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Do you have your swimmies on, ma'am? Do I have my what? Your swimmies on. Uh-oh. That right you're getting. Oh. It just, it has just arrived. Okay. So yeah, we shall see. Yes. Hopefully you won't need them. I will say, I mean, I lived through the Nashville flood. Mm-hmm. So you would think that I would be, and I do. Ever since the Nashville flood, I have always taken a flash flood warning differently than I did before the Nashville flood. But having seen so many buildings picked up off their foundation and floated down the river. It really is a little disconcerting now when I received the flash flood warning. Because I'm always like, I'm not going to flood. Well, I'm not going to flood, but I'm not sure may float on down 30 a. Right. Right. Oh. Well, um. What's going on in your world? So, you know, I have not done a good job of building in, you know, building in time for myself lately. Um, um, and I need to do better with that. And I thought that was something that, you know, I have always struggled with. I know we've talked about it a lot on here, but lately I've been doing a really bad job of it. I've let other people put busy work in my world. And, um, I need to do better with that. And I know that that's easier said than done, especially for us as women who, um, have a hard time saying no to people because we feel like we've got to do it all. But y'all, we don't. We really don't know as a full sentence. And I have not done a very good job with that lately. And these are real things. Right. So I am starting a new era with it. Hopefully. Um, so I haven't done a lot. I haven't been a lot going on other than work. And, um, you know, I'm on call 24 seven anyway for past oral care. But the other stuff I can set boundaries with and that's okay. So, um, I need to do a better job with that. So I just needed to reminder this week. I had, I did watch Wimbledon. Um, you know, they come on at very inconvenient times for a pastor. And so, um, I think it's really good. And I think it's really good. I think it's really good. So Sunday at 11 is right when I'm doing work. And so unfortunately, I missed a lot of the men's final. Um, and I was not able to watch the women's final. But that men's final was really good at the end. And, um, I love seeing King Philippe who I think is very attractive in the stands. And Kate, um, that was fun to watch. But, um, that was a, it was a good Wimbledon. I thought, um, and then now, um, we're back. I'm back to golf. Um, today starts the British open. And they're in Scotland somewhere. I don't even know where they are. But so we'll see. That's all I'm doing. Really. Um, and, uh, honey, I'm working with honey. Part of, part of the problem of me not being able to leave the house too much is that honey separation anxiety just means that I have to drug her up. And I really hate to drug her up every single day. So I only give her the treasidone, um, for work stuff as much as possible. But, um, we've got around some prozac, a low dose of prozac. I got in touch with my, um, vet down here. Was all vacation, by the way, who's so precious to help me. But when I told her the kamikaze jumping off the second floor balcony story, she was like, oh, yes. We must. So, um, we're trying that. And hopefully it will work and help her. Just have a little less anxiety. So we'll see, you know, drug endos happiness is just as good as natural happiness. So there's that better living for you for. Hey, I would ask you about to Katie. I would, I would just ask if, and I don't know this about treasidone, I should as much treasidone as I have administered in my life. But I would ask if being on a consistent dose would also be helpful. Yes, because you can use treasidone. You can use it PRN. Yeah. For sure. But there may be something to, to having your own it consistently as well. It just knocks her out. And I love her corny little personality. I'm hoping we can find a balance of her sleeping all the time, even on a half dose of treasidone. She sleeps a lot. I mean, heck, she's sleep right now, but I just ran her around outside. But I'm hoping that the consistent pros act with the treasidone when, you know, it's thunderstormy or something like that. We'll be a good balance of keeping that quirky fun personality and taking away some of the anxiety part of her existence. That's what I'm hoping. I don't know. I'm not an expert. So I don't know. We're going to try it. So we'll see, you know, the treasidone may be the only thing that works. So it may just have to be where she just is a lot more lethargic all the time. So we'll see. We'll see. I just hate it for I don't want her to have a heart attack or, you know, I don't want her to hurt herself. That's the ultimate goal is for her to live a safe existence. And for me to be able to leave that out. Yeah. You know, I've been there. Yeah, I know you have. I know. I know. And I'm so appreciative. You