Let's Be Honest with Kristin Cavallari - An Unexpected Emotional Life Update

Episode Date: September 17, 2024

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Hey guys, welcome in. This episode is brought to you by AG1. Go to drinkag1.com slash honest and get a free welcome kit with your first purchase. The following podcast is a Dear Media production. This is Let's Be Honest with Kristen Cavallari, a podcast all about getting real and open on everything from sex, relationships, reality TV, wellness, family, and so much more. And just a fair warning, there will probably be some oversharing. Welcome in guys. Happy Tuesday. And I do want to give a shout out to the podcast because it's officially been one year since Let's Be Honest came out. It came out September 12th. I know

today is September 17th, but I didn't have a podcast air on the actual day. So happy one year anniversary to Let's Be Honest. And thank you guys for still being here after a year. It's funny because when I started the podcast, I was like, what am I going to talk about? Like I was like, this seems like an uphill battle. I don't really have that much to say, but somehow I've managed to do a year's worth of episodes and I already have pretty much the remainder of the year planned. So we are just moving and grooving along. So thank you guys so much. And this is the last time I am going to be in this spot doing an episode because I'm moving. I am moving here in just a couple days. I am so excited because I have an actual podcast studio in my new house. And it might take me

a couple weeks to get it fully up and running. But in the meantime, I'll just do episodes from wherever in my house. And I couldn't be more excited. I don't know why I always... For whatever reason, I don't know why I didn't just create a podcast studio when I launched this podcast. I should have just made a studio before I even launched. But I always do that. For some reason, I just sort of... I don't know. It's not that I don't care. That's not it at all. I think I just sometimes I'm just like so laid back about some of that stuff that I'm like, whatever, I'm just going to do it in my dining room because creating a podcast studio would have been a lot of work in this current house because I don't have an extra bedroom. I would have had to put it in my basement and would

have had to like actually make a podcast studio where my new house, I have an extra bedroom and I'm just going to turn it into a studio. So it just is a lot easier. But speaking of that, so I've been, I'm back on next door. I told you guys before how I've been selling so much, so much stuff on next door and I'm so addicted to it. And now that I'm moving here in a couple of days, I've been kicking it into high gear. I'm selling fucking everything. And just before this podcast episode, I had a man, we'll call him Tyler, older man, really nice guy. He came and he picked up a wooden coffee table that I've had for years with these metal, metal legs on it. Okay. And this coffee table was so heavy, like so, so heavy. And it, so my, my basement at my house right now is my gym and there's a huge storage area in it too. This is where the coffee table was. Okay. And there's a door that leads to the outside,

but it's like a different to get down there. You have to like drive on a different driveway essentially. And so I was like, I tried to get out the coffee table before he came. Cause I like to, you know, either do porch pickup. I love a porch pickup or, you know, just at least try to get the items ready. So they're not like traipsing all around my house. Right. So I was going to get this coffee table out and I was like, Holy shit. I keep that. There's no way. Right. So Tyler and I are, we're, we're meeting, we're doing the damn thing together. Okay. So, all right. So Tyler parks his car. It's like my greenhouse and my chicken coop are like right outside of my gym out of the basement. So he parks his car over there and we're like, okay. So, and he's an older man, right? Like he, I think I'm stronger than him. And then that's not me.

That's not a diss. It's just, it just is what it is. Okay. And we are able to kind of like, you know, pull it a little bit and move it. And then we're both like, fuck, this is so heavy. He's like, I have a little dolly in my car. Great. Tyler, you have a dolly. Why didn't you say that before? Okay. He goes and gets the dolly. It's, it's a tiny, tiny, tiny dolly, but Hey, it's something, right? It's got wheels on it. Great. We somehow managed to put this heavy ass coffee table on this little dolly and he's wheeling it through the gym and the gym floors are those rubber floors. So great. That's easy. Awesome. We get it to the doors, double doors, get it through the door. Awesome. Now we're in grass. Okay. And the dolly doesn't roll in the grass.

