record_id: 2fef8b3e-f83d-8124-a5bc-d2de1f50ac65
created_time: 2026-02-05T02:09:00.000Z
title: 02-04 Family Planning Session: Youth Soccer Tryouts, Academic Accountability, Financial Priorities, and Training Strategy
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Speaker 1 00:00:03
No, you're up. But let's, I'm over here. Okay, but one more thing. Can I open that big aluminum. 
Speaker 2 00:00:18
Okay, out. We'll find it to, oh.
Speaker 1 00:00:27
Thank you, Mommy. Love you. Give it to your mom. Oh, thanks. Go for it. Hey, your mom.
Speaker 3 00:01:06
I'm trying to tell you that hook doesn't work. Keep on using it. I know it works for you. It's only going to work so long. Spin for me.
Speaker 4 00:01:22
I was trying to show you. That hook just gets you caught.
Speaker 5 00:01:29
I wasn't trying to hook. I was trying to show you what I was trying to do. I was trying to like step in and you would drag me from that side and then I would go over here.
Speaker 2 00:01:37
Right, but don't spin, right? You can do this and then pop to that side. It's a lot more efficient. Okay. All right.
Speaker 6 00:02:27
Okay, good guys, good luck guys. Hey.
Speaker 7 00:02:54
Excuse me, we're not gonna have a repeat of yesterday. You guys took forever to get your chores done.
Speaker 2 00:03:07
Right? Right? I want chores a priority. Not anything, but the chores.
Speaker 5 00:03:22
So no jury duty today. 
Speaker 2 00:03:30
Normally by now, there's just kidding.
Speaker 5 00:03:35
So what do we have going on tonight? Just Erica's church, that's it. 
Speaker 3 00:03:38
Yep.
Speaker 5 00:03:39
So you saw that message that Jesse put out? Mm-hmm. So what's our plan based off of that message. 
Speaker 2 00:03:48
We have shown interest in the team.
Speaker 5 00:03:53
Right.
Speaker 2 00:03:54
And we'll try it out.
Speaker 5 00:03:55
Right. So he says we're welcome, like people who are interested in trying out for that team are welcome to join his other team's practices? Did it say that? Black team practices will now be open to any player interested to consider if they reach out to me directly.
Speaker 5 00:04:25
Okay. Yeah, because it's like, you kind of like read... It's worrying me. If your child is interested in continuing with us, considered for the rep team, please let Coach Ian or me love to hear from you. If your family plans for other options, please let us know. So he's pretty much saying, from what I'm reading all of it, is to everybody else. We're making the assumption that, like, it's almost like the rep team is kind of starting over.
Speaker 5 00:05:00
Tell us what you want to do.
Speaker 2 00:05:02
It's because what they're trying to do is say, not everybody's guaranteed a spot. You know, Jesse said... The other team? Yeah. Ian's team? Ian's team. Jesse said, he goes, I'm going to let Ian make these decisions, but he strongly recommends Jackson. Oh, yeah, Jackson.
Speaker 2 00:05:35
And Liam, you know, he needs to figure out whether or not...
Speaker 5 00:05:54
The black team practices today, only this week at 5 p.m.
Speaker 2 00:06:12
That's two or five.
Speaker 2 00:07:08
One guy reached out to me and was like, hey, I haven't been checking anything, by the way.
Speaker 5 00:07:23
I think I have a lot going on between CSI and work. I didn't talk to you about that. I'm a little bit game-planning away from it. I get really sucked in and distracted, and I get like, I want to help. I just like, I don't want to just be like, what are you doing?
Speaker 5 00:07:55
You never told me, you know, like I'd like to at least kind of tell you that. Yeah, absolutely. Hey Matthew, I don't think I'm sick, I don't think I'm sick, I'm just thinking, I'm just running down. Hey, Benny, it's just a conversation between Matthew and I, love you.
Speaker 2 00:08:30
There's a chance that you might need to reach out to the coach just to verify, basically to see if there's an out, okay? But they sent out a message that I misread that said like kids that want to play on the black team can start trying out today for the black team.
Speaker 5 00:08:49
But the good news is you won't go to tomorrow's practice session, right. 
Speaker 2 00:08:53
I think we'll have to do both.
Speaker 5 00:08:57
Because that would mean that he's trying out then for the red team.
Speaker 1 00:09:05
My teammates might find out when they make it.
Speaker 2 00:09:08
I think we'd do both unless we're... But, but here's, so, so just so you know, kiddo, okay, we need to play this kind of sneaky, okay? Yeah. This is Coach Ashton, okay, not me. He said, basically, he's allowing anybody on the red team, which is your current team. 
Speaker 6 00:09:30
Yeah.
Speaker 2 00:09:30
to try out for the black team, which is the play. Well, I, we already know I'm going to go on. Can I tell the story so you can be on the same page? And you don't ruin this? Because if you ruin this, then you might not have your spot, okay? Yeah. So, Coach wants to make sure that everybody feels like, no, Like they have a chance. Right, that everybody feels like they have a chance, and he doesn't want anybody to feel.
Speaker 2 00:10:00
like they were alienated, and mad, and quit the team, and, and so. 
Speaker 5 00:10:07
And he's trying to give everybody a chance one more time.
Speaker 2 00:10:10
Right.
Speaker 5 00:10:10
Sorry. So. 
Speaker 2 00:10:12
He said, basically, I'm gonna put it out there for anybody that wants to try out for the black team that they can, okay? And he goes, now, you know, so one of those people is gonna be some of the kids that I've already talked to and said I'm gonna bring with me, and they're gonna try out for the team. Now, they've already made the team, and their parents know that, but, but, you.
Speaker 5 00:10:38
We still have to participate, you. That's, so. I made the team. So, yeah, he, so, but here's the, so that's, okay, you have to act, so all of your existing team that you were on is gonna get given the opportunity, to try out for the other team. We don't know who's going tonight and who's not, but you know that you're already on, so you have to play like you don't know, and you have to say, I'm here to try out like you.
