Video summary
The video opens with a candid look into the creator's busy summer routine as she balances demanding work hours from home while managing household responsibilities and personal projects. Despite working long days that sometimes extend to twelve or fourteen hours, she emphasizes the importance of taking breaks and maintaining her well-being in her comfortable home environment. The narrative quickly shifts between professional obligations and domestic life, featuring humorous interactions with a neighbor's cat named Trinity and dealing with various chores like trimming overgrown yard areas. She also discusses her financial situation honestly, noting that while she previously earned six figures for several years, recent job changes have reduced her income significantly after depleting savings during an eight-month period of unemployment.
As the summer heat intensifies in Texas, reaching temperatures over one hundred degrees, the creator shares details about upcoming events and personal milestones, including a birthday celebration at a local ranch restaurant where she booked an affordable hotel room to avoid high costs associated with her usual dining spot. She reflects on a past accident involving falling while wearing flats that resulted in cracked teeth requiring nearly three thousand dollars in insurance-covered repairs, which ironically gave her the appearance of having free braces due to natural spacing issues. The transcript also touches upon her efforts to prepare for the upcoming school year by organizing calendars and gathering supplies well in advance, highlighting her proactive approach to managing family logistics as she helps her son transition to a new local school district closer to home.
Looking ahead toward autumn and winter holidays, the creator reveals that she is already decorating with fall signs and planning where her Christmas tree will go next season, demonstrating an enthusiasm for seasonal changes despite some friends' surprise at her early preparations. She discusses current work challenges involving a corporate project using Slack communication tools, explaining why she had to step back from one gig due to poor communication but remains committed to helping another friend with better pay terms. Throughout the video, there is a recurring theme of resilience and gratitude toward God for keeping her employed despite financial fluctuations, as well as a desire to relax in bed after exhausting weeks while still fulfilling necessary tasks like picking up food delivery or visiting specific stores that cannot be accessed through general retail chains.
The summary concludes with the creator's intention to spend most of the weekend resting and winding down by reading books and watching television before returning to work early next week for hair coloring appointments and additional job duties. She maintains a lighthearted tone even when discussing financial stressors, often using humor about her cat interruptions or shopping mishaps involving picture frames that turned out smaller than expected from online purchases. Ultimately, the video paints a portrait of a hardworking individual navigating life's ups and downs with optimism, carefully planning for future seasons while finding moments to enjoy simple pleasures like barbecuing (when weather permits) and spending time with family members who support her through these transitions in career and education.
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[music]
>> Hey y'all, how are y'all doing?
Girl, um
it's a lot going on, a lot going on.
Um I have a couple of deadlines that I
got to meet for this week, so
yesterday, y'all, I literally worked
like
>> [sighs]
>> God.
Oh, I work I'm pulling in like 10 hours
a day. Um but good The good thing is
that I'm I, you know, I work from home.
Um and I make sure I take breaks.
Um
What the hell?
I know you freaking
What the hell are you doing? Where were
you at?
Who's out here?
Hi, baby.
Is that a cat? What is that?
Meow, meow.
What is that?
Oh, it is a cat. Oh, she's beautiful.
Hi, honey.
Hi.
Let me tell your ass something. You are
little. That looks like a dang on
bobcat. You over here making all this
noise. Stop messing around with these
cats.
You are not who you think you are.
What a cat. That's a That's a damn
outdoor cat.
You not no outdoor cat, Trinity.
Hey, you guys. Hey, hey. Ooh, y'all,
these lips
um
My lips are naturally dark cuz the thing
is about us melanated folks,
we um uh
pigmentation be different all over.
>> [clears throat]
>> Hey y'all, it is Saturday, the weekend.
Um
I am going to go pick up some Chipotle.
Child, let me tell you, tomorrow starts
where I'm need to be really cutting up.
You know, even if I just also I need to
be working out. Um at least just do like
just start to do something, lifting
weights, doing something. Um
And so
Well, right now I'm going to go get my
Chipotle.
Um
I'm hiring. Hey, how are you doing
Chipotle?
How much discount do I get? Flexible
schedule,
career path to 100,000
a year at Chipotle?
Hi, picking up Vivian.
>> Uh here you go, ma'am.
>> Thank you.
Oh my god, it is warm.
It's pretty out here though.
>> [clears throat]
>> Ooh.
It is warm.
Child,
my house is turning into You know how
you used to have that one person in the
country
and their house
their yard's got all this stuff.
Child,
I got all this stuff now.
I need to
cut [snorts]
that over there on the side.
Okay, let fix this.
Okay,
that looks better.
I'm going to go over to see what my
neighbor's doing, Miss Gloria. Yeah, see
that on top needs to I'm going to cut
that.
>> [snorts]
>> I had ropes and I noticed last night
that these damn
Excuse my language. These
um
lights out here don't work anymore.
I spent so much money trying to find the
right type of solar lights.
So, that when people come over here, not
that anybody visits me at night.
>> [snorts]
>> Oh y'all, my allergies. How's y'all's
allergies doing?
