Video summary
The speaker describes a period of extreme stress caused by an unusually high workload, which has led her blood pressure to spike dangerously high and exacerbated symptoms from her multiple sclerosis, including dizziness, burning feet, and numbness in her hand. Despite working long hours starting at 6:00 AM until late into the night for two weeks straight, she felt compelled to visit urgent care after realizing she could not sustain this level of anxiety without medical intervention. Although her manager was supportive and encouraged her to take time off once she informed him of her situation, the primary focus remained on managing her physical health through medication adjustments and getting a second opinion from her regular doctor who is located far away in another state.
After visiting urgent care where she received hydrocortisone for inflammation rather than the stronger anxiety relief she needed due to regional restrictions on prescribing controlled substances or high-dose medications, she made an appointment with her trusted physician back home. Her long-time doctor, whom she has known for several years and enjoys spending time with despite his distance, explained that state regulations limit what can be prescribed at urgent care facilities but offered support once they could see each other properly. The visit also revealed nasal inflammation causing poor sleep, leading to a prescription for prednisone alongside her anxiety medication, giving her the necessary tools to finally rest and recover without feeling overwhelmed by work demands or family logistics.
With today off from work, she plans to focus entirely on self-care, including getting groceries at Walmart for her son JB who has outgrown his clothes due to puberty, picking up food orders, and relaxing with a movie marathon while waiting for the weekend to pass slowly. She reflects positively on her relationship with her ex-partner, noting that despite their separation they maintain a healthy dynamic where he financially supports them both without any romantic tension or awkwardness when dropping off JB at his father's house. This balance allows her to navigate family responsibilities and personal boundaries effectively while preparing for the upcoming school year and celebrating her birthday in peace rather than chaos.
Looking ahead, she discusses how artificial intelligence is becoming an integral part of her daily life both professionally and as a homeschooling parent, using it efficiently to generate learning objectives, course descriptions, and educational projects for her sixth-grade son without needing deep expertise in every subject area. She acknowledges that while AI will reshape many industries including law where her son hopes to become a bankruptcy attorney, she believes the key is teaching him how to leverage these tools rather than fear them. Ultimately, taking this day off allows her to reset mentally and physically so she can return to work with renewed energy once the stressful period subsides, proving that setting boundaries and prioritizing health are essential for long-term sustainability in a demanding career environment.
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Hey y'all. How are you guys doing? How's
my glasses doing?
Child, I'm broken now. But it's okay
child.
It is high stress for me right now. And
y'all, it I'll get into the details. I
can't be long away from my computer
because
it is a lot going on. Now, mind you, I
am not um
one who walks away from work where I
know I have to do a lot more than what's
in is not normal. Um in my opinion,
um and baby, when I tell you I'm tired
and stressed, I am extremely stressed.
like I'm trying to monitor my blood
pressure. It is extremely high. I make
sure I take my medication.
I had to contact the pharmacy to make
sure my anxiety medication I get that
now.
If this goes on for another day, I'm
going to go to my doctor and request a
little bit of volume cuz I can't
continue this high level of anxiety this
long. It's not healthy, especially at my
age.
even any age, but this is definitely not
healthy. So, I need to get my blood
pressure down. I need to go to the
doctor and I need to get, you know what
I mean? Like, I need like some freaking
volume to help me right now because I'm
over the top.
Like, I start work I purposely start
work early before he starts. So, I start
work at 6:00 and I've been seeing people
working until 11 o'clock at night.
Yeah.
Off. No, I know I'm putting in at least
12 hours a day and I've been doing this
for two weeks. So, let me go ahead and
make an appointment, y'all, to see if I
can get in and see someone to get me
some medicine because I need it. I need
to go see someone. I I do. Okay. I'm at
urgent care. Thankfully,
it's early. It's only 9:00 and there's
no one here. Honestly, this urgent care
there's I don't think people are aware
that there's an urgent care here. So,
there's no one here. So, I did let my
manager know that I'm going to urgent
care. I didn't tell him the details. I'm
not like that. But, but he is like,
"Please take care of yourself. Don't
worry about it." But yeah, he's like,
"Take care of yourself. Don't worry
about it. Do not check in or anything
until you're done and you're good."
And of course, she my blood pressure.
was extremely high. And I took my
medication today. So,
girl.
All right. All right. All right. All
right.
And of course, my MS symptoms are
heightened. Like, I feel dizzy.
My, if y'all don't know, I have multiple
scerosis, too. My feet feel like they're
burning. It feels like someone has a
lighter under my feet. My hand is going
numb. I got to get it together, child.
