Natalie Brooks Isabel Love the Using - xxxCinema

Natalie Brooks Isabel Love the Using - xxxCinema

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ready for the storm, chopping wood, checking the generator too.

I think he's gonna be okay. Yeah, I think, you know, he gets a little anxious when he's cooped up, but I don't want him acting

crazy again. Yeah, I'll be fine. I'll be fine too. I don't know about him. Your father though, he

can get a little stir crazy. Yeah. And so there was this thing that we did during the pandemic

that actually worked out pretty well. What was it? I think maybe we could do that again just to

keep his nerves down. Honestly, I think anything to keep him sane. Yeah. He goes crazy when he's

cooped up. Yes. So there's this thing called free use. And it's when, you know, people just

have sex whenever. Well, let your father have us whenever. Both of us? Yes. And I know, okay, I know

he's your stepfather, but you're adopted. That's, I don't know. So do you think that would help?

It helped during the pandemic. And you know, it really calmed his nerves. Basically free use is

just like sex is okay. You can just have sex whenever you want, however you want. Do I have

to do anything? You will let the man enter you as he pleases. And you know, he might just enjoy it.

Hey, that's kind of weird. But I mean, if it'll help. Yeah, I really think this would, you know,

it's been kind of gathering everything outside. And you know how he gets as he starts to think

about his to-do list. He was in the drive up here. He was terrible. It really did help during the

pandemic, though. I mean, it was not too bad. I mean, I guess we could give it a shot. Yeah. Well,

I think that, you know, you might actually enjoy it. Yeah, maybe. Hey, girls. Hey. How are you?

Good. We're just having a nice chat. And I think that we should be, you know, we should be okay.

I think we'll be okay. You think? I'm not gonna lie. I'm already a little riled up and a little

nervous for this. Really? Yeah. You know, but look outside. It's like, the snowstorm might not even

come. Yeah, we obviously might be okay. I know. That's what you say. But I was outside. I got

everything, I think, done. I had the windows all buttoned up and locked. Did you check the generator?

Yeah, it has gas. Do we have fire or wood for the fireplace? We do. Yeah, plenty of wood. I have

easy access to it. I think we're good. I don't know. You know, honestly, I do think that we have enough

food supplies, but let's check. All right. Yeah, let's see. That way we can be organized and be

ready to go. Hopefully we're stocked up on some stuff. We're meant to go to the store,

are we? We're not. So let's just check in the kitchen. Can we maybe like order some stuff?

Maybe. I think, you know, but you know, during the pandemic, how everything, everyone was all

worried and everything was like, okay, so we have some water. That's good. Well, there are cooking

supplies. Oh, we have oil? Oh, yes. That's great for cooking.

Fine. Maybe, you know, we don't, we don't need to stress too much. Oh, yeah. We have noodles.

Do we? I think so, yeah. Some pasta. Okay. Well, we could. I, you know, Italian. We haven't had

Italian in a while. I love Italian. That's true. Um, let's see maybe any sauces.

Why don't you check the cabinet honey? Anything in there? There's plates and stuff. Well, we have

plenty of plates. Maybe look over there. We have gloves. Oh, perfect. Well, do we have any sauce

for the pasta? I don't know. There's oil. Maybe there's like garlic or something. We could do

some butter. I don't know. Do we have? Lots of bags. We have a coffee machine. Well, that is

essential. Yeah. Let's hope the power doesn't go out. But we do have the generator if it happens.

Don't worry too much. I know you can get very anxious. I know. We have hats too. Oh, perfect.

Oh, nice. I don't know why those were in the kitchen, but that worked out. Yeah. Well,

I mean, that is definitely help. I get what you're saying, but that's not, I wouldn't call that an

essential. Why don't we gather our supplies and go sit down and make a plan? Perfect. Perfect.

Yeah. Oh, there's waters in case we get thirsty, you know? Oh, okay. This isn't too much.

Yeah. What are we going to do with those? This might do the trick though. I don't know. What do

you think? I mean, I have pasta tonight. We won't starve. Yeah. There's enough and we have some water.

