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created_time: 2026-02-21T08:32:00.000Z
title: 02-20 Family Strategy Session: School Admissions, Discipline, Ethics, and Work-Tech Balance
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[TRANSCRIPTION]
Speaker 1 00:00:01
Those documents that were sent from Eric's school, from Eric's school, Fairmont documents. They're just sitting at the front office of Fairmont, waiting for us to pick them up.
Speaker 2 00:00:10
I don't know what documents we're talking about.
Speaker 1 00:00:11
Like his grades, the reporting that Servite needs. Oh. Because I because she called me and she was like Grace from Servite, She's like I think it was after she got his test scores because you scored almost near perfect. And you would be in. Qualify for all honors around the board at survey. You proud of yourself?
Speaker 2 00:00:37
So it was like three days. You want to see it? Have you by chance talked to, oh, his assessment?
Speaker 1 00:00:42
Mhm. So I asked her, did you get his assessment? And I said, she's like, I want to, I want to and at this point she doesn't even want those. She she'll take those documents later, but she goes, if you can just send me his grades. I'll take his last report cards for eighth grade for eighth grade. Um, first you know, first semester. Official or no, whatever we got to send him over like not official. It could be that's all she wants. She's like she's like Let me see. She goes, I want to and you already sent it too. She goes, I think it would just be so fun to tell him that he was accepted. But I'm like I don't think that that's fun at all for you. I think what's more fun is for you to feel proud about how well you took your test. Yeah.
Speaker 1 00:01:27
And so she's like, I am not technically supposed to send that over to you until I have everything. Butum, it. 
Speaker 3 00:01:36
Was like two hundred and ninety eight questions, right?
Speaker 1 00:01:38
It wasn't like a near. If you look at it t here is not like it's like you. It's kind of complicated.
Speaker 2 00:01:45
The student's performance is shown in the last. It. 
Speaker 1 00:01:48
Doesn't really summarize it up, But if you look at where all the green is t here is like t here is like above average. Excels. There's or there's like average excels above average and then like highest, And you are in green in highest all down the board, with the exception of like two columns.
Speaker 2 00:02:12
Common sense.
Speaker 1 00:02:13
And the other one was like you're you're like re like. You didn't do it like compare and contrast well. In your writing, but that was it, but like everything so. The way that she describes it, and you know, From the director of admissions at Servite to say that she goes he, he nearly scored perfectly. And, you don't get an admissions director who sees these every single day and turns out to review them.
Speaker 2 00:02:44
So I am going to read what it was, how many there were, how many you got right. Okay.
Speaker 2 00:02:55
Numbers and enumeration. Oh, that's why. Okay, so it's a it's a summary and then it's within right? So it goes numbers and enumeration and then this part of numbers and enumeration. This part of numbers and so my brain caught that I need to verify. So, numbers enumeration. Grouping thirty one twenty eight thirty one questions twenty eight correct. um procedural operations seven of seven. let's just read it that way. Um root exponent place value three of three ratio proportion, one of two property factor multiplication, four of four word problems, thirteen to fifteen measurements, four of six. um. 
Speaker 2 00:03:53
Weight, length, dry, liquid two of two. Time, temperature one of one. Metric, monetary conversion two of three. Geometry eleven or thirteen. Point, lines angles two of two. Plane and cubic figures two of two. Perimeter area volume four or five. Diameter radius circumference one to two congruent systems, Pythagorean theorem, two of two Algebra nine and up. 
Speaker 3 00:04:18
I just learned Pythagorean. Uh. Okay.
Speaker 1 00:04:23
But I didn't know. No, I know. We had to how many? What did he answer for pet dog? You answered.
Speaker 3 00:04:28
Um, oh wait, that's why I was like answering the question and. 
Speaker 1 00:04:33
You're like," I know this." No,
Speaker 3 00:04:35
I was like, i I haven't learned how like i must have learned it down the line in like algebra or something. But i don't know how to, because it was asking me like it gave me a triangle and wanted me to find the hypotenuse,
Speaker 2 00:04:46
And i didn't know how to find the hypotenuse. So i just guessed. A squared plus b squared equals c squared. I guess you guessed right.
Speaker 3 00:04:55
I know,
Speaker 2 00:04:56
But I guess you guessed right. Um, so algebra, you got nine of nine. I won't read through those and then statistics probability four of five. Um, to which point the data graphs tables you get two out of three. So You. 
Speaker 1 00:05:19
Want to see it? Sure. 
Speaker 1 00:05:24
Yeah, You're welcome to look at it on my phone. So yeah, I was like, can I see it? She's like, uh, you know and I'll just send it over to you. She's like this is really exciting. So You know. And again, it's like a it's a big deal for the director of admissions to say that, you know,
Speaker 2 00:05:43
The same lady that we uh Grace.
Speaker 1 00:05:44
I think it's the one who has me upset Hm? No, I think it's the one who I was like, Weird, Candace got mad at me for it. No.
Speaker 1 00:05:56
She wasn't the Asian one, I don't think. Grace? No, I think Grace is the Asian one. Oh, is she? It's an Asian name. Oh, I know last name.
Speaker 2 00:06:04
What's her last name? Last is.
Speaker 1 00:06:09
Yeah Because it was like a good conversation, but also awkward Did.
Speaker 2 00:06:14
She sound like she was the boss?
Speaker 1 00:06:16
I mean You can search her up; she probably in Safari, That's fine. What are you doing? Are you looking up who she is? Yeah, oh, I don't feel like it. But her title's down below. Her title, her title is down there as the director of admissions. So, anyways, not her. Okay, not either of us. Well, she's still the director of admissions though.
Speaker 2 00:06:44
Maybe that's not even hertyping Grace Masterson if you have your phone. And uh.
Speaker 1 00:06:50
She Sent it to you as well. So I gave her my word, and I think she'd like to be able to send us the official thing. Like, She'd like you to send those report cards if you can go on toum seventh and eighth grade.
Speaker 2 00:07:06
Yeah, that's the lady. That's her. That's the lady that wasum Oh, that's a No, That's that's uh The lady The lady that we hung out and talked to Yeah.
Speaker 1 00:07:17
Yeah, okay. Anyways, you made her upset?
Speaker 2 00:07:21
No. She's not she makes me can't be upset.
Speaker 1 00:07:25
That's fine. Anyways, I thought that was exciting. But if you could please make that a like do that right now because she's kind of like waiting in her office. Thank you. At first I was like I gotta go I thought I was gonna be able to catch you. Sorry okay bye That's it You're gonna do it right now or you wanna. No, no, no wait wait wait What?
Speaker 1 00:08:38
Bars you have. She goes, it's like green down the line. And like that's a big deal. And that's when she said you would apply for, you would need a master's for everything. Your capitalization is. I wanted to joke.
Speaker 2 00:08:57
Capitalize your letters?
Speaker 3 00:08:59
Oh gosh, capitalization is like.
Speaker 1 00:09:06
I don't know. Like starting your sentences with I lowercase i.
Speaker 3 00:09:10
Oh, my comparing contrast is like really bad. I know. And so is my time temperature. I don't know what that means,
Speaker 1 00:09:17
Time temperature.
Speaker 2 00:09:19
They probably asked them some time and temperature questions.
Speaker 3 00:09:22
Oh okay Wait, what did you say then? Like why aren't you going? Hm? Why aren't you going? Why aren't you going?
Speaker 1 00:09:34
Oh he's doing what I need him to do. 
Speaker 2 00:09:36
Where Am I supposed to be going?
Speaker 1 00:09:39
No, He's gonna email your.
Speaker 2 00:09:42
That's where he gets it from, by the way. Aren't you going, you idiot?
Speaker 1 00:09:49
So well, we asked you to go in and take it seriously. And you did, and I appreciate it.
Speaker 2 00:09:57
Um, you still need to talk to Swanson. Oh, and thenum. Olu wants a extracurricular. Um. Recommendation. I was thinking, um, so they got a pastoral one. I sent that to Justin. Um, I sent Becktel's his and then, they want an extracurricular one and I was thinking you could ask the coach. Coach here? Yeah.
Speaker 2 00:10:35
Like hey, would you be willing?
Speaker 2 00:10:40
Right, But you gotta get his email address. Okay.
Speaker 3 00:10:44
Can I just have him send it to you?
Speaker 2 00:10:47
He doesn't have my email address.
Speaker 3 00:10:49
He might have your number. But you don't have to text him or ask him to send it.
Speaker 2 00:10:58
I want you to do it because I think that that's how he.
Speaker 2 00:11:04
I think he respects that more.
Speaker 3 00:11:07
Yeah. I. 
Speaker 1 00:11:10
Said I would do it. I'm just telling him. Does he have a timeline that he has to do this by?
Speaker 2 00:11:20
Soon as it's better. I would talk to him on.
Speaker 1 00:11:26
Oh, I have his. He has a Hotmail email that I have.
Speaker 3 00:11:40
Texas, are you there? What is our student card number?
Speaker 2 00:11:45
Not coming here. He'sum Give me a minute. I need I need. 
Speaker 3 00:11:52
It's okay, Ted. I'll let your three brain cells work.
