Full disclosure, I'm in a terrible mood.

Almost didn't do an episode today.

But let's just do it.

Let's jump in.

You probably heard about what has happened here in Texas, in our region of the state

catastrophic flooding this past weekend that hit summer camps.

And my kids had gone to one of those summer camps that are very well known around here.

And it's, it is, it is a lot to process. I decided to do an episode

anyway to, to think out loud about how I'm processing this. And just a couple general

things not directly related to this tragedy that, that just kind of apply to all of us in daily life and some lessons

for how people can not be the most annoying human beings on the face of the planet when

there are tragedies. And it is, it's very heavy. I think for anyone who heard about it, but especially for those of us who are local, because

you go on social media and you're seeing the local stories of the funeral notice for this

kid and that kid.

And, you know, can anyone bring this and that to the family?

And so it's, it is, as you know,

if a lot of you have had stuff like this happen in your local areas,

it is, those of us who are local,

the tragedy plays out over a much longer period of time.

And it's definitely impacting us around here.

But I think what, you know, what gave me the strength to go ahead and do this episode is, of course, my skyrocketing hatred for humanity.

That's, I, listen, I hate so many new people and that is my coping mechanism.

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