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Episode 13: Juggling Ain't Easy · This Is My Circus

• 0:01
  Hey y'all, this is Meredith.
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  Welcome to, this is My Circus.
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  So as we started this podcast journey, Stephanie and I had talked about work-life balance and how we both struggle with all of the things that we're both involved in and trying to give the proper amount of time to all the different pieces in our lives.
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  this has been one of those weeks where work has just taken up a lot of both of our time and unfortunately we were not able to record a new episode.
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  I'm sure you guys understand cause many of you are way busier than we even are and, you know, you have those weeks where sometimes you just have to let something fall.
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  Well, unfortunately it was.
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  Our podcast for this week because we just both had some, some deadlines that couldn't be missed and things that had to be handled.
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  So with that said, we are going to re-release our.
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  Episode where we introduce ourselves, it's about 10 minutes.
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  If you've not checked it out, please give it a listen.
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  If you have checked it out, please listen to it.
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  Anyway, go back and listen to another episode, and we will be back next week to review, our book, and our dumb crime and, and all that good stuff.
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  Please tune into our socials and follow us, subscribe on your platform so you can get the notifications on when we do release something.
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  I think that's it.
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  We appreciate you and hopefully talk to you guys soon.
• 1:23
  Stefanie: Hey everyone.
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  Stefanie: I'm Stefanie.
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  Meredith: And I am Meredith
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  Stefanie: and you are joining us on, this is my circus.
• 1:30
  Stefanie: So we decided, that we needed something, and we felt like.
• 1:35
  Stefanie: You know, moms or women would, relate to this.
• 1:37
  Stefanie: Just finding something for ourselves.
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  Stefanie: You know, in the midst of being a mom
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  Meredith: Yes.
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  Stefanie: A wife, working full-time.
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  Stefanie: Just being able to share different experiences and
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  Meredith: yeah.
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  Meredith: No, you take it away.
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  Stefanie: All that good stuff.
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  Meredith: Well, it's so easy to kind of get lost in being that mom and that wife and that coworker and football mom, lacrosse mom, wrestling, mom, all the hats that we wear that it's nice sometimes to just kind of take a step back and get yourself a little adjusted, reconnect with who you are.
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  Meredith: I know that sounds kind of hokey, but, but you know, but you know, we to not lose your identity in everything else and just remember who you are.
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  Meredith: Yeah.
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  Meredith: So that's kind of one of our goals with this, is to help other moms.
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  Meredith: Grandmas, aunts, uncles, whoever, just, you know, help relate to things that are going on.
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  Meredith: You're not alone.
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  Meredith: We're all in this together.
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  Meredith: One of my favorite saying is, I don't, I've never told you this, is it takes a village.
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  Stefanie: Yes.
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  Meredith: And I really believe that It does.
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  Stefanie: Yeah.
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  Meredith: with friends, with your friends', kids, all the stuff.
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  Stefanie: And I feel like we definitely experience that.
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  Stefanie: Yes.
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  Stefanie: As sports moms.
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  Stefanie: Absolutely.
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  Stefanie: Um, you know, like picking up kids or, you know,, you know, you can't get to practice.
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  Stefanie: Having somebody drive your kids home, we have experienced that.
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  Meredith: Yep.
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  Stefanie: To the Max
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  Meredith: Absolutely.
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  Meredith: And it's like, you know, your village keeps growing.
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  Meredith: Yeah.
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  Meredith: Cause like, you know, your kid does this, whether it's, you know, and sports mom's one example, but like band or whatever that your kid is into, um, you know, your village just keeps growing with different activities and stuff and it's really cool.
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  Meredith: So we're here, we're, we're, we're real
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  Stefanie: You're gonna see the, the good, the bad, and the ugly of us.
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  Meredith: But not Rex?
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  Meredith: No.
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  Meredith: Oh, this is Rex.
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  Meredith: Everybody there is no ugly or bad.
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  Stefanie: This is the first time he has seen himself on, camera, he's,
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  Meredith: he's obviously very impressed.
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  Stefanie: So a little bit about what we want, to do with this podcast.
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  Stefanie: Or if you're watching the video, The video is talk about all sorts of different things Yes.
