I'm Marjorie Puntit.

I'm Elizabeth Reese.

This is Best to the Nest.

The podcast that's all about creating strong, comfortable, beautiful nests that prepare us to fly.

Oh, it's the end of August, the first day of September.

Summer is almost over. Not quite. Not quite. The mark of the end of the summer for anybody that

lives in Minnesota is the end of the Minnesota State Fair. Do I sound a little worn down

and like my, I might be running out of steam. That's what happens. I love the fair. Do I sound a little worn down and like my I might be running out of steam? That's what

happens. I love the fair. We broadcast live from the fair every weekday, Marjorie. We do eight shows.

And as you and I were preparing for this podcast, I was telling you that last night are, have a, one of Jay's really good friends and his

wife came and met us at the fair, came and met me after the show. And then we stayed and

walked around. It was a very like normal consumption thing. Like Jay and I shared a gizmo,

which is the best. I had a couple bites of a hummus bowl. I had two ciders, which I don't think

is unreasonable. Like all of this is like normal, totally fine. Then we brought cookies home for the kids,

so we had to eat some of those on the way out so that we could put the top on the bucket.

That's what you have to do. For those of you that don't know the Minnesota State Fair and the chocolate chip cookies,

you buy a bucket of chocolate chip cookies and they are masterful.

It is a geometric problem of how they are able to tower the cookies without them falling.

So you really get like almost two buckets worth of cookies in one bucket in the way that they tower the cookies.

It's fun to watch.

But you're right. The justification is you always way that they tower the cookies. It's fun to watch. But you're right.

The justification is you always have to eat down the tower so that you can put a lid on it.

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