🎪 Episode 82 Parenting, True Crime and Chaos: VIP World Cup Playoff Soccer Suites, Goats & Petty Bluetooth Warfare

Hosts: Stefanie Navarro & Meredith Hill
Run Time: 39 Mins

Theme: VIP Treatment at World Cup Playoff Game, WNBA on court drama,  British VS Americans, Petty Bluetooth payback, AITA, Book Club Review! 

Welcome back to This Is My Circus — the show where parenting chaos meets true crime tangents, accidental glam, goat cuddling, and next-level laundry reviews. In this episode, we’re giving small-town energy with international flair.

We cover:

• 🐐 Our upcoming goat cuddle fest at Tractor Supply (yes, that’s real)
• ⚽ Meredith’s VIP World Cup qualifying match experience — elevator attendants, suite service, and all the charcuterie
• 💥 Our take on the WNBA’s Sophie Cunningham body slam moment (spoiler: we’re fans)
• 📱 Petty Bluetooth speaker hacks and the growing list of things Americans say to confuse Brits

🧼 Clean Laundry & Clean Chaos:

• Our TikTok-tested laundry detergent smells incredible and comes in an aesthetic metal can
• Finally a detergent that the scent doesn't' disappear

🐊 Florida Is At It Again:

• Florida's building a detention center in the Everglades (yes, the swamp — surrounded by gators and pythons)
• Travis Scott’s Astroworld documentary has us shook and Jackson asking serious questions

🎙️ “Am I the A-Hole?”

A neighbor leaves donuts and snowballs with a sarcastic note after a Tuesday 3 a.m. party.

📚 Book Chat: The Vacancy in Room 10 by Seraphina Nova Glass

We had high hopes for the premise — secretive husband, suspicious death, eccentric neighbors — but the plot wandered and lost us.

⭐️ Rating: 4/10
 💬 Best parts? The quirky residents and the fixer-chick named Cass. Worst? Everything else.

📖 Next Read:

What She Left by H.K. Christie
A disgraced PI returns home to solve a mystery tied to her own past. Cold cases, detective drama, and a lot to prove — we’ll see if it delivers.