Speaker 2 00:11:07
Right, so if they go, hey, Maddie, what do you. 
Speaker 6 00:11:08
So if I do go. 
Speaker 5 00:11:10
You're just saying, I'm here for tryouts. I'm trying out for the team.
Speaker 2 00:11:13
I said, text the coach.
Speaker 5 00:11:15
Because you don't want to hurt their feelings. So, for example, the coach's wife went on and told everybody that the practices were today. Brian Kim, Jackson's dad, and Justin.
Speaker 2 00:11:40
Kellen's quitting soccer for a little bit. I need to call. I need to text. Jonathan had told me that at the last scrimmage.
Speaker 5 00:11:51
And honestly, between A.C. Breda and... We can talk about that. Justice, right? All right. So, if I do go, you want me to act like... So, if you go, you're going to be a participant, as if you're trying out, even though you know that you already have a spot.
Speaker 2 00:12:19
But that's only between us.
Speaker 5 00:12:20
Yeah, I know. I can't even do it.
Speaker 2 00:12:21
Even if Justice says...
Speaker 5 00:12:23
You're not supposed to.
Speaker 2 00:12:24
Even if Justice says, hey, like, I know, Maddie, you go, yeah, I want to make the team. Right? Right. We're not going to lie. We're not going to say, I don't know anything. We're just going to say, yeah, I really want to be on Coach's team.
Speaker 5 00:12:36
Right? Or you can say, I'm excited to be here. Like, I don't know. Just keep it.
Speaker 1 00:12:41
He didn't ask if I was going to go on it.
Speaker 5 00:12:47
And that's kind of what we have to play until the other players, until Coach decides.
Speaker 2 00:12:55
Because I could see, Coach, if we spilled the beans, right? Yeah. I could see coach saying, you know what, you didn't respect me, so I can't respect this decision anymore.
Speaker 2 00:13:53
If I don't hear back from him, I think you need to plan on going to practice today, kiddo.
Speaker 5 00:14:09
So Maddie, have a snack right now if you need one.
Speaker 2 00:14:44
Oh yeah.
Speaker 5 00:15:03
Thank you.
Speaker 2 00:15:31
Hey Dan, what did I ask you to do? What did I ask you to do? Can we do that?
Speaker 2 00:16:30
he wants it to look like you're trying like you try it out and coach chose you.
Speaker 5 00:16:41
welcome and we'll tell you when that but you don't want to blow it because you want to. here's the thing really what it is as exciting.
Speaker 6 00:17:54
article thing for earth science.
Speaker 6 00:18:47
I turned it in and we had all.
Speaker 2 00:18:56
Okay. You turned it into what? Can you come over here please. 
Speaker 1 00:19:01
He turned it into Canvas and he had all the requirements.
Speaker 2 00:19:06
Who's we. 
Speaker 1 00:19:07
Me and my partner.
Speaker 2 00:19:10
Okay, so you'll talk to your teacher about it tomorrow. 
Speaker 1 00:19:12
Yeah.
Speaker 6 00:19:17
Thank you.
Speaker 5 00:22:31
I think that's kind of the whole reason why they're not seeing, you know.
Speaker 2 00:23:03
Well, and so are you, right? And we both, in different ways, push our kids. Like, it's like, no, you don't get the, no. Right, we both kind of demand a lot out of our kids. And, you know, and so it's, they don't.
Speaker 2 00:23:49
In fact, Nicole's kind of like extremely demanding that there's no demand placed on our kids, you know.
Speaker 5 00:24:01
Which is really funny, because Jonathan was a baseball player, and he's still by all intents and means like an...
Speaker 2 00:24:13
You know what, I mean, baseball is not like, it's like, you need to get a rep team, but it's not like, hey, you need to play for a body pack that's limited, you know. 
Speaker 5 00:24:23
But you're still kind of like... It's all mental. Yeah, it's a mental, like, but it's like a consistency, it's like...
Speaker 2 00:24:29
Well, yeah, I mean...
Speaker 5 00:24:31
Like, wanting it, still wanting to be competitive and working towards something because you want it, you know. 
Speaker 3 00:24:37
Yeah, but right now, I'm not sure.
Speaker 5 00:24:43
That's my understanding of life, but Jonathan doesn't feel, because it's the popular Japanese player that's on the Dodgers, like, it's just... super pop like great attitude great guy extremely humble and just ultra just you know but like you.
Speaker 6 00:25:11
know i'm very calm i don't think i brushed my teeth since you left hey i was like oh it just.
Speaker 2 00:25:56
missed the last you know i didn't do it the day before yesterday and today an event to like take, like do it i meant i mean i i meant to do it every time like i mentioned it last night oh yeah that was that was my plan yeah that was my plan i'd rather get asked.
Speaker 5 00:26:27
you guys had another popcorn the oreo one.
Speaker 2 00:27:57
No, I mean, you know, I've got some, I'm not worried at the moment about it, but I mean, it's the same thing that I, I just haven't had a chance to work on anything.
Speaker 5 00:28:13
I'm available to talk when you need to talk, you know. There's an unfortunate paper under. And the good news is, too, I'm just expensive. I keep on hearing this. I know, I have to. But the other thing is, is I think there's no such thing as hate, to be honest, really staying on.
Speaker 5 00:28:44
I think I'm more accountable when it's to somebody else than to myself. I wish I was less, but I'm so, I'm too busy. I'm not saying this, right? It's just, I'm so, I'm so overwhelmed. I feel like I have so much stuff going on that, like, I can't, like, I need a better sense of urgency.
Speaker 6 00:30:41
For what? Okay.
Speaker 2 00:32:15
but reading shouldn't be so low but he should be doing better on reading. why don't you pull him aside and ask him if any difficulties with the test because he and i kind.
