Almost Brothers Podcast
Whats up whats up whats up.. welcome to your new favorite podcast. Join your hosts Michael, Richard, and Tyler as we discuss God, church, life, and the journey through this crazy world. Get away from the stresses of life with this podcast. We will be hitting on various topics from sports, to life with Christ.
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Almost Brothers Podcast
Expect Less, Communicate More, Love Better
Ever notice how fast resentment grows when expectations stay unspoken? We dig into the subtle ways unrealistic demands creep into marriages, friendships, and teams—then show how to reset the rules with clarity, kindness, and zero drama. From punctuality clashes to perfectionism on worship teams, from job descriptions that quietly expand to family roles that change with newborns, we break down the moments where good intentions derail because no one said what they truly needed.
You’ll hear how we’ve learned to match expectations to real capacity, not idealized versions of people. We talk about building a simple culture of “show up on time, be prepared, communicate early” and why flexibility matters when life gets loud. Tyler joins by phone between newborn feedings to share how leading a growing team means adapting to seasons, protecting well-being, and keeping worship joyful instead of stressful. We also get practical with scripts you can borrow: how to set boundaries without sounding like you’re issuing ultimatums, how to negotiate responsibilities at home when work and health shift, and how to create clear agreements with kids that actually stick.
If you’ve been feeling stretched thin by moving goalposts at work, or hurt when a friend can’t meet your pace, this conversation offers a reset. Expect less guessing and more trust. Expect fewer blowups and more honest tradeoffs. And expect to leave with language you can use today to make your relationships sturdier and your teams saner. If this resonates, follow the show, share it with someone who needs a nudge toward clarity, and leave a quick review to help others find us. What expectation will you reset this week?
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You ever feel like you have a booger in your nose and it's just like a phantom?
SPEAKER_00:That's a weird way to just open up. I don't know.
SPEAKER_02:Like a phantom feeling.
SPEAKER_00:Phantom booger?
SPEAKER_02:Yeah.
SPEAKER_00:No, Mike.
SPEAKER_02:Yeah, me neither. You ever have to like play it off like you're not getting it out?
SPEAKER_00:Yeah, you're like scratching your nose, like snin. My sinuses are messed up. Act like you got a cough. Like, uh. Yeah. No, I don't do that either.
SPEAKER_02:And it's it's part of life, you know. Yeah, yeah. Yeah, I mean, yeah. Me neither on that. I'd never do that. Never, ever. But yeah, just, you know, just part of life, man.
SPEAKER_00:Boogers are part of life. You know what I'm saying? I need to make out a bumper sticker.
SPEAKER_02:Write that down. Write that down. What's up, what's up, what's up, what's up, what's up, what's up, everybody. Welcome back to a brand new episode of the Almost Brothers podcast with me, as always. I say as always, sometimes, you know, it's different, but Richie Rich.
SPEAKER_00:Hey, how's it going?
SPEAKER_02:How's it going, man?
SPEAKER_00:It is it's good. It it's it's all right.
SPEAKER_02:Life's a booger. Pick it. Oh, that's funny. And we're gonna be calling Tyler here in a few minutes. Oh, ta-ta. Excited about that. They got the babies home with them. Yeah, nice and safe and sound and cuddly waddly. I I didn't want to to put this out there. I don't want to make you feel uh peanut butter and jealous.
SPEAKER_00:But you got to see them, didn't you?
SPEAKER_02:We did.
SPEAKER_00:You're a horrible person.
SPEAKER_02:We did. We were uh trick-or-treating, yeah. So um I said, hey man, are you you know you at home? He's like, yeah. He's like, me and the babies are here, and hey, we're gonna stop by, so we got to go stop by. How are you just gonna invite yourself over like that? At least see him, and you know, well, it's I wanted his him to see his god kids on you know. Whatever. Oh, that's all you. I was about to say Thanksgiving. That's all the wrong, wrong thing. So yeah, so we get to whatever. Oh the kids said they look like AI because they're like just perfect. Yep. So congratulations, Tyler and Liv. I'm I'm so stoked for them. Yeah, new members to the family. It's beautiful, beautiful thing.
SPEAKER_00:I can see Tyler Liv making beautiful.
SPEAKER_02:Oh, it's a beautiful thing. Beautiful thing, man.
SPEAKER_00:Beautiful humans.
SPEAKER_02:But on today's episode, we are not talking about AI babies. We are not talking about boogers.
SPEAKER_00:Although we start.
