Welcome to Unlimited Parenting where we discuss having children with disabilities or special
health care needs. I'm Allison and with me today is my fellow parent education coordinator
Sarah and I pull executive assistant Katie. And yeah, thank you. And welcome to bring
your own topic. As you may have remembered if you caught the last episode, we have gathered
here today with the different topics. And I guess we will just see where this takes us.
So without further ado, Katie, we'll start with you. See what I did there. I'm a poet.
Oh my goodness. Okay. So this is like silly and I'm going to need some help. But okay,
I'm here for you. I stumbled upon the TikTok of these gals who do a weekly report and the
report is an acronym. So what are they reading? What are they eating? What are they playing?
What are they obsessed with? What do they recommend? And a treat. Oh, so R E P O R T.
Yeah, a report. What are those called? You know, where you, it's like a mother's day
gift and you do the first letters. Oh, what is that called? I thought it. Oh, okay. I'm
sorry. Continue. I'll try to look it up. Look that up right now. Um, yeah. Yeah. Um, well
my husband and I had started doing this. We've done it once. I say it like we've like, we
really perfected the art, but um, we did it and it was just so fun. And I thought maybe
it might be kind of a fun way to go. So, and then if you're not doing any of these things,
um, I'm so sorry. It's called an acrostic. What is it called when you use letters of
your name to describe yourself and a cross stick? I can't even say that name right. Yeah.
It's giving biblical vibes. Like I'm an apostle. Okay. Sorry. Go on. Well, um, I just thought
it might be kind of fun to chat it out. And then I also like make it just match. It's
like, I don't know. Let's just, okay. Like we'll just get started. So are you reading
anything right now? Yes, I am. Um, I am currently reading, um, it's called X it's the Southern
reach trilogy. It's all of them, annihilation. And then the other two that start with ACE
all combined into one book. And I'm super jazz so that I don't have to check out all
the different books that or lug around all the different books. Cause it's not a dome.
It's only 600 pages. So it's really very doable. I could do it in my free time. I just am light
reading. Yeah. Little bit. I just finished Dracula. So I can't. Oh, yeah. What was it?
That's a classic throwback right there. Like I, I just was super excited. I'm like, you
know what? I have not ever read this book. And you just went for it. Decided to go for
it. Was it good? It was amazing. Dracula. Yeah. Is that Mary Shelley? Yeah. Help me.
No, that's Frankenstein. Yeah. I knew that. That's okay. We'll edit that part out. I'm
like, yeah, yeah. No, I did talk about Frankenstein in Dracula because of Van Helsing. He's a
monster hunter. So yeah. And that was in the book. I might have to put that on my list.
Actually, I think it is on my list. I thought I was going to read it at Christmas. I was
going to read it at Halloween last year and I just never did it. Now, anytime you say
list, I'm going to say what is on your Amazon wishlist. But yeah, it was amazing. I love
that because I thought Van Helsing was just one of those characters that they created
for the movie. I didn't realize that he was like entrenched in the literature. He's like
most of the book. He's a doctor who, who discovers these ailments. We need to have, I'm putting
it on the list. Yeah. I was, do we have like an iPoll book club now? Is this what's happening?
I'm just going on my list. Welcome to the first inaugural meeting of iPoll book club.
I love that. What are you reading, Katie? You have to play too. I'm reading a book called
A Fate Inked in, oh my gosh, A Fate Inked in Blood, I think. It's like Vikings. It's
really kind of fun actually. A Fate Inked in Blood by Danielle Jensen. Really like, I'm
like a hundred pages in and it's a good one. I'm having a lot of fun with that. And how
long is it? Oh, it's only 400. So you're such a brat. I love it. I love you. Yes, I am.
Okay. So, so if I, if the math is math and the next letter should be E. Yes. Eating.
So, oh God. So I took this as like, I don't know, like I've been like, what are you hankering
for? Like what's been like your, your food vibe lately? Cause I don't want to be, I don't
know. They did it. Everyone's been doing it a little bit differently as I've been researching
this. So I right now have been all about like, I just want meat all the time. Like I just
went to, I walked to the grove, like. You're craving, your body's, I'm like, I need the
protein. No, it's not, it's not what you're thinking. It reminds me of that when vines
were popular, but now they're, now she's on TikTok too. She's probably like a teenager
now, but when she was a toddler and she was looking out the window and she goes, I smell
like beef. A little girl. Yeah. I think I know what you're talking about. Yeah. I've
just been like hankering for, I think it's just been protein in general. Like I've just
been like, I want real food. I went on, we went out of town and then, um, something else,
but I just been like hankering for like real food. So like a home cooked. Yeah. And usually
I'm like such a sweets and chips girl, but right now I'm like, Oh, give me the steak.
