Hey, hey, hey, we're back, we're black, we're brown.

We harmonized.

We're taking a little earlier today, Mandy.

How you feel about it?

I mean, these midday recording sessions are a bit challenging, I have to say, but I'm working with it.

Thank you for accommodating me.

So unfortunately, you were talking a little earlier and you were saying that we're still in this,

still in the government shutdown, which I'm like, yikes, is there any word on the street

of there being like, you know, a slowdown to this?

We're officially in our, what is it, the fourth week now.

It's a record, record long government shutdown.

My husband, I was talking to him.

He's been, we've been through, since I've been with him for seven years.

I think there's been maybe two shutdowns that he's had to go through, but none has lasted

as long as this one.

I mean, this past weekend, he did not get paid at all. I can safely say

he has not been working overtime or trying to stay later than he absolutely needs to.

Because what's really sucky is like if you're deemed essential, which means you still have to

go into work and you're still not getting paid, some people are furloughed, which means you

just don't have to go to work and you're not getting paid. But hopefully what they'll do is they'll repay, they'll back pay people when the shutdown is finally over.

But it sucks because some people are, I mean, yes, no one's getting paid and that's really,

really challenging for some families who are living, you know, paycheck to paycheck.

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