Mind you, it's 90 fucking degrees outside and the sun is out. It is just beating down heat out there. So now Tyler and I are in the grass because this dolly will not move. He's pulling. I'm pushing this coffee table. Also, my hair and makeup is done because I'm like, as soon as Tyler takes a shit, I'm filming this podcast. Okay. So now I'm sweating because it's, this is a long distance. I'm not good with measurements like that. I'd say it's half a football field. That's, that might be aggressive. I don't think it's 50 yards. I think half of a football field is 50 yards. Maybe it's, maybe it's 30 yards. Okay. And so I am like, this is, this is insane. So I'm

sweating my ass off. Right. And in my head, I'm also like, how the hell if, if, if Tyler and I can't even get this coffee table through the grass, how the hell are we going to get it into his car? So now we're both like, shit. Okay. So now we're like, Tyler, maybe you want to bring your car, drive in the grass and, and literally like back it up as close as possible. So, okay. Outside of my doors, there is my chicken coop. I have a greenhouse. I then have beds, you know, for fruit and vegetables. I also have four apple trees. So somehow Tyler is able to back his car in between my apple trees and my beds and quite literally get it as close as humanly possible right up next to

my greenhouse. Okay. After, I'm not kidding you guys, 25 minutes of this, I'm not even exaggerating. We finally are able to get the coffee table into the back of his car. Also, my favorite part is we hoist it up into the trunk of his car. He put his front end first and then had me pushing it. I did most of the work, you guys. And again, I'm sweating my ass off it. I was, I'm not, I did most of the work you guys. And again, I'm sweating my ass off now. I'm like in my head, I'm like, I'm going to have to totally redo my makeup for this podcast, but fine, whatever. So we get it in his car. Great. He comes back around to the front of my house. Cause he was getting a couple other items, like a step ladder or like some other just random shit. So, OK, we we get everything in his

car and he's like, oh, I owe you more money. He prepaid for the coffee table, but now he wanted to add the stepladder and a couple other things. So he's like, I owe you more money. So I'm like, oh, OK, great. He's going to Venmo me. Can't find his phone. You guys, I'm just like looking at my phone being like, oh, I have to start this in my, you know, my kid, I'm, I plan everything before my kids get home from school. Cameron has a football game tonight. Like there's a lot of moving parts. Like I had this short window to do this podcast. So I'm like, fuck Tyler, we got to find your phone, bro. So now it's like so much for this guy not coming to my house. Now he follows me through my front door. We go downstairs. We're retracing our steps,

right? We're in the grass. We're looking everywhere for this phone. I'm like, Tyler, your phone's not here. I'm like, could you have put it somewhere else in your car? You know? And by the way, his trunk now is like stacked. It's like loaded with stuff. So if it's underneath the coffee table and the step ladder and everything else he has, I'm like, we're not finding that. Right. And I'm like, Tyler, I'll call your phone. Okay. Great. So I'm calling his phone. It's hooked up to Bluetooth. So even, even if it's close by, it's going to be ringing. Right. So I am like, we're searching the car. We can't find it. I'm like, Tyler, I don't, I'm like, maybe it's underneath all your stuff and you're going

to find it when you get home. Right. Another 15 minutes, you guys, I'm not exaggerating. And then he goes, oh, it's on the dashboard. Oh, it's on the dashboard. So this is what I'm dealing with on next door. But honestly, I think it's so fucking funny. And instead of being like, you look so pissed off. Halfway through, I just started laughing. I was like, this is just this is OK. We're the Tyler and I are in this together. We're doing the damn thing. But most instances are not quite that dramatic. Usually people come, they get their shit, they leave. And it's pretty simple. But Tyler, you know, it's funny, too. Tyler still hasn't paid me. I haven't gotten that Venmo with the extra money, which is fine. I know it's fine, Tyler, quite honestly. And then another little dramatic thing that I

just dealt with. I think it's like my energy has left this house, right? So now like all these little things are happening. So carbon monoxide detectors. We love them. We need them. They save lives. I am here for them. However, they have been the bane of my existence for the last few months. So I have three in my house. I have one in my bedroom, which is on the main floor. And then there's two upstairs, which is where all the kids' bedrooms are. And the two upstairs, I don't know why this happened or how this happened or how this makes sense, but there's one on the wall and then directly above it is another one. So I'm not quite sure why they're in the exact same spot, but hey. So in the last few months, the batteries on all of these things have been going out and it's like a fire alarm where it beeps until you switch the batteries. And I've been here for four

