Hey, everyone. Welcome to Why Mommy Drinks. Oh, good Lord. We could all use a fucking drink.

If you knew how hard it was to simply begin the act of being here to say hello to you, you

would understand. And I'm sure you do, though, because you also live here in zoom land.

We are joined today by two amazing people. The first you will recognize because she was

a guest very recently. And now she's come back to be my guest co-host this week. She's

a stand-up. She's an actor. It's Luke Ashley. I don't really quite know the babies. Thank you for

having me. I love it. I'm so glad to be here. I'm so glad you're back. Hello. You must have

liked me a little. When I get a callback, I'm like, yeah, yeah. That's right. This is a callback.

All the writers and the producers are here. We're going to have you do the podcast a few different

ways. Okay. And also we are joined by our, she's been on the show. I feel like at least a couple

times. Although, yeah, maybe I don't know. But yeah, she's a hilarious person. She's a comedian.

She's an actor. She's a writer. Steph. Esca. That's your best name. Yeah, that's fine.

And I should have said, Pew, pew, pew. Yes. No. Thank you for having me. I am excited to be back.

The last time was at the beginning of our quarantine. So. Wow, Stephanie. What a what a journey.

What a joy it's been. What a time to be alive and inside. Not about a before and after.

Yeah. Thanks for having me. I'm very, I just, I love being here. And I'm excited to just dig in.

I want to hear your stories. I want to talk to other adult humans. Let's do it.

Oh, I'm so happy to be here at the both of you. You are lovely, lovely, funny humans.

Yeah, I hear you about like being inside. I went to the, I've been like,

now that my vaccines are kicked in, I'm, I'm now making up for all the last time and like,

starting to go to the doctor for the first time in over a year and like the dentist and stuff

like that. But it's weird because there's like this inherent judgment when you go in,

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