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As seen in extremely lifelike and accurate television shows such as Scandal and House of Cards, living in the White House comes with quite the lifestyle change. It's something like drinking from a fire hydrant. On Ellen, Michelle Obama reveals the first thing she's going to do when she is no longer First Lady. Come January 20th, 2017, "I look forward to getting into a car and rolling down the window and just letting the air hit my face." Michelle continues, "I'm gonna spend that first year just hanging out the window."