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  Stefanie: That, you know, interest us and interest you hopefully.
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  Stefanie: And then also, you know, we wanna hear from you guys what you want us to talk about.
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  Meredith: Yep.
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  Meredith: one of my favorite things that I think we're gonna talk about, well, I'll cover two, we're gonna do some book reviews mm-hmm.
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  Meredith: Cause we're both really big.
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  Meredith: And, yeah, that is not a Zoom or whatever backdrop.
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  Meredith: Those are real books
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  Stefanie: for the podcast listeners.
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  Stefanie: Behind us is a, bookcase full of my books.
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  Meredith: so I'm excited to, I'm always, you know, just trying to find different.
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  Meredith: Things to read and whatever.
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  Meredith: so just to, other than just Googling best books, you know, just hear what everybody else thinks.
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  Meredith: And also excited to, talk a little bit about, you know, our, our kids mm-hmm.
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  Meredith: Yeah.
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  Meredith: And just all the, the fun and stupid stuff that they do and husbands, and husbands, and all the stuff that they do.
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  Meredith: And.
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  Meredith: you know, the work-life balance that that brings and trying to just keep all the balls in the air with only dropping one or two and not all of them What are you looking forward to?
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  Stefanie: the true crime part?
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  Stefanie: Yeah.
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  Stefanie: So, for everyone that doesn't know us, yeah.
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  Stefanie: both Meredith and I, love true crime.
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  Stefanie: Mm-hmm.
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  Stefanie: and True Crime Podcast, which is how we decided to do this.
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  Stefanie: we both belong to a Facebook group for true crime obsessed, which is my favorite.
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  Stefanie: Podcast of all time, one of my favorites.
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  Stefanie: And I love, love, love.
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  Stefanie: Mm-hmm.
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  Stefanie: the comedy that they put into it.
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  Stefanie: Oh yeah.
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  Stefanie: So true crime obviously is not a light subject.
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  Stefanie: Right.
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  Stefanie: But they make it fun.
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  Stefanie: Right.
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  Stefanie: So if you haven't checked them out, check them out for sure.
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  Stefanie: Absolutely.
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  Stefanie: They're great.
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  Stefanie: But Meredith had commented on a post in the group mm-hmm.
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  Stefanie: and I was like, girl, you're in here,
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  Meredith: And we had been friends for like nine or 10 years before that.
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  Meredith: Yes.
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  Meredith: We just didn't know that we had that in common and we live two miles apart.
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  Meredith: Yeah.
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  Meredith: So to see your name pop up in this group where, you know, we're all making jokes about whatever, I don't even remember the subject at this point, but, I was like, oh my gosh, another, another crime person, So, yeah, that was a neat connection.
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  Meredith: And that prompted, like you said, prompted this, but yeah.
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  Stefanie: Prompted a conversation.
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  Stefanie: yes.
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  Stefanie: So it was, you know, kind of our, our coming together
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  Meredith: Yep.
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  Meredith: For a, the meeting of the minds.
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  Stefanie: Yes.
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  Stefanie: But.
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  Stefanie: With that said, I do love a funny crime.
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  Stefanie: Yes.
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  Stefanie: So we are going to present, a different crime every podcast episode.
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  Stefanie: Yes.
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  Stefanie: And it's going to be the dumb crimes and how dumb ways people get caught.
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  Meredith: People are crazy.
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  Stefanie: People are dumb.
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  Meredith: Yeah.
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  Meredith: I'm looking forward to that too.
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  Meredith: Just trying to find the, you know, the, the like, oh my God, what were they thinking?
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  Meredith: Yes.
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  Meredith: Kind of thing.
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  Meredith: And then how they got caught or what other stupid stuff that they've done
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  Stefanie: and our reactions to it.
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  Meredith: Yes.
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  Stefanie: you know what we should do is do like a blind one.
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  Stefanie: So like each week we each find a different one that's good that you don't know about.
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  Stefanie: And I.
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  Meredith: And then have a conversation about it.
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  Meredith: Yeah.
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  Meredith: Mm-hmm.
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  Meredith: Okay.
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  Meredith: I like that.
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  Stefanie: A blind reaction.
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  Stefanie: Mm-hmm.
