Bachelor Happy Hour - Catching Up with Zach & Kaity — Part 1

Episode Date: December 12, 2023

Today on “Bachelor Happy Hour,” Joe and Serena sit for a long-overdue catch-up with Bachelor Nation couple Zach and Kaity! In their conversation, Zach and Kaity chat all about their holiday plans, potentially buying a house, and a surprising offer they received from Kathy from “The Golden Bachelor”! They also discuss adapting to each other’s lifestyles, their favorite way to spend nights in, and the crazy journey Zach took to meet Kaity’s family in Canada!    Listen now and be sure to follow so you never miss an episode. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This is an I-Heart podcast. My boyfriend's professor is way too friendly, and now I'm seriously suspicious. Wait a minute, Sam. Maybe her boyfriend's just looking for extra credit. Well, Dakota, luckily, it's back to school week on the OK Storytime podcast, so we'll find out soon. This person writes, my boyfriend's been hanging out with his young professor a lot. He doesn't think it's a problem, but I don't trust her. Now he's insisting we get to know each other, but I just want her gone.

Hold up. Isn't that against school policy? That seems inappropriate. Maybe find out how it ends by listening to the OK Storytime podcast and the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. I'm Dr. Scott Barry Kaufman, host of the Psychology Podcast. Here's a clip from an upcoming conversation about how to be a better you. When you think about emotion regulation, you're not going to choose an adaptive strategy which is more effortful to use unless you think there's a good outcome. Avoidance is easier. Ignoring is easier. Denials is easier.

Complex problem solving. Takes effort. Listen to the psychology podcast on the IHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. So in the last month, the Midas Touch Network beat Rogan, Tucker Carlson, Candice Owens, Charlie Kirk, and Ben Shapiro all combined. What happens when three brothers take on right-wing media and start winning? I find out on the latest episode of Next Question with me, Katie Couric. We just want people to live their lives and be happy and be able to enjoy it without some, you know, lunar. tick screaming in their face every three seconds.

Listen to next question with me, Katie Couric on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Hey, everyone. Welcome back to Bachelor Happy Hour. I'm Joe. And I'm Serena. And we are live in the studio with Zach and Katie. Hello.

Thanks for having us, guys. I think you guys are only the second in-person interview we've ever done. Oh, really? Yeah. It's pretty much always virtual, except we did charity. and Dotten in person, and you guys are number two. What do you prefer? In person.

Yeah. Definitely. Remember we did our in person one in Georgia together on that stage? Yes. Well, we did a live podcast with you. That was not recorded. The nerves before that and the amount of pizza we slammed before. That was our first.

That was our first live podcast. And we did a few shots before, too. Oh, excuse. The way to do it. A nice way to put it. Yeah, yeah. Well, it was late. It was a nice show.

Oh, my God. Flew by. I'll just tell you that. I don't know what I said, but it flew by. I remember you were nervous and I was so nervous and I was trying to play a cool. And I was like, you're going to be fine. I'm really telling you that, but talking to myself. And I was in the other room. I feel like you've been doing this forever. Well, just because it was, it was a live audience in Atlanta and we never did a podcast. Like, I've done live shows, but never, like, had to host it. We've been guests on people's live podcasts, but we've never hosted a live podcast before.

together either and we were we were not co-host at the time either so it was we never did a podcast together and you were our first guest we ever interviewed together which is kind of cool it was a lot of fun wow and we also did other people

interviewed other people live as well we just did the round we did didn't we do rounds with somebody live? No yes we did yes we did sorry people I've also We're in L.A. and I'm on New York time, but no, we did. Like recently. No. We did it. You're like, what girl are you?

Oh, oh, yes. No. What girl are you think, Joe? Rachel, Gabby, and Joey. We just did those lines. You're right. You're right. I'm sorry. I stand corrected. I can admit when I'm wrong. Okay. It doesn't happen often, but. Joey, the new bachelor. Joey, the new bachelor. What do you think? I was about to say, what are your thoughts? But I haven't met him yet. I know we're, we're, I think we're going to meet him tomorrow. Yes. I've met Joey. Great guy was right at his announcement.

And then from him and I chatted it every once in a while. But I'm excited for him. I'm excited too. We recently heard the season is like really crazy. Did you guys hear that too? Yes. It's the craziest season you had. They always say that, though.

