because that was present that happened but I think that that's something that like all of us It's
Parent-Child Relationship Evolution
00:08:37
Speaker
yes. And I do it with you. So like all of us. And it's, I just think it's interesting to highlight the parent child dynamic because like, i don't know, that's something I said even like in one of the earliest podcasts, but just like how even just like growing up and granted, this is probably something I've experienced more recently because I'm younger than you.
00:08:56
Speaker
miss la Um, but like even graduating college and like, many moons ago and all of those things. Like I just like you a couple moons ago, regular Egypt, a couple moons ago.
00:09:10
Speaker
I, um, it's interesting to see how your relationship with parents develops. Like I have always we been so like, I don't want say blessed, but like so lucky to, to have,
00:09:22
Speaker
and amazing relationship with mom and dad obviously like there was the period in middle school where like i like would scream like f you at mom which is awful and like i did you seriously do that i know for sure i've literally i i never said i hate you i said i never did okay i i didn't either but i obviously said that mom you're evil i know but it was like a thing to hate your mom in middle school like i don't know not for me okay well that back then but more recently it was anyway like obviously like take all of that those blips aside like we have an amazing relationship like I think we got really close like when it was just me and them living together yeah but it was still always like parent child like we were friends and like we'd banter and like their boundaries would be crossed because I was the youngest and like I'd tell them stuff that like I wouldn't probably tell my parents but like we were very open but I wouldn't say it was not up until recently like when it felt more like me like mutualistic and less of like
00:10:13
Speaker
oh, but you're still taking care of me. You're ahead of me. Do you know what mean? Mutualistic? Yeah. Is that a word? Yeah, mutualistic relationship. Okay, maybe. Yes, like it's the al it's like the thing on the tree, the algae.
00:10:23
Speaker
Symbiotic. No. I don't think. Mutualistic. All right, sure. Wait, is it not? We can look that up later. um Yes, it's ah in the category of symbiotic, but it's like mutualistic is like the question. sure. You might be right.
00:10:35
Speaker
I don't know. Is this another Rose Pierre situation? Bio girl, I don't fucking know. But yeah, no, I mean, I think Yeah, I mean, like my relationship with them is different.
Creative Upbringing and Sibling Dynamics
00:10:45
Speaker
I think it was a lot more parent child for a much longer time. And then all of a sudden, when you grew up, I remember coming home from college and being like, oh, we like swear and drink. Now this is sick.
00:10:56
Speaker
Yeah, I guess that happened earlier for me. Well, totally have an earlier for you because they were also like, all right, we're like enough is enough. Because when I, I mean, I remember I turned 13 and ah that point Lucy was 11 and you were what, like seven or something.
00:11:11
Speaker
I turned 13 and mom was like, we really can't be watching PG movies in the house. Like your sisters are scared. And I was like, I can legally watch PG 13 movies. And my friends with older siblings are watching R rated movies. Like I can't watch Harry Potter because Lucy thinks that Voldemort's in the toilet. Like that's not my problem. That was not my problem. But I will say they were weirdly strict about movies.
00:11:31
Speaker
Well, I do think that's why we're creative, though. Like, they didn't never wanted us to watch TV, which is funny because Dad was always like, oh, work in TV, and now we do. But, like, they never wanted us to watch TV. We were always, like, fucking around. No, we were not allowed to watch But we played so many video games.
00:11:44
Speaker
But later, that was later, too. Like, I played with felt. Early for Right. I felted. i played with so much felt. Dad would, like, cut out outfits on my felt mice. Like, I had these mice. It was, like, princesses on the felt What were called? Felt kids.
00:11:57
Speaker
so freedom day I had all the princesses, but I like really wanted mice. I needed it felt mice or something. don't know. Maybe I was in a Nutcracker vibe with the Mouse King. I don't know.
