Hey everybody. Welcome back to Older and Wilder with Joy and Claire. And my cold is also here. I don't know what's cold. No, it's not about. It's probably allergies. Everybody I meet is like fighting a battle that you don't know anything about. And it's

called tree pollen. It's so weird though because, okay, this is my petty moment, which if anyone,

sometimes I think it's like some of Scott's co-workers listen to this. And so I'm like, I always feel

bad where I'm like, are you like relaying this to my husband because he doesn't listen to the podcast? Anyway, he got sick last week. He traveled, whatever. And then he also went to a Pearl Gem concert while he was gone because they were like, happened to be in the same city. And of course, if Pearl Gem's around, you have to go. Right. So this is when he was in Nashville. Yeah. And so he comes home. He's super sick. And I'm like, thanks for bringing home germs, like, as if it's his fault. But I was a little like salty about, well, I was a little salty about, again, like this is my own, like I need to get over it because I could have spoken up, but I was just like, all right, whatever, you have a work trip, but I'll be home with four dogs. It's fine.

So when he got back, I was like, thanks for bringing germs home. And then I, like, he was down and out for three days, like felt horrible. I started feeling kind of crappy earlier this week, but then I kind of rebounded.

So I'm like, and then today I feel like my sinuses are just all janky.

So I don't know what's happening.

But here we are and I took a bunch of medication. So I'm like, and then today I feel like my sinuses are just all janky. So I don't know what's happening.

But here we are and I took a bunch of medication. I think the hardest part is like if you don't know if it's cold, you don't like, do I take allergy meds or do I take cold men? Because I can't decide what to take. I mean, I don't know. I'm taking both and I don't think that's a good thing. I don't I just like cut the difference and just take Benadryl.

Like whatever, I'm going both and I don't think that's a good thing. I don't, I just like cut the difference and just take Benadryl.

Like, whatever, I'm going to bed now.

There you go.

Yeah, there you go.

Night night.

I know.

That's the hardest part of those time we are. I was you're like, am I getting sick? And bring it. So we have our, I know last week we said that on the next episode, we talk about the blackbell test.

But the way schedules work, we're recording this on Friday and my blackball test starts tonight.

So you will not, unfortunately, we'll about the black belt test. But the way schedules work, we're recording this on Friday and my blackball test starts tonight. So you will not, unfortunately, we won't get the update until the following week. But I say that because Brandon is like kind of not feeling great right now either. Yeah. And I similarly am like, I think this is just allergies. But if it's a cold, like don't give it to me.. And then I like start to feel crummy and I'm like, but I also have bad allergies. Anyway. Yeah, fun times. I'm like, let's play a game of, is this a cold or is it allergies and which medications? I just brought all the medication, which by the way, last year, when we were in Ireland, which is so crazy to think about, it was like almost a year ago,

and I got COVID. I remember going to their pharmacy and getting Tylenol and a cold medicine,

cold and flu, and it worked wonders. So whatever they're putting in their meds were great. So I just,

I had some leftovers from that that hasn't expired yet. So I popped some of those. And so like, maybe it'll do. It got me through the Taylor Swift concert. I think it can get me through a regular workday. Oh my gosh. I just, I just can't. But it got you through Taylor at the end of a week. Although you were also just like running on vibes that week. Oh my gosh. Yeah, that was i was just at our friend's house this morning getting some stuff done before our blackball test and she was helping me alter long straight sure i needed to like hem miles as karate pants because he's just been rolling them for the last six months and i was like okay he's constantly messing with him i was like i need to just get this taken care of so he's not messing with him the whole test. But I don't have a sewing machine. And so this is like my, my most crafty

friend. And so I went over to her house. And she also was obsessed with Ireland. And we were, so I was just having a long conversation about Ireland this morning. I was like, uh-huh, I want to go back.

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