Most dramatic ending. I'm really excited to see where they travel to too because I heard they went to some really cool places. Didn't you just sign a new nursing contract? Oh, yeah. So I'm going back to the hospital. Don't sound too enthused It's just such an Like emotionally physically

Tatsying job Yeah And it just takes a lot out of you Yeah Like even one 12 hours shift It's just like I come home and I'm not a happy person And you give

It's a very selfless job You give so much of yourself To everybody around you You're there for them 24 seven And then it's like when you come home It's like I need to recoup I need to decompress And it's funny because he worked

at home and when I get home he's like excited to see me and I'm just drained like I can't give any more of myself to anybody else so I need Katie time which like we were able to navigate like over time because at first it was like I don't know what it's like to work in the hospital for 12 hours and she started off doing night shifts 12 hours from 7 p.m. 7 a.m. And then what's what's the time off so it's it 12 hours on and then what like 48 off so it depends like if you want to work over time you can sometimes group your shifts together. You can work three 12-hour shifts in a row and then you'll have the rest of your days off. But it's all kind of like up to the hospital, how they want to set it up.

What are their needs? Like, where do we need you kind of thing? Oh, so you don't really get like a say in the matter. Usually you don't. And then if you're a little workhorse and they give you a good incentive to pick up overtime, then you're working so much. And then you get easily burnt out and. Have you guys been through that yet?

Like you coming off the show went back to work already once. So this will be the second time you're doing a contract. Third. Third time you're doing contract. And then how long do you take off between contracts? So because of like bachelor things, I took off two to two months. Now this is the longest I've been off work, which was August 4th to now. And I just needed it.

I was going back home traveling to Canada. Sorry, I need to blow my nose. I'm like, no, you're good. I'm actually stuffed up too. But I was traveling so much. We went to Utah. We went to California, Canada, all this stuff. So it didn't really seem like a big break.

But it was needed. Yeah. Very much. And I'm not excited to go back. If I'm going to be honest, it's a lot. But end goal is cosmetic nursing, which I feel is going to be a lot healthier for me. Is that what Danielle, do you know, Danielle, No, oh my gosh.

Malby? Malby. I think she did that as well. She was on last season of Paradise, and she was a nurse. Okay. And she switched over to, I believe, she does, like, cosmetic stuff now. Yeah, what is cosmetic? So it depends what role of nursing you're in.

You could be nurse practitioner, LBN, which is a practical registered nurse or licensed in the U.S. I'm going Canada. covering. And then there's registered nurse, which is where I am. And that I can do like filler. I can do Botox. I can give IV therapy, etc. Whereas nurse practitioner prescribes that. So she prescribes me the Botox to administer. Gotcha. Kind of thing. So nurse practitioner is going to make more money. So that's like the long term goal for you to switch over to that. And that's always been my goal. But my first goal was travel nursing. Yeah. And I checked that off. here I am. Now it's the next goal, the next dream. And that's the end goal. So fingers crossed,

all works out. Got great support system too. So what are you doing now? Yeah. So it's a good question. So I'm actually with a mental health platform company. So after the show, I took some time off for bachelor stuff. But what was important was getting back into the routine, the swing of things, what I know, because I used to work at Oracle, I was a sales rat. So I wanted to get back to that stability. And I found a company that just hooked me immediately. They focus on mental health. We sell it to employers as a benefit for their employees. But it's a grind. It's a startup. There's like 25 of us. We're traveling the country all the time, working deals as much as we can. I'm trying to just spread that message around. So is it still kind of in the sales space?

Yes. I'm still in sales. But I have. a lot more of a say in the company because it's new yeah it's new and you know the CEO is slacking you every day and texting you and I'm like oh my god I'm so nervous you're like I'm so important I'm chatting with the CEO whoa what do I say yeah no but it's cool it's cool and then where where are you guys you're in Austin we are in Austin just moved in together July like the first week of July so that was a new chapter yeah chapter this is awesome we were nervous a little bit Yeah. Let's talk about the beginning of that. So our time, you guys were together for how long before you moved in together?

Since November? So like just six, seven months? Okay, yeah. We were about the same. We were like 10 months and we were doing like the cross-border thing. That had been. That's tough. It was, but I feel like we got lucky because it was like right at the end of COVID when restrictions were finally just lifting.

