Two Out of Three Ain't Bad

Norah and Dad (and the rest of the family) are about to embark on an exchange student experience. We share the details. We also talk about our recent weekend in Philly visiting the grandparents, which involved lots of eating at the Reading Terminal Market and Jay's Steak and Hoagie Joint (big props for the excellent gluten free cheesesteaks).

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Transcript

Norah 0:01

Hey Nora.

Dad 0:02

Hey Nora,

Norah 0:03

Hey dad. Do you know

Dad 0:06

do you know why I don't like German sausages?

Norah 0:11

Because they're

Dad 0:12

Cuz they're the worst.

Norah 0:17

Okay.

Dad 0:18

How did, how did that

Norah 0:19

one of your better ones.

Dad 0:21

did, how did one of my better ones? I thought so too. Did you see there was a.

Norah 0:28

that said

Dad 0:29

said that, um, that dad jokes, uh, help kids develop into healthy

Norah 0:35

sent it to me. Yeah, I know.

Dad 0:38

Yeah, I know. Did you see that though? Did, did, did you read

Norah 0:40

read it, but I saw it. That,

Dad 0:43

that, um,

Norah 0:44

fathers

Dad 0:45

fathers, this is what the study concluded, that fathers who embarrassed their children with unfunny jokes teaches'em how to overcome awkwardness and show your children that embarrassment isn't fat.

Norah 0:57

you definitely,

Dad 0:58

How do you like that?

Norah 1:00

yeah,

Dad 1:04

How you like them apples?

Norah 1:05

don't know, what are we, uh,

Dad 1:09

are we, um, what are we gonna talk about this week?

Norah 1:11

about exchange students. Welcome back to the

Dad 1:27

Welcome back to the Nora and Dad Show. Uh, it's been a bit since we recorded because, uh, why has it been a bit, since we recorded, um, a new episode? I guess we stink and aren't as reliable as we thought.

Norah 1:41

Yeah,

Dad 1:41

to be, but,

Norah 1:42

But I guess

Dad 1:43

but I guess since this is free and no one's paying us to do this, I guess at the end of the day, you know what the heck we're gonna record when we, when we wanna record and bring you new episodes when we have something to say. So, and this week we have something to say. Um, welcome back to the Nor and Dad show. I am as always, uh, dad and I am here with, uh, the lovely and talented. What's happening, Nora?

Norah 2:10

much. It is spring break. I am happy.

Dad 2:14

Yeah. How's your, how's your, how's your spring break going? You, you're blessed with not just one week of spring break, but two weeks of spring break every single year. They give you two weeks off for spring break, which is crazy unheard of.

Norah 2:28

I'm okay with it. You're okay

Dad 2:31

you're okay with the spring, with the two weeks of spring break.

Norah 2:34

though in comparison to other schools. I think. I guess

Dad 2:39

I guess so this, this year is kind of a boring spring break

Norah 2:43

we went to Philly.

Dad 2:44

gr gr Well, yeah, we don't have grand vacation planned because we're doing our grand vacation when school's out in June, um, for Portugal. But, um, uh, but yeah, we, we did just return from Philadelphia, which was a nice, which was a nice.

Norah 3:00

It was, it was great. Yeah. Not a

Dad 3:03

Yeah. Not a super long visit with the grand per, with the grandparents. Um, but we crammed a lot in, in, in like two

Norah 3:11

did. We,

Dad 3:13

We, what did we do? We went down to the Redding terminal market to get, um,

Norah 3:19

get

Dad 3:20

uh, to get food primarily for your brother because he's gluten-free and they have this stall there with the gluten-free corn dogs and funnel cakes that he really can't get anywhere else. And so he was very, very, very happy,

Norah 3:35

I was happy with my meal too. Your lobster,

Dad 3:39

your lobster mac and cheese.

Norah 3:40

Mac and cheese. Yeah, I have a Turkey

Dad 3:42

Yeah, I had a Turkey sandwich. That was fantastic. You accidentally fructose yourself.

Norah 3:48

Yeah, it's okay. Uh, bass ice

Dad 3:51

uh, Bassett's ice cream, which is really like super, it's like the, the original like craft ice cream in the us Like it's, before there was Mitchell's or Jenny's or any of the other like super craft ice cream places, there's was Bassett's that's been around like forever. Um, and who would've thought that they would put high fructose corn syrup in their ice cream? But you fructose

Norah 4:15

Yeah. Yeah. So, and then,

Dad 4:19

and then

Norah 4:21

yeah, that was Friday

Dad 4:22

Friday and then Saturday your mom and I took a ride in the very damp and cold rain to go watch your cousin, uh, Robbie, who's at the Naval Academy, um, Roe, he's on the rowing team. And, uh, we went up to Princeton to watch him row. Um, you hung back, uh, with grandma and grandpa and then. Um, the gluten-free food Fest continued with, um, with cheesecakes on, uh, Saturday night with, from a place in, uh, not far from grandma and grandpa in Langhorn, pa. Um, I think it was called, I think it was called Jay's. Does that sound right?