and a half years. I've never dealt with them. So I guess they have the lifespan of four and a half years, by the way. But the one in my bedroom, I had to switch. That was the first one that went off. And you guys, if you don't get these batteries in fucking immediately, the alarm system starts going off. Okay. Because carbon monoxide is like your fire alarms where it's hooked up to the whole security system. It's all part of it. So this is a couple of months ago. So I dealt with that. Alarm company calls me. I'm like, no, no, it's all good. I got my carbon switching my batteries, blah, blah, blah. Put it back on the wall. Great. Okay, fine. Okay. So now a couple weeks ago, I'm up. There's a beep going on in my house. And you know, you can, it takes you fucking 10 minutes to find where it's coming from. Like what is this? Oh my God. So I'm upstairs

by myself. There's no one else home. And I'm searching for this beep. I'm like doing process of elimination. I'm in Camden's room. I closed the door. Okay. It's not in Camden's room. Okay. It's not in the hallway right side of outside of his room. I'm like going through all the rooms. So now Jackson and Saylor's rooms are across the hall from one another and there's fire alarms and multiple carbon monoxide's like right in this little hallway in between their rooms. So I'm like standing there trying to figure out which one it fucking is. And then I realized, oh my God, it's both carbon monoxides. Okay. I already know. I'm like, you have literally five seconds to switch these batteries. I get my batteries, have both my carbon monoxide things, and I'm like ready to go. Okay. I switched them immediately. I get the batteries

in. Great. Amazing. Now I'm trying to put the ceiling one back in. You have to like put it on so that it lines up perfectly and then like twist it. Right. So that it stays. I can't figure out this fucking thing to save my life. And the thing is still going. So my, now my alarm system is going off. I'm like, I don't even know how the fuck to turn off my alarm system, which I've since learned by talking to the security system. I thought when it's like a fire alarm or something, you can't just like put in your code and shut it off. So I didn't even try. Now I know you can, but so I'm like freaking out. Right. Cause I'm like, I know that the security system is going to be calling me. My alarm system is going off. So I can't, I can't get this fucking thing in my ceiling.

I also can't get the other one on the wall. I don't know why these two, I don't know, but I'm like ready to honestly just fucking break these things. So what I ended up doing after panicking for fucking 10 minutes is I just was like, I'm not putting them on the walls. It's that's what's happening. I'm just not putting them on the walls. Okay. Because the thing is with the back of them, they have to be against a wall, right. Or something flat to hold the batteries in place so that that's not going off. So I'm like, I'm just going to put them on a shelf upstairs, you know, in the TV room, They're just going on a shelf. Great. Okay. They went off, you know, told the alarm system again, sorry, I'm changing the batteries. And they even

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trying to say something to them and we have to do the Google translator. So imagine trying to call me and let me know that there's a beep going on, right? The alarm system is going off. So I'm 99% sure that I know exactly what it is. And I think everything is fine. And they're like, well, just to make sure we want to continue to send the fire department. And there is a little part of me that's like, maybe something did happen. Right. So I'm like, okay, not, not the end of the world. But then I, what I did was, okay, I got off the phone with them and I texted the main girl from the cleaning company who does speak English. Obviously she just doesn't go to the houses and clean. She just,

you know, facilitates everything. She handles logistics. So I texted her and I said, Hey, is everything okay at my house? She's calling the cleaners that are at the house. Yes. She said, there's no fire or anything, but there is a beep. There's a beep. And I'm like, it's the fucking carbon monoxide detectors. So the, so now the, the, the Franklin fire department calls me and I say, I'm on my way home. I'm going to be home in about 15, 20 minutes, but I know that it's fine. The people there, it's my carbon monoxide detectors. I've been through this before. I'm trying to explain all the things. And they're like, well, we can't. They've already been dispatched, so we can't do anything. Okay.

So now they're like, they're at your gate. What is your gate code? And I was like, I've propped my gate open. I opened my gate for them. I was like, I've propped my gate open. I opened my gate for them. I was like, it's open. They were like, no, they're at the gate right now. And I'm like, well, hold on. Let me look. I've got cameras. So I pull up my cameras. I'm like, there's no one at my gate. The fire truck is not at my gate. I'm like, I think they're at the wrong house. Okay. So now, because all of this drama has been going on for 15 minutes, right? Now I'm almost home. So I'm about to turn into my driveway and I see the driveway before my house. I see a fire truck, a police car, like all kinds of shit going on. And I am like, oh no. Oh my God.