SPEAKER_02:Yeah, I guess so. We are talking about unrealistic expectations. So expectations set above ability. Yeah. And how it's so easy to do. Expect out of someone something they're not even capable of doing, and now we get upset at them when we should be upset at ourselves.
SPEAKER_00:Yeah.
SPEAKER_02:Uh-oh. Yeah. Man, this is you ever expect, because this is my problem. You ever expect something out of someone that you expect out of yourself? So, like you're you're you're at a certain level in a certain area of your life, because we all have good things that we're good at and bad things that we're bad at, you know, but uh you expect out of them a level that you yourself can reach, but they're not capable of doing that.
SPEAKER_00:Well, and it's at the risk of bringing this up again with punctuality and with being on time. I am a punctual person, so I expect other people to do that, and then not everybody lives on my timetable. Yeah. You know, it's it's it's an unrealistic expectation to expect the entire world to be punctual as I am.
SPEAKER_02:Yeah. So and I had so when Tyler first came along as our our worship leader at at the church in Malden, and and we talked about like practices and and you know when we could do it and what time we could do it and how long it needed to go and all these things. And and he is very, he's kind of like that with with how you are with time. He was like that with trying to perfect and do the best he can. Yeah. So he would he would get flustered and frustrated when like maybe we had to cancel practice or so-and-so couldn't be there, or so-and-so couldn't be there. And I'm like, dude, you gotta understand, not everybody has the same thing going on in their life as you do.
SPEAKER_00:Right.
SPEAKER_02:People have kids, people have ball games, you know, uh people have a lot of different moving parts than you got. You may be able to show up on a Tuesday at this time and stay till the you can't expect that out of other people.
SPEAKER_00:We we get because of our the size of our family, we get that a lot. You know, there are things that people, you know, just picking up and going to dinner with with somebody, you know, as a as a as a family. It's it's not just doing that. It I mean, with our size family, it's something we have to budget for. Right.
SPEAKER_02:You gotta I need to know ahead of time.
SPEAKER_00:Yeah, it's a hundred dollar bill anytime we go anywhere to eat. So I mean, it's not something that everybody can just do.
SPEAKER_02:Yeah. Like I need and it it it's just looking at the lens through the other person's eyes. Right. Like it's it's I say that easy, but it's not, it's not an easy thing. But doing that and and just looking and and going, hey, I'm going to I'm gonna focus on maybe what they're feeling, what they're going through, what they've got going on before I expect this out of them. So I can now see, okay, you can give me this level, I need to match my expectation to the level that you can give me, and not the level I think you should give me.
SPEAKER_00:And it and that comes with communication, you know, both parties communicating, number one, what the expectation is, and number two, what the ability is. If I can't meet your expectation, I need to come to you and be like, look, yeah, we gotta we gotta meet in the middle somewhere. I can't do what you want me to do.
SPEAKER_02:That's good. Yeah, yeah, just the communicate. Yeah, the the communication, that is so good. Because you you never think about that either. It's it's you get upset at that person for expecting something out of you instead of instead of articulating that going, hey, look, I can't give you what you're asking. Nothing wrong with what you're asking. That's awesome. If that's what you need, I just can't give that to you. You know, admitting that I've I've got this ability, this is what I can give you, and that's it. And and it that gets hard sometimes.
SPEAKER_00:Yeah, and it it happens a lot with employers and employees in a uh interview situation, you know, it when they're not forthwith about the job. Yeah. You know, you you interview for a job and they say, Okay, your duties are ABC, and then you get in there and it's like, oh, by the way, we need you to do all this other stuff.
SPEAKER_01:Yep.
SPEAKER_00:That's not what we discussed. Yeah. Now you want me to do all this for the same pay, but I'm the person that's in the wrong when I quit.
SPEAKER_02:Yeah, or when I can't do what you're asking me to do. Well, if you can't do it, you need to find I got this job right, and you didn't ask me to do that. Yeah, I've been at a job before. Hey, this is the hours we work. We work Monday through Thursday, six to five. And then you get in there. Oh, and we also work Friday. Oh, and we also need you to stay till six. Oh, and we also need you to come in every now and then on this. It's like, all right. Well, wait, y'all told me well, if you don't like it, quit.
SPEAKER_00:Right.
SPEAKER_02:What a good company. Yeah, that's a that's a way to run a company right there. That's a good, and it's like, so you're not forthcoming with what you want, what you need. And I wonder how many times we do this in relationships. We're just not straightforward with, hey, I wonder how many marriages get to that to where now you're arguing about things that you just up front or any time in your relationship, you know, say, hey, here's what I here's what I expect out of you, what do you expect out of me?
