This week on Premeditated Opinions, we are recording under less than ideal conditions, and choosing to publish anyway. Because honestly? That felt more on brand than waiting for things to calm down.

Pamela is in Dallas, iced in by sleet, watching the city slowly unravel one school closure at a time. Josh is 3,000 miles away in St. Thomas, sitting oceanside in short sleeves, waiting to find out if his family can actually make it home, or if they’re now just residents of the Virgin Islands.

What unfolds is one of our most accidentally intimate episodes yet.

We talk about:

• Texas winter weather panic vs. Midwestern survival instincts
• Travel plans unraveling in real time
• Two kids, two birthdays, wildly different celebrations
• A large insect, several towels, and zero dignity

There’s no big thesis here. No polished takeaway. Just two people talking through life as it’s happening: weather, parenting, politics, logistics, gratitude, frustration, and all.

This is one of those episodes where the circumstances become the content. And somehow, it works.

Thanks for rolling with us even when we’re thousands of miles apart, mildly buzzed, and recording because the alternative was silence.

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