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I Was Thinking Hiatus Notice · I Was Thinking…

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  Hey everyone, it's Simone and welcome back to I Was Thinking.
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  Now, obviously, as you can tell by the title, this isn't a
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  normal episode, nor is this one of the many episodes that I do
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  or I've been trying to do in between like breaks we take in
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  case none of us are available to record regular episodes.
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  So this is more so like an announcement and I've only done
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  this once at the very beginning when I was trying to stay
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  consistent. So if you've been listening to
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  us for a while, you do know sometimes unintentionally, we
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  kind of like disappear for a month or two.
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  I think the longest has been two months, but someone can correct
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  me on that if I'm wrong. And then we'll come back to an
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  episode, obviously, you know, saying we've been gone for a
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  while. But this time I do actually want
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  to announce a proper break and not just ghost y'all, because I
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  think this break may be a little bit longer than the ones we'd
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  normally take. There are many reasons for this
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  break, first of all mine as well as Lala's.
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  But mainly my job has become a lot more demanding in the past
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  couple months with a lot of changes happening within that
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  company. So I don't really have a lot of
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  time to sit down and plan episodes and do the research and
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  everything before we record, as well as like editing throughout
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  the week like I used to. Honestly, it could be because of
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  that job to mental health. Is this kind of been plummeting
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  very badly? Not only just the job, but just
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  everything that's happening in the world, you know,
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  administration in America, the continue of genocide and killing
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  people. A lot of shit is happening that
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  we already know, but it just feels like it's not getting any
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  better. And I'm usually one and one to
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  try to stay hopeful, but it's just a lot and the sense of
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  hopelessness is getting to me. And it's like to try to combat
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  that. I've have tried to use this show
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  not only for myself but just others who may need that hour to
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  escape and just have some laughs, talk about our special
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  interests. But even with that, it's just,
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  and I know it's because of the state that I'm in, it's just not
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  helping. So it's like there was also a
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  point in the show where I feel like we were just coming on here
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  and just talking about everything that's going on wrong
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  with the world and not really weighs on a person, especially a
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  person who just wants to fix everything and know as an
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  individual she does not have the power.
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  Like, I'm not Superman, so I can't just fly to places and
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  just, you know, so I'm also trying to work on my physical
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  health as well. I've tried to been as open as
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  possible this year about, you know, the skin condition I have,
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  which is hidradenitis suppurativa.
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  And it just got really, really bad at the end of 2024.
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  I'm just now kind of healing, I want to say.
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  But even that I'm still limited in a lot of things I could do,
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  especially mobile mobily mobility.
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  Yeah. And physically, so I just, I
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  need time to work on that as well.
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  And you know, even with this show talking about my job
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  earlier, it just won't say. It doesn't feel like it's fun
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  anymore. It's just getting to a point for
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  me where it's hard for me to want to figure out what I want
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  to talk about on the show, like what direction we're going in.
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  We don't really post weekly, so we can't talk about World News.
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  But also World News always exhausts me.
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  So I don't always want to be talking about World News.
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  A lot of it I just find stupid. I'm just going to say it like
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  there's just a lot of shit I see online and discussions where I'm
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  just like, this is so fucking dumb.
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  And we you know what, no, I'm not going to get into, I'm not
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  going to get into it. But if you know, you know,
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  especially if you're AK Pop said, you know, a lot of the
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  conversations we have are just so benign.
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  And I just, I don't want to be discussing that all the time,
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  especially as a person who, yes, I listen to K Pop, but I've
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  honestly really haven't been keeping up with like these newer
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  groups like I was when I first got into it.
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  So I don't feel like this, I want this to turn into like AK
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  Pop podcast, especially since there's so many out there who
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  are more dedicated, dedicated to that music genre than I am.
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  And I like to talk about other things too, like what's
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  happening in movies and the TV's and animation world.
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  We also just need this time to kind of restructure the podcast
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  and figure out the direction we want to go into.
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  Like this isn't a goodbye. I'm not coming here to say this
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  show is stopping completely. But we do just need time to
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  figure out where we want to go with this show since me and Lala
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  still want to do it. And I do have to thank Lala for
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  wanting to come on and be my Co host because I mean obviously
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  too, since I was going through all the medical things I was
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  going through. But at the end of 2024, I was
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  ready to just stop this. And you know, being the friend
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  that she is, even though I haven't known her for the
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  longest, but like I've really gotten close to her not wanting
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  to see me give up on something she can tell I was really
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  passionate about and willing to come on here and share her voice
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  and her stories. I really appreciate that more
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  than I can express. I mean, she already knows that I
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  thank her everyday privately, but still I also want to thank
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  the people that do listen to us and have been very supportive of
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  us. I don't really give much
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  feedback. So like I don't know how many
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  people has like been listening to day one or like, you know the
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  length you guys been listening to.