Okay, yeah, this is all the I haven't
really added too much, but you really
can't even see much of anything because
Most of this stuff these butterflies and
stuff I got from the Dollar Tree, but
this stuff I got from Michael's. Child,
I'm trying real hard not to go to
Michael's
cuz I've already Look at this.
I got this from Amazon and I made this,
but um
child, I've already
>> [snorts]
>> Oh, let me show y'all what
I'm already getting prepared for the
fall.
The fall madness.
Child, I'm I'm already
got
You can't tell me nothing.
I already got the fall signs.
I cannot
>> [snorts]
>> tell y'all. I love fall. Look, my
Christmas stuff is up there. Oh yes, I
am ready.
I am ready. I am ready and I think
Yeah, the Christmas tree is going to go
in here again.
Because yeah, the Christmas tree is
going to go in here.
Um
I know y'all think, what the hell she
talking about Christmas? I'm just ready,
y'all. I'm just ready.
Just wait. Just wait. Just wait.
Girl, why you going in here?
Think I have a picture folder. I know I
do.
Let me get ready so I can drop this dang
on laptop off.
Mhm.
Let me go ahead and get ready, you guys.
And I don't have to just JB make He JB
makes them stuff. I bought this for JB.
He has [snorts] one over there, but we
can't find these. So, I bought a new one
cuz JB loves to make smoothies, which is
good for him because he adds [snorts] um
peanut butter into it and um
uh sometimes some protein powder.
So, if you don't remember, JB doesn't
eat meat. Um and so, this is a good
alternative for him. So, definitely And
sometimes I'll be sneaking other stuff
in it, too.
So, yeah.
But, I need [snorts] to figure out how
to take this off cuz he's tied it too
tight.
All right, y'all. I got to get I'm so
silly. I'm like, where's my phone? Girl,
you recording on your phone.
Duh, me. Girl,
So, y'all, yeah. Um
today, like I said, I'm going to relax
in bed. Relax, wind down. Oh lord.
Relax, just wind down some and read,
finish reading my book, watch some TV. I
know y'all really can't see me. Watch
some TV. Um
My homegirl wanted to reach out to me
because she's in the middle of a huge
incentive for her company, and um she
wants me to help
them, her company, with building a
system. And so,
I need to read all the paperwork she
sent me over the um
over the past few days.
Um
I created a Slack channel and all that
for this for this, you know, for this
project. Those of you who work in
corporate, you know what Slack is.
Because that way I can keep track of cuz
I I use Slack for all of my little gigs.
You see what I'm saying? So,
um
I kind of hate that I gave up that one
side gig cuz it was good money. It was
like $65 an hour. But, the only reason
why I did is because
they were they weren't good with
communicating. And I did let the PM know
about that. I said, "I'm not going to be
able to do this because and I know the
system like that. I said, "I'm not going
to be able to do this anymore because
they're not communicating and plus I
just started another job that's going to
take me." Now,
once I get in this position a lot more,
then I can look into So, I get
Excuse [clears throat] me.
I'm still going to help my friend Wanda
cuz her pay there is good, too. But,
um
like I mentioned to before you guys, and
I I'm making it work, but I'm getting
behind or I'm having to double up on
certain bills because
I'm not making as much money as I used
to. And I'm trying to think of ways to
cut off of things, but y'all also have
to understand that
>> [snorts]
>> when I went when I went into this house,
put it like this,
for the past 4 or 5 years, I've been
making six figures.
Um over six figures, and now I'm not. Um
I you know, I'm making good money, but
that loss in income and you have to also
realize that when I wasn't working for 8
months, I depleted all of my savings,
all of my uh retirement funds just to
survive. Um and I I got let go in
summer, and so I had to survive all that
time through the
winter
and holidays and JB was young, you know,
and so he's still is young. But what's
my point, girl?
Um
>> [snorts]
>> I did get ended up getting a
part-time job and that was helping, but
that was literally
what? Like $800 every 2 weeks?
Trust, it was something.
That was like $800 every 2 weeks. That's
all I can, you know.
God is good though, you guys. I I
I give all honor and glory to God for
keeping me here because
the school stuff I I'm a pro at this
because JB is switching schools. And I
told JB, this is it. Like we can't be
switching schools like this all the
time.
Um
He and I I listen to my child, you guys.
He was very like, I don't want to go to
that school, yada yada. And which is
fine with me because uh the school he
was going to was far from me. I mean,
that was a commute.
Um and now he's be he's going to be
going to a school right here in
Rockwall. I need to see where it's at.
So this morning I was um
Williams Rockwall School. This morning I
was filling out all the um stuff, the
rest of the stuff. And I guess next week
I'm going to drop off
um some more paperwork. But Rebecca all
his school supplies.
And every other day, every other week
when I'm at um
the Dollar Tree, I just pick up some
more stuff. It's only 6 minutes away.
Okay.
Yeah, this school is this school is
quick. Let me see directions from here.
Now in the mornings, I know it's going
to be traffic.