SPEAKER_00:Or when expectations change over the course of your marriage, you know, it's we got a lot of kids, blah, blah, blah. So so our expectations have fluctuated a lot throughout our marriage, you know. It's and and with her working and me not, you know, if if for the majority of our older kids' life when they were younger, she was a stay-at-home mom. Well, now nobody can afford to be a stay-at-home mom, so she works. Yeah, so now it's a different level of expectation that she has for me and I have for her in that relationship. Yeah, just maintaining our household, doing laundry, dishes, whatever. Communicating that. Hey, this is what I need from you. That I need you to pitch in, I need you to do this stuff, and vice versa. I need you to understand that I'm doing all I can do here. I'm I'm, you know, you have to be understanding also.
SPEAKER_02:Yeah, and even with your kids, you know, putting that forward for them is going, hey, here's what we expect out of you. Right. You know, you you you go to school, you need to bring home good grades, you do chores, then here's what you get. Here's what now you can expect out of us. Right. You do these things, you meet these expectations, here's what you get in return. Right. So if you now do these things and I'm not meeting what my part of the bargain was, now you could come to me and go, Well, Dad, you said if I do this, this, and this, you're gonna do this. So now you understand that from the jump. Here's what you do, here's what I do, now we know going in. Right. And why do we feel like it's an attack to to say that?
SPEAKER_00:Oh, we definitely do. Yeah.
SPEAKER_02:Oh, well, you just gonna tell me what to no, but uh you need to know what I'm wanting from you, and vice versa. And we feel like we're gett we get attacked when someone clearly draws a line in the sand going, here's what I need. Right. It's like, oh my gosh, who do you think you are? Like, I'm just somebody trying not to get hurt.
SPEAKER_00:It's the word ultimatum. I hate it. I hate the word because it it it sounds like something that's negative. Right. And it's not right. It's this is what has to happen for us to move forward. Yep. It's not something where I'm saying, I'm out if it doesn't happen. This is what I expect from you. Yep. If you can't give me that, then what do you expect me to do? Yeah.
SPEAKER_02:And and we'll accept it in all these aspects of our life except for relationships. Yep.
SPEAKER_00:Yep.
SPEAKER_02:Your car has an automatic. If you don't put gas in it by a certain time, this is not gonna work anymore.
SPEAKER_00:Yep. It it's yeah.
SPEAKER_02:Every job, if you're not here at this certain time and stay till this certain time, right, then you can't work here. Right. It's in every except for relationships. Now then it's oh, you're being pushy or you're being controlling. It's like, no, in everything that we do, there are expectations that come with it. If you don't know what that is, it's hard to meet those.
SPEAKER_00:Right.
SPEAKER_02:If you don't clearly articulate those, it's hard to expect the person to meet those. So I think we all need to do a better job at that, going, hey man, look, here's what, and it's dating relationships, it's marriage, it's kids, it's being a parent, it's friendships, it's all these different things. Hey, here's what here's what the expectation, let's lay it out. Yeah, if you can't reach it, say I can't reach it.
SPEAKER_00:No hard feelings, cool. You know, move forward. And people are so terrified of confrontation. Yeah. Like, well, I don't want to say anything. It might start something. Yeah. Yeah, it will. It inevitably will start something. Whether it's good or bad is is yet to be seen, but it's gonna start something.
SPEAKER_02:Yeah. Well, and it's gonna happen anyway if you don't articulate that. You're gonna get mad because they're not meeting what you need them to meet. So it's like, either way, you're gonna it's gonna come to a head. You'd much rather do that on the front side than the backside.
SPEAKER_00:And on your terms, yes, where it's not a blow-up situation where you can calmly talk about this stuff and and really get to the bottom of what's going on.
SPEAKER_02:Yep, absolutely, man. Well, I'm gonna call Tyler because I want to I want him to join in this conversation, and I fully expect him to answer.
SPEAKER_00:So I expect to hear crying babies.
SPEAKER_02:If he doesn't answer, I'll tell you what.
SPEAKER_03:Yo.
SPEAKER_02:That one word that there it is, that one word thing. What's up, what's up, what's up, what's up, what's up, what's up, Tyler. Welcome to the Almost Brothers podcast. He's back, ladies and gentlemen. All right. Well, kind of. Through telephone version. Ty Tai, how's it going, man? Oh, it's going. How are them new freshborn babies? They're uh they're good, they're a pain in the butt. Just eat, sleep, and poop.
