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Welcome to a mini episode of

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Mom Homie. I cannot

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think straight, and my voice obviously

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sounds like super horse right now because,

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um, as I was telling

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you all, I am going to be delivering

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uncut and. Barely

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edited, um, episodes

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of Mom Homie. Um, many or

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I should say mini episodes of Mom Homie, because

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I want to offer up a little bit

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more of the behind the scenes

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and, um, how I am getting

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these episodes to you, which in

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all honesty is. Barely.

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But I actually really enjoy

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this. And I also,

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you know, just wanna make sure that I'm keeping it

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real with you all about, um,

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what it's like to be

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a, uh, I guess solopreneur

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is the word that started coming

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to mind recently in terms of

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just like trying to,

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you know, give y'all something of value

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and, um, you

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know, actually. Do

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the damn thing, right? So, um,

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yeah, I, I

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am literally recording this,

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um, minutes before the

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main episode is

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due to go out, which

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I try to get every episode out. At

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8:00 AM on every

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other Tuesday, um, I'm not

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always successful at that because

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I am doing all of this by myself. So

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like, you know, this recording

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I'm doing by myself. When I set up my recording

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and everything, that's by myself. I write

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all my outlines. I. And

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I wish I could make this up, but literally

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while trying to just film this mini

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episode, my. Um,

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memory card was full and

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it cut off. And so now I'm coming back

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with a new memory card and continuing

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this mini episode. So, um,

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it's funny, it seems like no matter

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what you have laid out, what are the things

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you checked, uh, whatever,

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how, how many times you'd tell

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yourself you're gonna do it, you know, earlier

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and give yourself more time. It

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always comes down to the wire.

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And, um, that's like the story of my life

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as a mom. I'm just like, I'm

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like, I'm gonna do this and I'm gonna handle that and

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I'm gonna take care of this, and this is gonna be this kind

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of day. And rarely is

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it ever like that. But you know what?

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We're here, we're getting it done. And

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as long as we're alive and our

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kids are alive and

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fed and loved, hey.

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We're doing just fine. So, um,

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yeah, I hope that you find these

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little mini episodes in between. Fun

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and again, just a, a real look

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at, um, I

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don't wanna say the mess that I am because

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I, I don't, I don't think that's a fair assessment.

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Um, I don't think anybody, you

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know, wakes up and plans to be a mess.

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I just think that things happen and life

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can get messy and you just

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keep on trucking, right? So,

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um, yeah. Uh,

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it's rare that

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I am filming a whole episode,

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um, just before it's. Do,

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I'm usually, when I say filming,

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I mean recording. I usually,

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um, record mm

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at my best a day or two before

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it needs to come out. And then I may edit it

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the night before. Um,

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but we are going on vacation, which

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is why things are

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super crazy. And

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um, I'm like, okay, but I've gotta

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get this out before we go because we're going

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to the woods. And not

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like, you know, bears eat you kind of woods, but,

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um, the woods nonetheless.

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So we're gonna be pretty disconnected from

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the internet and things like that, and

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that is lovely. I'm so looking

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forward to it. But that just means I can't

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do this any other place,

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any other time. Um, but right

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now, so yeah,

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I, um, hope

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that all of you have wonderful

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summer vacations lined up. And

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that you get to step away from work

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and that you get to take time to be

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with your loved ones and to be by yourself.

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I know that I need to put an emphasis

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on being by myself. I

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am always, you know, around

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either the kiddo and the husband or both of

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them. And I think

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that it does mean some good to

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have some time alone, especially

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because we've, um, Tested

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it out now and it's gone really

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well. I had a really great like,

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Just over 24 hours by myself, not

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that long ago. And,

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um, it was good for me. So,

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you know, if you're another mom out there who's like,

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Hmm, I wonder if I should take some time

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away, and, you know, feeling,

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you know, weird about that, don't, um,

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yeah, definitely take some time away. I know other

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moms who, um, actually

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took whole weekends for themselves for

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Mother's Day. So instead of, You

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know, celebrating Mother's Day with

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the person that made them a mom, or

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I should say the people that made them mom. Um,

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they were like, yeah, I'm gonna sneak away and

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just have, um, a day or two

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to myself at a hotel. And I was like, kudos

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to you, kudos to you. Um,

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I would totally do that myself, except for I

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don't have any sort of hotel money

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right now, but That's okay. We can always

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create our own. Um, You

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know, pockets of alone time,

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um, either by hiking

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or going for a walk,

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even if it's just for an hour or,

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you know, whatever it may be. So I

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hope that you find some alone time. I hope

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you find some rest and relaxation this summer. And

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if you haven't already listened to

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the latest episode of Mom

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Homie about. Marvelous Mrs.

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Maisel, whether or not she is a

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good mom or bad mom, go

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ahead and hop over to that episode

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and thanks so much for sticking with me

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thus far. I,

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um, hope you enjoy this like, kind

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of messy uncut, um,

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not outlined last minute sort

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of, um, rant of

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mine in that you find some solace

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in the fact that, um, You

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know, however we do business

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and however we do motherhood,

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um, it's, it's

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not gonna always be pretty

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or how we planned it to be, but we're doing it. So

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anyway, enjoy the rest

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of your day. Thanks for listening.