But I feel like because of it, I was like at his place for like two, three weeks at a time. Yeah, you're staying for longer stints. Yeah. So there wasn't like. major nerves or surprises like moving in together but what was like your dynamic and transition like? Because were you in different places

or you were both in Austin? Well so right after the show she came right back to Austin I mean after she saw her family and it was Canada for some time. I was still in California doing the Bachelor tour and finally once that ended and we were able to be public I think I moved back to Austin

that next day almost like I did a road trip with my family and she had her apartment in Austin already. I my apartment and we almost started just like dating it in reverse right like we're engaged yeah yeah let's not move like straight into each other like that's a big step it's a huge commitment like let's enjoy the things of dating that we were not robbed up but we get to do more of okay we were we were up um and we kept it that way for a couple months and it just kind of both dawned on us of we should really move in together and yeah it's nerve-racking though because we're like

how is it going to work like when you move in you you meld your lives together had either of you lived with someone before nope no okay yeah neitherhood wait briefly but i had it but how was the relationship was the relationship going strong the whole time i think absolutely i would say that but i think we really understood the level of strength that we had was when we moved in together yes that was when we really formed an even stronger relationship and huge yeah Are you making your bed now or no? What's that? You making your bed now or no?

I actually used to never make my bed in the mornings, and now I do. Okay. Joe never used to make his bed either, and you're better. I usually make it because I get up after you. I always make the bed if I wake up first. But no, but when we first moved in together, I first started saying his place, he was like, wow, it's really nice actually to, like, get into a nicely made bed at the end of the night versus my, like, crumpled ball of she is.

My boyfriend's professor is way too friendly, and now I'm seriously suspicious. Well, wait a minute, Sam. Maybe her boyfriend's just looking for extra credit. Well, Dakota, it's back to school week on the OK Storytime podcast, so we'll find out soon. This person writes, my boyfriend has been hanging out with his young professor a lot. He doesn't think it's a problem, but I don't trust her. Now, he's insisting we get to know each other, but I just want her gone. Now, hold up.

Isn't that against school policy? That sounds totally inappropriate. Well, according to this person, this is her boyfriend's former professor, and they're the same. age. And it's even more likely that they're cheating. He insists there's nothing between them. I mean, do you believe him? Well, he's certainly trying to get this person to believe him because he now wants them both to meet. So, do we find out if this person's boyfriend really cheated with his professor or not? To hear the explosive finale, listen to the OK Storytime podcast on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast. I'm Dr. Scott Barry Kaufman,

host of the Psychology Podcast. Here's a clip from an upcoming conversation about exploring human potential. I was going to schools to try to teach kids these skills and I get eye rolling from teachers or I get students who would be like, it's easier to punch someone in the face. When you think about emotion regulation, like you're not going to choose an adaptive strategy which is more effortful to use unless you think there's a good outcome as a result of it if it's going to be beneficial to you. Because it's easy to say like go you go blank yourself, right? It's easy. It's easy to just drink the extra beer it's easy to ignore to suppress seeing a colleague who's bothering you and just like walk the other way avoidance is easier ignoring is easier denials is easier drinking is

easier yelling screaming is easy complex problem solving meditating you know takes effort listen to the psychology podcast on the iHeart radio app apple podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts so in the last month the Midas Touch network beat rogan Tucker Carlson, Candice Owens, Charlie Kirk and Ben Shapiro, all combined. Conservative podcasts can have a major political impact, but the Myceles Brothers, three siblings with a serious media strategy, are building an alternative to that. On the latest episode of Next Question with Katie Couric,

I sat down with the brothers behind the Midas Touch Network to talk about how they built a progressive media powerhouse from the ground up, why audience interaction is the key to political influence. and what it takes to fight disinformation at scale, one download at a time. We should be focusing on the issues that actually occupy a lot of the mental space in Americans' minds but are filled with conspiracies, and we should fill it with the truth and solutions. Listen to next question with me, Katie Couric on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

So would you say the transition went better than you expected when you moved in together? I will stop you there way better because I was really apprehensive. Like I just said, like I hadn't been with anybody before. And it was new to me. And I'm somebody who has been very independent. I've always liked my alone time. I was happy, content, et cetera. I was in my own, like, routine.

