Redboy Podcast #212 The College Years

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Amy. Welcome to episode 212 for July 25th, 2019. This podcast has been rated PG-13. Does

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Podcasting like they mean it from high atop Redcorn Studios. Recording live from the cornfields

of central Illinois. Red Boy.

That was dirty.

I'm intrigued.

Welcome to the Red Boy podcast featuring Absolute Amy.

Are you ready? Hey, are you ready for this? Are you hanging on the edge of your seat?

There's other situations that might challenge you, I guess. When your daughter tries out

for the football team and your son tries on her dress. And you start to think that the

devil's in charge of how you're situated. Life is still worth living, it's just simply

complicated.

Oh, it is, Amy.

Life is complicated with its hits and ands and buts.

What?

It's alright to be crazy, just don't let it get to you.

Don't let it drive you nuts.

It is, you know, podcasting is complicated, too, I found out.

Oh, yes.

Hello, children. Welcome back to the Red Boy podcast, episode 212. I'm Red Boy, along with the

always lovely Absolute Amy. How are you, my love?

I am. I'm well, and I'm distracted right now.

You're distracted. She's doing the tweets and the texts. That's right, we are your window onto

the boulevard of the cornfields of central Illinois. This is take two, because the first

take was a train wreck, and then the intro became a train wreck.

Then I messed up the noms. You know what, Amy? If we text, if we texted, I quit. I quit.

Why would I?

People do still text.

If we podcasted more than once every six months, this wouldn't be so hard for me. So please

excuse us as we get the wheels turning on the old podcast. But the goal, Amy, is to

try a podcast every Thursday night. Well, for us.

That's a good goal. I've already looked in the future, and I've already seen...

Is it not happening?

I've already seen some conflicts pop up in the near future.

Well, the goal...

But that's okay.

The goal being once a week.

Once a week.

I know. That's a high bar to bring up after...

Once a week. And you know what? Now we have two dogs, so they can bark even more.

Eh, you know, that's life. I was listening to the old podcast, and the dog barks a lot.

Anyway, children, we are back. And I really want, Amy, for you to stop texting, first off.

I'm not. I'm actually doing a post.

A post.

Are you telling people to get ready for the awesomeness that is this podcast?

No, I'm just saying this is happening.

This. This. Whatever this is.

But children, I think I want to take a little different approach to the podcast.

And though we've already broken the rule, because my goal is to be not all over the place,

and we've already been all over the place at this point, but try to be a little more focused on our topics.

That's funny.

I know. Isn't it just?

Because we've never been focused.

I know. And anything we've ever done.

So why would we start now with the podcast?

I don't know, but that's my goal.

We don't know, but that's his goal.

It's good to have goals, right, kids?

So anyway, while we've been gone, Amy, I was listening to some of our old podcasts,

which is kind of what got me revved up to say podcast again.

Let's just say it was he was listening.

He's been reliving the past.

Which if you don't podcast.

Reminiscing.

And you know what?

Crying, maybe.

I was not crying.

Sobbing to myself out loud.

Where are our babies?

Sobbing in the corner.

But I listened to one where we talked about buying our couch

and the fact that our couch has little recliner things in it.

Yes.

And we were lamenting about the fact that we are not easy chair recliner.

We're not.

Well.

We were not.

We weren't.

We are now.

But we are now.

We have now, as our children have said, we have our grandparent recliners.

Our old people chairs, as we call them.

And Amy, what's my new favorite show to watch while I'm in my grandparent recliner?

Okay.

I even have a problem.

I have a problem with this.

Do tell.

You have, you truly have turned into old man Edwards.

I come home from work.

You get your little snackies.

I come home from work and my snackies.

You sit down in your chair and you put on Jeopardy.

And if everybody, if we're too loud.

Oh.

Watch out.

You're going to get in trouble.

Don't interrupt the Jeopardy people.

You have, you have truly turned into an old man.

My grandfather used to yell at us if the, if we were too loud during.

Jeopardy?