Speaker 2 00:32:48
of went toe-to-toe yesterday on the whole like surface level thinking i ended up it ended up, working like but i don't want him to think like i keep on coming after him sure.
Speaker 6 00:33:19
Okay, um unless you want to take him. I'm fine with taking him.
Speaker 2 00:34:02
No, I'm I gave you an option because wasn't sure you know you said hey Yeah, I'd love to get out of out of here and work a little bit or whatever. I mean, he plays with these kids all the time, so I'm not worried about him.
Speaker 2 00:34:34
Yeah, I mean, honestly, I'm like excited for Matty for it because it's like Matty will finally get... I don't think Jesse intentionally does this, but he's definitely biased towards that team, you know, and the fact that Matty gets to come, I mean, I know, and he's told me like, you know,
Speaker 2 00:35:06
um, like even the other day he was like, you know, the way he plays, like he's... What Matty does and the way he thinks on the field is special, like you can't train that. And Matty's a special little player. And I'm trying to think of, there was one other player that he was saying is the same, oh Moises. And he goes both, both of them are extremely special.
Speaker 2 00:35:37
players. And you know, you know it'd be nice that once like Matty comes into the fold, like it's not like, because you know he comes to this stress. Jesse comes red team price, like stress because I mean he's not as hard as he puts on. He shouldn't do the right thing. 
Speaker 5 00:36:07
but he cares what everybody thinks. But if he can kind of just not care about the parents as much.
Speaker 6 00:36:20
It was supposed to work out, so, all right, let me, huh, no.
Speaker 5 00:36:37
The other thing, if Eric hasn't brought it up, and I feel like I should, because he's already brought it up to me once on Sunday, I can tell you, I can say no, I can do it.
Speaker 2 00:37:05
I think we probably, I mean, we just spent, you know, $2,500 on vehicles in one suite, and I'm going to have to spend probably another. Somewhere between $500,000 and $1,000 for my truck, yen, and, you know.
Speaker 5 00:37:42
Do you mind if I tell the boys. 
Speaker 3 00:37:47
No.
Speaker 5 00:38:13
Can I tell Eric right now in front of you? Is that okay? All right.
Speaker 2 00:38:21
I can only, can we do this later? I'm just like, I can't read this or talk to him and get out of here and.
Speaker 5 00:39:03
Maddie, can you go get dressed please? You are? Good.
Speaker 2 00:39:07
Are you 100% ready to go? Yeah. Hmm, hmm.
Speaker 6 00:39:10
See, can you go get dressed. 
Speaker 1 00:39:19
What? Can you buy me dried out Skittles? Because I'm on my birthday. Because I got salary.
Speaker 5 00:39:28
Dried out Skittles. I don't feel like I owe you anything. Can you buy me? I'll look into it, okay? Can you go get your water bottle ready? Thank you.
Speaker 2 00:39:57
Maddie! No, I need it to stop. key about this. You can cut me off. He's still, you know, the 79th percentile is good, but he's.
Speaker 2 00:40:35
gone down, and there's a bit, you know, 67th percentile is, you know, but he's, I'd just say that there's not much change from the one to the other. No, I'd probably do, because it says he scored better.
Speaker 5 00:41:14
I know.
Speaker 2 00:41:15
13% of his peers.
Speaker 5 00:41:17
And then there's like a, on the back side too of that.
Speaker 2 00:41:27
Yeah, language arts is good.
Speaker 5 00:41:29
Yeah, it's, I'm laughing at that. Maybe it's just gross.
Speaker 2 00:41:33
I might, I might, I might take a picture and put it in chat and see what it says.
Speaker 6 00:41:37
Come here, Daddy.
Speaker 2 00:42:02
Over there. Hey, settle. Settle. We're not talking to each other this way. Squish that.
Speaker 6 00:42:12
Squish. Oh, but I, I did it. Was that anything. 
Speaker 2 00:42:34
What. 
Speaker 1 00:42:35
Was that anything. 
Speaker 2 00:42:36
No. No, we're just going to go.
Speaker 1 00:42:38
Go on. Listen to him again. Because sometimes he can't have his phone and it beeps and he just don't leave. He's dangerous. Just give me that, please.
Speaker 6 00:42:59
Okay.
Speaker 6 00:43:33
Thank you.
Speaker 6 00:47:05
Good morning mom.
Speaker 5 00:47:15
Good morning. I didn't say it back. Why did you get us such a big bag of Oreos? Like all the food. They don't take with them. They put food there and they'll start taking stuff. I'm not taking it but like. There's like no Oreos in there. You see if you just wait till the end then like. So.
Speaker 2 00:47:40
People aren't there for the food necessarily.
Speaker 5 00:47:42
How much stuff did you guys sell? But we don't have. Is it like a tournament? Are you selling food? No. This is the. Do you want to see this? No. Okay.
Speaker 5 00:48:14
The people next to me, this time when I'm warning you, it's huge, so they were like,
Speaker 5 00:48:51
this is a big bag of popcorn, cheese finger, and like a... We were giving away all like taking like big things, like real stuff, you know.
Speaker 5 00:49:35
You know, like I, I understand. Yeah, they give it to us.
Speaker 2 00:50:39
Maddie, we gotta leave in a minute. Yeah, I was cooking this morning with the phones.
Speaker 5 00:50:50
You've been saving up all day, haven't you. 
Speaker 2 00:50:54
I reached in my pocket today and I was like...
Speaker 5 00:50:57
What's going on. 
Speaker 2 00:51:03
I was like, I'm pretty sure the way I throw out the shirt's gonna block me. But if I don't do it right now, I'll end up flipping my phone.
Speaker 5 00:51:12
You hit it like right here.
Speaker 2 00:51:13
Hmm. 
Speaker 5 00:51:14
Like right here.
Speaker 2 00:51:15
It was a perfect angle. It was going. Going to work.
