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Hey Jessica, how's it going out there? Is it a sunny day in Portland?

Yes, it is beautiful. Man, Portland in the spring is so colorful. Like you can tell as soon as the world sort of turns over right and you

could feel that it's spring and not fall anymore as soon as that like feeling

creeps into the air, then like flowers and tulips just are like

popping up all over the place. Even just I'm looking out my dining room window right now,

and there's a tree right outside with like gorgeous,

like magenta flowers blooming.

Oh, that's awesome.

Yeah, they do bloom really quickly. You know, I mean it does turn over around here too from in Boston. It goes from winter to spring pretty quickly.

And it's kind of it's beautiful. It's so nice and it's a really good time to kind of rededicate yourself to health.

I recently decided to start a weightlifting program so I can, you know.

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