know, I've had dogs before through the men in my life, but I've never had my own dog all to myself. And so it's a learning curve. And I appreciate the village that I have of people who are so kind and quick to help me understand things and find ways to help her and give advice. So I'm very, very thankful for you, Mandy and for all my friends in the veterinary world. The only other thing that's happened this week and I know we talk a lot about teachers and we have some teachers who are listeners and your mom was your mom a teacher just. I know your dad. So I teach you. And I know that's what I thought. They're very, very. 25 years. I didn't count. And then became a school psychologist. There we go. Bless her. Bless her. And your dad taught chorus and music. I know. Something that I would have never taken from him. You're welcome. World. But. Teachers are so very important. I'm not sure. I'm not sure. I'm not sure. I'm not sure. I'm not sure. I'm not sure. I'm not sure. I'm not sure. I'm not sure. I'm not sure. Well, he could have maybe helped me. I don't know. He was bleeding. But I lost a very sweet. I see. You know. What was that? Let's go ahead. I was just going to say I lost a very sweet coach. A sweet coach. A sweet coach. Mac. They named the gym after him at FPD. It's called the Mac. But when he did get back, he was your first MC before you got back to your coach on a Decousel Prosper. What did he do? He received asset route employment, business,very position, etc. He was the basketball coach. he was the basketball coach. He's in the Georgia Sport Telefeme Any Torres Savior's On the court he taught us his driver's Ede. . He told us Lad which, huh, mercy that's a. Bending. You know, taking your life in your hands do you hands do you are hands in devil? was so sweet, he was very intense as a coach, but off the court, he was just precious. And he was, you know, in his 80s. I mean, my dad, or maybe older than that, because my dad is in his 70s. But I just loved him. And I was sorry to hear of his loss, but know that he, his wife died tragically in a car accident years ago. And so I know that they're back together. And just I'm so thankful for his influence. And for all the teachers that made me think about all of the great teachers I had over the years and all the teachers that I know influence you, Mandy. And we talk about that a lot. And all of our teacher listeners as well. So I just wanted to say how thankful I am for all of you. So that's it. That's all I've got. How about you, Mandy? You had a trip. What have you went? And had some fun. Tell us about it. I did. I went over to Cape San Blas. My friends, the Wildens, our old friend, Sanders, was present and accounted for. And I spent a couple of days over there. They're always kind to invite me to join them on their family beach trip. So I love that. I spent a couple of days over there. I started going to Cape San Blas speaking of coaches. One of my best friends, Geronette, was Randall. And her dad was coach Hughes, our football coach. And her mom, also a teacher, Lillian Sheaker up in Thomasville. And so she was good friends with all the flowers, family in Thomasville. And they actually sort of built the first condo development on Cape San Blas way back. And so we would go and say barrier dunes on Cape San Blas when we were like in middle school. I remember when the Indian pass were all bar opened. So been going forever. And of course, we hated it when we were 13 because we were the only people on the beach. So it's just about all to go now. Yeah. Right. We went, I got there Sunday night. And we went to dinner. We left the house probably about 730. Everywhere we went to try to eat had a two hour wait. And Port Scenic Joe. I have never in my life. So it's just, I mean, it's wild. It's the neighborhood where the wildins were saying is literally right across the street from the Hays. They bought their house in 2000. And I can't remember when there was nothing, literally, nothing across the street. Because they live on the base side. So we would have to walk across the street to the beach. And I mean, there was nothing. And now it's like a whole neighborhood, many, many neighborhoods. So it's just, it's just wild. And I've heard, you know, people grew up in Multree, weaker up going to Cape San Blast and St George. And like, that's just a straight shot for us. So that's just where we are. But people from other parts of the state and other parts of the country are beginning to find it. And partly because 30 A's got in the base, so freaking unbearably crowded. So people are kind of made in the east. I just, my mind is just boggled. Now don't get me wrong. It's still great. Like the beach, they're still playing. You're not sitting, you know, arm and arm with 1,000 other people who would go out on the beach. And nobody's climbing any beaches over there either. Yeah. But the fact did not eat anywhere in Port St. Joe without waiting