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Happy Friday. Welcome to the news and why it matters. I am Sarah Gonzalez. As you can

see, I am not in my house still and I am not wearing my controversial glasses. Hope

everyone's happy, excited. We're excited to be here. It's still freezing cold outside,

but there's no more ice. So we're here. The crew was able to come in. Everything's

great. By the way, Alex Dine, who looks like he wants to say something.

I'm not saying. Everybody loves the librarian. Where's the glasses? I've got a store that

spoiled the bus for one day. Everybody has a librarian fantasy. He probably has book

finds or something that he's got. He has the about glasses. Wear them. I appreciate it.

I mean, not why I'm wearing them, but I will say they do come in very handy because on

days where I do have two children and work full time, and when you don't have anyone to

watch your children and the school's out, and it just gets very chaotic. So whenever

for those of you who watch the program a lot, they know when I show up in glasses or

a bun, they're like, Sarah's had a tough day. Sarah has had a tough day so far.

Sarah, you're doing so gracefully. You're helping yourself out. Sarah, I mean, come on.

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