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Jun 20, 2019 40 min

S1 Ep70: WINE NOT ?!

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Wine not ?? Pour yourself a refill and listen up. This week we are talking about moms + booze. Do we need it /earn it /deserve it as overwhelmed women looking to take the edge of during our kids’ live-stream, real-time paw patrol plot breakdown, or is something darker going on? And Kate drops some Claritin Jr and gets CRAZY.

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Oh! What up, mom? Put down that coffee and grab a wine. Get ready for another episode of Nursing and Cursing, a parenting podcast that covers more shit than your baby's full diaper. I'm Kate. I'm a stay-at-home mom of three in Brooklyn, New York. I'm trying to figure out whether I should go back to work, have another baby, or spend the rest of my life waiting for my fresh direct order. Hey, I'm Christine, a video editor and a mom of two living in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Allie here, podcasting up in the mountains in South Kona, Hawaii. I work as a real estate agent and a mom of two boys. Hey, I'm Molly. I'm a teacher raising two kids in St. Augustine, Florida. And I'm Sarah, a new mom to one sweet babe living in Brooklyn, New York. Between five busy households, it's a miracle we make it on the mic at all.

But trust me, we need this as much as you do. Hi, ladies. Hey, babe. Hi, girls. We're missing Molly tonight, so I'm going to try and drive this crazy train instead of her. Yeah, girl. Bear with me. Tonight's episode, Mamas, is moms and booze. Why not? Ooh. Why not? Why not? Please do. Say welcome to nursing and cursing. Oh, okay. Guys, welcome to nursing and cursing, everybody. Yes. Okay, now we're on. Now we're good. Brilliant. Sorry, Molly.

All good. Why not? So I feel like wine to a mom is like, I don't know, fucking Gatorade to an athlete or something. Oh my God, Gatorade to an athlete. I love that. Water or whatever. Spoken like a true Gator, right? Gatorade, you need the electrolytes. It's just like goes hand in hand. Well, we're just talking about like moms, moms drinking, not specifically wine, right? Or are we specifically talking about wine? I think just drinking in general, but there is a wine culture. There is a mom in wine, right? They're not seeing moms with pictures of like.

whiskey and meat on their Instagram. I am. There's a, whatever, there's a whole other, but I actually feel like Sarah, you made a good point. That's a whole other sub culture of drinking moms. Um, but there is like a drinking mom culture. And then there is like a backlash to the drinking mom culture. I feel like, okay. Like, um, I feel like there's like a, there's like a sober mom movement. That's like against, that doesn't like the, the constant messaging about moms drinking. You guys caught any of that? Um, can you give us an example? Are you talking social media?

Yeah, I'm talking social media and like a couple of friends I know who feel like alcohol companies and society just has this big joke about how moms just like to get trashed at five o'clock and they really like that. They don't like to be pigeonholed like that. They don't think that drinking is really cool or safe around your kids. I don't think sobriety is safe on kids. That's right. There's that. Sobriety is not safe around toddlers. I hear that. I mean, it's cool. Like if you don't want to drink.

fine like I don't drink that much I almost I almost never drink but that's my prerogative and unless somebody is drinking to excess and endangering someone else it's none of my fucking business right Yeah. But why is that? Why is the mom? Why is the mom wine such like a thing right now? Like we were talking about this. Our parents didn't, there wasn't this like drinking. I mean, our parents all drank a lot, but there wasn't this like, or was there this like wink, wink? No. I don't know. There's like a wink, wink. And there's also like, okay, we got our thread going and we're taking pictures of bottle of wine that we're getting at Whole Foods and we're drinking wine tonight, moms. We're going to make a whole thing about it. Maybe making a thing about it makes it seem less of like a problem or something. You know, it's like casual, like.

Fine, I'm having a wine. That's why social media is so amazing because you're not drinking alone if you can find even one person on the internet. Probably having a steady flow of alcohol all day. It was not like a thing. I feel like social media is giving moms and caregivers an opportunity to go to say out loud, hey, motherhood is really fucking hard. And the wine culture is just part of that. It's like motherhood is hard. Yeah, let's take a load off. We don't have to be perfect.