They're at my neighbor's gate. And I'm like, awesome. And I'm so on the phone with them. I said, I just drove by there at my neighbor's gate. Okay. I get home. Everything is fine. In fact, the alarm system was not going off. It was just the carbon monoxide beepers. So I don't know how, what, who, where, when, or why, but how the alarm system got turned off. Anyways, fix the carbon monoxides. And they're like, well, we still, you know, the alarm system got turned off. Anyways, fix the carbon monoxides. And they're like, well, we still, you know, the rescue squad. Everyone's here. You guys, I had three, three cop cars come up.

Rescue squad, some other. I don't even know what the other two cars were. They were trucks I've never seen before, but clearly like some form of the police department, right? Or like rescue. It was more, more of the, like the rescue center. And I said to the guys, I said, I am so sorry. I know everything is fine. And I tried to tell them not to send you guys. They're like, I don't know why they would still send us. I'm like, I don't know. I'm sorry. They're like, well, we're here. We may as well go and check the carbon monoxide. They did. And everything was fine. And I felt really bad. The fire truck never made it up my driveway, probably scared the shit out of my neighbors.

And these fucking carbon monoxide things are going to be the death of me. So what I have done is I taped them. So you can chuck that thing across the room and those batteries are not coming out. And in my new house, there is not a carbon monoxide detector yet. And I am really debating not putting one in, even though I know I have to. I have to. And I will. I will. I will. But my God, I just they've given me a lot of stress. So needless to say, I'm ready to get the fuck out of this house. You know what I mean? Another thing, this episode is going to be clearly about just house stuff and moving. But another thing I wanted to talk about is the protocol for moving out of a house or a condo or an apartment for that matter. I've always, my whole adult life, been under the impression that when you move out of

a place, you get it cleaned, right? It's the, A, just the right thing to do. But B, I always thought it was sort of like, well, I know in apartment buildings, I think you have to, at least in my early twenties, I thought that that was the case. Otherwise I think you had to like pay the building or something. But, but you know, same thing goes with houses. And I remember when I moved into this house, it was so clean. The people obviously had it cleaned for me when they moved out. And I remember being like, wow, that is really nice. That was the right thing to do. And so that's what I would do. I think, you know, that's what I've done every time I've moved out of somewhere. And I guess I just always expect people to do the same. Well, people do not do that. The people I bought my new house from left the house. So fucking disgusting. You guys, not only does it look

like they haven't, they never actually had it clean because the house was only finished, I think like eight months ago or so. And people didn't live there full time. It was a couple from Florida and they thought they were going to live here full time. And they got here, decided they didn't actually want to live in Tennessee. But what I've kind of gathered is that like from the builder and stuff like that is that the husband was always here. I don't think the wife was here and the husband left the fucking place absolutely trashed. So not only is it just like gross, right? Like spider webs, dust, and just like gross. They also left like bar soap in the shower, razors, shampoo. They left their toilet scrubbers. They left towels. They left bath mats. Like it just shit that they were like, I don't want that. So they just left it. There is just trash in all of the drawers in the kitchen. And,

and it's just, you guys, it's so disgusting. And then I'm like, I don't know. I guess I'm just like people do that, but yeah, people do do that. And so I have to pay for a deep clean before I move in. It's going to take two days, not because it's such a big house, because it's that fucking disgusting. It's that disgusting. You guys, it's literally like they went through and they were like, well, I'm not going to need I don't want that hand towel. I don't need I don't need that like soap dispenser. I don't like and like some of it's my stuff, you know, but I'm not keeping it because it's weird and it's gross. And like, why would anyone think that I want their old toilet scrubber? Why would you? You guys,

what the fuck? I think we need to just we need to make that a universal thing that when you move out of somewhere, you get it cleaned. It's the right thing to do. I'm doing that at this house. When I move out, I'm going to get it deep cleaned. Fuck, man. It really is disgusting. But I will say that is the one thing about moving that I absolutely love is just getting rid of so much shit. That is my favorite thing on the planet to do. If I wasn't doing what I do, I would organize people's houses. I would declutter them. I like I think it would be a lot to go into our hoarders house. That would, I think, be a little overwhelming and kind of give me the creeps. But just like a normal, like someone's closet or someone's pantry or their fridge, like

