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I'm Rebecca. and I'm Gabe and

Rebecca we had a fun weekend. I know it's your birthday. I know it's your birthday. I know it's

always fun getting old. We got an extra special celebration this week because as of last Wednesday our kids school was cancelled because 20% of the student body was out with the flu.

I know. Not because of snow. Not because of... But it did snow as well.

But I remember our son texted us going,

Dad, we don't have school the next three days.

Let's do something fun, which is kind of how our son Pierce responds to much of life.

Yeah.

What can we do fun?

This is a great opportunity.

Which was really hilarious because your birthday was the next day and I thought, well, okay, can

we actually make this happen so we went away

for a couple nights and we we did all the celebrating for dad who's in his mid-40s

is all I'm gonna say definitely crossed the exact mid-40 line just now.

So I'm feeling it.

How do you feel?

I don't know. I mean, that's an age where, you know, you talk to people who are older

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