 Hello everybody, welcome back to another vlog. It is actually like, it's already noon. Today has been a weird day. Not gonna get like two TMI, but I've just had like the most absolutely horrendous period that I've had in like a decade this past time. And it's just, it's been truly brutal. I am so grateful that I'm going to the gynecologist on Monday. It's currently Thursday and I'm getting ready to film a little main channel video because the video that I had planned that I was gonna film tomorrow fell through. So now I'm gonna film this and actually I only have like an hour to do this because I am going to an ENT appointment today. And if you have been like watching my channel since March when I got back from Japan, I'll explain more later, but I have had an ear issue since that flight home. So we're gonna get that addressed finally. I kind of thought that I was just gonna try my own little thing and my own remedies and what urgent care recommended and that it was just gonna like resolve on its own and it hasn't. And now it's coming to the time where like, I wanna travel again soon and I just wanna make sure that it's safe to do so. So anyway, we'll get more into that later, but that's at like two o'clock and I have to, it's weird. I have to do like a hearing test first at two and then I have to wait like an hour and a half and then go to my appointment. So we're gonna do all that. So anyway, all that to say, I only have an hour and I have just been like having such a hard time getting going today. It's just been a struggle but I did put on some fake freckles to make myself feel better. So there we go. I'm gonna set everything up now, film this like cozy fun little fall fashion haul even though, you know, it is warm outside. It's only like 80 as opposed to 90. So honestly, I will freaking take it. And like at least if I get this done before I go to my appointment, I'm like, okay, I feel like I did something today. So let's do it. All right, just finished up my filming, changed really quick. Cause I wanna wear something like very comfy cause I'm gonna need to be there for like the rest of the day. Hopefully it goes by really quickly but I think it was just like the only availability I had because I'm seeing like two different people. I've seen audiologist and then an ENT. So just slipping on my shoes right now. I really wanna grab a snack but I might have to wait. I might just bring like a protein bar and a banana or something. And I've been trying as you've seen in blogs, I've been trying to like get dressed more when I'm going places instead of just wearing like my pajamas because it really does make me feel better overall. Like it makes me really happy. So okay, this is what we've come up with for today. So it's like it's comfy but it's also like a little bit elevated, you know? So I have this old t-shirt. I honestly don't know what this is from. It is so, so old and vintage but it's very worn in and comfy and I like the red. And then to go with it, I have my favorite Hollister tiered maxi skirt. I love this, got my black Sambas with my socks so I can just like walk from building to building comfortably. I've got my gold hoops. These are from Amazon. I have this really cute layered smiley face necklace that I got from my friend, Maddie Wilson. She gave it to me in like a little gift basket when I met her in Arizona, like last year or the year before that. And then I've got my prescription aviator glasses. These are actually real. I desperately need them when I'm driving and then can you like see my little freckles? They're kind of fun. I'm like already out of breath because I like know I need to get going and get my ass in the car. So we're gonna grab my protein bar. Oh, where that is. Oh here, I'm gonna grab her. That's why I got it, honestly. I'm gonna grab some peanut butter crackers in case of emergency. And there we have it. There is our snacks. I was gonna grab a banana, but there's only one left. And like I always end up bringing bananas and then they're all smushed. Anyways, I don't need to say every thought out loud. I also packed up my Kindle because you know, if I'm gonna be sitting there a while I want something to do. I'm gonna fill up my water and then we are gonna hit the road and I will chat to you about all of my doctor's appointments I have coming up. Also as a teensy tiny garden update on the way to the car. Look at this eggplant, look at her bow. I'm so excited. And there's two new blooms as well. All right, just parked and I realized this is actually the same like plaza that I had got my gastroenterology stuff done. So this is like the same building as my, I think it's the same building or at least it's the same parking garage as my gastroenterologist. Cedar Sinai is a massive hospital. Like they have medical plazas. They have an actual hospital and emergency room. They have cancer centers. Like so many things spread out all over. So I got here, I'm a little bit early, which is good. I'm very proud of myself. I've actually been quite early for things recently because I've actually been trying with ADHD, time blindness. It can be really difficult to make it to things on time because you realize, you know, when it's too late, et cetera, but I'm actually quite proud of myself. But anyways, yeah. So as a quick little backstory, no one cares, but I mean, this is my channel so I'm gonna talk about my stuff. So back in March, I took a trip to Japan and when I was in Japan, I ended up getting a cold and didn't last very long. But by the time we flew home, like back to LA when we were landing, like when we were descending to land, all of a sudden I got this like insanely sharp pain in my ear and I was like, ah, and it hurts so bad. Like I was just sitting there like, and it just like plugged up