[00:00:16]
IF WE CAN HAVE Y'ALL COME AND, UH, HAVE A SEAT.
WE WANNA GO AND GET THE PROGRAM STARTED.
UM, AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE'RE ALSO GONNA BE UPSTAIRS, UH, FOR THE ACTUAL PRESENTATION OF THE PROCLAMATION.
UH, AS Y'ALL COME AND GATHER, JUST WANNA SAY THANK Y'ALL FOR COMING IN YOUR CITY HALL.
UM, AND I'LL START OFF BY JUST SAYING, I'M, YOU KNOW, I'M EXCITED TO WELCOME YOU HERE TODAY.
UM, AS WE'VE HAD THE, UH, INCREDIBLE HONOR OF WORKING WITH BODY DOGS, SPECIFICALLY THE YOUTH AND PAUL'S PROGRAM.
UH, SOME OF Y'ALL MIGHT KNOW THIS, UM, IF YOU DON'T, UM, PRIOR TO WORKING AT THE CITY, UM, AS A STAFFER, I USED TO MANAGE YOUTH PROGRAMS FOR WHAT IS NOW BAKER RIPLEY, BUT IT USED TO BE, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS.
AND I USED TO MANAGE YOUTH PROGRAMS, UM, FOR A GOOD AMOUNT OF THAT TIME.
AND SO MY ASK TO GLORIA AS WE CONTINUE TO IDENTIFY WAYS SO WE COULDN'T, UH, REDUCE THE NUMBER OF STRAY ANIMALS IN OUR CITY WAS, UH, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT THEY LIFT UP A LOT, IS WORKING WITH YOUNG FOLKS.
UM, I THINK HONESTLY, THAT'S REALLY THE WAY, THE WAY TO GO.
UM, THEY'RE THE ONES THAT ARE, THAT NEED TO BE TAUGHT, UH, UH, EDUCATED ON HOW TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE, UM, YOU KNOW, ANIMALS THAT ARE SPAYED AND NEUTER.
UM, BECAUSE QUITE FRANKLY, IT'S HARDER TO TEACH ADULTS SOMETIMES.
JUST WANNA BE HONEST, YOU KNOW, SINCE TWO 2010 BODY DOGS HAS BEEN SERVING HOUSTON'S EAST RAISING AWARENESS ABOUT PERSISTENT ANIMAL WELFARE CHALLENGES IN OUR COMMUNITY, INCLUDING OVERPOPULATION, NEGLECT, AND ABUSE, UH, THROUGH THEIR YOUTH AND PAW PROGRAM, THEY TEACH COMPASSION AND RESPONSIBLE PET OWNERSHIP TO OUR KIDDOS BY VISITING SCHOOLS AND ENGAGING STUDENTS DIRECTLY.
THEY CONNECT DIRECTLY WITH FAMILIES THROUGH FREE SPAY AND NEUTER EVENTS, AND THEY HELP DEVELOP COMMUNITY LEADERS THROUGH NEIGHBORHOOD ADVOCACY EFFORTS.
WE SEE THEM AT VARIOUS CIVIC CLUBS, UH, COMMUNITY EVENTS, AND, AND THEY'RE ALWAYS READY TO SERVE AND GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY.
I'VE BEEN FORTUNATE TO, UH, SEE THE WORK, UH, IN ACTION AT, UH, A FEW ELEMENTARIES.
UM, I, AGAIN, I ALWAYS ENJOY, UH, GOING AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S JUST, IT IS THE KIDS' REACTIONS, UH, TO THIS, IT, IT, YOU KNOW, THAT THEY'RE GONNA BE TEACHING THEIR, THEIR PARENTS, UM, HOW TO BE RESPONSIBLE PET OWNERS AS WELL.
UH, FROM 2010 TO TWO 2024 BODY DOGS CONDUCTED 127 SCHOOL OUTREACH PRESENTATIONS, REACHING HUNDREDS OF STUDENTS AND PLANNING GRASSROOTS IN THE NEXT GEN GENERATION.
