Welcome to the Jill on Money Show. It's Friday, September 5th, and we are so delighted to talk to you, gang. We are recording this on the Tuesday after Labor Day. It is my first day back. And it is Mark Talercio, best executive producer in the entire world. And he has been globetrotting. It is his first day back. So I am very enthusiastic. You hear it in my voice well rested. Mark, would you like to come on the air and tell the folks why you're so tired today? Well, we got home at 2 o'clock. I can't even keep track, but I'm very confused now. Two in the morning yesterday. It was a long journey coming back from China. That's for sure. Longer going. Let me just say that.

Yeah, it's a rough go. It was not, you know, our flight there was a, was a night flight, a one a.m.

Well, 1 a.m. turned into 6 a.m. Because we got to the airport and what turned into a short delay kept getting extended and extended and extended.

So we were at the airport for the entire

overnight, which through just our entire plan, you know, into chaos because we thought we'd

get on a plane, Theo would go to sleep, but no, we were all at the airport all night. Theo was up

all night, had the grandparents with us, got on the plane, Theo was wired. And because we were six hours late, we missed our

connection in Tokyo. Oh my God. So we got stuck in Tokyo longer than anticipated. It was a long

journey getting there. Easier coming back, but also some mishaps on the ground, meaning that

not due to the airline, but the everlasting construction at JFK Airport, a plane landed. We sat on the tarmac for a full hour. Mind you, this is like 11 o'clock at night. There's no ride share pickup because of the construction, which, you know, who would have thought to check into that? I wish I told you that. I knew that because that happened to me the last time I came back from

L.A. Had to take the air train to a different section in Queens to get an Uber. So yeah, it was a long trip, but it was good. We had a good time. It was good trip. And your in-laws were all fine? they're yeah they still there. They're still there for another month.

Oh, my gosh.

Okay.

Well, welcome home.

I went, I had a much easier trip, but I will tell everybody that having two weeks off from talking to you, I missed you all.

Everybody who listens to this program and our sister broadcast, Money Watch, your ears

should be ringing

because as I spoke about my career and what was going on, I would tell anybody who would listen,

which is pretty much everyone, because they'll be asking me about what's going on at CBS News

and what's going to happen. I say, I don't know what's going to happen there, but I will keep

doing this podcast for as long as the people will actually keep listening.

And this is by far the most fun that I have all week long, which is why I feel like I'm excited

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