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- Andrea: Hello and welcome back to another rabbit trail episode of the Brilliant Minds podcast. I'm Andrea, and this is my bestie. Olivia: Olivia. Andrea: And it's nighttime and I'm still sweaty even though it poured down rain here today. Olivia: Well, side fact of being there in Arizona. Andrea: It's really weird to go from like super freaking dry in like the morning to being like 50% humidity in our house. Like it's gross. Olivia: Yeah, no thank you. Andrea: No. And because of the rain we now have a cricket problem. Olivia: Still? Andrea: it's worse. Olivia: no. Andrea: So I told you the other night, right, that we had like torn apart our entire bedroom. And like we I don't know if I told you this. Maybe I did, but like our bed has the like little slats that the bed mattress like sits on Olivia: Yeah, yeah. Andrea: and they're hollow. And we literally looked through each single one. We my gosh. Olivia: Lo look through every single one Yeah. Trying to find Total respect for the war path. I just again I wanna go on record. Total respect for it. Andrea: We are up until what? Like I think I said two AM and finally found the cricket and it was like all the way in the bathroom, like in our bathtub. And I was like, Are you fucking kidding me? But then again, last night, there's a cricket in our bedroom. Olivia: Did you check the bathroom? Andrea: Do we have like we did. It's not there because it got quieter when we went that direction. I think that they're congregating by our AC unit outside. And I think there's gotta be some like little access hole. Olivia: Hashtag access hole. Andrea: into our bedroom. Olivia: Three. Andrea: I was hoping you'd I was hoping you'd say something like that. I'm so tired. I'm just like, can these motherfucking crickets be gone? We have we have these like sticky traps that you can use to trap them and they like smell sweet. They're kind of like sugar traps. We've got four in the garage. We've got two in our bedroom. We've got one by our couch. We have one in the front room. I'm just Olivia: Why wouldn't you have like all of them in your bedroom? Andrea: I know, right? We should just put more in the bedroom because that's the most important place, but they're just like Tasha, the dog will get to them and like the sticky pads will then like stick on her feet and they're nearly impossible to like take off. You have to like pour oil Olivia: That's actually really funny. Andrea: on them. But it's really funny. She got one on her nose once and she was like, I don't know what to do with this. Olivia: That's hilarious. Andrea: And they're like sticky. They're like super glue sticky. Olivia: That's hilarious. I l that's really funny. Andrea: Yeah. Yeah. Olivia: that's awful. I can't imagine. Could you do you would you fall asleep wearing headphones? Andrea: No. I can't even fall asleep. Like the only jewelry I wear to bed is this. Like I can't wear anything to bed. Olivia: Anything at all? Andrea: Nope. Psamas Olivia: Why'd you have to say pajamas like that? Andrea: I don't know, did I say it weird? Olivia: Yeah. Maybe it's just the face. I don't know. Hard to separate. yeah, I think about the people that wear the sleep masks at night. Andrea: Mm-mm. No. Yeah. Olivia: To me that's so anxiety inducing. It's not even a sensory thing. Like, yes, it's a sensory thing f secondarily. Andrea: Yeah. Olivia: But initially, like, why would I want more of a barrier between me and a potential threat? Andrea: Yeah. I di I tried to wear one once on an airplane and that was so rough. Like I'll pull my hoodie over and like shit like that, but I was like, I can't see or feel any what's happening. Yeah. Yeah, I feel anxious even taking my glasses Olivia: Then there's a sensory piece. Thinking about it. Andrea: off. Olivia: Yeah, I'm I'm okay. I I mean, I can't really see up close, like great, but I can still see up close okay, you know. So it's fine. Andrea: But yeah, I earplugs also like people who wear earplugs to bed, Olivia: no. Andrea: nightmare, nightmare fuel. No. Olivia: No. Do you like do you play anything at night when you sleep? Like sound wise? Andrea: We have an air pure we p have an air purifier that's kind of like a white noise and then the ceiling fan. and that's it. Sometimes like I can fall asleep with the TV on, but we just don't. Olivia: What are you, like eighty five years old? Andrea: Mm-hmm. Olivia: Falling asleep with a T V on. I I can literally Andrea: Yeah. Olivia: remember falling asleep in two different movies in my entire life. Andrea: Really? Olivia: I do not fall asleep with a T V on. I just don't. I cannot. Andrea: That's