 Hello everybody, welcome back to another vlog. Today I thought I would do a fun little kind of like life update, Q and A, catch up, sesh. I'm about to make some lunch. We actually have to leave in like 45 minutes. So I just thought I would, you know, catch up with you a little bit. So I'm gonna grab my ingredients. I'm basically gonna be making what they're calling on TikTok a girl lunch, which is like a bunch of like snacky ingredients that people put together. And they call it like a girl lunch or a girl dinner or whatever. And it's just like basically a snack plate, which is my favorite thing. I love a frickin' avocado and rice cake. I've talked about it before. So I'm gonna do avocado and rice cake. I'm gonna do some cucumber, some cheese, some cashews. That's like my favorite little bite. Some ants on a log maybe. Just feeling inspired. Also sorry if you can hear the construction in the background. There's like laundry happening. There's a lot. We'll do some turkey, my favorite cheese in the entire world, so I'm obsessed with it. And then we'll do some fruit on the side once we're done. That's very love. I swear I like moved to the noisiest quiet neighborhood ever. Like you don't hear people blaring music or people screaming or having parties or anything like that, but you do hear just like trash trucks all day long, cars driving by. Anyways, you win some, you lose some. So yeah, I first wanna say that I appreciate all of the responses and all of your amazing comments and messages and everything to my last vlog so much. Oh my gosh, I could not have expected that overwhelming response, but they have only been up for like three, four hours and I've already cried like twice. So I just appreciate you all so much. This celery is a little bendy than I would like. I guess it's kind of all like that. Okay, whatever, we'll deal with it. So yeah, if you took the time to leave a comment and just say the most nice, encouraging, comforting words to me, just know that I appreciate you so much. It was really, really sweet. Okay, let me rinse off these vegetables real quick. You might see Drew in the background because he's making his lunch as well, but yeah, the most commonly asked question I would say or one of the top questions was, what have you been up to? Like, what did you get up to on your break? How have you been? Which is so nice and I'm doing really well. I'm doing really well. I would say that I'm arguably like the best I've ever been. I'm really, really happy. Okay, never have to go back. But yeah, I've been, let's see, trying to take hot roll walks as much as I can, although it hasn't been getting really hot in LA, which is not ideal timing because we are going to Disneyland next week with Drew's family, so, yikes. But that is okay. We will survive. And what else? We went to Palm Springs. Me, my mom, Drew and Layla took a nice little Palm Springs getaway. It was extremely hot. It was like 115 degrees. But we just wanted to like float in the pool. We did a little bit of thrifting. We went to different coffee shops. I also forgot a cutting board. I'm just using this paper towel, whatever. It was great. So that was a nice, needed getaway. And it was kind of like halfway between Errol and here. So my mom just drove out there and met us. Just been trying to, you know, stay on top of my work deadlines, be a decent friend to people, text back, you know. Questionable, okay, there we go. You know, things like that. So yeah, I've overall been doing really well. Thank you so much for asking. And I'm just very happy to be back, right? I guess that brings us to our next question, which is how the pets been doing. And Moose, currently sitting here staring at me. We do actually have to bring him to the vet. That's where we're going in like 45 minutes. He had a little bit of a episode last night. He has bowel disease and it gives him a lot of stomach issues. And last night I'll spare the details, but it was like the exorcist. Like there was just so much vomit. He threw a bun drew in our sleep. Like it was open. Anyway, so it was fun changing our sheets at like one in the morning and then he did it again. And yeah, it was just a little hot. But we survived, didn't we? Yeah, so he's gonna go to the vet just to get like, you know, a sort of double checkup cause he's on like a pretty rigorous medication schedule, especially with us being out of town next week. He's gonna be fine. It's just kind of what goes along with his disease, unfortunately. And then Layla's doing good. I mean, as good as possible. We did notice that on the trip to Palm Springs, it's just really, really hard for her to like leave the house and go places these days. It's kind of like, she's just become, you know, it's just harder with her, with her mobility issues, with her age, with her health, et cetera. It's just harder for her to get around. And we actually took her to the vet yesterday, which is great. And I mean, something that no one prepared me for was that like when your pets get older, you live at the vet. Like you, I mean, at least we do. And luckily our vet is like 15 minutes away. So it's really convenient to just be able to like zip over there after work on a weekday or whatever. But yeah, I mean, it was, it's been a week. That's for sure. But yeah, they're doing as well as could