Speaker 5 00:51:19
You got any sermons for me today, Dad. 
Speaker 2 00:51:21
What. 
Speaker 5 00:51:21
You got any sermons for me today? Could you have any sermons for me today. 
Speaker 2 00:51:28
You need to run. You can row instead. I know. You can row instead.
Speaker 6 00:51:52
Um, I think they're pulling that out.
Speaker 5 00:51:55
What is that? It's like, um, every two or three months, each core group goes and does a thing. Each core group what? They go out and do their own thing, so like, last time we did it was at the pool.
Speaker 2 00:52:09
Okay, so what's your core group doing? Uh, I don't know.
Speaker 5 00:52:34
Yay!
Speaker 5 00:53:41
You feel real. I don't, like, let's take some pictures like this.
Speaker 5 00:54:26
We didn't make one. What. 
Speaker 3 00:54:30
We didn't get one.
Speaker 1 00:54:36
That one's on a car that runs off of watching TV and stuff. I'll work on that. I mean, I will go to Japan.
Speaker 5 00:54:58
What? That's in the summer. Yeah, I know they don't.
Speaker 1 00:55:07
No, I hate summer. There's these little kids. There's these little kids that barely know any of it. If I go to summer camp, I'm going to be a leader.
Speaker 3 00:55:21
Why don't you have him tell us why it's so important. 
Speaker 1 00:55:25
If you go to summer camp for the church, you and my dad. It costs money to go to the church for summer camp.
Speaker 5 00:55:44
Hey, guys, we need to talk. I know. How much? Uh. The church is.
Speaker 2 00:56:11
Okay, Maddie, let's go in the truck now, please. You know what, you've had all this time. You're deciding that it's time to go to get in. I didn't hear you say that.
Speaker 6 00:56:28
Why did the coach say that? We don't need to go right now. Impossible. Where are we? Truck. Oh, truck?
Speaker 6 00:56:58
Daddy, we can make a whole shield. We just buckled in.
Speaker 1 00:57:18
What's your favorite feature about the truck? I know, not the massage chairs.
Speaker 2 00:57:30
I think just, I mean, I like this. Heck, and it's a truck. Carry a bunch of stuff.
Speaker 4 00:57:37
That involves you when you need to get stuff. 
Speaker 6 00:57:41
He just responded.
Speaker 1 00:57:42
What? He just responded. He's going slow, he's crazy. From Danny. Yesterday, I connected the sensors adjusted. The pH was reading wrong, so calibrated. And the temp.
Speaker 6 00:58:06
So yes? So we don't know. 
Speaker 2 00:58:32
All good. Comma. I don't want to cause problems. Period. Ash told me I misunderstood the message and that he was expected to start going to the blacks, so I decided to reach out. Period.
Speaker 5 00:59:18
From Danny, let me know when you can get that sensor from Warehouse and leave it at the system. I'll install it.
Speaker 1 00:59:25
Okay. That was so funny. I called it. Ugh, I'm already sweating.
Speaker 6 00:59:33
This is so easy. Dude, all I want is ramps.
Speaker 7 01:00:32
How are you? Good. Hi, my name's Don. We're doing some ideas with y'all here. I've got you in the windows and doors. I appreciate it, but I'm good. Everything's good? Yeah. Anything you might do within the next year, you think. 
Speaker 2 01:00:48
Not that I'd hire somebody for it. I'm in construction myself, so.
Speaker 7 01:00:52
Ah, gotcha, gotcha. Barking up the wrong tree. Kinda.
Speaker 2 01:00:56
Alright. But I appreciate it. Absolutely. Have a good one, man. You do the same. Thank you.
Speaker 6 01:01:19
I'm going to have fun with you. Man, I'm going to have to find the volume. Oh, we can make it.
Speaker 5 01:02:04
He's been completely fine and fair about it all. I've just been checking on him. Do you want me to take him. 
Speaker 2 01:02:13
No. Jesse said he doesn't. Next week he's fine. Still waiting for the dust to settle. He's like, you can if he wants. I said, no. Ash thought I misread the message. So, you know. So, just didn't want to miss it.
Speaker 5 01:02:32
Okay. So, Jesse said no.
Speaker 2 01:02:35
He said he could, but I figure it's better if all of a sudden we're showing up with black practices early or something like that.
Speaker 5 01:02:41
Oh, I took it as Amy saying come to this one because she said this to the whole team. I wouldn't be surprised if a lot of kids came, but if he's okay with Maddie not coming, that's all that matters. Do you want me to leave you guys. 
Speaker 2 01:02:59
You don't need to. Um, I just, I got a text while I was walking up here and I just need to respond to that. One second.
Speaker 2 01:03:54
By the way, if anything's going to break that thing, it's going to be that doing, you doing that. You jumped on me, do I get to jump on you. 
Speaker 1 01:04:18
What colors of spray paint do we have. 
Speaker 2 01:04:24
Um, there's... Here's Mommy's car. There's a shelf right here.
Speaker 6 01:04:33
Right? Mommy's car.
Speaker 2 01:04:36
Here's Mommy's car. There's a shelf right here. Two double doors. And it's facing forward. Listen. Step here. Two more doors. And you'll see a bunch of spray paint. I think we've got a green-brown.
Speaker 5 01:04:59
Don't start spray painting without telling me what you're doing. Did you get any testing sent home with you? Like, Ben got this test back, or these things back. I don't know. I got a math test back. You did a good job.
Speaker 5 01:05:30
Like, Ben had, like, national testing or something. It was, like, an abbreviation or something. But he took in December to, like, tell us where his, like... I don't know. I got it.
Speaker 6 01:05:42
He told me what...
Speaker 2 01:06:04
I mean, obviously you're sad, so I'm not trying to get you to... Can you give me a minute, dude? Thank you. I'm not trying to get you to say, like... on that. What? Why is this affecting? Can you help me understand. 
Speaker 6 01:06:32
I don't know. Why? So I can find paintball.