Right. I'm like, it's a fun thing to do with your mom friends. Cut loose. Totally. Fun thing to do with your mom friends. Play date. While the kids have a play date, you have a drink. Yes. Okay. So have you guys heard of that book, Nap Time is the New Happy Hour? Did you guys ever see that book? No. No. Sounds good. It actually was like before. I think, I don't want to date myself, but I feel like it might even be before you guys were moms. It was like a really big book.

Okay. And with the mom who wrote it, and I can't remember her name. I'm sure somebody will tell me, was famous for her messaging was being a mom is super hard. Being a stay-at-home mom is super hard. Everybody back off. I'm having a wine at 5 o'clock and nobody can stop me. And she kind of made this like her brand, like her whole shtick. And I think she had twins. But she was funny. And she wrote that book and she wrote another book. And then she came out as like totally the opposite. Like said, like, you know, I had an incident.

with my kids I put them in the car I was really buzzed my husband confronted me about it and now I'm not and everybody's fine she's an alcoholic she's drinking and drinking she basically was like it was it started as a it started as a coping mechanism it became kind of a joke and before I knew it like I was counting down to wine like at nine o'clock in the morning anyway whatever it's just an interesting I feel like a lot of moms do that though that's what this top why this topic is a little bit racy like it could be a slippery slope and we could be like Or we could be like, yeah, this leads to a problem. I mean, our parents in 1984 weren't wearing t-shirts that were like coffee in the morning, wine in the PM or whatever. You know, like all those weird t-shirts. AKA your wardrobe. Yeah. Hey guys, sorry to interrupt. It's Sarah here and I have a message from one of our sponsors. You know what I love? Well, you guys know I love my cat Wednesday. I love how vocal she is and she can be really sweet sometimes. But you know what I don't love? Cleaning up her many litter messes, as you all know.

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I have a drink. I mean, I feel like I sound like I'm coming out against mom drinking. I have a drink. I'm going to say like basically every day, as you guys know, we've discussed many times. You guys know when I'm on the wagon, I have to announce I have to let everybody know that I'm trying to treat my migraines with sobriety. Yep. Yeah. I drink five minutes a week for sure.

I just have one. I just like to have a glass of wine at night and like, okay. I can stop anytime. I can stop. No, really. I really do. But I have to, because I can't sleep. Like I would love to, I could definitely do more, but I can't sleep. I would. Who doesn't love a little party session, but no, if I drink too much, I can't sleep. I wake up in the middle of the night, like sweating at 2 AM. And then I'm like, so to just like kick it with a glass at dinner. I love, I love it. No, me too. And I.

I mean I actually used to drink a lot more and I feel like my migraines were bad but I also I drink a lot more when like after Mavis was born I look back and I realize like okay I was probably depressed like I drank a lot more than I do now never like I don't feel like ever what I consider a lot for me might not be a lot for another person like I don't think any flags went up but um I remember like easily half a bottle of wine while I was um like pumping at night by myself probably wow pretty down I mean half a bottle of wine that's two big glasses yeah while I was watching a movie for sure but every night that's a lot I mean so I can it would be a lot for me today but I don't know yeah it didn't feel like a big deal at the time that's a that's another thing is that especially like so you've got maybe you've got a difficult kid you have or you had just have a regular toddler it's really hard and sometimes you get frustrated and maybe your coping mechanism is or one's coping mechanism is to just like have a glass of wine or two or a whiskey drink whatever at what point does that become I don't I just think like the line is so blurred between like healthy coping and just like

I can't hold, I don't want to hold on to this like irritated feeling I have. So I'm just, I'm going to help myself out by having a glass or not coping or like avoiding cope. You know what I mean? I feel like in the early days it's harder. Like I feel like once Levi got through two, three and a half, like he was, I didn't do it as much. Like I feel like I remember when I started and it's when Levi started having mega tantrums at two. Like it's a period of my life when I really felt like I needed it at night. Yeah.