put me in coach. I want to go and declutter and organize all that shit. So for me, moving is like, hell yeah, we are getting rid of everything. And I'm in this mode right now of, I don't want anything in excess, nothing. I only want what I need truly. I mean, you guys, and if I should show you, well, I've had a field day just selling anything and everything on next door. I've also been donating stuff to Goodwill. I've been giving shit away. I've been I sell some stuff on the real real. There's also another little Nashville like local Nashville place that I sell clothes to

the ones that the real real doesn't want. But like the amount of shit that I've gotten rid of has been incredible. And it also makes me feel like. I don't we don't actually need that much stuff, right? Like at the end of the day, we really don't need that much stuff. And even my kids too, like I gave my kids garbage bags and I said, one for goodwill and one that's just garbage. That's just junk. And the amount of stuff that my kids even got rid of, I was like, guys, do you see how little now, like they don't really have anything in their rooms anymore besides just like their main stuff that they use. I also will say, disclaimer, they're like in a new, they're in a new phase in their lives where it's not so much about toys anymore. Like we definitely, because I've been in this house for four and a half years. And in those

four and a half years, you know, they're different kids now. They were little when I moved in this house and they played with toys and they did all that stuff and they don't do that stuff anymore necessarily. And so that is, it's just, that would be kind of a natural process anyways, of just getting rid of like some of the kid clutter that we don't need anymore. But it is amazing to really go through and figure out what exactly you do need. Cause that was my barometer. I was like, do I need it? No. Obviously there's some stuff like, do I need it? No. But do I want it? Sure. But I was like, I was pretty, I've been pretty ruthless with what I've gotten rid of. And I fucking love that. I love that. And now I'm just, I'm ready. You know, it's been,

I think when I first decided to move, I've told you guys, but I, you know, I wasn't looking, I love this house so much, but I fell in love with this new house. Just absolutely fell in love. Like this is a house I'll have forever. And my current house is really great for younger kids. And truth be told, my kids could grow up here, but I think this new layout at my new house is just, it's more tailored for older kids. I actually wouldn't want to have little kids in my new house. And so anyways, I, but it was emotional because

the last four and a half years for me have been probably the biggest four and a half years of my entire life. And when I say biggest, I mean, I've had the most growth in the last four and a half years. There's been a ton of memories. There's been so many great things that have happened here. I've had a lot of really low lows in this house though too. I mean, I healed in this house. There's just a lot of emotion attached to this house. And even after I made an offer on my new house and I had you know, I've had it and everything, I still was like, I'm going to be sad. I was like, I'm probably going to cry when I move out

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So another little life update for you guys is that my oldest Camden has been playing football for middle school, tackle football. Both my boys have played flag football the last couple of years, which has been so fun. And now Camden with middle school is playing tackle football. And most middle schools are really big. And so they're able to cut kids and just take their best players. Right. And a lot of these middle schools have a JV and a varsity team. And our school does not because our school is very small and we just don't have, you know, nearly as many kids. So our team is a walk-on team. No one gets cut, which, you know, and while most sixth graders typically do not play, Camden has been playing because we need all the, all the manpower we can get.

And Camden has been playing quarterback and Camden's small. I mean, he's, he's 12. He's one of the older ones in his grade, but he's little. And a lot of these fucking seventh and eighth graders, you guys are six, four, six, five, like what? And it's been, it's been so emotional. I actually cried the night before Camden's first game. And I want to show my kids all of the emotions, right? Like I want them to see me cry. I think that's a really healthy, good thing with the football thing though. I was trying to hold it back because I didn't want to put that on Camden. I didn't want him to worry about me when he's

playing. And so I was really holding it back. And I just, I said to him, you know, I just, I don't want you to get hurt and make me emotional right now. It's so crazy how easily my kids can make me really emotional. Nothing else, just my kids. But I was like, I was like this. So holding back tears. And I was like, I just don't want you to get hurt. And he was like, Oh, I'm not going to get hurt. He's like, I've got all these pads. He's like, so even if I get him, I'd be okay. Cause I've got all these pads, just like so sweet. And just like trying so hard to reassure me. And I was like, no, no, I know. I know. You know? And the first two games he did not, I mean, he, you know, he didn't get hit. Like he had a, what, like one play, he ended up having to do sort of like a back backwards somersault type thing. And, you know, he got hit a little bit, but like nothing

