just a little shady - I Think My Sister's Gone Crazy | Ep. 16

Episode Date: November 5, 2022

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Hello and welcome to the Just a Little Shady podcast. As you might notice, we have our first guest and no Brittany, which we'll get into, but my sister is on the podcast with us. Hey everyone. And we're super excited to do this. It only felt right that I had my sister as my first guest which is kind of funny considering that we did not always get along. No I mean they do say like as you get older you have a better relationship so I feel like we're aligning right where we're supposed to be yeah no as soon as as soon as we didn't live in the same house and you know i wasn't stealing your clothes and we weren't arguing every day you know it just worked out better it only took like 18 years it's not even that long um no but seriously okay so real quick we are missing brit and we're

sending her well wishes we hope she gets better she's not feeling well she wasn't feeling well last week and we kind of mentioned it but she's definitely not feeling well this week so we're hoping she gets better and in the meantime i guess it works out because it gave us an excuse to have our first guest and yeah we're just gonna talk about growing up together and what Elena is up to now so yeah like we were saying so Elena moved out at 18 and that was the best thing for us probably for everyone honestly yeah you're right I feel like that was definitely um you know I it's all siblings though and we always joke it's like you just that's what happens I feel like every year when you get older you get closer and you know like life events happen and you don't live together

so then you come together so yeah so you moved out at 18 you got out as soon as you could yep but you went to msu for a second yep i went there first semester and then i came home i was just missing home i didn't really party at the time so it just really wasn't my scene and i came home and went to a lot of other schools and you went to a few uh colleges there um you did so you went to MSU and then you came home which I feel like all the listeners can kind of understand that a little bit because I was the same way and I always talked about how like in high school and middle school I wasn't a big partier and then so going to college it was kind of weird to make friends but I feel like once the older I get the better but we're still kind of like we're the same in that sense I think yeah like it was weird because I was always social in high

school where I know like you really weren't like even when you were like I'm gonna go to Michigan State and I'm gonna join a sorority I was like like, my sister, are you sure? Like, I don't know, but you did it and you did make friends. Like I remember going up and visiting you and you had friends like you were just, we could count on one hand, but you know, but yeah, I mean, you were more social in high school and then, but I guess the same, I guess the same in the sense of like the partying and stuff that were really't our thing um and then I also my freshman year which I don't even know because you were doing your own thing too which we'll get into but I came home a lot my freshman year too so I kind of understood like once I got there and like I

knew what you went through and I was kind of going through the same thing and I was like okay that makes sense I understand why she came home because I was close and then I joined the of going through the same thing. And I was like, OK, that makes sense. I understand why she came home because I was close. And then I joined the sorority the second year. So, yeah. So I actually went there, but I didn't really want to go. But I was like, I should probably do this. So I went, I gave it a little bit of time and I came home actually right for Halloween. I came home and I never went back like ever like my roommate just had a dorm

to herself and was like well what do I do with your stuff and I was like I don't know I'll come get it like I don't know when but so she was like you're really not coming back and I was like I don't think it's for me like it's a really big school I'm overwhelmed like all my friends didn't go away to college like they went to a local school so I was like I'm actually kind of depressed like I don't want to leave my dorm like so I was coming home a lot like I would come home sleep at home and then go to school the next day like I was commuting almost for an hour plus drive yeah yeah no that's too much I I I did it on the weekends like I would stay during the week,

just go to class, just come back, ate a lot of food, and then would come home every weekend. So a little bit different. But I was glad I pushed through it. But I definitely still think if you go into a college and you're going away, if all your friends are doing it it's a lot easier and like we both didn't really have that like my my friends didn't really I had my my roommate which same with you but like that was pretty much it yeah I didn't really know anyone else and because I didn't go out like I was like what do I do on the weekends like but then I came home and I went to hair school for a little bit ended up dropping out of that which beauty school dropout on top of it I guess um and a few things under your belt yeah didn't accumulate all of my