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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 Meredith and welcome to This is my circus. Hey Steph. Hi. I told you just now like it feels like I hadn't seen you in forever. I know. I used to go to like dinner. You know, imagine hanging out outside of just, that would be great. Well, we are on Saturday. Oh. Gonna go to the goat. Are we gonna do the goat cup? I will a hundred percent go. Uh, let's go. Okay. So it's at tractor supply Yes. On Saturday. We'll figure out what time we want to go. Yeah. And it's like$5 for five minutes to cuddle goats. I'm taking like$200. It's four good calls. Brian, it's four good calls. One of our listeners has requested that we video Heck yeah. Um, unless I get like run over by a goat. So that happened to Dylan when we lived in what? Okay. So we lived Nashville, still like right outside Nashville. And we were at the Nashville Zoo and they have a petting zoo mm-hmm. In there. And he was like two. Mm-hmm. And the goats would like run and charge you. I know exactly what you're talking about. Two, 2-year-old little tiny Dylan would just get like boop, he'd like fall over, but they do they, was it a baby goat? They were like all ages. Okay. So, okay. But the, the little ones when they're just learning to do that is so adorable.'cause they're, they're like, you know, so small and they're trying to look so mean and aggressive and they're just like running wobbling sideways at you. Mm-hmm. He was okay though. Oh, he left? Yeah. Okay, good. Perfect. Best response. Well, hopefully none of that happens. Yeah. But we're gonna go, we'll figure out, yeah. Okay. I'm in. Okay. Yeah. Clean out your coin jar so we can take all the monies. Oh, I've got a whole big bucket somewhere. Do you Yeah. Know that when you're purse and you just like throw it? Yeah. Or the, when you get paid to do laundry because you find money in the laundry. Yeah. That's, mm-hmm. Yeah, that's what I like to call it. Or have to clean Dylan's room and I'm like, finders keepers. Yeah. A hundred percent. Or I give him cash. Most things are okay to just like tap and stuff, but if I. Give him cash and he forgets to give it back or give him a change. Give it back now. Yeah. Just think they're slick, don't they? They do. Oh my goodness. Well, thanks for moving the recording day from yesterday to today. You had a big day. I had a big day. I had so much fun. So, one of the perks of working for Brown works for Lowe's home improvement and one of the perks is the headquarters is here in Charlotte. And so they have, lots of opportunities for. To give away, uh, tickets to different events, concerts, sporting events, any kind of thing. And we've been lucky and got tickets before. And they're great. We've been to see the Hornets and like sat in the suites where the food is all inclusive and that was so much fun. Mm-hmm. So yesterday, my big, big day, it feels like a book. Meredith's big, big Day. It's like what was it, the Zebra? Yes. Um, but I'm in the, I'm in the case ra okay, so my, our big, big day yesterday was Brian received from work as part of a recognition of him doing such a good job. Tickets to one of the qualifiers for the World Cup. That was yesterday in Charlotte. So we watched Portugal beat Germany, which was unexpected. So that was fun, but. OMG. That is how I was meant to live. Let me tell you. These were VIP hospitality tickets. The only things that were not included was parking, and I think they probably just forgot to send us a parking pass. There was a special interest at B of A that we went in interest. I'm so excited. I came and talk a special entrance. Mm-hmm. There was somebody standing there with the VIP sign that took our group like 20 feet to the next person with the VIP sign. Like, we're follow. Oh my God. Like, everybody was like, who are they? And I was like, I'm half of a podcast team. So it was like we got, kept getting handed off from person to person and they were walking us through, It was just unbelievably amazing. They were like, okay, this is your elevator. And I was like, well, what floor? Where are we going? And I was like, country comes to town. You know, I was not, I was trying to be all smooth and played off, but I was like, where are we going? They were like, well, your elevator attendant, well take you where you need to go. I haven't attendant, there was somebody in there pushing the buttons and telling us all the things. So we get in there and she was like, well, who are you rooting for? You know, what are you? And I was like, the food, because food wasn't food and drink, everything was included. So we we make it to our suite and. There's, if you've never been before. No, I'm just kidding. So there's like two attendants in there the whole time. There was like 12 people, I think, in the suite. So it was Brian and me, and then somebody else that he works with and his wife, and then, you know, 10 other people, whatever. And there are two attendants that work there and they just keep refilled on food and they'd take your trash and they, like, they would almost possessively take the trash from me. I'm just trying to throw my plant away. Like, they just took care of everything that you could think of. Like, and they, of course I'm talking to'em. I'm so nice. I'm not, I'm not nice. I'm so just peopley. I'm tell, I'm, I'm like, hive. I thought it was such an experience. So we're there and we're, we're so close. We're who can see the expressions? Don't take any of