So should the water go out, we might have to drink a little bit slowly, but we can share too.

We can ration it. We can ration and we can share. Yeah. So just. I think, I honestly

think we'll be okay. Yeah. I don't think anything too crazy. And like a store run would be ideal,

but I have a feeling the roads will be pretty, like if the snow happens to hit, the roads will

get bad. Yeah. And we don't want to get stuck when the snow actually stops. Out shopping or something.

Yeah. Well, maybe we could, maybe we could order something before it happens. Yeah. Well, what do

you guys feel like? I mean, we could check to see if we can get it. Maybe a pizza.

That's a good idea, honey. With green peppers and black olives. Oh, that sounds amazing.

Yeah. Yeah. Well. Okay. I vote pizza. Pizza. But okay, here's the thing though. Before we.

If we can. Yeah. Maybe we should, maybe we should get this stuff cooked for now. Yeah. And use what

we have. And then we go from there. And we don't know that the snow will hit. Exactly. It's just

in case though. Right. Yeah. So you never know. Okay. Okay. Just, I don't know, getting ready,

I guess. Why don't we play some games? There are, you know, like the card games we played during the

pandemic. Okay. That could be fun. Yeah, let's do it. Let's see. We've got a few. There's war.

There's spit. There's blackjack. Oh. Pickles and blackjack. I do like war. War. Yeah. You would

like war. That's a fun one. See if I still have my shuffle. Well, I think that card games would be

good for us. Yeah. Yeah. I do like cards. Have some time. I have a good feeling that this snowstorm

might not even hit. You think? I think so. Yeah. I don't know. They're really calling for it. Okay.

Why don't you take your card? Okay. Uh huh. Damn it. I know you're getting upset. You're

beating me so bad. Yeah. Are you playing cards? Is that what you had a four? Refresh my memory.

Well, it's, oh yes, I won that one. Did you? Yep. You have to have the higher card.

Let me see. Ah, damn it. Ah. Oh, you're losing, hun. I know, but keep going. Keep going.

One. Two. Two twos. If I don't win that one. Yes. Okay. I got that one. Five. Oh. Two fives.

Two fives. That's a draw. What a draw. Yeah, right? Maybe that's a little lucky. Honey,

what are you doing on your phone? You know, we're supposed to be conserving energy. Okay,

but we still have the power. I can still charge it. Yeah. But you might, the power might cut.

And then what are we going to do then? You won't have any battery left. I'll charge it. I promise.

Will that make you happy? I would make me happier if you would not spend all night on your phone.

It's on the low power setting. Well, that's good. Yeah. What about playing cards with us?

It's been a while. Good. Actually, that kind of might be fun. Well, hold on. Let us finish this

game. You good. Well, yeah, but I got an ace. I think I'm going to win. She did. Hold on.

Fuck. Damn it. We're losers. We're losing cards. Do you guys want to play or what?

Um, okay. Yes, I'm done. Oh my God. I'll play. I'll play. Oh, I think I have. I don't think I know

these rules though. So what should I, what do I get? The highest card wins. Oh, okay. Let's see.

I think I'm going to win. I know. Damn it. Okay. Well, what does the winner get then?

Winner gets to not cook dinner. Oh, wait, unless you win, then you have to cook. We have a pretty

simple meal. It is just pasta. That's true. What have we got? That means dad's cooking.

Hey. Okay, your turn. I thought this was going to be more fun. Oh, another six. Another four. Oh,

Oh, what a pattern. Seven. That's my lucky number.

So we just keep going until the cards are done. And whoever has the most wins.

Who's winning now?

You always play this. That's why I play it a lot. I think you know what you're doing.

A joker. We can't have jokers like really low, right? Why don't you give this card to your

father? Yeah, because he is. I'm a joker. Six. Oh, aha. Keep that one. Oh, seven. We're getting so

close. Queen's higher than 10. Oh, thank you. One. Two. Seven is my lucky number. Is it? 11.

Six. Honey, are you feeling a little more relaxed? Do you want to play?

