🎪 Episode 81 Parenting, True Crime and Chaos: BIG ANNOUNCEMENTS! Plus Burrito Gate, Diddy Drama & That Time a Kangaroo Was Framed for Murder

Hosts: Stefanie Navarro & Meredith Hill
Run Time: 47 Mins

Theme: Domestic Chaos, Sean Diddy Combs Court Case Updates with Jay-Z allegations,  Killer Kangaroos,  AITA, Book Club Review! 

Welcome back to This Is My Circus — where the chaos is real, the animals are escaping, and the only peace you’ll get is in the bathroom with a burrito.

This week, Stephanie and Meredith break down:

• The latest Diddy courtroom chaos — another juror booted, leaks in the courtroom, and Secret Service Sam’s questionable switch-up.
• The bizarre and unconfirmed Jay-Z paternity allegations and why he’s refusing a DNA test.
• The real criminal? A kangaroo in South Carolina and a dead hammerhead shark dropping from the sky. (Sharknado is real.)
• Plus: Fake food poisoning to escape the kids. Worth it? Totally.

🐾 Animal Drama Rundown:

• A wallaby loose in Tennessee
• A kangaroo “murder?” in Myrtle Beach
• An emu on the run
• Zebra Ed now has a book deal
• And a “baby shark” falling from the sky during disc golf

📱 In Pop Culture + News:

• Secret Lives of Mormon Wives (and why we can’t stand Whitney)
• Converse ripped off a small designer, and we’re mad about it
• Summer camp for women? Yes, please. But we want glamping, not Girl Scouts.

📚 Book Chat: The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren

A swoony and laugh-out-loud rom-com that hit all the right notes. We LOVED it.

⭐️ Rating: 10/10
💬 Enemies-to-lovers, seafood poisoning, fake honeymoon, real feelings.
🧴 Heat level: One chili pepper (light sizzle, lots of feels)

It’s the perfect palate cleanser after a string of intense reads — a must-read beach book if you love a slow burn with heart.

🎙️ Segment Highlights:

• “Am I the A-hole?”: A mom fakes food poisoning to eat a burrito alone in the bathroom. A true hero.
• Why we both started new businesses (Refined Occasions & Honey Drop Media)
• Our summer is chaos and we’re drowning in Garfield underwear and deodorant-level espresso hacks

📖 Next Week’s Read:

The Vacancy in Room 10 by Seraphina Nova Glass
A twisty mystery with murder, motel weirdness, and a missing husband who may not be who he said he was. Buckle up.

