Episode #29
Episode 29 - Everything Must Go (Including Our Sanity)
This week was a little bit of everything: superhero movies, mini golf, waterparks, hotel disasters, storage unit purgatory, and some unexpectedly deep conversations along the way. We kick things off with our thoughts on Spider-Man: Brand New Day and whether Marvel might finally be finding its footing again, then recap a double date with old friends and the Twenty One Pilots watch party that very quickly became a party of two. Back at home, we finally tackled the last of our storage unit and spent several late nights figuring out why we own so much stuff and where the hell we’re supposed to put it all. Things get a little heavier as we talk about loving people who continually let you down, the boundaries we’ve learned to put in place to protect our marriage and our hearts, and the difficult reality that sometimes growing means growing away from people you still deeply care about. We also have a pretty big life update for Atlas: he got offered a job! Now he is just figuring out whether he’s actually supposed to take it. Then we’re off to Schlitterbahn, where exhaustion tested our marriage before we even made it to the waterpark, the entire state of Texas apparently decided to show up on the same day, and we discovered we may officially be lazy-river people. Our Austin plans proceeded to completely fall apart when the AC went out at our hotel, turning our nice dinner into late-night tacos, queso on Sixth Street, and Transformers in bed, which, honestly, may have been better anyway. Finally, we somehow make it from Voodoo Doughnuts and P. Terry’s in Austin to a 1:00 showing of La La Land in Frisco before ending the weekend exactly how everyone dreams of: meeting strangers from Facebook Marketplace and making a financial plan. A little chaotic, a little sentimental, and somehow very productive. Chapters: 0:00 - Intro 1:12 - Brand New Day and Post-Endgame Trust Issues 13:29 - Mini Golf, Major Commitment 17:07 - Watch Party Minus the Party 19:12 - Keep, Sell, Donate, Cry 26:14 - Loving Someone From a Distance 44:35 - Reason, Season, or Lifetime 56:21 - From Passenger Princess to Professional Driver 59:23 - Our Marriage Survived Schlitterbahn 1:22:47 - Our Nice Dinner Became Transformers and Tacos 1:42:35 - A Surprisingly Productive Sunday 1:51:13 - Outro