for two hours, I still cannot believe it. But anyway, it was fun. It was fun. So while we were there, of course, we watched, oh, we did, we went across the street and visited with the hues, which was awesome. That's always fun. And it had been a long time since I really had a chance to talk to them. I've seen them in a couple of funerals. But it had been a long time since I had two. A chance to chat with them. So that was fun. But then we went, we of course watched the home run, Derby. We watched it on our phone at dinner on Monday night. But then we were home from the hues and time on Tuesday night to watch the All Star game. And it was fun. It was good. I think Atlanta did a good job. We went to bed before, probably maybe in the seventh inning. And naturally, it was way far ahead. And then we went to bed. And I just was checking my phone, making sure everything had ended all right. And saw they were in a swing off. So what they have decided to do with the All Star game, if you're tied after nine innings, is instead of playing extra innings to have a little mini home run, Derby. I love it. And so each league got to pick who their players are. Well, I'll say discovered as a result of this swing off, is that a lot of people who start the All Star game leave early. So when they named the people who were doing the swing off and show how Tony and Aaron Judge aren't in the swing off, everybody's like, what the hell? Well, they were gone. They were gone. So anyway, that was a lot of fun. That's one great way. They should be that in the World Series. So you just have a swing off. Love it. I doubt anybody will leave that. That's pretty. Yeah. But yeah, so that was all fun. It was fun. Freddie got a good reception from the Atlanta crowd, you know, which always makes me happy, because I just really want Freddie to go in the hall and play as a brave. But I just don't know this going to happen. But at least when everybody's nice to me, every time he comes back, it gives me hope. So anyway, the best sort of, that's what I've been doing and working in the in-betweens went to the, had to stop my anohistamines on Tuesday, because I'm having allergy tests next Tuesday. And you want to talk about a case of misery. Ooh, ooh, ooh, for a whole week. It is terrible. Measurable. Yes, he'd take anything. And I got bug by, oh, snottiness. Yeah, not. Oh, no. Sorry. The sky guy. The dermatologist, the sorghum had to have, yeah. The dermatologist, because I had two moles or a wave, my skin check, and they came back. They needed to get more to get clear margins. So I had to go back today. But luckily, I got out of there without any stitches. So hopefully I won't have to go back, so long as the margins are clear. So, you know, just being 50, having all the doctor's appointments, like Nainese to have, that's just what I'm doing. Well, I've got, maybe you can then insurance again. So I have to, I called my doctor. He said, you're, the eyesight's going to change so much in three years. Don't even pay for it. Just get it when you come back from school and we'll go from there. So I called now that I haven't, and they said December. I was like, oh, but they called with a cancellation. So I get to get my eyes checked and reminded how old I am in August. Yay. Let me just suggest, I try, now to be fair, I've had, I think these glasses, which I've had a while are progressives. And then I did try the progressive contacts and they did okay. I don't like them for like a year. Yeah. But there comes a point in time where the best thing to do is just give up on the progressives, get something that helps you with your inner side of this and go with God and your readers. Yep. It's just the best way to go. I don't like progressives at all. Yeah. I don't like them. I did watch. What was that? A favorite of the name of it. What's the crime show with the, and that you told us about last week. That's the part where you. The clergy. Oh, great. I told about, I talked about that. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. Yeah. indicate why. Yes, it something that. But the comments were vague to watch about that. I watch yours, and you watch on them, right? I did watch that. What'd you think? Uh huh. Yeah, that was good. I enjoyed. Is it like a British crime drama. And there, there you go. That's it. Its um. Yeah. All your books you got for us Katie. Yeah, so clearly. It's been a while since I've told you all about about my books that I've read. So I have a long list. It looks like I've all I've done is read, but that is not true. It's just been a while. So I thought I go through them really quickly. The first one I've talked about this author before. If you don't read Steve Berry, this is the middle of a big long series or the end. Sorry, it's the last one. The latest one, a big long series. Steve Berry is from Georgia. So there'll be some Georgia references. But he takes a historical event and kind of makes a mystery