Norah 5:00

uh, yeah, it was Jay's joint. Yeah, Jay's,

Dad 5:05

yeah. Jay's like Jay's joint steak and Hogans that not only has gluten-free cheese steaks, but I think they have like a, an entire separate.

Norah 5:13

like an entire

Dad 5:14

an entire separate gluten-free kitchen that does, uh, everything on the menu. You pretty much was gluten-free for the most part. And, um, they had this enormous, like gluten-free pretzel roll. It must, it must have been an 18 inch, it must have been

Norah 5:28

It was huge.

Dad 5:29

But your, your, your brother, he ate the whole thing and he was in an absolute glory. So, uh, big, uh, I'll, I'll drop a link in the, um, in the, In the show notes to Jays, but it was, I, I had a full gluten cheese steak and it was also really, really good. So if you're in the Bucks County PA area or find yourself passing through, uh, I give Jays uh, two big, two big thumbs up. Your brother gave it two, two really big thumbs up.

Norah 5:58

their wings are really good too.

Dad 5:59

to Jays. We.

Norah 6:00

Yeah. Yeah.

Dad 6:01

Yeah. Yeah. Kudos DJs. We appreciate you. Your wings look good. The fries were, I mean, nothing there was, I mean, it wasn't, it wasn't what I would call healthy food.

Norah 6:11

They had, their salad was good.

Dad 6:12

and, uh, your, your brother hasn't eaten in two days since I don't think he's been super hungry. after he stuffed himself with that giant sandwich. Uh, but yeah, but we were, the, the food was, I, I, no, no complaints. Big, big thumbs up. Uh, big thumbs up to Jay, so I have to call and find out where they get those gluten-free pretzel rolls from. We're not, if anyone knows, send us an email, um, at, uh, uh, noran dad show gmail.com. But, um, we, um, Would love to find out where they get those pretzel rolls from and either buy them off of them or have them shipped to us or something. Cuz they were, I tried it, it was really, really good. Would not have known, it was not have known it was gluten-free. So like most trips into Philly, it revolved around food. Um, I got to take grandpa. I got to take grandpa to his radiation. That was really cool. I mean, for him it was a cool experience for me, not for him, cuz he had to go through radiation, but, um, a, a cool experience for me to get to take him, um, and Tamara's his last treatment. So, uh, I know they listened. So, um, yay Grandpa, we love you and we're glad that your treatments, um, are over and I'm glad that I got to at least, uh, have the experience of taking him to one of

Norah 7:24

and I got to go prom dress shopping with. So when you came

Dad 7:28

When you did go prom dress, you, you went successful prom dress shopping with grandma. Yeah. Yeah. Very successful. So the,

Norah 7:35

There will be no

Dad 7:36

there will be no pictures shared until said prom in

Norah 7:39

Yeah. It's gonna be a surprise.

Dad 7:41

s. S. So we don't ruin the surprise for, uh, for the boyfriend, uh, who you wanna surprise with the dress. But I, I saw the picture and you looked, I mean, you're, I mean, you're my daughter. I think you always look beautiful, but you looked, you looked beautiful in the dress. It was, it was a really, it was a really, really good dress for you. So I can't wait to see, uh, see it on you, um, uh, officially. Uh, at prom or at prom, prom night. Anyway.

Norah 8:06

Yeah.

Dad 8:07

Yeah. So, but that's, um, that's what's been going on with us. But the big news in the Hyman family is that we're, um, we're adding a child.

Norah 8:20

Don't say it like that. What you think like that? I dunno. I feel like that sounds weird.

Dad 8:26

We're, we're, we're adding a child where we have decided to embark on an experience with an exchange student for the, uh, upcoming school year for the 2023. Uh, right now, just the fall semester 2023, um, school year. Um, she is, well, let's, let's back up. We, this will not be our first exchange student experience. We, uh, had this experience nine years ago. You were in second grade.

Norah 8:59

Right? Mm-hmm.