Speaker 2 00:11:58
You know what? Screw your little thing.
Speaker 1 00:12:07
Oh Eric, you're being invited to theum, National Junior Honor Society, I think. Oh no, you need good grades for that. If you are receiving this message, it's because you earned an cumulative GPA of three point five or higher.
Speaker 3 00:12:21
Cause I actually I have a seventy in literature right now. But, that's because like there was a, it was a there was a twenty five point project. And I forgot to put my name on it, and Miss Torres said she couldn't find it, but she put it up on the on one of the boards like there were, there was eight things. That were put up on the board, and it was the thing that you helped me make.
Speaker 1 00:12:43
Oh, you didn't put your name on it.
Speaker 3 00:12:44
I didn't put my. It was the only one that didn't have like MLA format at the top. But she put it on the board, and there it was— one of eight that were on the board for open house.
Speaker 1 00:12:55
So, it was on the board like to show and tell because it was really good. But I didn't have my name on it. I know, when Grace was like, when the director of admissions was like," Yeah, he's like he's incredible," you know. I am like, I am telling you that's why. And this makes sense why we were able to have this conversation. I am like," He just doesn't do his homework." She was like," Oh, he's an audio an audio learner." And I am like whatever kind of learning he is, is bugging the crap out of me.
Speaker 3 00:13:27
Yes, i I forgot to put my name on it, and she couldn't find it anywhere. That's really good. And she like emailed me about it, and I showed her that I was still supported.
Speaker 1 00:13:37
That's really funny. So she was like, uh, cause she didn't give you full credit?
Speaker 3 00:13:41
Oh yeah. Cause I turned it in. Yeah. Like on time and everything, and it was here; it was really good.
Speaker 1 00:13:47
That's really funny.
Speaker 3 00:13:48
Yeah So. 
Speaker 1 00:13:51
So but that's why you have a seventy? Yeah So, maybe this is a mistake that maybe No. 
Speaker 3 00:13:57
No no I i i have like ninety ninety four s in all the other classes. Oh.
Speaker 1 00:14:01
Okay. So then so you don't have a seventy in her class. I do.
Speaker 3 00:14:07
Like I checked Blackboard today, mom.
Speaker 2 00:14:11
What she's saying is that. 
Speaker 3 00:14:13
It's not a real seventy because. 
Speaker 2 00:14:15
It's got an A in there.
Speaker 3 00:14:17
Yeah, yeah, but I wouldn't want to do the genius national honors that you would later.
Speaker 2 00:14:23
Um, I am not going to try to force you to as you go into high school. I want you to start considering that. Kind of stuff. As a an avenue, we need to start. You need to start thinking of like. How can this benefit me? Right, um, where you are not um. Like, yeah whatever uh. What is it? Is be like.
Speaker 2 00:15:02
ASB and stuff like that. Yeah, that stuff's stupid. You know.
Speaker 2 00:15:09
And It might be. But if I am just going to make this up, okay, so run with it. But, if you wanted to get into USC and knew that they really valued ASB people, you go I don't want to do ASB but friggin'A right. 
Speaker 2 00:15:31
It's farted. That was a while ago, but.
Speaker 1 00:15:34
Oh, it smells so bad in here. I know it wasn't, but. It smells horrible in here, honey. I know. Okay, go poo. Go poo. Just go poo. I can't. I don't want to No, I don't want you doing that anymore around me. That's gross It smells like poo.
Speaker 2 00:15:50
So can I just respond to this email?
Speaker 1 00:15:52
It's kind of a force one But yeah. 
Speaker 3 00:15:54
Of course. 
Speaker 3 00:16:01
I was telling mom poop facts today. She didn't want to hear them.
Speaker 1 00:16:07
That's because it took us like everything, like my last bit of like patience to get us in the car. Dad,
Speaker 3 00:16:21
Did you know that poop is brown because of red blood cells?
Speaker 4 00:16:31
I don't know that. Dad,
Speaker 3 00:16:38
What do you think would happen? What? What? Do, you think you would hear me peeing if I peed into a hole of like void. And if there was like a hole into the void and I just peed into the void.
Speaker 1 00:16:57
Eric, you almost got. A hundred percent, you're scoring ninety nine percent of the national average. Welcome to Junior National Honor Society. Let's talk about Poo and P and. No,
Speaker 2 00:17:07
I'm more like, give me a minute. Stop talking to me so I can get this done. He's like, take that. Let me tell you about a little bit about poo Right So send. You are not going ahead Um who are you teasing? By the way uh Aguilar hit you for did you read that comment? Yeah, So again, with the iPad, three weeks in a row. I haven't even looked.
Speaker 3 00:17:33
I was making sure I wasn't on my iPad when he asked me not to.
Speaker 2 00:17:38
Not when he asked you, he doesn't want you to be on your iPad.
Speaker 3 00:17:40
Or like no, no, not when he asked me not to when he didn't want us to.
Speaker 1 00:17:44
I am not on my iPad when he's looking at me. And. 
Speaker 3 00:17:50
It's not as though. But I was teasing a friend and I called him dumb and Mr Agard heard it. And, he sent me to the conference room and had a little chat with me. Told me that he's going to need to set up a meeting with my parents if I continue to do that. And I had only done it once.
Speaker 1 00:18:09
You're like, fine, dummy.
Speaker 2 00:18:15
Next time, I will say tonto.
Speaker 3 00:18:21
You know, it kind of matches" tonto" because this was in Spanish too.
Speaker 3 00:18:26
No, cause everyone the whole class was saying that the picture was a. Was, A keychain, and he was the only one that was saying that it was a bracelet. And I said I asked him if he's dumb and Mister Aguilar heard it. He said, Well, This guy's also saying, he's and I said, he's just as dumb as you are. And Mister Eguilar got even more mad. Yeah. And he sent me to the conference room. Or conference room. He sent me to the conference room. Ow! Alright, here we go!
Speaker 1 00:19:18
Just crazy nonsense that this kid.
Speaker 1 00:19:21
But have all B's and C's. Minus one E, one A in physical education. What?
Speaker 1 00:19:36
I'm Just grateful that he tests well. So people, and that he did test well despite when I was like, Arnie!
Speaker 3 00:19:51
Are you?
Speaker 1 00:19:59
She's like never mind. He's not in honors.
Speaker 2 00:20:51
I'm Disappointed. The recruiter didn't get back to me today. The recruiter from yesterday, I texted her this morning. She never responded. So, it's all good. Hi, Chris has great speaking to you yesterday about the director of operations position in commerce and the other companies that you had in mind. And now look forward to speaking with you about how to move forward with the director of supply chain position.
Speaker 1 00:21:26
Are You kidding me? Why? I just kicked him out for farting.
Speaker 1 00:21:54
I didn't. I had so little done today. I cold called an architect that I probably had no business cold calling, trying to get something going for a spec that I wouldn't even get. I might get, I mean, I don't know.
Speaker 2 00:22:08
She just responded," This is good for now." Why would Fairmont send it to Fairmont?
Speaker 1 00:22:18
I don't know i i this she was calling me and i am like. 
Speaker 1 00:22:24
I am like verbally going through her, the process with her in front of her. I am like,
Speaker 2 00:22:28
But she's the one. 
Speaker 1 00:22:29
She called me and I was like, oh, and I go, um i I think I know what you are talking about. I haven't been a part of this at all. Um, but this is what this says so and then as I was reading it, am like and it tells me that it is you know at the school. Right. That's what I read. Right.
Speaker 1 00:23:58
So, it says that there's two ways to. So that was the last email I had read. But a hard copy is ready for you, to pick up at the front desk.
Speaker 2 00:24:11
What was that email? You had sent me an email. Yeah, and I said I'll take care of it.
Speaker 1 00:24:19
That's the one that I'm actually reading right now.
Speaker 2 00:24:22
Okay, what's it called?
Speaker 1 00:24:23
It's called. 
Speaker 1 00:24:27
Certified PDF student record delivery.
Speaker 4 00:24:44
Certified PDF. So. 
Speaker 1 00:24:50
Once you enter the online application.
Speaker 1 00:24:55
An email code will be sent to you.
Speaker 2 00:24:57
I don't have this. What am I reading? Yeah.
Speaker 1 00:25:18
You Do, but I'll send it to you again because I forwarded it to you.
Speaker 1 00:25:23
And you. And then that was you responding to we'll take care of this tonight. Do you want me to send it to you again?
Speaker 2 00:25:32
I just search for certified PDF and it's come up. Does it say something else? Well, if you just forward it to me, then that's fine.
Speaker 1 00:25:40
Let me just send it to you again. Coming in hot.
Speaker 1 00:26:43
I'm So happy. Are you happy? I'm really happy if you're happy. Good, I never want to hear about it again. Two shakes. Okay. I. 
Speaker 4 00:26:54
Want to get something to eat. Okay. What's been new? I'm gonna go get a snack. Okay, go get some food. 
Speaker 4 00:27:10
I love you. Have a cupcake kiss.
Speaker 1 00:27:22
That's not a snack, have a snack first.
Speaker 1 00:28:22
Hello. Hey, what's going on.
