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Well hello Paul, I'm doing great. This is Justin, KK7QES. Thanks for running the net. It is a blustery evening here on Finn Hill. I expect it is pretty much everywhere in the region too, but I think it's supposed to be that way for the next few days. So we've got everything charged and hoping to not lose the lights here, which we do frequently. Tonight I made a quick journey out and dropped my ballot at Kirkland City Hall. And it was quite busy which was cool to see. And then I made my way back on the way home. I went to Michael's Craft Store. There was an emergency shortage of yellow paint in my house. My daughters are working on a school project right now and ran out of yellow paint mid-project. So I had to save the day there. But it's a really cool project. So every year their school does a big, every kid gets assigned a project and presents them as one big kind of learning celebration they call it. This year the theme is all about careers and deciding on a career that you want to present on, and then interviewing someone who works on that. So both of my daughters have decided that they want to do their project on teachers. And that just formed my heart. I think it's the most important job in the world. And my wife is a former teacher. My mom is a former teacher. So they're going to interview Grammy. And they're very excited about that. And I think my mom is too. So cool stuff there. Now I am sitting in the shed and I am testing a new lithium iron phosphate battery that I recently got. This one is going to be used for a rain barrel water storage system and powering the little irrigation pump that will move water out into my raised vegetable beds come the springtime. So I'm excited to kind of get done with all the planning of that in the cold winter months here so that in springtime I'm ready to go and I can build the thing. So it should be cool. Matt, that sounds like a cool project. I just would say be careful with vape batteries. Many of them are unprotected cells and have no battery management system on them. So they can be dangerous. So anyway, read up on that. It's quite fascinating. And good luck if you decide to move forward on that project. Sounds pretty cool. That's all I got. Paul, thanks for running it. I'll send it back. KK7QES. Come up with one if you're going to use them and perhaps the quality of these cells might be a concern as well. But that sounds like a cool project you're working on for your rain barrels there and irrigation. Glad to hear that your kids are enjoying this project and get to interview your mom there about her career as a teacher. And yeah, definitely an important job. And yeah, glad to hear the ballot drop box says we're busy tonight, as you would imagine. So thanks for stopping by. 7-3. All right, going to go to Amy, KV.IQX. Amy, how are you tonight?