I don't know. I don't know if I want to play, but I can definitely.

Well, I did the last card. Yes. Okay. I got an eight. Queen, I win. She won? I did. I might have

to shuffle these with you. Damn it. Shuffle. That was actually kind of fun. It's a fun game.

Yeah. I need to practice my shuffling skills.

I can't wait till we can go back home, though. Yeah. It's nice to see you off your phone for a change.

Oh my gosh. I'm not even on my phone that much. You spend far too much time on your phone. Whatever.

What do you think you should do when you get back home?

I don't know. I've been dying to read the movies. I feel like I haven't seen a movie in so long.

Yeah. Yeah. I love movies.

Yes. And jalapenos. Oh yeah. That's right. You do like jalapenos on there, don't you?

What movies are out now? I actually don't. I don't know what I've seen. I don't know. I've

seen a lot of trailers for stuff coming out later this year. I couldn't even tell you.

Oh, the flash. What is it? The flash just came out. Oh, okay. Oh, we should maybe go see that.

We should. Make it a family trip. That would be so fun. We could. Yeah. Yeah. That's definitely

an option. But well, once this whole storm thing dies down, I'm a little nervous to do anything

before that. And we don't want you to be nervous. Definitely not. I think everything will work out

just fine. I sure as hell hope. My gosh. I have a good feeling. You do? Yeah. All right.

It's kind of nice to unplug too. Yeah. I'm surprised I'm even saying that.

It's a family time together. Yeah. It's been, it's been a little while since we've

all been together like this. Yeah. I'm going to head into the kitchen for a minute. Sounds good.

All right. Hey, girls.

About that. No, I didn't. I, I tried and I couldn't get it fixed. And

honestly, with the power being out and stuff, I don't know that it's going to be,

it's going to be a little while. Are you serious? Yeah. Sorry. I, you know what though? I did

think about something. You guys are that cold. What are we going to do? I didn't know tonight

is going to be, it's going to be like a rough night if we don't have any heat the whole night.

Yeah, we cannot. It's going to be cold. But I have an idea that I thought about. You guys could,

we can all sleep in the same bed. That way we can kind of cuddle and just keep each other warm.

How's that sound? Okay. Yeah. That works for me, honey. I guess. Yeah. Yeah. I'm tired. I want to

get ready for bed. I mean, there's nothing else to do honestly. Right. No power, nothing.

Hmm. Yeah. The storm did hit. I really didn't, I wasn't sure. I didn't think it was going to hit.

I didn't think so either. We were having good luck for a while. Yeah. Oh, we had some fun. The

carton was fun. Yeah. True. Maybe it'll be back on tomorrow. That would be nice. We'll see. I hope.

I can always dream. Yeah. You're going to go to sleep? I'm so tired. I think I'm just going to

lay down and close my eyes right now. It's so light now. I'm tired. Yeah. Maybe I'll just read.

I could fall right asleep. I'll try not to keep you up.

This will work. We can stay warm like this. What are you reading?

It's a book about Pluto. Oh, really? The planet? Yeah. Mom gave it to me actually.

Really? Yeah. Oh, wow. I'm trying to find my place. I left my bookmark somewhere.

Is it any good, the book? Yeah, it's pretty good. I just started it though.

Yeah. Yeah. What page are you on? Um, 58. Oh, okay. Yeah, so you, I literally just started it.

Yeah. Okay. But there's a lot to learn about it. Yeah. I mean, interesting planet from everything

I've ever learned. I think when we go back home, I want to go to all the others.

Oh, the other planet books? They have like a whole series. Oh, okay. I guess that makes sense. Yeah.

What are they talking about now in there? Karmic stuff. What Pluto has to do with karmic conditions

and evolution. Yeah. Oh, wow. Okay. Yeah. There's actually a lot to learn. I'll bet. I mean,

that's an entire planet. Honestly, I could probably finish the whole book just while we're here.

You think? Yeah, if we don't have power and nothing else to do.