hours and then I actually did go to Oakland and that's where I ended up getting my degree but in between there I also went to Wayne I was going to go there for fashion design I went there for a semester because Oakland didn't offer it. And when I went there though, my credits, even though they were gen eds, they didn't transfer over. So like, I still had to take like another art class. I still had to take another class. So I ended up going back to Oakland because I was like, okay, if I go back here, I can get a degree. I can actually get a degree in communication and a double minor in PR and advertising where there I would have to have three more years of school I didn't know that so I forgot about the Wayne thing but I didn't know that it wasn't because they wouldn't accept the credits I know some colleges do that and it's like it's crazy because your first two years really are all Gen Ed yeah no so you went to a couple

colleges you got your degree yep And now you are kind of doing social media, a little bit of social media. I did launch my book club, Lane's book club. And then I also have like an everyday nine to five type of job. I work as a receptionist. So customer service kind of stuff, dabble with makeup and things like that here and there. And just kind of like that's one of the reasons why I think like figuring out what school like I was in different schools I think at 18 you don't know anything you don't know what you like barely don't who am I right yeah I feel like I kind of did see like I still don't even know because people are like are you ever going to

use your psych degree are you ever going to use your psych degree? Are you ever going to use? And to be honest, does anybody use their degree? Like, I feel like every time, unless it's very specific, but like it is kind of one of those things where you have to make a decision so young. And then by the time you, you know, figure it out, you, you know, change your mind. You're stuck. You've committed to something. And your hobbies change, what you like stuck you've committed to something and your hobbies change what you like change your interest change and then you know when you graduate is when your brain's like actually fully developed and then you're like oh wait did i really want like should i go back a lot of people

do go back to school too which you're about you're about to go back to school yeah i'm about to go back to school actually add another school on the list well yeah it's only a four month program so i can learn how to do facials makeup waxing um all that kind of stuff why not further my education for four months um it's funny because i did go to beauty school when i was 18 19 years old but going now as i'm almost 30 like i feel like wow i'm confident to go here like i'm not intimidated I'm not nervous like not that I could be friends with the instructors or anything like that but like I'm not timid I'm not I'm confident right like I'm not scared to walk in there like oh my god it's of course I'll

probably have first aid jitters right like that's normal but like I'm not like scared to go like can I handle this am I cut out like do I know what I'm doing like and I'm also like scared to go like, can I handle this? Am I cut out? Like, do I know what I'm doing? Like, and I'm also not afraid if like, even if it's something that I only do for three years, like I'm not afraid to say, okay, well I did it for three years and maybe I took a year off. And then I went back for five years to practice in that industry because the more, you know, the more, you know, it's awesome to know more stuff. And that's the thing that actually about school that I think kind of sucks at, you know, these

milestones that they want you to hit because I actually enjoy the learning process. And I think a lot of people do. But when you have so many tests and so many this and so many that and you have to get like this class done in this amount of time. And that's what I think turns people off to the process because like learning stuff is actually fun and that's half the reason too which maybe i'm wrong but and you know tick tock's not that reliable information but i think that's one of the things that people love consuming information and enjoy like i love tick tock because i'll learn something new on there and i'm like i wish i would have learned this in school like you know and and i

think that's one of the things is people actually do enjoy learning it's just the way that school is made makes you not want to learn anymore like well people like to learn on their own pace they like to learn things like I don't want to take a gen ed about like why do I have to learn a foreign language yeah not that I shouldn't but like if that's not of my interest or if it doesn't help with what you're trying to yeah yeah like obviously for certain classes or degrees you have to have certain classes like that makes sense right but i feel like like even going back to school and be like i'm just going to take a business course well why just because i want to know more right right maybe i'm not necessarily pursuing that as a full degree, but maybe just to have a little bit more background underneath like my credentials.