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Transcript

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Welcome to, this is my circus, the podcast where we embrace the chaos and keep it real about parenting, pop culture, true crime, and the books we can't put down because let's be honest, life is one big circus and we're just trying to survive with caffeine, sarcasm, and a little true crime obsession. So if you love unfiltered conversation, questionable parenting hacks, and deep dives into the things that keep us up at night, you're in the right place. Buckle up, grab your popcorn, and let's get into the chaos. I'm Stephanie. I'm Meredith. And welcome to you. This is my circus. I did the karate chop. Totally karate chop. You're ready to take out that. Mic's been a day. Been a day. I feel like we say that all the time. We do. We do. But you know, it's life. So it's been a life. It's been a life, you know, we all have, we all have things. We all have issues. We all have good and bad and whatever. So here we are. Yes. You know, who's having bad Diddy, you know, who's having bad is, that jury because they're like all in trouble. Yes. Yes. They're all in trouble. So, okay, so last week we talked about juror. Juror six. Mm-hmm. Did that one get He got booted. Okay. But now confidential info, like when they locked down the courtroom mm-hmm. And kicked everybody out for however long. Mm-hmm. Well, whatever was said in that. Timeframe. Mm-hmm. While the jury was still there, but nobody else was got late. Oh. And so one of the jurors, they're trying to figure out which one. Oh, late it. So the judge said he was gonna take everybody's cell phones and like, go through their cell phones. Oh, somebody's gonna turn phone. So I don't know. But yeah, again, glad I'm not on that jury. Same, also glad I'm not Jay-Z. What? I didn't see nothing happen. Ooh, I, you know, I hate to say anything about him because I'm always scared that a's coming after you. Yes. So he and Diddy are facing allegations together? Yes. Okay. I mean, I've seen that along the way, but I've never seen that he's ever been like, brought up on charges or anything. So no charges, but just more, investigation, investigation discussion. And he is wanting the minor to, tell them who he is like or who she, who, the minor they want to identify themselves. I also saw that there is a person now, no longer a, a child, but supposedly he is the father of the child. And if they do A-D-D-N-A test, it would prove that the mother was a minor at the time when she got pregnant. And so he keeps, refusing to do the DNA testing. Mm-hmm. Oh my goodness. And the guy looks just like him. I mean, yeah. A carbon copy. Yeah. Well, and actually this child, at that point, this happened in, I wanna say in 2000. Mm-hmm. With Diddy and Jay-Z, and it said at the time, 30-year-old Jay-Z. He is 55 years old right now. Oh my God. I did not realize. Yeah. That is crazy. Mm-hmm. Crazy. Jay-Z. Um, so yeah, they're not a minor anymore either, obviously. But yeah, that's bananas, Uhhuh, all of it, all the things. Saw some more videos on Stephanie Sue, where she was given some reports. Yes. Well, I saw, secret Service, Sam. Mm-hmm. Said and I don't know if he got paid off by Diddy's team or what. I don't really know. But he was like, oh, well I was in the elevator with Diddy's best friend, and they say that puffy doesn't know her and he never mouthed. I know you. And I was like, but if he did know, he's never gonna admit that he's timing this. Perfect. Right, right. Yeah. He's definitely got paid off for something. Something happened there. Secret Service, Sam. Secret Service. Sam, letting us down. You were doing all the good things. Yes. And here we are. And here we are. So it's just been a lot going on the, we talked about the Zebra. They caught the zebra. Have you seen though, that now they're releasing children's books about the Zebra? No, but I love that. I have to show you this picture, like the zebras day out. It's like the zebra on the run. Ed the Zebra is wild vacation. I love it. I do too. And I love that they named him Ed. Mm-hmm. Did you like that, that new video that I sent you with the police chasing the emu? The emu isn't, that was not, he wasn't, they ran fast. I, I thought, I don't know. He was in no rush. And I think that the police were just trying to keep track of it. Like, I don't think that they wanted to get out of there. It was just like we, you've said multiple times stop with the Jumanji.Dice. Yes. Like it's just too much. There was another, um, like there's another animal on the run, on the lamb. I dunno why I love saying on the lamb. Well, I just feel like anybody that's got odd animals. Yeah. Let's keep tabs on that. I think the animals are just getting smarter and learning how to escape. Is that what you think it is? I do, I think are ling But, yeah, if you've put an air tag on him mm-hmm. On your animal. Oh, and I found the, the other animal that was loose, sorry, Tennessee. This in the other, uh, wallaby? I feel like we had a wallaby out not too long ago. Was that in South Carolina or was that Tennessee? Okay. Um, I feel like there was one loose not too long ago. Oh, I was so proud that I found Did you talk about the guy that was found dead in the, the kangaroo cage? In, in Myrtle Beach? No, that was like last month I think. But um, the family owns like, I guess like a little petting zoo, or not petting zoo, but like a, one of those I guess you can go visit the animals. I don't really know. Yeah, yeah. But they had a big kangaroo, like it wasn't like the cute little wall be right. It was like a kangaroo kroo. It was the big jack ones. I was like, there's something to miss here though, because dude like left to go to the store and he came back and the brother was in the kangaroo cage. Pummeled. I feel like this is another Tiger King. And I was like, somebody beat the bejesus out of him and put it in there. Somebody setting up the kangaroos like, yeah. And the brothers said it was never an aggressive kangaroo. I feel like all kangaroos are aggressive, but Why do they eat dogs so much? I don't know. But they're always trying to get'em. I'm like, leave the dogs on. I know. I would fight a kangaroo for Rex. Oh, absolutely. I would. I would fight a kangaroo for Rex. He was so excited when I came today and I had my little treat. I wanna tell you something about kangaroo babies. Oh no, I won't. I won't. Well, now I have to know. But is it about the birthing of it? Because I don't wanna know anything about it. No. Any, I don't wanna know any more birthing, you know they have the pouch. Yeah. They're in there like when