Yeah. Well it's Easter time and I like hard boiled, not hard boiled eggs, but I like egg
salad sandwiches. Really? So I've been making, I had it made an egg salad sandwich, but then
totally opposite spectrum. My care provider introduced me to Swedish candy. It's all the
rage on TikTok. And so we looked them up while we're sitting in the ER. We're like looking
at all these Swedish candies. You're in for it now. Oh my gosh. Are they good? They are.
They are amazing. So she brought, she ordered fish. Like what are we talking about? So texture
wise. Yeah. But then they're like, there's a little bit of a sour, like a sour patch
kid flavor and like the texture, the taste, like you've got sweet and you've got sour.
I might need to partake in this. So she showed me everything that she ordered. And of course
it's from Sweden. So it literally comes from over there. So it took like probably six weeks
for her to get her candy. Why in the world? They don't have an American shop for the Swedish
candy. No, no. They sell some on Amazon, but no, you can go to IKEA. I was going to say,
let's road trip this. We can do this. It's only four hours. That's it. She ordered some
and sent me some or brought some to me. It is amazing. Totally different flavors. It's
like a Laffy Taffy meets a Hi-Chew. Oh, it's like fluffy chewy. It's really disrespectful
that you didn't bring any in. I, well, I don't have enough. So mine's coming. I ordered,
I literally ordered some. Is that where you got your cold from? Like $150 worth of candy.
Holy crap. I know. But I respect it. Oh yeah. Watching all these Tik Toks and like add,
add to cart, add to cart. I love it. Anyway, I will bring it in and share it with you.
Blessings. Thank you. You were in the hospital because your son is doing better now, right?
Yeah. Okay. He just needed to get a chest x-ray. I don't want people to hear that and
think, Oh my God, what was she in the hospital for? And now they're making her be on a podcast.
No, he just had pneumonia. Remember what podcast you're listening to. Unlimited Parenting.
Yeah. Like a daily occurrence in our lives. So yeah, no, just a quick little trip. What
you eating now? Eating. What you hankering for? I'm going to take up the whole podcast
time. I'm sorry. I know. Please don't be sorry. I'm always a sucker for Panda Express. And
I don't know what it is. They say no MSG, but I don't know if I believe them. Yeah, it tastes
good. I mean, I mean, even though I have Panda Express literally for dinner, it's what is
it right now? It is currently 10 17 and I'm like, Panda. And you're like, maybe, you know,
it sounds good. I need some more chicken. Yeah. Give me that string bean. Um, I'm just
gonna keep pushing it. So we don't get sorry. Please. No. P is playing. Okay. And so like,
I don't have anything that I'm really playing, but like I, I do. Good. I keep doing my nails.
So like, I'm going to count that as like, yeah, it's like kind of a playful. There's
nothing a hobby. What are you hobbying? I like that better. Okay. So I've been trying
to get better about like actually making time to do something. So like maybe fun colors
on my nails has been like something I've been trying to do more. That was my goal. And you
also have the books, but you're stentoline and spring. So you're playing. I'm playing.
Yeah. Yeah. 100% last night. It turned out so good. Oh, good. The edges of a book that
I have. Yeah, that's right. And it turned out so pretty. And I was like, sold done.
I just can't keep going anymore because I say less. It's the ladies. Yeah, that's all
you get. Oh my gosh. What am I playing? I actually just, I play this little word unscramble
game on my phone. It helps me like get your brain off for a minute. I don't even know
what it's called, but I'm on like level seven hundred and fifty seven. Do you get mad at
it? Cause I get mad. Sometimes I'm like, good for you. How is this not a word? I swear it's
a word. It's a word and you choose not to use it. Yes. Like put it on my bonus words.
Yes. But yeah. So that would just make right. Oh, I think I know what you're talking about.
And he's like, it's like crossword, but it's just like a word in a circle. Six letters.
Can you make the words out of the letters? I love that crap. That assistive technology.
