Speaker #0sweetheart, come on. Yeah, join me by the fire. Because it's really cozy over here. And I want to cuddle you. And my feet are really cold. I need you to warm them. I want to stick my cold feet under you. And then we can celebrate the new year. Yeah, come on. Ooh, you brought the cider. Thank you. So did you make any new year's resolutions? Yeah, I'm usually not one for resolutions. I just feel like people make these really short-sighted resolutions and I don't know. I don't want to like disappoint myself. if that makes sense. Yeah, I mean, I think I want to be a better person than I was the previous year, but I think it's also fun and important to look back on the whole year and just appreciate the person you've become, right? It's not all about go, go, go moving forward. Yeah. And I think it's about appreciating the person you're sitting next to. Yeah, I just feel like we don't take enough time to appreciate the work we do for ourselves. You know, like last year, I was sitting in the same spot, basically. But I was so different. And so were you. Yes. Come on. I've noticed the way you change. Yeah. I feel like people always paint change as like this thing you have to do if you're not, you know, what am I trying to say here? People always think striving for change is because you're not in a good place, but you can be happy and healthy. and a good person, and still change. Like, you can always be better. And I feel like, lately, you've been striving to be a better version of yourself. And I don't know, that makes me really proud of you. Yes, I'm not just saying that. I just feel like if you're gonna change, The best possible way you could change is to be more you, because you're already a good person. I don't want to get all mushy, but like, I don't know, it's the right time to do that, right? Looking back on the last year of your life, looking forward to what's coming. Yeah, I kind of want to be... more myself next year, I want to take a page from your book. I've just noticed all these small things that have made you feel like you've really come into your own, you know? You've always been strong and sweet. And I think those are core characteristics of you. But I also feel like, I don't know, you've developed more of your sense of humor and you've become more confident in your own skin. And that's awesome. Yeah, I want to be confident like that. Mm hmm. I think that sometimes we both get too much into our head and we let it affect our decision making. But in the new year, I want to make a more conscious effort to make decisions based on who I am and who I want to be and not base them around. the people around me and what they might want. Yeah, even if the people around me seem to think that I am confident and independent and I don't, I don't take in their opinion, I, I do. And I don't know, I just feel like I should, I should take in my own opinion more, and I think you should do that too. Yeah, you should trust yourself. You're smart. You've got good ideas. I think that maybe, and I'm sorry if it's really bold for me to say this, but I think that maybe you should try... leaning even more into that and just being yourself. Because when I see that person shine through, yeah, it kind of gives me butterflies. I love seeing you be authentically you. It is the absolute best version of you. I do. I trust your opinions, your thoughts, your feelings, and your being yourself. I just want to be around you even more. That's actually, um, that's kind of why I invited you to a cozy New Year's Eve. Yeah, just the two of us. Because when we're together, I feel like we're both more ourselves. I'm comfortable around you. Yeah, I feel like I can just, like I can just breathe and relax and be who I want to be. Just settle into who I am. You make me confident that I'm a good person the way I am and the way I want to be. And I really hope I do the same for you. Really? Good. I want to be your safe space. I want to be the one place that you feel like you can be whatever you want to be. And I will be so, so proud of you. I'm already so proud of you. Yeah, I'm proud of everything you do. I'm proud of how much effort you put in. Yeah, just in general. Helping other people, being yourself, helping me. I don't know what I'd do without you. Yeah, I'm completely serious. I just... You're my safe space too. Shush. Don't mention that I'm blushing. You're blushing too. This is really nice. Oh, shoot. Okay. Okay. The countdown starts in just a little bit. So come here. Let's grab our cider. All right. And three, two, one. Happy New Year. Thank you. Thank you for being here. Yeah, I know I can always rely on you to be around, to do things with me. I know that you could have gone to some fancy party and... done New Year's there, but I'm so, so happy you're here with me, cuddling me and dealing with my very, very cold feet that I appreciate you haven't commented on. Yeah. I hope every New Year is like this. Do you want to make it our new tradition? Yeah, cozy New Year's Eve, by the fire, warming ourselves up, and being happy with each other. Okay, and how about this? We make an effort to notice each other's triumphs, and then on New Year's Eve, we mention them to each other. Yeah, like a... confidence-boosting, romantic New Year's thing. Yeah, I want to celebrate you more than I want to celebrate the sun going around the earth one time. Really? Yeah, you want to do it? Good. I am so excited. This is our new tradition. We have a tradition. I know I said it before, but thank you. Let me just cuddle into your chest. Would you mind playing with my hair a little bit? Yeah. I'm just more comfortable when your hands are on me. Oh man, I'm getting sleepy. I know it's only midnight, am I so old? That feels really nice. Everything is sweet. Yeah. Mmm, it's just nice watching the fire feeling your hands through my hair. Mmm, I can't wait to do this again. Next year, and the year after that, and the year after that. Yep, you're stuck with me. Forever.