Just because something is taking longer doesn't mean it's not happening. It doesn't mean the dream is going anywhere. You just have to keep showing up. I've said it before and I'll say it again. The only time you actually lose or aren't going to get your goal is when you quit. Hey, it's Amanda. I know you're busy, but you're going to want to sit down for this one. Grab your iced coffee, fold that laundry, take that walk, or just enjoy a few minutes

to yourself. This is After Hours with Amanda, where we talk faith, family dreams, and finding

the magic in ordinary days. I'm so happy you're here. Welcome to episode two. Was anyone,

we were really dressy last episode, okay? We were coming from work. We were dressy. Today we are

casual. Okay. We are supes casual. You know I love being casual. Also, you might notice I don't

have tennis shoes on because we're a fuzzy socks girl. He might not be able to see that. But

thank God for summer. Thank God for summer because that's where I want to live. Also, you guys,

who am I? I have notes again. And I had Pages

permission. She has allowed me to use her iPad once again because my phone is over here.

And I would love, I think I might move to written notes because this feels too tech for me.

I don't feel like I'm this tech. That makes me think of Alexis from Schitt's Creek. But I do love Paige for letting me borrow hers. Any of the girls would let me borrow hers, but hers was literally in my car. I was like, can I borrow this? So I have notes. Should I say I have screenshots of notes? Because Lord knows she doesn't have internet access. So I was trying to text message. Oh my gosh,

did I take these sideways? Leave it to me. I took them this way. So we get to sit like this.

Oh, I have to put on screen lock. You guys, I'm dying right now. So I know that last week,

okay, first off, how is everyone doing? My ice has melted. This day fills long already. And I need ice immediately.

I'm like, it's all I can think about when we're done here. I'm like, where am I driving to get ice to put

in here? Because I can't drink this without ice. I would love to know. And honestly, let me know.

Hit me in DMs with this. Hot coffee. How do you drink? Like, people ask me how I drink iced coffee. I will be in Tahoe. It will be six inches deep snowing, four feet of snow, and I will be getting an iced coffee. And everyone's like, how do you drink ice coffee? I'm like, I can literally just stick it in the snow. It never melts. Not where it's like summer and the condensation is high and the ice is literally melting. So I would love to know how y'all drink hot coffee in the summer. Sacramento summers, if you live in Sacramento, you know this. If you don't live in Northern California, Sacramento, the Sacramento summers, I won't compare them to the Florida humidity because that is literally I feel like you can't breathe

when you're there. I'm going there. I will go there for Disney World, but I legitimately feel like

I can't breathe at all. Feel like I cannot breathe. But the Sacramento summers feel like your,

like your flesh is melting off. Like you just get in your car and you're like, I'm actually melting.

I physically can't move. How does the leather in your car and you're like, I'm, I'm actually melting. I physically can't move. How do,

how does the leather in my car not melt? It's so hot. So that's how I feel about coffee when there's no ice in it. I'm like, you might as well be hot coffee. So anyways, I'm just happy at summer.

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