around it with CIA and TREG kind of thing. I love these books. They're so good. But if you want a gateway drug Steve Berry book that's stand alone. So you don't have to read the 20 books in this series. The Amber Room is very good. And that's a stand alone book. And so if you'd like that kind of stuff, see if you like him as an author. Yeah, I have. I've told you about that one before. But this one is the Medici return. And it was really what I loved about it was it talked about that horse race. If you watch the Stanley Tucci food in Italy documentary, he went to the the big horse race in Siena. And that's featured in this book too. It was really interesting. So this book, if you're reading Steve Berry, highly recommend the new book in the Cotton Malone series. I have read, I can't remember if I mentioned Ron rash before he's from he teaches at Western North Carolina. But he writes these short, but really, really good books. They're easy reads. They're kind of dark. But they are have good character development, great storylines. And they're setting North Carolina, which I love. And I read the caretaker and the waterfall. So I'm excited to read more of his stuff coming up. I went to my favorite book store and asked my favorite book store owner Margaret. What she recommended for the summer. And she said, have you read the Mary Kay Andrews from last year? And I said, I mean, I've read Mary Kay Andrews. So I feel like I've read them all. And she's like, no, no, no, this one's different. And it was there was actual intrigue. There wasn't just small town girl goes to the beach and falls in love with the handyman kind of story line. So I really like summers at the St. It was very good. So I recommend that one, even if you're kind of over her formulaic writing, otherwise. The new Emily Henry great big beautiful. I never any of her stuff. Oh, it was very. So it's very hallmarky where everybody in the hallmark movies goes to, you know, like Vermont. It's that same trope, but at the beach. So, but summers at the St. It is really good. Really different. You would like them. But once you've read one or two, it's very repetitive. This one is different than the rest of her books. The new Emily Henry was really good. Great big beautiful life. I know she probably regrets that title now with the bill that just passed, but it is so good. So the new Emily Henry's great. Abby Jimenez has started a new trilogy and that was really, really good. She must have a narcissist parent because she writes that character very well and very realistic. So be warned if that is part of your world. But this one is called say you'll remember me and it's very good and the characters are great. I'm already looking forward to the next one next summer. I read the new Taylor Jenkins Read at Misfire and it makes me want to pair aviators so badly. It's about women in the astronaut program and I really loved it. It was so good. I love Taylor Jenkins Read. She writes so well. So definitely read this one if you're a fan of hers. And then look, this next one, don't hold it against the pastor that it's as spicy as it is, but it's very spicy. I didn't realize just how spicy it was. I loved it. But I had never heard of this author Liz Tomford and it's called mile high and it's the first in a series and it is very good. The male character is not icky. He's very, what we all want our men to be like in the end. And I'm very it was good. It was really, really good. So I've told Margaret at Bear's Books to order me the rest of them. So there we go. But that's my list. It'll all be in the show. I love spicy trillity. It's so good. It's so good. But those have all been really, really good. So yeah, there you go. Love it. Yeah. Mandy, you got a great. Well, good. That's awesome. Thank you. Oh, you're welcome. Adam, to your to be read and your story graph. What about your favorite? Absolutely. Well, I sent birch attacks. I said, I don't have any favorites. I don't like anything. I have. Yeah, so Kelly and I had Kelly that had a good laugh. Kelly, 10 years ago, they were here and Kelly said, well, you take our family picture on the beach before dinner. We were all going to dinner. And I said, sure. And so we had taken lots of pictures. And then I said, let's do one of just the girls and let's jump. And this was like I said, it was 10 years ago. So Addy was sick. She had on her little smocked dress with big bow in her hair. And so she was between Kelly and me and we jumped and it was a cute picture. Well, fast forward, we had dinner literally on the same day the next year. So that picture had popped up in my time hop and I said, we should do it again. Well, that started a tradition. And so we have taken the jumping picture for 10 years. And Addy's no 16. It used to be that we had to pull her up. Now she's pulling us up. But anyway, we, why don't I start sailing this? Oh, my friend Casey Eichelberger, who's a saint on the face of the earth. And