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Ariel and Realeen. It's true. Here we are. Once again, I don't know. I just keep coming back.

Yeah, I wonder if that's ever happened. Like, somebody set out to make a podcast and they had someone on it as a guest and they were like, this was so fun. Would you maybe want to come back next week? And then they just came back for like two years worth of episodes.

Forever. It's bound to have happened. Well, Raylene and I were just discussing what tea were drinking and what candles were burning. So, oh, and Simon's here. There's a lot of chaos going on at Raylene's house right now. I don't know what the hell's going on, folks. But yeah, Raylene, we should let the people know, how are we setting our

ambiance tonight? What are you experiencing? It's actually kind of wild in here right now

for more than just like the screaming cat, et cetera. I have, I have a candle going. Kyle also has a

candle going. Our desks are right next to each other. I have a Bath and Body Works candle called

midnight snow going at the moment. I got many candles for Christmas, and they're all like Christmas themed. Yeah. But it smells amazing. It smells kind of like Abercrombie and Fitch. And then Kyle has another Bath and Body Works candle going on the other side of the room called Merry Cookie. And it's a very sweet smelling, like vanilla-y, sweet cookie candle.

Are they mixing? Are they mixing well? Not yet. We just started them about 10 minutes ago,

and so we're going to wait and see how that goes. I have a feeling it's going to be insane.

I might pass out. I don't know. What kind of candle do you have? I have the green apple scent from

IKEA. They get me every time because whenever I walk through IKEA, they're obviously genius.

Like, honestly, the entire way that IKEA runs its business is just a masterclass. Like in it like obviously it's funny because

their furniture is very innovative. A lot of the ways that you put together the furniture is like

really, really cleverly thought out by honestly genius engineers and stuff. Like it's fascinating,

woodworking. But like also just it's a feat of amazingness, how they manage to get you to buy all the stuff you don't need.

I know. Every time I go there, I spend so much money. It's amazing. It's so, so clever. And so, you know,

at the end of the trip, you've already had like $300 worth of stuff in your cart. And you're like,

what is a $1.75 candle going to affect me? Exactly. I've already had like $300 worth of stuff in your cart and you're like, what is a $1.75 candle going to affect? Exactly. I've already gone past the point of no return. I may as well

just add a little more. And I love about the IKEA candles that they're actually very strong.

Like the smell is good. So I always get a couple of them. And yeah, so I'm burning that. And then I am drinking

orange pico tea right now. What about you? My tea is from David's tea and it's called, I think,

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