they're like this big. Yeah. I didn't know that. I thought that was literally like on Winnie the Poo when the little rabbit or neither chamber, they're like, grow there. Yeah. I didn't know this. Yeah, it's like the, almost like an embryo that's just ready for everybody to see it. Like no. Yeah, I thought like they, yeah, that I learn things all the time. Yeah. That's part of growth. Well, there was a rescue center in Australia or somewhere and the mom kangaroo died. So there was the baby and they dressed up like a kangaroo and the, they would open up the pouch and the baby would jump in. I think that's adorable. That's what I wanna see. See, this is where I'm like you, I don't wanna see it like growing and stuff though. Like it was like a little hairless thing in the, this is, no, we don't, we don't do that. Gimme the panda being spit out. Not Stephanie Siri. No, mine. Give me those. I, I like my, my fuzzy animals. You want fur? You want fur and feathers. Okay. Well, speaking of animals,'cause Dylan went to the beach last week. Yes. While he was there, I was scrolling and I sent this picture to him. It was close to Myrtle. Mm-hmm. Um, but people were disc golfing. Okay. Um, we like that whole sport, whatever you wanna call it. Yeah. I don't get it. Like, yeah. Anyway, throwing a Frisbee in the woods to go into a little, I don't like, I, I have no coordination anyway. I can't aim a Frisbee. No, we just go, it just goes, it's just a bowling ball. I can't bowl either. I can't either. I hate bowling because I suck at it. But there were disc golfing and. A baby hammerhead fell outta the sky. I saw that. So I asked Brian about it. This is the Brian moment of the, of the show that I always have a Brian thing. And he's like, that's not real. That's ai. I don't think so. I think it was real. It was a real news thing. That's what I said. It was. Well my, the first source I looked at was like W 4 72 Chicago. And he was like, why would Chicago have that so odd? He thinks a bird had it. Well, and that's what somebody in the comment said, yeah. Like a bird dropped it. Yeah. But I'm like, that is crazy. Could you imagine a no? And I was like, I sent it to Dylan and I said, Sharknado. Sharknado. Yes, exactly. And of all the things a hammerhead shark I know. Well, they just caught a hammerhead, right off one of the North Carolina beaches, a 14 foot hammerhead. That's huge. Yeah. There's a huge great white out there too. Have you ever seen those apps where they have like tagged them? Yes. There was one named Mary for a long time that would stay on on our coast, but yeah, there's another huge one out there right now. Be careful guides. Yeah. And a, a girl just got her hand nibbled shopped off. Oh, by a shark nibble. Chopped off potato. Potato in Florida. Yeah. It's crazy. I was like, hmm. Hard pass. Yeah, yeah. No, thank you. They're scary. So our week is going better than Diddy's, but how has your week been? Oh my goodness. It has just been a crazy busy, um, started on Friday. Jackson had a football camp that he went to for Western Carolina. And it was here in Charlotte? It was at Palisades High School. Okay. So that was on Friday. And then after that he had a basketball tournament for school. Well, you know, we were having those summer storms or whatever, pretty much every day. And it's, it's what, what happens, right? Like it's not a surprise. Well, check-in was like at one 30, the camp started at two. They got out there and the line was getting really long and all of a sudden the bottom just dropped out of everything. So we had another friend named a Kyle with us, and they came running back in the car and they are sweaty, gross, soaking wet, like cleats soaking wet, you know, all disgusting. So it just smelled like mold. Oh my god. It was terrible. So they just, I mean like the floorboard was like soaking wet. Yeah. From them just so they're sitting in the car and we're waiting on it to pass and they send like a email blast out that the lightning has moved, you know, all the things. So it's okay. So they went, did the camp. They had a good experience, you know, they showed out, they did their things. Mm-hmm. And we were, Mackay was going with us to the basketball tournament that was in Rock Hill. I was like, okay, cool. Great. Come on, Mackay. They were so, so we went to Walmart and I was like, I'm running in what do you need? Dry? They both needed socks. They both needed underwear. Their shorts were fine. And then Mackay needed a shirt. I was like, okay, clearance rack. Here I come. So I got them socks. They just a pack of socks. A pack of socks. They were on sale for whatever reason. I don't know. But I was owning it. And underwear is expensive. It's, it's like a five pack for, it wasn't even five pack, it was like a three pack for 20 something,$30. And I was like, for some underwear that they're just gonna wear. Mm-hmm. No. So Clarence, right? Mm-hmm. Had a two pack, which was perfect. Yeah. Of boxer briefs, which is what I told'em first. I was told'em I was getting'em tidy whites, but I was like, you should do it. They're expensive too, and I'll spend that much money on it. I got Garfield underwear and they were like kind of arguing over who wanted which pattern of Garfield, like, oh, that's awesome. One had like little garfields all over it and the other one had like Garfield Strip, I don't know. Anyway, afterwards I was like, how was the underwear? And they were like, it was really tight. It held everything in. Yeah, I pretty much so Garfield underwear for the win. Went to the basketball tournament all, all Friday, Saturday. Father's Day was Sunday. Mm-hmm. So of course that was a busy day trying to do all the things. Yeah. Mm-hmm. Cooked for Brian, cooked for my father-in-law. And, yeah, I, I just feel like it has just been a very busy, busy time. Yeah. I need a vacation. Same, I need, I need to go somewhere where I'm not plugged in unless I wanna be plugged in mm-hmm. And not have anybody else I need to take care of. Mm-hmm. And or nobody else. I need to be like, oh, okay. Well I'll go get you something to eat. I, I don't wanna do anything. Yeah. Maybe we can go to that camp you, tagged me in. Okay. So I tagged you on TikTok or something, and it's a summer camp for women. And there, but it's like camp, like, when you were little mm-hmm. Camp with all the camp activities mm-hmm. But like grownups. Yeah. And I think that sounds like a lot of fun. Mm-hmm. Like, I really want to kayak. Mm-hmm. Really? Yes. I have always wanted one. And it's always been like, we don't have time because of, you know, we've had the little pond on our property. Like, I could go in a circle a