And what Sarah's talking about is a million dollar question. That's not just moms, that's humans. When does it become coping and when does it become a problem? I don't know. Oh, right. You know, that's everybody. That's like, that's alcohol. I don't know. I mean, is it worth mentioning?

that um we all have alcoholic parents or what yeah yeah yeah I know and it's like that to me that's such a factor like I I believe I mean I first of all like I drink a lot I feel like I'm sounding like a person who watches myself and doesn't drink at all I think I drink a lot and I don't need any feedback I feel fine with how much I drink no I'm serious like I I feel like I'm totally within whatever I feel like I feel fine but I do also have a voice in my head like you know like when I was drinking when I was pumping for Mavis and I was at a low I did have a voice ticking in my head like you got to pull up like you got to figure something else out because you know how this story is going to end.

Right. Right. But that's unique to me. Like, I feel like if I told another mom, like I have two glasses of wine every time, like every single night while I'm pumping, she'd have been like big whip. But I knew for me, like what I was putting myself at risk for. That's right. It's always been in the back of my mind since the first time I ever tasted alcohol. It was like, uh, this could become a lifelong problem for you. So you can't really dive in sister. Yeah. Allie, remember that time when we got you drunk at my sister's party at my house? Yeah. You were vomiting upstairs. Was it Kahlua? It was completely blacked out. Oh my God. Kahlua. I remember. Kahlua. How sick.

And we called Chrissy. And Chrissy was so mad. And she was like, how? I can't believe you did this. FOMO. She probably had FOMO. I was there. No, you weren't. Oh, I wasn't? No. I wasn't going to be there for so long. I have no idea. No idea. Just called me to let me know. You're like, FYI, Allie. I don't know. Why did they?

Maybe we called you the next day or something. I don't know. But Allie was fucked up. And because of it, we missed my parents coming down the hill. Yikes. And Stacey got busted. Oh, my gosh. Why did I never get in trouble? Your mom decided to sweep that under the rug? Dude, I know. I have never been grounded.

How fucked up is that? Wow. Wow. That was the first time I ever drank alcohol. And then, yeah. Okay. You know, all downhill from there. Yeah. Just kidding. At your neighbor's house, Sarah. The first time I got super drunk. My neighbor? I don't want to say any names. Oh, okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Yeah. Your neighbor was there that night, like giving me the alcohol. FYI.

We had this thing in high school, you guys. Yeah, we are. We had this thing. I remember Sarah. We were not drinkers. None of us were drinkers. But we would go to Sarah's house, and her dad would always have plenty of beer in the fridge. And so just every time we went over, which was like once every other day, we would just take one Budweiser. And we were collecting one beer in my closet. In your closet in like a trash bag. In the trash bag in my closet for the time that we wanted to party. Just one beer. We knew he wouldn't notice every time we went over. Yes.

Yes. Allie, didn't your mom find the bag? Allie did. Found it. What's going on? Cornered me. Oh, shit. Oh, my God. I'm like getting a shower. It's just hearing the story about yourself. Like, holy cow. My ex-alcoholic mom, you know, my recovered alcoholic mom has discovered this. And she thinks I'm having a drinking problem. Meanwhile, I never touched one for like six months. I had no interest. It was just a thrill. It was a thrill. What kind of problem drinker hoards alcohol for a later date?

Oh, my God. I lied. I completely lied my way out of it. I don't know how. You said it was probably your boyfriend's. It was Sarah's. Something like that. Like a friend. I hid it for the friend. They got it back in the car. Always the excuse. Oh, my God. She bought it?

she bought it either that or she just wanted to buy it yeah she wanted to buy it or she just knew like whatever even if you weren't telling it to her straight she knew you weren't drinking i'm like she knew you're up to some weird bullshit but she believed that you weren't drinking she was like you know what i'm not gonna fucking like this answer if i keep asking someone i'll let it go when it comes to beauty we are all ingenious because we have to be recently i was on my way to work and guess what i didn't have any makeup on it's always the last thing i do so i'm in the truck and i'm trying to multitask and I realize that I don't have my blush brush. Hey, that rhymes. So I grab a little bit of lipstick and I'm putting lipstick on my cheeks and rubbing it in and just trying to make it work. You know, some of us will go ahead and do a face mask on the plane or most of the time we are fixing our hair in the office bathroom or we're doing our makeup on the go. Any beauty routine needs to be able to keep up with your real life. And guess what? Wander Beauty gets it. Wander Beauty is beauty for real life. It's made for women on the go. We're all women on the go. Everything's travel friendly and it's easy to use. Their beauty essentials are multitasking and multipurpose. So you can create a full look without a full makeup bag.