00:12:07
Speaker
But I needed the mice, and but the mice didn't have outfits because like... Why would they have outfits? I don't even think that the mice were came with the box, but I needed that. They did it. So dad would wake up, like, so early on Saturday and Sunday mornings and, like, cut out, like, mice and, like, mouse outfits. And I was like, yes, this is great. What is mouse outfit?
00:12:25
Speaker
Like, they clothes. They couldn't be naked. God forbid. That would be insane. Insane. What are you, an animal? Sorry. They are. They had to cover up. um Oh, my God. How did we get here?
00:12:36
Speaker
Oh, yeah. Just, like, the difference, like, them being
Health Challenges and Role Reversals
00:12:38
Speaker
strict. Yes. I think, like, meeting... I don't know, even our other friends' parents in high school versus our friends' parents in college. It's just those dynamics are so interesting.
00:12:47
Speaker
Like, no, we weren't allowed to watch SpongeBob, but like when I was a senior in high school, like I think I was having glasses of wine with mom and dad at dinner. Like they were trying to prepare me for college they didn't buy me alcohol on my way to college and they hooked you up with like a ton of handles it's like it's just in the oldest to youngest child relationships and that I feel like is universal like oldest to youngest totally but it's like it's interesting because I definitely had that more like friendship situation with them when I was in high school and then I think that persisted in just like comfortability with each other but I will say like
00:13:18
Speaker
seeing how our relationship has evolved now, I think it was like me comfortable with them, but they were still like acting as parents. Like they accepted what I was saying, but it's not like I was getting an insight to like their tea or their like no troubles. And I think that only happens when like you see your parent vulnerable or you're going through something and it's like, oh shit. And like, I saw a little bit of it when it was like in college before all of this happened and was more just like, oh, I'm an adult now.
00:13:44
Speaker
And mom would be like, oh, like this is bothering me about like, a real thing, like something that you would say to me or a friend would say to me. And I was like, wait, what? Like, what do you mean you don't have all the answers? Right. And I think it's like, you have problems. Yes. that's insane And I think that just gets like, that's such a weird realization. It's such a weird like role reversal or not reversal, but just like role evening out, I guess.
00:14:01
Speaker
Yeah. And then when you're faced with something as like crazy and awful and unexpected as our whole family was, put that to whole nother level. You see the person that you have always grown up in my um eyes at least being like the strongest, most amazing like, yeah, on like.
00:14:22
Speaker
Well, they're, they're the problem solvers. Like we bring the problems and they fix them and solve them make everything okay. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think what you were trying to get at is like this idea of having the problem solvers be faced with a problem that is a unsolvable and it's not funny, but it's just laughable because what the fuck?
00:14:39
Speaker
And also to see it actually happening. Like, yes, like dad didn't lose too much of his hair and stuff. Like we didn't really see him like sick, sick. But I think now with like his struggling to walk, even though that's completely separate from cancer, because this man can't catch a motherfucking break. Literally. is yeah Like that's, that's harder to see. And it's, yeah, I think it's also just hard to not even like the physical things, but just like,
00:15:01
Speaker
I know that is sad for him because he doesn't like want that. So it's it's just hard to see. Like for me, i think it's harder on for both of them just to see like, to know that your parents are like emotional and like, are real people. but Vulnerable. Vulnerable is more what I think and than emotional, yes.
00:15:15
Speaker
No, but it's, and that's the whole, it's like, all right, seeing and dad not be able to do the basic things that he usually can do and then seeing mom just like not be okay. I mean, none of us are okay.
00:15:26
Speaker
No. And it's, it is jarring, but it also makes me feel, as you were saying, and it makes me extra grateful for the relationships that we have with them so that mom is comfortable coming to us and being like, hey, I had a terrible day. Can I talk to about it?
00:15:41
Speaker
And how special is that that she can lean on It's so special. Or for dad to be so open with us about what's going on too. Like I think we hear it a lot and we've like witnessed it a bunch of like parents hiding things so that their kids don't see them at their worst moments.