But now also you're planning a wedding. Yeah, I'm crazy. I'm going back to school at almost 30 and I'm planning a wedding. So and I'm still working. So it is a lot like even Matt was like, well, you're going to go back to school. And I'm like, yeah. He's like, well, how are you going to practice on people and stuff too yeah eventually once you accumulate so many hours you can practice on people and um he's like well you're also going to play in the wedding I'm like yeah because so you're certified crazy uh yeah I think so yeah as a matter of fact oh god um but yeah he's not really i don't want him helping that much with the wedding it's just he's you know how i am i know exactly what i like how i like it so it's really just like the less hands in the pot the easier type of yeah too many cooks in the kitchen yeah so um

i think i'll figure it out you're one of those people though you you've been a bridesmaid yeah a few a few times yeah like almost as many times as you've changed schools pretty much the same and um and so you know everything and i think that's what always i was like wow that's insane to me because i when we went you were in the same wedding that i was in for my first time being a bridesmaid you were also a bridesmaid and you were like you don't know what to do and I was like no I don't like I was just existing like I was not extra help me what to do like I was no help at all and then you knew everything to do so I mean you've got that knowledge at least and um but it also

helps because you've seen you've learned from other people's mistakes. You've seen good things that other people have done. And like, I just don't have that at all. So like you going through it, I don't even help you. And I'm a maid of honor. So like I don't even get to do anything with you because I'm like, I mean, I'll go to stuff stuff but I don't have anything to but sometimes so like honestly like I remember we had to go do something and you were like well do you want me to come and I'm like well you can come late if you want and you were like what and I'm like I just need 20

minutes to think without opinions in the background and I wasn't trying to hurt your feelings when I said that it was just really like when you have a whole bunch of people telling you like what you should do how to do it it's like well wait a second like I want your opinion but I need to figure out like what am I even asking for opinions first right because it's so overwhelming there's so many things like there really is like everybody thought like oh once you get engaged you're gonna have your wedding plan like that and And it's like, yeah, I thought so. But obviously we've had some speed bumps. We had some issues with our venue issues with that.

So we did have to find a new venue and, you know, just certain things that I wasn't expecting, really. So it's like even like this is silly, but like for the bridesmaids, I had jumpsuits picked out. Well, they didn't fit and they didn't look right on everybody. So I was like, OK, well, now everyone's like, well, now what do you want to do? I don't know. Like, I just thought that's what I wanted. But you're better, I think, at making decisions, too, than at least me. But I know a lot of people because there's got to be a happy medium. I think you're definitely on the farther side of like knowing what you want.

And then there's people who don't know what they want at all. And I feel like that makes things difficult, too, because then you're like, OK, well, like you've got to make some kind of decision. I feel like I'm going to be like in the middle because I'll know what I don't want for sure, but I won't know what I actually want when the time comes. I mean, who knows? But, um, Evan. Yeah. No, seriously. So it's kind of, you know, and I guess I'll get to learn from your mistakes, too. There better not be no mistakes. And that's I know what that's how you are. So actually, I probably won't learn a thing because you'll get everything right. And I won't think of things. But you know what? I'll have you to help.

So there you go. Yeah. One thing I am looking forward to is um something a little non-traditional that we're doing i was telling you earlier today is that um we're actually going to get married and then right after that we're doing our first dances and then we're doing our cocktail hour so it kind of takes like the pressure off of everything to like get everything done and then like you can enjoy the time i love a party we know i love a party now now you used to not true i love a party i think it's not even that i think you like hosting and i think you like planning oh i love it i remember when i was you had just gotten home from college and i don't remember what i was doing i think i was hosting like a friend's giving or something and you were

like you're setting your table and i'm like yeah And I also have this and I have this. And you're like, really? I can never do that. I don't know what you're doing. And then now you have like parties and you actually like host how you're supposed to. And I'm like, I'm so proud. Yeah. And that's a thing too. It's like in the moment, actually like doing the parties and being there I'm stressed out and not I don't know if I even fully enjoy it but the pre stuff of like planning it getting everything set up now that's what I enjoy but I think you you like both I do like both I mean everyone says like with your wedding like be prepared it goes by like in a blink of an eye and you know one thing like I told Matt like we're having a smaller wedding like you know this like by like in a blink of an eye. And you know, one thing like I told Matt, like we're having a smaller wedding.

Like, you know this, like we have a lot of friends. Like we like to socialize. We know a lot of people. Matt's the type of person who like, they had a beer together. So he thinks like they're best friends. And they're invited. They met each other once.

