Deonna: [00:00:00] Hey y'all. Welcome back to Raising Disabled. So today we're doing a high low buffalo, which you've been around here. That's how we recap on what goes on in our personal life, and we tell you guys what our highs were, what our lows were, and then what our buffaloes were, which a buffalo is just something random that you did.

We're gonna jump right into. Our highs we did so much. I was going back and looking at photos. I've lived a whole life. It's a lot in the last, I don't know how many, six weeks or so since we've done another one. But we went and saw Need to Breathe, which was really fun. They're one of my favorite bands.

They're, they used to be like a Christian band, but now they're just rock and roll band, but they still sing about that stuff. But that was fun 'cause I've seen them like four times, but my kids had never seen them and so that was a good time. It was at Buddy Holly. Oh, nice. Which is, yes. For [00:01:00] people that don't live here, it's like our big concert venue theater.

It's gorgeous. But I, in true disability, family fashion Allie had a problem about like halfway through the show and. She never really has problems like this. Except for when we're at the house, which we're really lucky. Like she just always chooses to have her fun moments at home, which is, and so it, it kind of happens as she should.

Yeah. Yeah. As she should. That's where it's convenient, but we had to leave and she felt so bad. She was like, are you guys mad at me? And we're like. No. Aw. Like your life is more important than seeing some band. Who cares? 

Rhandyl: Sure. 

Deonna: Aw. But she got to see most of them. And she was having an oxygen problem and she was okay. But you just don't play around with that. No. And oxygen issue can go south within 10 seconds fast. [00:02:00] 

Rhandyl: You don't wanna be in a huge crowd of people at a concert. 

Deonna: No. No. 

Rhandyl: Oh, poor Allie. 

Deonna: Yeah, we had a lot of friends like sitting around us in different spots and I thought they're probably gonna look up and be like, where'd they go?

Aw. But yeah but it was really neat getting to see them and getting the kids to get see them. But we went to a Texas tech basketball game with Cole, which is fun. Yeah, we love going to those. They're wild and just crazy and fun. Yeah, they're fun. 

And so we did that. It's been track season. His when this comes out, he'll have just finished track season, but he runs hurdles and he did really good with that. And this is our last year to just have track meets in town like next year high school. So we'll have to start traveling and things. So I'll need tips for that for people who have. A disabled kid and are traveling for sports. We've never done this before, but he turned 14, which is crazy.

He's going to high school next year, which makes me [00:03:00] feel so old. But he's a great kid and it's just fun getting to celebrate him. He's a mess. He is definitely a teenager, but 

Rhandyl: yeah. We were, I was actually talking to him about Track the other day when we saw each other. Did he end up, he told me he was going to do the 300 meter hurdles.

Deonna: He was supposed to, but then he didn't make it. Okay. And the very end, 'cause he was like, oh, like he was sad. But he does the one 10. Yeah. And that is a blood bath. There's kids falling and there's just it's injuries left's crazy and Right. It's bad. Yeah. It's, it hasn't happened to him, knock on wood. But 

Rhandyl: good. 

Deonna: No, it's so dangerous. There's so many things they do in track. Like when we watch the pole vaulting, I'm just a nervous wreck. It's, yeah. It's fun to watch. But 

Rhandyl: yeah, it's funny how we see things like that now. Like I think as a mom in general, like those kind of things are scarier, but like Allie literally just falling off the couch. Yeah. And then you're watching these kids like pole vault [00:04:00] themselves over the 

Deonna: doing really dumb stuff. Yeah. Yeah. I feel like when you have a kid get. Like disabled from an injury. Anytime you watch people doing like Dane and all them kept being like, you are screaming when these kids fall. And I didn't even know I was doing it, but I just kept being like, oh my gosh. And they were like, show me quiet, but I can't control it. Oh man. Because it's just yeah. 

But yeah, I feel like I'm all there, mom. Crazy. But and then we did Easter. We went to my hometown in New Mexico and did Easter, so that's always a good time. We've been doing that the last couple years and. So that was fun.

But the big high that we had was we went on spring break. My husband had wanted to go to Branson for a while, and I think he went there when he was a little kid or something. Yeah. But he didn't remember it, and I've never been. Really to Missouri. I think I drove through it one [00:05:00] time, but 

Rhandyl: yeah, it's been a long time since I went to Branson. I was a kid too. And that's, yeah. I can't wait to hear about it 'cause I feel Yeah, that's a family trip that. I like to do too.