Speaker 1 00:28:43
Yeah, I block people too. Right, you're like. Se cretly mad at me for not picking up for like the month of January, when I was losing my mind. Yeah.
Speaker 5 00:29:08
Yeah. Yeah, so we'll all have, yeah. Are you gonna be there? Yeah, I'll be there.
Speaker 1 00:29:16
Yeah, you and I and then these two other girls. Planned it for us. Yeah. I think it'll be less because that was like, including just the three of us. So. But she also didn't include I, don't know if they're gonna get it delivered or not, but I think it'll be even less than that cause now four, so whatever. Yeah.
Speaker 1 00:29:48
Right, I, three hundred. Yeah. Right, right. So that's why like these two gals, I think it's funny because they like one of them is um like she's an independent. So she's like I want to keep it as cheap as possible. And I was like, well, let me see if my buddy Ethan is gonna join. And if that's the case, then like we'll between him and I, like we will we'll carry more of that. It's not a problem, you know, like, but uh. Volunteering you, but it's like I have an expense account, So you you know, and it's like so I am like we can we'll figure something out that where it will be easier on you and not coming out of your own personal pocket. So she was like okay great, But then she ended up talking to the other girl and the other girl planned it, and they all agreed. And I am like that's fine. I don't care. I don't want to think about it.
Speaker 5 00:30:45
Right. This is gonna. Right.
Speaker 1 00:30:52
Yeah. You just like that point, you know what they have, what they did the other day, I'll ride to say. I ordered through their app and I did their like little family meal that like serves four to six for like some applicators that I likeestimators. It was like perfect and I just added on some extra meat onto the side of it. And then I got like a little free burrito on the side, hey. But you know I like a free burrito. Right.
Speaker 5 00:31:35
Right, right. It's stupid that you can't. I mean, it's just like they're you're gonna order them anyways, you know, but I'm I guess it's kind of like we've.
Speaker 1 00:31:44
And I have an account with Fleming's, And so like during Christmas, we went and I spent four hundred and thirty five dollars on points at Fleming's. And the manager was like, What? Yeah, Fleming's gives me the points. On top of on top of like I get points on my credit card. But it was like so like, Four hundred thirty five dollars and the manager came out and was like, Alright, we've never used that many points with a guest before. Can you not do it at this location next time And Brandon was like, Whatever, dude. Points are points. Yeah, I'm like dude. You spent so much money. I spent so much money at your place. It's okay. Right Right You'll be fine. Stop complaining.
Speaker 1 00:32:45
Anyways, so yeah. Right. Right, I just like sometimes it like piles up, especially with our group being so behind. So and it hasn't really been worth it because it's so stressful. Like I'm still waiting on a eight thousand dollar check from last month's event. So. I've been checking the mail every day. But because, Hilda hasn't paid, or Hilda just figured out how to pay disbursements on Monday. And so and Valerie helped her. And so, like I didn't. So, she she went through, you know farmers and merchants like and she submitted for like the rush check delivery, but I still haven't gotten it. And that was on Monday, But it's like I want to pay the eight thousand dollars off of my credit card before we go. And jump back into, you know next week's event, which is also on my credit card.
Speaker 1 00:33:43
And I think at this point, Like I'd rather just eventually switch over to just C S I being relying on itself, right For a myriad of different reasons, but it's like this transition that treasure has been rough. You know. Right. Right. But if, but Valerie is quick to get if she wasn't, then you're screwed, you know.
Speaker 1 00:34:16
Oh gosh. You're like I'd like that twenty thousand dollars now.
Speaker 5 00:34:28
Oh my gosh.
Speaker 1 00:34:32
It's like a two week process, even though you're putting your new address on the disbursement.
Speaker 1 00:34:44
They're Looking for you, oh that's good. Keep it. That's good. That's good.
Speaker 1 00:35:24
But Then you turn in the receipt, but who do you turn in your receipt to Like, you're turning it into your treasurer, and so that way she can reconcile it. But you don't have to. Uh. Oh yeah. Yeah.
Speaker 1 00:35:50
Um. No, I know. No, it's hard. No, it is. It's hard. I you know. I know lately lately, it's all hard for everybody to do. You know. That's why it's like yeah I feel the way I do about co pilots, even though they're not being utilized to their fullest. It's like if I could stop putting out fires with. The issues with my own board, then we can actually utilize co-pilots to do like all of this nonsense. And we can, you know, it's like we do it to ourselves. You know, Like we have people and services who could help us and then would free us of all this stuff that bogs us down. But we're so busy being bogged down by all this nonsense that we can't use those services. You know, so whatever it's a very you know circular so. 
Speaker 1 00:36:50
Um, but Tuesday we're good, right So be there by eleven and then it ends at one. Um, I am pretty sure that they're going to like they've all anytime I've ever done this with Brenda, they provide us a table. Now sometimes you don't like give us like they have like the tables that are just there. You know. Like whether they're like the little tables that people eat at or a round table or whatever you kind of just make do. So if you don't want to just make do, then you need to bring your own table.
Speaker 1 00:37:20
So, um, I generally make do because it's not a big deal. But I don't know what I'll do at the time. And then, I am grateful that the girls picked the food because I don't want to because I overthink it. You know, And i i It depends on how big depends on how much pressure I feel and how big the firm is and what you know, like what I am trying to accomplish. I like easy catering.
Speaker 5 00:37:58
They wanna be on. Oh,
Speaker 1 00:38:01
That's funny. You're out of our jurisdiction, that's. That's weird, yeah, that is weird.
Speaker 5 00:38:27
Yeah. Oh gosh. Yeah.
Speaker 1 00:38:44
That's obnoxious. Oh, that's the worst, You're all sweating and trying to figure it out and like. Yeah.
Speaker 1 00:38:54
It's like it's just annoying. Like I said, it's like it like. It's very hard, like with all the things that we were trying to you know, like if you've never been to the firm before, if you don't know where you're going, and if you're bringing up samples and all that kind of stuff. It's just a lot of things to manage.
Speaker 5 00:39:19
Uhhuh. Yeah.
Speaker 5 00:39:28
Oh gosh. Well,
Speaker 1 00:39:36
That's so frustrating. You're like, alright, shame on me for putting the wrong address, but also like shame on you. Like, why would you just leave like two hundred dollars worth of food here? Like with the door being shut You know.
Speaker 5 00:40:09
Right. Well, also like it's.
Speaker 1 00:40:16
Right, send me your receipt to whatever you know, whoever you work for. Like this is the stuff. This is like part of the stick, you know. This is what you guys do. It's not even like, you know. Like I don't know. Hmm.
Speaker 1 00:40:39
Oh, They do. So do you like it. Like reward What is that.
Speaker 1 00:40:54
Oh, That makes sense because Frank loves doing, that company too, and it's like. Yeah Please I know. No, I know. I yeah, you're. I know. Sometimes when I feel like the discounting and it's like for work and I'm like, yeah, I'm not doing it. Like why would I like apply that to this No thank you.
Speaker 5 00:41:25
Right. Right. Oh, that's cool. That's really cool.
Speaker 1 00:41:37
I don't use well, I don't use it very often right now. So like because I haven't been doing a lot of lunch and learns up until this point, I haven't had anything to present. So now that I do, and I have the time to do it, and it's like full steam ahead. I will be doing that more. But just it just needs to make sense. Like it didn't make sense for like when i lIke am doing like my PKs with applicators because they were a smaller group and I'd rather do something that is like less involved, and they're getting rewards different ways. But. But definitely for like, like I said, for architects all day long. I'd rather use Easy Cator if I can. Anywho. Well yeah so the ladies got it yeah. Yes. Yeah. Um Brenda might not be uh Ivana might be, that's like her it's not her partner.
Speaker 1 00:42:36
It's like she works for her, so we'll see. But Brenda is awesome, so like she's a good person to have on your side. Like I said, she doesn't just do this for DLR Riverside. She does this for DLR LA Smith Group Studio Untitled So yeah, that's her business. So she's definitely a good one to get to know And to talk to, I've been friends with her for a while. Um, since yeah, since like right around COVID. Um. Yeah. Yeah. Absolutely. Um, but yeah, I have to like stay clear because it's like I feel like I'm like in the middle of like the relationship between Frank. And you, but I feel like. I did my job, I'm friends with everybody Meh .
Speaker 1 00:43:35
I felt bad, but yeah. Right, no I know, I know. As long as I like don't like I said it's like a, Like he's gotten like sensitive about it before, you know. So I just want to be, Like See, it's like Frank. So but Frank has to be in control of it. That's the thing. He just needs to know. That's why so it's like I'm sensitive to it because I want him to know that it's like, all he wants is to be considered. You know and not that he gets priority over you but it's like, In this way, I considered both of you guys. So it's like I just want to be considerate of that and not sensitive to that. And that's that's it just trying to be mindful of my friends. So, yes. So, anyways alright well I get see you two days in a row.
Speaker 1 00:44:34
That's exciting. I don't know what you're doing yourself. I know, yeah, I know. You may not be able to come back from that, so. All right. That's true. All right, cool friend, well I'll see you on Tuesday then. All right, you too, bye. Man today has been the day of talk. Everybody wants to just call and talk. I've done nothing today.
