WTF: WHAT THE FLU?!?

Welcome to the Carpool Podcast with Kelly. Like, I'm a full-fledged adult now from having the flu last year. Like, there was just something about it, like having to take care of that many people. I'm an adult. And Liz. I now fully understand what you were referring to. It's not so much like you will never, like, it's not so much that you have this trauma, you're just in it and you're like, how does my life ever look normal again after this?

Now. Welcome back to the Carpool Podcast with Kelly and Liz. I'm not sick. I just have a horse. A frog in my throat. I'm horse. Oh my gosh. What am I? I don't know. You sound rough. I have I have come back from the dead. Call me Lazarus because I'm I'm back, baby. The flu. Here's what I have to say.

WTF, WT flu. What the heck is that? Well, I think it's just important. Everyone remembers. There's being sick. There's you have a running nose, like a cough. There's even like, you have a low fever. And then there's the flu and the two are not the same. The flu. I remember the year was 2020. And I had within a matter of like three or four months.

I had the stomach flu. I had the regular flu. I had strep throat. And I had COVID. Um, and I remember saying the flu was the worst of all of those.

Right. It, not when someone says they have the flu.

It's a thing is like most, it's most like viral sicknesses are like, okay, you're going to be out for 48 hours and then you're going to be feeling better.

Flu, you're out for a week. Solid seven days. Yeah. Yeah. We're still recovering. I am on day seven. Um, so I still have a bit of a cough, but I'm feeling so much better, but we had three ER visits.

Um, nine, one, one ambulance call this week. Both my kids got sick. Maddie somehow made it through unscathed. Um, but I was, I was down. The kids were down. Um, and it was rough. And that is something I want to talk about.

I kind of post, I posted on my stories like we went to the ER a couple times. I had so many people messaging me like, what made you go to the ER?

Why did you just go to the ER for the flu? Kind of a rude question asked someone. Um, so I wanted to talk about what made me go to the ER.

Um, and like what symptoms we were having because I have found when I've talked about like Sloan's F pies has been really helpful to people when you've talked about one of the three, some of your kid sicknesses actually really helped me during this flu season.

Um, so I want to talk about my past week. The platform is yours. This is your platform. You're kind of hard to listen to right now. First of all, totally. Why don't you rest your voice?

So, let's talk about my last week. Um, Monday morning, I wake up and I'm like, oh, I'm not feeling very well. I'm kind of like low key, have to stay in bed all day. This is weird. I still think maybe it's just like a cold or something like I'll kick this.

Tuesday, I wake up, holy smokes. I'm in a bad spot. Still didn't know it was the flu. So I'm laying in bed. We have child care. So our nanny was at our house, because I didn't know how serious it was yet.

Again, I still think like, oh, I just had a little cold. Um, 9 a.m. She knocks on my door in my bedroom door, which she never does unless it's an emergency. And she's like something's wrong with James.

She brings him to me and he was fine this morning. He was fine in the morning. And she goes, he ate breakfast. He went into the living room to play and he was like silent. So she went to check on him.

And he was standing there. Eyes were kind of like rolling and he was shaking and he was not responsive. So she brings him to me. I bring him in bed. I can feel he's getting sweaty. He's getting hot. I can literally feel his temperature rising as I'm holding him.

He throws up on me out of his nose. I'm like, what the heck is that? Bring him into the bathroom. And he starts, um, he's like, unresponsive. I'm calling Matty. I'm calling Kelly. I'm like, what is going on? I take a video of him because he starts twitching on one side.

And I'm like, oh, he's having a febral seizure right now. And I knew about this because had he had one and Kelly had told me about that traumatizing story from her. So I was like, okay, I need to call 911.

So I call the Matty leaves work. He starts driving home. He's like 20 minutes, 25 minutes away from home. I call the ambulance. James is covered in vomit. I'm covered in vomit.

The ER gets here. Or ambulance gets here. Um, and they tell me he's having a seizure. They run an IV in like in the truck. And then I'm still so I'm like still so sick. So, um, Matty gets to our house and he goes to the ER with James.

Always comforting when the ambulance, the empties tell you you did the right thing. They were like, we needed to get, we were able to get an IV on him. We were able to stop the seizure.

Yeah. Something that I did that was helpful was I did take a video of his seizure because it was a slightly abnormal one because it was on one side of his body.