Deonna: It's great for families. Yeah. I basically say it's like the Christian Las Vegas. Yeah. It's very there's nothing bad really, like all the shows are clean, everything's good. But we did so many fun things. We went and saw the show David at Sight and Sound Theater, and. If you don't know what that is, it's this huge theater and it has like the main stage and then these stages that are actually like on the sides of you. So it's almost this, oh, all encompassing stage. And they do a biblically based show.

I think they rotate like every two years. So we saw David and then I think around the holidays they do like the Jesus birth story. Oh yeah. But I had zero expectations going into it, the show, and really just Branson in [00:06:00] general. We had made our plans. Yeah. But yeah, we did the David Show. I highly recommend it. It's so fun. Like the show comes alive, there's animals running down the aisles. I mean 

Rhandyl: Oh wow. 

Deonna: It's crazy. Yeah, like it was pretty amazing. And it's cool because they have an app too, so you can watch. All their shows that they do on their app. And so that's kind of neat like, you know, if your kids wanna watch a certain story, they can watch it.

But that was really fun. We went to Dolly Parton Stampede, which is. Basically like medieval times, but Western themed. Yeah. So they bring you the, all the food and like you don't have silverware. It's Yes. 

You know, 

kind of Funny, 

Rhandyl: but , I did something similar to that. I think we were in Las Vegas, but yeah. 

Deonna: It's hilarious. And we did the guy that owns Bass Pro shops, I think his name's Johnny Morris, but he [00:07:00] owns like. Most of that area. Oh, wow. And so he has a crazy aquarium. It's number one rated in the whole United States every year.

And I'm not a big fish person, like you love fishing, you would love it. But this aquarium was amazing. We were in it for hours and hours you could spend. The whole day there and they had like museums and it was just, I don't think I even knew it was in a Bass Pro. Yeah. Oh, okay. It's in the Bass Pro Shops in Springfield, which is right there by Branson. Yeah. So we went to that. That was crazy. Like I shared a video of all this on my Instagram, but that one was crazy. We could not believe that.

But we did like the mountain coasters where you go up to the top and come down. On the rollercoaster. Yes. Oh, what else do we do? Dang, we ate so much. So fun. I think we thought we were gonna be sick. I mean, It just. Blah. And we stayed at this neat resort that [00:08:00] had like miniature golf and all that. But I will say Branson is pretty wheelchair friendly, if you have a disabled kid.

Okay. I was gonna ask, it's, there's only like maybe one thing that we thought we were gonna be able to do that we couldn't do, but we did the Titanic Museum, which was crazy. That was interesting. But yeah, we did so many things, like we just went hard the whole time we were there. Yeah. And we didn't even do half the stuff you could do.

It's, it was yeah, there's a lot was when we were there but there's a lake you can go to, it's really cool. Like I would highly recommend that as a family trip with a kid in a wheelchair. It's, it is great. 

Rhandyl: You've convinced me. 

Deonna: Yeah. We had so much fun. It was a blast.

So what did y'all do? 

Rhandyl: So our highs we have done a lot as well. We started out our spring break going to Shamrock, our hometown, and we go there every year for St. Patrick's. And , this year was the perfect weather. That's good. You never [00:09:00] know in mid-March. Whether it's gonna be snowing, rainy windy all the things. But it was great. And the kids. Had a blast. They have a carnival there, and I think I talked about it last year, but Barrett now that he's four, he was tall enough to ride like more rides.

And then Remi, man, , she wanted to ride on everything, like all the crazy spinning, like thankfully we had a nurse with us that doesn't, doesn't get motion sickness like I do. , Yeah oh my gosh, though, they had a blast. So we did that and then of course there's a parade

and it was, it's always just like another Christmas, our whole family. My husband's whole family all come home for this event. And so there was a lot of good meals and just hanging out with family. It was really good. We stayed there for quite a few days, but that was the only thing , we did during spring break. We didn't actually go on like a big vacay right 

this time around. But yeah, it was fun. And then, like you said, Easter. So , we actually [00:10:00] stayed home for Easter. And it was real chill. We did this new way to dye the boiled eggs with shaving cream and food color. 

Deonna: Oh, that's fun. 

Rhandyl: Yeah. And yeah, we hadn't done that before. And so we did that and they ended up turning out pretty good. They were, they looked like tie eye. They're pretty.

