Welcome to the happiest podcast on Earth.

Hey, hey, everybody, welcome to this week's episode of the happiest podcast on Earth.

This is Hunter. I have been out for a while. It's been, you know, minutes. Mel, you know had mickey in the mouse kind of cover for us

a little bit last week i was on vacation um a j you know has been working andrew's been working

mel's in a new play now the opposite of a vacation yeah so there's a lot there's a lot of stuff going on

but we're back we're here to record it is me it is a lot of stuff going on. But we're back. We're here to record. It is me. It is A.J. here today. So welcome, AJ. We are on. Hello. Hello. So first off, I mean, I guess I kind of just did a little summary, but what's new? I mean, I just got, two days ago, I just got back from Mexico. I was out for a week. And then Maddie was out on vacation,

seeing her sister in Colorado for the week before that. So we have this weird, like, week

and a half where she was gone for four days and then we were together one day and then I was gone

for four days. So the whole trying to figure out balancing and recording and taking care of

Bash single dad in it and then vacation daddened

it. That was kind of, you know, a struggle. But we're back. We're back to normal now. I am here.

I disappeared for a little bit, but I'm back. So I'm happy to be here.

I have the opposite problem, unfortunately. I am also gone all the time, but it's not because I'm on vacation. And so it's because I'm just working all the time. However, I do now have some more control over my schedule due to some

classes I'm taking and due to some new responsibilities I'm taking that require me to be there

in the mornings and daytime. So I might- So you get to see the sunlight at work. I get to see the

sunlight, which is exciting. And I get to come home in the sunlight,

which is exciting. So, which is great because Cass softball is in the swing of things, no pun intended.

And I literally got to go to the very first game and haven't been back since, except for yesterday,

because I'm working all the time. But I'm so excited to have like my Monday's Tuesdays be sort of free in the evening now because I have so many commitments, including this one, that I never get to enjoy. And you know, work-life balance is important. I just don't have

enough seniority to claim that importance, but it's fine. You will be able to assert your dominance

soon and just put the foot down and say, this is what I'm doing. Correct. Hey, we're learning.

We're learning. It's fine. But no, it's been a good time.

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