00:15:57
Speaker
we're We've now both recently, and Lucy will be back this coming weekend, as will both of us, but like we've both been at home without mom and it's like just us and dad. and like can't do He wants to do everything because all he's ever wanted is to do everything for us. and that's all like That's been his vibe forever. So for for us to, you know, we make him breakfast and then We bring it up to him.
00:16:19
Speaker
It's like his least fucking favorite thing ever to have us waiting on him because he's like, yeah what is wrong with this picture? And all he wants to do is do stuff for us. And there is a ah big, big, big part of me. Obviously, I'm not happy about any of this situation, but to be able to care for...
00:16:34
Speaker
him and to be there for him like there is a part of me that's like okay you did this for me for 30 years like please let me return the favor like please it's definitely easier in our position to do that yeah oh my god no and granted also like we did it both for like a week like versus oh my god i literally did for three days but it is and no it's not fun for him to have no but being there for him but it does but No, of course I don't mind it. And I want to be there and I want to help him. It does like, I mean, this is actually hate this and he's going hate this.
00:17:05
Speaker
But I was thinking about, you know, the, um, the like little children's book, the like, or the poem, the like, I'll love you forever. I love you for always, as long as you're living. And it goes through the, like, he's cradling the little baby at the beginning and then at the end it's the child who's, I know, it makes me like... It's knife. It's like actually not.
00:17:23
Speaker
Okay. But it's sort of just that circle of life and we're not in that situation right now. We're going to be at a point. it's, I don't know, I think...
00:17:34
Speaker
accepting that and then looking at it with more of a positive light of, okay, we, we have such an amazing relationship, even when roles are reversed, like our dynamic stays the same and like the relationship stays the same. It's just the interaction might change, but we're like, it's such a solid, amazing relationship that we have both with mom, both with dad and with all three of us.
00:17:58
Speaker
It's like, that's amazing. It's like an amount of respect.
Unconditional Love and Resilience
00:18:02
Speaker
That's like, back and forth and I think that's exactly right there there's respect yeah it's like obviously there's this whole dynamic or like of like respecting your elders but I do think that like something that like I know that mom and dad value you me and Lucy and respect us as like individual people like they have value in us not just like because they have to and I think that's so special and that's something that like I think really helps all of us like be people yeah for lot i mean that's what i'm for and that's what employed us to feel like we could go off and do whatever we wanted to do because they're like you guys are amazing and they're not just saying like oh you're great because you're our kids they're like we genuinely think you guys are great and you guys can do whatever you want to do
00:18:42
Speaker
And that, like, again, it stems from respect. It stems from just unconditional love. And to have that and to have such solid relationship, like, God, I, if all of this ended tomorrow, and Dad says this all the time, and knock on wood, I don't want that to be the case, but, like, if... I don't have wood.
00:19:00
Speaker
I do. For you. Oh, God. If all of this, like, went to dust tomorrow, like, He always says dust. He always says dust. If all this went to dust tomorrow, like, I...
00:19:13
Speaker
I wouldn't change anything about our relationship with either of them. yeah And how special is that? It's special and it's rare. And it is something that I think is some is something that I think I need to personally like think about and remind myself more often.
00:19:29
Speaker
Yes. But it's also, it is, it is annoying to be in this situation that epically, epically sucks and then be like, Oh, well, I'm really grateful for like, sometimes you just can't do that. And that's okay too. Like we know this, we're not sitting through life forgetting and how like,
00:19:43
Speaker
because we have such a special relationship relationship with them and specifically dad, like that's what makes this hard. um Yeah. I think, I mean, it and it would be hard in any regard and for different reasons and for whatever. It doesn't make it all better just because like we get along.
00:19:55
Speaker
No, just exactly. Exactly. Just because we wouldn't do anything different. It makes it feel more unfair. We've had a great run run. We've had a great run. We've had an amazing run. i that I don't want it to be over. No. At all.
00:20:06
Speaker
It's also interesting. I've got few things i that came to mind when you were speaking, but like. Great. Well, was listening, but also came to mind. Um, but just like this idea of like the circle of life and like that book you were saying, like i obviously like you always know that's in the future, but I think at like the age of 24, don't think I was expecting that.