be, you know, at their current age and health and all that stuff, but it's really hard. I'm not gonna lie. It's really, really hard watching them get older and something that I never thought about when I got a puppy, when I was, you know, 23 years old, was that I would be 25 and caring for a senior animal. I know I've talked about this, so. I won't blab for too long. But yeah, it's got its challenges for sure. And it's just really tough to watch them, you know, not be themselves anymore. So we're just doing our best. We're just trying to chug along. So I got my avocado rice cakes. I swear to God, it's not like a trying to cut calories thing or whatever. I just genuinely love rice cakes so much. Drew's into them now too. It's just the best. It's just like the crunch, I don't know what it is. Anyways, okay, next question. I got one that says, how is your tummy feeling these days? One that said, did your SIBO diagnosis have anything to do with your break from vlogging? A lot of questions about like a health update. So I guess the last vlog before I took my break that I posted was actually me going to the doctor trying to figure out what the hell is going on with my stomach. And then I just sort of left you hanging. So I'm not gonna go into full detail about like all of my health stuff because I think one thing that I learned throughout that process was to just really keep some things to myself. Cause even though people have like the best of intentions, it started like getting to me and I really truly believed that I had gallbladder disease. I was gonna have to get my gallbladder out and that I was gonna have to live the rest of my life about a gallbladder and have all these issues and blah, blah. And my gallbladders completely fine. So I did have a ultrasound blood work. I took a SIBO test twice because the first one, it's a long story. The first one was, I did it wrong. SIBO is for those of you that don't know it stands for small intestinal bacterial overgrowth. And a lot of you recommended Abbie Sharp's videos for me which were helpful and it just helped prepare me better mentally and stuff. So that was really nice. So the test came back and my doctor said, you are very positive. It was like, oh, okay. So basically what that means is there's an overgrowth of bacteria in your small intestines that has to do with like digestion and all that kind of stuff. And it causes like swelling in the belly. So a lot of people have commented on my stomach over the years and said that I look pregnant. And I think that's part of why. That's like one of the main symptoms or it can be. So that's like a huge thing. And basically the way it's managed is through medication and diet. So I did do a round of antibiotics. And I also have to do another round because it didn't really work that well. And then also there's like a natural remedy. I have like the supplement over there that I'll start taking like after I'm done with my second course of antibiotics. Thank you. Do you wanna say hi? Go look at my hair. By the way. Hi, my hair is crazy. What's up? Oh, look at it. Your hair is fine. Anyway, he's still here, don't worry. I'm not gone. He's not gone anywhere. Yeah, anyway, there's just a lot. But yeah, so I do have SIBO and that's been a thing to deal with and it's just annoying. And then I did find out that there's like some other health stuff going on. So yeah, there's just, there's much to be said but I'm doing okay. My stomach is like eternally fucked up. So that's just part of my life. I saw like a meme and it said either you're like a headache girlie or a tummy ache girlie. And I am definitely a tummy ache girlie and Drew is a headache girlie. So we're a good blend. But yeah, doing okay. Just, you know, kind of wish that things were getting a little bit better. SIBO is sort of something that you just have to work to maintain for a long time. There's like supplements you can take but it's mostly through diet, eating like low FODMAP foods, et cetera. I freaking love ants on a log. Like I will never grow too old for that. What is your favorite way to practice self-care lately? That's such a nice question. I would say I've been trying to eat more nourishing foods. I am just like a fast food girl. That's how I grew up. It's like what I ate most meals for dinner. And a lot of you actually have a lot to say about the junk food I was eating in grocery halls and stuff like that but I've just been trying to eat more nourishing foods in addition to the foods that I really enjoy, of course. I've been trying to exercise more, like get back into exercise. Another question was like, how's your choice of movement journey going? It's going. I mean, I feel like it's an up and down thing as usual. It's kind of one of those things where it's like I get really into it for a while and then I get out of it and blah, blah, blah. But Drew and I do take long walks every single weekend. I just simply, this paper towel is dirty and it needs to go. Sorry. Off my knife. And Drew and I are really like into walking on the weekends which is great. We take super long walks. We walk to the park. We walk to get coffee. It's like one of my favorite things about the weekends. We start like every single weekend morning pretty much like that. So that's been good. Lots of walking. I've been doing occasional