So that did raise alarm for the doctor. And we're going to be getting a follow up like brain scan for him. So hopefully that just like comes up clear. But a note I would give. I'm happy I have that video that we were able to show the doctor.

Also, like if you can record it, it can also help time it because timing the seizure telling them how long it is. It's also really important. Yeah.

Had he seizure when she had it. It was not very long. It was probably a total of like 35 to 45 seconds. But then after she was unresponsive, which was scary.

I just think if they're having a seizure, you call 911. Like, sure, could you just could they come out of it? Could you take them to the ER? Sure. But I agree. Like my EMT said the same thing. They're like, I'm so happy you called us and didn't like try to go over there. Yeah, exactly.

So that was our first ER visit while he was there. We found out that he had flu A, which means oh shoot mom, I had flu. I have flu A as well.

So that was Tuesday Wednesday. I'm like kind of on the mend, but also in a bad spot. Kids both have fevers.

We're treating them. You know, I'm calling the pediatrician. I'm following up with all the people.

Matty stays home from work to take care of all of us. And we're just trying to get better Thursday.

So then that night I slept with James. I had James sleep with me all night. Matty slept with slow and all night because I wanted like 24, 7 monitoring of my children.

James wakes up the next morning and he like can't he's having like a very hard time breathing. And I like all right. Well, we're going back to the ER.

That time I went because he ended up it ended up being a group and it sounded like group, but also his breathing was very labored. It was very loud. It's called strider is what the doctor told me.

Both of those ER visits, there was no question for me. It was like no, he has to go right now. There they gave us a nebulizer. They gave us a steroid left that ER visit feeling.

Okay, again, I did the right thing. He needed this treatment.

So I was happy about that. That day, both the kids end up breaking their fevers. We're fever free for 24 hours. We're still kind of not feeling great, but we're fever free. Thank goodness. Next morning, James wakes up with a fever again.

And also he's extremely tired, where Sloan is getting better. James is getting worse. So I call the pediatrician and they said if his fever reaches over 101.

And if he's super tired and responsive, you take him back to the ER.

Clocked him at 102 that evening. So this time I took him back to the ER, they weren't really able to do anything. They ran tests. I thought it was pneumonia, but everything came back fine.

He did, they did find an ear infections. They gave antibiotics for that. That was the only ER visit that like maybe was unnecessary, but at that point I was just following the pediatricians instructions.

So anyway, today everyone is doing a lot better. We're coughing, but like we're coughing it up.

Our nose is running, but like we're getting, we're getting it all out of our system. We're all fever free. It's fine.

What I've learned, because like while ER trips are serious and also this is probably going to be super freaking expensive, that's fine. I don't care.

It's not that big of a deal. Like if you don't, before this, I was like I can only like call the ambulance or like go to the ER if like someone's bone is broken.

Like it feels so serious to go to the ER, but I've also found that just especially a pediatric ER that can get you in really quickly. Luckily there's one close to us that like there's not a wait time really necessarily.

If you're just like not sure and you're like really struggling with it and you're really scared, it's okay to just take them. Like no one is going to think that you're crazy for getting your child checked out.

Yeah. So that's something that I trust and see I disagree with or I'm I am happy you took them the third time because I the did they did give them fluids, which like could have been helped, which could have definitely been helpful in him feeling better.

And I was with you, I was not convinced it wasn't ammonia or something like that. So and so I'm happy that you took them for that reassurance again.

Right. And like slow and I never had to take her because I'm like she's just sick. Like you can just tell the difference. Like you know your kids and like also I'm not a doctor. So I don't know anything.

So I'm like going based off of what me and Chad CBT are trying to collect. So I'm not trusting that medical advice.

So I wanted to go to the doctor and have always well. Yeah.

So that's a little bit about what we've been through. So bright side is that we are going to be fine by the holidays.

That is such a bright side and luckily I haven't seen you in in a long time. So I don't think we are at risk of catching what you guys had.

And I'm just praying that we can stay healthy for the holidays and I'm just thinking of all of you guys who might also be dealing with something like this because I just think the flu is really going around.

And if you're not sick, my advice would be be prepping the house now.

You know, if you have a few spare hours, these next couple of weeks is there a freezer meal that you could make to have on hand.

You know, are you stocked on Tylenol? Is your thermometer work? Because when the flu hits you, it's too late. Do you know what I mean? So what can you do now to prep for that?

Yeah, something I will never not have on hand is popsicles.