so interesting. I mean, it's it's stuff like like new like new girl, if I'm home alone and my husband's gone for like the night or something, I'll turn it on so that I feel like comfortable. but then I turn on like a sleep timer so it fall like turns off at some point. It's the noises that bother me, which sounds funny because we have a ceiling fan on, are the repetitive sounds. So like the the cricket is a repetitive chirp. But then every once in a while it's not the same pattern. So I can't focus on the pattern. Where like the ceiling fan is the same swish, swish, swish every single time. The cricket is like chirp, chirp, chirp, chirp, chirp, chirp, chirp, chirp, chirp and I'm like, Olivia: You're like discovering a new form of torture that they could use. Andrea: Yes. But it it it's funny because like I used to have a house that was kind of by like a wetland area and I really enjoyed the sounds of like the crickets and the frogs and the like Olivia: Frogs. Yeah. Andrea: all to like when it's when it's a symphony, it's different than when it's one fucking cricket. Olivia: Well, one as far as we know, but could be multiple. Andrea: True. It's like there's one Olivia: You have no idea. Andrea: it's like they take turns to come in the room. They're like, all right, Jiminy, it's your first time it's your time today. And then they're like, all right, Timiny, it's your turn today. Olivia: Alright, I'm Karen, I'm clocking in. Andrea: Yeah, exactly. Jeez. Olivia: Yeah, I my sleep got really weird in pregnancy. I had really, really bad, like pregnancy insomnia. especially like the last trimester. Which I will say ultimately I think was probably helpful overall because I kinda like got used to waking up a lot in the night and so like then Andrea: Mm. Olivia: when you have a baby it's not like quite as challenging. I I don't know. Andrea: Makes sense. Yeah. Olivia: but I definitely had more sleep deprivation in in pregnancy than I d than I did in postpartum. Anyways, Andrea: Oof. Olivia: so I was like trying all the things to help me sleep. And I it's so wild to me now thinking back to like six years ago, the idea of falling asleep with no sound on at night. Andrea: Mm. Olivia: I feel like I I'm like I was closer to being a psychopath by just falling asleep to silence and house sounds. Andrea: What do you fall asleep to now? Olivia: Like what? Rain sounds. Andrea: I missed that. Olivia: Has to be rain zones. Has to be. Andrea: I love it's I mean we've had storms for the last week, so I have been able to sleep to rain, which has been amazing. But like the sound of rain, Olivia: And even if it is raining at night I know, even if it is raining at night, there's still I still want rain sounds. 'Cause I want I want more rain s I want more rain sound. Yeah. We used to have it Andrea: I mean, yeah. I love rain. Olivia: Yeah. Yeah. No, I know. And then like there's all the different like colours of noise. The white noise and black noise and pink noise and I don't get any of it, Andrea: Mm. Mm-hmm. Yeah. Olivia: but anyways. my daughter sleeps with a noise machine. So noise machine. Sound machine. She is the noise machine. The noise machine sleeps Andrea: Yes. Olivia: with the sound machine. Andrea: Yes, at least she's not falling asleep to baby shark. Anyways, sa Olivia: Yeah, I have more to s I have more to say about that. But anyways So we were trying like everything to help like play at night. W I would do like meditations before but you know me. Meditations? Who am I? Andrea: Yeah. That's yeah. Weird. Olivia: Yeah, I was like doing these like guided meditations, these like relaxation meditations. We were playing all different things at night. Like we did the white noise, white noise is okay. We did these like soundscapy ones that were like really funky weird and I did not like them because they were not predictable and I like that's the other thing. I can't fall asleep listening to music. I cannot. Even if it's like instrumental. I can't. I cannot. Andrea: Mm, interesting. Yeah. Olivia: I cannot my brain is like too focused on it. It's too stimulating. And then we even tried those Andrea: Yeah. Olivia: like Andrea: I get that. Olivia: The st have you So trippy. The like people that would do like they'll like narrate a story and then it will like transition into like sounds like white noise or like whatever. But it'll be like some like totally nonsensical, ridiculous like story that they'll narrate and it's usually like a like really relaxing voice or whatever. And my husband really liked them and I could not fucking stand them. And be because Andrea: Yeah. Olivia: my brain kept wanting to be asleep Andrea: Yeah. Olivia: but the story was too stimulating and I kept trying to follow it. Andrea: no. Olivia: But then I would get distracted and then with my own thoughts and then I'd get back into the story and I will lose track of what happened and then I get frustrated Andrea: Yeah. Olivia: because I have no idea what this person's talking about. But it honestly doesn't matter because it was supposed to get you to go to sleep. Frickin' hated them. Andrea: I know. I yeah, I feel that. Yeah. I totally get that. I can't I can't listen to music when I work either. Like even if I'm doing like photography stuff or answering emails, like I if if it's music, it is super, super quiet and it's like a coffee shop playlist that I have that has no lyrics. And it's basically just like sounds of a coffee shop. Olivia: Let me get this straight. You're playing sounds Andrea: Yeah. Olivia: of a coffee shop at a coffee shop. Andrea: No, no, no, at home. Olivia: okay. I literally was like, You have got to be joking me. You are not doing that. Okay. Andrea: No, no, no. No. No. And and I will listen to that playlist when I'm on an airplane. Because I don't want to hear the plane sounds. I just want to hear something else. So I'll put something like I'll put the little coffee shop sounds Olivia: Mm. Andrea: in my headphones. Olivia: That's interesting. Yeah, Andrea: Yeah. Olivia: I I will play soundtrack music. I love soundtrack music. So I'll like Andrea: yeah. Olivia: pick soundtrack music that's like dependent on the mood. Like if I like need to get things done, I'll like Andrea: Mm-hmm. Olivia: like put on a Pirates of the Caribbean soundtrack 'cause it's like so good. Or like Andrea: classic. Classic. Olivia: if I'm like wanna just like take it easier, chill out, I'll like put on a pr the Pride and Prejudice soundtrack. Or like Andrea: Oof. Olivia: One of my favourite soundtracks of all time is from PS I Love You. Did you ever see that movie? Andrea: yeah, a long time ago. Yeah. Olivia: of a movie, but the soundtrack is really, Andrea: Yeah. Olivia: really good. Because it's like mostly like acoustic guitar piano. It's very chill, like pretty. Andrea: Yeah, okay. Olivia: if I like want something really epic, I'll like listen to Transformers or Andrea: Mm. Olivia: like Star Wars or whatever. But yeah, soundtrack music. Yeah. Andrea: Yeah. Interesting. Olivia: If I'm writing emails or like doing work, I cannot be it cannot be music with words. Andrea: Yeah. I ever tell you my friend Jamie when he's in final descent on an airplane. So when they're like, all right, we're please prepare for landing, he puts on the Titanic song, like the like I don't I think it's like the final prelude or something. It's like one of the really long ones as he they're landing a plane. And I told I was like, So so so correct me if I'm wrong. You're playing the song about a massive ship that sinks while you're in a massive spaceship essentially trying to land. That sounds strange. He's like, it just works. And then it ends as we like touch down. I'm like, okay. Olivia: Maybe it's like the like musical theater thing of like break a leg. You know? It's like the reverse psychology of it. Yeah, Andrea: It's like the final yeah. Olivia: like well if I play the Titanic the plane won't go down. You know what I mean? Andrea: Ha ha ha. That's a really good concept, actually. I might have to ask him about that. Soundtracks are so good. Ugh. Olivia: Yeah. Yeah, that's really funny. yeah, I love soundtracks. but yeah, z on the topic of music. My Andrea: Mm. Olivia: daughter has swiftly moved past Baby Shark at one and a half times speed. Thank yes, thank thank God. Andrea: Already? I mean Olivia: Thank God. do you know what song she's into right now? Andrea: What song? Olivia: She's going between the I'm a gummy bear song and Which is classic. I'm not whatever. I'm not mad about it. And then she heard from her cousins the chicken banana song. Andrea: No, no. I hate that song with every neuron, bone, muscle, pore of my body. Olivia: Why do you hate it so much? Andrea: don't know it makes me so physically angry. Olivia: Seriously? Andrea: Seriously, we hung out with a group of pilots and one of them brought their kid with and the kid started playing it and then they started playing it in Spanish and I was like It makes me so angry. Olivia: How funny? Andrea: I hate it so much. Olivia: I think it's hilarious because she's like super into it. Okay, no I can't say anything good about it because you just like absolutely disdain it. But like it has a good beat. Andrea: No, keep going. Olivia: You can't lie it has a good beat. Like I'm vibing to it. I know there's two words in the