Speaker 1 00:45:04
I cold called an architect in Florida going after a franchise, and that guy talked to me for two and a half hours. Which is awesome, but he's not my architect, and so it's kind of frustrating but also good. Like it was a really productive and helpful call. And like I am gonna I might go out to Vegas to go and take him out to dinner when he's out here like for a trade show, you know? But like he's leading the charge on quite a few franchise like operations that are all across the United States.
Speaker 1 00:45:34
So why this guy decides to give me two and a half hours of his time is insanity. I've talked to him for two hours and twelve minutes. And then just when I was like, okay, I finally get to work, then Keisha called me. She's like, I've got a fifty minute commute. And I need to talk to somebody on my way home from getting my hair done. And then, just when I get started, I know Katie's going to walk in here. I should go take another out of the.
Speaker 4 00:47:13
Hey dad. Did. 
Speaker 2 00:47:18
You say something? Me, yeah. Said hey daddy. Hey, daddy. That was it. I know uh okay. 
Speaker 2 00:47:29
Sorry, Buddy So survey called us Uhhuh and said, um.
Speaker 2 00:47:46
Well, he did pretty well on the test. We kind of don't need to see anymore. His verbal skills need a little improvement though.
Speaker 1 00:48:04
Yeah, he knows his colors. It's okay. The kid tried to talk to me about pee and poop today in the car, so where we're at, I think it's the age.
Speaker 2 00:48:13
He's doing good.
Speaker 1 00:48:17
And then we sent over his measly, like two point eight GPA, because he doesn't do homework.
Speaker 2 00:48:25
Yeah, you know, you know, It's funny, but you know, one of the most important things you can teach kids is discipline. You know, Just you know the the idea of doing something, even though you don't want to do it. Right. You know his issue isn't that he doesn't want to do it. He doesn't know how to whatever the reason is no, no I'm I'm. Yeah, just. Heum. needs to he's, we've been learning to. Manage his, you know,
Speaker 1 00:48:55
He just got invited because Brayden's been on him about his grades. This last like over the last two months, he's now back and being invited to the national honor society.
Speaker 2 00:49:05
Well that's what he was cause he said something about my, Grades are back up or something like that. And I was like, and I was like so back that means they were, gone or or. Behind or something goes, yeah, I wasn't doing very well. So.
Speaker 1 00:49:21
Right. So, this is yeah she called me the person who was withum. The person who was with Sir Wright and she's like the director of admissions and she's like. She's like, can you we're just waiting on this one piece to get his grades and I know it needs to be official, but can you just send over like his report cards like. I had his testing here and it's like near perfect. He's going to like qualify for all honors for everything over here. And he's like," Yay!" He was actually really proud of himself.
Speaker 2 00:49:56
He didn't say anything; he did a good job of being. 
Speaker 1 00:49:58
Like," B ut he was really proud of himself because he did put a lot of effort into that test." So I think he wanted to know too.
Speaker 2 00:50:04
And Lu accepts ceroid stuff ceroid stuff so. 
Speaker 2 00:50:17
No, I'm proud. You know, And I didn't have anything to do with that other than you know some Well,
Speaker 1 00:50:23
It's like I told her. I'm like, well, send over his report his report cards. But I gotta tell you, I'm like i was telling you before he tests very well. He's extremely capable, but just forgets to turn in his homework So she's like. Oh, i remember okay, no problem. So she's like he's an audio learner, that's amazing. Okay? Not that amazing because he still needs to do his work.
Speaker 5 00:50:58
Yeah, he wants to show me his rifle. So. 
Speaker 1 00:51:02
Have fun with that. I am glad that he has you to talk about that with.
Speaker 4 00:54:14
Ben.
Speaker 4 00:54:48
I just need you to say. I just need. Matthew.
Speaker 4 00:57:38
What?
Speaker 4 00:58:13
Yeah. What? No, 'cause I'll be.
Speaker 4 00:58:59
I'm just going to say hot, warm, cold. Warm. Warm. Hot, hot, hot. You've already.
Speaker 4 00:59:35
I'll give you a better hint. You've already. 
Speaker 4 01:01:11
It's hot.
Speaker 4 01:02:33
Thank you.
Speaker 4 01:03:50
Wait. Oh, does Matthew only get fifteen minutes? Hm? Does Matthew only get fifteen minutes? For what? Um, that one time before we went to church, Eric mocked me and then Matthew mocked me and then you gave them both fifteen minutes.
Speaker 4 01:04:19
I don't remember, kiddo. I think it's probably a little bit late for.
Speaker 2 01:04:46
Here's the thing is you're asking me to remember something that like. happened what two weeks ago.
Speaker 2 01:04:56
And I don't think it's quite fair. And so. You know I'm trying to like. I understand that something happened, but I don't remember what all all the details for it, and I don't think it's quite fair to be able to like, Come back and go. Oh, yeah, I remember the time that.
Speaker 4 01:05:18
No. So Eric knows he owes me fifteen and he said Matthew you do too. And but Matthew keeps on saying you don't or he doesn't. But But so far everything everyone I asked or everyone that was there for the conversation has said. And.
Speaker 4 01:10:25
No, Papa.
Speaker 1 01:11:12
No. Um, what should I name my new assistant? Jen. Jen? No, I need a good one. Why? Hm? Why? What's wrong with Jen? It's gonna be AI. Yeah, sure, Jen. Jen will take care of it. Bob.
Speaker 2 01:11:35
A weird name. What. It's a weird name.
Speaker 1 01:11:38
You want to name him Warden? Rishi? I don't know. Who's a weird person that you know? Don't say anything. What do you think of like a weird dude, what name comes to mind?
Speaker 1 01:12:07
You can name him Larry.
Speaker 2 01:12:09
What do we name Eric's? Gizmo, Gizmo, I like Gizmo.
Speaker 2 01:12:29
What Kind of creature? Penguin. Huh?
Speaker 3 01:12:32
Penguin. Obviously,
Speaker 2 01:12:35
It can be anything. It can be a gremlin, it can be an assistant, it can be a ghost in the machine.
Speaker 3 01:12:40
It should be a penguin.
Speaker 1 01:12:43
Because mine was a penguin.
Speaker 4 01:12:52
Can you buy more Jell- O cups? Red! If you see this, send me$ 1.
Speaker 4 01:13:07
And you need. I know what you're trying to say. If you say, "you're the best son ever," I'll get one dollar. The best son ever. Best son. Hmm. I did most of the kids in Matthew for you. You never said, "You need to put, 'you're the best son ever.'" For this gets it. You like that? Oh yeah! There we go!
Speaker 4 01:13:36
Do you know what's for dinner? Not yet. I've. 
Speaker 1 01:13:53
Missed turkey,
Speaker 4 01:13:54
Steak. We also have fruit too. Yeah, there's so much like with bananas. I don't know if that sounded good or not.
Speaker 1 01:14:05
How long until dinner?
Speaker 4 01:14:07
You think probably a couple hours.
Speaker 4 01:14:41
Love you, man. Love you. Can I after make all this stuff? Mhm. Maybe today or tomorrow can I make muffins?
Speaker 1 01:14:54
Sunday would be a good day to make muffins. Why? Because then it prepares us for the week. Okay, but why not today and we just go in and. Because then you'll be out of muffins earlier in the week.
Speaker 1 01:18:38
Church posted a picture of camp, picture for the three hundred and fifty six kids that are going. And I go, let's see which kids are going. And I like look at it. I like open it up and it's Ben and Keegan. I am like, It's not fair Oh Ben, this is a last year's picture.
Speaker 4 01:19:34
Thank you.
Speaker 1 01:21:08
Where is my check, ladies? How are you? You're good. This is craziness.
Speaker 4 01:22:40
Thank you.
Speaker 4 01:24:25
Okay.
Speaker 2 01:25:23
You intentionally close. 
Speaker 1 01:25:38
The door.
Speaker 3 01:25:57
I'll go. 
Speaker 4 01:26:19
With this one.
Speaker 3 01:26:35
I thought it was uh glow in the dark. Oh, those? Yeah. Ended up not being glow in the dark. Oh, do they have glow in the dark? Yeah, they have ones, but they only sell them like three thousand a pack. And. How many is there? Ten thousand. Like you'll be amazed. Like we shot through um. what? Five hundred rounds today. Like just outside Well, three thousand would be nothing Yeah. 
Speaker 3 01:27:06
But like in large quantities, It would cost like ninety bucks for ten thousand versus like that one was twenty seven for five thousand.
Speaker 3 01:27:23
A Lot of research has gone into this stuff between me and that. It's pretty nice.
Speaker 3 01:27:34
The pistols are like super cool. Not not my pistol, but like the. They're like people will like custom make, like pistols and they'll go for like around a thousand. Wow. Okay, an expensive real pistol. But it would be like custom designs,
Speaker 2 01:27:60
Like custom Like Full. 
Speaker 3 01:28:03
Full slide like when you shoot the slide comes back, which is like on most pistols, but not mine.
Speaker 3 01:28:25
They're Really cool. They're like twenty eight rounds or something, and they're like auto mhm.
Speaker 4 01:28:36
And yeah, it's strong. My room wasn't on there right now.