That's true. I mean, you might as well read. Yeah, learn something. I think, I don't know

if your mom brought, brought any books with her or not. Did she bring more games? Oh, I think

there's a lot of games. Plus, I think, I think she brought games, but I think there's also,

um, games here that we can, we can totally do that. That's, I love that idea. That's great.

Make the time pass. Uh-huh. Absolutely. Oh, and when we go back home, there's this new restaurant

that mom and I were talking about. Uh-huh. The sushi place that I really want to try.

Really? Yeah. It's supposed to be like really good. Where is it? Um, I don't know. It's just

right down the road from us. Oh, okay. It's new, I think. Yeah. I was going to say, I haven't seen

any new sushi places in the area, but I don't pay a whole lot of attention. You know me.

That's what moms were. She keeps us pretty dialed in, doesn't she? Yeah. She's pretty good at that.

She's so organized too. I know. She brought those cards with us. She was prepared. Uh-huh.

More than the rest of us. Yeah, exactly. Yep. Oh, it's talking about yoga now. It's what? It's

talking about yoga. Really? Yeah, we were just talking about yoga earlier. What are they saying

about yoga? Um, how these techniques from China. I don't know, actually. Talking about emotional

energy. Oh, wow. Well, you know reading helps you a lot. Makes you smart. Gives those wheels going.

I need that. I know I am on my phone too much sometimes. Yeah, reading is the best thing for

you, I think. Everyone could benefit from reading. Well, right, exactly. No, you're right. You're

totally right. She fast asleep, huh? Yeah, that was quick. She fell right asleep. She wasn't rude

and tired. That's what I was thinking. She said she was. What is that diagram? These are charts.

Ah, okay. Let me see. Interesting. Oh, I wonder how Jonathan is doing. What do you mean? What

happened? Well, with the snowstorm and everything. Uh huh. Do you think they're okay? Um, I can't

imagine. It's just him and his dog at the house, no? Is it? I don't know. I don't know. I would

think his dad would have all that stuff figured out, no? Oh, maybe. At least, yeah. Hopefully.

Yeah. I can't imagine he wouldn't. Yeah. I mean, even though it didn't seem like the storm was

coming earlier. I would have never guessed it. I know. It looks so nice out. You know? I was like,

it's sunny. I mean, it's still kind of sunny, but boy, it really cut loose there for a while.

Sun came back out. Who knows when we're going to get the power back too.

That's a good question. That's, that's the big bummer of the whole thing.

Cause that, you know, that's the heat, that's everything. Yeah. I actually don't mind it though.

Surprisingly. Yeah. I thought I would hate it. Yeah. That's the, I mean, it's happened to me

before, you know, I just don't like it and I get all uptight and everything. Yeah, anxious. Yeah.

I don't know. It's just not a good, good situation or good vibe. Yeah. It gets me, you know, I have

people to take care of, of you guys. It stresses you out. Yeah. Stuck in the house. Yeah. I don't

want anything to happen. And I'm trying to think of all these things that probably need done.

So it's a kid. It can be, you know, it can be a little, a little tricky sometimes. Well,

you do a very good job though. Yeah. I mean, I try. I'm sorry. Oh, sorry for waking you, honey.

Oh, I must have just fallen right asleep. You, honestly, you did. Oh honey, there's something

I wanted to talk to you about. What's that? It was the neighbor, Jonathan. I was thinking about his

stories. We were just talking about him. Yeah. I wonder. We should check on him. Yeah. Well,

did you guys, well, did anyone call him? I've been trying to limit my phone use.

It's a safe battery. Yeah. Yeah, that's true. Yeah. Oh, did you, did you, oh, you read that already?

Yeah. No, I was telling dad, I want to get all the others too.

From the series. Yeah. Oh, wow. Okay. You're just getting into it. It gets so good. Yeah.

Like the last third is just really well. Yeah. Oh my gosh. We were talking about on the sushi spot.

Oh, I can't remember what it's called. That one was so bad. I know. Man, our pasta dinner was,

wasn't terrible. You did a good job with the neighbors. It was better than I thought it would

be. But it's not quite good fresh sushi. What is? I love fish. Well, when we get out of the snowstorm,

we'll have to go get some good sushi. That's a good call. I could go for that.