No.

His cartoons.

Oh.

Or, let's see, what else?

Any of those old shows.

So that is definitely.

Lawrence Welk.

I've definitely aged for sure.

I don't know when the idea of recliners, but they're electric.

So at least they're high tech recliners.

Yeah.

You got the high tech because that's, there would be nothing less.

No.

Well, but Amy.

And they were only what?

I don't know.

It wasn't very much more to get that.

The electric option.

Because, you know, putting out that footstool.

Is a lot of work.

So, you know, I got to make it easy.

But now we have this.

Don't.

You're going to wear out the motor.

What are you doing?

Why do you have to?

Just leave it up.

No.

Why are you doing that again?

Why are you?

No, because.

You are going to burn out that motor.

Amy, what was my first question about the electric motor?

How long is the warranty?

I know.

Because sure enough, here your kids are.

Seriously, people, come on.

Now, it is super cute.

So now I have old man chair that makes me old man.

I don't think you even put it on here.

Super cute.

For people who don't know us.

And since we haven't podcast since we got our baby, our new baby.

Oh, you're right.

Yeah, we did a vlog about the puppy, but not a podcast.

Oh, our little puppy.

She's so cute.

She's no longer a puppy because they're a puppy for like a hot second.

Yeah.

And now she's technically a puppy, but.

Oh, yeah.

She'll be a puppy for two years.

Speaking of being parents.

I.

Oh, whatever.

Static.

People give people crap about, oh, I have a puppy.

It's just like having a baby.

No.

But it's not totally dissimilar.

No.

Babies and puppies get up at night.

You have to take them out to the bathroom.

Oh, yeah.

There's a lot of attention to them.

There's a lot of similarities.

And there's a lot of differences, too.

Don't get me wrong.

To having babies.

To having puppies.

The good thing is puppies grow out of it much faster than babies do.

Yes.

And let's be honest.

If a dog died, nobody's going to come to your house.

The baby dies, you're going to have a problem.

So stakes are a little higher with a child.

Surprise, surprise, right?

Oh, my gosh.

You are so weird.

Where do you go with these things?

Oh.

I'm sorry, everyone.

But your baby has grown up, Amy.

Your baby's going to college.

My baby is going to college.

What have you say about that?

Apparently nothing.

I don't know.

Are you going to cry?

Have you cried yet?

I cried when we were marching in the Memorial Day parade.

Oh, so there's your answer right there.

I didn't.

I got a little misty at the graduation.

Just for a little bit.

Just, I mean, not even, there was no tears.

Just like he was probably going through, right?

No, it was before it even started when they were playing all the pictures of all the kids and everything.

Oh, yes, yes, yes, yes.

And then we cried.

Got through the graduation, everything, and the weekend, and yada, yada, yada.

And that Monday, I'm sitting there, and this was a parade that we have talked about,

an event we have been talking about for years.

Oh.

We would have an event where both of our kids would be marching together in the band.

The one and only appearance of them together.

The senior and the incoming freshman.

And as we're marching down the street, tears are coming.

And down my face, and I'm like, are you kidding me?

Right now, this is when I'm going to be emotional?

It's like the end of an era, Amy.

I mean, seriously, right?

I mean, it's the end of an era.

Well, not really, because we have, we're, our daughter's in band.

So it is an era, end of an era with our son, but he is still going to be in band as well.

I know, so we'll have like, we'll have two band camps a year now.

Yes, so.

At least you aren't the president of the college band yet, so.

No, but our son did say, Mom.

Mom, there's something on September, blah, blah, blah.

It's the black and red game, and they need parent volunteers.

Mom, you have to volunteer.

Well, leave that to a parent who lives in DeKalb, not the one who lives in Bloomington.

Well, we might.

We shall see.

But college, so I want to talk a little bit about having older kids in college.

An interesting thing happens.

Slowly over the summer, I've noticed Luke gained a little more concerted effort.

Like, he actually made his own list of things that he needed to do.