Speaker 2 01:28:42
Now, what is yours look like? Thing family on his. 
Speaker 3 01:28:46
Mother's. Like it was like it's like common uh compilation between Glock and uh Umarex, which is another popular airsoft brand.
Speaker 3 01:29:07
So they have the block two glow back and the block two non- glow back. And the one that I have is this one.
Speaker 2 01:29:15
Oh, you hit the button. No, I didn't. Or I did the first time. I didn't touch anything. I just went to go find it, so I haven't fixed it.
Speaker 4 01:29:24
Yeah, go find it now and see. 
Speaker 3 01:29:32
What happens when you press that button again? So what's different between those two? So what's wrong with this one? Three types of airsoft pistols. Um, between the the two, or three types of airsoft guns actually, Which is ultimately between those two. It was uh like one has one is blowback. So the slide gets blown back by the gas, so it like releases the gas and also blows back the slide. Um. And the one that I have doesn't do that. It just shoots a thing.
Speaker 2 01:30:06
But ultimately, the end result's the same. One just looks cooler.
Speaker 3 01:30:10
Yeah, but they also tend to to cycle faster.
Speaker 2 01:30:14
Which ones? The blowback ones? Yeah. Hmm.
Speaker 3 01:30:19
Um and they're automatic. Hmm. Um Oh, and they have bigger There. There's a lot of things that they have with the With, the blowback ones because they have They have bigger mag capacity. Huh. Um, yeah, like it's just cooler in general. And um. They tend to shoot harder because more like focus and gap, and they use different types of gas. They use green gases like uh CO two. But there's three types of airsoft guns, there's spring which is like four bullets. 
Speaker 3 01:31:05
Just uses a spring. Mhm. Um, there's AEG or AEP, which is automatic electric gun or pistol. And there's um GBB, which is gas blowback. Which uses like green gas in order to um. No, that's electric right? No. Yeah this is electric.
Speaker 3 01:31:40
I bet two dollars. Some gas guns have like um have batteries in them as well to do stuff like um the programming and all that. Um, So that actually is like most guns need to have the programming like upgraded, or like they need to have batteries for everything installed, right? You need some sort of Yeah, you need the battery to, to um, to power them. But most guns don't come with uh programming thing pre installed. So. Um. That was like one of the, like one of the things that I really liked about this gun. And may just be biased, but like the the first time that I saw this, like.
Speaker 3 01:32:40
And like nothing wrong with that. We all we all do that with something.
Speaker 4 01:32:44
You forgot your bread again. Did you hold it now? Did you have a good day? Yeah. Oh.
Speaker 2 01:33:13
I mean, I left you went to go back to work. Yeah, drove up to um Stradella. Everything's fine there, So I just kind of been doing some measurements. And so I do those real quick. And uh you know, I've got a pump fixed, the pump on the pressure washer fixed yesterday and plug it in today. That was one of the problems I ran into this morning. They plug it in, turn it on, and it just starts spraying water like crazy. Of course I go over there, decided to take it back after all this fudella. The guy's like yeah, sometimes you know you never know, and it's like, did you test it? Did you test it? I'm sorry and and I know like I kind of pushed him.
Speaker 2 01:34:10
Because I was like, "Hey, what time?" He's like, "Oh, probably two or three." And I'm like, "Okay, I'll be there at two," you know. And so when I showed up, he's like, "Hey, we're putting it back together here," you know. So careful yeah. So you know I didn't realize that they didn't test it. He was just like going to be ready in five six minutes for me. So.
Speaker 4 01:34:40
Next time, you know you have a question.
Speaker 2 01:35:18
She is so excited about it. She's very passionate.
Speaker 3 01:35:24
I said yes.
Speaker 4 01:35:25
I know, but you're not re- you're responding like because I have to, right? It's something he cares about, right? Can you show him that you care too?
Speaker 4 01:35:57
Did you break it? No. It's like, oh, one's gone. Got just ears. Say"
Speaker 2 01:36:22
Lose its"? Yeah, I know. Don't lean back in it.
Speaker 2 01:36:28
I'm in this like. She's like. You can fix them or it'll cost me a hundred dollars to replace them all. I want to spend another hundred bucks on repairs. So these are twenty five bucks each? Really?
Speaker 4 01:36:47
That's what she said. Why don't we just take off the black grass?
Speaker 2 01:36:54
That's what I would do. Bottom? Hmm?
Speaker 2 01:36:59
The decision makes perfect sense, you know.
Speaker 2 01:37:16
So No practices or anything tonight? No, the all fields been closed since it's all right.
Speaker 2 01:37:27
California were like, hey, it rained a little bit. You can't possibly go out on the grass. That's what we do with snow or ice. We our our church was closed two weeks in a row. What?
Speaker 4 01:38:08
Who's he talking to? He's talking to Rowan and Dylan. He's like, just'cause the iPad is going and then he's just working. That's. 
Speaker 2 01:38:27
What I do. I put in my AirPods and I start working. Yeah. Technically.
Speaker 3 01:38:57
So, I Found out twenty- five centavos from Venezuela is is. There's no such thing. What do you mean?
Speaker 2 01:39:08
Well, go ahead.
Speaker 3 01:39:20
T Wenty five like Guatemalans and Taos is like almost the exact same size as a dollar coin. See, you can use them in the vending machine. But the other thing is, it's not really stealing because I paid three dollars for the coin.
Speaker 2 01:39:39
What you paid three dollars for the coin, but when they get twenty five cent novels, what are they going to be able to do with it?
Speaker 3 01:39:49
Sell it on eBay.
Speaker 2 01:39:51
Yeah. What happened?
Speaker 3 01:39:53
So remember when I had the Guatemalan Spanish thing that like was the little color folder folder thing, and mom in sixth grade and mom and I stayed up till like, like one in the morning working on it. Over there.
Speaker 2 01:40:11
Yeah. Yeah.
Speaker 3 01:40:15
Um, so you had to bring in props, And I brought Guatemalan chocolate for everyone because they're like the like, the original like chocolate like country kind of, and I brought twenty five mom bought me twenty five centavos which is like. 
Speaker 4 01:40:39
He accepted. Said what? And now we're gonna roses,
Speaker 2 01:40:49
Okay. I bet it stays downstairs. Yeah, yeah, I know. I think we're gonna upstairs. Um,
Speaker 3 01:40:58
Twenty five watermelons and tablos which is like the the currency. Um and I brought this box, But it's like the exact same size as a dollar coin. So I could use it as a dollar coin. I mean, if you think about it,
Speaker 2 01:41:22
There is no way to justify it. Anytime you say" anytime you have to say'if you think about it'." Well,
Speaker 3 01:41:32
I mean just like unless they're handing the stuff up at front. Or somebody can look at it.
Speaker 2 01:41:40
It's the same thing, you know, these hundred- dollar counterfeit bills are the same.
Speaker 3 01:41:47
They're literally worth the same amount of money.
Speaker 2 01:41:49
They're not worth things to say. Think about it this way,:, if you owned a vending machine and you were taking the money out. And you saw the centavo in there, how would you feel?
Speaker 3 01:42:12
Honestly. Mhm. I'll probably laugh.
Speaker 2 01:42:15
Okay. So let's fast forward this then. The next time you open up the vending machine, it's all sen dollars. I would be annoyed. Right? And why would you be. 
Speaker 3 01:42:33
Annoyed?'Cause they're not like. It's not American currency, you can't really use it for anything.
Speaker 2 01:42:39
And so, you lost money? Right? Yeah. So, is it stealing? Yeah.
Speaker 2 01:42:54
We gotta make sure we gotta make sure that you know, here's one thing that we, as humans are really, really, really good at is lying to ourselves. And we've got to make sure that we check every single time. Whether we're lying to ourselves or not. I heard just twenty seconds.
Speaker 4 01:43:18
Those that actually read for like an hour. Cause the book reports are due in like two weeks. Okay,
Speaker 2 01:43:33
Okay, okay, okay.
Speaker 3 01:43:37
Could youum inform me a little bit more. 
Speaker 6 01:43:43
Watching him.
Speaker 2 01:43:46
That's a funeral, and you know. So Sean's going to give, Sean's doing the message or whatever. Oh, that's stupid. Well, they're just coming over here. No. Basically. Well, Ashley broke her collarbone so she can't lift him or anything.
Speaker 4 01:44:08
She broke her collarbone? Mhm How'd she do that?
Speaker 2 01:44:11
She was running. 
Speaker 3 01:44:28
So He can't leave Augustine with her because she can't pick him up. She can't do anything, so now he's going to take him with him to the service.
Speaker 2 01:44:44
But while he's giving the service, he can't really do a good job of. Oh yeah. So.
Speaker 6 01:44:55
We're gonna help you. I know.
Speaker 2 01:45:24
So what time tomorrow eight? We should leave by eight. It's like eight. 