major. And I was so happy and he played well and it was so fun. And he's, you know, he's playing against mostly seventh and eighth graders. And that is scary. But, you know, the first two games, I was like, OK, you know, he's he's really great out there and he's not getting killed and everyone's happy. Right. And then the third game, he took some really bad hits. And this was not my intention, by the way, to cry. I was like, literally just like, I'll give everyone a little life update. Two of the hits were late hits. And which I'm guessing my audience is not that familiar with football. That's illegal. You can't hit a quarterback after he's already thrown the ball and he got hit and he went flying and he fell really hard. And I just knew as a mom how scared he was after that first hit. And that's what fucks me up more. Oh, my God. I really thought I'd

worked through all of this. Thinking of him being scared out there just wrecks me. It just wrecks me more so than the physical aspect. Obviously, physically, I don't want him to get hurt. But and then he got hit a couple other times. And that was honestly one of the hardest things I've had to sit through. It's so hard seeing your baby get hit. And this is for all the sports moms, right? I mean, I think it's not just football, soccer, it's hockey, it's lacrosse. There's a lot of really physical sports that our boys go through. And listen, I think football and all these sports are really good for these boys in so many ways. I just, fuck, I don't know how to do it. I don't know how to do it. This conversation was in my head.

I was like, I'm going to talk about football and how it's because it has been so much fun. These games are so fun. And today's homecoming, which I know a lot of kids are just now going back to school and it's homecoming for us, which is wild. But because we've been in school for over a month. But my intention with this conversation was to be like, it's so fun and seeing the cheerleaders. And I was a cheerleader in middle school. And it's it's really fun. And Camden gets to wear his jersey to school on Thursdays. And, you know, like it's a really fun atmosphere and it's taken me back to middle school. And I love all of that. I wasn't going to

I didn't think I was going to start crying. So I'm sorry that wasn't my intention. But it's it's the reality. And I was going to just kind of give you guys this episode was a life update. And that is kind of what I've been going through. And a lot of other parents are going through as well, you know. And, you know, he's the quarterback. And in a lot of ways, the quarterback is way more protective if they have a decent O-line. And now I have to remember who my audience is that I'm talking to. You guys are like, O-line?

What the fuck is that? The offensive line are the people that are supposed to block anyone coming at the quarterback. And Jackson was like, I want to play. Well, for a long time, he was like, I'm not going to play in middle school. And in my head, I'm like, thank fucking God. But I'm like, oh, why? You know, why don't you want to play? But OK, that's fine. But he did just say he wants to be wide receiver. And I said, no, I mean, I said it. I know I won't actually not let him, but that's, that's, it's just hard. I don't know. It's, it's, I think the hardest part about being a parent is your kids are little pieces of your heart, quite literally

out there in the world, getting shit thrown at them, getting physically hit, you know, all these things. And all we want to do as moms is protect our babies. But that is the worst thing we can do. Obviously they have to get hurt. They have to have their heart broken. They have to get hit physically. I guess they have to, I don't know if they're boys and they play sports and it's so fucking hard. And I will say Camden did say the next game that morning, he said, I'm ready. I'm ready. It was just that first time getting hit that first game getting hit. That was scary. But now I know and now I'm ready. And, you know, I guess, OK, there you go. That's that. So moral of the story is it's just fucking hard being a parent. I think

it's emotional in so many ways. And the flip side of it is when he's playing really well and he gets a touchdown and everything, it's like, oh, it's the best feeling in the world. And you're so happy for them. So the highs and lows of being a parent. So anyways, guys, that's my life. Next time I see you, well, I have a guest next week, but then next time I see you after that for a solo, I will be in my new house. I'll keep you guys updated on that, show you a little bit of the house. And I can't wait to show the actual podcast studio and have that be done. So sorry for the tears. I mean, I'm not sorry. I just, that wasn't my intention, but I told you guys I would keep it real with you on this podcast. And that is I guess it's I don't know. I've always been afraid to be vulnerable and show that side of me, but that's me. So fuck it. All right. Thank you

guys for listening. And I will see you next time.