really bad. And so I was sitting there, I was like yawning. I was like chewing stuff. I was like pulling on my ear, trying to get it to pop and it just like would not pop. And I was like, this has never happened before where it's like been plugged up for this long. And so when we landed, it still hadn't popped. When we were in our Uber, it still hadn't popped, which like, I was just convinced it was gonna heal itself and then suddenly it had been a day and then it had been a week. And I think by the time I had hit like the almost week mark, it had started. Like I had noticed it kind of itching a little bit. And I was like, oh no. So I went to urgent care and they were like, it looks a little bit infected. So let's put you on some antibiotics for it. And then we'll also prescribe you like a decongestant, nasal spray, et cetera, et cetera, like all the things that they recommend for like a blocked up ear. And I would say that it helped like a little bit, but over the last, I don't know, it's been six months, my ear just hasn't fully unplugged. Like every time I yawn or like do everything that I can do to unlock my ears, it just, this one does not fully pop. And I can hear like a tiny bit of it when I talk and it's just sort of something that I've gotten used to. So anyway, I have tried every single method. You don't have to suggest something. I promise you I've tried it. Like I said earlier, I've done like steam. I've tried all of the methods that they tell you not to do, but I was just desperate. I've tried the suction thing. I've tried pulling on my ear in all the different angles. I've tried the acupressure. I've tried this tool where it blows air up your nose and you plug the other side and swallow and it's supposed to pop your ears magically. Like this thing will not pop. It's just not fully popped. And so yeah, like with, you know, potential travel coming up, I just wanna make sure that like I'm taking good care of myself. And so this is one of the doctor's appointments that I have. I also have to go to the dentist. I have to go to the OBGYN, like I mentioned. I need to take a trip to the dermatologist. I'm past due for that. I have to do a checkup for my gastroenterology doctor appointment. Like there's just a lot. So anyways, we're just knocking it off the list. There's no real timeline, but hopefully we can get some answers today. And you know, we will get on the path of like getting this ear fricking unclogged because it is truly maddening. It's actually making me insane. We will see what happens. But anyways, I'm gonna head inside and wish me luck. I will check in with you after. Oh my gosh. So it is literally like almost three and a half hours later. That's how long I was in there. I'm sniffling like crazy my nose because he just did a scope like from my nose, like all the way down into my throat. I was like, he put his arm on my shoulder because I was like, like God, I was panicking. I need some water so bad. So basically, yeah, that was it. It was kind of like one of those appointments where, okay, it was really good to know that my hearing is completely fine. Like my hearing was not damaged at all. Has not been damaged at all in the process. And that my ear looks fine. Like it doesn't look like there's any fluid back there. It doesn't look like there's any damage to my ear. So it looks fine. He understands that it doesn't feel fine. He said that he has seen many other patients that have had this happen, but that my ear is plugged up for a lot longer than usual. It doesn't usually take six months or more to unclog. It's usually like a couple of weeks. So what he recommends is that I book this appointment where essentially he pokes a tiny hole in my ear drum to relieve the pressure. And he was like, do you wanna do that today? And honestly, after being there three and a half hours, I'm hungry, I wanna go home. So I just was like, I think I'll call back to book that. So anyways, I'm gonna have to do that. And that will also protect me for if I, you know, take flights in the future, it will prevent something like damaging happening to my ear drum. And then it takes like a few weeks to heal after that. So anyways, that is, I guess I'm gonna try my damndest. I'm gonna make it my mission. I think I'm gonna go on decongestance again when he did the scope, he saw that I have like still some nasal congestion, which is weird. And I mean, I did have COVID a few weeks ago, so that could like possibly be why. But anyways, yeah, that's enough about my medical history. Yeah, so I will be going back soon, I guess, to get that done. And he said it burns a little when they put in the numbing thing. And then you hear like, anyway, I'm gonna head home. I ordered a new coffee table. I'm excited. We're gonna set that up. I actually have some filming to do as well for like an Instagram branded thing. So we're gonna do that. But yeah, I mean, overall I do feel relieved. Like I am super glad I went to this appointment to get it checked out because now I know that something more serious isn't happening. That's really good to know. But I genuinely like that scope in my nose. I think I can taste like blood in my mouth. I'm thinking I'd have like scraped my nose. Anyway, all right, I'm gonna head home. Even though that kind of felt like a waste of time, it really wasn't. Like I'm really glad I went. Okay, I have to go because I already paid for my parking. So we gotta get out of here. All right, I'm home. I actually just filmed my little branded thing for Instagram about that done out of the way. And now Drew and I are gonna make a dessert that we've seen, I guess we saw it on TikTok for the first time. So basically we're gonna make a Biscoff Lotus, whatever you wanna call it, cookie butter ice cream sandwich. Cause that sounds