Dad 9:00

Right. Um, with, um, our, our German daughter, Sarah, who we, uh, loved to death and had, uh, an incredible, um, Year with her, uh, uh, living in our home and we have since been to Germany to visit her. And she's been back here to visit us and mom was over in Europe for work a couple years ago and connected with her and her family. And so we have done a really, really good job over the last nine years of keeping that relat. Uh, keeping that relationship going. And, uh, when I say that I love her, like one of my own kids, I, uh, that's not an exaggeration. I, I mean it from the bottom of my heart. I really do. I do think of, I think of her as my third kid. Um, and we decided when she left us nine years ago, that we weren't gonna do an exchange student experience again. That she was, it was too good of an experience that we didn't. We didn't wanna risk having a bad experience, and we also didn't want to, we really didn't wanna be disloyal to her by doing it again. Um, and so we, for the last nine years, even though the school has asked us, I think once you're on the list, you're on the list and the school's asked us, uh, numerous times if we would take another exchange student. Um, we have consistently said no.

Norah 10:28

and then

Dad 10:29

and then we started thinking about it. Um, maybe a year ago we started thinking about it, whether we wanted to have that experience again. But with Covid, we weren't quite ready to take someone into our home. Um, but now we are. They, uh, uh, we saw an email that came through from the school a couple weeks ago

Norah 10:51

with a list

Dad 10:51

with a list of, uh, students. Uh, you know, they give you like their first name and a bunch of information about them, and one kind of struck both your mom and me as someone who would be a good fit for our family. So we decided we were gonna, we were gonna jump in with both feet and do this again. So are you, are you excited to have a, another

Norah 11:15

I'm very excited cause I get to be the older sister this

Dad 11:18

Yeah.

Norah 11:20

Oh, that's right.

Dad 11:21

right cuz the, the, the student that we're, that we're taking on is in 10th. She'll be in 10th grade. You'll be a senior.

Norah 11:29

know. Yikes.

Dad 11:30

Yikes. Um, your brother will be a freshman. So we'll have a ninth grader, a 10th grader, and a 12th grader all in the upper school. Um, yeah, you will be the, you will be the older, the older sister. That's way different cuz there was a,

Norah 11:45

gap

Dad 11:47

A huge, a, a huge age gap. There was a, an eight year age gap, um,

Norah 11:52

yeah. Eight year age

Dad 11:53

yeah, an eight year age gap between, um, you and Sarah when we lasted the exchange student thing. So, um, so you are, are, are you ready to show someone the ropes of what it's like to be a, a high school student in America?

Norah 12:06

hope so. Um,

Dad 12:11

Um, yeah, so it's, it's really exciting. We haven't met her yet. The, uh, representative from the.

Norah 12:19

uh, school

Dad 12:20

school slash exchange agency. I think she pulls double duty, uh, was here last week to take photos of the house. Um, while we were on our trip to Philly, I saw that our application status had moved from. Or like applicant to approved or pending to approved or whatever. So I think it's now, I think it's just a matter of connecting us, uh, officially with her so we can, um, like Zoom or FaceTime with her. So we get to actually meet her and talk to her. Um, and, uh, and then before you know it, the summer will be over and. We'll be, uh, waiting at the bottom, bottom of an escalator at the airport, uh, to meet someone in person. So, I'm, I am, I am really super excited for

Norah 13:08

I'm more. you're more excited

Dad 13:11

You're more excited to have a, to have a sister.

Norah 13:15

it, it it

Dad 13:16

It, it it is, it is actually, it is actually really cool for you because you'll be, um, able to do like activities together at school. You'll be, you, you'll be able to, I mean, really have someone, you know, close to your age to share that high school experience with, um, that also lives in our home, I think, or will live in our home. I think it'll be really, really cool for you.

Norah 13:36

I'm excited They,

Dad 13:39

they, uh, uh, she's only committed for a semester. Uh, what we were told was that a lot of times they only commit for a semester because they're nervous about coming overseas and they don't want to commit for a year not knowing what, what the experience will be like. And so I am, uh, but last year or this year, for example, they had three. Students that committed for a semester and

Norah 14:06

No, only with.

Dad 14:08

semester.

Norah 14:09

Oh, only two. I

Dad 14:10

Oh, only two. I thought I heard. I thought I

Norah 14:11

no, one of them was my advisor and he's not here anymore. Okay. Well,

Dad 14:15

Okay. Well, two outta three. Two outta three ain't bad. As the song goes, so.

Norah 14:20

All right. So,

Dad 14:21

So, um, all right. Well, hopefully, uh, it's a, a good experience for her and she wants to come and, and stay an

Norah 14:32

I think we're pretty

Dad 14:33

see how it goes.

Norah 14:34

Yeah, I

Dad 14:35

Yeah, I think so too. Maybe, maybe we'll have to have her on as a guest on a future episode.

Norah 14:40

I mean, we don't, we're not, I don't know. I feel like we're not that difficult.