UH, TODAY WE'RE HERE TO CELEBRATE, UH, THEIR DEDICATION TO, UH, AND THEIR HEART, TO THE LASTING, UH, DIFFERENCE THAT THEY'RE MAKING THROUGHOUT THE HOUSTON'S EAST END.
UM, AND I'LL JUST CLOSE WITH, WITH THIS AS I BRING UP, UM, I BELIEVE IT'S GOING TO BE, UH, GLORIA, GOOD FRIEND, DISTRICT EYE RESIDENT, EAST ENDER, NOW, HOBBY RESIDENT LIKE MYSELF.
UM, WE CAN'T DO THIS ALONE AT THE CITY.
UM, AND IT REALLY IS A THREE-PRONG EFFORT, RIGHT? IT'S EDUCATION, IT'S ENFORCEMENT, BUT THEN YOU ALSO HAVE TO HAVE SPAY NEUTER SERVICES.
UH, SO I, I'VE COMMITTED, UH, TO GLORIA, WHATEVER SHE NEEDS, UH, WHETHER IT'S THE, UH, YOU KNOW, THE SPRING FIX IT OR, OR FALL FIX IT.
WE'RE GONNA GIVE THE MONEY THAT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT FOLKS, UH, CAN HAVE THESE SERVICES.
UH, BUT THEN WHEN WE START LOOKING AT THE, THE YOUTH AND PAULS, UM, PROGRAM, UM, WHATEVER THEY NEED AFTER SCHOOL, FUNDING, WHATEVER, WHATEVER IT IS, I'M COMMITTED AS WELL.
AND YOU ALL BEING HERE SHOWS THAT COMMITMENT AS WELL, UH, TO SUPPORTING BODY DOGS.
AND SO I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR SHOWING UP, UM, VOLUNTEERING, UH, THE BIKE RIDES, EVERYTHING THAT GOES WITH WHAT, WHAT, WHAT THEY DO.
UM, AND WITH THAT, I WANNA TURN IT OVER TO A GOOD FRIEND, GLORIA.
UM, THANK YOU, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER JOAQUIN MARTINEZ FOR THIS PROCLAMATION.
THANK YOU TO ALL THE COUNCIL AND MAYOR FOR THIS RECOGNITION.
UH, THE HONOR GOES TO MANY, UH, IT GOES TO OUR BOARD, UH, TO ALL OUR SUPPORTERS AND FRIENDS THAT ARE HERE TODAY.
AND, AND ESPECIALLY OUR HARDWORKING TEAM.
WE HAVE AN AMAZING TEAM CURRENTLY, AND SO I JUST WANT TO RECOGNIZE THEM FOR ALL THEIR HARD WORK.
SO, YES, BODY OF DOGS HAS BEEN, WE'LL BE CELEBRATING 16 YEARS.
IT STARTED AS A FAMILY FOUNDED ORGANIZATION WITH THE SUPPORT OF MY HUSBAND, JAVI SENTEL, MY BROTHER-IN-LAW, ERNIE SENTEL AND THE LATE GREAT NORMA SENTEL.
SHE, UH, BECAUSE OF HER MUSIC AND HER POPULARITY, SHE CERTAINLY HELPED JUMPSTART THE ORGANIZATION.
SO WE WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER MY SISTER-IN-LAW, NORMA
[00:05:01]
SYNTHEO.WE, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'LL ALWAYS SHARE THIS FAMILY VISION.
WE'RE STILL, UM, BELIEVE IN THIS SAME FAMILY VISION THAT WE HAD FROM THE VERY BEGINNING.
WE'RE A STRONGER, LARGER ORGANIZATION, AND WE ARE INTENTIONALLY INVESTING IN YOUNG LEADERS.
AND THE REASON THAT WE'RE DOING THAT IS WE WANNA SUSTAIN THIS ORGANIZATION FOR MANY YEARS AFTER US.
SO, AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK OUR HARDWORKING TEAM.
THEY'RE JUST AMAZING AND THEY'VE BEEN A DELIGHT TO WORK WITH.