00:20:27
Speaker
And not that we're having it right now, but. Dad wasn't expecting it when his parents were in their mid to late eighty s No, and it's like something that you know is there. but you never, I don't think you can ever be fully prepared for Why would you think about it? think I used to think about it in my nightmares. No, same. still do. And then I'm like, oh, right.
00:20:44
Speaker
It's real. Yeah, blows. Yeah, it blows. But it's interesting. And I also just like, another thing I was thinking of just like when I was talking about the silver linings and all that stuff, like, I think it's interesting to see going back to like the different rules we all have in our family and like how we interact with one another, how all of us cope differently too.
00:21:03
Speaker
And I think if you had told me like before, that I would, like, take the positive route, I'd be, like, no fucking shot. Do you feel like you take the positive route? I think I do. Do you not? I'm messing with you. Oh, no, I think I do, like, to a fault.
00:21:17
Speaker
I actually think, I'm just going to give all of us a little bit of credit. I think we're all handling this, like, really well. We are. No, but it's just we're handling it differently, well. you had told me, like, two years ago, be like, oh, this is going to happen to you, I would have been like, oh, sick, I'm going to quit my job, lock myself in a room, and, like, cry, and, like, never...
00:21:33
Speaker
do anything again. Like, we can't do that. Like, it's insulting, I think, to the person who's going through terminal illness to give up. Like, they don't have an option.
00:21:44
Speaker
We do. We have an option to give up or not. And, like, I think giving up, like, what is that what does that show down? Like, all he wants us to do is, like, live our lives and carry on and be happy. And it's so hard to do that. And it's going to be really fucking hard to do that.
00:22:01
Speaker
But that said, like, I don't, it's, it's funny to think about, funny is not the right word. It's interesting to think about like what, how I thought I would have approached the situation versus how we're approach Yes. Yes. Like I wouldn't, because.
00:22:15
Speaker
Granted, I don't feel like we have an option other we're doing. No, you, we don't. I mean, obviously we have an option to not like live cast all of our shit, but like that said, do we? Absolutely. I don't, like, I don't think anyone asked for this. No one asked for Nobody asked for it. That's what you got.
00:22:31
Speaker
Um, But yeah, like does that make sense? No, I think it's, I totally agree. Like I am shocked at how all of us are handling it, but in a positive way. Like I'm like pleasantly shocked. No, it's us. And lena i like Lucy is a handling it. Like she's been calling us like, hey, are you guys okay? Can I help? I'm like, the fuck?
00:22:47
Speaker
Like, yeah it's amazing. Yeah, no. I'm so excited to all be together. I think that'll
Family Reunion Anticipation
00:22:52
Speaker
be really great. Yeah. So basically all of us are going be together for Father's Day, which is really fun. We'll definitely do a lot of content, or hopefully.
00:22:58
Speaker
We always say that. Get ready. Recording like one 15-minute episode and we're like, dirt. Well, because we like to just- But we all haven't been together. we were When we were talking to Lucy the other night, we haven't all been together since January.
00:23:10
Speaker
Yeah, which is insane. and Which is nuts. Yeah. But also, like you even like the East Coast people haven't been together in a while either. No. I feel like haven't seen Will in a bit. I haven't seen Mom and Dad in over a month. so Yeah.
00:23:23
Speaker
No, it's really, it's well-needed. It's well-timed. And I'm really excited for just being back and being home and being together. Like, the togetherness is, I look forward to it so much. I know. I feel like i've been craving it, too. You know, when, like, like I just can't wait to like, melt into the couch and just be with everyone. I really want to be home.
00:23:40
Speaker
And, like, all of us will be crazy. Oh, my God. Yeah. No, it will. We're full house. Oh, I thought you were saying, like, we're all gonna be nuts. Like, crackhead. Like, yeah no I'm saying, like, so it's just gonna be... No, it's gonna be full fucking house.