I want to be her when I grow up. We've only seen like she's like a bird in a birch, which I've met her twice. It like a life. But yeah, and she was off. She was off social media for a long, long time. She's recently gotten back home. But anyway, she commented on that jumping series and said, you are such a joyful person. And Kelly and I just busted a gut laughing at that because I said, Kelly, would you describe me as joyful? She said, you are many things, but joyful would probably not be the first thing that came to mind. So anyway, yeah, I don't, I don't have, I don't like anything. Nothing gets my favorite. I don't like anything. I hate July. I hate summer. I hate heat. I hate the bugs. I hate people. I hate sand. I hate sweat. I hate everything. But anyway, here's my favorites. Birch helped me. Okay. So I hate it all. I hate it. I'll be here's my favorite. She said a great big bowl of watermelon. Chopped up watermelon in the refrigerator. Yes, she is right. And I had actually just been to the grocery store and gotten some chopped up watermelon because let me tell you what I'm no longer willing to do and my tiny little kitchen. It's chop up a watermelon. It's too much watermelon. I have a bunch of watermelon already in my freezer frozen, which you should do if you have not because then you should put it in your blender and you should blend it up with some lime and cement and either some rum or some tequila and then you will hate things less. Yes. But I have enough of you in my freezer already. Yeah. I don't want to chop a watermelon in my tiny kitchen anymore. So I'm buying the pre-cut watermelon, even though it is expensive, I don't care. So, but let's all keep a big bowl of chopped up watermelon ready to go in our refrigerator. Yes. I would also say in our freezer. So yes, that's the first thing. The second thing I should have put so canned wine in general. Like I like a canned wine if I'm going out to sit on the beach. Okay. I have never tried a canned wine. The canned wine is... So I've tried several, um, underwood, there's several different flavors in there decent. Here's my PSA though, y'all. A can of wine is not a can of beer. Okay. It's much like when you're drinking a seltzer and you think you're drinking a beer, but it has a higher alcohol content. So if you drink a can of wine, you're drinking more alcohol than if you are drinking a can of beer. Just be aware. Um, but yeah. So like if you're going to the beach, I'm a big fan of the canned wine just in general. Um, but then I also picked up these. I have seen a think world which a love world, y'all should follow a little world, although I will say world has gotten so bougie that it's really hard. She has great recommendations, but I can't afford her half the stuff she recommends anymore. I started following world 20 years ago when you know, she was a day crew girl, um, and now it's all designer stuff. But anyway, she had recommended these as well. It's a Gia G H I A. These are non alcoholic apertips. Mm hmm. I will say that a box of four of these was $17 a target, which was more than some of the canned wine that had alcohol in them. Ooh, but I decided to try them anyway. And these are little cans. They're not full-sasked cans. They're little cans. Okay. Um, but I thought while trying anyway, we'll just say, so I got the lime and salt. Um, forgetting that James is Kelly's husband is sitting a keto diet right now so he can have any sugar. Um, so, but he loves to keela. And so I thought, well, I'll get the lime and salt, and then we can just sort of make margaritas with them. Um, James didn't have any bickelia and I did. Um, and I did, I liked them. I will say it's brown. It's not clear. Oh, it's brown, which was a little weird. That is, and it's not very limey. Okay. So it was more, almost more like a cola, omens. Okay. And it wasn't as limey like we added more to it for sure. But at the end of the day, it was good. We added keela to our non-alcoholic aperteif, and sort of made ourselves a little margarita. Um, but they they come in lots of different flavors. Um, and I, you know, it's, it's more of a sort of healthy, you know, uh, interesting flavor profile that then, then most, but it is $17 for four little cans. We did get two margaritas out of each can. No, we didn't. Yeah, we did. We got two margaritas out of each can. So if you think of it as you're getting eight times eight or is eight. So you're getting eight margaritas for, well, you got to add the tequila. I don't know. My half is hard. Yeah. Anyway, if you want to try it, try it. It kind of expensive and weird. But these, this is what, this is how I'm feeling. Y'all, I'm trying to find something I like. And that was okay. That was called these mean these. Okay. It's okay. That's okay. Okay. Okay. All right. That's our bar. So bar. It was okay. Yeah. And then Birch also said that she is liking the Mrs. Myers tomato-scented hand soap. All right. Which I was