Yeah. They're pretty. So yeah, we did that and just little crafts. And then the kids of course hunted eggs and , we watched the church service on TV in our pajamas. We were lazy. We didn't wanna fight all the crowds. I feel like everyone goes to church on Easter and yeah.

Um, We were just like, huh, we're just gonna, hang out at home and watch church. And then the kids watched this show. Have you ever heard of the Minno? It's like a app and like a, yeah. They watched the Easter story the kids' version of it on that. It was a great day.

, Cole smoked a ham. I made all the sides. We had some friends over and I made all the, traditional devil eggs, [00:11:00] all the things. So it was just like all around, it was a good day. And the weather was actually nice on that day too. Easter. You never know around here. 

Yeah.

So one of the big things that, I, for both of us is Allie and Remi both started the challenger little league and so that's their baseball league that they're in. Our girls are on the Marlins team every year and the podcast, we sponsored that team and it's just so much fun. We have some new kids, and then a lot of the same kids, and it's always just such a good time.

They have this new accessible bat that Remi Uses. And she's done really well with it. And actually her pt , is part of the challenger league group. And she was able to borrow the bat. And so at home, during her PT sessions, she's been able to practice with it a little bit. Oh, 

Deonna: I didn't know that. That's funny. 

Rhandyl: Yeah, 

Deonna: she's get up here, we gotta practice.

Rhandyl: But it was hilarious because she, she doesn't wanna just [00:12:00] hit it. If she hits the ball, she wants to run. Or walk fast in her gait trainer. So it was hilarious. Every time they would practice, if she hit the ball really good, she just would take off. And so they would have to do a lap around the house.

Deonna: Oh my gosh. 

Rhandyl: And then go back. So I was like, okay, that works. 

Deonna: It's crazy how much faster she's gotten When y'all were out there, we were talking in the dugout like it used to take her such a long time to be able to get around and now she goes around like way faster. We were like, dang, she is moving in that thing.

Rhandyl: Yeah. She's gotten stronger and faster, but we had gotten her one of those walking pads. I thought, oh, I'll get it for her, but then I'll use it and I never use it. 

Deonna: Yeah. 

Rhandyl: But her gait trainer fits over it perfectly, and 

Deonna: oh, crazy. I didn't even think about that. 

Rhandyl: So if you, every few sessions, they'll do what we call it fast feet. And we'll either put a mirror up in front of her so she loves to like, watch herself and or she, it's right in front of a window. And so she's been able to speed up on that and get her [00:13:00] gait pattern down a lot better and faster and yeah, she's more stability.

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Rhandyl: So. Amazing. I think a lot of that, like she realized, it was like it clicked that she could walk faster. It was like she needed the confidence. But yeah, I've been so [00:14:00] proud of her this year going because I think the first year we never even attempted the gait trainer. And then last year we did, but it was only like one time.

Deonna: Yeah. 

Rhandyl: It was hard on her. They had two at bats. Yeah. And then this year she's just like all about it. Get me out of my chair. 

Deonna: One is crazy 'cause some of the kids on our team who had to have a gait trainer or a walker are now going around the bases without. 

Rhandyl: Which is so cool. 

Deonna: It's crazy when you haven't seen 'em walk in a year. And then you see the improvements they've made in that year. It's really cool.

Rhandyl: Yeah. It's, but the season's been fun so far. For sure. Yeah. Second,

Deonna: I told one of the kids to kick one of my nurses, his foot last night was right behind her leg. And I was like, kick her. Kick her. And like he just kicks her and I was like, oh my gosh. I didn't know he could like really wind up and do it that good. It was pretty funny, but that's cute. Yeah. It's such a fun thing and. We've all gotten to be friends and like all the kids love, my kids and vice [00:15:00] versa. It's just a fun environment. Yeah. And all the siblings are out there. Yes. Just going crazy and having fun. So it's a good time. I love it. 