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  Stefanie: Okay.
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  Meredith: Done.
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  Stefanie: We're figuring it out here.
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  Meredith: like we said, we're real.
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  Stefanie: Yeah.
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  Stefanie: also, uh, some like TikTok trends and stuff that our kids are doing, whether they're good or bad.
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  Stefanie: Yes.
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  Stefanie: we want to discuss that and discuss, how we talk.
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  Meredith: That ties into dumb stuff.
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  Meredith: Really.
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  Stefanie: Oh, I know.
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  Stefanie: But yeah, it has sparked a lot of conversations with Dylan.
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  Meredith: Absolutely.
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  Stefanie: My son.
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  Stefanie: Absolutely.
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  Stefanie: And so I feel like that's a good talking point.
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  Meredith: Oh yeah.
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  Stefanie: Having those tough conversations.
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  Meredith: Yes, absolutely.
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  Meredith: Absolutely.
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  Stefanie: So it's gonna be interesting.
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  Stefanie: It's gonna be hopefully fun for you guys, right?
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  Stefanie: And I'm excited about it.
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  Meredith: I am too.
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  Meredith: And our goal is for it to be fun and relatable, to not just one specific group of people.
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  Meredith: But, so it's relatable to everybody that, you know, might want to take a listen.
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  Stefanie: Do you wanna tell everybody a little bit about your background and your family?
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  Meredith: I.
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  Meredith: whatever.
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  Meredith: No, still So I mean, I work full-time.
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  Meredith: I work from home.
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  Meredith: I do have a full-time job, which sometimes is more than 40 hours, sometimes less.
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  Meredith: I work with the software company, so I do paperwork and documents and software and testing and all that kind of stuff is not entertaining, but but I do enjoy it.
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  Meredith: I am married for 19.
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  Meredith: 20 years next year.
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  Meredith: Obviously that's how numbers work.
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  Meredith: it's 19 then 20 we have a 13 year old son who is involved in all the sports that he can play at one time, which is how we met through football.
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  Meredith: Our boys playing football together when they were little bubble heads with their little helmets on.
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  Meredith: and then I'm a bonus mom to, all his friends and I love every minute of that.
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  Meredith: We have three dogs.
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  Meredith: that two are amazing angels, and one is looking for a new home He's just, he's gonna be the one that breaks me.
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  Meredith: so I mean, that's like you said, you know, I like to read.
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  Meredith: I like, true crime and I'm really looking forward to this.
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  Meredith: Adventure.
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  Meredith: How about you?
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  Meredith: Tell me about you.
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  Stefanie: Well, I am married for 19 years.
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  Stefanie: it'll be 20 as we decided.
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  Meredith: Isn't that crazy how that works?
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  Meredith: Wow.
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  Stefanie: but Brandon and I started dating when I was going into my senior year of high school.
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  Stefanie: So, that was 99.
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  Stefanie: Mm-hmm.
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  Stefanie: Still going.
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  Stefanie: we've got Dylan, our son, who's 15.
• 8:36
  Meredith: Wow.
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  Stefanie: I know.
• 8:38
  Stefanie: Oh, I'm not He's he's got his learner's permit.
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  Stefanie: Yes.
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  Stefanie: So that's my new heart attack, Right, right, right.
• 8:45
  Stefanie: and we have Rex.
• 8:47
  Stefanie: who, if you were watching the video version of this, you saw him just a second ago.
• 8:51
  Stefanie: he was a rescue, he was a stray our neighborhood.
• 8:54
  Meredith: I was gonna say he rescued like you almost kinda Right.
• 8:57
  Meredith: He adopted, he forced himself, right.
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  Meredith: He's adorable dog.
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  Meredith: This first time I got to meet him,
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  Stefanie: yes.
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  Stefanie: He such a good boy.
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  Stefanie: He, he was dumped off in our neighborhood and, was homeless.
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  Stefanie: Six weeks and I just kept leaving food out for him cuz I was afraid he was gonna die.
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  Stefanie: And then one day he followed me home, And he's been with me ever since then.
• 9:17
  Meredith: Oh.
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  Meredith: I love him though already.
• 9:18
  Stefanie: but he's, he's a really, really good dog.