Not true. And they're not on the list. But we are being very specific on who's invited to our wedding. We want it very intimate. Like if I want to go have have dinner with you like i don't really want you coming to my wedding like i've been to a lot of weddings where it's like i don't even talk to these people anymore and when you think about it it is sacred it is very important and special and so our guest list is very small and i told matt i'm like let's tell everybody like meet us on the dance

floor like not that i'm not appreciative that everybody's there not that I'm not like it's not like a jab at somebody that I'm not coming up to them specifically to thank them but I really want to enjoy our wedding too like yeah because like you said when you host you're you're caught up of like oh my god do I need to refill plates do I need to do this obviously not at a wedding but like yeah what do I need to do and I just want to coast and have a good time and have fun. So that is one of the perks of having a smaller wedding too, I feel like. Yeah. Cause, and then also if, if you know everybody there and you see them all the time, which hopefully that's, that's the whole point, then you don't need to go say hi. Cause you're going to see them next week

or you're going to see them the next week. So week so like that's kind of i've always felt that way too but it's i think it's easier for us because our family is not that big yeah so it's like easy for us to be like no no it doesn't matter like friends are like we'll celebrate another time but like you know family or like you know close friend family that are basically family then it's like okay yeah we have no problem doing that but then the guys on the other hand who have bigger families are like um that's gonna be interesting well and that's the thing too it's like when i was making the guest list i'm like going through my list going through matt's list and then i'm like well wait like my cousins are my sisters and then like i'm like well that's and my aunt and my uncle are like my

mom and dad so like I'm like that's like half my family tree right there we just cut it in half right there and I'm like so then I get some extra gas right like I can have more friends than you right I don't think it works like that either but you know what it's fine I always think about that too but whatever so let's go back to your book club. So you're doing your book club. And you know what? I cannot relate on this to you at all, because I as much as I would love to read. This goes back to what I've been talking about. I do when you read, do you hear your voice reading the words? Sometimes, sometimes not. Like I found like and some people have actually asked me that, like, how do you stay like focused when

you read? That's my problem. So some people and I've asked them like, you guys do audible books. I can't do that. Like some people love that. Like I can't drive and listen to a book. Like I'll just start driving and I'm like, oh, my God god i was supposed to turn like five minutes ago like you're not good yeah i can't do i can multitask you can't for the life of you no me yeah i'm like can you listen to me i know you're on your phone and you're not texting me right now you okay with it my the straw fell out of the things that's an issue i'll just drink the coffee that works um so i can't do that but i have found that like if i i normally have to go somewhere quiet like i can't have the tv on while i'm doing it um but i will like play like calming music like while i read sometimes um and there's times too where like as long as it's quiet I can read like I love to read

on a plane I love to read like in bed like when the with the fan on I like the white noise going and um I don't know if I hear my voice now I'm gonna read a book and be really annoyed with myself because that's gonna happen I know I'm sorry but that's my problem I've tried to read and I enjoy. So I am better with the audible stuff, but I don't really do that because I don't know when I have time. I'm like either listening to podcasts or watching videos or whatever. So I don't do that either, but I've never been that good at it. And I always, it's kind of like what I was saying, my voice in my head just goes and then I'll start thinking about other things. I'm like, that has nothing to do with what this is saying. And so so anyway, so you like reading a lot and you started the book club. Yep. So I started it during covid actually.

Matt had all of his stuff that he could do, like golf was open and he also plays the drums. And I'm like, I don't have anything to do.'ve already watched I've already watched all my tv shows I don't really know what to do so I started reading again and it kind of just started off I don't really know just small and I was like hey I'm gonna start sharing like the book club because other people read everybody's stuck at home like and so I started on the Goodreads app and, um, I have some people on there who we do different, like, um, again, back to like learning and discussing and stuff like that. We do different discussion groups. Um, at first I started off like every week and I was like, okay, like this is too much. Like it's hard to keep up. Like you, other people have lives