And I think the reality of actually having to do all of this is starting to set in a little bit.

I think, you know, when they have senioritis, and they're so ready to be done with school.

We're done, and they're like, peace.

They're done, and they're, I'm done with this.

I'm done, I'm done.

I'm ready to move on.

And they get to this certain point, and now we're getting, what, we're three weeks out before he moves.

About, yep, yep.

And now we're starting to hit the.

Reality check.

Oh, my gosh.

I'm going to be gone.

I'm leaving.

And I'm.

Flying the nest.

And I think that has, I think there's some good things.

But, I mean, he is happy he's going to be in the band.

Because it's like instant family, instant friends.

Yeah, that helps.

But it's, you know, there's some.

I think some of the.

I can see some hesitancy.

Like, okay, this is really happening now.

And a lot of unknown.

And it's, you know, we've all not.

Well, we've all been through it.

Like, leaving.

Yeah, leaving.

And.

We've all left home, hopefully.

And the ones who have, you know, like, going to college.

I still remember that feeling.

Like, okay, now we're going.

All right, we're there.

It's kind of like when we brought Luke home the first time.

Like, now what do we do?

I think when he gets to school, we're going to walk away and leave.

He's going to be like, now what?

Yeah.

Like, the reality of being by himself.

But we did the family orientation.

And all of a sudden, I'm like, oh, Lord.

You know what?

Freshman in high school, we thought, oh, we had to learn all these new things.

That's got nothing on freshman in college.

There's forms.

And the schools are like big businesses that don't talk to each other's departments.

And yet this form and that form and this due date and that due date.

I have been paranoid to no end the whole time that we would miss a date.

And, like, all of a sudden, he can't go to school.

I actually think we have done pretty well on, I would say, major things.

We're kind of taking the approach that, all right, you know what?

This semester, we're going to have him do these certain things, even though it might.

You know, maybe not the most cost effective, but it's like.

Well, like books.

Books is an example, right?

So I know there's a thousand.

And if you know how to handle books, you know, email me, redboypodcast.com or call our non-existent number.

But I think you can buy them online.

You can buy them used.

You can buy them new.

You can rent them.

But now they have this new scam.

You have to buy the new book because the new book is the only way you get the homework code.

And you have to have a homework code.

I'm like, slip.

Because you have to buy the homework.

Yeah.

Really?

We're buying homework now?

I know.

It is.

I have to say, you know what?

We're upping the scamminess.

You know what?

Our education is so expensive.

And it's like everywhere you turn, there's.

I think technology found a way to make books cheaper.

So the book manufacturers found a way to make that not happen.

Yeah, exactly.

We're not going to lose the money on nuts.

No.

So you will pay.

You will pay.

Dearly, you will pay.

So I think we've made.

We've made it through all the forms.

We stayed in a lovely hotel.

So anybody who is going to go to Northern Illinois, DeKalb, Illinois, awesome school,

great campus.

Don't stay in the on-campus hotel.

On-campus hotel.

A couple of problems.

I don't know why.

I felt like I was walking back into the 1970s or 1950s.

We had twin beds.

Legit like.

Twin beds.

It was.

Like Lucy and Desi.

Desi.

Twin beds.

Yes.

With the old-timey hotel.

It was Lucy and Ray.

But it was Desi.

Yeah.

And the showerhead that came up to about my shoulder.

Oh, yes.

And the entertainment center, which was an old CRT TV.

It was awesome.

That TV was huge.

Yeah.

It was huge.

It was not huge as in the screen was big.

It was like deep, massive.

Massive.

And here's the kicker.

I'm like, all right.

Well, in the evening, you know, we'll maybe get a bottle of wine or something and take

to the room.

Nope.

No.

You're on campus.

There's no alcohol on campus, even for families staying at that hotel.

And they made that quite.

Oh.

Clear.

And I'm like, you know what?

We can't have our kid get kicked out of college because his parents decided to.

Yeah.

So that will be the that was the first and only time that we will be staying at that

hotel.