that out. It's something we can see their expressions and, oh, I forgot to tell you this, so we're going in the elevator. You know, they, the all the things and they're like, your hospitality gifts are over here. What'd you get? So there was, it was like, about the size of that can, and it was bought, it looked like an iPhone box. I was like, I know there's not an iPhone in here. If there is, I'm going to, I'm gonna need new pants because I'm gonna mess my pants. But it was not, it was like a commemorative. Little, like a crystal trophy thing that said FIFA World Cup thing on it, which Jackson loves stuff like that. Mm-hmm. So he was thrilled to have that. And then they had another little bag and I was like, what's in, what's in that? And they were like, oh, that's journals. And I was like, I really don't need a journal. They weren't like engraved or anything, but, it was so much fun. We got there at like 2 30, 2 15, something like that. The game started at three. We start snacking, like there was charcuterie board, like all the things we start going and they were like, oh, we'll, we'll let you know when we are bringing the next, course, course. That was the pre-game that wasn't even the appetizers. So we had pre-game appetizers, entree, cheeses, fruits, desserts. It was so amazing. So we're sitting there. Watching the game and there was like a walkway between our suite and the one beside us. And everybody kept looking at this dude. It was a former soccer player that played for Germany that was in this booth. And I will not pronounce his name'cause I will ruin it, but he played for Germany and his, A lot of people know him because he is a Muslim and he did not want beer thrown on him in like a celebration. And they did anyway. Oh. So he's retired, but there were cops posted outside of his thing,'cause when we like got up and walked around and stuff, oh, it had his own bathroom in there. Oh my God. So when we were walking around, there were like three cops posted outside of his thing. And then when we went to leave, I guess everybody saw him when they were coming up.'cause you know, they're glass. And we were just kind of hanging out, letting the traffic get by. And when we went to leave, like there was so many people in the hall trying to get to him because at that point, like, you didn't have to show your bands or anything. Everything's over that. They had to like make an announcement to clear everybody out. Like, we need everybody in this hall to go. Mm-hmm. Yeah. I mean, I don't blame them. It was so amazing you threw through. I have always wanted to go. Okay. So one of my dreams is to go like to, the Olympics or the World Cup and see like a big famous team play in like their country. You know, like, and I don't care who, I don't, I mean, of course I like USA, but I just love the environment. They're so exciting to me. Yeah. So Brian was like, is this good enough? I was like, yes. We had ac. It was AC in there and it was flipping hot. It was so hot. We kept checking to see if they were going to delay the game because it's on turf and it was so hot. They were hosing down the turf. Yeah. And they had a few like specific hydration breaks, which soccer normally doesn't have any breaks other than the half. But anyway, I'm sorry, I'm just rambling, but I'm fancy and that's how I was meant to live. Yeah, same. I am not meant to live in this little life I currently have. I tagged you in another, camp. Yeah, I saw it video and it, it said it's like legit glamping uhhuh with the activities to the side. Uh, focus on glamping and hanging out and she was like artsy fartsy stuff. Yeah. Arts and craps. Some of'em. Gimme the glitter. Yeah. I love glitter. Mm-hmm. Although you can't get it out of anything, but I still wanna do it. I wanna know where it was. I didn't look really like I've been, there's one in, is it North Carolina and somewhere else? Oh yeah, there was two locations. It was like Vermont and North Carolina. Or something. Did you happen to look at prices or, I did not. Packages or anything. Well, I just saw that, yeah, she had put that in the comments. I'm like, North Carolina, Meredith, I'll have to look. I have just been so crazy busy. I hadn't had a time to, but it is like I told Jackson'cause he sat down the other day. I. And he was like, how are you doing mama? And I was like, do you really wanna know? He was like, yeah.'cause I, you know, we always ask them, how's your day? Whatever. I was like, well, I'm overwhelmed. I'm drowning at work. I'm trying to start this new business. Your lawn business is pretty busy and I do a lot of the communication and stuff with that. Try. I said, and then I just decided to paint the living room because, well, why not? Well, that's apparently how I handle stress. Well, you know, add more. Make more. Yeah. But at least it's something I can control. Yeah. And I can see results. Maybe that was what it was. Yeah. But I'm totally down. To team building. That would be a team pounding event. Yes. That would be, if we had a real business, we could. Okay. Speaking of the businesses, yeah. How's Honey Drop going? Good. Good. I guess got, some new software. Cool. So I'm, I'm been playing around with that a lot. Okay. So I'm just getting my bearings and Yeah. Getting everything kind of systemized. Yeah. And then I'll be ready to really jump into it. Mm-hmm. Getting it going. Mm-hmm. That's awesome. I'm so happy for you. You good for you. Thanks. Good for you. Before we go much further, yes. I wanna talk