Rhandyl: Me too. Okay, so that's all for my highs. What. About your lows? , 

Deonna: I've had a couple, but one of 'em, I don't know if it's really a low, but it's just been like hard is Allie got a different chair. , She's grown so much that she outgrew that first chair. They're in the little one. And now she's in a big. Kid chair or like an adult chair probably, honestly. And it's just been such a mentally like, hard transition for us. Like it's something that there's nothing you can do about it, but, and we've had to have a lot of adjustments made on it, which kind of is mentally taxing, but yeah. And they're working on it obviously, like she has a good team. But just having to switch to a heavier chair and a wider chair and just like don't, 

Rhandyl: it changes [00:16:00] everything. Yeah. They're things you didn't, they're primarily think in that chair. Yeah. It's just every little turn you have to make ev, 

Deonna: yeah. And I didn't think about the chair itself getting heavier really. Or you know what I mean? yeah. I just thought like they would always be kind of lightweight, you know, like get heavier or whatever. And so that was hard, just. As we. Like transition and it, and this was the same with her new ventilator that we got back in. Oh yes. I think it was August. I just, I'm not a big crier. I was crying after we got the new vent. Yeah. Because it was just such a huge adjustment. It sounded different. It was louder, it was bigger, it was heavier. Like just, I don't know. I'm sure a lot of other. Moms go through this.

Anytime you change anything. Yeah. Like I feel like regular moms react better to these things. Maybe. I don't know. Sometimes I feel like we handle change better than other people, but 

Rhandyl: No, but [00:17:00] especially really panic whenever it's like part of your child's constant routine life. Daily life. We've had to change ventilators, wheelchairs, Standers. But Remi's still really small, but I can only imagine the reality of okay because for a long time, like you and I have talked about this, we never really knew and we still don't know how long our girls are gonna be with us. No. Like, Only God knows. But it's like, oh my gosh. It was probably like a reality hit, whoa, this is happening. She's getting bigger. Yeah, all these things are getting heavier and you're not, getting any younger. No. You're not getting any. 

Deonna: No, definitely not. It's just, yeah. Yeah. And it's like I'm working out as hard as I can, but you can't, you almost are having a hard time catching up to the physical need, that you are supposed to have, or like your capabilities, which you just can, all you can do is work on yourself and try to, get stronger, whatever.

Yeah. I'm also just not a big [00:18:00] person like I no. You're so tiny. I one, I don't know. But yeah, it's it's just been an emotional change and she was really upset about it. Which was just so hard. Like it's just, and it's okay. Like we're okay now, but just anytime. I don't know about you, but like anytime I have to do a massive change with her, instead of just being like a little stressed or like, oh well, you know, I get like panicky. I don't always have totally rational reactions to stuff and I get like upset. So it's just that's, I don't know. 

Rhandyl: Well, That's part of ptsd, TSD and like the anxiety that comes with our life. I'm the same way with, any little thing like we'll get into my lows soon. Yeah. But even just. Little, like a brand change. Yeah, 

Deonna: like sometimes they'll try to change a brand on us and I'm just like, no. And they don't understand, that I think this brand is the best thing for her or whatever. Yeah. I don't know, [00:19:00] we just are so mentally unstable.

Rhandyl: Well, I like threw this huge fit. This is so minute compared to a wheelchair. But. They sent us the wrong G button extensions a few months ago and yeah. They were terrible. I hated them. , They kept getting clogged. I called and they were like, oh, this is just what we're ordering now. And I'm like, no. Can we please not? Can you make a note? Like you said, the brands and just little tiny, there's so many supplies that come and, yeah. I get so frustrated if there's no heads up or I would've rather them just not send some replacement at all. That doesn't work. 'Cause then I've gotta figure out what I'm gonna do with it. Ship it back.

Yeah. It's just all these things that we have to deal with on a daily, monthly basis. Supplies, all the things. And if something just a little like that, seems little, but it's actually a really big deal. That's how she gets all of her fluid and et cetera. Mm-hmm. It's just. That's just one little example of something [00:20:00] minor that sets me. It can set you off. Off, and then, yeah. Yeah. So I can only imagine the stress and then the fact that Allie, didn't like it. Then you have that. Yeah. Guilt or did we pick the wrong one? All the things Yeah. It's not, it's easy.

Deonna: It's so hard, like the fatigue we go through of just having to battle out everything. And like I said, she has a really good team of people who are helping her get like her chair, or this or that. Yeah. But yeah, we, I don't know, like I just have felt super tired about just like everything.

But my other low is I have ms, which I talk about every once in a while in here. Yeah. But, it has gotten bad in the last few weeks and it's just so hard because life does not stop., Like me and you, like life goes on. Whether you're sick or not or you have a problem or not. And my husband has been working crazy hours [00:21:00] lately. And yeah, I've been relapsing, which probably is from all the stress and everything. Sure. But yeah, it has been wild. Like I. I don't know. Chronic pain is just the worst like ever, but I'm hoping also better

Rhandyl: here pretty soon. That doesn't help the fact that you have, you're having this MS relapse with the wheelchair change heavier things. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. And I don't know that together, and that's just. No fun. 