I will always have popsicles. So that's a tangible takeaway. That's a tangible takeaway. I don't have any popsicles right now.

Okay.

Popsicle would be good for me right now, to be honest.

Anyone can use a popsicle. Just like always have popsicles in the freezer is my advice.

And God and God speed and God bless and I hope everyone stays healthy. But Kelle, when you said this happened last year and you your family, you would never be the same from it.

I now fully understand what you were referring to.

It's not so much like you will never like, it's not so much that you have this trauma. You're just in it and you're like, how does my life ever look normal again after this?

And it will obviously, but in the moment, you're like, what the actual heck is going on?

Yeah, no, it, um, it sounds silly to say that at the ripe age of 31, it made me grow up, but I grew up that week.

Do you know what I mean? Like, I'm a full-fledged adult now from having the flu last year. Like there was just something about it, like having to take care of that many people.

I'm an adult. Like, I am now an official grown up.

You know what?

Maddie said the same thing about me. He goes, Elizabeth, you've grown so much since I knew you five years ago when we met.

I don't think you wouldn't have acted the way that you did this week too. A lot of the situations that went down.

Maddie said the same thing.

Yeah. Like, you've grown as a person, as a human.

Health is wealth.

Well, what's my favorite quote? Like, if you have your health, you have everything.

My favorite quote is, the healthy have a hundred wishes and the unhealthy have one. You have to remember that.

Yeah. Yeah. Totally.

So anyway, that's what I wanted to say. So, his, his Christmas Eve.

You know, one of your notes from last year was put, put out podcasts the week of Christmases. You lazy girls.

Yep. So here we are.

Yep.

Doing our best.

Yeah. And Mike, this is coming out on Christmas Eve. So I do feel it fears though the numbers could be quite low.

But hopefully for those of you listening, it just provides a little bit of, a little bit of comfort, a little bit of razzle dazzle to your Christmas season.

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Okay. Last thing I want to talk about in regards to being sick.

Kelly ordered me. You're such a good sister.

Oh my gosh, thank you so much.

Kelly ordered me a mobile IV to my bedside.

So, and it, I've never had a mobile IV. I've never had an IV outside of the hospital. I know that there's like IV bars that you can go to now, where you like go to a place and they hook you up and then give you like vitamins or beauty stuff or hangover cures or whatever.

But this one offered all that and also sick ones. So it was amazing.

The nurse was telling me all about it. They only hire ER nurses for this show.

Let me look up the company because it's worldwide.

Yeah, look up the company.

Yeah, I think it's called IV drip.

No, that, no, I'm sorry, that's what the product's called.

So they, this, when you find it, this company only hires ER nurses and the reason being and she was telling me is because she's walked in to a man's home and was like, sir, you are too sick.

You need to go to the emergency room.

So they, she came in, she took my vitals. She came straight to my bedside. I didn't have to like go downstairs on the couch. She hooked me up.

She answered any questions I had about just like the general sickness that I'm experiencing.

And she was like, I love this service because if you were to go to the ER and get this IV, it would cost you even if you have great insurance probably around $500.

And I think that this plus tip was around 300.

Yeah.

You paid for it. I can pay you back.

Yeah.

And I know if you like go in person to some of those like bars or whatever.

They're like, what are they?

They're like half that.

They'd be like, they're like half that.

So if you, I couldn't have, I couldn't have left my bed.

It knocks me up a notch. It was great. It's a game changer.

And I didn't have to go to the ER. I didn't have to wait in the R.

She came straight to my bedside. I would have not gotten this done if it weren't, if it weren't for the mobile.

So something to consider. She did say they did immune ones as well. I almost had her come back to hit Maddie with one.

A service I will be frequenting again. If you are that desperate.

And again, there's not a cheaper option. It's like the ER is a cheaper option going to one of those places in person is the cheaper option.

Anyway, life hack helped a lot.

Yeah. So the company was called drip hydration.

And I just Googled like near where Elizabeth lives.

And it was very, they were able to come that same day, which I also really like.

So I booked it. I think it for and they came to her house at 830, which was a little late, but like whatever.

That's what they did.

She told me she was, well, there's no, all the other girls that there's only three girls in St. Louis that do it. She said they're out of town.

And I just got off my work, but I saw your request come in. I'm like, oh, this poor girl is so sick.

So she came straight after her work as an e-arner. So God bless her.