going on and stuff too. So now it's about twice a month that we do a discussion post on there. It's kind of like a recap of like, okay, you like about the book what do you not like about the book who do you see playing these characters in movies um and then we overall rate them and stuff so do you facilitate the questions or yeah i come up with the questions um and it's just open conversation sometimes people don't really participate in the questions sometimes they do it's just for fun really it's obviously like i think that's why it's so fun it's because it's not like school where you have to check in like like i've even said before like i don't really like the book that i picked out so i'm not really reading it but like i hope you guys do like everybody's different right like um everybody's interests are different too so like

there's some books that keep me up all night where like i'm up till three in the morning and i don't want to stop reading the book like there's times where i'm like i don't even want to hang out with people because i want to read this book like it's like a movie like you have to know what happens next um a lot of the books we read are like thriller and mystery and stuff so it's like there's a cliffhanger like i want to know what happens next yeah i think if i was listening along i could do it do you remember mom used to listen to all the twilight things in the cars and that i was so interested in and i could totally get like lost in that because i have something else to listen to besides that yes your voice yeah besides this thing um but no so I really liked that and I just

when you started doing that I was like wow that's nice what a productive way to spend time meanwhile I was watching every show on Netflix um no but that was yeah that was good I'm I'm glad you started that and then you started you were doing it on your regular Instagram now you started a separate thing yep so I actually in the beginning of COVID I did that interview with Colleen Hoover um yeah so you have so sometimes you have the authors come talk live on your Instagram and stuff yeah if it works out so I originally did Verity that was our first book we did and somehow me and Colleen Hoover got in touch with one another and it was the first interview I've ever done so it wasn't like the greatest thing me too yeah so I was like um let's try to

figure this out um even like the specs I was like I don't even know if this is working um but yeah we did an interview together um we discussed the book afterwards. And now there's actually a part two to that book, like an extended chapter. It just came out like a couple weeks ago, which is really cool. And then I also did an interview with Taryn Fisher because one of the books we did was The Wives. And that was by her. And so I still talk to them on Instagram here and there. And actually, our book this month is It Starts With Us, which is the sequel that Colleen Hoover wrote. And so we're featuring that on Blaine's Book Club.

That's our new Instagram page that we have. And from there, we're going to start collaborating everything. So it's not all just on Goodreads. So it'll be on the Instagram pages mainly where you're having like discussions and stuff. Yes. Okay. pages mainly where you're having like discussions and stuff yes okay and are you so is this book by her or is this book by colleen or is this by someone else no it's by her so she's gonna come back on hopefully hopefully yeah so i watched that i watched your first live with her yeah

i was lurking she's really cool i know i know she was awesome and then it was funny too because you know i'm consuming it consuming you know information my way and i was on tiktok and i kept seeing all these i kept seeing so many things of people just she has a huge fan base and everybody loves her books and i get i would get them all the time of like reading all Kyleen Hoover's books. And then, you know, they would go through and the one girl had like a stack this big. I'm like, how does this? And that's the other thing, writing that many books. Good Lord. Like that's impressive too.

How is she keeping up with everybody reading? I don't know if she's writing them faster or people are reading them faster. It's cool because like she doesn't realize how cool she is. Like that's the cool thing about her. Yeah. Like when I watch her stories and stuff, she's like, all right, like I'm going to do a day in the life, I guess. And like she's like, I'm going to go sign some books now and I'm going to go do this. Like she's actually really funny, too. And her and Taryn are like best friends. And so to see like their relationship as like two writers and like just being authentic and like she has no idea.

Like obviously she knows that she's like popular. Yeah. Yeah. Like she knows that obviously. Yeah. But she's really down to earth. And I think that's like the coolest part is like, I mean, even when I started my Instagram and I asked her like reached out to like do like the interview, she didn't have to do that.

Right. Right. And she totally did. Like very down to earth and humble. Like, which is cool. Yeah. No. Well, I'm I'm glad you have your little you've got a little niche thing going here.

And, you know, it's not my niche, but I try to still lurk around and lurk on the lives and see what you guys are reading and then i'll i'll tell you if it pops up on my tiktok every single time you're like oh i just saw this about colleen oh i just saw this about this book you should check it out i know well you know that is one thing though i like going to bookstores and i like libraries i just you know like i could hang out in a Barnes and Noble. No, well, when I was in school, like I used to like. Oh, I thought you meant like now. I'm like, I've never called you and you're like, I'm at the library right now.