Dad 14:46

No, we're not. I don't, I don't think we're that difficult at all. I think we have a very nice welcoming and open home for people to come visit and or live in for. Uh, For four or five months is, um, cuz her bedroom is the, or the room that will be her bedroom is, is the guest bedroom. Um, and so that's, it was, um, we've called it Sarah's room since she lived here nine years ago. Uh, we'll probably have to scrap that name at least in the short

Norah 15:15

no, it's Ryan's room,

Dad 15:17

is that, yeah, that's where Ry, that's where Ryan stays when he's over. Is he prepared to give his bedroom up for a half a year or,

Norah 15:24

just gonna move the, the couch down to the basement and then I'll sleep in the basement.

Dad 15:29

And he'll, he'll, he'll have to sleep in the basement

Norah 15:32

Watch

Dad 15:33

and watch Donovan play his video games until three o'clock in the morning.

Norah 15:36

No. He says we need to get blackout curtains for that room though before she comes because he's been making

Dad 15:43

Oh, we can

Norah 15:44

curtains to be able to sleep.

Dad 15:45

No, no, we can, yeah, we can definitely do that. We have the lights that lay that fa, that that room faces the front of the house. And we have the, since, um, since Russia invaded Ukraine, we've had blue anda lights out front illuminating our house in support of, in support of Ukraine. So, uh, we'll have to the, the, the lights aren't going anywhere, so we'll have to figure out a curtain situation for that room.

Norah 16:07

curtains work cuz Ryan, Ryan makes

Dad 16:09

All right.

Norah 16:10

ones with sheets. So,

Dad 16:12

Uh, yeah, I noticed, I noticed that when I was cleaning a couple weeks

Norah 16:16

Otherwise you can't sleep

Dad 16:19

Uh, well,

Norah 16:21

Such is

Dad 16:22

such is life. So that's the, that's the big, that's the big news that's going on in our house. We'll, uh, update everyone, I guess as we move through the process. And maybe we'll have a guest, uh, a, a guest with a German accent on at some point, uh, at some point in the future episode. So, All right. Um, as far as the rest of your break is concerns, uh, we're going college, college shopping tomorrow?

Norah 16:53

Yeah.

Dad 16:53

Yeah. College shopping. Well, I guess to by, by the time this airs it'll be today, Tuesday. We're going college

Norah 16:59

I'm excited. Yeah. We're gonna go

Dad 17:01

Yeah. We're gonna go look at where, where, where are we going to look?

Norah 17:04

State in the morning, in Bald Wallace in the afternoon. Right.

Dad 17:08

Rights. And then we'll do some out-of-town visits later on in the spring, um, at some other schools. And so that's, that's Tuesday. Uh, you have a gig Thursday at, uh, your,

Norah 17:21

guess, place of employment,

Dad 17:23

um, your y your play, I was gonna say like your home bar, but like your, your, your home base, your place of employment at the old wine cellar. Um, and that's the first. Like many

Norah 17:33

mm-hmm. And then the week after

Dad 17:34

go to

Norah 17:35

um, at the Front Street Social in Bura.

Dad 17:39

Front Street Social where you played a couple of

Norah 17:43

they asked me back immediately,

Dad 17:45

Yeah, you had a, you had an encore and then were immediately asked back to come play another gig. So that was a super successful night. Um, and then gigs kind of all throughout the summer, so go to Normy Music. Dot com slash gigs for all of the information where you can find, uh, miss

Norah 18:06

some on the east side, some on the west side,

Dad 18:08

Yeah, all over. All over Northeast. All over northeast Ohio. Um, yeah, this summer, east side, west side. Uh, if you got the side, she's got the guitar and the amp to give you music. So,

Norah 18:20

okay.

Dad 18:20

uh, all right. anything anything else you wanna add?

Norah 18:25

Um, not particularly. All right.

Dad 18:30

All right. Well then, my dear, uh, we're gonna call it an episode. Uh, I'd say we'll see everyone back in two weeks, but at this point, I mean, who the heck knows? It might be two weeks, it might be three, it might be a month. We're gonna, we're gonna give it the best shot. But it might be, you know, I think when we, when we feel like we have something to say, I think we'll be, we'll be back to say it. And maybe we're not gonna try and force an episode every two weeks if we don't have, um,

Norah 18:56

talk about. Yeah. Fair. Fair. All right.

Dad 19:00

All right. Um, everyone have a great week. We'll see everyone back, uh,

Norah 19:06

whenever. Yep. In the,

Dad 19:08

um, in the, yeah. In the meantime, Nora, where can people find

Norah 19:12

You can find me at Nora Marie Music, nor with and h and yeah. Now you can find

Dad 19:20

Uh, you can find me at John Hyman, no, h j o n h y m a n. And, uh, we'll see everyone back, uh, whenever. Love you,

Norah 19:29

you too.