And then I was like, how am I going to deal with another person in my space? As much as I love you, I'm like, this is so new to me. But, no, it works really well. We communicate really well. So that's where I think that was just seamless. It was. But I mean, sure, like it's adjusting and learning like, okay, like, Zach, left the toilet seat open again. Like, got to stop, dude.

And I'm like, okay, sorry. Like those little things you talk to each other about. You're going to hit a little bumps here and there. That's normal. That's healthy. Totally. And then we figure out like the boundaries that we have and then it's gotten better than any. That's great.

I feel like it's if it's just habits that need to be adjusted, that's a great thing. If it's like, oh my God, our lifestyles are compatible or like the way we like to live our lives, that's a little scarier. Do I leave the toilet seat up? Very, very rude. Yeah. Yeah, I don't. I don't like Okay, you didn't need to be taught? No, he did not need to be taught. I like when things are, I like if you do, it's just like a random forget.

Like, I never leave like the drawers open or the, or the cabinets or the closet doors open. Yeah. Nope. I close up. Do you want to point out what you don't do now? What is that? I love this. Yeah, what does he not?

Joe's just hyping himself up on his pocket. I do it all. Well, what don't he do? No, Joe and I each have one pet peeve. So Joe leaves his dishes in the sink. And we have a dishwasher. It's literally next to the sink. And if the dishwasher is dirty, the dishes are still in the sink. And my thing is I leave, like, I'm not great about, like, going through my PR boxes.

And I just kind of, like, let them stack up. That was not the one I had in mind, but that's also a bad one. What did you have in mind? Well, so you also, you have, you've actually got it. I'm going better. I know what you're going to say because you said it on another podcast. I used to be bad about leaving my pan. Yeah, you've gotten really good at that.

I would, like, cook something on the stove with a pan. It's a pan there. For hours. For hours, with, like, food in there. But it wasn't like a, oh, I'll just do this later. Like, I would just totally forget. Like, if it was, like, one of our pans with the sides on it, I would just be, like, forget that that was my dirty pan.

Like, I'd clean up all my other stuff. I'd clean up the cutting board, everything, and then, like, totally forget. But I'm much, much better about that now. No, you are, yeah. Yeah. I think we both, if something annoys one of us, we'll say it and then I think we work on not doing that. It's just about being willing

to make a conscious effort to try. What are your guys' like little pet peeve things? Katie's like I'll pull up the list. You go first. I think mine was definitely the toilet seat. That's fair. That was a really big thing for me. And I was trying to approach it

in like a, hey, man, try, like can you just lower the toilet seat? I would try and make a joke of it or something. but it wasn't working and then it became like a oh that's the worst in the middle of that's a thing I told him but then he's just kind of laughing at it a little bit like didn't really understand it and then I brought up it's not respectful it's kind of like it's disrespectful

like you should want me not to fall in the toilet or it was like at the start I think you were like peeing a little bit on the toilet seat and not be not knowing So I would sit in it. So I'm sitting it. And I'm like trying to like joke it off like, hey, like maybe thinking he's going to be like, hey, maybe I don't want her sitting at my pee. But then it then it escalated into a conversation.

And rightfully so. And it was like an error on my part where, you know, I didn't like I, I'm not blaming it on anything. It was just like I never sought from that other perspective of like. Do sisters? I do, but they're like my brothers. Okay. So you don't care if they sit in your pee. But your girlfriend are a little different. Your fiancet. Just kidding, Peyton and Sammy. But it was just like growing up like doing, you know, football and being in like the football fraternity house. And it was just a mess. And living with someone, it just never clicked in my head. And when it was brought up like in a serious, like a joking manner, I was like, oh, it is, I guess it's silly. Like I didn't know it that perspective until we had that. sit down and like I apologize like I did not want you to ever feel disrespected and ever since

that I don't think I've had it once no you've been great but the thing too is like any anything that I bring up to Zach and I think vice versa we're so receptive and we communicate really well but we also like we're like okay I understand it's never like an argument like I don't know why you feel that way blah blah blah it's like okay sorry I did that moving forward I will change which is amazing It's a mature relationship, which I've never had before. It was great. Here's a flaw out of my own. I don't have many, but it's a very childish flaw that I notice I do.

