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Hi, guys, it's Lauren the Rosa, and this is the latest with Lauren the Rosa, your daily digest and breakdown of all things pop culture,

entertainment news, trending topics, and the conversations that shake the room, baby.

Now today, behind the scenes of the grind, back on the grind.

Checking in.

If y'all can't feel my energy through the podcast, through the audio, through the visual,

however you're seeing me, however you're hearing me, it's very refreshed. I told you guys in my last episode,

a weekend at home with the family, does the body, the mind, the spirit good. So excited to be

back at work. We are back at the breakfast club today. I did not show up here and was here by

myself because no one else was at work, which is what happened to me on the day. I did not show up here and was here by myself because no one else was at work,

which is what happened to me on the episode previous to this one. Go back and take a listen

to that if you want to laugh at me. But I came back to work off of the vacation too early. And then boom,

I was here by myself. So I'm feeling good and I've been, you know, just digesting a lot of,

there was so much that happened over the weekend.

Like I've been, you know, just digesting and kind of, you know, catching up.

This was probably one of the first weekends where I told myself that I was going to

intentionally just disconnect because I had been working so much prior to that and baby did I do it.

But one of the things that I was seeing a lot of and you know we normally get into the latest here this is the latest though

because this is news it made headlines all over from CNN to essence themselves to you know

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