One second. I'm at the library. I have to whisper. I'm at the library. Can you imagine? No. No, but like in high school and that used to be like the cool thing. Like everyone would go to the library and like, not the library, whatever, like the community center library

and whatever. You know what I'm talking about? The rock center? Is that what it is? Because that's not a library. There was a library. OK, whatever. Anyways.

And then, no, I really enjoy. So there's a Barnes and Nobles by like where I shop. And sometimes I'll just go in there because like I like the smell of the books like there's a Starbucks in there and like it's nice to like hang out and look at stuff but I'm definitely more of like you know I'll read the little back thing I'll look at the thing oh that looks like a good book and then it stays there just watch the movie I mean the books are better most of the time I know I always hear that and that's kind of like you know harry potter did the same thing see like i watched some of the movies great movies never read well i think that

would take you a lot more than a month yeah some people read books so like really quick like there are some people who read like a book a week i'm not one of those people because I do watch shows and I do do other stuff. You have a life? Barely, but I think I'm planning a wedding. Between everything going on? Yeah. Yeah. I can't wait for one day you just plan everything for me. I could do that.

You probably will. You'll probably yell at me while I do it, but I'll do it. Yeah, I know. I don't know if that would work out. See, that was a thing too. So when I was asking you to come on here and I was like, wow, this is going to be interesting because, you know, as much as we do get along now, we don't always. And it's one of those things, too, where we always joke because,

you know, I can say mean things to her and she can say mean things to me and even with our other siblings. And it's all fun and games until someone else gets hurt. I'm kidding. They're about to because if someone else like says something, we're so defensive. But like we could be we can be I could be like, yeah, she pissed me off. She did this. This is she is so annoying blah blah and then if someone else is like oh yeah that's so annoying i'll be excuse me what only i can only i can say that but that's all siblings i think right well that's a thing like i remember being in elementary school and i had a birthday party and you were there and this girl was being mean to you and i was literally like okay um you can either leave or you can be nice to my sister because it's like i can be mean to you and i was literally like okay um you can either leave or you can be nice to my sister because it's like i can be mean to you all i want it's the crossing the line like

you don't get to do that it's like an unwritten rule yeah yeah that is kind of a thing so it was so it was one of the parties where i wasn't spying from the outskirts and telling on you you probably were but still i can be mean to you but i can't and i can be a tattletale on the outside but they still can't be me i used to love love love love love love going with my friends spying on alina's friends hanging out and then telling on everything you guys would like i don't know say the b word and i would like run b word whatever yacht and i still i'm still so uncomfortable okay and i'm so weird and so listen no you i would literally we'd watch from like the sides and then we'd like run upstairs and be like elena said a

bad word or elena's friend said a bad word like obviously no one like I'm not gonna get in trouble we were never really I swear though actually that one actually might have gotten in trouble for I probably did no I would probably it was probably more along the lines of like Elena was texting a boy or they called a boy and like I would run upstairs and tell on you those are the the best days. Sounds about right. You're lucky I don't remember that much. So. Yeah, I specifically remember some of those times.

Good for you. Good times for me. Yeah. Bad times for you. You're getting in trouble. That was the thing, though. I feel like it's always the oldest sibling who gets in trouble. And then, you know, I get in less trouble because you're getting in trouble.

You're a bad kid. i literally remember i think i was in sixth grade and we had i had it was again my birthday party and i was having a pool party and i wanted to wear a two-piece bathing suit and i wasn't allowed and i was like stevie came out the womb in a two-piece bathing suit. Basically. I know, but this is the thing too. It's like each year it got more lenient of what was allowed or not. Yeah, pretty much. I remember I had, um, in high school, it was a progress report, not even a report card. And I think I had like a C, a progress report. Cause we just took a test. I didn't do that well. And I, I got in trouble and I was like, no, like it C a progress report because we just took a test I didn't do that well and I I got in trouble and I was like no like it's a progress report like let me take one test and it will go up