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The mom culture thing, it's funny because when we have, my friends and I, when we have a kid's birthday party, it has completely turned into who's making the fresh margaritas or what kind of fun mojito drink are we doing? Where's the adult bar? It turns into like kids are fully having a great time and we are going to have a great time too. We drink at our kid's birthday parties. That's when I drink.

Oh, same. And it's also like, but I was going to say before when we're talking about drinking when you become a mom, like, I think part of it is like for the same reason that people start drinking when they go to college or the same reason that people drink when they're at their office Christmas party. It's like when you become a mom, you suddenly meet all these other adults, all these other moms that you're socializing with. Yeah. At the same time that you're already feeling like kind of fucked up in your head about what you're going through. And I think like alcohol is just, it's, you know, whatever. That's what alcohol has always been used for. It's like a lubricant for those kind of condos.

Close the gap. I remember in California, when I first had Levi and I joined a little mom group and then someone invited me over for a play date. Our babies were like five months old. Just like come over and hang out. And when I got there, she poured a glass of wine. And I was like, what in the fuck is this? I thought it was so weird. And now it's like such a normal thing. It's such a normal thing. Anytime I go for a play date, you know, glass of wine. It's just, yeah. And I don't bat an eyelash. I'm like, yeah, sure. Great. We had a birthday party here the other day. And I was like, the whole thing I did at the party was make margaritas. Like the only responsibility I took the whole party.

I don't want to blame it all on motherhood. It's just like getting older and you get like people just drink and you drink in your 30s. I feel am I wrong? Yes, because so many people drink in their 20s and they go so much more as a mom than I ever did. Same Chrissy. Same. I discovered a whole new side of myself that loves booze. It's like I am. I'm the opposite. The older I get, the more I have like the worse my hangovers are. So I'm so scared of hangover the next day that I'm like, well, that I'm not going to be able to function as a mother.

if i have a hangover so i can't drink like what's the point it just takes all the fun out of it I also have this side, you guys, of it's very rare. It happens only a couple of times a year, but going out or getting my mom friends together or going out with like younger, a younger crowd and needing it so badly and needing to feel like young and alive and have just a fuck it really good time that I never felt before that comes out now with children. Like when you need it so badly, you kind of go all out. I've never, I've never had that need to like cut loose and go have some drinks until now. Yeah. Because the responsibility, like you're in a, you're in a 24 seven pressure cooker. Like I don't think that's that weird.

Yeah. It's just interesting. And the rest of our lives is just like, I don't know. It's like, sorry. I mean, there's so many positives, but like, you know, it's just dictated by these other like external things.

Mommy, I want a piece of bread. No, I don't want a piece of bread. You put butter on, you know, like all day long and that stuff, it's, you know, a little, yeah. And it wears on you. You just need something. You want to let, I think it's positive. Like that's a good, that's a positive sign, right? That I, I want to take back something for myself and I want to feel.

I want to feel really good. I want to feel rejuvenated. Yeah. Oh my God. We should be fucking having a kale salad and a kombucha. Have that shit all day, man. I have that shit all day. Maybe not rejuvenated, but just relaxed, like just chilled. And you want to talk to me about the butter on your bread. Great. And now since I had a drink, I don't fucking give a shit what you're saying. Yeah. That's how, see, that's where I get to at the end of the day. But one thing that I do do differently is I feel like unless we're having like a get together and people at our house.