little like video workouts like grow with Joe. I love pony sweat always. Like things like that. I pre-wash these strawberries by the way. And those are kind of like the basics that I've been working on. It's just taking care of myself like physically before anything else. So it's kind of up and down. Okay, let's do a few quick fire questions. How are you feeling about Taylor Swift post-Maddie? I don't, I don't want to upset the Swifties with this but it's been a cruel summer if you will. I'm looking at Drew because he goes, I was not happy. I was not pleased. And this is coming from like a former 1975 fan. I don't want to get into the whole thing but I did not realize like how horrendous a lot of his behavior was. And I was just so upset. I was just a Jo Ellen girly. I just loved them together. But I think I realized that I actually loved her when she was with him. Anyway, it's been rough. Like I really, it really took a lot of the joy out of being a fan. And I was really super disappointed. I still love Taylor obviously. I will still be going. That's another question that I got. Do I have tickets to any of the LA Eris tour shows? And yes, I do have tickets to, I think like the second or third show. And I got those like on the first day. And then another question was, are you seeing Taylor internationally? Like are you gonna go to any international Eris tour dates? And I did sign up but I did not get selected. So that was unfortunate. So no. Unless I can get them like second hand or something but that's probably not gonna happen. My spicy water of the day is going to be Waterloo Watermelon. This is like a tried and true faith. Listen to this crunch. It's just so good. Have you done any new updates to apartment decor? Not really. Oh, I guess right here. I think I showed this in an Instagram reel. I'm like Instagram short, YouTube, TikTok. Like I don't know any of the names. We got these three little ceramic vintage pieces. Those are really cute. Oh, they fixed our entire kitchen. So all of this had been completely rotted from the rain back through like January through like May. And they fixed the leak but they wanted to wait for it to rain a few more times to see if there was gonna be any more damage. And there was like brown and yellow spots up there. It was literally crazy. So they had to rip out this entire cabinet unit. I left that open. They had to rip this entire thing out, build a new one. They were able to reuse the doors. This entire thing was basically ripped out. They had to replaster, repaint. They came back two more times. Our entire kitchen was torn up. I think I have some video of it because it was shocking. I was like, oh my God. So that got fixed. What else? What else is new? I added a rug here in my filming area. That's stuff for a brand deal that's coming up on the chair. I got a new clothing rack because I just wanted it to be more categorized. I got this pretty print, this fruit ceramic art print thingy. Alexa and I actually got matching ones. So that's really cute. And yeah, I think that's pretty much it. Oh, we did finally hang. I think I showed this in a vlog that we did finally hang this piece of art, which is really cool and there's Moo. So yeah, it's pretty much all the updates I can think of. I'm sure you'll see more like as time goes on. Okay, what's next? Any recent British crime show recommendations also hope you're having a good day. That is so nice. I hope you're having a good day too. What are some British crime shows we watched recently? I mean, the new seasons of Unforgotten and Happy Valley, which are like pretty much top to British crime shows ever came out. There's a brand new season of Unforgotten. We watched that one first. It was, honestly, it was good. Like it's still my favorite show and I still love the characters, but the main character wasn't in it and that was just devastating, but it was still good. I just wasn't like super happy with the ending, but I mean, whatever. And then Happy Valley, oh my God. Happy Valley probably is my number one, I would say, of like favorite British crime shows. So we didn't get to see the new season until like months after it came out in the UK. So that was nice. We finished that and we had to watch one every week. Like that's the only way it was released. So that was like a killer, absolutely. And then yeah, that's pretty much it for the British crime shows lately. I think, I don't think we've watched any other ones, but we also did finish Ted La. So it was literally like one of the best shows of all time, so good. What else have we watched? We watched Silo on Apple TV, that was okay. It was interesting at first and then it kind of was like slow, but it was still good. We watched Shrinking on Apple TV, that was so good. Like I love Shrinking, highly recommend. And then of course we're watching Love Island everyday, which you will see in future vlogs for sure. A couple of questions about like our living situation. So like, are you happy that you moved back to LA? Are you still enjoying Los Angeles? You and Drew have been in LA for a year. How do you feel yourselves staying or relocating, et cetera? I'm gonna put you back down and have a bite of my lunch. Yeah, so we actually did renew our lease for this apartment. It was up at the end of May, so we renewed for another