If I left a toilet seat open and Serena had an issue with it, if she approached me with that issue, I would most likely meet her with, okay, you're right, but you do this. You are like that a little bit. Yeah, I am like that. I know what? I will say, like. It's not good. But if I. yes you will but I feel like

I'm good at diffusing that of being like okay but we're talking about I'll make an effort to work on that if you make an effort to work on this and then usually you kind of like bash track and you're like yeah no you're right I'm sorry like defense mechanism right away but it's also true but I'm also

you're just like a little boy sometimes how about you does Katie have any flaws or not flaws I have a little living pet peeves Like for the apartment or like moving in together, I mean Hit me with it all, babe. No, I'd say the one.

Let's air it out. Now's the time. No, it'll be easier. I think it's kind of funny. So, so with how we keep the apartment clean, like I'm generally very clean, minus this whole toilet thing. I'm generally very clean. I do like to.

Katie, is that true? Yeah. You could tell. I could just tell you. No, I believe you. I believe it. I believe it. I believe it.

You don't give me a slob. Thank you. Thank you. try to organize. I try to have things looking pretty nice. But, like, I'm not, like, crazy on it. Like, it doesn't have to be perfect, but I like it clean. Randomly, maybe about twice a week, Kate will just be gung-ho with, like, the vacuum on the ceiling. She'll be dusting everything. But it's very aggressive to where, like, anything I do, I'm like, oh, God. He, like, literally goes to the room with the office. He's like, I'm out. I have to, like,

separate myself because I feel like if I help like she one thing is is like when she's locked in she's locked in like if I'm like hey babe do you want help she's like no and I'm like all right uh and so I give her that space to go clean yeah and then um I think he needs therapeutic I I stress clean also which is I'm assuming what you're doing every two weeks I will literally like if Joe's going to the gym I'll be like oh no I'm not going to go to the gym so that I can like if I need to stress clean I think stress clean is a good quality, so. Yeah, I'm sure you do. It is a great thing.

Yeah. I'll take that. What's a chill night for you guys? No work. What are you doing? Movie and popcorn. Movie and popcorn. Often scary movies, yeah.

Scary movies. Yeah, he loves scary movies. And I didn't really like scary movies. I was like the girl with the goofy movies. Like, stepbrothers, Blades of Glory, those were my go-to movies. He's like, sinister. No. Really?

I love scary. I don't want to feel tense. and scared and have a nightmare. They just want to laugh and then fall asleep. But so, yeah. But now you have to be petrified all the time because you live with him. You're a Stephen King guy, right? Love Stephen King.

Oh, yeah. And you have said that. And you don't watch Friends is what I've heard before. Yes, he does not watch Friends. You've never watched Friends. I think I've watched like clips of episodes. I don't think I've watched a whole episode from beginning to end. Really?

And I have nothing against it. It just was never around. I was a Seinfeld guy. Yeah. because family and just didn't think twice about it until Kate and I realized how impactful it is for her and how she loves it. On the show, I don't know if you guys saw, but it was the hometown date and we were moving the mattress in and I don't know, you guys obviously watch it. Yeah, I like yelled pivot and went right over his head. I was like, I don't know.

Like yes. So you guys haven't watched it together now? No. You should binge it. Yeah, you should binge it. I know. I'm down. My boyfriend's professor is way too friendly, and now I'm seriously suspicious.

Oh, wait a minute, Sam. Maybe her boyfriend's just looking for extra credit. Well, Dakota, it's back to school week on the OK Storytime podcast, so we'll find out soon. This person writes, my boyfriend has been hanging out with his young professor a lot. He doesn't think it's a problem, but I don't trust her. Now, he's insisting we get to know each other, but I just want her gone. Now, hold up. Isn't that against school policy?

That sounds totally inappropriate. Well, according to this person, this is her boyfriend's former professor, and they're the same age. And it's even more likely that they're cheating. He insists there's nothing between them. I mean, do you believe him? Well, he's certainly trying to get this person to believe him because he now wants them both to meet. So, do we find out if this person's boyfriend really cheated with his professor or not?