couple times. Yeah. But we've been so busy, we haven't had time. So I would love to go and do all the activities, but I also want, like, I want upgraded sheets. Yeah. Like glamping. Yes. Yeah. I'll need the ac. Yeah. And a fan. Oh, 100%. But I wanna do the fun things. Yes, too. Um, kayaking is not for me. Okay. Paddle boarding's not for me. Okay. I feel like. If I flipped a kayak. Yeah. Or if I, I would be so scared I wouldn't be able to Yeah. Because your legs get up underneath. Yeah. Well, they have a couple, I'm not panicked. Panic. What? Like, I would panic. I really would. I would, I am not good in those situations. They have the ones that your legs go in, which is what I want. I wanna sit down in, but they have'em that you sit on top too. Mm-hmm. And where you can almost kind of fall off and be separate. Yeah. So like, the paddleboarding, I'm okay with'cause you have control of your own body. Body. Yeah. Which is my problem. I don't want control of my own body. I, I just, I, I don't know what, it just freaks me out. I don't know. Yeah. But again, this might go to the thing that I think I'm better at things than I actually am. It's working for you though, so just, I mean, stick with that. Stick with that. Let's go. Yeah, let's go. Um, did you hear about this funny article popped up for me this week and I've got to tell you a little bit about this. Okay. Are you ready? I am ready. It's a little bit older. Okay. But it's worth the read. Okay. So this is from December, 2020. Okay. Okay. 12-year-old student. Name Cow Bell. First of all, parents are awful. He caught public attention for organizing a surprise lunchtime dance party in the boys' restroom at St. Anthony's Catholic College in Manchester, England. Is that code word for something else? No. Showing a talent for creativity and a flare for event planning. He promoted the event on Snapchat, inviting fellow year eight boys, so that his grade to join the celebration, he went all out. He brought in a full DJ setup, complete with mixing decks, sound speakers, and colorful disco lights, turning the bathroom into a mini night club. How big are their bathrooms? I have no idea because, and I'm picturing like Jake from two and a half men in the bathroom, like mixing it up a little bit. But, it says that he also handed out Cadbury Twirl bars and bottles of. Lucas aid, I don't know if that's like an English something or something. Mm-hmm. To his desk. It lasted around 30 minutes before school staff discovered the party and stepped in to stop it. Teachers confiscated all the equipment and brought the celebration to an end while the event raised a few eyebrows that also earned some smiles. Kid is amazing. Boots and pants and boots and pants. I'm just trying to figure out how big this bathroom is because our school bathrooms were not big. No, it's very minimal space to like, maybe a couple of sinks and then maybe like in the locker room kind area. But I'm also picturing, okay, so our imaginations go everywhere. Yes. So. Of course I'm picturing like they're in blazers, like in uniforms and he is got like the tie loosened and while he's like mixing it up a little bit like Ris Bueller. Yeah. So, anyway, I think it's great. Awesome. I thought that was great. Yeah. It was a little bit older, but that caught my attention. I was like, I love this child. Yeah. Hmm. Behave at school though kids, but also have a good time. You're only young once, what's the worst they can do? As long as there wasn't any like party favors. Yeah. I didn't see any, anything like that. Yeah. But think about two. He carried all this stuff in. I'm wondering like though, because, well, this is 2022 and that was COVID time. Mm-hmm. December of 2020. Yeah. I don't know because they've got the mini ones or even like the laptop mixers or whatever. Yeah. So he, that could have all fit in a backpack. Yeah. Oh, you know, I was picturing the big setup. Yeah, yeah. Like the big, the clubs back in the day where it was like the thing. Yeah. Mm-hmm. Isn't that funny? Yeah. Mm, I know. Good old days. I know, I know. I thought that was really cute. And I was like, I gotta tell Steph. Um, well thanks to you I started watching Secret Lives of Mormon Lives and I binged like the whole season one. Okay. Did you watch? I haven't finished. Okay. No, I needed a break. Okay. What did you think? I can't stand Whitney. No, no. The jump like annoying'cause a pick me. Yes. Like wants to be in charge. Yeah. I don't like her. And there's somebody else that I've seen on TikTok who they're like, I'm trying to get back in the club. Do you know who that is? Is it the blonde chick? Yeah. I watch half of like season two episode one and then I like start doing stuff productive. But. If it's the same chick, like the blonde chick, she was in the original, TikTok mom or mom talk or whatever. Yeah. That was in the scandal. Okay. But she just, I guess, divorced her husband and now wants to get back into mom talk. Oh, okay. But she like dipped. Okay. When that whole thing, when all the, the stuff came out. Yeah. And then, yeah. So Okay. If that's the same one Yeah, it probably is. But it sucks you in. Yeah, but I'm like, this is why I don't have female friends. I. I mean, I do. Oh yeah. What? Because, okay, so what, is there like six or eight of'em? I can't remember exactly. Yeah. But there's little of course little groups within the group. And they are like in their twenties. Yeah. Like their twenties or whatever. Yeah. Yeah. But they all in these little groups, they all talk bad about each other, and then the groups kind of shift and then they're all talking bad about each other. But Whitney is the catalyst for all of it. She is. Then she wants to play like victim Uhhuh, you know, don't be mad at me. I didn't say it. And like she totally did. Yeah. And she totally stirred the whole pot to get all of that going. Yeah. And then she gets called out for it and she starts to freaking cry. Yeah. Like. Give me a break. I'm not a fan of her at all. I can't stand her. Mm-hmm. No. When you said, thanks to you, I thought you were gonna talk about your, baby birth and videos. That too. Let's not ever say that again, because my algorithm, I don't wanna see dolphins being born. I really, really, really want you to see the panda though. I don't wanna see that either. It's stick a watermelon seed getting spit out. Don't listen. Oh my goodness. Speaking of Siri, so I saw today that Donald Trump has come out with his own cell phone service and his own cell phone. Right? Okay. So I was watching the video on this and Somebody in the comments was like, I will 100% switch over if instead of Siri's voice. It's Donald