phenomenal. We saw this girl on TikTok make-out. So we're gonna make our own version. So we're taking the leftover ice cream that we got from our adventure where we tried those donut trustees. I mean, they weren't terrible. They were even better quicker. Yeah. I think it was the donuts that were the problem. So we have our melted ice cream in here. We're just slightly melted. I also melt that to see if you're mixed or like at least warm it up. Yeah. This one's kinda hard. Yeah. So we're gonna turn this ice cream into soft serve, which Drew said he used to do as a child. So you'll have to let us know in the comments if you were the type of kid who like mixed all your ice cream in a bowl. Turn in the ice cream soup. No. So I'm making ice cream soup over here. And then Drew is gonna make, he's gonna melt the cookie butter. Cookie butter soup. We were at Trader Joe's. So we just bought there, which you saw in the last vlog. They're Specky Loose Cookies and then they're actual like cookie butter instead of the Biscoff brand. Cause why not? It's relatively the same. These biscuits are a little bit thicker, but I think it'll be good. So that's basically all we're gonna do is put the melted cookie butter, mix it in the ice cream, pour it in this thing, top it with the other cookies, and then you let it re-freeze and you cut it into sandwiches. What? Put it in more like form, wrap those in plastic wrap, so we can like... So we can take it out. Yeah. Yeah, that's probably a good idea. I like the way you think. We got ice cream soup. All right. Now we're gonna go in with our cookies. The best day of my life. If you didn't know, I think cookie butter, Biscoff, whatever you wanna call it, is probably my favorite flavor in the entire world. The hot with the cold is really kind of seasoned up on us here. Ooh. But I bet it's gonna taste good. Drew had the good idea of putting plastic wrap over there. Cling film, sorry. I mean, that makes more sense. So ran wrap, plastic wrap, like cling film makes so much more sense. Let's congratulate you today. I think, and maybe Australia. Canadian. It's a question mark. It says cling wrap on our boxes. But everyone just calls it saran wrap. It's like one of those things where it's like, you call it a Kleenex, you call it Chapstick, you call it Tupperware, Band-Aid. All of those things are actually brands instead of the product itself. All right, I'm gonna work on this. Make sure that's a little seized up and then assemble. We are truly eyeballing this here. Trust me, this looks disgusting but we tasted it. It's delicious, okay? This is just gonna be, it's not gonna be like an ice cream sandwich. It's gonna be more of like an ice cream dessert. That's fine. Let's layer it. We're making a layered dessert. So, we're remix. We're doing something different. We're actually layering it instead of making an ice cream sandwich. This will be better. It's like a tiramisu. Yeah. Good. Perfect. Oh, there's all the cookie butter. Where's your spoon at? Okay, Drew's made the executive decision that we're actually just gonna crumble the cookies on top now. For the texture. This is gonna be so good. This is gonna be good, right? Oh yeah. That looks phenomenal. What do you mean? Okay, in the freezer she goes. So, we ordered a new coffee table. I think I mentioned that. And this is like something that we've been thinking about investing in for a while. It was only like $200. So I guess, I mean not only but I feel like for a coffee table, some of them are like $500 and up. But we're, he's looking at like this. We're gonna embarrass to admit this but we eat dinner every single night at the coffee table. It's just like, I don't know, works the best for us. We watch our cozy shows, et cetera. However, it's really low to the ground and we're always like hunch over eating and it kind of hurts my stomach sometimes. So like hunch over and be like cutting my food on my plate. So then I end up putting it in my lap on the chaise part of the couch and then I spill it all over the couch. It's just like a thing. So anyway, we're gonna try one of these coffee tables that like lifts up to a table. Listen, everyone has their own thing that works for them, okay? So we're gonna set it up. I think all you have to do is like screw the legs on it. So we're gonna take our stuff and move it to our new coffee table. That we definitely did not order on Uber Eats. Goodbye. All right, it is actually 7 p.m. the next day. We went on like a nice little coffee walk today and we worked and all that kind of stuff. But the vibes are kind of low. We've had a rough day. There's been a lot going on with Moon and stuff which I'm sure I'll update. But anyways, we were just about to just on our own like try this dessert we made and then I realized that we showed it on the vlog. So we're gonna try it. You wanna cut it up? Okay, lovely. The siren is really out to the audience. Did you ever have the ice cream back when you were a kid called Vianetta? No, but it sounds familiar. And it's like very, we always thought it was like fancy. I don't know. It's like this long and you had to cut it into slices. It's like this. It's like a layer. Luckily. So here's our experimental Biscoff, sort of like ice cream cake pie thing. Shall we? Layer dessert. Layer dessert. Oh, it's very hard. Yeah. Cheers. Cheers. All the cookie butter turned to the bottom. Put the color. It's great. Fucking delicious. What did we expect? It's so good. Quite nice. Mm-hmm. 10 out of 10. What do you give it? Done. It goes done. Anyway, we're gonna enjoy this but I figured since I showed us making it, it would only be the right thing to do to show us trying it. Highly recommend. If you've got any spare speculoos cookies, Biscoff, Lotus, whatever, make sure to open the ice cream. Delicious.