I know. I have been playing. I don't know. I've not stopped playing risk on my phone
because I'm a glutton for punishment. I love playing risk. I actually prefer the phone
version versus the tabletop because you can blitz roll versus if you're playing it, you
know, with an actual human and getting emotional connection, you have to wait for them to roll.
And mama doesn't have time. I don't have time to wait, but there is an option to pass and
play so we could all be here right now. Playing risk. I don't know if I've ever played risk.
I'm so sorry. Tune in next time. Yes. The whole episode is a risk to your girl has yachtsied.
I don't think she's. Yeah. Okay. Well, it's intense. I'll put that on the list. I got
to eat Swedish candy and play risk. See, look at all the things you learn. I know. So like
at home at night we do wows and pow's or peaches and pits where you say like the best thing
about your day and then the worst thing about your day. But this is so much better. Isn't
this fun? So I think I'm going to keep doing this with my hubby because it brought up so
much like like we're only halfway through and we've learned so much. Right. I know.
But like it brought up stuff that like we just married and you just like kind of like
go through the motions of the day. Yeah. And like I just, I don't know. We, I looked at
the clock and like, we have been talking for an hour. Like, oh my gosh, I didn't even know
I still liked you. Right. It's been 10 years. It was a lot of, okay, sorry. I'm obsessed.
So what are you obsessed with right now? Is there, oh, I'm making noises. What? It's okay.
I'm, um, see, and this is hard because the next one is recommend. So like this is a dangerous
word. So maybe we can do or at the same time, that's an idea. So like and recommend. So
just an or something you're either obsessed with or something that you would recommend
to people. So mine is dumb. No, but get it because it's obsessed and recommend. So it
spells or so we can just do with this and or, sorry, I didn't, I didn't want you to
think I was making you choose. Okay. Um, I am obsessed with Stephen King very much.
I have read literally everything except for, uh, what is it? Dance macabre. I have not
read that. Um, it's like on purpose or just, uh, so it's just nonfiction. So he has like
Stephen King's like musings on writing. And then he wrote dance macabre and I hope I'm
saying that right. Um, I really want to read it. I just love the worlds that he creates.
So thinking of him as a nonfiction writer is really, really hard. Like when I'm sitting
and I'm looking at my bookcase and I could read the long walk when he was writing as
Richard Bachman or I could read insomnia or dream catcher or the stand. And then I'm like,
or I could read on writing and it just seems like it's an easy choice for me. Gotcha. So
I would recommend, I think I fancy myself obsessed with and I recommend, I feel like you could
come to me and say, I've been, you know, been thinking about dabbling in some Stephen King,
I really don't like vampires or I really don't want any like animal danger or you could tell
me your trigger warning. And I'm convinced I could find you a Stephen King book that you
would like. So like if I've never read any Stephen King, what would be my intro? What
would you recommend as my intro Stephen King? And you have no trigger warnings.
No. Okay. I get scared really easy. So I have to just read it during the day.
Okay. Okay. You get scared easily. You want to read it during the day. So Duma Key.
Okay. Rose Matter is also another kind of like intro one. I personally really love insomnia.
I really, really love it because it's also woven into his Dark Tower series, which is like his
magnum opus. Like everything that he has ever created exists within that Dark Tower series.
Okay. So you know what? Screw it. I'm going to go for it. It's the gunslinger, the drawing of the
three, the train one. Oh my God. Why is this happening to me? The train one. We'll just call
the train one. Yeah. Wizarding Glass, Will Zocalla, A Song of Susanna, and then the Dark Tower.
And anything that's ever been created like it, Pet Sematary. So part of insomnia is at the very
end of the story, stop here if you want to read it. At the very end of the story, they save a little
boy who actually ends up being a boy in the Dark Tower series. And if he hadn't have existed to be
in the Dark Tower series, then Roland's whole journey, you know. Then, okay, one more thing.
I'll move on. I swear. Somebody is upset. I told you. I told you. I love it. The very first line
of the Dark Tower series and the very, is the same as the very last line of the Dark Tower series,
because it's cyclical and Roland has to go through it over and over again until he,
until he learns, right? That's cool. But you know, in the last series, he had like the horn of Eld,
so maybe he really did get through it at the end. We don't really know. But anyway, the first line
is the man in black fled across the desert and Roland followed or something to that effect.
