Okay, my sleetown, so as you know, Allison and I have been separated for quite a while,

but through professional development days, we've gotten to see each other a few times, and since

school starting back virtually for now in a few weeks, we wanted something to be a little normal

again, or as normal as things could be. So, with that in mind, I have a surprise for you.

Allison and I are officially recording together again, starting now.

Hello.

Oh, I'm so excited.

You guys, I'm telling you, we sat down, and we were like, oh, my gosh gosh it's like we're starting over again we're so

nervous i know it's so exciting though i have been waiting and waiting and waiting yeah it's been

sad doing these alone i know and i'm not funny maggie's funny and so i feel like mine have just been

like in a slump so i'm so excited that we're back together again.

Me too.

And we do want to thank you guys for sticking with us these past few months.

We know that it has been weird.

We know that we're not nearly as fun when we're separate as we are when we're together.

It feels nice to have my best friend beside me again while recording.

At least now I have someone to laugh with me when I mispronounce all with the names and have to redo sections

millions of times. So we're glad things are a little bit back to normal for us. So we're glad

you're here with us. If you're a pre-COVID listener, you know what to expect. If you're newer to the show, we hope you like how coffee and cases was always intended to be. As a little girl, my mom used to tell me a story that I know she definitely made up on the spot at the time, but I loved it. And so today, to the best of my memory and ability,

I'm going to retell that story to you. Once, there was a beautiful house on a hill that overlooked

the sea. The house was well maintained with a huge balcony. Inside the home lived a young couple.

Nearly married, the couple was anxious to begin a life together in their family home.

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