SO PARTNERS, WE HAVE SOME AMAZING PARTNERS THAT SHARE OUR VOICE AND OUR VISION.
LEE VELA, THANK YOU SO MUCH, LEE, FOR THE BILLBOARD CAMPAIGNS, I MEAN, CERTAINLY HELPED US GET OUR NAME OUT ACROSS THE CITY.
YOU WOULDN'T BELIEVE HOW MANY STORIES WE HAVE WITH THOSE BILLBOARDS,
HE WASN'T ABLE TO JOIN US TODAY, BUT, UM, THE LIGHT BITES THAT Y'ALL WERE ENJOYING, NOT ONLY DID HE PROVIDE THOSE LIGHT BITES, BUT HE, UH, PROVIDES A LOT OF EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS THAT SUPPORT OUR ORGANIZATION.
UM, ALL OF THE PROGRAMS, YES, AND JUST ALL OUR COMMUNITY FRIENDS.
I WANNA THANK HANNO CENTER, UH, COMMUNITY FAMILY CENTER, AND, UH, WESLEY HOUSE FOR ALLOWING US TO BRING THE YOUTH AND PAULS PROGRAM INTO THOSE CENTERS.
YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN AMAZING FOR THAT.
AND JUST ALL MY, THERE'S A LOT OF DEAR FRIENDS HERE.
MY WORK, FAMILY, NEW HOPE HOUSING, MY OTHER SIDE JOB,
I USED TO TELL MY CEO, THE CEO, JOY HAWKE BROWN.
UM, YOU HELP HOMELESS HUMANS, AND I HELP HOMELESS ANIMALS,
SO NEW HOPE HAS ALWAYS BEEN A BIG SUPPORTER OF MY WORK, AND SO I THANK Y'ALL FOR THAT.
UM, THERE'S SO MANY OTHER PEOPLE THAT I WOULD LOVE TO THANK.
SO I'M SORRY IF I'VE, UH, LEFT ANYBODY OUT, BUT THANK YOU AGAIN TO ALL THE COUNCIL.
UM, AS FAR AS OUR PROGRAMS AND OUR WORK, BARRIO DOGS FOCUSES ON THREE PROGRAMS, OUR SPAY AND NEUTER, UH, WHERE WE PROVIDE THE SERVICE FOR FREE FOR PET OWNERS THAT FINANCIALLY CANNOT AFFORD IT.
UH, WE ARE PARTNER WITH EMANCIPATE IS HERE.
OUR VETERINARY PER VETERINARY PARTNER IS ONE OF WHO WE WORK WITH.
UM, WE FEEL LIKE, UM, IMPROVING OUR CITY ORDINANCES ON ANIMAL WELFARE IS GONNA BE REALLY IMPORTANT, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HOPE TO WORK MORE ON WITH BARK AND THE CITY IN THE COMING YEARS.
BUT THE MOST IMPORTANT PROGRAM WE HAVE IS EDUCATION.
THAT IS GONNA BE, THAT IS OUR CORE WORK WITH OUR YOUTH AND PAWS.
AND SO, UM, EVERYBODY KNOWS, WELL, IF YOU DON'T KNOW, YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT THE CITY OF HOUSTON HAS A HUGE ANIMAL WELFARE CRISIS AND BARK.
OUR CITY SHELTER AND RESCUE GROUPS ARE DOING AS MUCH AS THEY CAN EVERY DAY TO SAVE LIVES WITH BARRIO DOGS YOUTH AND PAUSE PROGRAM.
WE FEEL THAT'S A VERY STRONG WAY TO EDUCATE OUR CHILDREN, TO HELP SAVE LIVES OF TOMORROW.
SO, BARRIO DOGS HAS BEEN DOING THE YOUTH AND PAUSE PROGRAM FOR 16 YEARS, UM, PRIMARILY IN THE EAST END, BUT WE ARE BRANCHING OUT.
WE ARE NOW GOING TO BE ALL OVER THE CITY OF HOUSTON AND ALL THE DISTRICTS.