Yes.

And orientation was fine.

It was a little long, but, you know.

Well, I think they always are.

I quit it like a conference.

Like if you go to a business conference, some sessions are good.

Some are bad.

That's kind of how it goes.

I felt like overall.

We learned things.

The kids who were, you know, the.

Leading it most, you know, because there was some, you know, giving you their perspective.

I loved all of them and I gave me hope that, OK, I will love my my son will be will be.

Yeah.

He's going to come back.

It's going to be OK.

My favorite was a girl who said, oh, my mom was right about some stuff, but I'll never

tell her.

Yeah.

Well, I think a couple of them said one was like, I'm a firstborn.

My mom's a firstborn.

So, you know what that's about.

And I was like, oh, yes, man.

And my firstborn.

We love to butt heads.

See.

But it's OK.

He you know what?

I'm we're we're very, very proud of him.

I he we should give the update.

What did our son after graduation accomplish?

Oh, yes.

He went to speech, national speech and debate tournament in where was it this year?

Houston?

No.

Dallas.

And this was his third year.

Third year.

Returning.

And he came away with fourth place out of 200.

200.

In his category topic, whatever.

Yeah.

Yes.

So, yes, we're very proud.

Got a trophy.

Yeah.

To add to his hard work, as he calls it.

And that was amazing.

And our college speech team, which is called forensics.

Yeah.

I don't get.

I don't know.

He's going to do band.

We're not sure if speech is going to happen yet.

I think he has that mastered.

I think he can talk.

I think he can.

Takes after his mom.

I think he can really give a great argument.

But one of the things they give you, Amy, at the orientation, right, is.

A pen that I lost.

A little button?

My button.

I never even got my button from you, so you lost two of them.

Good job.

Anyway.

Sadness.

There's a lot of lists, right?

You know, things.

There's to-do lists, to-buy lists.

So, we went shopping last weekend.

Here she goes getting her cookie.

I'm going to turn your mic down while you eat your cookie.

Okay.

So, we went shopping last weekend.

I wish you could see.

It's her trying to figure out how to get her arm around the microphone to eat her cookie.

So, we go shopping with this list.

And, you know, the expenses.

Your mic's turned off.

It's okay.

The expenses of college being high as it is, first-year freshmen need everything for a dorm.

Although, here's my.

Now, we did get some help from his girlfriend, Maya.

She helped out because she's been a freshman.

She's going in her second year.

So, she had some perspective of what needed or didn't need.

But, my.

Your mic on.

Okay.

My question is.

I don't know if.

You guys.

You know he's not a clean.

He's clean.

He's not an organizer.

He's.

He has this little.

Completely disorganized.

He needs bathroom cleaning stuff.

And, I'm like.

When I was in college, we cleaned our bathroom once a semester.

But, he has to keep his bathroom clean.

It's part of the roommate agreement.

All right.

I forgot about that.

Yeah.

There is a roommate agreement.

Which is good.

I wish we had those when I was in college.

Oh, yeah.

And, now, of course, they can email and Facebook.

No.

Honestly, I think.

I mean.

I don't think we had too much stuff.

I just.

I just read something.

I read something today about tips on what you should do when you go.

When you take your child to school.

So, you come in.

And, you.

When you get him.

You're there.

And, you let him unpack.

Or, her.

Unpack.

Put everything away.

Because, this is their new home.

This is their home.

Yeah.

And, let them.

Find homes.

Take responsibility of it.

This is what they.

And, you just have to.

Step back.

And, I am one of those people who I am all about.

Okay.

We'll do this.

Blah, blah, blah.

Let's get you all organized.

Yeah.

But, I'm not going to do it.

Not going to do it.

She's not.

You're not going to Marie Kondo him?

Well, his girlfriend did do that.

And, look how that lasted.

And, that turned into a train wreck, too.

Because, he didn't do it.

No.

He's kind of good at.

He can be good at, like, organizing once.

But, maintaining the organization is where he kind of falls out.