about something that's kind of sad and I know we're not a fan of sad, but I just want to put it out there'cause I know a lot of our listeners are friends of, like, local in the area. Mm-hmm. There is a girl who goes to school with Jackson in the same class. She's a triplet. Okay. And she's fighting leukemia. Oh. She's been fighting it for I think two years now, but she is, struggling right now. So everybody can just say a little prayer for her name is Lee, say a prayer for Lee. Send good vibes and stuff that way. Yeah, there's a Facebook page if you wanna find it, you can DM me and I'll link you to it. Private, but it's still open for everybody. So you'll have to like be led into it. But yeah. Just'cause I know there's a lot of Jackson's classmates and classmates' parents and people might not know what's going on. So She is in the hospital. She was in the hospital on her 16th birthday. Mm. I know. But, she's a strong little cookie, so I think she'll be good. She's just in a little rough patch right now. Yeah. But I just wanted to, to bring that out. Also, something crazy that's been going on. Okay. You're like, what? Jackson pulled me into watching a documentary, which I was like, oh. You're my child. Mm-hmm. You wanna watch a documentary? He wanted to watch the Travis Scott, Dylan and Ruthie watch that the other day. Astroworld. Yeah. So it was, yeah, crazy. Fascinating and terrifying and all the things. Mm-hmm. Did you watch any of it? Mm-hmm. I was actually, I was working in here and they were watching it in the living room. Mm-hmm. And, I just heard there were like reactions. Yeah. It was, it was interesting though. I don't remem, I mean, I, once he started telling me about it mm-hmm. The, the tragedy that was there where several people died Yeah. Because of just the layout and the crowd crushing. but it was, it was crazy. Yeah. It was crazy to watch. So that was something else to take a look at that. Yeah. Well, good news we had talked about, Our need for smelly laundry. Yes. Good smelling laundry, good smelling laundry. And so I Good scented. Yes. A girl on TikTok does reviews and it's like legit reviews, like she does good and bad. And so she said that this laundry detergent mosey. Wash, stays on your clothes. And so I was like, sold. Yeah. I brought a shirt down for Meredith to smell. I snipped it and it's, I love it. Like, I think it smells,, the scent actually is, it's not overpowering. Not at all. But it's definitely there. It is very, a very subtle, gentle smell, but, and I really, and I love the, the cans. Yeah, it comes in like these cool metal cans. the box like that it came in was really cool too. Yeah. They branded it really, really well. I am a sucker for details like that, for. Pretty packaging. When Jackson does his loan stuff, I like to make sure everything is blown off. Mm-hmm. And crisp, like the porches all like, I'm a sucker for that kind of stuff. Yeah. So I'm sold on this. Yeah. I'm gonna have to try one of those. They both smell really good. So Yeah, I got the vanilla moon and the Sugar Dew, which is more of like a citrusy smell. Mm-hmm. But, there are I think like six or seven different scents and then there's an unscented one as well. Yeah. But it's super concentrated. You only use like a tablespoon and a half. That's awesome. Tablespoons mm-hmm. Per load. And I am in love. Yeah. Not as much waste. You can recycle easily. They smell good. Mm-hmm. And I think you said they're plant-based. Yes. So they're not like a lot of chemically things going in your skin. Right. Oh. They smell really good though. Yes, I am obsessed. So, I've only used the vanilla one so far. I have not tried, like, the citrus one on the clothes. That's supposed to be a little bit more of a, stronger scent. Mm-hmm. On the clothes. Mm-hmm. But, excited to try both of them. Did Dylan smell'em? Yes. What did he say? I was like, I smell my shirt. He's like, Hmm, I like that one. Which is a vanilla one. Yeah. But really, I would've think that he would've liked that. Well, I didn't try that on clothes yet. Oh, you didn't let him smell the Yeah. The can. Well, he smelled the can, but I don't, I was like, I don't how it's gonna smell on clothes. Yeah.'cause it's a much stronger scent in the can. It is very strong. And a lot of those things, like, they'll tell you when you go like Bath and Body Works and smell it, that it's different when it's activated and does whatever. Mm-hmm. Have, have you seen this, um, in Florida? Florida is doing Florida. Florida be in Florida. They are building an off the grid detention center, like a prison in the Everglades, like in the middle of the Everglades. A what detention center? Like a, like a, like juvie or like adult? We don't know it. It just said like a prison style detention center. Oh gosh. They're already broken ground or? Swamp. Yeah. And so this is like alligator alley, right? Yeah, hundred percent. It's like alligator and pythons that's what lives there. So there'll literally be like a moat around this thing. Nobody's gonna be able to escape, like, no. And if you escape, it's gonna be like hunger games. Like you're fighting for your life, between the alligators and the pythons. Oh my gosh. Right. Like, but genius. Why didn't they do that before? That's gonna be tough for them to build on just because of the terrain. But I'm so here for it. I wanna know everything about it. Yeah. I, I was, I was like, okay, Florida is doing Florida. Yeah. That's genius though.'cause you're right, they can't, I