Trump's voice. Oh my gosh. Oh my God. That's true. That is true. I just laughed like that is great. I was like, oh gosh. Do you change your, like voices on, on the, so let me be clear'cause I'm having a hard time with words again on ways I again, change your, right now mine is the how to train your dragon guy. Yeah. So I love, I'm, I'm down for all that. Like, give me fun. Give me snoop giving me directions. Yeah. Yeah. Oh, slow up. We about to roll up to the hazy. Hold up. Wait in a minute. Yeah. Yeah. Give me all the funny voices. I am a hundred percent down. Yeah. There is a, text reader mm-hmm. That you can have Snoop's voice or that's cool. And it's like ai, so it'll read kind of like Alexa, but you have better voices because Alexa not it sometimes she struggles. Yeah. I cannot stand Yeah. Whitney though, on that show and that right? There is the reason why you don't have a big group of girlfriends either. I. Mm, I know. No, thank you. I've got a few and, we're all so busy.'cause a lot of us are, we're all just at different phases. Like, some of them have kids that are already gone, and some of us are, kids are still there, and we're trying to hang on for every last second. Oh, I wanted to say this, when you said, when we were talking about ring tones, have you seen the meme that it's like. In 2005, I paid a dollar 49 for ringtone. Yeah. And now my phone's always on silent, you know, that's me. Same. Mm-hmm. But Dylan did show me how to make any song into a ringtone. Oh, did he? Mm-hmm. To use the GR garage app. Yeah. It was like that. And then there's like two apps that you have to convert. Yeah. Yeah. But he did show me how to do that. So smart. So smart. What were we just talking about? Don't know. TV shows. Yeah. Yeah. Oh, well, are you watching anything else? So I finished, Handmade Tale. Handmaid's Tale. Did you watch it? I just like a couple episodes. I just couldn't get into it, so it took me several times. Like I would start watching it and then I was like, I can't. Mm-hmm. And then like, you know, months or a year, whatever later. So finally I got into it and then the last season just dropped. Didn't like it. Mm-hmm. Very disappointed. Yeah. I don't know what I would've done different, but I hate it when it's like Yeah. Still into, into Gossip. Girl. Are you still on season one? No. Okay. I'm like four. Well, there you go. Progress. Yeah. I've finally made some progress. You really are Blair more than Serena. Mm-hmm. Okay. It's fun. Yeah. So there was a new, I don't know how new it is, but it was new for me watching it, on Amazon Prime. It's, I think the Good Sister and it's based off of a book. I feel like I've seen that. But it's a series. okay. And so that has, jessica Beal in it. Oh, okay. It was pretty good. It's only like eight episodes or something like that. It's not very long. Okay. But it was okay. Did you see the one that she did candy? Mm-hmm. Yeah. She's got a very wide variety of, uh, skills. Mm-hmm. Yeah. She's good characters. She is, she is. Um, do you like Converse sneakers like Chuck? Mm-hmm. So I do too. I've probably got 10 pairs, but I will never buy another pair again. And this is why, why? Because I'm so mad at Converse, so Converse did a, collab mm-hmm. With a small designer. Mm-hmm. And his name is Kelly. Don't make me, I'm gonna laugh, but his last name is, but. But his line is called, and it's been this way for years, love Comma Kelly, like, like a love letter. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Yeah. So he collabed with Converse on, I guess for a very short time on, you know, limited edition shoes or whatever. Mm-hmm. Well, then Converse stole the whole concept and started doing love comma Chuck for their campaign, like their own campaign. And so I was like, oh, this is like, that's Vy. Yeah, that is, he's stealing this, this small designer. Yeah. Who came up with this little, I mean like his, his little marketing gig. And so then I went to the comment section because, because that's So did you run, did you trip when you were trying to get there? And this has happened several times before with Converse. Really? Yeah. I was like, oh, I can't buy Chucks anymore. I know, I like'em too. I had some that I loved. They were low top. Mm-hmm. And they were gray and they were. Perfect shoe. Yeah. But eventually I had to, Chuck had to chuck the Chucks. Well, I'll never buy em. No, though. Shame on you. Do better converse. I know. I really like, area, like little slip-on shoes. I liked hey dudes for a while, but there's just nothing to those. Those are not comfortable to me at all. Dylan loves them. They, uh, there's no, my age is showing, there's not like no support, no structure. They're just floppy little pieces of canvas. Yeah. My age is showing, Have you been watching anything else though, or did the Mormon wives take up all your TV time? I mean that's really all that I've been. Digging into. Yeah. And like that's just my, when I get sick of scrolling, middle of night. Like an old pond. Yeah. Like mindless. Mm-hmm. Yeah. Yeah. I get it. Oh no, no. I'm lying on, Netflix. The new season of Jenny and Georgia came out. I need to watch that show. I like it. I heard it was good. It is. I have, I have that on my list. Yeah. On my list. So I did watch the newest season of that. Yeah. Jackson's been watching the basketball playoffs. I'm like, can we just stop hop? And if the game is not even a good game, he's like, eh. So yeah, lots of exciting stuff going on. Really Lovely. But, but just, I feel like it's crazy right now. Like things are, I just have been so busy. Well, that's because we have some new ventures. Yeah. Well that's true that we are doing it, which is. Starting some, starting a new business. Yes. It, so do you want to tell everybody? Yeah, I'd love to. So I have started a small business for, day of coordination for weddings. So it is called refined occasions. Please follow me on the socials. But what it is, is I will be the bossy person on a wedding day that tells everybody where to go, when to go there, where to go. I need to find a better way to say that, but tell everybody, everybody in their place at the right time, at the right time, and, communicate with the vendors. Let them know where to go, where to park. You know, it's the little things like that that like the, your DJ might need to know something and they don't know who to talk to. So I would be like the point of contact for them that day. Coordinating the first dance times all, uh, the pictures, you know, all of everything that you need somebody to do, but you don't want somebody in your family to have to do it because then they miss out on the