No, I love that it's an e-arner. I just think them giving you a once over is like so good to hear.

And I'm so happy. I thought of it. So I'm I actually I get IVs pretty frequently.

I go to this place called victory man self in St. Louis. It's a men's clinic, but I know the owner and it's I like the vibes there.

Like they put you in these like comfy massage chairs and then you like basically just like look at framed photos of women.

Like it's a little weird, but it's kind of by whatever I like it.

Not like overly sexy photos. Just it's like it's a place designed for men, but I go for the IVs.

And I think that they helped tremendously. And I didn't know how I could serve you because like no offense.

Like didn't want to come anywhere near you. And you guys also like didn't want food because like you were mom had brought you dinner and like you guys didn't have much of an appetite.

So I'm like, let's get this girl on IV.

And it was a great process. The only thing that was funny was like, I had to book it.

So I booked it for you, but I acted like I was you. So I was like, my name, like, my name's Elizabeth St. John.

And then a doctor has to call you to approve the IV.

And they call and they're like, hey, you know, I saw that you had this request for an IV. Like, what are you waiting it for? And I'm like, oh, she has flu A.

And he's like, you have flu A? And I'm like, I'm sick.

Yeah.

I have flu A. I wish I had this voice. And I wouldn't have to pretend.

I know. Yeah.

So so clutch. Look it up if you need one worth its weight and gold for me. Really knock me up a notch.

She said I was super dehydrated because I like stop that IV up.

I trained back.

I said she was in and out.

Well, while you were out, I had a pretty pretty good podcast episode go out.

I just sat on the mic and told the her story of the car mom.

And it kind of got brave reviews. Had did you ever get a chance to listen to it?

I'm in the middle of listening to it right now.

I almost didn't want you to listen to it. And I wanted you to record like the history of the car mom from your POV.

I feel like I could still do that and also listen to yours.

Because I just feel like you'll have like different stories or like different like, you know, you know, tangible takeaways and like turning points on like when it started to get, you know, to what it is.

Yeah, no, there's some there's some good stories. It would be nice to be it would be nice to revisit. I would love to tell my POV.

Hopefully I don't get flew away. But if I do find myself with flew a.

Get on the mic.

We'll keep that we'll keep that topic in our back pocket.

But anyway, we had, um, I had a big week last week so that that so you have the flu and I'm trying to host a party for 28 people.

So that was a little stressful.

Oh, I know you haven't even told me about it because I have like not been in the in a headspace to listen to it.

My party, my little like girls night out, girls night in Kelly's house was a 10 out of 10.

Oh, good.

Sat down to write my notes. I had very, I had just repeat what you did last this year.

Like it just was flawless. My only note was, um, I made it to many versions of a Margarita pizza, which like you have to have like a couple in case there's a picky eater in the bunch.

But these girls were adventurous because I ran out of the fig and prosciutto so fast.

Yeah.

Like I didn't even get a piece.

So my note, my only note was have like one Margarita made everything else needs to be fig prosciutto like something sassier.

Yeah.

That's good to know that's how you know you've got good friends.

I just love girls that are like down for a fig and prosciutto.

That's what I'm saying.

Um, I also didn't end up doing a specialty cocktail and I didn't feel great about that decision.

So I did put on my notes too.

I'm going to ask somebody to like bring a specialty cocktail.

Okay.

Because like two of the girls who come are like very like like they're always the girls like bringing their like making fun drinks, you know.

So I'm like, can you just bring the jungle jungle punch?

Yeah.

But we flew through prosecco, flew through wine, flew through everything.

Like people had a lot of fun.

I got so many nice texts afterwards being like thank you so much.

That was so much fun.

I can't wait for next year.

So that felt really good.

Um, the game was fun.

One thing I did on the game for the rob your neighbor, which I feel like just kind of helped make everything go a little smoother.

Is I didn't do the whole hub of blue of like, oh, how many things do we have?

Like let me get everyone's number down.

I had pre-selected a seat that was just going to start.

We were going to go clockwise.

So like no one knew what the seat was.

Uh-huh.

But like everyone sat down and I was like, okay, Haley, you're in the seat that starts.

We're going clockwise.

Yeah.

Good.

That was just like easier than like how many do I have?

And then like, okay, who's 13 like and like born paying attention?

Yeah.

It kind of allowed like the section of the circle that was like go into pay attention.

Like then other people could kind of like not pay as close attention, you know.

