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. You all might want to turn

your volume down on this episode because before we even begin, let's acknowledge the fact that we are fully vaccinated, probably too caffeinated.

Yes. And recording across an actual dining room table in the same room with each other once again.

I'm looking at Erica's beautiful face right now.

We're like fall extravaganza levels of giddiness here, friends.

So bear with us if we get loud and screechy.

Okay, so that being said, we have set the scene for you.

We are back at the dining room table.

We have nearly made it to summer. We have

survived the bananas 2020, 2020, 2021 school year with all of its upheaval and changes for our kids,

for us. And we are coming up on summer, which also means coming up on the intense heat of the

Arizona desert. Oh yeah. So we are gearing up.

Let's chat about surviving the heat, what our plans are and are not for summer management with our kids and how we're feeling about it all.

So let's actually start there.

How are you feeling as a mom going into this unique summer break after quite the school year?

Okay.

I will describe my mental state as

exhausted but hopeful. I like it. I like it. So there is hope. The boys have been back at in-person

school since early February. That has been a great change for our family for them. So that has been really good.

So I do feel like that has given me the break that I needed from what was a very insane and hard start to the school year, our first half of the school year.

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