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Hey there. Starting this episode with a field trip.

I hear dogs.

I'm in the right place.

Nick McLaughlin lives outside Kalamazoo Michigan. The email with

his address said long gravel driveway blue house. He said he'd be outside

with his dogs enjoying a cup of coffee. This is a big lot with a pond on one side, a lake on the other

and huge trees all around. So yeah, when I said sitting out enjoying a cup of coffee this. This is a pretty good spot to do it.

Pretty cool bird action. We had some neat red-headed woodpeckers going this morning.

Nick has lived in this area since he was in high school. His parents still live nearby. So do his in-laws.

Nick's married to his high school sweetheart. They got married while they were still in college. And that's also

when Nick started working in medical collections.

I just saw a part-time job listing in the college job

website for patient financial counselor.

Didn't know what that meant.

Next thing I knew I had a headset on and was talking to

patients about two and three year old hospital bills that they had.

Oh my gosh. And my parents about disowned me.

My mom's a nurse and my dad's a PhD environmental scientist and so

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