I've been craving some salmon too. Oh, yeah. That's your favorite, isn't it? I just love salmon.

I like a really good fatty fish. Yes. And especially if it's from a good restaurant.

That place has gotten really good reviews. I know. I'm always checking them. It's like five stars.

Yeah, we'll have to make a trip. I definitely think we should.

Oh, are you going to keep reading all night? Not all night. You might be able to read to us.

I don't know. Should I? I don't know. I mean, you could. We can all learn. Yeah, okay. You know?

Through the polarity point of the ninth house, the individual must intuitively learn to realize

the truth that explains the basis of what can be empirically observed. In other words, the archetype

of the ninth house correlates to the laws that are the very basis of creation, the very basis of why

human beings have developed religions, beliefs, and philosophies. So it's talking about Pluto in

the ninth house. This is so interesting. Just as belief systems can be limited or sectarian

in nature, one version being more right than another version, so too do the third house

Pluto individuals run the risk of limiting themselves to a version of metaphysical truth

by responding or reacting to the evolutionary requirements in the ways mentioned above.

That was a lot. Yes. There's a lot of information in this book, but you are on point. So interesting.

On the one hand, it is necessary to understand intuitively the bottom line metaphysical

principles upon which the facts are based. On the other hand, to consider that those principles

are the only ones that are relevant and right will promote a sectarian attitude.

What do you think about that? I think that's... You've been studying this stuff for a while.

Yeah, I love it. Some of it makes sense. I mean, I get it. It is a lot to digest, though. I think

maybe that's why I've only made it this far. Oh, God. Yeah. Yeah. I think he'll be okay. I mean,

we've been okay. You're done reading, huh? I think so. It's hurting my brain. Yeah. Well,

you got to use that brain, you know? Yeah. It's a good idea to stay warm and let it rest. I told you.

Yeah. This is a very good way. With all of us close together, it's a very good way for

us to stay warm and... Yeah, it kind of beats the cold. It does. Yeah. We don't like being cold.

You know what would be so nice? A hot tub. Oh, that would be... The next tub that we stand

should definitely book one with a hot tub. Yes. Uh-huh. And one that's inside, too.

Yeah. What, the hot tub inside? Yeah. Oh, I like them outside. Well, just in case it snows again,

and like we can't, you know? Yeah, that's true. Good point. Oh, do you remember that vacation we

took like three years ago and that it was snowing and we got to sit in the hot tub. Oh, yeah,

outside. Outside. That was nice, but it wasn't like a storm storm, so it was like, it was a lot easier,

I think. Yeah. Yeah. Well, this snowstorm was very unexpected. Yeah. I mean, I didn't... We thought

we were seeing something. I'm sorry I nagged you, honey, about being too anxious. Oh, it's okay. I

mean... Just thinking of taking care of us. Yeah. You know, I didn't think it was coming, and sure

enough, we got it. At least we were, you know, semi-prepared. Yeah, we weren't bad. We were,

you know, it was much better than, definitely much better than most, and I think we did a good job.

Yeah, you did a very good job. I'm surprised that generator didn't kick in, though. Yeah. I know,

I thought I had it. I mean, there's gas in it, everything. I don't know, I don't know what's

going on out there. I have no idea. Yeah. But it's okay. I mean, like I said, well, I think this will

work, and this will keep us warm, at least for the night, and hopefully they can get everything

restored. And if not, oh well, it's a fun family vacation, I guess. Yeah, I guess. As long as we

survive the first night, I think we'll be okay. Uh-huh, uh-huh. Yeah, for sure. Are you getting

cold, honey? A little bit. Do you want me to warm you up a little bit? Yeah. Hmm. What color

do you want? Just keep my baby girl warm. There you go. It's okay. Way to stay warm. Oh, so what

have you been doing in your free time? Have you been taking yoga like I've been recommending?