SO WE CERTAINLY HOPE THAT OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS WILL HELP SUPPORT US AS, AS, AS COUNCIL MEMBER JOAQUIN MARTINEZ HAS AND OTHERS.
WE TRULY, TRULY HOPE THAT YOU WILL SUPPORT US.
SO, ONE BIG LEAP, UH, WAS OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH HOUSTON AREA WOMEN'S CENTER, AND I WOULD LOVE FOR SONYA CARAL, THE CEO, THE DEPUTY CEO FOR HOUSTON AREA WOMEN'S CENTER, TO TALK ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF THE YOUTH IMPULSE PROGRAM FOR THEIR CHILDREN AND AT THEIR CENTER.
WELL, IT IS SUCH AN HONOR TO STAND ALONGSIDE MY WONDERFUL FRIEND, GLORIA, AND OF COURSE, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, MARTINEZ.
I ALSO LIVE IN THE SAME NEIGHBORHOOD, SO I'M ALSO AN EAST ENDER AND A HOBBY AIRPORT.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT DISTRICT I, DISTRICT I GO DISTRICT I, WELL, IT IS, IT IS SUCH AN HONOR TO STAND HERE BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THERE AT THE HOUSTON AREA WOMEN'S CENTER, WE PROVIDE SERVICES TO SURVIVORS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT.
AND WE KNOW THAT THERE IS A CONNECTION BETWEEN ANIMAL ABUSE AND HUMAN ABUSE.
AND WE KNOW THAT THERE'S A STRONG CORRELATION THERE AT THE HOUSTON AREA WOMEN'S CENTER.
WE SEE IT DAILY WHEN OUR FAMILIES COME IN.
UH, EITHER THEY'RE COMING INTO OUR NON-RESIDENTIAL PROGRAM OR THEY'RE COMING INTO OUR RESIDENTIAL PROGRAM, AND WE KNOW THAT THE TRAUMA THAT THEY HAVE EXPERIENCED.
WE ALSO KNOW THAT THERE'S HARM TO ANIMALS, YOU KNOW, INSIDE THE HOME.
BUT WE ALSO KNOW THAT ANIMALS OR PETS ARE NOT JUST ANIMALS TO A FAMILY.
THEY ARE MEMBERS OF THEIR, THEY'RE MEMBERS OF THEIR FAMILY.
AND SO FOR US, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO, TO DO THIS PREVENTION WORK.
[00:10:01]
AND I TALKED ABOUT THIS MANY, MANY YEARS AGO, WE TALKED ABOUT HOW DO WE INTER WEAVE AND GET THIS CORRELATION AND REALLY TURN IT INTO A PREVENTION STRATEGY, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO HERE, EMBODY DOGS, IS CHANGING CULTURE.AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE E END TODAY AND LOOKED AT IT EVEN FIVE YEARS AGO, YOU COULD SEE A DRAMATIC CHANGE IN THE WAY CULTURE HAS CHANGED AROUND HOW WE SEE ANIMALS IN THAT COMMUNITY.
AND SO, AT THE HOUSTON AREA WOMEN'S CENTER, WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS BUILD THAT COMPASSION, THAT RESPONSIBILITY, AND BUILD EMPATHY WITH OUR, WITH OUR CHILDREN.
AND SO THE YOUTH AND PAW PROGRAM DOES EXACTLY THAT.
THEY COME TO OUR CENTER, THEY MEET WITH OUR CHILDREN, AND WE, WE HAVE OVER A HUNDRED CHILDREN IN OUR CAMPUS EVERY SINGLE DAY.
AND SO THEY COME OVER AND THEY TALK WITH OUR CHILDREN, THEY MEET WITH OUR CHILDREN, AND THEY LEARN HOW TO DO ALL OF THOSE THINGS BECAUSE ULTIMATELY WHAT WE WANT IS FAMILIES AND CHILDREN TO LEAVE WHO HAVE MORE EMPATHY, THEY HAVE MORE COMPASSION, AND THEY HAVE A SENSE OF RESPONSIBILITY IN THEIR COMMUNITY, NOT ONLY TO PETS, BUT ALSO TO OTHER HUMAN BEINGS.
