I was just kind of like, this is a pleasant, damp ride, but I'm not really enjoying it at any point.

I'm so sorry to say that. I really wanted to love it. I swear to you. I thought I was going to be.

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Hey, Hannah. How are you?

Hi, Tina. I am doing great. How are you?

I'm hot. I'm very hot. It's really hot in our house because we are fighting the urge to turn on the AC, as I'm sure many Midwesterners are.

It is just very dewy inside our home.

And I'm a warm gal.

But other than that, no complaints.

Yeah, we cranked the AC on yesterday, but then we also turned it off for a little bit today because it

cooled down but it was it's warm enough it's warm enough i'm in the basement and i'm still hot and

i'm like wow this doesn't bode well for the summertime considering it's only april but other than that

you know can't complain yeah but i've been getting those wild, but I always will. But I will. Always. Have you been getting any, I'm assuming, some of those wild storms that the Midwest has been getting over the past, you know, season? Of course. Lots of rain here. But I was literally scrolling threads in the middle of the night as one does. And I

just kept seeing Michigan, the entire state's been declared a state of emergency. And I was like, oh, my God. It's been banana pants. I thought of you, though, because I was like, I bet Hannah's up right now worrying about the weather. I was up worrying about the weather. It doesn't help also that I have a very, very anxious friend who, you know, love her.

But she was like, I'm looking at your radar. I'm looking at your radar. Stay awake.

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