Hey, welcome to the show. Welcome to Mentally Chill. I'm Kristen Carney. And I am so sorry, I wasn't here last week. That was very unexpected. And of course, it happens after I say on the show before that, wow, I have a much better work ethic than I thought. And then all of a sudden, I'm gone. But what happened was I went away for my birthday for

last week and I'm not saying that to get more birthday wishes by the way. That's just,

I could just say I went out of town. I'll just leave it to that. I went out of town and I actually

was in Canada for part of the week and that's where where I booked my guest, and I don't know many

other Canadians, so my guest canceled and just kind of threw away the idea. I didn't want to do

a birthday show alone. It just felt like kind of sad. But anyway, I'm here now, and I made it out of

Canada alive, which is not something that happens

often.

It's a very dangerous country.

Thank you for joining the show.

Thank you for listening.

And thank you specifically to new Patreon children that have joined the community.

It kind of sounds culty having children.

It's kind of creepy.

But you guys are the children.

Thank you to Jessica D. and Sarah P.

Thanks for hanging out and becoming part of that.

Someone on Instagram told me that I should tell a little bit more about like the the donation levels

on the podcast. And I usually don't do that because I don't want to bore you guys. But since it

was suggested, I'll bore you guys. So you guys can donate $2 a month and become part of the

website site thing where you can get the posts that I'm posting and chime in and be part of the community.

Also, I give you a shot on the show and you get access to my mini pods and anything that I'm posting on Patreon, I basically keep it open to all levels,

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