Speaker 2 01:06:53
How much of it is paintball and how much of it is tamp. 
Speaker 1 01:07:04
Huh. 
Speaker 7 01:07:04
Paintball isn't that much.
Speaker 1 01:07:06
Okay.
Speaker 6 01:07:12
It's a good place to sit down. There's toys everywhere. Do you know where my automatic scissors are. 
Speaker 5 01:07:47
No. I put them away. Dad and I are talking. They're in the crash cart. In the box. Or they're around there. Look in the box. Look for that box.
Speaker 2 01:08:08
Yeah, dude, I'd like to give this to you. I just kind of feel like we keep on digging ourselves into a hole right now. You know, I don't know if Mom told you, but it's like, we get four new tires on the truck, two new tires on the Tesla. I don't know if Mom told you, but it's like, we get four new tires on the truck, two new, $2,500, almost $2,400, $16 for the truck, almost $9, $2,500, you know, and then the truck.
Speaker 2 01:08:45
needs about $1,000 worth more stuff that I was kind of like, don't do it now, I'll do it later, you know. You know, you know, your mom and I have been talking about, like, getting together and figuring out what we, how we can fix this, you know, I mean, look, I could fix this in a heartbeat, like, you know, taking you guys out of schools and stuff like that, that's.
Speaker 2 01:09:17
so, we're not, like, it's not like, oh, we're broke, huh. 
Speaker 5 01:09:25
I was circling him accidentally, I was, like, circling him, but it wasn't, when it was in.
Speaker 2 01:09:30
So it's not like, oh, we're broke, right? But it's more like we've been making sacrifices for quite some time now and been able to, you know, it's been sustainable. You know, as we talk about moving Maddie from, you know, princess to covenant Christian, I mean, that's going to do wonders for us.
Speaker 5 01:10:00
That's what I told him.
Speaker 2 01:10:01
Yeah, I'm just, you know, and there's probably a couple other things that we can cut, you know. We're on the back end of, you know, absorbing all the crap of, you know, the company going down and whatnot. And so it's just the Lord has allowed us to go through this. I mean, there was a point where I was like, I don't know how we're going to make it, you know, and the Lord just kind of got us through each step of the way.
Speaker 2 01:10:42
In the past, this is something that we kind of refused to say no to you on. It's like, well, we'll just give him this, you know, because we really want, we really value it. We still value it. But we also feel like maybe, maybe you can kind of, not to put this on your shoulders, but kind of embrace the suck with us a little bit, you know.
Speaker 2 01:11:27
Um, as we're trying to just navigate this, you know, I love having you go to camp. You're not here.
Speaker 5 01:11:40
Like, something too, I said, what, we're applying to two schools for him, you know, that's $400. I said, we can forego applying to Olu and just to come to your demise. And he said, nope, you know.
Speaker 2 01:11:55
Yeah, no, it's just a lot of stuff is hitting right now.
Speaker 5 01:11:57
And he said, his question was, and I think you can, I already gave him an answer, but I think he'll appreciate it here. He was like, can I still go to tonight, which is $43. And I said, yes, you can still go to tonight. We're not, like, telling you no.
Speaker 2 01:12:14
How much money do you have there? Hmm? I'm saying how much of your own money do you have. 
Speaker 5 01:12:42
Yeah, so you're going, like, we're, what we're asking from both him and dad, we're trying to just cut down right now to make up, to make a lockdown on everything, you know. 
Speaker 2 01:12:59
Honestly, dude, if I can get us, you know, if we can get through the next couple months, you know, things, we're kind of like on our way, you know, but, and it's not if we can get through the next couple months. It's just, you know. Are you glad I'm fixing that. 
Speaker 1 01:13:24
Yeah, I am. I think he doesn't understand.
Speaker 2 01:13:27
No, I didn't realize what I just said. So, the next couple months are, you know, we just need to...
Speaker 5 01:13:36
I think you best said it when we just were asking you guys with this specific thing to embrace the suck with. And just we're asking for a little bit of sacrifice on that and not tell you guys no very often. And it's okay to be disappointed. The first time we told you guys we couldn't take you guys to manage, that was disappointing. Like, it upset us, too, you know. But, look, you're still going to Vegas, you know, on your...
Speaker 5 01:14:08
We have to book that. We've got to book the trip out there and the hotel room out there and stuff like that. That's coming up next month, you know. And other things are going to come up, you know, towards eighth grade, like Disneyland and, you know, all those things that are coming up for eighth grade, you know, finals. If you can help sacrifice just in this one-time event, it would be very helpful, okay. 
Speaker 6 01:15:16
Cool.
Speaker 5 01:15:23
to go so he's taking it better i can't tell you that oh so his is over having to go out.
Speaker 2 01:15:59
no oh where is this you know maybe like oceanside or something it's look at the.
Speaker 5 01:16:06
ben's like why do i have to go i don't even know him because we're not going for him we're going for papa's gonna be asking you know it's that it's their church papa's gonna be here we go to support papa we go to.
Speaker 5 01:16:44
I was gonna ask if I could like split it with you, but it's a hundred twenty euros euros or not not yours. Well, let's see how much shipping is on top of it It's worth it except like appreciate and I spy you to be though. Hmm. It's a.
Speaker 5 01:17:18
It's like it's like a gun and the one you bought me except it actually works and I was like look. It has like a bullet capacity and it has like a stripper clip. You know what a stripper clip is? It's like this little like thing that you put bullets into. It's like a tiny rack you put bullets into.
Speaker 5 01:17:49
And then you load it and you put it into the top of the gun and you push down on it. And then you push the bolt back in and it like flings the stripper clip in. It's like a speed loader for infantry rifles that you load. And they have like adjustable sights. And it can fit the rounds in because they're double stacked. Mmm.
Speaker 3 01:18:38
We're good, dude.