SPEAKER_00:Hey, the good news is they don't get any better.
SPEAKER_03:Glad to hear.
SPEAKER_02:Glad to hear. Thanks for the support. Appreciate it.
SPEAKER_03:How's Liv doing? She's still feeling tricky. Yeah. Yep, yep. So we're hoping that's just kind of hormonal and just you know, everything's kind of just taking a toll on her.
SPEAKER_01:Yeah.
SPEAKER_03:Hopefully it'll just subside with time.
SPEAKER_02:Hope so. Heck yeah, man. So we are talking about unrealistic expectations. When our expectations exceed the ability of the other person, and how it's so easy to do in relationships when you expect out of someone something that they can't give.
SPEAKER_03:You want to see one.
SPEAKER_02:No, you're good.
SPEAKER_03:Do it.
SPEAKER_02:I promise I'm gonna get a button that says do it, do it. Or Europe. But yeah, and I I you know, and I I told the story about, you know, when me, when me and you were trying to figure out like a good day to do praise and worship and a good time and all that, and and and seeing you understand that that everybody has different things going on, you know, than than each other. So sometimes you have to move and be flexible and all that with your expectations from person to person. Yeah. Did you do do you find that being something now that you you you you've got a bigger praise and worship team and you've got a lot more moving parts, you find that something that that is is really valuable and understanding, like, man, I we have expectations, but it can move and change and and and and be a little bit different from person to person.
SPEAKER_03:Very much so. Um because I have you know talking with you know, having having past conversations with you and then uh some of our pastors here. Um you know really kind of just laying down a foundation of just kind of a very simple kind of what you know we expect. And it's super basic, you know, show off on time. Be prepared. And if you can't do either of those, just communicate.
SPEAKER_02:Yes, yes.
SPEAKER_00:That was basically what we were talking about in a nutshell.
SPEAKER_02:Yeah, yeah, just being able to to to look at yourself and go, hey, uh this is great. You laid out the expectation. I don't think I can reach that. And being adult enough to say that.
SPEAKER_03:Right. Yeah. Yeah, and I've told I've told everyone on my team, you know, um it's you know like uh well one of our our teams, uh she's real volleyball season won't be over, but she was real busy with volleyball the last couple months, and she was kind of really stressed out because she wants to be on the team, and she doesn't have a lot of time in practice, and okay. You're gonna be busy, especially when you're playing sports at the season. Take the time. Yeah, I won't take you off the team just because you want to focus on something else. Like you can take a season.
SPEAKER_02:Yeah, that's good. Yeah, absolutely. And and and that that that I I guarantee that meant so much to her is hearing hearing that, like that that hey, we're gonna support you and we're gonna be here for you. And it's okay to to step back for a little bit and to to reevaluate and then come back later. That that it's good to have that support system to let you know that as opposed to, well, if you can't do it, you just need to not do it.
SPEAKER_00:Right.
SPEAKER_02:Yeah.
SPEAKER_03:That's that's that's what I told uh uh my team too, is you know, especially when it gets to a point where what we do, you know, on Wednesday and Sunday is starting to become stressful and not fun and and all that. And need to be revalued. We can figure that out. But it's um you know obviously what we do is important, but not at the expense of you know being able to worship during service and enjoy service and just have fun really. Yes. Um if if if none of that's happening, we need to evaluate what's wrong. That's good, man.
SPEAKER_02:Have you ever have you ever got in that uh in like a relationship or a friendship where where it's like, hey, look, we need to we need to draw some lines of expectation for each other because it seems like you're expecting out of me something I can't give.
SPEAKER_03:Um I mean there's been a few friendships that you know kind of traffic have happened. I'm like okay, I'm I'm I'm just gonna really order the firefighter. Like uh we can't always you know we can we can't talk on the phone a few times a week. Um with his schedule. We can't always it's been I think it's been a week since we talked on the phone. Yeah. It's fine. I'll call me back when it's free.
SPEAKER_02:Right. Yeah. And and that's good to be self-aware to know that, like, hey, they've got some other because it feels like especially in in the world we live in now, it's so easy to get upset and and offended when someone doesn't reach that level that we think they should. And it's like just maybe just give them a little bit of a break and and see the world through their eyes. Maybe they've got stuff going on.