mean, okay, you escape. You're either going get hugged by a python swallowed hole. Yeah. Chunks, bag, getta, um, or die mosquito bites. They have the wild hogs out there too, I think. Mm-hmm. Which are terrifying. I listen, I, I have no desire, no to, well, I do experience any of that. Okay. You know, I'm the weird one. Put me on an airboat No. And let me ride in the Everglades. I not, oh no. I just see myself like hitting, you know, um, rollercoasters, like when it Yes. Like you like lift off the, and I'm like, I'm gonna die. Yes. Yeah. No, hang on to me. We'll be fine. Okay. So you mentioned the Hunger Games. Yes. And I know we've talked about'em a little bit before. Did you read the books or see the movies? Did you read any of the two, like prequels? Mm-hmm., So I had read the one prequel, it was called Sunrise. No, it was called Ballad of Songbird and Snakes, and that was about snow. Okay. I just finished sunrise on the reaping, which is Hamish's story. Okay. Uh, our bookies. You might wanna jump into it if you have already. It was so twisted and good. Really? Yes. Yeah. Okay. So good. Well, you know, they're all about kids killing each other. Yeah. But so good. You understand a little bit more of his whatever. I'm sure they'll do movies outta this. Yeah. It was really good though. I know we were talking about sports earlier. Yes. Have you seen all this WNBA stuff? With, Sophie Cunningham. Mm-hmm. Oh my gosh. Listen, she is a legend. She is like my, my hero now. What? She must be being petty. Oh my God. What is she doing? Okay. So, and I don't follow mm-hmm. Any of this stuff. I just kind of knew Caitlyn Clark Right. Because of all the drama that was going on. Right. Last year with her and. She, by the way, is the only one that Michael Jordan is a fan of. Really? Yeah. He gave her like a$50 million deal. Really? Yeah. And she does a lot off the court, for the community Yeah. And for kids. And she donates a lot of time, money, everything. Yeah. She's very, very, very involved off the court. And I think that he said, you know, besides being a phenomenal player, right. That was a big draw for her. Yeah. But she gets. Just cheap shot after cheap shot on the court. Oh yeah, absolutely. And all the other women are so jealous and so petty of her. Mm-hmm. Because of her skills. Mm-hmm. And, well, she's not flashy. No. Don't get me wrong, if I could do what I would, but some of these girls are playing ball with their lashes on and all the things and she just wears a high pony, no makeup. Yeah. And hoops. Yeah. And she is, like you said, she's just does a lot of good things or whatever and they don't like her for they all the reasons. Yeah. So. JC Sheldon mm-hmm. Was on the other opposite team and was just, just given a, to her scratch. Tried to scratch her eyes. Mm-hmm. And then the rest weren't calling nothing. Yeah. So after she got her eye scratched, she was walking away and one of the other team pushed her to the ground from behind. Oh my gosh. And I was like, blatant. And the refs did nothing about it. Yeah. So my girl comes out. Yes. And her background. She's a black belt in TaeKwonDo. Okay. She filled in for her high school, football team's kicker when the kicker got injured. I love that. I mean, she is just a badass. Like I love that. She's amazing. So she, JC goes to get a shot up and. My girl. Mm-hmm. Takes her and does a taek shut up. She sweep the leg. No. She like took her from like, I took her just down like. I just went down, took her by like, by like a head, neck, shoulder down and she gets up and I mean, they were just going at it and I, but it was like at the end of the game there was like three minutes left and all game long. The rest did nothing. Yeah. She also took JC out another time, just kind of like. Got her really little shoulder and she just went bloop, like fell over, like dealing with the goat.. I can't believe I didn't see it. We've been watching, the men's basketball NBA playoffs has been going on and, so I guess that's just been taking on my, my mind power. Yeah. I love her Now. I don't watch basketball. I would watch basketball because of her. I mean, she's just got all her teammates backs. I love that. Yeah. You need somebody like that. Yeah. Like you need somebody on your team. That's kind of the, the mouthy one.'cause you don't wanna look too soft. Mm-hmm. You need somebody that's gonna talk trash. Jackson's not really a trash talker, I don't think. Dylan, I mean, he'll, they will, but they're not the ones who go out there looking for it, but, mm-hmm. Some of Jay's friends will be like, I'm this, some of the ones that aren't quite so big. They're like, I'll talk trash if you're going up my back. Like shoulder. It's me. Yes. Is that us? I feel like, like I just had a vision of me trying to carry you off somewhere and like holding you around your belly while you're still like kicking and screaming and like what happened before Maybe, maybe I was having deja vu. That's so funny. Yeah. So, um, yeah. That's so funny. They're calling her the enforcer. I love it. I do too. And she's just gorgeous. And she, she is, so she got now, after that whole mm-hmm. Debacle, she got 500,000 new followers on. Social media and I was like, you go girl. Like she deserves it. And I'm not big on using the term bully. I think that's overused. I think a lot of times things aren't really bullying situations, but we're, you know, whatever. So, but when people are being a bully like that to somebody else and nothing is being done