My kids don't see me drink every day. I have a drink after they go to bed now. And that's really different. I used to, when they were younger, I was like, okay, it's 5.01. I'm ready for a glass of wine.

I'm not like that anymore. And it's not because I'm like, it's not because I'm like consciously not being like that. It's because my kids are a little older. They're a little easier. Like they're not asking me about butter bread anymore. So I don't, that alarm doesn't go off for me at five o'clock anymore. Now it's like, okay, the kids are in bed. I'm going to reward myself for another day. I'm not fucking, you know, killing them or myself. And I'm going to have a glass of whatever. Have you guys talked to your kids about alcohol? I mean, do they ever ask you about it? Have you ever had? Yes. A hundred percent. A hundred percent. Cause I'm like, I'm just going to try and do it the opposite of how it was done in my household. Okay. What do you say, Kate?

Um, I, I just, I mean, mostly to my middle schooler. Um, I just talk about drinking, how like drinking is a perk of being an adult, but like a lot of things when you're an adult, it's a perk that comes with responsibilities, blah, blah, blah, blah. It's super great, but you can't, it can't be out of control. I don't know. I just try to be to, to whatever degree I think he can handle the truth. I try to tell him the truth. Like, um, you know, I tell him like when you're in high school, for sure, this is going to cross your path. Whatever you do is ultimately up to you. But anyway, Sarah, you got something you want to sing for us?

Failing in. Nice. We forgot our jingle tonight. That light jingle was so smooth. That was so smooth, Sarah. IRL jingle was so good. So damn beautiful. Who's out?

i'll go okay okay um uh fail fail the other day i've heard from so many people like oh my god i used manners camp like molly said it's been amazing like it's sweeping the nation and working out so well so i'm like wow that's cool okay okay okay so the other night at dinner levi's like just chewing with his mouth open just being all rude feet on the table and then he stands up and farts like butt toward us at the dinner table and i just you know have not had any wine so i am just it is just last minute like the straw for me and i'm like You're raw dog to dinner. Oh, I raw dog to dinner. Raw dog to dinner. And I'm like, that's it. You're not going on the family vacation with us and the cousins. I'm sending you to manners camp. You won't see us for a week. There's no TV. All you can eat is Brussels sprouts. It's so boring. I'm just like going so hard trying to make people so scary. And then he's just silent for a minute and he just looks at me and he goes, I can't wait. Can I go tomorrow? Oh, shit. He's ice cold, Chrissy. That was my sale. He holds an Augie. I think that Augie's trying to do the same thing to Molly. It backfires. Oh my God. That's never happened to me.

I couldn't believe I wanted to just pray. And were you like, yeah, I can't wait either. Yeah, of course. I was like, cool, yeah. That's your alley just digging in harder. No, I believe that in Garrett. It's like you realize he's four and you're like almost 38. That's why I'm going to win this game. Shut up, Garrett. Exactly. I'll take it to the end, motherfucker. He's always like, who's the child right now? Who is the child? Why are you arguing? It feels so good to argue with him. You just got a score point. Got to. Got to. And then nail. My husband and I had a little weekend.

California. It was awesome. So that was a little self-care. That's awesome. We went to Cali. We went to a wedding. We chilled, ate good food. It was really fun. That's great. Yeah. Yeah. I have kind of a weird fail. It's weirdly ties into our episode actually, but I wasn't planning on it. Wait, it's also related to, did you guys see Big Little Lies last night? No. Yes. Okay. Okay. So, so check it out. So last night, last week, my allergies hit really bad.

Wow. And I can't wait to hear how this ties into big little life. And even though, even though like I love, even though I love a drink, I'm super, super drug sensitive. Like I never take anything stronger than one Advil or two Tylenol. Uh-huh. And, but my allergies are making me crazy. Like my throat was closing up. Like I was lying in bed next to poor Jeremy going, like making like some really sick noises. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Fucking breathe. But like really dramatic Oscar music.