Speaker 5 01:18:41
Hey, you gotta go on your own, because that thing is an orange, to see what time it is. We could just pick up some of your... I don't, I think it's more than just that. Let me, I gotta... Dad. Do you know where I am. 
Speaker 2 01:18:57
Question. When you came up last, didn't they say, hey, give us a minute? Dad. You gave us a minute? Yeah. Are we still up here? More than a minute. Are we still up here. 
Speaker 5 01:19:10
Yeah. Yeah, we are, in some senses. Are we in debt. 
Speaker 2 01:19:21
Everybody's in debt. What about Elon. 
Speaker 5 01:19:23
Elon Musk in debt. 
Speaker 2 01:19:25
I'm sure he is.
Speaker 5 01:19:25
But he could just pay it off. Hmm? I think that Elon Musk could just get in the world. But he can only pay off one hundred and sixteen hundred of the U.S. government's debt. Do you know where any clear jumbo tape is. 
Speaker 2 01:19:53
Like for boxes. 
Speaker 5 01:19:57
Yeah, like boxes. So on those doors that you opened? Yeah.
Speaker 2 01:20:05
All the way to the left, on the very top, there's one of those tape guns. There's two tape guns, actually.
Speaker 5 01:20:15
Is there any, like, without the tape gun attached to it. 
Speaker 2 01:20:20
You'll find some up there. But you can just use the tape that's on the roll. Just pull the tape off the roll.
Speaker 5 01:20:26
All the way to the, on Mom's car? Go left. Facing forward, all the way, like, near the washing machine and refrigerator. 
Speaker 2 01:20:35
Yeah, but...
Speaker 5 01:20:37
Ideally, we wouldn't be. Wait, like the same cabinet as the spray paint. 
Speaker 2 01:20:41
Yeah, same wall, right? So there's cabinet, double door cabinets, double door cabinets is where you were, right? So it's a single door cabinet all the way to the left.
Speaker 1 01:20:53
Where are your beers at. 
Speaker 2 01:20:56
Well, my beers are in the fridge.
Speaker 1 01:20:59
Or your beer cup.
Speaker 2 01:21:01
Yes. Okay.
Speaker 5 01:21:06
It would really suck if I couldn't go on a run today.
Speaker 2 01:21:11
Well, you better hurry. It would really suck if you were late to the escape room because you didn't finish your run.
Speaker 5 01:21:21
What if we didn't have money for it? It's just history. So are you going to be able to get it all done. 
Speaker 2 01:21:35
You sure. 
Speaker 5 01:21:36
It's history. It's a true-false. It's Icebound.
Speaker 2 01:21:49
By the way, he didn't show him a video. He didn't? No. Oh. He just described the video. Pisses me off less. Still don't think they should be talking about devices.
Speaker 5 01:22:14
Did you look into what happened at, like, in that situation. 
Speaker 2 01:22:18
No, I, I, zero. I, I typed in one search at one point in time, and I haven't had any.
Speaker 5 01:22:30
Well, Eric, do you have any questions about Ice? We're not, like... And I don't fall completely on one side, but I definitely think that what is being preached out there about the negativity on ice, 100% missing.
Speaker 5 01:23:00
You said that at some point we could stop running. We're going to have to run for at least six months.
Speaker 2 01:23:19
What progress have we made. 
Speaker 5 01:23:22
I don't know. I've made, like, okay progress, but I'm not... it's not like i'm doing anything wrong i'm doing everything i was told to do.
Speaker 2 01:23:38
except for like staying on your toes i'm always on my toes are you really gonna take that tone with me yes when i walked out and i go you're not on your toes that is not how i want to do it you do it the same exact way and i say you guys can do it again tomorrow because you're used to listen to me, so the last two times that you've actually finished a run like dude you don't have to do this stuff.
Speaker 2 01:24:11
your team is doing five practices a week you are going to be behind when they come back. i honestly although you've done it i don't, you've done the work I don't think that you have been on board with the idea of I need to do what I need to do so that way I'm not behind you know I think you've kind of been like I'm gonna do what.
Speaker 2 01:24:48
dad's making me do but is this so I'm good with dad not necessarily you know because I want this. so um my recommendation is that you keep on doing these runs until you're back to you I but I do.
Speaker 2 01:25:29
think that, i was i was thinking that we could probably go into weightlifting instead of running um i gotta tell you like even the rowing i feel so much stronger you know i went to go throw something the other day and i had my like old like don't do that it's gonna hurt you know.
Speaker 2 01:26:05
thing and so i pulled back just a little bit but it was too late like oh that was nice you know i feel like my cord is so much stronger you know for you if you need to start doing leg lifts. those muscles propel you forward.
Speaker 6 01:26:46
Know what I mean, Byrne. 
Speaker 2 01:26:52
Just turning those blinds. Do you feel the air? So, what are your thoughts on that. 
Speaker 4 01:27:15
Is it not helping you at all. 
Speaker 5 01:27:20
I haven't. I... I mean, I've kept, I haven't lost anything. I've kept the physique and stamina.
Speaker 2 01:27:32
Right, but I honestly, can I, you can tell me I'm wrong, I honestly don't think you've been taking it seriously, because it's like, I 100% believe you, you are not me, okay, you've shown that, but you've definitely not taken it, you know, and that's just, I'm going to.
Speaker 2 01:28:07
do it, so I'm going to make the best of it, and push myself to be, the whole point is to get better, you know, but can you tell me, that's why I ask you, like, what progress have we made, and you're like, I think I'm doing good, like, where were we at before, where are we at now, you know? your watch tells you everything and that's where i just kind of go like i think you're just going.
Speaker 2 01:28:47
through the motions when we do this keep this up the time your team comes back if you want to move it in see but here's here's the problem also like if you want to the biggest thing that'll hurt you is they're going to be super fit when they come back so i don't think we should back off.