about it mm-hmm. Then when Ben Enforcers gotta step in. Yeah. I don't have a problem with that. Neither do I. And I am like a hundred percent Sophie fan Uhhuh. I'm gonna have to follow her now. She'll have 500,001. That's great though. I love it. Yeah. So you go girl. Mm-hmm. I gotta find her. Yeah. Let's see. Have you, I know that you love some accents, so you might have seen this going on. Have you seen the, 100 British men versus 100 American men who would win? No. Okay. So this British dude was like, I've got a question. I have a question. If it was a hundred British men and a hundred American men who would win, and he's like, oh, the British would win, blah, blah, blah. I'm like, going on like his reason. And so the comment section of course was lit. Like lit and just a couple of my, my faves fas given to me. Yeah. Okay. Our, somebody said our president, Isabel, and you think we're scared of y'all. That's great. All we need to do is send in the Waffle House employees. We have security to get into some of our McDonald's and you think we're scared of some Brits, we will knock the beans right off your toast. I don't understand that. I don't either. I don't even wanna try. Like I'm not giving it a chance. No, me either. No thank you. But the dude did a follow up video and he was like, I am sorry I take it back. I did not know about these, this Waffle house. What is. I feel like most people should know about the Waffle House. I feel like that's an American joke. Like people laugh. There's like a compile of like Waffle House videos in the background Yes. Of like, of all the drama that can happen It, the lady that caught the metal chair Uhhuh in one hand. One hand, yeah. And he's like. What kind of sorcery is this? You're aary. I have not seen the 100 British. Oh, look it up. Okay, so then there's a guy that spent a lot of time here. He was a British guy. He Tried to, he went through a lot of the states and Yeah. Was doing like, British man taste. I've seen some of those. Yeah, for the first time or whatever. Yeah, like whatever. And so he was tagged in it a lot. So he did a video and he's like, I was tagged in this and as a British man, I spent a lot of time in America. We are going to lose. We could not enter the fight. We already do this. Once they're built different don't. Do it. Don't do it. Don't do it. So then a girl was like, well, there's this debate about the men. How about the women? And the, she's like, I'm just kidding. We should not, it was a British girl. We're not even gonna go there. She's like, we would show up, but we would lose. That is so funny. And they're like, that's so funny. Our unhinged, and then, so then the comment section is hysterical because it's like, Americans, we hate each other, but don't let anybody like mm-hmm. Bring us into a fight because we will become the most patriotic country you've ever seen. And somebody's like, it's like when somebody messes with my brother or sister, uh uh. Exactly. I can talk as much trash as I want about them, but don't talk. That is great. And that is so true. We are kind of all unhinged, like British people are so proper, they have, so for the most part they have like all the manners and the rituals and the ceremonies and we're just like, Hey, y'all. What y'all doing proud of our crazy. We are, we are proud of our crazy. I'm okay with it though. Yeah. I am pretty patriotic though. Are you? To a point like, yeah, I am not wearing red, white, and blue all the time. But do you have a a, a American flag? Bikini? No. No, but I always get tear eye, like when you're watching a parade and like the, ROTC or whatever come through, especially like a long time ago, it used to be discharged veterans and stuff that would come through that always gets me. I know my heart. My grandpa was in the Army and he fought in World War II and he went everywhere. Mm-hmm. So I think that's just a little nostalgia for that. Yeah. Have I ever told you about Jackson's, Fran, Logan, and him being really patriotic? Mm-hmm. Okay. I'll make it short. First time this kid was spend the night we were, he was going, okay, this whole situation, I might not be able to make it short. He was going with us to the beach for a week, the next week and we'd met this kid and hung out. But he never like spend the night. So he spends the night before. We're leaving the next day so we can just all get up and go. Well, you know how it is the day you're leaving, you're like in and outta the house 15 times and loading up the cooler and doing all the things. Well, the boys are up and they're downstairs. Jackson was, I don't know, getting ready, whatever. So Logan's just in there watching videos and Jackson's made jokes about how patriotic he is in America. You know, he just, all this kind of stuff. And I hear the span banner playing. I knew that Logan was the only one down here and the TV wasn't on, and I was like, is this just what we do in the mornings? Like do I stop? Is it okay if I just keep going right in the hallway with one hand in a laundry basket? Like I'm not really a hundred percent sure he was just watching some kind of a reel or something. But the way Jackson had built it up, I thought that might be what we do. We just stop every morning and you know. I love that kid though. He's a mess. You never know what you're gonna get with these boys. You know?, oh, there was another British guy. So he was talking about how like crappy his neighbor is. Mm-hmm. And he said, how problematic the neighbor is. Mm-hmm. Everybody