SPEAKER_03:Yeah. Yeah. And like um and it's and it's just communication on both ends, like you know, when we have the stuff going on with Ezra being in the Nick U and TriCall. Uh with the voicemail is busy. I'm really talking right now. Um, but we just can't call you back when we're calling, but you know, you know what's going on. Yeah, we kind of we we kind of have that mutual understanding with each other and that's yeah. Yeah, we'll come through contacts, but you know, unfortunately he can't, you know, be at my back and call at that moment. Right, right, yeah. And that's so good.
SPEAKER_00:I've had people like that before that you know, they'll call and I'll be working or whatever, and they would legitimately get mad, like, dude, you didn't answer my phone call. I called you twice today, and like, yeah, I'm at work. Like, what do you I can't just pick up the phone whenever you call, and that's it's understanding each other, you know, eat each other's schedules are are different and varied, and you just have to you have to give that level of grace to to understand that well it's about knowing each other's heart too, you know, knowing that person and knowing that if they could be there, they would.
SPEAKER_02:Yeah. And and we talked about also, especially for y'all, you know, you got two newborns, so your expectations for each other and for your marriage and just for life in general is is changing and shifting. So the expectations you had for each other and and like I mean, even your day-to-day, what you expect throughout your day, is now changing, you know. So that's something too being able to pivot in life and and now go, okay, now this is gonna look different than it always has.
SPEAKER_03:That's true. Yeah, but I know she not feel great. Right. I'm not gonna expect her to do a whole lot right now. Right. Yeah, wouldn't want her to stress her out even more. That's good, man. That's all we got.
SPEAKER_02:Heck yeah. Well, we're gonna go ahead and and and go into that's what's up for this week. We want to know what what's been up in y'all's lives outside of the the newborns. You see, you got any new movies, any new music, anything like that that you've got going on.
SPEAKER_00:There is none of that anymore. That's it. You're you don't get new stuff. You're done. No, go ahead.
SPEAKER_03:So um while we were while we were in the hospital, we watched a documentary on Netflix called The Perfect Neighbor.
SPEAKER_02:Oh, I I I haven't watched it, but I've I've got it on my list. Is it was it good?
unknown:Wild.
SPEAKER_03:Really? It's wild. And then um known. I think it was the control that was being fiberboard for unknown number for like two years. Oh, that's worth it. That's cool. And it you you would not get kind of how that how that plays out.
SPEAKER_02:I think I know this story. I think I've heard I haven't I haven't seen the documentary or anything, but I think I know the story of who it is, of who it ends up being. Yeah. It's wild. It is truly wild. Okay, I like it, man. Working on any new music? No. Nope. Nope. It's hard to do in a hospital room, man. Yeah, that's yeah.
SPEAKER_00:Tyler's like, I made babies, dude. What do you want? Like, dang, it's a perfect song right here.
SPEAKER_02:Like that's funny. I told I I told Richard, I said, I don't I don't want to brag or anything, but we may have stopped by and you know, got to get to see the little babys. That's a bunch of crap. It's like we were trick-or-treating. I had to take his his godchildren over there to see them. So yeah, man. Well, man, we sure miss you and love you so much, and we're gonna we're gonna talk about ours, so you get to sit and and listen to our that's what's up. So, Richard, what you got on in your that's what's up?
SPEAKER_00:Uh yeah, um waiting on the third cyber dream book. I gotta wait on a credit on Audible to get it. So the 15th I'll get that and I'll be able to start the third book. It's a pretty good series. Um and so they made a spin, you know the show Fire Country?
SPEAKER_02:Yes.
SPEAKER_00:So they made a spin-off now. It's called Sheriff Country. It's the obviously the sheriff from the fire country is is is Yeah, because they fought like wildfires, right? Yeah, well, yeah, it's a fire department. Yeah, and it it's we've a few episodes in, it's really, really good. And uh yeah, that's about what we got going on, man.
SPEAKER_02:Nice. I am chomping at the bit. Stranger Things season five comes out in a matter of days or weeks, however you want to judge it.
SPEAKER_00:But it is both can be the same. You mean however you want to count it, however you want to count it, right?
SPEAKER_02:And I am so, so pumped for it. So pumped for it. Um that's really we we haven't watched any new movies lately. You know, now Halloween's past, now it's we're kind of transitioning into Christmas movies and and stuff like that. So uh we'll start watching that here pretty soon. Um what did we watch last night? Oh, I love you, man. Oh I love you, man. So good. So funny. Slapping to base. Oh my gosh, it's so funny. So we watched that and uh we were just laughing at the movie. Yeah, it's really good. Um, no new music, been playing some uh Persona 5, got back into that, so I got to pick it up again. I've been playing that, and then me and the kids started playing together. We started playing Animal Crossing.