year. Literally like my favorite thing. I went to a dinner party at my friend Kara's house and she had cucumbers, cheese, and cashews. And like it seems like, I don't know, it's not a weird combo, it's just not something I would have ever tried, like all three together. And now it's like my favorite combination. So good, it's really good with ratchets too. So yeah, we have it really good with this apartment. Like we really have no complaints. All of our neighbors are amazing, like in this building. We even had like some drama with the building behind us. There were these people that were living there. I think I like mentioned it in a vlogmas video. We had to call the cops on them because they left a dog out on the balcony for like, anyway, it's a whole thing. They ended up getting evicted so they're gone and or they moved out, I'm not sure. And there are like some TikTok kids. I'm pretty sure they're from TikTok. They're all like 18 year olds, they live next door and they all drive really, really loud cars. So you can hear them turn on and then they take off down the street. Like they're literally drag racing. But like literally other than that, I mean no complaints at all. So we're really lucky and we love this apartment. Like it really does feel like home now. Unfortunately though, our landlord is gonna be raising our rent. So I do think this is like, we're at the tippy top of our budget with this one. So I think we're gonna have to move come next May, which is like devastating. But yeah, we're still, as far as I know, I mean, we're staying in LA for the first year of all. A lot can change in a year, but we're really, really happy here right now. I know I said I was gonna do quick fire and then I didn't, but let's do it. Okay, have you tried the Hearts of Pong with mustard trend? I actually did just because I was curious. It just wasn't for me. I didn't like, I don't know, it just tasted like mustard, not my fave. I just also didn't particularly love Hearts of Pong. Like I didn't think they were that good, but like, yeah, no shade, just wasn't for me. Is there something random you're afraid of slash don't like? I think the weirdest like phobia that I have, and it's not even a phobia because I'm like obsessed with watching videos of it, but I just like clench the entire time and that's orcas. I have always had this thing with orcas where they just genuinely terrify me. And I mean, lately they're taking ownership of the ocean back. If you've seen all the stuff about orcas lately, kind of crazy. So I would say like, yeah, just deep sea stuff, like deep water. When everything was happening with the titans and merciful and all of that, which was a crazy time to be on the internet. When all of that was going on, I was even realizing seeing some of the footage of that was freaking me out, just yet deep water and like creatures and stuff. Really scare me. All right, let's do a couple more. Do you have any trips planned for the second half of the year? Possibly, Alexa and I were texting last night. So if you know, you know, that's potentially happening. It just all depends on the animals and life and where we're at and all that kind of stuff. One of the more popular ones was what are my thoughts on Speak Now? Taylor's version. I mean, I cried, obviously. That album, I think it's so cool because number one thing today, they released that it was like the number one, it was like the biggest streaming day in Spotify history, which is crazy. I'm like what, a year and a half, two years older than Taylor? So I was like 20 to 22 when that album came out and it's just so cool because so many people from so many different walks of life in different ages and stuff have so much nostalgia attached to that album and just her old albums in general. So like some people were kids and they grew up listening to that as like the soundtrack of their childhood. For me, it was like the things that she was singing about was like what I was going through and was like so relatable and I just like loved it. I think I saw a few questions along the line of like what's my favorite vault track? It's I can see you, obviously. Oh my God, I can't believe she held up from us for that long. You didn't answer my question. I didn't answer your question. What color is your toothbrush? I don't remember coming out to do that a long time ago. Our toothbrushes are next to each other. I don't know what color it is. Purple. Okay, thank you. Anyway, I'm laughing. I'm gonna finally eat this so I'm not eating on camera but yeah, I never even showed the finished girl lunch but here it is. We have our strawberries, turkey, cucumber, cheese, cashews, avocado rice cakes and ants on a log and spicy water. So anyway, thanks for hanging out with me and I hope you enjoyed. Sometimes like when I do things, it's very chaotic because I have ADHD and then it like drives people insane. So sorry if I did any of that but thanks for sending your questions. If I didn't get to it, I'll try to get to it in the next one. The next one I think will be kind of like a reset vlog because we're about to go to Disneyland for like four days with Drew's family so that'll be really fun. So when we get back, we'll catch up, reset and then just get back into this regular swing of things. So we will see you very soon in another vlog. Bye.