You're listening to The Girl Next Door Podcast. I'm Erica.

And I'm Kelsey. We're two former next door neighbors and good friends who love a good chat and a good laugh.

We're inviting you to come on in, have a drink, and stay a while. Hey, friend.

Hey, friend. So today is our annual wrap-up at the end of the year episode.

And honestly, it feels a little hard to do in 2020.

It feels like there's a lot we're still all processing, a lot we're still in the middle of,

and just a lot that we're not ready to see the bright side of yet, quite frankly.

So we're going to talk about it all, though, a bit of an honest look at what's been

hard, maybe some takeaways we do have so far from this year, the meaningful and beautiful,

along with the light and fluffy that just brought us joy in the middle of a very challenging

year for all of us. So everyone knows some of the big, hard things we've all dealt with and are still very much dealing with.

But let's start with this.

What has been something specific to you, likely a weird 2020 side effect, and maybe it's even,

even, you know, seemingly a small thing, but something that has been maybe surprisingly difficult for

you this year that you may never

have thought would be an issue. Yeah. So what I thought of is that this almost whole year,

while I've had this cute, adorable baby that I just want to show off, I have not been able to

take her anywhere. Yeah. I have not been able to introduce her to my friends.

And I also, I love running errands with a baby.

Like so far, all of my babies have enjoyed being carried, like in a carrier.

And I just love to go out to Target to Trader Joe, strap them on, just enjoy having that like sweet little

company while I'm running my errands, love to just get the compliments of what a cute baby and just

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