just, I was looking at their website and they also have a grass flavor, which I don't know about you. But I love, you know, Miss allergic to perfume. Remember when Gap had perfume and one of them was grass. Fresh cut grass. I love that perfume. Love it. So I thought, well, maybe I should try the grass. I don't know. Tomato sentence. Sounds weird, but Birch likes it. And you know, I tried Birch. So I was gifted a front, some tomato-scented hand soap, but it wasn't Mrs. Myers. It was another brand. No, it was a candle. It was a candle for my kitchen and it was wonderful. So I'm thinking maybe this could be good. Okay. Love it. Doesn't it smell like spaghetti sauce? No, it smells like a summer tomato. Fresh cut summer tomato. Not a canned. I'm sure that I've ever noticed a scent. I think they just make it up. Okay. So I'm fine. That's okay. Yeah. Okay. Because it would be weird to wash your hands and have them smell like spaghetti. Like it would seem like you would need to go back and watch this again. Here's my real favorite thing of the week is Kelly had some tomatoes that her dad grew. That has brought me some real joy. Tell me that has brought me some real joy. I've got one more. Yep. I've got one more, which means I can probably have a tomato sandwich and a BLT out of it and listen. That has brought me real joy. It's the best. There's nothing that I will notice. I will and see if I can smell anything. There we go. I'll see if I can smell anything. They're my stopped up net. Do it. Because I have no interest. It means on board. But you won't be able to. Here we are. Yep. Hate summer. Hate it. I know. What's up? What's up? Love the peaches. I'm getting I'm getting another box of peaches. I have one more good tomato. Like I'm trying to like hold on to that. The problem is it's going to be this hot until October. I know. That is the problem. It's just going to be in a bad way. Yep. Just what's going on. Well, thank you for the last round. I love that. What are you up to this week? Does that's been just working? And just working. Seriously, people get email me yesterday and I was like, wow, why are all these people wanting me to work? I'm tired and it's hot. I don't want to. I'm snotty. I have an allergy test on Tuesday. Oh, and that's really sort of it. Yeah. So we'll see. Well, that's good. What about you? What's happening? Well, this week, I will be down at St. Simon's Island. My clergy, women group is having our yearly get together. So we're going to eat good food and fellowship. We've already been talking about the drinks that we want to pour and the car games we want to play. So I'm very excited about that. I'm also staying an extra night because that day that I'm leaving is my friend Mandy's birthday. And so we're going to Georgia Seeker all that night, which will be great. I used to stay with Mandy all the time. But then I moved to North Georgia and you know, it was six hours to get to her. So that didn't happen as much. So I hadn't seen her in forever. So I'm really excited to see her. But in the meantime, she's gotten a boyfriend who was taken over my room. But my room, like it's my room in her home. But he'll be traveling. So I'm hoping I can stay with her if we kick him out soon enough and get his stuff out of the way. But if not sweet, sweet birch has said that I can stay with her. I just need a place to lay my head. That's all I need. And Epworth was full because it's summer and their conferences down there. I was hoping that they would keep a room or two open for clergy. They don't. They're full. I was like, I just need one night. I just need one night a place to lay my head for one night. So we're going to figure it out. I'm just going to be there. I might sleep in my car. I don't know. But we'll figure it out. And so I'm excited to see all my St. Sammons people. And I'm hoping because I don't like to be there in the summer really. I mean, I'm like you. It's too hot. There are too many people. So I prefer to go in the fall and in the sun in the winter. So I will gladly start doing that again this year because it is just great to see those people down there. And I've missed them while I was north of Atlanta. So that'll be nice. Well, good. Yeah, it'll be fine. Yeah, it will be fun. So that's what I'm doing. All right. Well, I'll try to work on my attitude. No, don't because this is so fun. It really is. I love angry, Mandy. You are hilarious. It brings me such joy. So stay angry. That's terrible. Don't. I'm a joyful person. I'm such a joyful person. I mean, when you said that, I didn't want to say it. You are a, that's a bad laugh. And you are a, a beautiful, helpful, loyal, amazing human. But I don't think joyful is what you and I would describe ourselves as at all. I think that's why people like to listen to us all year long. Aspirational. Aspirational. Yeah. Yeah. All right. Well, y'all guys, I know. I know. I know. Stay in the air conditioning. It's wet sock season.