And it's just because it's the last line of the last book too. And it's so good. Go now. There are
other worlds than these. Oh, yes. I love it. I love that. What are you obsessed with? What would you
recommend? Okay, so someone make me, someone turn off my microphone. I have been obsessed with,
I stumbled upon, we've been making creme brulee at home and I've been obsessed with like. The
wastelands. Oh, do you find it? I wish you could have seen her face as she lit up. I thought she
was going to talk about creme brulee. I know. The train book is the wasteland. Oh, sorry. I'm here
now. Okay. I love that. Yeah. So we've been like having a lot of fun. My husband got like a torch
and we've been making creme brulees and I have just been, it's a delight. They're really fun.
And it's a delight. They're really good. So you're going in. Oh yeah. We've got the ramekins or
ram. How do you say that word? And we've got the torch. Is it ramekin or ramekin? Ramekin. Ramekin
or ramekin. I think you're thinking of Ramadan. I don't know what I'm thinking of. Is it in a
Stephen King book? I'll find one for you. Okay. Thank you. Yeah. So I've just had a lot of fun
with that and I'm getting pretty good. Like I don't want to brag or nothing, but I'm getting
pretty good at them. And I made like a special like sugar that goes on top. Like I made like a
toffee and then I dried it out and then I blitzed. So anyway, I've got a whole thing going on. So I've
been pretty excited about like, Oh my God, that is so nice. Are you going to make some? I very
much could. You just all have to tell me how good it is. Otherwise I'll be stressed. I've never had
creme brulee. You've not done creme brulee? Not only have I not personally attempted to make one,
I've never had it. Oh, well I can, I will make one for you. Oh, nothing better than custard with
crispy. It's so good. Oh, do it. Do the, do the crunchy. Crispy, crunchy, crispy, crunchy,
crispy, crunchy, caramelized sugar. Shout out to you Trixie Mattel.
I have no idea what's happening, but I'm loving it. Crispy, crunchy. And then I recommend this is
if your children are listening, maybe they shouldn't be. I don't know. I don't know where
the line is on this podcast, but I just recently went on a trip and it was Katie, your girls got
some thick thighs. They save lives as I've been told. Um, but I was in like sun dresses and walking
all day long. And so one of the gals that I was with was like, cause I was a little nervous about
some thunder down under chaffey thighs. Yeah. What is it called? Chub rub? Yeah. Well, I didn't have
that because I didn't think it through. I didn't know we were going to be walking so much and
they're like, why don't you just put deodorant as like a chub rub as a preventative speak way
worked like a charm, like a, just like a dream. I was so shocked, shook as the kids say.
I was shooketh. So highly recommend. Well, I mean, I don't know if highly recommend. I recommend you
do what you got to do to take care of your body, but in a pinch, it worked very well. So that's my
recommendation. I got to share it with everyone now. Okay. I'd never heard that before. Summer's
coming. Summer's coming. Everyone. Summer's coming. Yikes. All right. Take us away. Anything you're
obsessed with or that you recommend? I don't know. Not really Swedish candy. Swedish candy.
Yeah. Um, and I would recommend it. It's just a sweet pleasure. Just for the fun of it. Yeah.
Do you have any recommend or yeah, I guess that's both. I don't know. Yeah. But I, uh,
there's one that I wouldn't recommend. Okay. I haven't tried it yet, but if you like salt,
they make a salt one, like, you know how you got your sour topping, but it's salty and then
licorice underneath. So I haven't tried that one. I don't know if that's, I know someone who really
likes salt. So I'm going to try it. I love them and see. Oh, I, I too love salt. Yeah. I don't
know. I could, I don't think I could do it. And I love being a guinea pig. So if you've got something
you want me to try, I would do it. Salt flavored candy. Well, I don't know about that. I mean,
think about it. A chocolate covered pretzel, sweet and salty. Those are my favorite snack.
That's kind of what I'm wondering. But then it's got the licorice though. I don't know. I think I
disassociated during that part. I do not remember the licorice. Like salty funnel. Okay. So wrap it
up. So I am going to treat myself. I have been, well, I'm going to have my husband treat myself
too. I have been, I've really been hankering for, that's the wrong word, but I want some like
bright, fun galoshes. Like some, some like rain boots. Yeah. I've got a little, like a fake little,
it's not fake, but I've got a little garden in the backyard that I just, I want to put on my,
you want to get your wellies. Yes. I want to put on my little, uh, and go out into the garden.