No, I know you've been telling me, but I just, I don't know. Well, there are so many benefits

to yoga. Yeah. There really are. What about the Pilates? Pilates is very good, too. Yeah,

I could do that, I think. You think you would like that better? I think it might help with your stress

levels. Yeah. You tend to take after your father and get very stressed. Yeah. I definitely need

something to help release. Yeah. Yeah. Well, Pilates would be a good one. Plus with school

and everything. Oh, yeah. Yeah. That's starting in a few months. Oh, tell me about it. What classes

will you be taking? They actually have me doing the pottery class, too. Yeah. Oh, that's awesome.

I didn't even ask for that one, but that'll be fun. That's going to be a good one. Yeah. Is this your

first time doing pottery? Mm-hmm. Yeah, but I've been wanting to. You know, I've been telling you

guys. You better make me a clay pot for the first time. I will. I'll make a whole, like,

silverware set. I think that's mandatory, isn't it? Yes. That'll be the first thing I make. Oh,

and then we can do some cooking and use everything you've created. Yeah. Oh, that would be so nice,

actually. We could have like a whole fancy dinner. Yeah. With the whole set. Yeah. Yeah. I'll make

maybe like some coffee mugs, too. Oh. There you go. Those are great for breakfast. I take after you

on that one. Yeah. She really does. She's like, you're an addict, I think. Caffeine. Would you say?

I would say definitely are. Maybe. But it's better coffee than other things. I am actually trying

to switch to decaf. No. I thought you were going to say tea. No. Because we have tea. We have tea,

but it just is not the same. It's just not the same. I hear you. Yeah. It's not. It's definitely

not. No. Have you warmed up? A little bit, yeah. It's a lot better, actually. That's good. Yeah.

Well, I'm getting a little cold. Yeah. Yeah. Will you help me? Of course. Does it seem to?

Rose will keep you warm. Yeah. Uh-huh. We should go get you a scarf for a few and a half.

No. That scarf was a present I got recently. Oh, really? I love it. Yeah. That is nice.

Who gave you that, anyway? The neighbor, actually. Oh, really? He definitely should have checked on

him. For letting the dog out all the time, probably. Yeah. The dog is so cute. He really is.

Yeah. But I swear, he never takes that damn thing out. Or he's always gone, too. So he's always

expecting other people to do it. Yeah. He leaves it on the tree sometimes. Have you seen that?

Yeah, I have seen that. I hate that. Yeah. I mean, I guess that's better than being locked

inside and not able to move at all, but. I guess. You know? Yeah, I'm in the snow. I don't know.

I have no idea. I sure hope he's home while the dog's inside. Or maybe, hopefully,

there's somewhere else. Maybe they're in Florida. Oh, yeah. We should take a trip to Florida.

I mean. Oh, that would be like our family vacation. We should. Yeah, true. On a cruise.

Not a horrible, not a horrible idea. Yeah. That would be a lot of fun. Okay, if we could go

anywhere, where would you two want to go? Oh, like on a cruise? You're just saying in general.

On a cruise. On a cruise. Interesting. What would you say? I would say Greece. Oh, that would be

nice. Or like Italy. Italy. Yeah. All of them. Okay. All right. Let's do that. Let's plan that.

I mean, we'll think about it. That's expensive. I think we should. That's something. That's

something very expensive. Okay. Just, you know, dig into the savings. Well, where do you suggest

we go? Well, I was, I mean, a cruise. I was thinking we just go to like Cuba, Cuba or something.

We could do Cuba. You know. That would be fun, actually. Yeah, it could be. It could be very fun.

Cuba might work. And also, they have good coffee. Oh, yeah. Oh, they do. Yep. So I guess it's Cuba.

See? But I don't know. What about you? Where would you want to go, Dad? I think, yeah, maybe Cuba.

Maybe. Oh, man. Where else? Like, I wasn't necessarily thinking places in the world,

kind of. I don't know. I guess I was thinking just easy boat ride type of places.

I think any kind of island when you're on a cruise, you know what I mean?

Because you're just on the ship. Right. I just hope I wouldn't get too seasick.

You think you would? You did get it that one time, but I feel like you'd be fine.