and I had to get a tutor and I could only go wherever you went like I was grounded so I was only allowed to go places you could go and I'm like can we please go somewhere fun that I only wanted to go eat yeah that was it that was all I used to go eat? Yeah, that was it. That was all I used to do. But, um, you know, that was the thing. And I think that was part of the reason, like school was always such a big deal for when, when you were growing up, like that was the main thing that either of us had to do. And I mean, that's pretty much, we both finished college and that was like a huge, we had to do that had to do that but why was the first in our family yeah well i remember you were you were switching schools every other day and then like

and then it got to the point where like if you don't finish this oakland i'm about to be first and you were like i can't let that happen and you had to finish right before me whatever it was a close second for me close close actually a little too close um yeah no so school was like and school was always easy for me but my thing was which I don't think you were as bad as me but I hated going to school like I was totally fine like I was good at it liked learning like like everything test grades perfect but actually physically going i hated it i loved it i know you were like student council president and everything and then like our vice president whatever the hell you were well even in elementary school i did service squad for your

teacher so like that was cool i did um like the wildcat savings they had like a banking thing i did the morning announcements actually. See, now that's where you got me. And then here's me today on a podcast. So I guess roles of reverse, my friend. I even did like an office aid. And then in high school, yeah, I did student government, a bunch of other clubs. And so it's funny that my degree is in communication because it's like all these things I've been doing my whole life circles back. Right. Like I answer the phones for work, which is what I did when I was an office aide.

Like, yeah, we were in fifth grade answering the phones for the office. So I guess you like what you like, I guess. Well, that's actually funny that you say that, because the only thing that I consistently did from elementary school all the way to high school was I was the librarian. This is really weird. I would work in the library. I loved it. I don't know. Didn't read a book, but.

No, I just liked being there. And I think, too, and maybe this was, well, we went to the same school for elementary but not after that but librarians were always so nice in our schools and so like I just made friends with the librarians and I was like oh cool like I get to hang out here and don't have to talk to the other kids yeah it's a good excuse in high school I used to go to the library and eat lunch I'm not gonna claim her as my sister I don't know so anyway so I guess I still enjoy uh the good library every now and then maybe it's the quiet that you like no I hate the quiet but maybe something in there like the maybe there's like a background noise in a library that we just don't like consciously

think about or well that was kind of when you were saying you can read when like there's white noise i could maybe do that i've never really tried but never on a plane because something about being on a plane knocks me out like instantly the noise i know it's cold and it's white noise it's a perfect sleep environment yeah and i can't even help myself sometimes. I'll be like two seconds. We didn't even take off and be sleeping. Like, I hope no one's looking at me because I'm just passed out. They probably think I took drugs before I got on.

Like, no, I promise. It's just the white noise. Like, I'm just comfy. Yeah. So, yeah. Well, I mean, is there anything else going on that you want to talk about? I mean, I feel like the latest was the book club and then, you know. You're getting married.

We're getting old. We're getting old. Turning 30 this year. Oh, my gosh. Yeah, I keep forgetting about that. Turning 30. You're old. Yeah, I'm trying to think about how I can outdo my birthday party.

You, that is actually a great topic because you are the birthday month queen. I told you, I love a good party. You love planning stuff. That's your thing, man. Well, I like seeing people have fun. Yeah, except you're to the point where this is one thing we still tiff about is when we go anywhere together you want to have every breath planned like you'll be like all right we're gonna go in the morning we're gonna do this then in between lunch and breakfast we're gonna

walk three blocks and like you'll have it so planned to the T that I'm like, don't you just want to? It's a vacation. Can't you just go with the flow? I'm not a go with the flow kind of person. I know. Yeah. Which is funny because actually Matt is a very much go with the flow type of person and I am not like he's I always say your chill is a cucumber and I'm not. Well, Evan is like that. And I think I'm middle ground and i'm not well evan is like that and i think i'm

middle ground because i'm not yeah you're middle i'm not as planned as you like i need to know at least the basics and then you know the in-betweens it's like if i need some leeway because i often am indecisive and i'm like i don't really feel like doing that anymore. So I need to relax for a second. Not that I do, but in theory. Well, I really hope for my bachelorette party, you and all my maid of honors, because I have three. I hope you guys all get together and I have a nice itinerary because I would very greatly appreciate that.