in the building or whatever. Mm. Just one of those really grumpy mm-hmm. Jerky guys. And so the next video, it was like y'all every didn't say y'all, it is like whatever their vision version of y'all is, but. He said he was able to connect to the dude's Bluetooth speaker. Oh. And the guy's name is Joe. So he, what did he do? He plays Cotton eye, Joe, and he blasted it like he was able to control how loud this, so you can hear it in his apartment from the next apartment over and it is kind of like that. Yeah. Yeah. And so he's like, can you turn it down? And like you can hear the guy like, what? Turn off? Like that is great. So then he's like, give me guy's name's, Joe. Gimme all the, the, oh yeah. So they play Jolene. Oh yeah. And I mean, just like all these different, I mean, fat Joe had a lot. Yeah. Yeah. So hysterical. So then he takes a video he could just kind of seem he's holding it like this. Yeah. And he knocks on the guy's door and he is like, you, I'm really sorry to bother you, but you know, the music's really loud sometimes and the guy's like, I can't, I dunno what's going on. And I, I'm, I'm sorry. That is so funny. I'm like, the pettiness is, that is so funny. We, when we were at a basketball game, we tried to connect to the Bluetooth at the high school to just. Be stupid because we're grown up adults and we can do it. Yeah. I was at a wrestling match for Dylan, a couple years ago, and I guess it was a kid that was trying to send like an airdrop to everybody around. Oh yeah. And it was like a bathroom toilet picture or something too, but I was like, this is so dumb. Mm-hmm. I always forget about airdropping to mass people like in public though. I've never been a victim. Have you? Well, just that one that. If that's my new goal, I'm gonna airdrop to everyone. do you want to do, am I the A-hole? I would love to. Okay. Okay. I don't think Joe's the a-hole. I mean Joe's neighbor. Oh, okay. Am I the a-hole for buying my new neighbor donuts? I will hold my judgment. I live in a small apartment complex with about 13 other units. We got a new neighbor a couple weeks ago, saw him taken in boxes, but I haven't seen them at all since last night at about two 30, music starts blasting from his place and you can hear a bunch of people inside being super loud. This went on until about 4:00 AM when a cop knocked on his door. I did not call them. I like how they called themselves. I'm not a snitch. Um, I'm guessing he brought his Crays home from the bar to keep the party going. It's a Tuesday night. I have work at 7:00 AM I found this very annoying, even with all my windows closed and a fan running, I could still hear the noise. So this morning I left a note on his porch that said, Hey, thanks so much for that 3:00 AM wake up call on a Tuesday from my name, my apartment number, who has to be at work at 7:00 AM. I left a pack of hostess pink snowballs and powdered donuts placed in an intentional fashion with the note, came home and he had thrown the donuts back on my porch. I thought it was funny way of handling the situation, but I guess he didn't. Am I the A-hole? I don't think so. Hold on. So how did he, did he have him as like. I was genital. I, I, that's what I was assuming. But how would you have two donuts and two snowballs? I don't think that, did it say two donuts? I thought so. I thought it just said donuts and snowballs. Oh, maybe the donuts were in a box. You know, I'm visual. I have to see it in my head. And the pink snowball thing I did. Yeah. I just, I I left a pack of hostess pink snowballs and powdered donuts. Okay. Oh my God, I, you're not an a-hole. No, I think it's hysterical. I, that could have been Ha and I, listen, if I was a neighbor, I would've kept the food. Fried dough. I love those. Those like chocolate cakes with the coconut on the outside and the pink, like snowball things. Mm-hmm. I love them. Yeah. I never get them anymore, but I love them. I can't eat any of that stuff anymore. I know I hate it when I'm bringing up food and then I bring up food. It's okay. It'll be fine. Okay. Okay. Well, I don't think he's the a-hole. I thought that was handled pretty cute. I did too. And like if the dude was mad about that, he, you know what it was, he probably thought that that was who called the cops. Oh yeah. That's what I would think. Now that I think about it, yeah. He probably thought he was a snitch. Uhhuh. Yeah. You are playing your music cloud dude, on a Tuesday. Mm-hmm. In the middle of the night. Yeah. But I don't think the way he handled it was bad. Me either. Bring me donuts, boy. Especially after drinking, you know, it's even better. It's like a bagel after drinking a bagel after drinking. Mm-hmm. I, I'm not thought I hate those either. No. So what do you have after you have a drink or two? I don't really drink anymore. Yeah. Well, so. I don't have that problem. I don't get hung over. That solves so many fucking beliefs between being no gluten. Yeah. But I don't go anywhere, so. Right. And then even if you go somewhere like I'm. So anti like drinking and driving. Oh yeah. And so it's just not worth it. Yeah. For any of the things. No, not at all. I'm so thankful that there's like Uber and stuff now. Yeah. Because there obviously wasn't when, you know, when the dinosaurs were pulling her vehicles and Lauren knows how like, oh God, I'm so lucky to get alive. Yeah, but it, I mean, not in jail. There's no excuse. No. Zero. Yeah. When you have that many, those things at your fingertips. Yep. Okay. So