Deonna: This time of year is so flip and stressful, there's just so many things happening. Ah, yes. And none of 'em are fun. I don't enjoy end of the year stuff. Like I even, like I got this neither list the other day and it was like, fire your teach kids. Teachers a present every day. Dude this day. I was like, dude, I cannot I'll get him something, but oh my God. Whoa. Seriously. But yeah, that's a lot. It's just too much. It's just sometimes you're just like, oh my goodness. 

Rhandyl: Yeah. Summer can't be here [00:22:00] fast enough. 

Deonna: It's been while I know, I'm like, I am looking forward. I am gonna miss sometimes just having the house to myself. But and my nurses will take my kids places and I can stay home like she's cool like that. But I am looking forward to not having to wake up crazy early. Same, and do everything, which I don't even wake up as early as you, you wake up way earlier than me. But, yeah. Like I am looking Okay.

Rhandyl: Early is still early and just having to start your day out full blast. Yeah. It's it'll be nice to have that break for sure. 

Deonna: Yeah. I always come in there and they're like, are you getting up? I'm like, yeah, at some point I'm terrible. So what was your lows? 

Rhandyl: This one I can laugh about it now, but um, oh, no. Remi broke her tooth, one of her permanent teeth at school. Oh 

Deonna: no. One of her permanents, 

Rhandyl: yeah, her front, top permanent tooth and Oh my gosh. 

Deonna: Oh, kill me. 

Rhandyl: Yes. So her poor nurse was so distraught and [00:23:00] felt horrible. She called me. 

Deonna: That got hurt. 

Rhandyl: Yeah, and then apparently she laughed about it, so I don't know.

She was in her classroom and it was like, 

Deonna: she's so demented about stuff like 

Rhandyl: that. She is so the story is she was at school they had floor time, so she was being ornery, crawling around, and she loves to crawl under the tables at school. And so she was under there and she got. If you've ever seen her get really happy, she like throws her hands up and like kind of does this control of her body 'cause she's so happy.

Deonna: Yeah. Yeah. 

Rhandyl: And so she had set up underneath one of these tables and did that and then fell over and just. Perfectly landed on one of the big heavy metal poles of the table, right on her tooth, like no bloody lip, nothing. It just, all of her weight hit on that tooth and it broke the bottom half of it off.

And and the story is she just fell over and then laughed [00:24:00] and the nurse ended up finding the piece. But it was too too late. Maybe 

Deonna: she has laughing and crying mixed up. 

Rhandyl: I don't know, 

Deonna: because she laughs about so many random things that like 

Rhandyl: Yeah. She's cracks me up. She's twisted man., And this happens on a Friday afternoon. I call her dentist office. They close at noon on Fridays, of course. So we're just like and you could tell it was low enough that her nerves weren't exposed, 

Deonna: so Yeah. Yeah. 

Rhandyl: But she just kept rolling her tongue over it and cutting her tongue. So first thing Monday morning, 

Deonna: she knew something was up. 

Rhandyl: Yeah. Yeah. So all weekend she's just hillbilly. Like I knew she was eat, she was eating fine. I knew it wasn't hurting. She was just, yeah. I'm like, I don't know what they're gonna do about this. I had no idea. But anyway, we went, we yeah. Can 

Deonna: put a fake piece on.

Rhandyl: They did. They did. Yeah. So that's what we did. We went in Monday and , her dentist is absolutely amazing. He primarily sees disabled children and it was just 

Deonna: so he gets it. 

Rhandyl: He does. And yeah, he just put this. I don't know. It was basically like this fill, like it looked like a [00:25:00] tooth and then he filled it with his stuff. Mm-hmm. And had to leave it on. And it's blasted and it matches your other tooth. You would never know. And we, I was just shocked 'cause we were both like yeah, I don't know. Is she gonna just have a snaggle tooth the rest of her life even? No. The dentist was like, no, we can fix this. This 

Deonna: gonna look like a hockey player forever. 

Rhandyl: Yeah. Yeah. But so that was poor baby. That was a low, but it's. Like I said, we can laugh about it now 'cause it's fixed,

Deonna: . I've heard of so many people getting the fake ones and you can't even tell. No. And it just is fine forever. 

