Hi, everybody. Welcome to Scoop. It's great to see you as we launch into a brand new month together.

It's already shaping up to be a really busy news week with a lot of different topics to look at everything from fashion to finance to foreign policy.

We got the jobs report on Friday. So some data on the economy. We have a full moon. So it's a little bit of

everything that we're looking at this week. And so perhaps we're setting a tone for the month ahead,

which is going to be a busy month of news as it typically is in May. As we sort of wind down,

a lot of activity in Congress as the lawmakers move towards their summer schedule,

and as we move closer to some decisions

from the Supreme Court. And May is also that realization, isn't it, that we're suddenly not

just starting out in 2023, that we're in the middle of the year. And that feels both good

and a little disorienting because you wonder where the first part of the year actually went, right?

I feel a little

disoriented today because we're actually back from a few weeks of travel. We've been in and out,

in and out, and it's been great in a lot of different ways. I've been traveling with my kids for

some work opportunities as well as some personal opportunities too, so a little work and pleasure

mixed together. And it's

been wonderful to be able to bring my children along with me as we go through a variety of different

activities, including taking a look at the monuments and the museums in Washington, D.C.

And we were just in San Diego this weekend for a very special event, which I'll tell you about in just a moment. But as some of you know, and this phrase is very, I remember what I heard

this for the very first time as a new parent, traveling with children is a trip, not a vacation.

And that is the truth. Here's a picture of them at the San Diego Coast, eight, seven, and three years old, full of energy and personality. And I love them. But wow, it is a lot of work to pack everybody up and get them on the road. And I share this because some of you may work in the environment I used to work in, which was a corporate environment,

very structured. It was very difficult to take time off. And during those times, I really longed

for more flexibility. And now I have a lot of flexibility because I run my own company and I'm able

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