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Hi guys, welcome back to Delusional Diaries podcast. I'm Hallie. I'm Jaz. I'm Maddie.

Maddie's back. Yay. Round two. Yes. We have a lot of things to discuss. Do we? We just remember your bachelor. I feel like so much has also changed since you were on the podcast last. Like you

I got laid off again. Yeah. I got rehired again. Wait, really? That was the last year on. She was about her new job, what she then lost. And it's great because at the time I'm like, this is going to be my dream job. Turned out to not be at all. Yeah. But now I'm actually at a place where I'm so happy. Like you guys know I actually like love my job now. Yeah. And we're in a good place. And that's just how the cookie crumbles. Like, it, everything works out

the way that I needed to work out. But there were some rough moments for you. There were some rough moments. I did have another crash out. I think you guys were on a brand trip and I text as I go, I need to call you and you're like, it's 7 a.m. I was like, I just got laid off again.

And then you guys called me right away. It was fine. Yeah, we brought you to Toulou.

We went to Toulom and we went to Wimbledon. Yeah, you did a lot of things because you had, you had that time off. I had that time off and I was like, now, now I'm like. But you know what? You got a lot of good experiences out of getting laid off. 100%. And you ended up where you needed to be.

I love my job. It's a company that I've always wanted to work at, but I was so happy with my other job because I was like, whatever. And I love everyone I work with. Like, I actually like going into the office, like, life is great. Yeah. Life is really good. You've really done a full, like. Hopefully we're staying. Knock on wood. Is that real one? No, seriously. Seriously. We're staying at this at this job we're really happy i'm trying to think if there's any other updates i need your updates because i don't see you guys for a week and then you're getting a new house you're getting a new dog you're like your whole house looks different like yeah well let's talk about you though when Okay. No, because, like, they hear from us all the time.

Like, you're barely ever here.

So I feel like we need to, like, focus on, like, you and, like, your life.

And people have lots of questions for you.

Yeah.

Well, you were just in Miami this past weekend. Yeah. Were you doing your tasting? Yeah, I did my wedding, my wedding food tasting. I met with my rabbi. The wedding food tasting was like great. I'm like, I'm like hoping it tastes the same.

Because I'm like, did they just try to show up and like give me the best four dishes of my life? Because they're just cooking for four people. Like what happens when they're cooking for 150 people? Yeah. Yeah. So I'm like a little nervous about that. And we had to adjust some things because, you know, kosher. Yeah. Yeah, you're, for context, you're Jewish. Yeah. So is your fiancé.

And-

Super Jewish. I'm like, kosher. Yeah, you're, for context, you're Jewish. So is your fiance. And-Juish. I'm like, like, normal. I feel like you're an uneducated Jewish person. I'm 100% an uneducated Jewish person. Isn't it like culturally versus practicing? Isn't that, like, kind of the difference? Yeah. I'm like a rare Minnesotan Jew. Jesse's like from New Jersey, like New Jersey, like New Jersey. Like that's what they call. I don't know what they call it that. But it's giving that. Like his hometown, like everyone is Jewish, like love. I feel like we were learning things with you through this wedding process that you were also learning for the first time. I thought kosher was just meat and cheese. It turns out it's so. I thought you were half Jewish because you didn't know anything. So did I. Okay.

Rood. the first time. Like, I thought kosher was just meat and cheese. It turns out it's so. I thought you were half Jewish because you didn't know anything.

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