song, like the entire song. But like come on. Andrea: Listeners, if you've never heard this song, go listen. Tell us in the comments whose side you're on here. Do you vibe or do you not vibe? Olivia: Yeah, so she's into the chicken banana song. I Andrea: yikes. Olivia: I have probably heard it like six times today. Andrea: My heart's racing like the like it was with the baby shark one, but for a whole totally different reason. Olivia: Because of the rage. Andrea: The rage. I think I will say, I think that for me, the first time I heard it, I think it was a r like a really set like sensory, sensitive moment where I was this like, I can't. There's so much going Olivia: Yeah. Andrea: on. Or maybe if I had heard it in a different context, it could be fine. But I just Olivia: I'm actually surprised you've heard it 'cause I I was like, I don't even I wonder if Andrea: Yeah. Olivia: she's even heard it 'cause it's like more of like a kit kinda like prank kid song. I I don't know. Like Andrea: Yeah. Olivia: what what genre d what genre would you put chicken banana in? Andrea: I mean it's kind of in the same realm of Baby Shark and Gummy Bear and yeah. Also, I think it's so funny that you brought up Gummy Bear because that's also another song that I had to learn in German in addition to Baby Shark. Olivia: Well it it is funny 'cause when I like look it up on Spotify, like the number one thing that pops up is like I'm a gummy bear and like in parentheses English version and immediately I'm like I don't wanna know. I don't wanna know how many versions Andrea: I do think Olivia: there are. Andrea: I actually think that the German version was the very first version. Yeah. Yeah, Olivia: The the original. Yeah, that would make sense. Andrea: because it's gummy bears. It's it feels like a German thing to me, but Olivia: Yeah, no, I that makes sense. That totally makes sense. Andrea: Yeah. But I can like hear it in my in my head and Yeah. It is a classic. Yeah. Has she ever gotten Olivia: Yeah. Like it it's a classic, right? Like I yeah. Yeah. And then Andrea: into crazy has she gotten crazy frog yet? Olivia: No. My husband tried to play the I can't think of the name of the song, the like Maria He, Maria Ha, like that song. And I immediately turned it off. I was like Andrea: Yes. What is the name of that? Olivia: I have I don't I don't even know. And then like the song I'm Blue came on and I was like, classic and he's like, This song is so annoying and I was like, please Classic. What do you Andrea: That's amazing. Olivia: what are you talking about? Andrea: That's amazing. this is not a kid's song at all. But for some reason when I hear those two songs, I also in my head go to the National Geographic song. Have you heard that one? Olivia: I'm sure I have, but I can't place it right now. Andrea: It's like you and me, baby, ain't nothing but mammals, so let's do it like they do on the Disc Olivia: Yes, yes, yes, yes. Andrea: Discovery Channel. That's what it is. Olivia: Yeah, my gosh, yes, yes, yes. Andrea: Ha ha ha. Olivia: I I totally know that song. Andrea: man. Truly Olivia: The classics. Andrea: the classics. I was at a wedding recently and they played Cascada. And I was like, yes. Olivia: If you put on if you put on every time we touch, I'm a touch. Like Andrea: Yes Yes Olivia: I know. I like I yeah. Love love that song. Basically like anytime you want me to go full millennial, you need to put on Everytime We Touch or Misery Andrea: Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Olivia: Business. Andrea: Yes. Yep. Just the the first two notes of Misery Business and I'm like, I'm in. Get me the Olivia: Yeah. Andrea: side sweat bangs back. Here we go. Olivia: Yeah, time to dye my hair black. Andrea: Okay, so I'm gonna segue because you s this Olivia: Yeah. Andrea: is like millennial. This is kind of along the vibes, but it also goes back to sleep. So earlier today we talked about dreams, and I was like, I've had lots of dreams come true. Well, it reminded me to tell you this really funny instance. The other times were not funny, so they are not worth talking about. But this one time in middle school when I was my little emo self, I had this, which is really funny what I'm about to say next. the group of friends that I had, I had three friends named Molly and one friend named Holly. So we were Molly, Molly, Molly, Holly, and Andrea. That was our friend group in middle school. Olivia: Big of a middle school was that? Andrea: Is a really, really big middle school. Yeah. Olivia: yeah, that makes me feel better, 'cause like I don't think Molly's that popular of a name. So the fact that there were even three mollies in