And, I struggle with it.

But, the nice thing is when he goes to college, the room will always look the same.

Which, Amy's already planning the.

Uh, Luke Bedroom 2.0.

Which, will not be a bedroom as much as a guest office.

No.

We're going to get him.

We're.

Get him.

You mean his room?

His room.

Well, now.

We're going to end up getting a.

An updated futon up there.

What do you mean updated?

We don't have one up there to begin with.

Well, I'm just saying.

It's going to be one of the newer type.

Oh.

The Serta or the Sealy or whatever it is.

Gotcha.

I think the funniest thing with shopping was.

You guys talking about all the cleaning things he needs.

And, I'm like.

Oh, my Lord.

The kid doesn't clean anyways.

I know.

But, he's going to have to.

He did learn a laundry lesson this year.

Doing laundry.

Don't.

Don't wash.

He's a.

He's a lifeguard this summer.

And, his guard uniform.

Quote, unquote.

Blue shorts.

White shirt.

So, he takes his guard uniforms.

Throws them in the washer.

And, I think it happened to be on hot.

He didn't look at any of the settings.

Comes out.

He has blue shirts now, too.

I think we kind of got those bleached out.

But.

We got them dingy.

Yeah.

So, he's slowly learning that there's laundry tricks, too.

But, you know what?

Sometimes, the best.

Color catchers.

I have tons of them.

You know what?

Sometimes, the best way to learn things are to screw up yourself.

Some of those.

You know.

I should play that one Eric Church song.

I know.

But, there's certain things you don't want them to screw up.

Well, not like life threatening.

But, you know what?

If your clothes get turned pink.

Well, that's true.

You know what?

Everybody's shrunk some clothes or turned clothes pink or something.

Right?

Yeah.

It hurts.

It's so sad.

It doesn't matter.

What's your guard uniform?

I don't think it matters.

When it actually happens still to this date, and you're like,

Why did that get put in there?

What was I going to tell you?

Let me look at my notes.

Oh, but we did use the Bed, Bath, and Beyond, which isn't really.

It had a lot of stuff that helped us.

But, it's not necessarily the best place for back to school, necessarily, for college.

I mean, they had some of the stuff, but they didn't necessarily have the dishes that we needed.

It could be.

And, it's not the cheap Target was, I think.

A little more helpful.

Oh.

Like those 79 cent dishes and crap.

Well, yeah.

Like, you had to buy like real dishes at Bed, Bath, and Beyond.

Yeah.

Well, because they've probably learned that we aren't going to sell the plastic dishes.

We'll let Target and Walmart sell the plastic dishes.

Oh, and P.S.

If you want a loft bed and you're near the cornfields, we're going to have two for free.

You haul it.

You can have it.

Because, we're going to replace Luke's bed.

And, Maggie is growing up.

And, upgrading from her loft twin to a queen.

But, we thought years ago, we were being so smart.

Yes.

I looked it up.

2013, we did this, Annie.

We're going to get our kids these loft beds.

They're great.

Which gave them more room in the old house, especially.

It did.

So, I guess I wouldn't read.

I would not have done it.

I wouldn't.

Yeah.

We would still have done it.

But, our ultimate plan was.

And, then they can take these loft beds to college.

There's a lot of things.

You can't take to college anymore, kids.

That we used to have to do.

You had to provide your loft beds.

Yeah.

You had to provide your own loft bed.

Which, I can understand why they don't want you doing that.

Well, they said, Luke's cool.

You're not.

You don't bring your own fridge.

You don't bring your own microwave.

That's provided.

They don't want you.

And, I don't think.

You're not allowed to bring like a.

Anything that plugs in like a toaster or a George Foreman.

You can bring a fan.

A fan.

Yeah.

A fan and maybe a coffee.

Probably a coffee pot.

I think a coffee pot was one thing you could.

But, I don't know.

Because, Luke's pod has like this.

He'll share a common area with like 12 kids.

And, they have like a.

They have a big kitchen and stuff.