Speaker 3 01:45:31
Too early. You're up by six. What'd you do first today? You woke up at six though? Yeah. Why? Nothing much. It was just four questions and then I forgot to submit it. What's my issue? And then you took it to school, forgot to submit it? Yeah, it's fine, there's one more question, That's why his is great. She hasn't graded it though. Oh,
Speaker 2 01:46:04
So what's my real problem? This is genetics then. Well, I would never have stupid. No, I didn't say anything from you. I just had to get my statement in there because I was there with that. I was never like that. You know, it's like if I'm gonna if I'm gonna work that hard on something, I'm gonna get credit on it. And I know you know back in the day, you know, I don't know if you're but it's like you submit it late, there's going to be X points deducted.
Speaker 2 01:46:44
Yeah. Is that what happens with you guys too?
Speaker 3 01:46:46
Um yeah, you lose ten percent each day that's late uh, And days like after the due date, so like it'll be due like for for my history class, he makes them do at the time that the class starts, which is uh twelve twenty five. Uhhuh. So after twelve twenty five is late until the next day, at twelve twenty five. So it's like a twenty four hour period instead of days.
Speaker 2 01:47:17
I don't know. I always I always looked at the odds of stuff and it's like. 
Speaker 2 01:47:23
I'm not gonna do that.
Speaker 4 01:47:25
Yeah. Got. 
Speaker 2 01:47:33
It. Okay, yeah, Mike, you know, I didn't have a much better attitude. I mean, listen to me; I did not get great grades in high school. Um, I didn't get terrible grades, but you know but. 
Speaker 2 01:47:52
You know, it was more of because I just skated did enough to get by. But now that I look back, it was like that was really dumb. You know, so I wouldn't have done that. I wouldn't do that again knowing. I did the same thing when I first started going to college too. Yeah, I just didn't and then when I went back, When I went back, I was twenty seven, was working forty hours a week or fifty hours a week, had three kids. And went back to school at night, after work. Um and I got I got straight A's. Because now I knew what working. Was all about, You know, Oh.
Speaker 3 01:48:48
So you guys like both went out of college and then went back in? Mhm. 
Speaker 2 01:48:53
Alexa. Don't any end it Alexa. Hmm? I didn't do it necessarily out of choice. I'm not sure what you mean. How can I help?
Speaker 4 01:49:05
Sound weird. Oh, can I help?
Speaker 2 01:49:09
Here's what I can say. He always told me that Was that for me? Alexa stop That, It was a mistake on his part, or that he wished he did differently. And Then, I didn't have a choice, you know. What I was going to school, what I don't know how many different ways I could have done it. The only what I could have done differently is not get married when I did. Um, you know, but you know that was not a.
Speaker 2 01:49:51
But but the job I had kept changing my shifts. And so I would sign up for classes, go half a semester, And then they'd say, okay, Rod. Now we need you to, you know, do something that directly um interfered with classes. And it's like, okay, I can quit my job or quit school. And it happened like two or three times, and it's like screw, this is just too difficult. You know. And then uh, But I could have gone back to school afterwards.
Speaker 3 01:50:24
Was that like Jack in the Box?
Speaker 2 01:50:26
No, it was a company called Zycron. I only worked at Jack in the Box for six months. So.
Speaker 3 01:50:34
Guessing Zycron was like a shipping company?
Speaker 2 01:50:36
No, we made microfiche. Microfiche? Mhm.
Speaker 4 01:50:40
What about fiche? It's those things that swim. We made really, really small ones. That's like.
Speaker 2 01:50:52
Fish, You know, you go fishy. No, so what we do is fish is French for card. So it was a card; it was about this big and storage right well. Sometimes storage, but more of what was happening was we'd work for these really, really big companies. Um, And um it was cheaper for them to create microfiche because we put like two hundred and fifty pages on one card, right? So instead of you know running printers.
Speaker 2 01:51:44
All the time, right? I am printing all these this paper. We print fish, right? And and people would use them for everyday reports. Because back in that day, there weren't computers. ;, there were mainframes, like, you know, like a computer we used to make the fish was to here from the wall. And then to here.
Speaker 2 01:52:16
Oh, you know. And. So they didn't have in the old days when you know, like they call up and say, hey, can you tell me what my account is if you're a telephone company? They have to look through a paper report. Right? Let me look because there wasn't a let me type this in and see. Right? And so instead we have. 
Speaker 2 01:52:46
These peaches, They put them in like this because it was a lot cheaper to create the peach than it was to pay the paper. So, anyway, yeah. So at Jack in the Box, I made a dollar sixty five an hour. I know,
Speaker 5 01:53:06
I didn't even want to look at the dad. 
Speaker 2 01:53:08
And And. Then so when I went to work for Zaitron. When I started there, I was making two twenty five an hour. Now that that was a big difference, you know. So you were only making like twenty bucks a day, yeah? My allowance, i would give myself an allowance to splurge on whatever it was that I wanted. You know, if I wanted to buy something, it was a dollar a week.
Speaker 2 01:53:45
But they were like a lot cheaper back then. They were, but you know, so like a Jack in the Box hamburger was twenty five cents.
Speaker 4 01:53:58
A cheeseburger, I think, was twenty seven. You know.
Speaker 2 01:54:05
So but still one dollar sixty five. You know you couldn't afford to go spend a lot of money any place.
Speaker 3 01:54:19
Two fifty. I kind of started out at two twenty five.
Speaker 4 01:54:23
Yeah, yeah, and then I would say ten years. And by the time I left, I was making about forty eight thousand a year, which was a lot of money at that time.
Speaker 2 01:54:43
How much?
Speaker 4 01:54:43
Forty eight thousand.
Speaker 3 01:55:04
48, 000 divided by 365 equals about 131. 51. That's the answer.
Speaker 2 01:55:11
Well, let's do it a different way. How much? This would be one year. 27 plus 56? Yeah. 85? Yeah. Eighty three. Yeah, So so the answer would the question would be how much forty,
Speaker 3 01:55:34
Eight thousand dollars in nineteen eighty three is worth today? I I was trying to see more like the right.
Speaker 2 01:55:42
You still can't do it that way. You can't do it three hundred and sixty five, because you don't work three hundred and sixty five days a year. You know you you work. Twenty eighty hours a year. Twenty eighty, yeah, two thousand eighty hours a year.
Speaker 2 01:56:01
So, So what is the answer? How much is forty eight thousand in nineteen eighty three dollars today?
Speaker 3 01:56:13
Like so. What is forty eight thousand dollars in nineteen eighty three. 
Speaker 7 01:56:22
F orty- eight thousand dollars from nineteen eighty- three is worth about one hundred forty.- eight thousand thirty- nine dollars and twenty cents today. Would you like to learn about inflation rates between nineteen eighty- three and today?
Speaker 3 01:56:34
No. Yeah, so. All right, no problem.
Speaker 2 01:56:37
That's pretty good for a twenty- seven- year- old.
Speaker 3 01:56:40
Yeah. Dad, did you make that much when you were twenty- seven?
Speaker 2 01:56:45
Nope But. 
Speaker 4 01:56:48
But I got fired So You got fired, I got fired.
Speaker 2 01:56:55
I was really good at figuring stuff out. I still wasn't the greatest manager, and I didn't know anything about office politics, so I still had a lot to learn. What ten years?
Speaker 3 01:57:20
Did you get like promoted?
Speaker 2 01:57:22
Yeah, Yeah, yeah. I was in charge of Washington D. C. Virginia, and Maryland. What? Washington D. C. Virginia, and Maryland same thing? Well, not the same thing either. Three different t here is two states and a district, right washington. D c is that right? That was my. My territory, so I was in charge of those three states. You know, two states. So,
Speaker 3 01:58:11
Whenever I think of people being in charge of districts, I, just like to think about how if Dad had gotten the job where he saw Hawaii.
Speaker 3 01:58:22
In Hawaii, was. 
Speaker 2 01:58:26
That Total Warehouse? What that Total Warehouse position was it in Hawaii? One of their facilities. Oh, I remember you telling me. In Hawaii, yeah.
Speaker 4 01:59:14
So, The. 
Speaker 2 01:59:21
Key thing in life is as much as possible set yourself up for success. Right? Because otherwise, you know,
Speaker 4 01:59:32
The more choices you have, the more. You know,
Speaker 2 01:59:40
I don't know. I don't know how much you can control. Control your life, but you know, use the thought of controlling your life is a good thing. But you know, so because you make enough choices and you lose control of your life. And and you thought life was miserable when you had choices. ; when you don't have choices, it's going to be really bad.
Speaker 4 02:00:43
What time do you think we'll be heading back here? One- ish or two- ish or something like that.
Speaker 2 02:00:52
When you go to a party with the McLeishes, you go to a party with the McLeishes.
Speaker 3 02:00:57
For a long time. But. You're gonna be really bored for a long time. Trust me, I know. You're gonna be really what?
Speaker 2 02:01:09
Bored Oh!
Speaker 2 02:01:15
Wait, wait. Don't you get along with your cousins? They all have phones. They're all like. So, the ones that don't, you know, So Aaron's kids,
Speaker 3 02:01:28
They're all like falling over the kids who do have phones. 
Speaker 2 02:01:31
Are all like they'll be on video games most of the time. Geo's got a phone. Brody's got a phone.
Speaker 3 02:01:37
Catherine's got a phone.
Speaker 2 02:01:38
Catherine's got a phone.
Speaker 3 02:01:39
I mean that's like pretty much.