Finally, I was like, okay, I need to do something about this. And I go into the bathroom and I take guys. I took one junior Clarence JR. I'm going to bed like 20 minutes later. And I was like, Jay, I feel fucking awesome. This is the shit. These are so good. Oh my God. I feel so much better. He was like, you are, this is a placebo. You are fucking cracked out. There's nothing in that. Okay. Sleep great.

I wake up in the morning. I feel so groggy, like, but just not myself groggy. Like, um, start made a cup of coffee, but forgot to put the cup under the machine. So coffee just pouring everywhere. Like, it's like a NyQuil hangover. Took my kids, took my kids to school. Missed the turn. Like totally missed that. Been taking them since September. Did a U-turn missed the turn again.

The calm down was so bad. I took them to school. I took them home. And then later that night, Jeremy was like, Wilder was like making some joke about how I missed the turn. And I was like, I didn't take the kids to school today. You took the kids to school today, right? I did not remember getting in the car.

No way. I had like, what was it? Was it really an ambient? Like what the hell? 10 milligrams, Claret and junior. Watch out. I was like, babe, you could have fully date raped me. Anything you did to me, I would not, I would not remember. I remember how Tiger Woods took an ambient, like crashed his car and had an affair and did all this weird shit. Yeah. It's made racist comments. I don't think I did that. Oh no, but somebody, somebody.

Oh, that was Roseanne Barr. She took an Airbnb and went on a racist rant. Well, Claire and JR. Don't get me too Claire and Juniors. Wow. Damn, girl.

Okay. I love how that tied into Big Little Lies. Did you see last night? But Chrissy, when Jeremy and I were watching it, because you know it's my husband's favorite show, when we were watching it last night, we were just hitting each other on the arms so hard, being like, that's what happened to me. Oh, my God. That's really funny. Yeah. I mean, Chrissy, you remember when we took a no-dose once? Oh, God. I get it. We won't go into it. That's like what truck drivers take to stay up all night. We had no idea. You don't do that. That's like cocaine.

No, but the no-dose hangover is the worst hangover of my life to date. That's why people become cocaine addicts. It was terrible. No, but I would never do it again. The hangover is so bad. Like they just keep doing it because the hangover is so bad. Oh, I got you. So what you're saying is we should have taken another dose of no-dose. Because your serotonin crashes out. I wish we had called you, Sarah, because we were struggling. I would have done it again. It was so bad. Yeah, but Eric didn't save us. He was like bringing us soup and he brought us charcoal. Like you need to soak it up. Eat the charcoal.

It was too late. Oh, it was so bad. It worked, though. Allie, I feel like we had the night of our lives, though. I've never been more popular. I had so much to say. What's new? What's new? Just kidding. I have a story. I mean, I could call it a nail fail, but you guys can classify it. It's a nail. It's a nail. Okay. We were driving. It's a nail. The highest pitch.

We were driving north, so we had a car trip that was about an hour long, so we were playing 20 questions with the kids. You guys know how to play, right? you think of 20 questions yeah one person thinks of something and everybody else in the car has to ask them a yes or no question right okay so it's leo's turn and he's like got it okay i got it all right okay right okay is it um man-made no is it nature made right great okay it's made from nature is it we're asking him all kinds of questions it's going on and on okay we passed we went way past 20 because i kept going okay we give up do we give up and pete was like fuck no we don't give up we're gonna we're getting this um is it What is it square? Nope. It's round. It's round and flat. Okay. We guessed all the colors. It's red. Have you ever seen it before, Leo? No. Have mommy and daddy ever seen it before? Yes. Like, okay. It's nature made. It's round and flat. It's an asshole. Yes. So, so we're like, well, Sarah, you're a genius. Sarah, that PhD is not a joke. We're sitting there so long. And then Phoenix, you're right, Kate. Phoenix goes, oh, I got it. It's a placenta. And Leo goes, yes, that's it. No.

What? Peter nearly drove off the road. Are you kidding? No, I'm not kidding. Made in nature, round and flat. Red with a little bit of white. He's like, the umbilical cord is white. My kids would never know that. Okay, and the fact that Phoenix was like, got it. Finally. Right, right. Allie, that's amazing. Phoenix was the one that guessed it? Phoenix guessed it. Leo thought of it. This is nail. This is 100%. No doubt about it. The nail is beautiful.