00:23:52
Speaker
It's gonna feel like the holidays. Yeah, we have fun sleeping our internet. We do. Can we explain them? Yeah. Okay, so... as we Did you explain surgery? No, we didn't talk about surgery.
00:24:03
Speaker
No. We can talk about it. Okay, sure. So... Right? Let's talk about Let's talk about it. can put it if want. Exactly. So... Basically, um Emma was talking a bit about the back pain that our dad is undergoing, unfortunately, because this man can't catch a break.
00:24:18
Speaker
And this is like, it slipped discs, horrible, horrible pain, like shooting down his leg, awful, impacting walking and basically just quality of life right now. And so he's had like some of those shots in his back, like the cortisone shots, shooting in steroids to try to help the pain. They haven't been super successful, unfortunately.
00:24:36
Speaker
So we he met recently with a back surgeon And it's sort of looking like that's our next step. So he's scheduled to have some back surgery on this coming week. Um, thankfully I'll be home for it. And then all of us will be home that fall, like that weekend to hang, which will be nice.
00:24:52
Speaker
Um, in general, we were all going to be home anyway, but basically this surgery, um, the reason why we say this is because, because of the surgery, um, when we're all going to be home for that weekend, right after we're going to put my dad and our dad, sorry.
00:25:07
Speaker
And, um, the lower level of the townhouse. So in Boston, we have like this like skinny little home. Um, and there's a lower level, a main level, another level and another level. Right. Five. Yeah. The LL, the kitchen, two, three, four. Okay.
00:25:23
Speaker
So LL, I always mix up the numbers. LL is where my dad will be. Normally he and my mom sleep on four. That's just their bedroom, but he's going to be in the LL because it's just like, why are we making the guy who just had back surgery climb up four flights of stairs? Right.
00:25:38
Speaker
So he's going to be in the LL, but the LL is usually lower level. usually ah a Lucy level. Lucy level. Lucy is the LL. when Lucy's here, she's going to be in the room that Emma and Will normally sleep in. Emma and Will are going to sleep in my room, and I'm apparently sleeping in my mom's room, which is my mom and dad's room.
00:25:53
Speaker
I don't know why my mom, I think my mom wants a buddy. buddy. That's why I'm sleeping there, but maybe I'll go back and forth with her and Lucy. I'll be nomadic. But it'll be full house craziness. Yeah.
00:26:04
Speaker
I wonder where Shay will be, probably. Having diarrhea somewhere. Yeah, that's the dog, not a person. But yeah. um Yeah, it'll be great.
Future Podcast Plans
00:26:12
Speaker
It'll be fun We're excited to be together. Yeah, we're excited to be together, to record together. We'll do stuff with Lucy, Mom, with Will, with Dad, blah, blah.
00:26:22
Speaker
Maybe we should do them with everyone. That's so much, but it be fun. Like hog the mic. Or we could just do a panel, like set them all up and we can interview them. Oh, I like that. I have some ideas for that. was sort of kidding, but i now I think it'll be fun.
00:26:34
Speaker
you know um But yeah, I guess this was, as always, a big ramble, but hopefully fun. And we we are going to start doing guests. Yes, we have some stuff in the works. We have a lot of people, actually, that did want to talk, which I think is amazing, and and we're really excited for that. So if you're bored of us, which you most likely are, don't worry, the new blood is coming in.
00:26:55
Speaker
I think we got the vibe that people were bored of us when nobody joined our lives for years. Yeah. But like I wouldn't have joined that. I've never joined an Instagram live. We publicize it well. Also like ew, who does that?
00:27:06
Speaker
who does Instagram live? It was so gross. It was your idea. i know, and I regretted it. I did it on my real Instagram. No, I know. It's so embarrassing. It's literally so embarrassing. and Like can't. I can mean, I don't care anymore. I can't.
00:27:18
Speaker
Holy shit. Anyway, um and that's all I got. It's so hot in here. Yeah, we got it. There's no AC. right Bye.