your grade? Insane. Andrea: Yeah. Yeah. And and it was two spelled M-O-L-L-Y and one spelled M-O-L-L-I-E. Yeah. Yes. Olivia: Of course. Because white people have to be individual. Anyways, continue. Andrea: And we were all very into like my thing was Pirates of the Caribbean. My like there was the Lord of the Rings Olivia: Of course. Andrea: girls. There was like the Twilight Girls. So that was like that was our little group was we were into the fandom things. Like that. Yeah. Olivia: Yes. Yeah. Andrea: But I was also like emo girl paramour fallout boy vibes. Like that was me. But Olivia: Yeah. Andrea: we so and we were band orchestra kids, so we were nerdy. but I had this one dream one night that one of the mollies, that one of the mollies in middle school was gonna get asked out by this guy in Elfish. The language of the elves from Lord of the Rings, which Olivia: No, I d I I know. Andrea: yeah, so for anyone who doesn't know, that is a real made-up language. Somebody was it Tolkien? Did Tolkien make up that language? I mean Olivia: Is it is it is it real or is it made up? You said it's a real made up language. Andrea: some I don't know if it was actually Tolkien, but did Tolkien create it? Olivia: It's a language. Yes, it was. Yeah. Andrea: Yeah, so Tolkien created a language. It's not ancient by any means. and people know how to speak it. And I had a dream that Dylan was going to ask out Holly in Olivia: Molly. Andrea: Elf Molly, whoa, too many of them was gonna ask out Molly using a note, and it was in invisible ink in Elfish, and he was asking her to the dance that we were coming up with. And everyone was like, Ew, Dylan, Dylan's not gonna do it. Dylan doesn't like Molly. She never spoken a word to Molly. Turns out, next day, Molly's got a note in Elvish in her locker from Dylan. Olivia: Wow. That's a wild Andrea: And she said no. Olivia: terrible ending to the story. You couldn't have lied? my god. Wow. Andrea: I know. She said no and we ended up all going as a group and then Dylan and his friends came with us. So Olivia: So yes, Andrea: Yeah. Olivia: Man, middle school. So glad I don't have to do that over. Jesus Christ. Andrea: I know. I know. I just think I think it's so funny because I was like, why? And we had no from we because we sat there all day being like, how would Andrea would have like dreamed that? How would that ever have come up? And the only re the only thing I knew was that Molly knew how to read Elfish. And I but that was like a thing that I'd known for forever. And I Olivia: Right. Andrea: was like, but that but Dylan was not on our radar at all. Olivia: I n dreams are weird. Dreams are so weird. Yeah. Andrea: Right? It's fascinating. That's my like funniest premonition dream story I have. Olivia: Yeah, the only dream that I had that was like premonition, it was kind of like just boring. Like Andrea: Mm. Olivia: had a dream that my family and I like went on vacation to some place and I could like remember the place that we stayed, like super vividly. 'Cause I could remember Andrea: Mm-hmm. Olivia: the drive there and then like where we parked. I remember it very vividly in a dream. And then it was like A few years later we were down in Palm Springs and we were like driving and I was like, I've seen this place before And my dad was like, Mm you've never been to Palm Springs, so no you haven't And I was like, No I I have absolutely seen this place before And I'm like pulled out of the place Andrea: Yeah. Wow. Olivia: and I was like, Yeah I dreamed of that And he was like What? Andrea: That's dreams are fascinating. Olivia: But like what what was the point? Andrea: Exactly. Like why? Olivia: What was the point? Andrea: So that you could Olivia: Yeah. Andrea: a cool story, like cool story, bro. Olivia: It's not even that cool. It's just like, well, Andrea: Yeah. Olivia: I had a weird dream. Hey. Andrea: Yeah. Right. Olivia: Yeah. But then I feel like if you had dreams that did come true, like any time you'd have a dream I'd feel like you'd be like, my god, is that gonna happen? Andrea: Well yeah, that's what has caused me issues in the past. So Olivia: Oof. Andrea: Yeah. I won't go down a dark path tonight. That's for another night. Olivia: Okay. I'm gonna make it better. I don't know how well I'm gonna be to show you over the camera. We're gonna I'm going to attempt. Andrea: Okay. Okay. Olivia: My daughter drew a picture this morning. Andrea: I love her pictures. I have one right here. Olivia: And she's like, I wanna draw a tree. Like, great. She was like, I'm gonna draw the tree next to the ocean. Like next to the sea. I was like, Okay, cool, whatever. Look over. And she's