• 9:20
  Stefanie: we own two and a half businesses.
• 9:24
  Stefanie: Mm-hmm.
• 9:24
  Stefanie: Mm-hmm.
• 9:24
  Stefanie: Mm-hmm.
• 9:25
  Stefanie: Um, but is this the half?
• 9:27
  Stefanie: Yeah.
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  Stefanie: Yeah.
• 9:28
  Stefanie: well we, it's really, we own three and then this will be like the half, I guess.
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  Stefanie: Okay.
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  Stefanie: Okay.
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  Stefanie: Half.
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  Stefanie: Cause we have like somewhat of a.
• 9:34
  Stefanie: Place to, that we have to manage.
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  Stefanie: But um, so we have a Gladiator cornhole gear, which is a professional cornhole company.
• 9:40
  Stefanie: gladiator Gym Gear, which is gym equipment company That's cool.
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  Stefanie: And, we have, we do manage a warehouse, you know, imports and stuff like that.
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  Stefanie: And then this is so I stay busy.
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  Stefanie: I am like going mm-hmm.
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  Stefanie: 24 7.
• 9:55
  Stefanie: Absolutely.
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  Stefanie: Um, and then, you know, Dylan's in, wrestling in the winter.
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  Stefanie: Mm-hmm.
• 9:59
  Stefanie: lacrosse in the spring.
• 10:00
  Stefanie: And so he's going to be going lacrosse full-time soon, and he's excited.
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  Stefanie: That's exciting.
• 10:05
  Stefanie: Yeah.
• 10:06
  Stefanie: Yeah.
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  Stefanie: So he's, he's ready for that.
• 10:07
  Meredith: Good.
• 10:08
  Meredith: I can't wait to hear how that goes.
• 10:09
  Meredith: Yeah.
• 10:10
  Meredith: Spring is so cold for sports, isn't it?
• 10:12
  Meredith: For us here
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  Stefanie: for the parents.
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  Stefanie: Sad and freeze.
• 10:15
  Stefanie: Yes.
• 10:16
  Stefanie: Right?
• 10:16
  Stefanie: Yes.
• 10:17
  Stefanie: I, I don't enjoy that part of it, but I love watching all the kids Oh, yeah.
• 10:21
  Stefanie: And how much they grow throughout the season.
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  Stefanie: So it's really, it's fun.
• 10:24
  Stefanie: Cool to see.
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  Meredith: The, the friendships and just the maturity, all that.
• 10:27
  Stefanie: Yeah.
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  Stefanie: And how they support each other.
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  Stefanie: It's, oh yeah.
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  Stefanie: It's, it's really, really cool to see that.
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  Stefanie: And then, you know, as the parent, you're like, yay.
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  Stefanie: Yeah.
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  Stefanie: Oh yeah, go Team but yeah, that's, That's about it.
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  Stefanie: That's my life.
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  Stefanie: And, I'm just really looking forward to this, to have something for me, not, you know, kid related, not spouse related.
• 10:48
  Meredith: Not that we won't talk about, but it just to that you own
• 10:53
  Stefanie: and, and to, to meet with a another grownup.
• 10:56
  Stefanie: Yeah.
• 10:58
  Meredith: Yeah.
• 10:59
  Meredith: It shouldn't be that hard, but it is, right?
• 11:00
  Stefanie: Yeah, it is.
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  Meredith: Cool.
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  Stefanie: So.
• 11:02
  Stefanie: Alright.
• 11:02
  Stefanie: Well thank you guys.
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  Stefanie: we look forward to, doing this weekly.
• 11:06
  Stefanie: Yes.
• 11:06
  Stefanie: I think we're planning on releasing our episodes on Tuesdays and,
• 11:11
  Meredith: we're looking forward to this adventure.
• 11:12
  Meredith: Yeah.
• 11:13
  Stefanie: And then also find us on social media.
• 11:15
  Stefanie: Yeah.
• 11:15
  Stefanie: Under, this is my circus podcast, on all of the different platforms.
• 11:20
  Meredith: Very good.
• 11:21
  Meredith: Yep.
• 11:21
  Meredith: Thank you.
• 11:21
  Meredith: Thank you guys.\