AND THAT'S WHERE THAT PREVENTION STRATEGY IS.
AND WITHOUT THE PARTNERSHIPS AND COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, JOAQUIN SAID IT BEST, WE DON'T DO THIS WORK ALONE, NEITHER THE HOUSTON AREA WOMEN'S CENTER, OR BODY OR DOGS BILLBOARD, EVERYTHING IS IMPORTANT.
AND AS A COMMUNITY, WE HAVE TO COME TOGETHER, AND THAT INCLUDES THE FUNDING.
SO AT THE HOUSTON AREA WOMEN'S CENTER, WE RECEIVED A GRANT THROUGH THE HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION TO ADDRESS PREVENTION WITHIN, YOU KNOW, OUR OWN FAMILIES.
AND WE THOUGHT THAT THIS WAS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT OF FUNDING FOR BODY DOGS SO THAT THEY CAN DO THE WORK THAT THEY DO AND CREATE THAT CHANGE.
SO WHETHER YOU ARE CITY GOVERNMENT, WHETHER YOU ARE A NONPROFIT, OR WHETHER YOU ARE A CORPORATION OR A PRIVATE ENTITY, OR A INDIVIDUAL, YOU CAN DONATE.
BECAUSE WHEN YOU INVEST IN AN ORGANIZATION LIKE BARRIO DOGS, YOU'RE INVESTING IN YOUR COMMUNITY AND YOU'RE INVESTING IN CULTURE CHANGE.
AND THAT IS, THAT IS CRITICAL.
SO I STAND HERE ALONGSIDE, UH, MY WONDERFUL FRIEND GLORIA AND BARRIO DOGS, UH, IN THIS WONDERFUL PARTNERSHIP, UM, WHERE THERE'S SO MUCH OPPORTUNITY TO DO MORE.
UM, SO AS YOU KNOW, UH, WE HAVE OUR COUNCIL PUBLIC SESSION.
PRIOR TO THAT, WE HAVE, UH, OUR, OUR PROCLAMATION UH, PRESENTATIONS.
AND SO I KNOW THAT THERE'S STILL SOME FOOD.
UH, WE'RE THE FOURTH PROCLAMATION, SO THERE'S THREE OTHERS BEFORE US.
UM, THEY NORMALLY START ABOUT, UH, I WOULD SAY ABOUT ONE 30 OR SO.
SO WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME.
SO I WOULD, I WOULD ENCOURAGE Y'ALL TO SNACK ON SOMETHING AND THEN MAKE YOUR WAY UP THERE.
I WOULD SAY, LEMME SEE, WHAT TIME IS IT? AND OF COURSE, MY WATCH IS ACTING UP RIGHT NOW, 12, 12 57, 12 57.
I WOULD SAY LIKE IN ABOUT, I WOULD SAY, 20 MINUTES OR SO TO GO AHEAD AND START MAKING YOUR WAY UP.
UM, THAT WAY YOU CAN FIND A SEAT, 15, 20 MINUTES, UH, FIND A SEAT, UH, SO THAT WAY Y'ALL CAN SIT TOGETHER AS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
OKAY? SO THANK Y'ALL FOR BEING HERE.
I WANNA ALSO TAKE AN OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE, UH, SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES THAT ARE HERE.
COUNCIL MEMBER ALCO, WE TALK ABOUT POLICY.
UM, I CAN'T SAY ENOUGH AND, YOU KNOW, SHE'S ON HER LAST TERM, BUT, UM, I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA START, UH, A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT YOU'RE PROBABLY GONNA CONTINUE TO GET SALLY.
UM, SHE'S DOES AMAZING WORK ON THE BUDGET SIDE ON POLICY.
AND QUITE FRANKLY, SHE'S, UH, SHE REALLY IS A MENTOR TO SEVERAL COUNCIL MEMBERS.
UM, ONE OF THE REASONS WHY IS, 'CAUSE SHE WAS A FORMER STAFFER TOO.