Rhandyl: Yeah. But. 

Deonna: It's just a pain to have to go deal with. Yeah. 

Rhandyl: Thankfully she tolerated it well. I was worried, but she always does pretty good at the dentist. 

Deonna: She seems tough, 

Rhandyl: but this is was a new thing. And she did good though, surprisingly. 

Deonna: Did they have to put her to sleep or anything? No. 

Rhandyl: No. 

Deonna: Oh, good. 

Rhandyl: No, and they used some, whatever epoxy they used, they didn't have to do like the blue light and keep it dry for a long period of time. Oh, yeah. So it was really just 

Deonna: they weren't having to put the big [00:26:00] orthodontic thing in. 

Rhandyl: No. 

Deonna: Because that might hurt her. 

Rhandyl: Yeah. Yeah. She would've. She's so 

Deonna: little. 

Rhandyl: Yeah. She probably would not have tolerated that. I don't know. But they worked magic and she did good and all is well with that. But 

Deonna: I think if Allie ever had to have any sort of like a cavity filled yeah. We'd have to get admitted. Oh. For just, 'cause there's a lot of that no freaking way she would be cool with them sticking needles in her mouth. No. Like she could feel it, she would be like, absolutely not. 

Rhandyl: Yeah. Yeah.

And I know, they do that a lot for kiddos, they'll 

Deonna: mm-hmm. that's what her dentist said. Yeah. He's like, we would never try anything with her in here. I was like, okay. 

Rhandyl: Poor thing. Of course. But mostly my lows are about Remi, I guess, who's had another, one of those random viral illnesses with fever uhhuh, and no diagnosis tested negative for everything. Just multiple days of fever with no good explanation. This is like the third time [00:27:00] this year. I feel like this has been in a few of my lows lately. Yeah. On her high low buffalos. Yeah.

She keeps getting sick and it's so weird. Nobody at home's been sick. Nobody is nobody was, or yeah. It's just, her immune system. But I was actually telling her doctor, I was like, this is strange because for a long time. Like probably up until the last two years, she was never like a fever runner. If she got sick. The only way we knew is if she started having respiratory distress. Which I think I'll take the fever over that honestly. 'Cause now she starts running these fevers, but she doesn't require as much. Respiratory support. 

Yeah. Like oxygen and all that. And we're not ending up, knock on wood in the hospital like we used to. Yeah. With just, common colds. Yeah, just another, a viral illness. But , she's on the mend. But yeah, so that's it for me. What about your buffalo? You have a fun buffalo this [00:28:00] time around. 

Deonna: My buffalo was, I went and led a retreat with two other girls like a weekend or two weekends ago. But it was really fun. I've talked about Allie obviously on here a lot. Yeah. And I've done a couple little speaking things in my life but. I hadn't done one where I just really went into like everything that's happened in front of actual people. 

Rhandyl: Yeah. 

Deonna: And we were talking, it was a three part thing that we did in New Mexico and it was about the gifts that God gives you and how you figure out what you're good at and. How you use those things to help other people. And then mine was the last one, and it was how to allow people to do things for you because we're stubborn and we just don't want help and how to allow people to do that. And so [00:29:00] my talk was all about. Trying to let go of that pride and, independent nature, which me and you are very similar in a lot of these ways. Mm-hmm. Like, I don't like people helping me. It makes me feel Yeah. It used to make me feel like weak or, I don't know. 

Rhandyl: Same, 

Deonna: just I couldn't do it really hard because I have a husband that has a crazy job. You have a husband that has a crazy job. Sometimes like we've been. I don't know. We've just had to figure out how to do things on our own and when everything happened with Ali, it was the first time in my life I realized I wasn't going to be able to get through that alone, even though I actually tried for. A while. 

Rhandyl: Yeah. 

Deonna: So my talk was all about that, but it was really cool. It was all these women that I've grown up my whole life knowing Aww, my family, my mom was there. Yeah. My aunts and things like that. But I, what was funny is I knew some parts of it were gonna be hard to do. [00:30:00] And it's funny 'cause I, like I said, I'm not a big crier.

Yeah. But when I get in front of a crowd, I start crying like it's just so terrible. I'm like, can I not just cry in my shower like a normal person? Like I have to cry in front of people. , But I knew it was gonna be emotional talking about my brother passing away. Yeah. But I did not realize how emotional talking about Allie was gonna be in front of all them. Because like 

Rhandyl: they knew you before they yeah, they knew. 