Speaker 2 02:01:46
Now, in South Carolina, you can't take kids' phones to school anymore. Does that they do anything like that here? So, Surbit does that. L A County is doing that. L A Unified School District, I mean, is starting that next year. OLU allows it.
Speaker 3 02:02:15
Yeah, a little like kids can play on their phones like in class. That's ridiculous. But like only after you like finish everything. Stupid. Right, So Jameson is playing online games like Jameson will play online games with Clash Royale with his uh theology teacher.
Speaker 2 02:02:32
Wait, say that again?
Speaker 3 02:02:33
Jameson, like you know Clash Royale? You can like play if you have like a person on your friend list, You can play them in like no time, and Jameson will play his theology teacher. In class, like after you take your test or something, yeah. Does he win? I mean, Jamison has uh no life when he was a uh so yeah. I. 
Speaker 4 02:03:04
Mean, he doesn't play the game anymore.
Speaker 2 02:03:53
So there is something new called Open Claw. Where it's essentially like this, you know, tech guy retired and came back and wrote, "He says I need an assistant, so I am going to create my own." And he's my assistant is going to live on my computer. If it's going to do everything that my computer, if it's going to live on my computer, then it can do everything. On my computer that I can do. And, you know, after he kind of messed around, you know, played with it a little bit. Eventually it's like. So he's got a texting him. It's just like hey Peter I. 
Speaker 2 02:04:53
You told me to get you a reservation on Open Table, but the listing was closed or something like that. So I, you know, or the I couldn't get in online. So I called them up and and got your reservation on that. And he goes, "I didn't program you to do that. How'd you do that?" And said, "Well, you know." You told me to figure this stuff out and so, I went and and I found a skill and I downloaded it to where I could get myself a voice. And then I went over here and I did this and I did that, and he did the other thing. And, uh then i called up Then. I looked up the restaurant phone number, and i called him up. And he's like, "It's pretty cool," you know. And so you know they're they're uh he's like, "You know, it's i am"
Speaker 2 02:05:55
I'm trying to figure out, like, you know, Because I honestly, I think that this will wipe out eighty percent of the apps on the phones. Um, they're just all be APIs and stuff like that because, you know here I am. I'm gonna what we're what we're doing is You know if it says, yeah, don't know how to do this. You know We talk it over, and we figure out how to do it. And then. Goes off and does it, and then it sends me a message. So, it can connect to all the different messaging apps and then sends me a message and goes, okay, here's where I'm at. Hold on. Okay. I see you there, so I know you want my attention, But you got to let me be able to finish my thought without interrupting me, okay?
Speaker 4 02:06:48
It's six o'clock.
Speaker 2 02:06:49
What? It's six o'clock.
Speaker 2 02:06:54
You done all your chores? You done all your chores? Yeah. So, all the chores are marked off except for kitchen.
Speaker 4 02:07:07
Uh, there might be one.
Speaker 2 02:07:08
And do you owe anybody time?
Speaker 4 02:07:10
No. I finished. No, you don't.
Speaker 4 02:07:24
Mm, that's what I'm looking for. What then, Eric?
Speaker 2 02:07:37
Put away Christmas lights. Oh,
Speaker 4 02:07:40
Let me go do those too.
Speaker 2 02:07:41
Take out kitchen trash, clean kitchen.
Speaker 4 02:07:43
Where do you want me to put them?
Speaker 2 02:07:44
Well, the Christmas lights you put them upstairs already didn't you? Oh yeah, I'm pretty sure. Yeah so that one's done. Okay and just.
Speaker 2 02:07:53
So why don't you mark that off since you did it. Whatever happened to checking the salt? Oh, and ball touches and reading. Did you do all that?
Speaker 4 02:08:13
No, I don't think I need to do it. I don't know homework today. Okay,
Speaker 2 02:08:18
Hold on. Hey hey hey hey! You no, but you keep on stepping in it, dude. It's taken away from your credibility. Right? If you're dad all the time, then they don't want to listen to you. Since last Sunday, so why isn't that showing up on your list today?
Speaker 4 02:08:48
It is. Hmm? It is.
Speaker 2 02:08:51
It's on your list? Yeah. So why are you telling me everything's done then?
Speaker 4 02:08:56
Because I forgot to mark them off.
Speaker 2 02:08:59
But you didn't do your ball touches, kiddo.
Speaker 4 02:09:01
Do I have to? Hmm?
Speaker 2 02:09:04
You haven't done them at all this week, so what are we going to do about that? Hey hey hey! What?
Speaker 2 02:09:22
You can work with me or you can fight me. But if you fight me, I can't let you in. Right? So what's our what's the remaining option? I gave you two options. You can fight me or you can. Okay, so work with me. What do we got?
Speaker 2 02:09:57
I want ball pitches. You want game.
Speaker 2 02:10:03
Matthew, Matthew, you're misunderstanding me. I'm saying let's make a deal. How can I get what you want, what I want and you get what you want?
Speaker 4 02:10:16
I could do it in one hour. Okay.
Speaker 2 02:10:23
So what happens if you don't do it?
Speaker 4 02:10:26
You could take away your. I started on one hour. And. 
Speaker 2 02:10:32
Do I have to remind you? No. So you'll take care of it. Yes. How are you going to do that? Okay, is this yours? Hey, hey.
Speaker 2 02:10:54
No, okay. You don't want to make a deal. You don't make a deal. I have one more condition. I need a beer in a glass.
Speaker 4 02:11:01
One more condition? No,
Speaker 2 02:11:03
Okay, okay, the beer upset you?
Speaker 4 02:11:16
You don't see what I'm trying to do?
Speaker 2 02:11:19
Tell me, son.
Speaker 2 02:11:23
Son, you're not in trouble. I care. Your friends are on right now and I'm delaying you, is that what you're saying? Yeah. Okay. I didn't know that they were on right now. Okay? So talk to me more and get mad at me less, And if I understand, then you've got much better options. But if you fight with me, I have to fight back. Okay? Okay. So set your timer, I'll take care of the beer. Did you set it? Um. Well, it's official, Eric. It's official. What?
Speaker 2 02:12:22
You're accepted. Hey, look. We're not there yet with Olu, but you at least want to get accepted, right? Yeah. You just that's we'll just call that not option one. Okay. But I could play two I could play one, I'm proud of you for that. Your. 
Speaker 4 02:12:59
Washer is done. Sweet.
Speaker 3 02:13:06
All right, now let's make another deal once he's done with this thing.
Speaker 4 02:13:22
Okay, nine.
Speaker 2 02:13:24
Ninety- two out of a hundred. Good job, dude. Yeah, that's what I figured. Zero out of five for iExcel one hour recommended chapter eight.
Speaker 4 02:13:42
I did that okay. 
Speaker 3 02:13:45
My dryer is done because I I did some skills, I was hoping to start on my recommendation list, and I thought they were, But I was wrong, because I thought like I would be like killing two birds with one stone. So if I did that, then I wouldn't have to tell the teacher that they weren't so called.
Speaker 4 02:14:26
She's not gonna be able to pass.
Speaker 2 02:14:30
Okay, look, I want to do. I am just whenever I hear like oh, I thought I or oh I, like those are the things that I want to make sure thatum.
Speaker 4 02:14:55
That we're fixing.
Speaker 4 02:16:03
I need you turn it down. It's probably too loud. Dad, can you turn it down? That's nice of you to think of others, though.
Speaker 2 02:16:14
So, but this guy basically says he's got, you know, uh this assistant like hooked up to everything. And even even like he's like yeah. So one day I told it to like watch my cameras for any intruders. And so, in the morning, he's like, "and I've been working on it with its you know personality too." But in the morning, it told me, "Hey Peter, I was really worried because it seemed like somebody was in your house all night. But I didn't alert you because he wasn't moving at all. But once the lights came back on, I could see that it was just a, you know silhouette of something else that or the coat on the chair made it look like somebody."
Speaker 2 02:17:02
And they weren't moving, you know. Um, I so I am interested in it because it seems like if you can really do everything that your computer can do, and my my biggest thing right now is. You know, and he said it's like you know all these. These, you know agents right now they're not actually that smart. You know, they do all these things, but they don't actually think. You know. Um. Whereas, mine thinks and mine's marketing this thing now or no it's open source. Oh. So, but he just released it open source, But it went from in like a day, you know, because first it was called Claude Bot. Um because.
Speaker 2 02:17:59
He was using Anthropic's Claude, and within twenty four hours of him releasing it, Anthropic's like changed the name now. And it was C L A W D right. And so, and he had called he had named it Multi, his his assistant's name. So he changed it to Multibot, and then he was like that's kind of ugly. So he changed it to Open Claw. Uh Open Claw yeah. And so. 
Speaker 2 02:18:29
And then he released it in like. Like twenty four hours, there was like. Sixty thousand pulls from GitHub, you know, and then. Um, I mean just kind of went off the charts. Um. So in fact. Uh Max um Apple's Mac Mini, sales have shot through the roof because. Um, everybody's buying the mini and putting it on that because it runs locally, so it'll stay local and you can have it essentially in the other room, you know. And you don't have to, you know, doesn't have to stay in the cloud. Um, but it can operate in the cloud if you let it. But, it also can be super dangerous if you just kind of like I mean because beauty about it is you are saying here is everything. You know. 