UH, BUT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT POLICY WITH, WITH, UH, WHEN IT COMES TO, UH, OUR ANIMAL, UH, COMMUNITY SPECIFICALLY, SHE'S BEEN ON THE FOREFRONT OF THAT, UM, FOR, FOR YEARS.
AND SO, UM, WHEN WE, WHEN GLORIA IS TALKING ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO INCREASE SOME OF THESE, UH, UH, CITY ORDINANCES TO ENSURE THAT FOLKS ARE BEING RESPONSIBLE AND WHATNOT, UM, JUST WANT TO JUST GIVE YOU THAT SHOUT OUT.
THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK YOU CONTINUE TO DO.
OF COURSE, WE HAVE A GOOD FRIEND AS WELL, UH, COUNCILOR RAMIREZ, UH, WHO'S ALSO A FRESHMAN COUNSELOR LIKE MYSELF.
UH, BUT YOU KNOW, FOR HIM TO BE HERE SHOWS, UH, THE COMMITMENT THAT THE CITY OF HOUSTON HAS.
AND MARIO'S NOT HERE WITH US, COUNCILOR CASTILLO, UH, BUT HE'S REALLY PICKED UP THAT TORCH AS WELL.
UM, DISTRICT GUY KIND OF LED SOME OF THOSE EFFORTS WHEN, UH, MY PREDECESSOR WAS IN OFFICE BRINGING EMANCIPATE TO HOUSTON, UH, WITH FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, ED GONZALEZ.
UM, BUT IT'S, IT IS ACTUALLY GREAT TO SEE MORE COLLEAGUES, UH, STEP UP INTO IN THIS SPACE SPECIFICALLY, BECAUSE JUST LIKE ANYTHING, RIGHT, WE CAN'T, NOT ONE COUNCIL MEMBER COULD DO IT ALONE.
UH, THE COMMUNITY CAN'T DO IT ALONE.
AND SO IT'S ALWAYS GREAT TO HAVE MY COLLEAGUES HERE.
UM, AND I WANNA SEE IF I'M MISSING ANYBODY ELSE BEFORE I LET Y'ALL FINISH EATING
UM, OKAY, WELL, I'LL CLOSE WITH THIS.
OH, UM, I'M SORRY YOU'RE NOT REPRESENTING BODY DOGS RIGHT NOW.
WE'VE GOT FEDERAL FOR PAUSE AND THE SWEET 16 CELEBRATION.
[00:15:01]
FUNDRAISER.WE'VE GOT CARDS OVER HERE, AND IF ANYONE SIGNS UP, I KNOW LAST YEAR, COUNCIL MEMBER MARTINEZ, COUNCIL MEMBER POR, THEY WROTE, I'LL PERSONALLY MAKE A DONATION TO ANYONE THAT SIGNS UP TODAY.
YOU RIDE THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD, THEY GET TO TAKE YOU THROUGH THE EAST END.
YOU LEARN SOME, SOME, UH, ACTUAL, UH, BIKING ROUTES THAT YOU MIGHT NOT HAVE EVER DONE BEFORE.
WE'LL BE THERE FOR SURE WITH MY, WITH MY FAMILY.
SO, UH, SONYA, UH, SHE'S ALSO REPRESENTING COUNCIL MEMBER CARTER AT LARGE COUNCIL MEMBER, SO WE FORGET SOMETIMES SHE FORGETS, YOU KNOW, SHE WEARS A LOT OF HATS, BUT, UH, BUT SHE'S HERE REPRESENTING COUNCIL MEMBER CARTER.
AGAIN, IT'S ALWAYS GREAT TO HAVE MY COLLEAGUES HERE SUPPORTING.
AND THEN LAST BUT NOT LEAST, I JUST WANNA GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO MY, UH, TEAM MEMBER PRISCILLA.
PRISCILLA IS, UH, MY COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT MANAGER.
SHE HELPS WITH A LOT OF THESE TYPES OF EVENTS, UH, SO SHE DESERVES SOME SPOTLIGHT AS WELL.
AND FINISH EATING, AND THEN WE'LL SEE YOU UPSTAIRS.