It is beautiful. And I love, I actually love that Phoenix is the one that guessed it. Cause I love those moments where Mavis is like just fucking tripping. And I cannot understand what the fuck she's saying. And Edie's like, Oh, you mean that one time? You mean that one time that we blah, blah, blah. And I'm like, wow, you guys. Yeah. I love that. Leo thought of a placenta for his 20 questions. I just, I feel like amazing. Levi would have thought of like a fart. I mean, seriously. I mean, obviously I picked asshole. So really well together. It's round and flat and red.

Is it flat? It's brown. It's brown. It's brown. It's brown. It's brown. It's brown. Oh my God. Scratched it too much. It's totally red. It's so red. Molly's going to listen to this and be like, this is what happens when I'm not on here to police them. So mad. So mad. Okay. Okay. Does anybody have anything else, ladies? I just have a minor nail that I honestly, I just want to tell you guys about because it's a mild thing for me is that I have cut down nursing to just.

Once a day. Wow. Well done. That's awesome. I feel like an emotional wreck. I'm very sad. I feel like, I mean, I'm definitely on the journey to completely weaning. It's sad and scary. You have given her such a good run, Sarah. She's, she's amazing. Yeah. Yeah. So good.

And you're not done yet. But it's a big deal. Yeah. But it's really great that you're letting yourself have all those feelings, Sarah, because you could just as easily wrap it up and be like, whoa, that was it? Right, right. Wean in, lean in. That's what I was saying. Can you guys hear my cat? Oh, no. What is up with that little bitch? She's just being a little bitch. Oh, I do have a fail. I mean, it's so, I know everyone. Why doesn't Wednesday have her own music yet that we play when you talk about her? Meow, meow, meow, meow, meow, meow, meow, meow, meow, meow.

Kitty downer. Okay. So we went away last week and I had to order. I had to. She didn't die while you were gone. No, I know. That's a fail. That's her fucking fail. I had to pay for two different people to come visit her while I was away because one person has to give her injections like a professional kitty nurse. I had to pay. Wednesday is so expensive. Shut the fuck up. To another person to feed her and clean out her letterbox. Okay. So a special person came to give her her injections. That person also started her on a new medication.

And one day, this is what she was supposed to. So one day she gave the medication to Wednesday and Wednesday got mad at her. I find this out later. So the next day she's like, I have an idea. I'll wrap the medicine in some chicken so that she's not so mad at me. Mad? Like what? She scratched her?

I don't know, but who fucking cares? That's your job. And like, who cares if they're mad at you? So she gives her the chicken and then leaves the chicken out on the countertop. So when we come home, there's a chicken on the countertop and it's uncovered. So obviously the cat got into it. So I wrote her. Who leaves an uncovered chicken on somebody's countertop? I don't know. A real special person.

But you guys, it totally activated her sickness again. Like, 100%. She can't have... Chicken is the, like, main thing that she's allergic to. And this lady fed it to her while I'm paying her as a professional nurse. I'm going to leave it there, Sarah, just because... Oof. Yeah. I mean, do you have anything else to add? No. I'm just so angry. Well, Wednesday Nation is angry for you, babe.

Thank you. Thanks, everyone. Should we start a GoFundMe for Wednesday? For Wednesday's euthanasia. Euthanasia, yes. Yes. I'm going to put the documentary on euthanizing Wednesday. Hashtag Wednesday Nation. We'll see you there. Kate, do you have anything? Babe, don't remember. I date waved myself and drove my kids tripping my balls off on Clark Jr. Okay. CJ. Did you follow through on your Father's Day gift?

We got to wrap it up. So I'm going to leave that cliffhanger. I can't wait to hear you. Good night, babes. Molly, I apologize. I did such a bad job. Bye, honeys. Thanks everyone for listening. Check us out. There's nobody left. I can't turn it off. Okay, that's it for now. We'll see you next week for another nursing cursing where sleep is more valuable than fast, hard cash.

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