To hear the explosive finale, listen to the OK Storytime podcast on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast. I'm Dr. Scott Barry Kaufman, host of the Psychology Podcast. Here's a clip from an upcoming conversation about exploring human potential. I was going to schools to try to teach kids these skills and I get eye rolling from teachers or I get students who would be like, it's easier to punch someone in the face. When you think about emotion regulation, like you're not going to choose an adaptive strategy which is more effortful to use unless you think there's a good outcome as a result of it if it's going to be beneficial to you. Because it's easy to say like go you go blank yourself, right? It's easy.

It's easy to just drink the extra beer. It's easy to ignore to suppress seeing a colleague who's bothering. you and just like walk the other way avoidance is easier ignoring is easier denial is easier drinking is easier yelling screaming is easy complex problem solving meditating you know takes effort listen to the psychology podcast on the iHeart radio app apple podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts so in the last month the Midas Touch network beat rogan Tucker carlson Candice owens Charlie Kirk and Ben Shapiro all combined conservative podcast can have a major political impact, but the Myceles brothers, three siblings with a serious media strategy, are building an alternative to that.

On the latest episode of Next Question with Katie Couric, I sat down with the brothers behind the Midas Touch Network to talk about how they built a progressive media powerhouse from the ground up, why audience interaction is the key to political influence and what it takes to fight disinformation at scale, one download, at a time. We should be focusing on the issues that actually occupy a lot of the mental space in Americans' minds but are filled with conspiracies, and we should fill it with the truth and solutions. Listen to next question with me, Katie Couric on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Okay, so Katie's went back to work.

Zach's working from home. renting in Austin, when is this lease up? And are we resigning? So, uh, our lease ends January 1. So we're in. January 1st. January 1. Okay. So let's read. January 1. January 1. Okay. January 1. It's just like a word. I say Jan 1. Today is January 1. Jan 1. So on January 1st, our apartment lease ends. And we're actually, in the stage of apartment shopping right now. So it's right around the corner. Yeah.

A-sap. And we go home to Canada December 14th. So we basically have two weeks. Two weeks. You're going for two weeks for Christmas? Basically. Yeah. Yeah.

Yeah. But we're looking to do one more year renting and then hopefully buy a house or at at least use this year next year to look for a home in Austin. In Austin, though, that's the plan. You guys want to stay there? Yeah, I think it just fits our vibe, our personality, the things that we want out of the city, Austin has to offer. Pickleball. Pickleball.

We're huge pickleballers. But funny enough, so I was on the same flight as Kathy on Jerry's season. Oh, my gosh. I was going to the bathroom. Gary, Gary. What did I say? Jerry. I do the same thing.

He's no longer the Golden Bachelor, so it won't matter. He could say it wrong. Jerry, Gary. Gary. Gary. Gary. Gary. Gary.

Gary. Okay. So, yeah, I see her. and she's like, you look really familiar, blah, blah, blah. And I was like, yeah, like, I'm off the season with Zach. Like, we got engaged. She's like, oh, my God, that's crazy. She ends up unleashing.

We end up becoming, like, friends on the flight. We got seated beside each other because the flight attendant knew who we were. She's like, I'll give you guys wine. You guys sit together. And anyways, next thing I know, this is why it sparked this thought. But she's like, I really want to go to Canada. She's got relatives in Canada. She's like, you guys can move into our place.

She offered her place. Where does she live? Yeah, she lives in Westlake Austin. In Austin. Oh. Yeah, and you can drive my Mercedes. You just got to take care of my cats. I was like, stop.

Now we're texting. She's the coolest. She seems so cool. It's giving the holiday, like, house swap. Like, you move into her home and she moves into your place in Canada. Are you considering it, though? I mean, it could be an option for the time being. Honestly, we could be moving into Kathy's house.

Okay, so one more year of renting. Yeah. And then potentially buying in Austin. Yeah. How does your Canadian fam and your California fan feel about that? They love it. Oh. My family.

Your family loves it. Yeah. My mom really wants me back in Canada. And I said, okay, well, compromise. And I told Zach this. I was like, we can just come home for Canadian summers. That would be the dream. Canadian summers are great.