Like a big area where they can watch.

Like a rec area.

And, then they have like a kitchen.

It doesn't have a stove.

I think it does.

It does?

I don't remember.

I don't know.

College has changed.

Like, the living situation is so much different.

Security is way better.

The dining plan is way better.

Well, your son is staying in the living room.

In New Hall.

Because, it's the newest building.

It is, actually.

It really is.

It's the newest building.

And.

I think probably the people that gave all the money were last named New.

But.

No, I think.

I don't know.

There's no way they actually named it New Hall just because it was new.

We live in Illinois.

Everything is named after whoever gave the money.

We live in Illinois.

That's true.

Where the gas taxes are not higher.

But, that's a whole other podcast.

You don't want to get me started on our fabulous state.

But.

So, yeah.

You have the rooms.

The dining plan.

Like, when I was in college.

You got a swipe at lunch.

You got a swipe per time of day.

And, now you can unlimited swipe whenever you want.

And, they do a thing called Husky Bucks.

It's like your ID.

Like, when I was in school, it was just your ID.

Yeah.

Load it.

You can load it with some Husky Bucks.

So, yeah.

You use it, like, to buy stuff.

You use your ID to.

I think it's part of your.

Not your room key.

But, like, your.

It gets them in some part of his room.

Mm-hmm.

It's your ID, obviously.

No, I think it gets.

I think it might be getting in a building.

I guess.

It's called a one card or something.

Yes.

So, yeah.

It's.

It's very different.

And, the ways I thought that I would be able to save money just aren't panning out because.

The nice thing is.

Higher education has figured out a way to keep making higher education.

Our son is so smart that.

Thank you, Lord.

Yeah.

It didn't make it free, but it made it a hell of a lot cheaper.

We did get.

He did get some scholarships, which.

Hey, every $500 counts, you know, here and there.

$500 for books.

$500 for stuff for the dorm.

You know, you just.

I keep saying.

The.

They say that a boat.

The acronym.

It's an acronym for break out another thousand.

If you own a boat.

They should call it college boat.

Because every time you're turning around.

Thousand here.

Thousand there.

But, kids.

If you have kids going to college.

Check out their health care.

And, be sure that they don't automatically enroll you in their health care.

If you have current health care.

If you.

Oh, sorry.

Thank you.

If you have current.

If you have current health care.

I am not a health care professional.

Don't.

This is not.

In a few years, we will not have that option.

No.

Because none of us will have health care.

But.

But, his school.

NIU.

If you don't opt out of the health care.

It automatically gets applied at like twelve hundred a semester.

Yes.

It's like.

It's a horrible rate.

And, you have to opt out.

Yeah.

You don't.

You don't opt in.

You're automatically in unless you opt out.

Yes.

Now, you can always opt back in later.

If you do opt out.

And, probably the reason for that is because they probably had in the past.

It was probably an opt in.

And, people.

Didn't.

And, then they needed insurance.

And, they got.

The university probably got in trouble.

Or, whatever.

That way they know everybody's insured.

But.

But, keep an eye out for that kids.

If you have children going to the land of college.

Speaking of that.

I want to make sure that.

I need to look at that.

That bill.

Make sure that.

Oh, it's not on there?

Yes.

Please do.

That is opted out.

I will call the bursar's office again.

Which.

The bursar's office.

The red boat.

Soon we'll be making another run.

So, Amy.

And, then.

Not that we've done a lot with this.

But.

Are you.

Feeling.

So, Luke's obviously the.

He's the oldest.

So, everything he does is the first time.

The first time.

So, with Maggie going to high school.

Are you a little more relaxed?

Or, are you a little more on edge?

Because.

It's your daughter going versus your son.

I'm a little more on edge.

Because.

I know high school boys.

I.

I raised one.

For me.

And, I was one too by the way.

Let's just say.

That.

Am I ever really relaxed.

When it comes to my kids.

Your honor.

No.

So, I would say.

No.

Here's another thing.