Deonna: They all started crying I would've been fine. Probably. But they're all crying about Allie. And so then I start crying and then when I started talking to my brother, it just got even worse. And there was no safe place to look because everywhere was somebody that was either his friend or his cousin or whatever. Yeah. So I was like, oh my gosh. But it was a really therapeutic thing to get to do it, and I'm glad I got to do it. I want to. Maybe do this sometimes, on the [00:31:00] side. Yeah. So it's good practice, but oh my gosh, it was emotional. I, 

Rhandyl: oh, I can only imagine. 

Deonna: I survived it, but Lord, help me. It was, yeah I got off of the little stage thing and I was like, oh my gosh, mom, I cried the entire time. She's like, no, you didn't. I was like. I think I did though and I watched it back and I really didn't, but like it felt like I did. Aw. But no, it was good. I got to see some of my friends I haven't seen in a long time and Good. It was fun. But that was the random buffalo. I like it. Moment. What was your. 

Rhandyl: I went to Zach Top and George Strait concert recently, yes. Here in Lubbock. Oh, it was a big deal. Two nights. He was playing, and we went to the first night with Zach Top, and I'm a huge Zach Top fan, of course. George Strait, always, yeah. Grew up in the nineties kids. We loved some George Strait 

Deonna: check, yes or no. 

Rhandyl: Yes. And this was [00:32:00] actually my third time to see George Strait.

Deonna: Oh, really? In concert. Yeah. I've never seen him. 

Rhandyl: He always, it doesn't matter how old he gets, he just always puts on a great show. Yeah. And the venue was at the Texas Tech football stadium. And they had this stage that was rotating, so it was in the middle and it was rotating.

So it was really cool 'cause I was like, how's this gonna work? Like how are they gonna, 

Deonna: I didn't know it was rotating until the other day they were talking about it. 

Rhandyl: Yeah. It was like, rotate one direction for a few songs, then rotate the other direction. So it was really cool. 

Deonna: That's crazy. 

Rhandyl: And we had really good seats., But the restroom lines were not fun. They were really long. 

Deonna: I saw pictures of the restroom lines. I was like, I would've peed my pants. 

Rhandyl: Oh my God, I What in the world? That was about like, it's not like that. That's, you just go to Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, but our seats were good. I know a lot of it was like just crowded. There was so they sold so many tickets, like it was crazy 

Deonna: there. I read that there were 133,000 people there over the course of the two nights. Yeah, [00:33:00] but you don't think about it. They said there was like. 10,000 extra more people in there than like on a regular game day. Yes. Because they had the floor and that's why it was so crowded. Yeah. Yeah. Because I was like, yeah, an extra 10,000 people. That's no joke.

Rhandyl: Yeah. It was crazy. But it was so much fun. It was. Great night. You never know. I've talked about the weather a lot on here, but it was like the weather was crazy windy the day before and after and after.

Yeah. Yeah. So it was the perfect night. We had a lot of fun. It was just my husband and I at our seats, and then we had a couple from Shamrock come and stay with us that night, and they took their daughter that's in high school with them, and so we got to hang out with them. Yeah, it was just a great weekend and got, got good, good.. 

Deonna: I think every single person I know went, like every single person, like , every time I got on Facebook, yes, everybody was there. I was like, I'm the only loser that didn't go to this, but no, it looked so fun and the weather looked [00:34:00] amazing.

Yeah. And Miranda was there. 

Rhandyl: The second night? 

Deonna: Yeah. Second night. Mm-hmm. And I love Miranda Lambert, so that would've been fun too. So 

Rhandyl: it would've been 

Deonna: know I need to listen to Zach Top. I heard he has like a nineties vibe 

Rhandyl: which does, so he does. Yeah. I am all about me some nineties country. Me too. I, I got my nineties country soul filled for a little while. But yeah, that was my buffalo. 

Deonna: Oh, that sounds fun. I love it. Yeah, so as you can tell, we've had a lot going on. Oh my gosh. But we just do these episodes to give you guys a little glimpse into what our day-to-day is like, so you know where we're coming from. Our level of expertise in raising disabled kids. 

Rhandyl: Right. Hopefully, but y'all can relate. 

Deonna: We get it. We are in the trenches with everybody. But that's our high low buffalo, and we'll see you next time.

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