event. Yeah. That would be me. I've already got a couple booked. I'm really excited. Mm-hmm. And, I'm looking forward to just pursuing this and seeing what happens with it. I'm pretty good at being a chaos coordinator, so I think it'll be fun. Yeah. Um, now you have some exciting news too. Well, I am starting social media management for organic social media, not like paid ads yet. Um, so I love this for you. I know. I love the creative part of it. Mm-hmm. And that's kind of where I shine. Yeah. So I am super excited about that. What's the name of your business? Honey Drop. I think Media. That is adorable. Yes. And your logos and stuff like we've been chatting back and forth with it. So. So you, so perfect. I love it. Yeah. Have, you've got a couple of customers lined up already too, right? Yes. So, then that's kind of why, this whole thing sparked was, people had ask. Yeah. So I, I'm excited. It's something new and mm-hmm. Just kind of where I feel like I shine. Yeah, absolutely. My area of expertise. Let me know when you would like to manage refined occasions. Got you. Girl. I'm excited for you though. It's fun to have things, as an outlet. Like this podcast is an outlet for both of us. Yeah. But it gives us time to, that we set aside to be an adult. Yeah. And to just, you know, I'm, I'm a yapper, as Brian and Jackson would say, but a lot of times I feel like I'm rushed with them or I can't. Have conversations'cause we're always trying to do, so this is like a good time for me to reconnect with you. So having these little side hustles are ways for us to have an outlet. Yeah. Get some creative energy out and just, you know, make a mark. Yeah. Make money and, and make some money. You make money doing what you really like to do. Yeah. Like why not? I know, I know. So, and since I've been helping Ashley with all of the weddings, I really saw that this was a huge need. So, I really think that it's gonna, it's gonna be really good. You went to a event last weekend? Yes. I went to an event, in King's Mountain. Mm-hmm. At a venue where they just had different, Vendors there that were representing their business or just making connections. So that was fun. Yeah, it's a little awkward. Like I don't have, you know, I'm not a photographer, so I don't have like a display book. Right. I don't, I don't have merch, I don't have whatever. So it's just like me trying to market myself walking around and being, you know, adorable. So, Oh my gosh. But the coolest lady was there. I've got to show you this picture. Have you ever heard of somebody who's at a party event wedding and they are like painting scenes? Yes. There was a lady there that does that, and she painted me in like a minute. I know. It is so cool. It's of course just like watercolor wet or whatever, but it was the neatest thing. She just like, but she was just kind of doing that as like a little gate to get people to come over, of course. But. She had like first dance examples where the bride and the groom were dancing and she had paint. I was like, oh my gosh. So I saw on TikTok, I might have sent it to you. I might not have, I don't know, because I was like, oh, she probably is like sick of wedding stuff, but no, um, it looked like it was a blank canvas. Mm-hmm. And the bride in the groom, and there was like a canvas underneath, like to catch it all, but mm-hmm. They poured glitter over it and it made a portrait of the bride in the groom. That's really cute. And it had like their wedding gate on it, whatever. But they did it right at the wedding. Mm-hmm. It was so cool. There are so many really cool things that are available now. So if you know of anybody getting married ll give you a good damn. Seriously though, I do have some mic. Just as I build my portfolio, I am given some, some very heavy discounts. Just trying to get that built. So I'd love to help anybody. Are you open to helping anybody else right now with your social media or are you still trying to, um, yeah, I mean, if, if somebody is in need, definitely reach out. Yeah, we'll figure it out. We'll figure it out. Very good. Did you wanna do, am I the A-hole? I'd love to. Okay. Do we have one? We do. Okay. Am I the a-hole for locking myself in the bathroom with a burrito and pretending I had food poisoning just to get a break from my family for 47 minutes? Absolutely not. Next. Okay. So, hi. Hi, 33, female mom of three tiny lunatics. Seven male, four female, two female have reached the fake her own digestive demise for peace era of parenting. My husband, Chaz, yes, fake name, but fits the man who once told me it can't be that hard to multitask a diaper change and a phone call is a decent guy with the situational awareness of a traffic gun. She's great. I like her so far, and I didn't read any of this. I just saw the, the title Uhhuh and I was like, this one's sick. This is it. Yeah, this is it. It started when I told him I might need some alone time because I was on the verge of a nervous breakdown and he replied, didn't you just have alone time two days ago when you went to Target? I was buying diapers and hemorrhoid cream Chas. Anyway, fast forward to Saturday, the house looked like a cross between a tornado and a Chuck e. Cheese, the toddler's naked again, and someone spilled an entire family sized box of Cheerios into the air vent. I'm nursing a caffeine withdrawal headache because someone Chas used the last of the espresso pods and replaced it with decaf. I hit my limit when the 4-year-old screamed, you're a bad mommy because I cut her banana wrong. I have so much sympathy for her. Do I? I'm not proud, but I grabbed a pillow, a blanket, and a beefy, cheesy, completely undeserved burrito, Uhuh that was deserved. Mm-hmm. Every bit of that, she should have taken two, walked into the bathroom and declared, I think I have food poisoning. And then I locked the door. Let me just applaud her. Yes. For the next 47 glorious minutes, I sat on the floor, ate my burrito in peace, watched tiktoks on silent, and made myself a cozy little bathroom cave. I even lit a candle for ambiance. I faked a few groans and flushed a toilet once for realizing realism. I felt like an Oscar worthy actress. Look at me being smart here, but then Chaz bangs on the door yelling that he doesn't know how to handle all three kids at once. That I'm being dramatic. I say nothing. Silence is power. Eventually I emerge holding my stomach like I've just fought God in diarrhea. Later that night, I come clean. Cha says I'm manipulative, and that I quote, abandon him with the kids. My mother-in-law, who somehow got involved via FaceTime because of course she did, called me lazy and disrespectful for