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== Personal Life Updates ==


'''Brad Dowdy:''' And that doesn't sound bad, except that's on top of the rest of my life. Yeah. Right. So those are extra. So this is totally fine. If it's all you do. Yeah. Right. Like, oh, that's no big three hour, you know, three hours per 100. Cool. You can get that done in a couple of days. Well, that's not how life is set up right now. So like I did six hours on Saturday and then did like three hours last night. And then when I got done last night, it was like, I was so busy yesterday. I started at like three o'clock and finished about six or, and I came back in the house and we're like getting ready for dinner and doing things. And I just went, oh no, I haven't written the podcast for tomorrow yet. Like that's how, that's how yesterday went. That's what, you know, doing the extra shipping is. And this is not a complaint. This is just like trying to set, paint the picture, right? This is, you know, work I signed up for, but it's also work I have to fit into life. And so I really only think it's going to take me, I'm banking on three weeks maximum to get everything done. The goal is to pack 400 orders this week and have all of those in the mail by the weekend. And then next week I'll do it again. And, uh, you know, we'll see how it goes. So we're, we're about to have packages at the post office for celebration and I will have my own celebration once everything is shipped. Um, so yeah, no big deal, but it's, it is taking an effort like, and like I'm doing it solo. Like I can't even rope the kids into this work. They, they look at all the boxes and they just like, nope the heck out of there.

'''Myke Hurley:''' They're like, like I was wondering if you could put them to work, but yeah.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' No, they'll do like some small stuff. Like if I need refills done or a little packaging done, but they see they're, they're just intimidated by the scope of it. Even though it's technically not difficult work, they're just like, nope.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' So it's cool. It's going fine. Um, it's just, it's, it's taken a lot of time. Um, and I will be happy to get this first half out of my house and then we'll move on to the second half next week. And I think we're going to be in pretty good shape. So not to, not overly concerned, but yeah, it's, it's definitely a lot. So it's cool.

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'''Brad Dowdy:''' Have you gotten to play the goose game at all?

'''Myke Hurley:''' Uh, yeah, I have a little bit. Yeah. That's why I think it will be fun. Uh, especially cause Stephen doesn't really know much about it. So I think that makes it a little bit more fun.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Oh, him playing it will be worth the price of admission.

'''Myke Hurley:''' I think so. Yeah.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I think that's great. That's great. Good. Well, I can't wait to, uh, for, uh, this to come back. It's one of the favorite events of the year for all of us at relay. And, uh, thank you and Stephen for putting so much, uh, work behind this to, to help out the kids. That's what it's for. That's what it's for.

'''Myke Hurley:''' The first, uh, part of our member special is out. So the first three and a bit hours of the Lego building is out. Uh, part two was recorded. I think we did it last week and we'll be out, uh, tomorrow, August 27th and have a three and a bit hours. Um, I won't actually, you know what? I'm not going to tell you that we finished it. You'll have to wait and find out for yourself. It's available to all RelayFM members in the crossover feed, uh, which I'll put a link in the show notes. If you want to go and grab that, if you're a member. If you're not a member, go to relay.fm slash membership, check out the options, or you can tap the link at the top of the show notes to support this show and you'll be able to get your hands on this wonderful content.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' So we had several of our listeners reach out. They acquired the set. Some of them actually couldn't acquire the set right now.

'''Myke Hurley:''' The set is backlighted.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. But, um, I know, uh, friend of the show, longtime friend of the show, Kim Bat, uh, she's, she was ready. She was gung ho, Myke. She got her set. She cranked up the podcast and she quit after 20 minutes. Yeah. And I, I get it. Like, I appreciate the attempt. It is not for, it is, it is difficult to do.