That's I was at the the doctor. Um
I need to make a list of things that I
have to do. I need to schedule a
mamogram and a colonoscopy. Y'all in too
much, I know. Um but
especially for my family, for me and my
family, I know I'm really big into my
family history. It's really important
that I get those two done. Um because
uh breast cancer, hormonal cancer runs
in my family. So, and I've had two
cousins that have had colonoscopy,
colon cancer, excuse me. So, you guys,
my the um urgent care look,
I was really hoping for some value. They
they're not they're not going to they
didn't give me value instead. So
instead, they gave me
hydrocyzine, which is basically
I'm on my way to the pharmacy to get my
medicine.
Um,
I did check in with my manager. I let
him know I forgot to take my put my
trash out, y'all. I'm just all over the
place. And he's basically like, um, I
don't need to know the details, but are
you okay? I'm like, I will eventually be
okay.
He's like, if you need to take today
off, go ahead. Like, take as much time
as you need. I'll do everything today.
Bet. That's all you have to say. I'm
taking today off, y'all.
Today off. I don't got to bra. I mean,
we we launched yesterday. Um, and so,
you know, we're good.
But still, my anxiety, my Yeah. Um, I
even went to go sit with my neighbor
yesterday just to calm me down. I saw
her little doggy, Peanut Butter. He's so
cute. Cute little doggy. She has a um
albino Pomeranian.
She's so sweet. She uh was basically
like, I was going to come over and see
how you doing. I said, please don't come
over here cuz we both have stairs to get
into our house. I'm like, "Please don't
do that. I will be freaking out if she
came over. I may have to delete Slack
while I'm Y'all." Seriously, I am on the
way. I'm taking going the wrong way.
There's a lot of houses for sale in this
neighborhood.
I am going to like not do anything
today. I'm literally going to relax. I'm
going to go get my medicine, start on
that. Um,
that's cute. They I may get She got a
chair in her front. That's kind of
country though. She got a lawn chair out
here front. But that's cute though. I
may do that even though I don't I sit in
the backyard quite a bit. And my whole
plan was to get my backyard together.
Meaning I want to go ahead and get a
grill and I want to get an umbrella.
Um, I know one of my homeboys, he came
over and visited me last year and he was
like, "You should really do this
backyard up because it's nice out here."
I say, "I am. I am. I am. I am." So,
hey Christine. Hey, Christine.
Christine. Christine. I still check in
with my uh old coworker. She's my
friend, too.
Um,
I was letting her know I'm stressed. I
check in with my good Judy Nick. I said,
"I am done. I'm stressed." He said,
"Sounds like your manager needs the damn
value."
Child, where we going first? Let's go
get this dang on medicine. I've never
been on this medicine before, but they
don't want to.
The doctor was like, "Child." And he's
when he started talking, I said, "Where
are you from?" He said, "I'm from New
Orleans." But but he doesn't sound like
this is the thing like a lot of people
automatically think that everybody in
New Orleans have that New Orleans accent
and they don't. Not everyone do. So he
doesn't have your stereotypical New
Orleans accent. But he said that that's
because he has been in Texas for 30
years. But he doesn't sound like he's
certain words he was saying I was
suspect. But overall, no. Let me go
ahead. You guys, I don't know which
place. I think my drugs, my medicine is
at
CVS.
So, let's go ahead and go. One of them
is already done. You know what's so
funny? I He's a good Let me tell you
something. I prefer old ass doctors.
like I need for you to be you need you
need to be almost retirement or you know
you need to make you you need to be to
the point to where
you have a wheel and you've gone over
your wheel several times because you
don't know when you going to drop off. I
need that type of doctor. So this doctor
was like you know what
I checked your nose and your cuz of
course they always ask you you know
how's your sleep? He said, "I check your
nose and there's some inflammation. So,
you may be going through like a nasal
drip and that could wake you up without
even noticing." So, he's like, "You're
not getting our EM sleep because your
allergies are inflamed."
So, child, he got me some Pinazone
for that bone. I got me some Pinazone.
Child, CVS is across the street. What
the hell? I got me some Prednazone.
I got me some um hydrochlorine for that
thing. And
there was something else he gave me,
too. But girl, volume, he even said, he
said, "You know what? Um unfortunately,
states are really hunkering down on
volume." So
he said, "Especially with this being an
urgent care," he said, "Now your doctor
can give you volume, but and my doctor
is way out in Barney."