like, Hey, can I have a new piece of paper where I finish the tree with the sea? And I was like, Sure. And I look at it and I'm like Okay. Andrea: Genius. Artistic genius. Olivia: The thing I appreciate most about it is just how serious she was. Andrea: She did what she said. Olivia: She did what she said. It was so incredibly literal. She sees like nothing funny or like silly or goofy about it and just like moves on from it. Andrea: What did you do with yourself? Olivia: I took a picture of it immediately and I just tried to focus on what I was drawing because Andrea: Yeah. Olivia: I was like, this is amazing. Andrea: I guess I guess for our audio listeners, we did not describe what this was. This was literally a tree with the word C, S-E-A, right next to it. The most literal version of I'm gonna draw a tree next to the sea. Olivia: Yeah. What Andrea: Wow. I would not have been able to hold it in. She's already Olivia: It was it was Andrea: she's already really hard to hide laughter from sometimes. I will admit, it is very hard. And I could Olivia: No. Andrea: not. Olivia: I know. The reason why it's easier to keep it in with her, at least for me, Andrea: huh. Olivia: is she's so sensitive. Andrea: Ein yeah. Yeah. Olivia: that like it gets me like to be more reserved. Yeah, Andrea: Yeah, for sure. Olivia: sometimes the things that she says or does, I'm I'm like, I that that tree by the sea, I Yeah, Andrea: U deserves a frame, in my opinion. Olivia: I legitimately have been like, we should probably just like frame this. This is an oceanscape. Andrea: my gosh, truly Olivia: And again, like the greatest part of it is she has no idea what she's done, really. I mean she like she knows what she's done theoretically. Andrea: Yeah. L yeah. Yeah. Olivia: But like conceptually she has no idea what Andrea: Is Olivia: she's drawn. Andrea: was there any indication that she tried to draw water and got overwhelmed and was like s no? See that's that's what I thought, but I was like, that's so yeah. Olivia: That's what I would think too. And then I'd be like, extra layer of genius, because you're like, I actually don't want to draw the ocean. That will take too long. I'm just gonna Andrea: Yeah. Olivia: write it. Like like a map kind of thing. But she doesn't even like dr like she doesn't draw maps. When she goes to draw something, Andrea: Yeah. Olivia: she's drawing people, usually her and I, or my husband, a house. Andrea: Mm-hmm. Yeah. Olivia: she's just started drawing next. big improvement over here with the the people. No, it's just not like Andrea: Yeah, yeah. Olivia: head and body, but there's a neck. It's long, but we're getting there. and now she's also Andrea: People. Olivia: i really into she's more or less figured out how to draw cats and dogs. So she's like really into like drawing cats and dogs now. Andrea: Okay. Yeah. That's so funny. And she spelled Olivia: Yeah. Andrea: C correctly. Like she used the right form of C. Olivia: Yes, she did. Yeah. There's Andrea: Yeah. Olivia: other things that she has not spelled correctly, and I absolutely love it. Did I tell you about how she spelled our nephew's name Alex? Andrea: I don't think so. Olivia: Just making a card for him. And she's like, I'm gonna write to Alex. I was like, okay. I was like, let me know if you need help or I don't I don't even remember. I don't even know if it was that clued in to ask her if she wanted to have the letters in order. I look over and she spelled Alex A L I C K S. Alix. Andrea: She was so close. Like no as you should. I would instantly change my Instagram tag to that. Like new name. Yeah. Olivia: I'm like, I'm not mad about it. I call him Alex now. I don't give a shit. I was like, that's I get it. Yeah. Mm-hmm. Andrea: That's amazing. I have a drawing of a rocket from Olivia: Yes. Andrea: her. Olivia: Which sh Andrea: Yeah. Olivia: sh it's been a long time since she'd run a rocket. Andrea: I love it. And a rain there's Olivia: Yeah. Andrea: a rainbow too, but there's a r it's a rocket. Olivia: I everything's a rainbow with her. I love her. Yeah. She Andrea: Of course. I love that. Olivia: she drew this random I showed you this like horrifying family picture that she drew of us like months and months and months ago. Andrea: Yes, yes. Olivia: Where we look like zombie people. When she figured out how to draw teeth. my god, don't teach your children how to draw Andrea: Yeah. Olivia: teeth when they're like four or five years old. You will have nightmare fuel. Andrea: I've a couple of your family portraits by her that are questionable. Olivia: For real they are. It is rough. It is absolutely rough. But yeah, this this Andrea: Yeah. I