Yeah.

So that was.

That's a good idea.

Yeah, that was like just easy.

Um, yeah, I mean, it was, it was a blast.

It just had a lot of fun.

Good.

I'm so glad to hear that.

Yeah.

You need to come one year with love to see you.

Yeah.

You missed the last two.

I know.

I should come.

You should come.

You can bring a friend.

It's a, it's a fun.

It's just so fun to.

I've said this a hundred times.

It was so fun to be out.

It's like you have that kind of a kind of dress stop, you know, like this is not like everyone's

wearing a healed booty.

You know, this is not, this is not coming.

You're Christmas Jamies.

You know how I feel about those.

Um, this was come a little, come a little a wastel of holidays.

And everyone came holidays.

You know what?

I'm so heavy to hear that.

Because my girls night me and my girlfriends were so sick of dressing for the holidays.

We said.

Change of plans.

Legues and sweatshirts to our dinner.

It was lovely.

Well, that's the holidays, but also sometimes you're just sick of

holidaying. And you just, and that's fine. But this was, this, this

was a good time to be it. So that's been going on. And then from

there, it was just bus club, you know, it's Christmas party,

Christmas lights, hot cocoa, this like to be a mom with a

grade school age child in the month of December, I only have, I

have one in grade school, but like two at school. I can't

imagine logistically when they're all foreign grade school.

Like I don't know what I'm going to do. It's going to be a

logistical nightmare. Everyone needs a present. Everyone has a

spirit day. Everyone has a project. Everyone has a party. I'm

exhausted. I'm exhausted from it. What I've learned, yeah, that

sounds, that sounds tough. You said this before on the

holidays, to not delay the joy, because I had, I had

grand plans for Christmas lights, I had grand plans for

things. And then the flu the week before Christmas knocked us

out. And I'm like, okay, well, now Christmas is in two days.

Yeah, yeah, we haven't done any of the things. Now my saving

grace a little bit is like, my kids are so young, so it doesn't

matter and be like, we can go book a Christmas lights after

Christmas. It's fine. But yeah, you know, you, you never know

how really in December, you never know how long you're going

to have. You never know. No. I agree. And if you know, this is

going to take you out. And so just don't delay the

joys is my is my big note for the year. And wash your hands

constantly. I know where I got it from. Matty and I went to the

bank to finally combine our bank accounts. And the woman

who's our teller, whatever, the woman who's doing the things,

channeling my cards, my ID, all my stuff. And she's coughing. And

I'm like, hmm, don't love that. And she goes, oh, don't worry,

it's just allergies. And I'm like, who the heck has allergies

in December?

Hmm. So I'm blaming her. So yeah, I'll just do things, I'll do

things differently next year.

Well, it does sound like that tracks, but sounds like the bank

should offer sick time.

Yeah, that's whatever. Obviously, she was going for that. And

that's why I agree. It's big corporations keeping us sick.

Um, so anyway, yeah, so when we're recording this, that's

Monday, we've got Christmas Eve coming up. I am so excited

to give my kids their Christmas presents. This is like one of

the first, well, how do you get into gymnastics bar, which I think

she's just going to I think all of my kids are going to freak

about it. Like I'm so excited because we've gone to a couple of

friends houses who have had it. And I don't think she's expecting

it at all because she's only asked for barbies for Christmas. So

she's not expecting it. So I'm very, very excited for her. Um, Fred

is in the age where he just likes a present like whatever Fred

gets for Christmas like it's the coolest thing. So we had Tyler's

mom's Christmas this past weekend was such a fun day. And she's

very good at giving kids, um, like unexpected gifts. So she got

Fred a pair of handcuffs. She got Fred a pair of handclubs

in like a magnifying glass, like a big one, like not like a

cheap plastic one thrilled. The kid is thrilled. They are his

favorite treasures. Like he's so obsessed with them. And we've

just been getting like so much like trash and trinkets, like

throughout this last week, it's been exhausting. And I just want

to say like my MVP of the week has been clear totes with the

small clear totes with a lid on them. I had some in my basement. I

gave the three bigs their own small clear tote with a lid on it. I

said, these are your treasure boxes. Oh, love it. So like if I

find your trash and drink it on the ground, it's in the your

treasure box where it's in the trash. Like these are, these are

like things that don't, like they don't have a home. Like what do

I do with like the Christmas pen that came home or like, you

know, like the stupid, the stupid crap that they've been getting.