books, uh, if you're not a bookie, yes. This is your time to exit. Please tell your friends to listen. We love you. We do love you. Thank you. And learn to read. Bye bye. All right. So this week, we read the vacancy in room 10. After her husband's sudden and death, Anna Hartley checks into his cd former studio to uncover the truth, only to discover a web of secrets. A husband she never really knew and a danger that may be closer than she thinks. who was the author? Do you have that written down? I have it pulled up. I can. It's okay. It was, Serafin Nova Glass. This was a lot. This book was all over the place to me. I wasn't a fan. Mm-hmm. Okay. Mm-hmm. All right. So we got dual views. Yeah. We've got, Anna's mm-hmm. View, and then the, maintenance ca lady ca mm-hmm. Her view. And so there's two totally different plots that like, like eventually meet up at the end. Mm-hmm. That kind of cross over together. I did like the supporting characters like all the crazy ladies. Their perspective. Yeah, they were a lot of fun. Uhhuh. They were, um, they had her back. Yeah. They were just vibing. They were great. They seemed like a fun bunch. Yeah. And, so I enjoyed their little part Yeah. The supporting roles. Yeah. I could picture them too. So could I, I could picture the, apartment complex. Like all of it was just so clear in my head and I love it when books are so descriptive. Yeah. Like that. Mm-hmm. So I did enjoy that part. And there's everything that I normally, like all the ingredients were there mm-hmm. For a book that I would love. Mm-hmm. Um, you've got like, like the secret life of the husband. Right. And you've got like the, you know, all the, all the mystery stuff, the murder. Mm-hmm. Like all the things. And I, it just wasn't there for me. It didn't hit, yeah. It wasn't for me either. And even with the, added piece of like Cass being a fix-it girl, which I thought that was so cute. And her business name of handyman was adorable. I like it when women are in different roles than they normally are, you know, like old school roles. Right. So I enjoyed all of, like, her life with that of the Little Boy Frank. Mm-hmm. I loved all the characters, but the story was, I. Lacking. Yeah. It just didn't hit for me. Mm-hmm. I didn't get, get invested mm-hmm. In any one thing, you know? Mm-hmm. And I also figured it out. Did you The guy always do, like, I was just like, yeah. You know, it was him. Mm-hmm. Yeah. I mean, I obviously knew it wasn't whoever they were trying to make us believe it was. Mm-hmm. But I couldn't figure out Yeah. Who it was. I felt like there was just so many things. Going on in it. Yeah. There's, between the, I forgot his name. The one she, the scissors? Yeah. Yeah. Eddie. Mm-hmm. Whatever. Eddie. Yeah. There was just so many pieces. Yeah. I, it was all over the place. Mm-hmm. And there was too many stories mm-hmm. Going on. And, and some were so irrelevant. Mm-hmm. Like the whole thing with. Ex passed his ex. Yeah. Was just kind of like, yeah. Alright. Did he do it? Like what are we talking? Yeah. Yeah. Why is he even in here? Yeah. Yeah. so this, this book just does not hit for me. No. Me either. Yeah. I give it like a four. Yeah. And that's only because I like the, the ladies at the pool, they were really great. They, when she was going to the fancy party and they showed up in like, oh, like bar hopping clothes almost from 2004. It was, it was everything. And she's in like, Gucci. Yeah. Yeah. Absolutely. Yeah. I really, I really liked them and like I said, I liked the, The little boy and her relationship with him and a lot of the different characters like that. I'd probably read something else by this author just because I think maybe it was just every,'cause like you said, everything else was there. Mm-hmm. Maybe it was just trying to. Pull this one together. So I'm, I might give it another go and I'll let you know. Okay. You're like, okay. I'm not wasting my time. No, thanks. Um, what's next? The next one is what? She left by HK Christie. Now on Hoopla, you have to get the three, it's a series and there's three books together. I think I already started reading this and I didn't like it. Okay. Did you start reading it? I read it, or listened to it like a couple weeks ago. Okay. I got, I mean, it wasn't my favorite, but I got through it. All right. Um, Martina Monroe is a single bad day away from losing it all. Stuck, catching insurance fraudsters and cheating spouses due to DUI, the. Despondent PI yearns to return to more fulfilling gigs. So when a prospective client asks for her by name to identify an unknown infant in a family photo, she leaps at the opportunity and travels to one place she swore never to go back home. As the pressure mounts and the temptation of boo calls like a siren, martina digs into the mystery and discovers many of the threads have razor sharp ends. Forced to partner with a resentful detective investigating a linked suspicious death. The haunted private eye unravels clues that delve deep into her past and put her in a dark and dangerous corner. Okay, cool. Um it did take me a little bit to get into it. Okay. I'll give it another go, but I'll give it another go. I think that's it, though. It is. Okay. Well, thank you all for listening. Thank you for listening. We love you. Thank you. Please tell all your friends to listen. 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. The book's coming, and the kids only mildly Ferrell because this is our circus and these are our monkeys. Love ya.