faking an illness. I'm getting, I'm so pissed off for her, but like I cook clean, work part-time from home, keep everyone alive, and I haven't PE alone since 2018. So, Reddit. Am I the a-hole for faking food poisoning and hiding in the bathroom to eat a burrito alone because I needed one singular moment of peace in this hellscape of a weekend. Girl. No. And next time you just take your headphones in and you don't have to listen to TikTok in silence. Very good. I'm just worried about her setting the candle and like the blanket on fire. So just be careful. I'm assuming like it was like Probably, yeah, probably. But again, I'm picturing like legit blanket fork. Yeah. So, but no. Mm-hmm. I hate that for you, that you had to, you know what, like Chaz bring his mother into this. Yeah. Like be a man Yeah. And handle the freaking kids. Right. And you just called her, like, told her that she had a long time grocery shopping. You can handle the kids for 47 minutes. Chaz. Yeah. I'm so frustrated for them right now. Like, and for the mother-in-law to, to, yeah. No, right. Lazy and disrespectful girl, I would have lost, I don't even know if I would have lied. I would've just been like, I'm going to, I'm just need a minute, just disappear. Mm-hmm. I do know right after I had Jackson, I was so freaking overwhelmed and I didn't know what I was doing. Um, I went into my closet and just cried for a little bit and then I came out and it was okay. I do that all the time. I mean, yeah. But that was just the first instance. In the last probably like five years, I had spent a lot of time in my closet. I had a designated, like I had left a pillow and a blanket, like in my old house. Mm-hmm. Had a pillow and a blanket in my closet, and I would just go in there and cry and I would lay on the floor and cry in the closet. It was like, I even just left it in there. I mean, not a bad idea to have a place, but I hate that for you, that you had to do that. Yeah. And I, I hate that for our, our new bestie here for having to do that. I'm, I, I like the burrito idea though. I know snacks but hilarious. It like my stomach CURTs, but let me get the cheesy burrito. Well, I'm sure she hid it. I hope so. As she was getting stuff it under her. Oh my gosh, though. No, I feel terrible for her. But those moments, I hope she had a glass of wine too, like, or was like, you know, like, or a bottle of tequila. Yeah. But the, the cut my banana wrong. Oh my gosh. Dylan was never, ever picky. Jay, we never had those problems. We never really had like, the breakdowns for, you know, me rearranging his sheets on his BA or whatever. I don't even know. I can't even think of anything. But yeah, like wore the wrong shoes today or Jackson was really easy. Yeah. So was Dylan. So I feel for you. Yeah. But thank God I never had to Oh, no deal with that. Yeah. I feel really, really bad for her. If you are listening, my friend, and you are near us, you come hang out. Yeah. We'll put you a pillow in the office in here. You can hang out with Rex. He is like a, the perfect emotional support animal. I told somebody today I was Brian's emotional support animal. Anyway. No, you're not the A-hole. No. Your husband and your mother-in-law actually are but what ifs She is a queen. The, a-hole. Yeah. Sorry. No, I hope that this will teach them that you need more time too. Yourself other than just, you know, your target hemorrhoid creamer. So your, your response next time will be, I saw, your work in parenting. I will not be taking your Yeah. Advice. Right? This is the outcome of what you've done, so we're not listening to you. Yeah. So no, not the whole. Yes. All right. Well I think it is time for our book. So if you're not our bookies, we love you. Have an awesome week. Come back next week and listen to us and tell your friends too, too. Love you. Love you. Bye Bye. Alright. This week we read the Un Honeymooners by Christina Lauren, and I loved this book. I did too. Okay, so let's blurb blurb. The blurb of the blurb. Perpetually unlucky Olive is forced to fake a honeymoon with her nemesis. Ethan, after a twist of fate leaves them, the only ones healthy enough to claim her sister's all expense paid trip only to discover that pretending to be in love might not be so bad. After all, this was such a great. Summer read. Mm-hmm. Palette, cleanser, whatever you wanna call it. Yep. Loved it from start to finish. I did too. It was so, so, so cute. And it reminded me a lot of that one that we had read before a few weeks ago Abby Geminis that we've talked about a couple of times where it was the third book in the series, but we didn't read it for the podcast. We just read it on our own. Did we just read it on our own? We did. Oh, okay. So y'all need to read that, I think, but read'em in order. Yeah, you're right. That's the one that I texted you about. Just a very cute mm-hmm. Still emotional. Yeah. I mean, still, you know, it wasn't just bland, right. It wasn't all, you know, rainbows and puppies and predictable. Mm-hmm. Well, as you're now in the wedding business Yeah. The start of the book, the sister's getting married and they have a seafood buffet and everybody in the wedding, except for Olive and Ethan.'cause Ethan doesn't do buffets and Olive is allergic to seafood. Mm-hmm. So they are the only two in this entire event that doesn't get this food poisoning, that are spared from this horrible, horrible, it sounds atrocious. So what, as a day of coordinator would you have done? Oh my God. I would, I would get the caterer. I was thinking of you while as I was listening, as you were listening, you were thinking of me. I was Because you were like, oh my God. Um, uh, so my, my priority in that moment would be to take care of the bride and groom. Who was profusely throwing up. Mm-hmm. I wanna make sure they were comfortable and Okay. And whatever. And I'd honestly probably call 9 1 1. Yeah. Because that's too many people for one person to try to handle. Yeah. But it was talking and when it was talking, like I was getting disgusted hearing about it. Me too. They went into, into detail and I'll fast forward, fast forward. Yeah. Put it in without the details. Yeah. How do I Okay. Spoilers. Yeah. Like, I liked that. I know. We always say it, so, but I liked that the, the groom. I forgot the brother's name. I do too. I forgot it too. But I liked how the groom though, ended up being a jerk. Yeah. And she ended up leaving him Uhhuh. Yeah. But I loved that like. That typically is not the way a lot of these books work out. Yeah. It's usually, oh, I forgave him and So I really enjoyed just the breath of fresh air with some of the different things. I loved the