Leopard. I love them. So I'm, that's what, that's my treat that I'm going to get here soon.
Once payday comes, I'm spending the money. Girl. How much are they? For adults? It's like
unreasonable. I feel like, but girl, you don't live in the PNW. I know. I know, but they're still fun,
but they're so cute. The one I've got on my list, I'm kind of eyeballing right now. They're black,
but they've got like bright, like neon polka dots. They're so cute. I want them so bad. Or I want
some bright yellow ones. My son has some bright yellow ones. We can just be like a little yellow
fellows. I'm planning to mow the lawn in them so I can like wash off the green. Yes. Yeah. That's
what I want. So that's what I want to treat myself to. Okay. What about you, Sarah? What do you
treat yourself to? I need a pedicure. Yes. Sandals. It's time. And it's time. It's time. I meant to
say that like encouraging you, like, yes, you should get a treat for yourself. Not like, girl,
put your, put those hooves away. It's time. Please. Someone get out the grinder. That was not the
intention. No, I know. But sometimes you never know. I mean, I'm glad my feet are hidden right now.
My treat is going to be, I'm going to try to get a good night's sleep. I know that sounds really
lame, but I take a medication to help me get some sleep at night. And I have been pushing it later
and later and later so that I can read. And now I need, I know I need to take it at like seven
and just get a really good sleep. And then like let it sink, marinate for a little bit. Yeah.
Yeah. Let it marinate. I love that. Because my kids wake up frequently. So I know I'll,
I know I'll wake up at least at some point. Well, I'm sorry if I took too much time. No.
Thank you for playing this weekly report. It's kind of fun. Weekly report. Yes. Weekly report.
Okay. Sarah, start us out. So I brought a topic. I was watching Wonka, the Willy Wonka,
the Willy Wonka, the new musical one. What's that guy's name? It's not Hugh Hefner. Oh, Hugh Grant.
Good God. That's a different name. Oh, totally opposite. Anyway, please back to Willy Wonka.
I got a cold and tick. I loved it. It was, it was, yeah, the brand new version of Wonka
before he's a chocolatier. How many times is Willy Wonka going to appear on this podcast? Oh, no.
There isn't. No, there is an episode that will not ever see the light of day.
And it's almost exclusively Willy Wonka. And I just, how many times is it going to like,
I don't know. Please, I love it. It's because we're all children. Our childhood and now our
kid's childhood. But no, I was thinking about the chocolate that he first introduced, the one that
made you float. And if you wanted to come back down to earth, you just tooted and it just made me laugh
and it made, made Truman laugh. But then I was like, hmm, if I could make a candy that could give me a
superpower, what would it be? Oh, I love this. My actual, my dream superpower would be to
understand every language. That's cool. Like a translator. Yeah. Anything like I could speak
like any language. You are such a relationship builder. You're like, give me more connection
to the people or even my son, because my son's nonverbal and it's very hard to understand him
and speak to him. Um, especially when he's not happy. And so I'm like, my one superpower would
be to understand and hear everyone. Not like, not like the shows that you hear that you, the movies
you watch where you're like, they like, where they're like walking down the street and they hear
everything all at once. No, but just like, I'm speaking to you. I want to talk to you and you
don't speak my language and I don't speak yours, but I'm going to my superpower. So I'm going to
eat that piece of chocolate and I'm going to know, we're going to know. And we can talk.
I can go anywhere. That's cool. Can I play something really quick? Yeah. Yeah.
Do you know what it is? Oh my gosh. He's finally gotten out of bed. Out and about.
Oops. I've got like mad beef with this man. Just everyone's making stew and he's just laying in bed.
I just want to get to the golden ticket part.
It's cause you laid in bed for the last 20 minutes, 20 years.
Come on Gramps, contribute. At least help peel the celery.
Your grandson has a golden ticket. I cannot wait until we put these on video so that everyone can
see Sarah closing her eyes and like really a part of it. And I am seething right now.
Reluctantly bobbing my head just so we're clear. I got a golden ticket. Okay.
It was always there. Objectively amazing. Oh my gosh. Thank you for that. You're welcome. Sorry.
That's my... So what would your superpower be? You could be a piece of chocolate.