And the only reason why I go all the way
to see her fluffy ass is because we be
kikiing it up when I go see her. She's a
um
she's a younger chubby old uh Filipino
girl. She's sweet. And she's like she's
like, "So, how's anxiety?" I said,
"Girl, it's not good." She said, she
said, "I know what you mean.
I always spend a good 30,
ma'am. Um, that's not a that's not even
Elaine. Anyway, I always spend to get 30
40 minutes talking to her cuz she's so
cool. But she's been my my doctor for
five, six years. Yeah, I can get another
doctor. But y'all, once I find someone
that I like and we have that rapport, I
I want to keep going to them. But for me
is far at this point. But yeah, y'all,
I'm glad I take I'm taking a day off.
I'mma get all my damn medicine. I'm
going to get my Chipotle. I'm gonna slip
back into my night gown and I'm gonna
lay it down in bed. I'm gonna I'm
watching The Fall again with that fine
ass
50 Shades of Crazy as hell. I hate I did
not like that movie.
I don't know why everyone's like, "Oh my
god, it's so good and erotic." I was so
bored with that movie. I'm like, "This
is boring." like
no.
Okay.
I am glad to have today out. But yeah,
I'm going to do this. Oh. Oh. Oh.
My burrito baby.
The hair is up high. The titties is
Okay, Vivian. I'm so sorry, y'all. I'm
so sorry y'all. It's Sunday. It's the
Lord's day. Um, I need not to be acting
like this. Oh, child. The weekend is
going by fast, which is why today I need
to slow down. Slow down.
I so forgot to put my trash out this
past weekend. It is overflowing this
past week.
Hopefully, it won't get too much. So,
y'all, school starts for these kids for
JB next weekend. I mean, next week. And
while he was out, um, I was packing his
stuff for to be with my ex, with his
daddy for the past two weeks, he's been
with my ex, and
they were just up here in Fate, which is
only 15 minutes away from me. I'mma get
into that cuz that negro thought he
Let me get into that. No, it's it's
good. It's good. We We on good terms.
It's not like that. But anyway, um I was
looking at JB and I'm like, "Why are you
flooded?" I don't think they even use
the word flooding anymore. So, of
course, he had no idea. I said, "Baby,
those pants are too little for you." So,
I'm looking at the children's place this
morning, permanently closed. I'm like,
"Why the hell y'all permanently closed?"
So, I'm on my way to Walmart
to buy him some pants, some pants to
wear because the ones that he have are
way too little now. Um, those pants only
lasted a year. So, y'all know how it is
when they're going through puberty.
Clothes only last a year, especially for
boys. JB's 56,
120 lbs
of just foolery. So, where is Walmart
at,
girl?
So, I'm on my way to Walmart. Yesterday,
we had a grand old time. We went to
Irving. At first, I had wanted to spend
a night out there. I'm glad I didn't. I
glad I I sucked it up and drove back. It
was We went down there and we were down
there by 12:00. No, by Yeah. 11:30 to
12. Um, baby, we ain't get back to this
part of town till 4:00. If y'all live in
the DFW area, please check out the ranch
in Los Kolina's. They have a special
going on now. I didn't get it, but I was
asking the the person next to me what
the hell was she eating cuz it looked
good. She
Excuse me.
When I go to a place, I always order the
same thing because
I just want to make sure I know what's
good and so I tend to order the same
thing. But this mama had
a bunch of foolery. I said, "What is it
that you get?" God. She said, "Oh, I got
the I think she said it was the mommy
treat, the mommy plate or or the wife,
something like that." Oh, the women's
plate, girl. Mommy plate. The women's
plate. It came with a steak. I really
don't eat steak like that, but that look
good. It came with a steak, fries, a
Caesar salad, a lemon drop
martini. I'm like, "Oh, for $30, that's
good for a place like that." I'm like,
"Oh, that looks good." She said, "You
should order it." I said, "Well, I'm
trying to break down these onion rings
right now, mama." So, she started
laughing. Um, so we had a grand on time
yesterday eating out and um yeah, so
like I said now I'm on my way to
Walmart. So JB was with his father um
the past two weeks or so he's been with
him. I just got him back a couple of
days ago and like I said in my ex's and
fate which is right over here is where
JB school used to be at. And so I
dropped him off over there and
I dropped him off with my ex. And those
you don't know my ex and I we are on and
this is a conversation my mama and I had
like this is why it's really important
that you're very careful who you have
kids with and yada yada yada cuz you
never know how things are. And I can say
to this day even though my ex and I are
not together, we will never ever be
together like that again. We are a type
of people, we know that we are better
off as friends. Like I could call him
up, he can call me up and we could talk
about something and we'll be cool. Cool.