Speaker 2 01:29:21
you know the fact that you can keep up with the other guys right doesn't mean anything, right because they're not they're not training them you know what i mean, So, and then while you're doing that, see if you can, if you want to go to a different style of riding or whatever, we just, what we can't afford is to go into CRL and you're sitting on the bench, right? You tell me what you want. You want to think about it? We can talk about it more? Let's do that.
Speaker 5 01:30:12
I think we need to do something different, because, like, I want to be doing, like, I want to be, like, checking my watch every time. But I am, like, going full sprint, and I'm not jogging slow, and I'm always on my toes since you told me, since the last thing.
Speaker 5 01:30:43
So, but I haven't seen any progress.
Speaker 2 01:30:48
Let me ask you this. How much are you pushing to go faster. 
Speaker 3 01:30:56
A lot.
Speaker 2 01:30:57
Yeah? Okay. I think you can look at your data, right? But let's continue this conversation later, though, unless you're really trying to get out of doing it today. But we've got to be in Orange by 6 p.m.
Speaker 5 01:31:44
I'm going to do 30 minutes.
Speaker 3 01:31:57
Do it another time.
Speaker 6 01:31:58
I mean, I know that running is killing me, and I'm getting nothing out of it, so.
Speaker 2 01:32:22
That's not true.
Speaker 5 01:32:25
I mean, like, I'm barely getting anything out of it.
Speaker 2 01:32:28
But based on what standard. 
Speaker 5 01:32:35
I'm not feeling any better when I come out of the runs, and I'm not doing them any easier.
Speaker 2 01:32:39
I don't think you're going to feel any better coming out of the runs. right the question is is did you go farther right are your are you are you capturing more time while you're sprinting or more distance in your sprints is your sixth 60 second sprint much better than it was three months ago you know because at the same time when you know three months ago you couldn't.
Speaker 2 01:33:20
even make it through these things right yeah so let's be let's be objective you know let's use data when you're deciding that you know. But Eric, you've got to make a decision, though, okay?
Speaker 2 01:33:54
Like, even now, you're like, it's not doing me any good. You know, I don't even know what I'm doing, right? And that's something that just basically says, at least what I'm hearing is, like, I'm only doing it because you're making me do it, right? Instead of, like, no, I want this. I want the benefits of it, you know? I'm perfectly okay with you saying, Dad, I'm not sure this is working, right?
Speaker 2 01:34:27
And I'm not bothered by what you just said, but I feel like I don't have your buy-in. Like I can totally get down with and I don't want to run at all, but dad says this will make me faster, make me more fit. So when I do it, like I'm going to embrace it.
Speaker 2 01:35:01
I don't want to do it, but I'm going to do it. Good attitude, everything. What I feel like you're doing is you go out there and by the time you're in the run, you're giving everything, but you've already depleted yourself, right? You're kind of like you start instead of starting here and working your way up, you start lower.
Speaker 2 01:35:32
and work your way up. So it's a lot of that mental. please don't hear them i've watched you go out there and hustle your butt off. let's let's make a point to look at that data yeah data what it's called oh the red practice.
Speaker 6 01:36:11
i don't know doctor's advice probably just to keep the parade alive.
Speaker 2 01:37:34
What I don't like, what I really want is for this to be a team thing that says, like, have you done your chores today? Who read the laundry list? When? When? So is it right that you haven't done anything yet, and you're going,
Speaker 2 01:38:08
Ben, you still have to do stuff, and I'm just going to wait around until you do it? Have you done chores today? But ultimately I want you guys to be like, hey, don't worry about that, I'm right here, I'll get it. That's where I really want you.
Speaker 5 01:38:38
Are they playing right now? What do you think is always our laundry inside the washroom? Because no one else is.
Speaker 6 01:38:49
Yeah.
Speaker 5 01:38:50
Because I kind of usually... I mean, I'm always the last one washing it, because I take the hardest chore. I know. All right. I'm going to look at... So now what. 
Speaker 4 01:39:14
When am I getting my beer. 
Speaker 5 01:39:15
You picked up your other beer.
Speaker 4 01:39:19
No, her.
Speaker 5 01:39:20
Oh. Yeah, he's like, when am I getting my beer? I'm like, I haven't even been here. I thought you went to... No, he's talking to you. She doesn't even know if she's going to get it in. Because her boss is crazy and has shut down the facility. He's a bad word.
Speaker 4 01:40:00
Hey, Maddie, how come you haven't done any chores? How come you haven't done any chores? Okay, but you're playing now, right. 
Speaker 5 01:40:15
Oh, I haven't signed up Eric yet. And we just told him he's not going to Zoom. I kind of just told Justin, too, that Eric wasn't going. I don't know if he can't. We just told Eric that he wasn't going, actually.
Speaker 5 01:40:51
Honestly, because you didn't bring it up, I didn't bring it up, because you didn't bring it up, I didn't pressure you, because we all don't bring it up. And then I, that's nice. Yeah. I just emailed Justin and said, hey, this is 12 minutes and I have to go. Financially, it's fine. Yeah.
Speaker 5 01:41:22
Right.
Speaker 1 01:41:26
Yeah.
Speaker 6 01:41:30
Mm-hmm.
Speaker 5 01:41:44
Mm-mm. He tells you to do it. so all right well thursday night should be fine i think because maddie will start practices with the other team wednesday instead of okie dokie or a chokie i'll talk with you later all right.
Speaker 2 01:42:25
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Speaker 5 01:45:05
Okay, I just found out, by the way, that Jameson is Sunday. I didn't know he was. You're a good kid, you know that. 
Speaker 1 01:45:26
Hey, don't lie to him.
Speaker 5 01:45:39
But you need to be in Orange by 6.15. We need to leave. Yeah. And lots of chocolate and what?
Speaker 5 01:46:24
Mm-hmm. That's a good one. My hands are really hot. You go over here. How's that? Good. He thinks he's like cooler than everybody. He's not and like like when we're pulling like games together like like sports games.
