I was traveling and I did not bring with me the wonderful microphone that I have been given to do these podcasts. Everyone says that this microphone makes my voice sound much better and not having it made me feel a bit self-conscious 😬😂. Funny how little things like a microphone can change your perspective about a single task, but don’t worry, I made it through just fine, no mental scarring occurred 😝.

We talked about our pets. I mentioned that I have had many pets during my lifetime and as I’m sure with all of you, these creatures have really impacted me in a positive way. Pets really do teach us a lot. For example, growing up, we had a bunch of turtles and we even made a pretty big enclosure for them with their own swimming space and sand area. Within a year of building the space, they laid eggs and we became turtle parents. Mind you, we had these turtles for a few years by then, but it wasn’t until they had sand and space that they started procreating. Ain’t nature grand?

This is the first podcast that we did in two languages. Mariel surprised us by once we were done with the English version, asking us to record a Spanish version. We had never talked about doing this in two languages, so it was a complete shock, but we rolled with the punch and got it done. You’ll see that we actually had a hard time doing the language switchover. You would think that doing it in Spanish would’ve been easier for us, but it turns out that we have conditioned ourselves to do this in English and as such, the Spanish part was harder.