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Okay, maybe y'all don't know about the public storage fitness plan
Are you having fun yet? It's a good thing I brought my
happy pills
Who of you all has experienced tropical skittles?
I've never seen this flavor before raise your hand comment below if you like skittles
And if you tried the tropical flavor, we picked up the U-Haul
We already packed up all of our things from the apartment all the things we've ordered and now we are headed to get all of
Our things out of public storage. If you're in stock in public storage
You may want to think about selling now because we are not paying for the next few months
Now's your chance
I'll do it for
Oh
Look at the skill and maneuverability
Think you've done this a couple of times haven't you?
Yes, ma'am. I'm a trained professional. Just ask me and I'll tell you all about it
Okay, maybe y'all don't know about the public storage fitness plan
Oh
You know, they don't charge extra for this it's awesome babe, you know, it's incredible
How strong and handsome I am?
And how smart I am
Do you know how cool is this? We're moving to St. Lucia one-way ticket. We're only people do that
We're only moving if you start moving boxes
Take a look over here. Do we get everything? Let me see
Check the corners
Oh you sassy girl, look at that pretty smile
5167 that is the spot with all the magic. Are we gonna fit or not?
One more box, let's hope it fits
Sickening catty corner
We're filled to the brim and that will head to st. Martin on Thursday, so last stop the shipyard this ship
They're half empty then they're gonna get crushed
And there's less likelihood of something coming up that what would you do if it was your stuff
Ain't no pilot high enough high enough
for
Take it all in a man
Well, I have one serious question to ask you you don't charge a modeling fee do you
Man we dodged a bullet
She's normally the boss
She is now the admiral admiral counsel ladies and gentlemen
We have all of our life's possessions right here
Give me thoughts what's going on. Can you relax a little bit now that this is done? Yeah, it's a big step
And we found our wallet
We lost our wallet and our minds there for a little while, you know the feeling
final bag weighing how is it possible that
We always pack so little and then when we actually put it in the bags. It ends up being like oh
Way too much
Get the official counsel
scale
Don't you love it when you get lucky and happen on a jewel of a movie that gets you all
Emotionally choked up unexpectedly. I mean
teary-eyed in a good way as
Luck would have it that happened to Eileen and me on this flight and the name of the movie is Maven
Have you seen it if not, you must and here's an abbreviated sneak preview
Me saying is about freedom
It's freedom of everything. It was leaving everything behind
my parents instilled in me a sense of
Determination. So when I heard about the Whitbread around the world race, it's just something I had to do
Sailing at that time was very male dominated and there were just no women anywhere in it
The Whitbread round the world race at 33,000 miles is the longest and most challenging on earth
I wanted to be part of this
I remember going to the skipper when you went we're not gonna be the only racing team in the world with a girl and
That's when I made the decision to put an all-female crew into the race. I
Didn't want a real job. I wanted adventure. I just thought that would be fantastic. I was gonna do everything I could
If I tell you about a young girl who had a dream about sailing around the world
What if I tell you that it did happen
Hopefully, it's not it not Cove it infection
We're not really sure where we're going but
We're gonna find out soon enough
It's been an hour and a half trip from the airport
And everything went well. We were the last ones to leave the airport
now we are
Hoping to check in the hotel to serve our quarantine. Hello
Hi
Thank you