But then some cool stuff too. So George got that barb gave

George, sorry Fred got that barb gave George his big present was a

metal detector, which is so fun for George, like that's the

perfect gift. And then she also found she goes like shopping in

her basement a lot bar holds onto things. And she gave George a

piece of a music box that plays amazing grace. It's like a

metal thing, it's like would be inside a jewelry box from like

the freaking like 40s, like where did she get this from? And he

spins in a plays amazing grace, like the coolest thing in the

world. Yeah. And then she got had a set of pink tools in a

toolbox. So she can go help her dad up at the barn. Barb just

really, there are some people who just get kids, she just get

some she understands that totally get some. And she's so like

something like I wish I could one of the ways I wish I could be

more like her and that I'm going to work on, especially in the

new year, is like the wood, it's it's almost to her fault,

like the world could be burning down around her. And like if

Hattie, you know, wants to take a bath, she'll be like, yes,

and she will like drop what she's doing, go to the bath, get

Hattie, like fancy bath salts, or like fancy like soap, get

her a special towel, get her special toys. And it's like, Oh

my gosh, like she just will stop what she's doing. Like she

will just make like that moment so special for my kids. I feel

like I'm not even explaining it well, I can't really even put it

into words, but like instead of like getting overwhelmed with

all of its to do, she just like redirects her attention. And

she just like whatever need that they want, she like will not

only meet it, but like she will exceed it. Like it's a

crazy thing. I'm over here like, barb, you can finish the dishes

or like you can finish like get dinner together barb, like she

does not need to take a bath right now at your house, like it's

okay, but like to her, she's like, no, we're doing this. She's an

acts of service person, 100% 100% she, yes, 100% what do you

think your love languages? Words of affirmation. Yeah, what's

yours?

Probably words of affirmation as well. Yeah. Yeah. I feel like

people who say gifts like that's so crazy. Don't like

that. Yeah. I think I think gifts, I think no one wants to admit

gifts because it sounds crazy. But I also think like I get it

though. It's like a gift could be like flowers into them. It's

like you stopped and you saw it with me. And you got me this

flower or you saw this candy bar that I like. It's not always

like, oh, I got you a diamond necklace. It's like I went out of

my way and I got this for you. And that's how I'm showing you

love. Like that's yeah, I think people are so misunderstood and

get such a bad rap when it's like they just like to be known

that they were thought of. I think some gift people feel that

way. I have a little bit of gift in me, but also that's mostly

not. See, I feel like I am almost the opposite of like I don't

like receiving gifts all that much mainly because I am the world's

worst gift giver. Yeah. To my children, absolutely not like

my kids are the only people that I feel like I know and can buy

gifts that they really like. I don't know what luckily I'm

okay. Luckily I'm good at giving my kids gifts. Like I always

know what they're going to love. But like I had to buy a last

year. I had to buy Elizabeth the 30th birthday present. Nothing.