With Muscoca. Yep. Hello. Love that. And then being Austin the rest of the year. But obviously, that's in a perfect. world. Right. We'll see. But my mom definitely wants me closer. It's just

her and my brother. So the more family that's around her obviously is more meaningful, but Yeah. Yeah. You guys are going for two weeks for Christmas though? Yeah. Okay. That'll be nice. We're doing, well, the good thing too is you guys will have this is Canadian Thanksgiving

and U.S. Thanksgiving are different. It is a little. It's a lot. We came to my Canadian Thanksgiving this year. Yeah. I did. I did. Not as different as I thought, though. No, it's kind of the same deal. Same. For people who have seen that don't know, Canadian Thanksgiving is October, like the first or second Monday of October. Yeah. And then American Thanksgiving is obviously end of November. Yeah. So you won't have to split that. And then do you have plans on like what you're going to do for Christmases? We were planning for next year, like to do, because like her

family, like I love her family so much. Like I went to Canada for the first time a few months ago. Yeah. That was your first time going? Oh, and was it? a adventure. Wait, where did you go? Where do you live? Huh. You're in Hamilton, aren't you? Do I?

Kingston. Sorry, you're in Kingston. Which is how far from you? Like two hours? I'm in Markham. Okay, yeah, I think it's probably about two hours. Two and a half. Yeah.

Yeah. It's different, though, than Markham. Markham is more of like a city suburb. Kingston is, I feel like, more of a suburb suburb. Yeah. Would you agree? Yeah. Yeah.

Yeah. And it was, it was a tough point going to Canada. because of... Yeah, why did you tell them what you did? Yeah. What did you do? Oh, I actually think I saw this on Instagram. It's probably worse than what it was shared.

But, you know, we've been planning this trip to Canada. The first time I'm going to Canada, first time I'm seeing and meeting a lot of her friends and some of her family that I haven't met yet. And the excitement's building up, the nerves are building up. I'm someone that packs like three days in advance. Like, I'm ready to go. And I'm like the one that's like, hey, babe, do you have your ideas? do you have your keys do you have your i'm the loose canon like i'm i know where this is going because i

just i just know i know so we're on the flight and the whole plan was we're going to fly to detroit and we're having her uncle come pick us up from sarnia drive us you know however many hours to get there and then pick us up back to her grandma's house uh because we could only see her grandma that day as we're done traveling after like seven hours our plane is descended into Detroit. She's like, I'm texting my uncle now. Like, we're about to hit the road. And it hit me. And I turned to her and I said, you don't need your passport to drive into Canada, do you? Oh, you didn't bring your pass. And I knew the answer to it. I just, I couldn't think of any way to get it out because I myself was in shock. And she started laughing. She's like, you're like, you're so funny.

Like, stop messing around. And then she saw the color in my face. And I was like, babe, I'm white. I think I'm in a nightmare right now. She's like, what are you saying? And I'm like, I've, I don't know if I can guess but I fucked up and you're like you didn't and I was like I did I did I know where it is it's in the apartment I can't I don't have it I can't get in yeah and I started laughing even more just out of like nervous shock yeah didn't even know how to collect my emotions or what I was thinking I was like mad frustrated felt bad for you like I was I was a basket so I immediately pull up my phone and I like I can tell like I've disappointed so many people or about to disappoint so many people because like this was the one day we could see her grandma so I pull

up my phone and I book the next flight and I get off and it's the same plane we just landed in and I land I go back I give Kate a hug and I apologize again I'm like I'll make this right I'll be there as soon as I can she's like okay I'll take care of your bag I'll see you in Toronto like whenever you can get here hopefully tomorrow so I'm like I let everyone down I'm I don't know who to talk to. I'm stressing. Her family was so sweet. They immediately heard and they were starting to text me. Because I like face on my mom. I'm like, wow. I'm like started crying. I'm like, what the heck? You guys are nuts. Yeah. So I turn around and she texts me. She's like, hey, babe, by the way, they lost your luggage. And I was like, oh, that's what I needed to hear

today. So that's good. And I, at this point, I'm like, well, that has all the wedding clothes I was supposed to wear. So I just like, roll with the punches. I fly back. have like a five-hour layover in St. Louis, get to Austin that night at 10 p.m., grab my passport, book the first flight in the morning at like 4 a.m. to Toronto direct. Get there, like nothing ever happened. Kind of. Kind of. And until... Oh, there's one more to this story. So... Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. So this is not... So, you know what? You know what? Stay tuned, people. Yeah. Because we have part two coming. We're going to find out what else.

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