You know, well, I've played damn well. You're planning your own itinerary, but I will partake in the activities as though, you know, you planned them as though I planned them or had anything to do with them because I know I probably will be getting one five months in advance. Yeah. That's the other thing that we are just not the same on. You can plan so far in advance. I'm like, how do you know what's gonna happen by then I just like structure I see that I like it but not that much like even when I have plans like say like every Tuesday we got together let's pretend we don't but let's pretend in a dream world let's pretend if you canceled like my whole rest of the day would be thrown off I just

like structure that much but it's a routine it just like you whole rest of the day would be thrown off. I just like structure that much. But it's a routine. It just like you just go with the flow. It's like good for my mental health. I'm going to blame it on that. It's true. Whenever it's you're insulting my mental health because that's what I need. Every time you cancel on me, you diminish me a little bit.

Thank you. Oh, my God. I think you'll be fine. Yeah. No, I'm just not the same in that, but yeah. Um, this was last minute. This was last minute and I was a little nervous, but you, we made it, we did it. It's my first interview to somebody else. Yeah, it's true. And it, and you and you know worked out i think i actually need to correct something really quick here so this is what makes me nervous about her because i just never know what she's gonna say i already got lectured i'm not allowed to be too professional i'm not allowed to do a lot of things so i'm trying really hard okay you have your online voice i just have to

say you did good but it's your work voice. And sometimes, you know, you have to change it a little bit when you're talking like on a microphone, but you did well. Well, OK, so to be fair, the only reason I probably did well is because I looked at you the whole entire time. I don't think I've looked over here yet. So maybe the next time I am on this podcast, I will do a better job at looking at you guys because she put a lot of pressure on me not to have my customer service voice. So I just figured this way and I'm good to go if we're talking you don't have it but if you think you're talking to other people you have it yeah like you should see me at work when I answer the phone I'm like hi how can I help you and I'm like that's not

my voice no I know I've caught you doing it a few times even when we were before this like talking you're like okay and I'll say and you know I'll start by saying this and I was like please don't like like I'm pretty I'm still learning too so like sometimes I'll catch myself being like I won't even know what I just said I would never say that in the real world but then you know I'm getting a little bit better but I know when like we talk it's like like, it's funny. It's fine. It's we're chilling. But if you look this way and you see all the lights and the camera, there's a lot. She's got like four lights just shining at us right now. Yeah.

And so it's a little intimidating. So I try to look this way or just at the camera, not at everything else because it's a lot, but it was fun. I have to make a correction though what because you made me nervous and to be fair I did just start um I just made my Instagram a couple weeks ago like three weeks ago probably um and on Goodreads we used to be one thing and then I tried making that on Instagram and it didn't exist so just for a correction I want to make sure that I'm saying the correct Instagram because for the book club.

Yes, because on Goodreads, we are Lane's Book Club. So if you go on Goodreads, you search us Lane's Book Club. It'll come up. But I'm ninety nine percent sure when I looked on Instagram that was taken. So I have a different one, I think. But I just want to know what is Lane's Book Club. I'm good to go. And then the hashtag is read with lanes. That's what it is. That's, it is Lane's Book Club. I'm good to go. And then the hashtag is read with lanes.

That's what it is. That's what it is. OK, because I know something was taken and I couldn't have both. It might have been the email that was taken. So I had to do something a little different. I'm like, I'm going to confuse myself, which proof I just confused myself. So Lane's Book Club on everything. OK, yeah, we've we've talked about the two.

We try to swoop everything up just in case like when we come up with ideas and then you thought that someone took your idea first i have so many instagram pages just in case i want to do something one day you come up with something else yeah well yeah well we'll stay posted all of us for those days and then you can come on and share when you start your new stuff and i'll probably mess it up and then we'll be like great and then no one will find it anyways and then you know whatever um no but thanks for coming on yeah thanks for having me and i hope everyone liked this it's our first interview i think it went well i i'll get better with the hard-hitting questions and maybe in a future episode i'll get you on something but you know until then thanks for watching and we will

see you next time bye