You can like, can't you like take medicine for that? Or like, yeah, there are some like bracelets.

Oh, I've seen those. Yeah. Oh, I've seen that. Yeah. That's right. I wonder if those work.

Those are like placebo. Right? I don't know. We should try it out. Yeah. Maybe you can get me one

for my birthday coming up. Is that what you want? Well, if we're going on a cruise, then yeah.

Maybe, right? How about for your birthday, the trip to Greece? Oh, that. Jesus, she's going big now.

I think that would be good. I don't know. Where would you want to go, you think?

Me? Yeah. I don't know. That's a good question, actually. Yeah. Yeah. Um, I think maybe Italy.

Yeah? Yeah. Yeah. Italy. Why do you girls want to go to all the expensive places? Is that expensive?

I mean, it's out of the country. It's, I would think. I don't know. I haven't checked, but we

could. Italy sounds so magical. Doesn't it? Yeah. I mean, yeah, I guess. But. I think we're just

thinking of anywhere that doesn't get snow like. Doesn't get snowstorms. Yeah. Yeah, that's true.

I mean, that could be fun. Yeah. Just something to think about maybe. Trust me, I'll think about it,

but I can't guarantee anything, you know? It'll be my birthday. Yeah. I think that's the perfect

excuse, actually. Yeah. I mean, you're going to get a birthday present anyway, I guess.

How much do you think it would be? Depends on how much. I think we've been saving enough.

You don't think we have? I do. I think we have. 15,000 a person? 15? Is it? Why, I don't know.

That seems high. You think? High? So maybe like 10. 10? Yeah. I think that's totally doable

for a birthday trip. 10? You think that's like reasonable? Yes, for a birthday trip?

For mom? Yeah. Of course. I mean, I guess, but. Honey, it'd be so nice. Yeah. Yeah, I know. It

would be fun. It would be fun. I don't know. Yeah. Well. How was your sap? Oh, so nice. It was so

neat. You were sawing logs. You know your mom can always fall asleep anywhere. I know. I don't know

why I so get surprised. Yeah. Remember that time I missed my flight because I fell asleep in the

air? Yes. Oh my gosh. Oh, that was so stressful. I'm surprised I was just once. Yeah. Yeah, right?

Actually, you fall asleep at the gate all the time. I have to wake you up

any time we go anywhere. I know. That's so funny. But I guess that's a good trait to have. Yeah.

Better than staying up. The opposite. Oh, yeah. I have such a hard time sleeping sometimes.

Yeah, you do. You never slept. Even when you were younger. Yeah. I wonder why. I used to have to

give you hot milk so you could go to sleep. You did? Yeah. That's right. I remember that.

Yeah. Damn. That was a long time ago. I remember that though. How have you been sleeping at your

new place? It's been good. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I usually take something to fall asleep though.

What? You do? Yeah, I have to. Really? Like melatonin. Oh, okay. I got you. Yeah. Yeah.

Yeah, that makes sense. Yeah. But I get super, super good sleep when I wake up and it's super

refreshed. Yeah. Now, let's hope we can do wonders. Oh, it works. I mean, I've actually,

I tried it one time and it didn't really work on me, but everyone says how good it is.

Yeah. I wish we had some here. Yeah. Well, I don't need it, but yeah. Oh, clearly.

You think you need it tonight? I don't know. We'll see. Yeah. Maybe not. Well, that book,

I will say, is very interesting. But if you read it when you're even a little tired, it will put

you to sleep. Yeah. Okay. Actually, because a few times I've been reading, it's been making me tired.

Maybe that's the trick then. Yeah. That's what your mom has always done. She reads a very

interesting but wordy book. It will put her to sleep. Right to sleep, huh? Right to sleep.

Yeah. That doesn't work for me. I feel like I just stay awake. I sleep like four hours a night.

That's not good. I mean, they're deep. They're deep. Yeah, you're probably right. You're probably

right. Yeah. You do such a good job taking care of us. You think about all the things we need.

Yeah. No, you know. That's what dear old dads do, you know. I take care of everyone.