Done good. Whatever.
Um, what's the point, girl? But no, my
mom and I was talking about that. I
guess who are we talking about? Um,
just like let's just say for example, if
you need some money or you are needing
help, my ex will will hold me down.
He'll give me money. Like when I was
looking for a job, when I was laid off
from my previous job, he was giving me
money every week, a lump sum of money at
the end of the month, and then he was
giving me money every week. So, baby, he
was giving me, I don't mind to tell
y'all, close to $1,000
every month until I got another job.
Even now, if I ask him for a lump sum of
money, he'll just give it to me. He's
paid for JB school supplies and for his
clothes every year. I He just gives me
money. um when we were together he was
like that too. I actually when we were
together I had his checkbook and so I
would just go write check. So that right
there is not a problem. And according to
him like he always says
he says that um I have no problem making
money. You can always make money.
There's he's like I can get a job you
know take my time and get a job. So
right now he's in between jobs. So
anyway, what's girl, get to the point.
So I dropped him off over there. Now I I
will admit.
Um I was looking extra cute
because it is what it is, you know,
because I was out running errands, doing
stuff, and so I was I like to dress
myself up. I was looking extra cute.
Girl, get over.
Girl, get over. So I was looking extra
cute. So on my way out,
no. When I was dropping him off, on my
way out trying to leave, he grabs my
hand. I'm like, "Oh, no, no, no, no,
sir." I said, "You know what?" I said,
"Do you got cataracts? Why your
No, y'all. I'm laughing because I'm
like, do you got cataracts? Why your
eyes so blue?" He said, "My eyes have
always been blue." He's like, "Where are
you going?" I said, "I'm going home." He
said, "You think I said I told him I
said let we going this back for?" I
said, "You need to let me go." He said,
"You think that you can come over here
looking?" What did he say? You think you
could come over here looking like that
and don't think I'm not going to try to
do something? Baby, I got out of that uh
What is he in? He's in a a town home. I
got out of that place so fast. child.
He thought it was funny. He was
laughing. I'm like, "This I said this is
not funny. I'm glad you not." I said,
"I'm glad you think this is funny."
It's just It's just cute banter, y'all.
It's nothing like that. I'm like, "I got
to go right now. I got out of that town
home so fast. Baby, you ain't got to
tell me nothing." Um,
so what's the point now? I'm on my way
to get the baby stuff. He ain't no baby,
but y'all know what I mean. and I did a
pickup order. Um,
there are a couple of things that are
going on with other people in my life
that I'm going to really start. I know
I'm changing subjects real quick. So,
um,
so y'all saw the post I made asking for
a prayer and peace at my job. My manager
is extremely highrunk. He's from upstate
New York and I know him. So, I know, but
you're right, girl. One of you was like,
"You need to set boundaries with him."
And I was even talking to my mama the
other day about it. And my girl, my
mama, she's like, "You need to give him
the same energy that he puts out to
you." Like, I said, "But I'm not like
that." She said, "Well, what I need to
do is I need to have a heartto-he heart
talk with him, y'all. Like, this is too
much." Now, he calmed all the way down
towards the end of the week, but
it doesn't make any sense for you to be
calling me on the weekend. Excuse me,
texting me on the weekend saying, "I
know it's the weekend. I know it's
Saturday, but
so, baby, come Thursday, I was checked
the out. I was show checked out because
at that point I've been working like I
started work at six o'clock in the
morning only to get to give me I do this
anyway before I even started working
there. I like to start early before
people get in so I can get a head start
on what's going on. Right. So I started
work early but then I'll be working off
and on until 5 or 6 o'clock in the
afternoon. Baby, I saw people the next
morning. I've been seeing people working
at 10:00, 11:00 at night. Let me tell
you something. And I get it. This is
probably going to be shortlived for the
next 2 or 3 weeks, but this is not me. I
I
I don't know if this clothes going to
fit, but I have some time to, you know,
switch it out just in case it doesn't.
Um,
my birthday is in two more days, you
guys.
I'm going to really normally I take off
for my birthday, but it is what it is.
But I mean, the stuff I did this weekend
was for my birthday. You know what I
mean? Like going out to eat, you know,
celebrating with JB. Normally I make my
own birthday cake. I'm not going to do
that. I am going to get my free nothing
butt cake though for my birthday. I
already got another, you know, I'm not
going to do that cuz I already have a
nothing butt cake in there.
