Editing The Pen Addict 352/transcript (section)

== Weather Conditions ==


'''Anna Reynet:''' It was, we were just, it just got miserable. Like the rest of the drive, like all through Arizona and New Mexico, like it was snow, sleet, hail, fog. I mean, we hit every kind of weather condition you can imagine. And I was like, this has got to be a joke. At one point, Lisa was asleep and Davina and I were like, is that fog? Yeah, we've now covered fog. We have had all the weather. Like the only thing we're missing is tornadoes and hurricanes. And we're not even saying that because it might happen.

'''Anna Reynet:''' But at one point in Arizona, like I-40 was down to single lanes and it was just us and the 18 wheelers. Cause it was like the, it was, the weather was so bad and the snow plows hadn't come through. And, um, the windshield wiper, uh, fluid had frozen. So we couldn't like wipe the snow off the windshield because they are so dry that as soon as it hits the windshield, it dries. So it was like crusty on the windshield. So we'd have to like pull off like every 20 or 30 minutes. And Lisa would have to jump out of the car, splash water on the windshield so I could make the windshield wipers, like wipe it clean. Cause we were just like driving in complete gray and then keep going. It was just awful. The drive home was miserable. It was so bad.

'''Myke Hurley:''' So did any of the ink freeze? No. Overnight? Like, did y'all have to stop overnight and like any, have any like inventory problems? Like I was curious about that.

'''Anna Reynet:''' Yeah. That was the one thing. Like we were worried that that would happen, but nothing in the car froze. Nice. All right. So we even kept like water bottles like that were, that had like, you know, an inch of water in them on the dashboard because we figured if anything would freeze, those would freeze first. And when we came out in the morning, those were not frozen. They didn't even have any ice cubes so that, cause it didn't get quite, I mean, it's just at the like thirties.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah. All right. So let's wrap this up on a couple of questions. Number one, would you do this again? And number two, what did you learn about Lisa that you didn't know before?

'''Anna Reynet:''' Let's see. I had to use a lot of my vacation days from work. So I have, I'm like going to skid by for the rest of the year for the pen shows. I'm going to have like zero vacation days, which I've never had happened. So I don't know that I would do like 11 days. So true. Again, anytime soon.

'''Anna Reynet:''' We had a lot of fun on the way out. We were really trying to come back in two days, but the weather was not cooperating. Like if the pen show was like two weeks later or something and the weather was a little better, I think it would have been okay. But we just hit every guy there. What did I learn about Lisa?

'''Anna Reynet:''' I think when she got stressed and tired, her accent got thicker.

'''Myke Hurley:''' That's pretty good.

'''Anna Reynet:''' Yeah. So occasionally I'd have to have her repeat something because I wouldn't be able to understand her. And I've lived in Tennessee for 10 years. So I understand most Southern accents, but she would hit a point where I was like, what?

'''Myke Hurley:''' To be a fly in the cabin of the van during this trip, I think would have been quite a sight to behold. Like I said, I talked to y'all a bunch on the way out and on the way back and while you were at the show. But I couldn't even fathom what it was like hanging out with two of my best friends just on the way out to a pen show on the way back. So we'll have to figure out maybe one day the three of us, one of our events could be a road trip across the U.S. I don't know. We might all kill each other by that time. But maybe we can drive to a pen show one year. Myke, what do you think?

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I wouldn't be adverse to that idea.

'''Myke Hurley:''' I don't know if it would ever work.

'''Anna Reynet:''' Overall, it was actually a lot of fun. Like the drive and everything. If the L.A. show itself hadn't been what it was, I think that the road trip would have been a success. But the fact that the show itself wasn't great made the trip back even more stressful, I think.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yep. So maybe I'll save my mile marker field notes for the time that we all take a road trip and we'll document it on the road again with the Pen Addict podcast. So that would be fun. So we'll have to think about that one year, right, Myke?

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I like it.

'''Myke Hurley:''' All right. Well, I think let's hold this Ask TPA, Myke. I think I'm just so amped to get to Atlanta and just talk about pen shows and travels. And there's a lot going on right now. I think, you know, we got some good Ask TPA. I'm sorry if we're not going to get to it this week. But I think we're at the right spot. Do you want to talk about who we're going to have on our live episode next week? Do you want me to? Do you want me to put the pressure on them to not back out on us before we get there? We'll leave that decision up to you. So we'll tease next week's live episode. We have two guests that I've booked, and I'm pretty sure at least one of them is going to come through. And that one of them is our good buddy, Jessica Coles of Esther Brook repair fame, of Well Appointed Desk writing fame, of pen show fame, and podcast, one-time podcast guest fame.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yep, as great holiday, well, honeymoon, filling guest for me.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah, so she's wonderful. Y'all know we all love her to death. So she's going to be a guest. We'll talk about pen shows and repairing pens and all that stuff. So no pressure, Jessie. You are locked and loaded for the show. She can't back out. Can't back out now. I won't let her.

'''Anna Reynet:''' Nope.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Our second guest, I joke about backing out because I know him well enough that it's a possibility. And the more I publicly shame him about it, the more I hope he will actually show up and do this show. But I have a backup plan in case he doesn't. And that's Chris Roth of Right Pads. I'm actually getting him out of Baltimore, which he never likes to do. And on the road to Atlanta, so Right Pads is going to be at the Atlanta Pen Show. And we've got Chris.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I'm excited about that personally because I've been wanting to see these notebooks for a while.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah, so we've got Chris on to talk about printing. And I'm going to talk a lot about his business outside of the Right Notepads. And he's a long-term print guy. So this is a bigger story than just what we know him for. So he'll be a great interview. We just got to get him there. So I kid because I love Chris and we're good friends. But I know how he thinks. And he'll be denying it until the moment he shows up there at the Pen Show, whether he's coming or not. But I have faith in him, Chris. I have faith in you, buddy. You'll be there. And you'll be a guest on the show. If not, it's on record that you know showed now. So I've called you out.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' All right. So on that note, we're very excited to be at the Atlanta Pen Show. I can't wait to see those of you that are going to be in attendance. But if you can't, it's totally fine. We're going to give you the lowdown. And we're going to give you a great episode of the show next week with some wonderful interviews as well. But remember, that episode will be coming out on Saturday. So you can find us all online. You can go to penaddict.com for Brad's work. You can go to knock.co. You can follow him on Twitter, where he is at dowdyism. And you're a penaddict on Instagram. You can go to wellappointeddesk, where you can find all of Anna's work. And if I'm right in remembering, Anna is well, a PPT desk on both Twitter and Instagram. Is that right, Anna?

'''Anna Reynet:''' Yes. Yes, I did it.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I did it. I am YKE. You can keep up with everything that we do. And I'm sure there'll be lots of Instagram stories and all that kind of stuff coming out of the Atlanta Pen Show. So you can maybe live vicariously through us all. But can't wait. Really excited to get on that plane next week. Once again, thank you to everybody who made it happen. We'll be back next week. Until then, say goodbye, everybody.

'''Anna Reynet:''' Goodbye, everybody. Bye, everybody.

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