We appreciate you. Oh, good. That's good to know, actually, because you don't always hear that,

you know. You need to hear it more, then. Well, I wouldn't say all the time, but, you know,

sometimes it's good to hear and just, you know, know that I'm doing the right thing.

That's good. Are you still with that boyfriend, by the way? My God, no. No? No. Did I not tell you?

I guess maybe I just told mom. I don't know. Yeah. Are you going to tell your

mother? No, he just sucks. The boyfriend? Yeah, he was just, he was just shitty. Yeah. And you

deserve so much better. I know. Yeah, he was a loser. And he cheated, like, twice. Oh, wow.

That's not cool. That is not cool. No. Wow. How did you, how did you catch him? On his phone.

Yeah. Yeah. Well, you weren't, like, looking in his phone. No, maybe. No, but he was getting,

like, texts and calls. And so then I just answered a call one day. And? And it was a woman asking for

him. Yeah. Yeah. And then I went and looked at their texts. What'd you ask her? Or what'd you

say to her? I was, like, asking why she was calling him. You know, she was like, oh, I was, you know,

I wanted to see where he was, blah, blah, blah. I was like, why? Oh, wow. And she was just, like,

hung up. Yeah. Wow. You really messed up. You deserve so much better than that. Geez. I'm glad.

Let me grab a drink real quick. Yeah. And tell, so, what, then you caught him and what happened?

And then I just broke up with him. Yeah? Yeah, because fuck him. Well, I mean, yes. Yeah, he's

just, it's just not worth it, all this stress, you know. You're right. I mean. Yeah. But. It's

a privilege to him. Exactly. And you guys never liked him really anyway. I mean. I don't think

you did. I wouldn't be lying if I said I didn't like him. Yeah. Yeah, so you're probably right

there. It was a good choice. Yeah, definitely. I'm proud of you for making that decision.

Yeah. Well, good. What he had to say about it, he probably didn't like it. No, but I don't care.

Yeah. Was he stalking you? A little bit. Yeah. Of course, they always do.

Well, that's. That just scares your mother. Yeah. Well, yeah. But it's not, not like that,

you know. Yeah. Well, you're the right person is out there for you. And you will find them

so much better. Yeah, I feel like it'll be what I'm like, not even looking to,

you know what I mean? Definitely. That's the way it works. Yeah. Is that like how great,

like you guys were? Yeah. Yeah, right. You were both like working and you just didn't expect.

And yeah. Do you want to tell the story? You tell it. Yeah, we were both out on a work trip

and I see this dashing man. Oh, yes. And he starts to come towards me. I get a little nervous.

And you know, your mom, she doesn't get nervous too often. He asks for my number and I had just

broken up with someone. So I did give it to him. It worked. Yeah. Were you nervous? I was,

I was nervous, which is very unusual. Yeah. And at first, you know, I just, I thought, well,

we might be able to make this work. We were in different places. And yeah, he just kind of won

my heart. Oh, that's so sweet. And look at you guys years later. Years later. I love that. Oh,

and your person is out there for you. Yes. Don't settle. Absolutely. Yeah, I definitely,

I won't settle like never. Yeah. Good, honey. Yeah. I know you'll find it. Yeah. I want something

like what you guys have. Yeah. It's pretty good. Yeah. Your father's quite the man.

Oh, she says that now. Oh my gosh. Is that enough story time? I'm actually kind of getting tired.

That was a good story, mom. I think I might actually head to bed. You don't need that

melatonin after all. I don't think so. Could I have a good night kiss? Of course, honey.

Oh, I love you, mommy. I love you, daddy. I love you too, girl.

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ready for the storm, chopping wood, checking the generator too. I think he's gonna be okay. Yeah, I think, you know, he gets a little anxious when he's cooped up, but I don't want him acting crazy again. Yeah, I'll be fine. I'll be fine too. I don't know about him. Your father though, he can get a little stir crazy. Yeah. And so there was this thing that we did during the pandemic that actually worked out pretty well. What was it? I think maybe we could do that again just to...