Less high strung.

Is that the way to put it?

It's kind of.

We're kind of going through a little bit of a transition.

So glad that junior high is over.

Yes.

They both survived junior high.

So.

Maggie is actually like.

Did anybody.

Has anybody in their entire life ever enjoyed their junior high career?

I've never met a person in my life.

Has anybody ever enjoyed their junior high career?

I've never enjoyed it with their kids.

Like.

No.

Their kids.

No.

It's.

It's not fun for anybody.

It's just kind of.

Yeah.

I mean some.

Maybe not as bad as others.

But still.

Because I would have to say.

It hasn't been.

Horrible.

It's just the hormones and all of that.

And.

Yeah.

All of it.

But anyways.

I would say like.

Like.

I was helping the other night with band.

And Maggie is like.

Very.

Like.

Why.

Do you have to be involved?

You need to quit.

And the funny thing.

We're both very involved.

Because Amy's a president.

And I'm the historian.

So I'm basically the photographer.

Yes.

So we're around a lot.

And that kind of.

You don't need to take pictures dad.

You can let those other people.

No.

I can't be the historian and never take a picture.

And you said.

Well.

I'm the historian.

It's kind of my job.

My job.

What does.

Being a historian.

Have anything to do with.

Pictures.

Valid question.

I asked the same question too.

But that's just how it works.

Because it's the history.

Pictures.

I'm capturing history.

You're capturing it.

You're a historian.

You're a storyteller Matt.

That's good.

I have good volunteers.

But anyway.

But.

Along with that.

I'm like.

I'm.

I've been in charge for a while.

And I'm like.

Honey.

Amy.

You've been in charge for our entire marriage.

I don't know what you're talking about.

But.

Yeah.

But I'm like.

Okay.

So.

We're going to do this.

And.

It was.

I was.

We were.

I was helping with the.

Uniforms.

Getting the kids all.

Sizing them up.

Sized and everything.

The freshmen.

And first night.

I volunteered.

Because it was Maggie's night.

And I'm like.

I'm volunteering.

Because.

They're in need help.

And.

I'll just.

She can.

I'll be there.

And.

She'll come home with me.

Let's.

You know.

Yeah.

Make it easy.

You're planning.

You're lodging.

And.

At least.

She didn't like.

Wasn't.

You could tell.

She wasn't like.

Visibly like.

Oh.

My mom is.

You know.

Like.

Very annoyed.

Like.

But unlike her brother.

She will probably not acknowledge your presence much.

No.

She was fine.

I mean.

I even.

Helped her.

I showed her.

And I think she realized.

Oh.

My mom actually.

Came on.

And.

You do.

So.

You're the keeper of all things band.

No.

Not really.

But.

You know.

But.

Along with that.

This is the.

We're ending up the first weekend.

Band.

Oh yes.

Camp.

Band camp.

One time.

Band camp.

And.

Pleasantly surprised.

She is annoyed.

And.

She's extremely tired.

But.

She's not complaining near.

Of what I thought.

But pretty much every kid at band camp.

If you've ever had a kid go through band camp.

They all.

I mean.

It's hard.

They don't.

It's.

I mean.

They do push-ups.

And.

I mean.

And they're playing.

And they're dancing.

And they're holding their horns up all the time.

And they're doing these weird.

Like calisthenic things.

And.

I would have to say.

And it's hot.

Yes.

It's not as hot as it could have been.

But it's hot.

Thank heavens it wasn't last week.

But.

She seems to be.

She's like.

Well.

I can't do this.

Well.

Maybe next year.

She goes.

Maybe it'll be easier.

I said.

It will be easier.

You will have been through one band camp.

You know what to expect.

Yes.

Why couldn't have you let me be.

An orchestra.

There's no marching orchestra.

And I said.

Well.

I'm sorry.

You're in Edwards.

And we are.

We are.

A marching band.

We are.

Family.

We are band nerds people.

Come on.

Bum.

All right.

Absolute Amy.