Speaker 2 02:19:29
So, if you are going to open it up, you got to be super careful about what you do with it. You know, so but my thoughts were.
Speaker 5 02:19:40
But you'd have to be able to connect this. 
Speaker 2 02:19:42
To Wi Fi or. To get messaging.
Speaker 2 02:19:49
Right, So it's not a matter necessarily of having internet access;. It's a matter of allowing it to do. You know how much?
Speaker 2 02:20:01
How open are you going to let it be? What's up, K- dawg? Dobby, Dobby. She's looking much better.
Speaker 4 02:20:19
Yeah. And she acts much better.
Speaker 1 02:20:31
Extra food and try to.
Speaker 2 02:20:36
Is this all due to the stomach 30? Yeah. Yes. Yeah.
Speaker 3 02:20:44
Quite the ordeal, but now I'm putting on more weight again here, Eat more food, that way you have more weight to lose, so that way you can get. So.
Speaker 2 02:21:04
What are we trying to prove wrong? And do you have power plants?
Speaker 2 02:21:17
What Is your uh hold on? Oh, wow, she's now she weighs one seven.
Speaker 2 02:21:30
So My my.
Speaker 2 02:21:33
I cannot tell a lie. Walked away to and I thought Ash was still in the back room. So, well, I think, you know, she came over here to kind of like she's like I miss you guys. And it's like my dad's, my dad just got in town, and Ash has a trip like that. And like father was all scared and she's like, that's okay. But I need to, you know, if we. I don't i i would have. 
Speaker 2 02:22:39
Puts this side. Because, you're a lot of energy and I'm, a lot of energy and she's and actually I'm a lot of energy. You just be like, see?
Speaker 2 02:23:07
You Want to hear my good news? For today.
Speaker 6 02:23:16
Mm. Yeah,
Speaker 2 02:23:24
That was that means you need to prompt that well. You need to like set that one up. Like, hey Jameson, what's it who is it who is it important for you to be here? You know? Well Eric. Yeah Oh okay. 
Speaker 2 02:23:51
Yeah, that was a dumb move on her part. Yeah.
Speaker 4 02:24:20
Oh, I'll check with her.
Speaker 2 02:24:28
I get you. Other if I didn't have that other factor, I would totally take someone else. You to hear something cool? No, not that. So, we got a call from uh Steritech today, and they said that Eric Darnier.
Speaker 2 02:24:56
And so she's like, we haven't received everything from you yet, but he's accepted. But let me uh I'll go talk to Ashlyn. I'll let you know. Alright. Yeah Well, I didn't I didn't She just guessed Well, She said, who are you talking to And I'm like nobody And she's like who is it? Wait, and and I think because. 
Speaker 2 02:25:28
And I think she heard she could hear you. And so, I was like, I cannot tell a lie and I walk away. Yeah, I did. Okay, let me check it out. I'll let you know. All right, thanks. No Fannies?
Speaker 2 02:25:59
She's like, I was gonna come over, but then I thought maybe I should check in just in case. And I said, "Oh, listen." Katie's here. And. I think that. So I will check with Ashley and But I'm. Not sure that today would be a good idea. So other than that, I'd say you guys play your games and come on over and it's fine. So, So but i'm going to talk to ashley, and she's like, well, don't tell her. I talked to you, she's like she'll figure it out.
Speaker 2 02:26:29
I have to ask. Don't want it. It's not I have to say no.
Speaker 1 02:26:35
I kind of just feel like with respect to Katie, she should not come over. Yes, I need to communicate that with her. No, I just feel like she feels rejected because she was trying to get like She even has power blank. What She even has power blank Oh. But.
Speaker 1 02:26:59
Katie hasn't been here in a while. The hard part is, is that like she wants to do life. With your family, yeah, and it's like. And this isn't a problem. Like I am just trying to be sensitive to all the parties here, like I want her to be. I want her to. I like I know Candace and Katie like each other and are patient because they like each other. But I haven't seen these people in a while, so need you go out there so, Cause she just sent at me Jameson's birthday invite and it's on Friday. It's actually really funny, but not like funny.
Speaker 2 02:27:43
She's afraid that Katie will feel unimportant if we don't set aside the time for her.
Speaker 1 02:27:49
Cause she likes swimming.
Speaker 1 02:27:60
I'm gonna come over. I'm gonna come over. And I'm like, and I love how much my friends love me. Right? Come here, you're ready.
Speaker 2 02:29:06
She Told me to ask you about North Carolina. What?
Speaker 4 02:29:55
She texted. 
Speaker 1 02:29:56
Me and she's like," Hey, I am just gonna drop up Eric. Is that okay?" And she's like," Boo." I am like," Girl Tase is coming over that day. Like that's the day Tase comes." And she goes," I want to see her." Right. And and then I was like. You are going to see her at Disneyland for a few minutes. And then she goes," Boo," you know? Like so I am like not giving her anything. You know? Right. And then, and she was like, But I want to see you outside of that. You know, and I am like. I said, I don't want to make any plans right now. That week is going to be so chaotic. Like, I just don't want to make any plans. Like it would be best to just let everything just be right. And then she's like, Well fine. I went to Knott's Berry Farm, though, you know and I am like And, then that's how that story goes.
Speaker 1 02:30:53
And a little dopamine brain got all charged up. Because it was like, I was like, well, fine. I hosted Jamison's birthday last year at my house. And I promised I won't have Maxberry Farm next year. She's like, you can't bring up past things that you did. And I said yes, I can and I'm taking my earthly heaven, my earthly jewels right now or my heavenly jewels right now. She's like, well, then fine, you're going to have to text Jamison and tell him, and i'm thinking, oh, this will be easy for him. Sorry. So i text, jamison like jamison. Are you? Are you down? And he's like, yeah. And I'm like, hey. Eric, you're coming to your birthday party. Um, I can't go. Like what what kind of compromise am I going to make here with you? Like how can I like what kind of deal let's make a deal. What do you want from me in order for me to make this right? He goes, You coming?
Speaker 1 02:31:49
And I'm like, where are you? Are you is your mom working? And he's not. It's just straight up him. Cause I then go look at three sixty and him, and Candace are not in the same place.
Speaker 2 02:31:60
But she could have texted him.
Speaker 1 02:32:01
No, he then sends me a screenshot of their phone messages. I'm like, she's calling you. And then he sends me that too. That's funny Oh, it gets even better because then I'm like.
Speaker 1 02:32:17
I'm like, Do you realize that if I if I can't it's gonna be like with everybody. I'm like, so he's just gonna be in town. He's like, well why can't you come? You know, and explain it. He's like, well then all of you guys should go. And I go. I'm like there's nothing I can do to make this right. And then he waits for like 20 minutes. Jim and Candace still are not in the same. Candace is just right at home. He goes. No!
Speaker 1 02:32:45
You can he goes only if I I'm okay with it only if I can go to South Carolina this summer. Like Candace is not even in the same room. I mean like he legit thought about that.
Speaker 2 02:33:04
Oh, that's stressful. Actually, yeah, is he online on the phone? I don't want to. 
Speaker 6 02:33:15
I'm Gonna go get a coke. I'll be right back. Oh, I was gonna,
Speaker 1 02:33:17
I'll get your coke. Um. Oh, hey Ashley. Yeah? Did you see all that mail?
Speaker 4 02:33:23
I've got. I don't know if they're. 
Speaker 2 02:33:33
Very good. This is not a request. Mhm- hmm So Ashley Anne's trying to get out of going to Jameson's birthday party. Um, wants to take Eric and you know, drop him off because Stacey's going to be in town and whatnot. So she's like, "and Candace is like, 'Hey, he's you know he wants you there.' And they're separate; they're not talking right. She's like, 'Yeah,' he's sending me screenshots." Candace and right? They're making a deal like because Ashlyn's like J ane—youk now—to Candace is like Jameson won't want me.
Speaker 2 02:34:14
You know, and Candace is like, "Yeah, you will." And so she's texting Jameson, and she can see she's tied into their like family app. So she can see that Candace is over there and Jameson's over there. So he's like, "No, I want you there." She's like, " T here is got to be some compromise we can make, so you can let me off the hook here," and so. He doesn't respond, and then finally he's like okay. I get to go to South Carolina with the boys. So. I told you in here because I didn't want Eric hearing that and going yeah, yeah. You know I don't know that I would have a huge problem with that here would be my thought process. It's like, okay.
Speaker 2 02:35:13
You know, let's say we do get the boat and they go out. Can I bring that up with her while you are here? Of course. Um, you know, I don't know what would change if Jameson was there. Can we still trust them? You know to to do stuff right. You know um I don't know the answer to that, you know, but right, no I think you have to consider that stuff. But again, I am not. I am just kind of going. Obviously, no, no I think it's. You know, The boys have talked about it enough in a light that I've said you have, and that's but that's also why I didn't want to. It's also why I am prefacing it because. 
Speaker 1 02:36:08
Yeah, No, no, I get it. And that would be fine. We have seen so it was taken away from that.

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