Speaker 5 01:46:56
He'll kind of like go and do whatever you want and he won't cooperate with the team, and then, when the, When the team asks him to to like cooperate with them or like to do something he'll just say no Do you have a big relationship? Do you have any friends? Like he's friends with like one kid named troy.
Speaker 5 01:47:28
Mm-hmm, that's a pretty nice guy choice like choice the, The one short kid with the front chair that we sat next to, Um. Thank you. He's kind of like, he's very Gen Alpha. What is Gen Alpha? It's like all the kids who, like, say 6th, 7th, and Sigma, Ohio,
Speaker 5 01:48:04
they're always up to date around me. Are you not Gen Alpha E? No, we're not. No, because the Gen Z group that dislikes all the Gen Alphas, which is, like, almost all of them. No, it was that kid, the Gen Alpha E kid. Is he with the 18th grade? He's in my group. Oh. Yeah. How Gen Z are you. 
Speaker 6 01:48:33
87.6.
Speaker 5 01:48:44
And you are? it's like jameson is very he does it too i know he's not like he's focused on six seven seconds.
Speaker 5 01:49:20
must have some serious head issues things catch on it goes like wow.
Speaker 2 01:50:46
we had to leave in like seven minutes you and me mom taking you you want me to do dinner.
Speaker 5 01:51:08
registration that's right super bowls this weekend officially open.
Speaker 5 01:52:17
We're playing soccer and basketball today. You don't need to know the details, but it's basically like soccer and basketball on a basketball court.
Speaker 2 01:52:29
Soccer and basketball. 
Speaker 5 01:52:31
It's like, it's hockey nets under a bat, like in a basketball court, and there's hockey nets under the basketball hoop, and there's goalies, and basically when you get the ball, you can't like walk on it, you can only go if you can, and only in front range. And so you can pass it, but other people also can't guard you.
Speaker 2 01:53:02
Is it fun? Okay.
Speaker 5 01:53:09
Or you could use soccer, and it's no points for that. Or you could go, we could go have people inside of this. I was like, dribbling. I was like, dribbling circles around these guys. In the middle. And then they all start trying to take the ball away from me. And I'm like, dribbling. And then, like, Eli comes and lunges at me and I push the ball past him. And he like, hooks my foot and like, hits me really hard.
Speaker 5 01:53:42
Like, as like a foul. And I just got like, I just went like, flying. I mean, I didn't go flying, but, he hit me over to the side and I slid on the like, on the ground, at least like two feet.
Speaker 2 01:53:58
Yeah. What happened after that? Insane. Yeah, sure that wasn't easy for you. Yeah, I think you can challenge people without challenging, you know what I'm saying. 
Speaker 5 01:54:37
Like by the time I'd gotten up, like he was already on the other side of the court playing, like it just it didn't make sense to go and walk after him and do something about it.
Speaker 2 01:54:57
I get that. I'm just, I wanted to be clear that I'm not telling you not to defend yourself or challenge people. I'm just... I don't, when, what I've been trying to do is ask you to, like, when you feel like you need to defend yourself, don't drive it towards a conflict, you know, so.
Speaker 2 01:55:35
So what time does this thing go on till? It doesn't say on that, unless you text me something else.
Speaker 2 01:56:07
by the way eric you got a game at two o'clock and then i've got. i've got to meet with laser should i try to do a breakfast do you think ron's gonna put together a futsal thing. i'm just i'm asking i mean it's something i'd probably prefer to do like a lunch with.
Speaker 2 01:56:40
him and then get over to you okay with me meeting up with you at moscow.
Speaker 2 01:58:20
So, is your plan to drop them off and come back here? Okay, so should I plan to have dinner ready by say 7, 10. 
Speaker 6 01:58:53
Well, I want you to be here.
Speaker 3 02:00:17
No turning back, no turning back.
Speaker 4 02:04:02
Yeah, look, you guys are in the wrong spot. I need a shirt to work out in. You're gonna count. You told me not to look.
Speaker 1 02:04:14
What could you want? Wait, that's a shirt. That's a shirt. We have pants to work out in. Do you need that. 
Speaker 4 02:04:21
Well, I can't put them over my arms.
Speaker 2 02:04:23
I need, if you got shorts to work out in, too. That's a shirt. No, I don't want a work shirt to work out in.
Speaker 1 02:04:30
There's a work, or there's a work out, or a work shirt, look at.
Speaker 2 02:04:36
What's in the dryer? All right, I'll look in there.
Speaker 6 02:05:37
You just walked, you just walked. Nope.
Speaker 5 02:05:54
I said I gotta go with your son. With what? With my sweater. The striker sweater? Did you tell me. 
Speaker 3 02:06:04
Huh? Yeah. You want to ask me to use it. 
Speaker 5 02:06:08
I know I used it on Friday.
Speaker 2 02:06:20
I just saw gray, so that's pretty cool.
Speaker 4 02:06:34
You can wear your mom's gray sweater.
Speaker 4 02:07:14
Hey guys, have any of you seen Eric's gray sweater? Hey Eric, you didn't by chance take it to Grammys, did you. 
Speaker 2 02:07:34
I don't think I did. It might be in the washer. Or you could put it in the...
Speaker 5 02:07:41
I've done it before.
Speaker 2 02:07:46
But, I mean, just wet and push it.
Speaker 6 02:08:01
I'm pushing pretty good. Bye.

[AI_SUMMARY]
A family discusses logistics and strategies for youth soccer tryouts, emphasizing integrity and fairness in the selection process. They reflect on parenting philosophies, academic accountability, and the importance of maintaining financial stability amid recent expenses. The conversation also covers Eric's training, focusing on data-driven improvements and the need for a supportive mindset. Actionable plans are established to ensure effective communication with coaches, gentle follow-ups on academic performance, and a commitment to shared sacrifices during financially challenging times.