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🗓️ 11 June 2023
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This week’s listener questions include a stress-free hungover Saturday schedule, low-ABV cocktails to order this summer, the one thing I wish we still had from the 90s, go-to appetizer to order for the table this summer, striking up a long-distance relationship, dealing with a micromanaging boss, recent favorite Instagram follows, where I’m currently drawing inspiration from, the status of my record collecting endeavors, and more.
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| 0:00.0 | Maltesers salutes their mother lovers. |
| 0:03.4 | They can be your boss, your partner, your friend, or, you know, yourself. |
| 0:08.1 | One thing we know is that every mum deserves a mother lover. |
| 0:12.0 | Find helpful tips for mums and mother lovers at mortises.co.uk. |
| 0:16.8 | Maltesers, less light in the load for working mums. |
| 0:20.6 | My name is Will DeFries and this is a Sunday Scaries podcast, your cure for the Sunday Blues. |
| 0:30.2 | The first episode of the month is time for some listener questions. |
| 0:41.0 | What's the best way to spend a hungover or free Saturday so you don't feel entirely useless? |
| 0:47.2 | There are some people, and these are people who I agree with mind you, who think Friday is the worst day of the week to go out. |
| 0:54.6 | The reasons being that there are simply too many people out, the people who are out are all annoying because they've had pent up energy all week, |
| 1:01.6 | and it's nearly impossible to get a reservation or a good table on short notice anymore. |
| 1:06.8 | So does this make Saturday the worst day to be hungover? Well, not really. |
| 1:10.8 | In fact, I think it's my favorite day to be hungover, mainly because there's no pressure to do anything of substance knowing that you have Sunday as your backup plan. |
| 1:19.2 | These days for me, free Saturdays feel all too few and far between, but the best way to spend one for me would be as follows. |
| 1:27.6 | Wake up and take care of all the things you need to do to reduce that hangover. |
| 1:31.8 | Chug some water, eat some Advil, make a big breakfast. |
| 1:36.4 | For me, I like to enjoy an early morning soccer game, just that simple viewing will make me feel like I was somewhat productive in itself, even if I'm just sitting there scrolling my phone with an on-of-the-background. |
| 1:47.0 | From there, I like a good healthy lunch, or at least a healthy appearing lunch, a fresh sandwich, a loaded salad, or anything that my hungover heart desires. |
| 1:57.4 | This is also your opportunity to have one drink for the day, the all-hair of the dog, a tall anchor steam sounds pretty nice most of the time. |
| 2:05.0 | Hopefully that one drink will inspire a nap or lazy afternoon of low maintenance activities. |
| 2:09.8 | For me, might be going to the record store, for you, maybe going to the park or simply dozing off on the couch. |
| 2:15.8 | An early dinner, a moving night end, and maybe even a sneaky glass of wine. |
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