Absolutely. Like I struggled with it. I'm not even proud of

it. I bought a like a nice American flag sweatshirt. But like

sweater sweater. Yeah. I mean, it was a nice sweater. Like it was

like $200 sweater. But like that's what the best I could come

up with. Like a flipping sweater. Like you're my sister. You're my

business partner. You're my best friend in this entire world. I

hate giving gifts because my brain just I think I'm a thoughtful

person. I know I am. But for whatever reason with gifts, it's like

you would think I don't know you at all. Yeah. Like I have Charlotte

for Secret Santa. And it's stupid. Like I might as well just

hand her 50 bucks. Like I don't I am so bad at that. Yeah. Yeah. I

don't like giving gifts. Yeah. I like it. Well, anyway, like I

said, I'm excited for to give my kids their Christmas presents. I'm

excited for Christmas. And then I'm excited to move on from

Christmas. Yeah. And I'm ready for 2026. We'll need to do an

episode. Maybe our next episode can be like kind of like

2025 at a glance in like 2026 goals. Have you thought of your

word of the year yet? You know what I I did the other day. And I

I need to remember what it was. Because I wanted to talk about

this on the podcast. Oh, I do know I don't have a word yet, but

I have a vibe I need to I need to narrow it down to to a word. Do

you want to tell me? Well, here's my thing. I feel like since

I've married Maddie. And so just in general, I am not a very

patient person. I'm always looking towards the next thing. And I

do things very quickly. Just in my life, I eat quickly, I shower

quickly, I just I do things quickly. I don't live in the

moment. And I'm not very patient. And I think that has dropped me

in, you know, I had kids 15 months apart. I moved we moved homes

after being there for only two years. I moved into my new house and

I was like, I want to renovate within a year of living here. And

I just feel like this constant like chasing or moving on to the next

part of my my life has felt has kind of left me in kind of this

rushed state. And the last few weeks of like, I'm really getting

the hang of the the two kids and like, I'm baking. And I'm just

I'm kind of getting more space for time of other things instead of

just looking towards the next thing. I'm like, I feel like I'm

succeeding at things. And for the past few years, I feel like I've

just been trying to keep up. And just like keep my head around

above water because I keep putting new challenges in my way. And I

just kind of want to slow down a little bit. Okay. And like be

okay with where I'm where I'm at right now.

All right then. I think that's a good. Yeah. So maybe slow down.

Okay. I don't have my name. I'm not I'm not ready. Okay.

We do kind of have to wrong because we still have meetings today beeps. So

I'm going to get a quick little hit of industry news. And then we're

going to get we got to get out of. Oh, I do have a I do have a

dish that are right there. Okay. Good. So hold on, I got a

five. My story's not pulled up. Okay. So now it's time for industry news

where I spell the hot tea going on the auto industry.

Volkswagen cancels the ID buzz for 2026. The promises it will be back.

Oh, the production of the electric band will skip the 2026 model year

following the ID buzz merging sales and shrinking. I'm sorry,

meager sales and shrinking EV market. The ID buzz will skip the 26

model year. The automatic confirmed the ID buzz is not dead.

Volkswagen insists with the break and set allowing the companies to repair

the transition for the 2027 model. Volkswagen has sold just 4,934 of the units

of the ID buzz this year and through the third quarter of 2025.

I don't think they'll bring it back. I don't think they will. I don't think they will.

I'm sorry, it's a stupid car. Like it's so niche, it was all electric. It's for such a

it's for the wrong market. Like it's not it's not an everyday family car. No.

And they had that horrible recall in the third row. Yeah. That sucks.

I just started to see them on the road too. Yeah.

You know, I kind of thought like that, that this was going to kind of be like the

cyber truck or the cyber truck was going to kind of be like this. I see cyber trucks freaking

everywhere. You do not see ID buzzes anywhere. It's just it's a bad, it's bad. I would have the

option to drive one as a demo technically because our family owns a Volkswagen dealership

wouldn't consider it. And I love a minivan would not consider it. Yeah, it's just a little

much. It's a little much. That's your industry news. I don't know if anyone's surprised.

We'll see what we'll see what 27 brings. But maybe they'll bring it back and put a get and put

an engine in it. I don't know. Well, so I can just bring us in on it. Like maybe we can help

salvage it if like you're trying to market it towards families. Like maybe we can try and

salvage it. Yeah. Bring us in. Bring us in. Okay, quick ditch the drive through. This is a

reminder to you that pigs in a blanket is something you can serve your family for dinner.

Yeah, totally. I mean, you also don't always have to do the little smokies. You can just

wrap a hot dog and a crescent roll and serve that. Yeah, so that's just a friendly that's just

that's it. That's just your reminder. Pigs in a blanket can be dinner.

Well, and we might need any dinner tonight. I am today. I'm going to be prepping my my chuck roast

for sassy ramen bowls on Christmas Day. I'm excited about. Didn't instant card order. Oh,

it's all the funniest real. And it was like this week is only for the professional shoppers

in the grocery store. Like do not send your husband. Do not bring your children in the grocery.

Like let us get in and get out. Yeah, get out of my way. Yeah, get out of my way. And like it's

just it's not the time to send your husband to mess up the grocery order. I shall call you 100

times. Like this is this is our super bowl. Yeah, I will have to make a pit stop tomorrow. I'm so

excited because George and how do you I found this like a art camp in our town. It's three hours

it's a three hour drop off and they like make three crafts. I'm like perfect. So I'm going to be

taking the the big to that tomorrow. And I'm going to hit some last minute stores. I love it.

On the 23rd. Love it. I appreciate your thoughts and prayers. You you've got them.

And that's our episode, which wasn't great, but it wasn't episode on Christmas Eve. And for that

hopefully you guys are happy. Thank you so much for listening to this chaotic

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