I could do anything. I actually really have one. Oh okay. And I keep this bad boy locked and loaded
for times just like this. If I had any superpower and maybe this won't shock anybody, it would be
to remember everything I read. Oh that's awesome. Because I obviously read a lot but you know some
of it goes in one ear out the other or maybe I just don't have the best reading retention skills.
But can you imagine if you could just read textbooks and then just remember it forever?
That's cool. Because it would serve you so well. It could serve you right now. You know you could
lead the world. God forbid there's an apocalyptic situation. Imagine remembering like all the herbs
and like medicine. I just feel like you could be so powerful. Well and I think we rely so much on
the little device in our pocket. I'll just look it up. I don't have to remember that. I'll just look
at it. 100%. I can barely even remember the man that I've been with for the last 15 years. What's
his phone number? Why do I have to remember? I push button. I know his social security number
unlocked. Why is that? I know it's so true. So that's a great. Right? That's great. What about
you Katie? What would your power be? Okay but first I just want to ask. Oh no. I'm so sorry.
What is the flavors? Are we just going like chocolate or are you thinking something? Are you like
Neo from the Matrix? Red Pill Boothill kind of a thing? I don't know because I'm just like
I don't know. Well if you get whatever superpower you want wouldn't the flavor taste however
you want it? Well I don't know. It's like the room of requirement. Because don't you remember
like in the chocolate shop like there were other ones and there's like different flavors and stuff.
The color of your hair and change the way you sounded like but I don't know what the names
of them were like you became an animal or you can fly up in the sky. Or burp. Remember that?
Yeah. My man was burping left right and sideways. Yeah. Roll doll. King. Fantastic. I don't know.
Forget the flavor. It tastes exactly as you imagined. Like how you want it to. Cake batter
ice cream. Oh I like that idea. You're welcome. I don't know. Let's see. I so I'm gonna everything
I'm thinking of I'm like these things are already existing. So it's like it'd be kind of cool
if you could like have a piece of chocolate and it like could help you just like have the best
night's sleep and then I was like that's a sleeping pill and then I was like it'd be kind of cool if
you could have a piece of chocolate that like I have my tummy always hurts like I make poor
choices and then my tummy hurts and then I was like it could just like take away all of your
ailments and I was like I'm gonna put that on my tombstone. I make poor choices and my tummy hurts.
But I was like well that's basically Tums. So yeah but all coated in chocolate. So am I just
inventing chocolate Tums? Oh you know what? Indigestion. Upset stomach. Diarrhea. Mine is
gonna be a chocolate version of something. Oh my gosh. I changed my mind on everything. I think
that mine's gonna be like transportation. I'm a big I want to travel everywhere. Oh okay. So I
think if you eat your bite of chocolate you could just like close your eyes and vision where you're
trying to get to. But if you eat a piece of chocolate like that was made in France. Oh a
German chocolate or oh yeah. So that's that's mine. Can I can I bring this back real quick?
There's a Stephen King book. Oh my gosh. Called Gwendy's Button Box and she has this box right
and it has all these buttons and this man who never ages explains to her what she can do with
this box. But when she pushes a button she can get these coins that like help get her family
some money or she was eating a pill that helped her like stay svelte I guess. Not want to eat.
And this box was whatever she needed. That's cool. But Stephen King being Stephen King.
There's a consequence. Someone else you know got hurt as a result so whenever you helped yourself
you took something away from someone else. Yep. So good. That's what you remind me of right now.
So Steve why don't you try why don't you give Gwendy's Button Box a read. Okay that's my intro.
Very short. Very short. I'll put it on my list. Dracula and Gwendy's Box. What is on your Amazon
wish list? I'll send it to you. You'll like it. Is that your topic what's on my Amazon wish list?
Because that's a great topic. We might put that in our head. Are you ready for my topic?
That was a good topic Sarah. Thank you. That was a great. I liked that a lot. Yep. It's very
interesting to see how all of our superpowers were so different. I know. That's really impressive.
Yeah but it's but all fun. Very functional. Look here Gramps. I'm sorry my topic is drum roll please.
Spring break. Oh boy. For so many reasons. Okay so the first reason is um spring break just happened.
So where we are right now recording this it is Monday March 25th. No I'm going to do this.