slow burn mm-hmm. Of Ethan and Olive. Mm-hmm. Because they, they did not like each other. Right. And so it was like the bickering and like the mm-hmm. And then they, the tension. Yeah. Mm-hmm. I thought it was awesome. Mm-hmm. You know what I really liked too was the night that he got drunk. Mm-hmm. And it's like he had been this. Almost stuffy guy in my mind. And then he was just like adorable little goofball. Mm-hmm. I really liked that transition to, I thought that was done really well. I think all the characters were so relatable. Mm-hmm. And like so holistic. Like you could really like picture this in real life. Yeah. A hundred percent. And I think that the characters developed really, really, really well. Right, right. For the whole book. Even the, like the little sub characters, like the gay cousin. Yeah. I loved him. Olive was relatable because like she was like, I'm curvy. Yeah. Like, I'm bit, I don't wanna sit on his lap. Yeah. You know, that kind of thing. And a, a lot of that was in her head, but still it, it was how she felt. She was like, I like my curves, I like my body. Right, right. And if you don't like it, right. And she was like, I'm gonna sit on his lap, but I'm not gonna, I'm gonna like hover and my legs are shaking'cause I don't wanna put all the weight on. Yeah. I laughed out loud when, well, first of all, like I've never been so intrigued to have a massage class together. Not separate. So in the book, they have a couple's massage and they thought they were getting a couple's massage where they're both on the tables getting massaged. Yeah. And it's a massage class. Right. And so Ethan is massaging olive. Yes. And you could like feel the tension mm-hmm. Between the two of them. Yeah. And I was like, well, that's intriguing. Right. Right. But then Olive says, and I, I took this as a quote because I, it made me, I literally laughed at question. Okay. she says in her head, she wanted to tell the masseuse to scram and lead them to their brothel room in peace. Yes. It was. So, I keep saying quirky about a lot of these books, but they are, they're, they're just, so, this is a great palette cleanser. I and the lines that she would say like that, like she, she was wearing the bridesmaids dress and they were calling it a skittle, and then it busted on her like just cute. Yeah. Oh, there was some, there was some not for kids parts in there too. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. But it was just so, it was good. Yeah. But it was only like a one one chili pepper. Oh, one chili pepper. Yeah. It wasn't, it wasn't the spiciest sweet pepper red. Yeah. And then at the end, he had the bridesmaid dress made into a tank top. And when he was trying to win her bag, it was a big, you know, production thing. Romantic gesture. Mm-hmm. I liked the part too when you said romantic gesture, when he was talking about his ex and she was like, you, romantic gestured her and she whiteboarded you or something like that. Yeah, it was just in permanent marker. In permanent marker. It was. Great, great. Great book. Great Beach. Read for sure. Easy read, fast read, palate, cleanser, all the things. Yeah. I would add 10. Same. Yeah. 10 outta 10, yeah. But yeah, such a great great rom-com book. Yeah. Yeah. Agreed. Love it. Well, there is another book after this about them Uhhuh, so I bet it's about the sister. It's, no, it's um, like the, the wedding something build up to the wedding or whatever. Yeah. Okay. I'll have to read that. Did you listen to the audio book or No Audio. Okay.'cause there was, the first chapter of the next book at the end. Oh, I probably just, yeah. Okay., I didn't even grab it yet, so I went onto our next book, but yeah. Yeah. Okay. Cool. I am, I am feeling this. I know a lot. We really like dark and twisted too, but for some reason right now, this is really working for me. I think because everything's so hectic right now. Maybe, it's just lightens everything up. I think so, and not that I still don't like the dark and twisted, but it's just been a breath of fresh air to read some fluffy stuff. Mm-hmm. That's not predictable and boring. Right. Because that's always been my thing. Like, I don't necessarily need it to be twisted. I just don't want predictable and boring. Right. And these fit the bill. Yeah. And I do like to break it up Yeah. To give us a little bit of a reprieve. Yeah, for sure. For sure. I, and Twist Yeah. Does get to be a lot. So 10 Outta 10. If you hadn't read it, read it. You'll love it. Loved it. Mm-hmm. Our next book is the vacancy in room 10. Okay. Lemme pull up the, okay. The blurb. When Anne Harley's husband Henry calls her with a terrible guilty confession, she can't believe what she hears. It has to be a bad joke. The mild, predictable artist she married would never hurt a fly, let alone commit murder, but her confusion turns to her when police find his body washed up on the banks of the Rio Grande, desperate for answers to the millions of questions his untimely death has raised. Anna checks into the second. Sycamores. Mm-hmm. The rundown motel turned apartment Henry rented as an art studio. As she absorbs every bit of gossip, the electric mix of residents are willing to share about her husband and each other. She begins to piece together a picture of a very different man than the one she married and the life he led behind her back. The more she learns, the less sense things seem to make. She finds herself wondering, did she ever really know Henry at all? But Henry's secrets aren't the only ones. As Anna's search for clues expand, cast, the mysterious, jaded motel manager seems more and more determined to keep Anna in the dark. And when threatening letters start appearing at her door, Anna has to decide what's more important, the truth or her own safety. It. That was a long blurb. That was a very long blurb. So that is the vacancy in Room 10 by SNA Nova Glass. Yes. Is that it? That is it. I believe. make sure that you like and subscribe and automatic downloads. If you're not doing that, I need you to do that on, any device you have with a different, login. And that's it. We appreciate you and love you. Please tell your friends to listen. We love you. Bye bye. Alright, that wraps up another episode of, this is My Circus. If you survive this episode and somehow still like us, make sure to subscribe, leave a review, share it with your friends, or just send us caffeine. And don't forget, you can join our VIP circus crew for the full video version of each episode. Also exclusive bonus content, access to merch, and so much more Until next time, keep the drink strong. 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