I have your random fact of the week.

What would that be Matt?

The average person will spend six months of their life waiting for a red light to turn

green.

Your mileage may vary I'm sure.

But.

That's interesting.

Because today when I was.

Six months.

Sitting at.

A red light.

And I kept thinking to myself.

Why.

Why is this so long.

Why.

Did you realize you like slept through the green light.

No.

I'm just sitting there and we're all.

I mean I was kind of.

It was one of those moments where you actually kind of look at the other people in the cars

around you and everybody's kind of like.

Why is this light so long.

Did we get skipped.

That's always a thing.

We got skipped.

Then it turned.

And it turned.

And then we drove.

Amy and your red boy random question to ponder.

How do you know if you're allergic to a medication you've never taken.

So we all know the medicine commercials right.

And there's half.

We play out what we call a prescription bingo.

Pharmaceuticals.

And you know what's.

You just yell out whatever you think the side effect.

Causes cancer.

Like cancer death.

You know whatever you think the side effect is going to be.

And then you win if it's in there.

You don't really win anything but you win.

But the one that always strikes me as weird is.

If.

If you're allergic.

To.

Baba Bacton.

I don't know what.

I'm going to forget what it is.

They always have weird names.

With an X and a Z and a Q.

Then don't take it.

Or any of the ingredients in it.

How do you know.

First off.

I don't have a bottle that I can read the ingredients.

And.

How would I know Mr.

As your.

Mr.

Announcer man.

As your.

How do I know if I'm allergic to it.

No.

Of course I'm not going to take it if I'm allergic to it.

Because I'm not stupid.

But how do I know.

Apparently.

Someone was stupid.

I'm allergic to this.

But I keep taking it anyway.

That's.

Nobody has ever said that.

That I'm aware of.

I'm going to.

I want to take penicillin and die.

I break out in hives when I take this.

So I keep taking it.

That's what I want to do.

I love to itch.

And.

And who doesn't Amy.

Who.

Who honestly doesn't.

Why.

Why are you itching in the microphone.

I'm scratching.

I have an itch.

You have an itch.

All right.

Well I have a.

I have a podcasting itch that I just got to scratch.

And hopefully we'll scratch it again next week Amy.

Okay.

See it was actually.

It's kind of hard to do notes too.

When you haven't been podcasting for six months.

Because between weeks it's like.

All right.

Whatever happened in that past week is kind of what I.

What has happened in the last seven months.

Oh.

Or.

Seven years.

Or.

However many years.

Or when you last seven years.

Just go to redboypodcast.com.

And it's all right there.

All two hundred and eleven versions of it.

You can always go to our blog as well.

Our blog.

Yeah.

Redboyvlogcast.com.

We really need to do more.

We need to do more of that.

But I've heard podcasts.

There's a lot that we would love to do.

I know.

I feel bad for not doing it.

But then I'm like.

When the hell can I do it?

But the podcast is a little easier.

Time wise.

There's no.

There's not as much production.

Correct.

There's as much production that you want to do.

Exactly.

The video like.

You always are going to have two hours of editing.

Regardless.

And that's just.

And that requires us to have a fun day.

And not all of our days are fun.

Although we should have made a vlog out of putting up the redneck swimming hole.

Because that was.

You really should have.

I should have.

That was fun.

That was a fun.

I'm like.

Oh my gosh.

Oh.

Things are going bad out there.

This is not good.

All right.

Children.

Well thank you for.

Oh.

I never got to the whole song.

Thank you for signing by the Red Boy Podcast.

If you have something to say to us.

It's redboy at redboypodcast.com.

Amy doesn't have an email.

Please.

Make that a nice comment.

Hit that subscribe button.

If there probably is one.

Maybe we should start a.

A whole new channel.

An Instagram page.

What the hell would we put on that?

Fun.

Fun will ensue.

All right kids.

I am Red Boy.

Along with the always lovely.

Absolute Amy.

Wishing you peace and love from the cornfields.

And we are.

Out.