So the morn morning
your location
My mama's going to be cooking today.
She's like, I'm going to be cooking,
barbecuing for the house.
Child, it's too hot to be barbecuing.
It's going to be like 100°. My mama, you
know, she text me last night. She was
like, "Well, I'm going to be um
barbecuing for all the birthdays
tomorrow." I said, "Mama, I
I said, "I'm I'm going to be Really, I'm
going to be working. I'm going to be
working tomorrow, too." Like I said,
it's tomorrow coloring my hair. I may do
some work today, but I'm definitely
going to be working tomorrow. I just
need to check on some stuff. Um
Uh but today the focus is coloring my
hair, finishing this book.
Um what's the point, girl? Um
1 3
Oh, I'm sorry, y'all. I'm talking. Um
>> [snorts]
>> It's too hot to be barbecuing. It's over
100° right now here in Texas, in Dallas.
It's too hot. We're not doing all that,
so
No. Uh but for my birthday, I did go
ahead and I booked a hotel right next to
the ranch, which is a restaurant that I
absolutely love. I went there for my
birthday
um
once before. My birthday last year,
though, we did the Anatole. I don't want
to do that. We do the Anatole a lot, and
it would have been expensive, but um
[snorts]
I really hadn't got that, and I got the
room already. I already paid for it. It
was only like $98, like less than $100
basically.
Um and we're just going to be there for
one night. I got my really cute dress
with some kitten heels.
Child, after falling that one time in
just flats I Y'all remember I fell
Those of you don't know, before I got
hired in this job, I fell I only I
wasn't even drunk.
Cuz I could drive home. I fell It was
cobblestone that was like and I was
wearing flats. I fell face forward and
cracked my teeth.
When I tell you cracked it. Not only
that, my two front teeth ended up having
hair lines.
Getting my teeth fixed with insurance
cost me almost $3,000. I'm still paying
for that for these holes. But, they're
pretty now.
And the thing about it, I had a little
space. It's almost I got free braces.
Girl, I'm so silly.
>> [snorts]
>> Hey, hey, hey, you guys. It's the
weekend. Look, normally I'd be filming
on Friday, but baby,
I put in like crazy hours this week.
I'll turn the camera around and let
y'all know. Like, I think I I was
putting in 12 hours a day.
>> [snorts]
>> 12 hours a day starting at 6:00. Like,
yesterday, even though yesterday was
Friday, I worked off and on until 6:00
in the afternoon. So, I I put in like
12-14 hours.
And then I'll probably have to work
tomorrow, too. Anyway, let me show you
guys some pictures I purchased recently.
Now, it wasn't what I expected, but it
matches my overall theme in my room,
which is reading.
Um
So, I got this from Oh, hell, from
Amazon.
Um I've got that one, and I purchased
this one. Now, my thing is that they are
a lot smaller than what I thought, and
these things cost almost $20. Like, this
is a $9 picture. The frame is nice, but
these are $9 pictures. These ain't no
$20 stuff. Anyway, you guys, I was up
early because, oh child, school is
getting ready to start for JB. I always
get things ready well in advance. Um and
I'll let y'all know what I do. Um and
I've been doing this for years because I
tend to get really busy at work and just
busy in life in general.
So, one of the first things I do is I
print out the school district calendar
for the school and I start to plug in
important dates on my personal calendar.
So, [snorts]
and we know school starts on the 13th
here.
But then I'll put things like when they
have a holiday or when they have a day
off and I'll I'll make a note on Monday
Friday off or Monday
within my calendar I'll say early
release and then that same day I'll
write early release. Now the staff
typically would give you notifications
too
throughout the the days to I I should
say throughout the year too but I like
to do this personally for myself, okay?
Um so I already did that a couple of
days ago.
And I got some emails back from the
school district and I'm having to I had
to redo a couple of forms and we're good
there. Now since it's the weekend and I
had a rough week not really necessarily
rough but tiring week.
I split my weekends you guys with things
that I relax and like today I am going
to be in bed. I'm going to show you all
what I look like. I'm going to be in bed
most of the day and then tomorrow is
when they go I I take that back. Like
today I have to
child, I've been so busy with my new
job. I have my laptop for my part-time
job ready.
Jada?
I thought it was Jada. I have my laptop
for my part-time job ready and
girl what is this? Neighborhood notice.
Um
I actually have to go to a freaking
Girl, whatever. I have to go to an
actual FedEx store. You can't just go
Leave me alone, girl. You just can't go
to like a
a CVS or Walgreens like and so it's on
the other side of Rockwall. So that's
the only thing I am doing today. This is
it. That is all I'm doing. Most of the
time, I'm going to be in bed. Look.
I'm going to show you what it looks
like.
And I will get into this madness in here
in a minute, too. This is This is what
I'm wearing all day. Well, I'm going to
switch into something when I drop off
this damn package, but this is me today
reading
um and and I'm looking at the fall
again, re-looking at the fall, the
series. Girl, don't come in here
bothering me.