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  I know since I've started this show, the stats have always
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  showed me there is a pretty high audience, whether it's a few
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  people or just one person like in Orlando, FL.
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  And I don't live in Orlando, FL, so obviously it's not me.
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  So like to the mystery person or people out there, thank you so
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  much for being here for us and listening to us.
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  And also a big shout out to Nevaeh, who what did meet
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  through Shay's Discord, who is always commenting on Spotify on
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  an episode, answering the questions we have, sharing our
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  podcast, not only through, you know, her real life friends, but
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  like sharing in this court as well and telling us like things
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  she enjoyed. I really appreciate that.
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  Like I know we always say thank you, but like you truly don't
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  understand how much is having that actual feedback really
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  means to me Because like I said, I was ready to give this up,
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  just not thinking of it's going anywhere.
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  Obviously we didn't turn into one of those podcasts where like
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  we get ads and a big audience and all that.
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  So I really do put in my own money and do this all my own
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  free time because I enjoy doing it.
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  And I was getting to a point it's like, is this even worth
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  it? But like having you share your
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  feedback and how much you enjoy hearing us talk has showed me it
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  is worth it even if you are the only person who listens.
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  So I just wanted to say thank you for that.
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  And yeah, so I don't know how long this break is going to be,
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  honestly, it could be up until 2026.
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  Please continue to follow us on social media.
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  I know we do have plans to like, continue the music Monday that
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  we do on there. We do also have a plan to just
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  kind of do throwback episodes, meaning we'll like get clips
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  from really old episodes and post it, post it on the social
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  media to try to, you know, gain new audience or people who
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  haven't listened to old episodes to go back and listen to those.
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  I do plan because this year we'll make it, you know, five
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  years of the podcast to at least do an episode for that.
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  What we'll do, I'm not sure, but I do want to do like a five year
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  anniversary because that is a long time.
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  I mean, again, I'm surprised I haven't given up on this yet.
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  I was close to, but I'm still here, and maybe we'll do
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  something at the end of the year.
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  And I also did want to make, like, a completely new cover,
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  especially for changing the whole structure of this podcast.
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  I want to change the cover as well.
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  And I kind of want to Draw Something like I did when the
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  show very first started. Yeah, that's all I wanted to
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  come on here and say just really, truly announced, like an
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  official break. We will be back, I promise.
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  I mean, if you do, stick around. If you don't, I understand.
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  That's OK. And there's thousands of
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  podcasts out there daily. I just once again appreciate if
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  you've even listened to 5 Minutes of Us.
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  It has helped a lot. So yeah, make sure you all are
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  taking care of yourselves. I feel like I really need to
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  start listening to my own advice, which is another reason
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  why we're taking this break because times are tough out
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  here. I don't even want to say if you
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  live in America. I just, it's the whole world,
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  times are tough out here. Shit is happening and we just
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  need each other more than ever to combat all this.
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  Like evilness that's trying to resurface.
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  Like basically get rid of the progress I thought we were
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  slowly moving towards. And then they were like, no, for
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  reasons I won't get into. So yeah, if you have friends or
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  family that you can trust and confide in, just lean on them
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  more than ever. Like don't isolate yourself.
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  This is really a time where we need some sort of community,
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  even if it's just your local neighbors and learning how to
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  help each other, whether it's just like looking after each
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  other, looking after their property, sharing tips on
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  things, things like that. Like it could be the littlest
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  things to combat everything else that's happening.
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  It's just things that you can control.
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  That's really all we can do right now to try to start that
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  flow and change of bigger change, you know, get outside
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  the house again. I feel like I'm talking to
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  myself more than you guys. Even if it's standing outside to
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  get some sun and vitamin D for 5 minutes, it makes a difference
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  drinking our water. Please just continue to take
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  care of yourselves physically and mentally.
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  It's going to feel really weird, like not being like, hey, we
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  need to record an episode. Yeah, I really enjoy doing this
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  show just because I feel like it's really helped me get
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  through a lot of hard times. So once again, I appreciate
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  y'all for whoever y'all are out there just giving us a chance,
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  you know, listening to a girl that's just in Florida who don't
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  feel like she got much going on in her life.
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  But anyway, I have been Simone and this has been, I was
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  thinking and we'll see you guys when we come back.
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  Bye.