Welcome to the Jewelry District, a podcast by J.C.K. brought to you by Jewelers Mutual.

Today, Rob Bates and Victoria Gimelsky talk about the most interesting moments, events,

conversations, and trends they saw at the JCPay Show.

Hey, everyone, welcome to the jewelry district.

This is Victoria Gimelsky, editor-in-chief of J-CK and J-C-K Online.com, calling in from Los Angeles.

And I'm with.

Rob Bates, news director of J-CK and J-C-K Online.com, calling in from New York City.

Hey, Rob, it's nice to see you again.

I didn't see all that much of you in Las Vegas, which, you know, I remember you had a child care crisis,

but I assume that worked out.

Did I have a child care crisis?

Yes, it was meek.

I went up to you, and you said, oh, I'm having a child care.

It was a very temporary crisis, but yes, you know, when you get called from your son's aftercare, just the number

alone popping off of my phone inspires, you know, anxiety and dread. I hear you. They should never

be calling you, but yes, it was all fine. You know, we've been back now, what, like a week?

Yes.

A week? God, yes, it feels like it took me that long to recover. I was fast asleep for days. That's funny. And, you know, I was the moderator at the World Federation of Diamond Boys event. So I had to work like another two days. And they were pretty full days. So it was. Well, before we get into the takeaways from that, I do want to hear because I, surprisingly, I thought we'd have more time.

We usually get to hang out at least at some of the events.

And I really barely saw you, which I don't know if that's just a testament to how busy we both

were or because we were just being pulled in different directions.

How was your show this year?

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