41. 1041. Sorry it's uh it's an analog clock. It takes my brain. 1041. Um and spring break has
already you know happened when you're listening to this but we are just fresh off of spring break
for my family and um I have several thoughts. Thought number one no one really I mean people
make fun of it but it's not really emphasized how much like when you have kids it's just parenting
in a different place. Absolutely. You're not relaxing like we went to the Oregon coast and
granted it's not warm so there weren't like beach chairs and people lounging but yeah there's no
resting. No. No. I was so excited to come back to work so I could chill for a minute. So you could
take a breath. Yep. I mean OMSI sorry Oregon coast the zoo. All the things. Powels voodoo donuts you
name it we did it and it was great and it was wonderful and the kids had a ton of fun and they
conked hard when they fell asleep but oh my god. Yeah. Because I remember I think what really
cements it and solidified it for me was we went to almost the exact same spot that we did for our
anniversary our one-year anniversary and we did not have kids at our one-year anniversary and we
did have kids this time and we both looked at each other and we were like Mo's family restaurant is a
whole different experience when your table is screaming and I didn't watch and it's just a
bubbly Bubba Gomp like I don't know it was it was wonderful and simultaneously awful and while I was
on spring break it I don't know what what is his name I don't know why I funneled all of my
disappointment and hatred to him do you remember when we were young MTV MTV spring break oh what
was that guy's name Carson Carson daily thank you and he would go to Miami yes spring break so I'm
like picturing this in my head and then I'm watching my kids get all snotty and saltwatery
and I'm like this is not what I was promised but this is not I found this for you guys and I want
to share it I am I am in a unique position here at this table because I am slightly younger than
Sarah and slightly older than Katie so this should be fun you should both know this song this song
was the number one song my senior year of high school during spring break all right are you ready
to get down let's do it yes oh yeah guys remember this yes so I was listening to this song while I
was on the beach and I was like it just hits different when my three-year-old is climbing
I put on boots with the fur and the whole club was looking at her yeah thank you so
I tell you all of this to tell you I love my children
but that's not what Carson daily promised me and I the whole time I was just like I just I just want
to sit on the beach and read but then someone would get too close to the waves and then someone
else would tangle their kite and I know I know that all of this sounds like a first world problem
considering there are some people who just can't afford to take their kids on spring break but I
will say this though Sarah I thought of you because they had the um one of the rental places had the
adaptive wheelchair and someone was using it on the beach and my kids were like I want to get on
that oh my gosh and I'm like it's not a toy it's like and I don't know why this is so easy for my
children to understand but it's like Carolyn's cart yeah you know at the grocery store and they
know what that is and why we don't use it right and they were like oh that makes so much sense and
they were like oh that makes so much sense and then Jack goes I'm so glad that he gets to experience
the beach and it was so sweet oh yeah we took oh that was our spring break last year and we had
that the big wheeled um all-terrain high class like wheelchair that we have for Truman and
we were able to take him out there to the beach with the boys and um yeah it was yeah oh that
makes me happy and actually Oregon has a program where all the public beaches you can rent those
that's awesome really I didn't know that Oregon's got some really great like even just like at their
parks like they have made inclusion just yeah it's a big deal I love that yep Idaho's on their way
we're getting there so part of the rec it's like we're getting it for through osmosis from Oregon
enough Oregon energy is cross a line come on over very cool it was it was really cool and you know
we saw the aquarium we saw everything it's just spring break is just so different with kids and
then you adding kids with disabilities and I'm like well why I think you nailed it the first
thing you said though like it's just parenting outside of your normal right keeping a consistent
like a routine when you are not in a consistent place and everything is exciting and new and
everything is about to be so much fun that's hard right we want to have those experiences I want to
give them to them but then I'm also like why do I do this to myself yeah I'm so we need a we need a
week I'm so tired detox from spring break it's like you're coming back when coming back to work is
yeah a relief that says something you might have kids yeah the week being sick that was our spring
break so yeah I'm like oh even though today I'm not feeling 100% I'm like get me back to my office
where I can relax please anyway well with that
that thank you so much everyone out there for listening in as always if you are in Idaho or
planning on moving to Idaho and have any questions on systems or services for children with disabilities
please consider reaching out to us on our website at ipolidaho.org that's ipulidaho.org
or by calling us at 208-342-5884 be sure to tune in next time until then this has been Unlimited Parenting.
Thanks for listening!