And we're live. Welcome back to the loopcast. Happy St. Nicholas's Day to everyone. So I have Erica,

and I'd also like to say the commitment from Josh Mercer to change flight schedules, to leave meetings,

to be here with you, the people. Oh, geez. You don't even understand half of it. Is there a saga to be shared?

Oh, it's lovely.

I woke up at, you know, 4.15 this morning in the swamp, D.C.

And then I promptly get a message from Delta, you know, that my plane couldn't take off for an extra 50 minutes, which is exactly the amount of time of layover I was going to have in Detroit.

You know, that sounds like a problem, right?

So I actually use my own Sky Miles, my own personal sky miles, to upgrade myself to first class

so that I would be in the front of the plane. And as soon as that door closed, I ran out,

I mean, I ran as fast as this fat guy can run. And I get out there, and the girl knows

I'm running. I'm like, B5 or B4.

And she's like, I'm on you.

And so she called the gate agent to hold it.

And I'm just sprinting and holding, you know, running with luggage in my hand.

And I got in, I got in before the closed door.

If I didn't make that flight, I'm stuck in Detroit until four in the afternoon.

So. So, So, so for.

Actually, I would have rented a car at that point.

Your, so your mic is a little hot.

I don't know if you can adjust it.

You legitimately surprised us.

I thought this was going to be just an Erica and I episode.

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