SPEAKER_01:Cool.
SPEAKER_02:Yeah, so uh I knew Sissy would really like it, and then I found out Bubby likes it, so we're all three gonna create our islands and kind of hang out. Never played that game. It's really fun, it's really relaxing. It's like it's not a super chill. Yes, it's you just you're on the island, you're building your house, you're farming, you're doing stuff like that, and you could visit each other's islands. Yeah. So me and the kids are creating our our stuff.
SPEAKER_00:So I had a I had another thing. They they canceled two of our shows.
SPEAKER_02:Uh-oh.
SPEAKER_00:Yeah. Yeah, they canceled alert and found.
SPEAKER_02:Get better shows.
SPEAKER_00:I mean, they can't all be one tree hill.
SPEAKER_02:Oh, that's right. That's right. We are, oh, we are. So I I told y'all we're watching that with Jay and Mom. So he is now on season three of One Tree Hill, and he was freaking out the other day. Yeah, he he is in.
SPEAKER_01:He's like, that is such a good show.
SPEAKER_02:Mom's like, okay, we gotta go. And he's like, oh, why are you gonna do this to me? Yeah, so it's it's it's really cool. It's really cool to kind of be going through him, through it with it with him. So it's pretty neat, man. Pretty neat.
SPEAKER_00:It's always awesome to share something with somebody. They enjoy it as much as you do.
SPEAKER_02:Oh, I love it, man. Especially, you know, because growing up, that was my thing, man. Games and and and movies and shows like TV. That was my thing. So that's how I enjoy spending time with my family and friends. So uh it's really, really good. It's how you show your love. That's your love language. That is, it really is. What's your love language? TV and uh video games, so there's that. Yep. Well, Ty Tai Man, we sure love you, Bubba. Can't wait to have you back in studio. We love you. Kiss those babies for us. We're not allowed to, so you got Liv here if you want to.
SPEAKER_00:Yes, what's up, Livels? Lifels, what can she hear me?
SPEAKER_02:Yes. Hey, Liv. Love you.
SPEAKER_01:Love y'all.
SPEAKER_02:I love you. We she can fight all she wants. I love you more than Jamie does. Okay. You heard it. You heard it here first. She's not here on the podcast to talk to you. We had a we had a challenge the other. It was like, it was like a few days ago. And it was right after we talked to Tyler. And and I think it was when you, it was the first day, you know, that you went back to the hospital, and we're like, okay, we're both gonna call, and whoever she picks up, she loves more. So I think we both called, and you didn't answer neither one of them. It's like, well, we we figured she's asleep or something, you know. But she don't love either one of you. She was on the phone with me. We were arguing afterwards, like she'd have picked up mine if she was awake. Like, yeah, how you feeling?
SPEAKER_03:I'm feeling all right.
SPEAKER_02:All right, there you go. You loving on them babies?
SPEAKER_03:Oh, yeah.
SPEAKER_02:Oh, it's so crazy. She's got Esther right now on her on her chest.
SPEAKER_00:Oh Mike wants a baby, really.
SPEAKER_02:That's what I told Jay. I was like, we can adopt. Like, come on. Yeah, that's man, it's so awesome. And and like we say, congratulations to y'all and congratulations to all of us because they're part of our family too. So it's just, man, it's so awesome. So, so awesome. I know it's been glad you're home. That's right. I know it's been stressful and crazy, but um, it it it's awesome. It's awesome to to be able to be a part of it and be able to battle with y'all, you know, through all this. It's pretty pretty awesome. And I guess your catch. And I guess your husband's okay. So you got that.
SPEAKER_03:That one was very long.
SPEAKER_02:Come on, hiccup.
SPEAKER_03:I just I guess she's done. She can hiccup with her hiccups. As soon as he moved the phone away, she hiccuped again.
SPEAKER_02:Oh, that's funny. Well, we sure love y'all so much, and and uh we we will talk to y'all later. All right, all right, love you so much. All right, love you bye. All right, all right, bye-bye.
SPEAKER_00:That's an awesome couple of people right there. They're just great.
SPEAKER_02:They really are. I'm so happy for them. Yeah. So happy for them, man.
SPEAKER_00:It's been a long journey. I mean, they've been in a lot of heartbreak and a lot of a lot of lot.
SPEAKER_02:Yeah.
SPEAKER_00:You got anything else on your heart, man? No, man, I'm tapped.
SPEAKER_02:Nothing on your heart. Any boogers in your nose or