love it. I'm here for it. Olivia: one she recently drew, she's like, this is going on the fridge. I'm like, I'm okay. And she drew this is how much she like is loyal to me. She drew a Christmas tree. We're in August, okay? She drew a Christmas Andrea: Right, of course. Olivia: tree. She drew both of us. We're like all of our clothes are rainbow. Andrea: Yeah. Olivia: And then she she drew my husband in in a house. Also rainbow clothes. And I was like, what what says the picture of? She's like, It's you and me having Christmas while dad's in the house Andrea: I feel so bad for him sometimes. I'm just like, you poor man, you got put in the doghouse. Olivia: For no reason. I mean like and she's been like this since she was like I don't know, like two, three, like anytime Andrea: Yeah. Right. Olivia: we like we'll all be playing together or something, or like Michael will tickle me or we'll like wrestle or whatever, she gets immediately irate and like tackles him and like literally tries to hurt him. Andrea: Ha Olivia: Like like like a insane jealous person. It's just like instinctual Andrea: wow. Olivia: for her. It's gotten better in that she Andrea: Yeah. Olivia: isn't like physically hurting him immediately. So like window of tolerance is growing. But she still does not Andrea: Yeah. my gosh. Olivia: like it. I feel like comes up to give me a kiss, she's immediately like running across the house. Andrea: So she has like a r like a sonar for it where it's like Olivia: She does. Yeah, it's like she has a sonar for when she cannot get to me and she also has a sonar for when like my husband's anywhere within my like personal space. Andrea: Ha Olivia: She's like a bodyguard I've never needed. Andrea: yeah, a hundred percent. my gosh. So funny. Olivia: But the the Christmas picture? I was like, that's brutal, bro. And she's like going Andrea: That is brutal. Olivia: on the fridge and I was like, what is it? It's us having Christmas and dad's in the house. And then she just started laughing. She's like, just joking. I'm like, are you though? Because you drew a picture and you put it out of the fridge like a sign. Andrea: I don't know what to say to that. no. Olivia: yeah, like welcome to the world, Andrea: man. Olivia: Jesus. Let's leave out my husband. Like what? Hilarious. Andrea: That's man, what a queen. Olivia: She is. Hundred percent. Andrea: Truly, truly. Tree by the sea. I feel like I want that as a tattoo. Tree by the sea. Olivia: huh. Andrea: It's it's a Washington tattoo. It's the tree by the sea. Olivia: Mm-hmm. Everyone would be like, yeah, yeah, cool, yeah, that's amazing. Yeah, I love that. Andrea: Like, I don't fucking get it. Olivia: Yeah. gosh. Do Andrea: I love it. my goodness. Olivia: you have anything else? Andrea: I wanna tell you before we go, I'm looping back to a rabbit trail from the other day what my mom said when I addressed the butt. commentary. Olivia: yeah. Andrea: So let me see. I told I told her I was like, we recorded our podcast tonight, and something I realized was that we have a lot of butt jokes. I said and I started listing them, and she goes, ha ha ha. Sweaty in the butt was from when we were in Germany and climbing the tower of a castle, sweating our asses off that we needed something to make fun of. And then she goes, otherwise, it never occurred to me that we did actually have a lot of butt jokes. And she's like, I'm sorry for that question mark. And I'm like, hey, it's fine. It makes for a good story. Olivia: That is funny. Knowledge is power. Yeah. Andrea: Like get sport about it. Exactly. Exactly. Thinking back on those things is funny. But that's all I had. Olivia: Ugh, what a good what a good wrap around. I'm gonna go have ice cream. What are you gonna do? Try to kill a cricket? Andrea: Yeah. Yeah. I'm gonna Well, I made dark chocolate peanut butter balls. So I'm gonna have one of those with my ice cream. Olivia: With your ice cream. Hmm. Okay. All right. Andrea: Mm-hmm. Yeah. Olivia: Fine. I suppose. Andrea: They're really yummy. They're my favorite. I usually make them around Christmas time and I call rabbit turd or not reindeer poops. Olivia: Yes, my family makes the same things and we call them buckeyes. I would highly suggest you rebrand. Andrea: I like rain I like reindeer poops. Olivia: Again with the butt stuff. Andrea: Damn it! I think a full Napoleon dynamite damn it! Okay. All right. Thank you. Thank you Olivia: Okay. Bye everyone. Andrea: everyone for listening. Stick around for more episodes. Leave comments. All the things. Tell us about your weird dreams. and we'll see you in the next episode. Bye. 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