Thank you for
>> Hi. I'm I'm going to get a cinnamon
um a cinnamon sugar bagel with honey
almond smear. I'll have that toasted.
After this, I'm going to go to
McDonald's, get JB some food, go get my
pickup order. Um
I may have to pull over and go on her
and go to the bathroom. Yeah, I don't
play around having to go to the
bathroom.
I when I need to go to the bathroom, I
stop immediately and I find a I find a
wash a toilet to go to the bathroom.
Like I'm going to go ahead spin
specialist. I'm going to be drinking
this liquid and I got two more places to
stop by. Actually, I got three more
places.
I got to go um Oh, y'all. I got to go
pee.
Oh lord.
Yeah, I got three more places to stop
by. I got to stop by. Um,
girl, come on. Unless you got like a I
got to stop by, get my medicine. I got
to be doing the pickup order. And then
y'all are too slow
and McDonald's donuts.
Oh, girl. Oh
>> tip for the day.
>> Hello to going to be 1057.
>> There you go.
>> Thank you.
I need to wash my hair, but I don't have
time today.
I really don't.
All that hair dye dried out my hair.
Thank you.
>> Awesome. Thank you.
>> Have a good day.
>> You too. What are you looking at? Is he
looking at my belly?
Yes, I'm chubby. The hell you looking at
my belly for?
Now y'all saw me do that. Now I'm going
go ahead.
What the hell are y'all?
Dang it.
Oh Jesus.
All right, you guys. I am done with all
and we got 30 minutes to noon. We're
done. Um,
all right. I'm just going to put
everything up.
I'm not going to even start dinner till
I have time till 4 or 5 and just relax.
And tonight also, I'll get ready for the
next week. Well, all I need to do I need
to make sure JB can wear these dang on
clothes that I bought a child.
Um,
so yeah, about the school thing, you
guys. Um, JB wants to be a bankruptcy
attorney. It's not funny, but he's
always been intrigued with why companies
have had to they don't make it and
they've had to file for bankruptcy.
Those you didn't who know who been
following me for a while, JV was
absolutely obsessed with Blockbuster and
Kmart when he was young. When he was
younger, he was obsessed. Like he would
be on the sofa singing the Kmart theme
song. First of all, I didn't even know
Kmart had a damn theme song. So I'm
like, "What are you?"
He He's We got something something
shopping. Shopping at Kmart. Is it the
best sit
discount? Okay, fine. He would turn our
den into a Kmart that's going out of
business. I mean, it was so cute, but I
would be so damn annoyed. I mean, there
would be uh liquidation signs.
There will be signs for liquidations.
Oh, that would go in there. I'm like,
"Baby, what's going on?" He's like, "Um,
well, we were open for for one month and
we're having issues." I'm like, "Well,
what type of part?" He said, "What?" I
said, "What happened, baby?" He would
say, "Walk." I said, "What?" He said,
"Wall, mama. Walmart happened." I said,
"Oh, Lord."
So, I just want to make sure that he
positions himself in a way. First of
all, the good thing is that bankruptcy
attorney, that's one of those fields
that honestly, thankfully, is AI
resistant. However, it's my job as a
parent to set him up to where he can
utilize look into utilizing a AI to
strengthen. So, there are new um
positions coming out due to AI. And
y'all, this is the thing. AI is going to
be around here. is here to say there's
no, you know, getting around it. I use
AI almost every day at my job.
How do you do that, Vivian? Okay, thank
you for asking. So, I have a course that
has a course description.
I don't have time to think about
learning objectives. So, I take the two
or three paragraphs of the course course
description from the syllabus. I'll then
plug it into AI and I'll ask it, please
give me three learning objectives for
this course. Boom. Then I'll also ask
it, give me a one sentence for the
shopping c description. Boom. And then
I'll just plug it into our spreadsheet.
Um, I even used AI for homeschooling JB.
I wanted him to do a project on the JFK
assassination.
So I asked AI
um I am homeschooling I got very This is
the AI prompt. I am homeschooling my son
for sixth grade as part of a social
studies. I want to be able to um create
I know create for me a project
include a rubric include essay
information and boom m will do it or
something that was really fun I would
say oh look at him he so cute
hi baby help me to get the groceries out
okay in the back
or I would say sorry y'all I would say
JB's cousins are named Bunny and Troy
create a one-page
reading prompt or one page story on this
and it will create the story and then I
would say create four to five sentence
uh four to five questions for reading
comp. And I actually shared that with
his cousins while they were there and
they loved it.