All right, Tim Atkinson welcome. Thank you You've been with working with night as an IC for six past six months, but previously you were a company driver Yep, so you've kind of ran the gamut of you know from starting as a company driver Going through that for for a few years and then now independent contractor and That's why I want to talk to you today Yeah, as the director of the independent contractor program here at night Came across your YouTube video. Yeah, and immediately I was blown away by the level of organization and professionalism you take and and not only professionalism, but Seriousness you take in your own business and where you're taking your business and what your goals are and where you want to be So that's what I wanted to talk to you about today Okay, I think first things first is When you signed on being from San Manuel, Arizona, yeah was the first thing that caught my eye right and then well for people who don't know was small mining community and Not many people are from there. Yeah, so I saw that immediately whenever you put your lease information in and Kind of went from there. So You know, let's talk about it. Let's just tell me about your your your journey to trucking tonight What that was like before and then leading up to where you are now sure so before for trucking I Was in the military. So I was a communication officer in the Marine Corps So I was a certified computer geek in the Marine Corps basically I got my commission through NROTC at Oregon State University and then got commissioned join the Marine Corps came an officer got my 0602 a communication officer that's the designation and then did four years there and got out in 2014 and then got out and then after I got out went back to college Was just hanging around just taking some time off. So I was living in Las Vegas, Nevada at the time so Was doing that, you know Kind of liking it kind of not going back to college, you know, you get out of the military and you're like, all right What do I do now? so I was doing that and then I did that I was going to college and I was also uber-driving in Las Vegas, you know just in the off-time like all right, you know what how a lot of guys get into it just You know picking people up and hauling them around Las Vegas. I'm like, okay.  I think I said I got out in 2014. It's 2018. I got out correction. So it's 2018 I got out of the Marine Corps and then Got out I was doing that for a couple years and then of course COVID-19 Everything shuts down. So, you know, the strip was bare. There was nothing there There was no uber-driving. There was no college or something. So I was just sort of like, you know And at this point trucking is still not in your mind yet. Well, see that's the thing. It kind of was okay Yeah, so like I was when I was, you know doing the uber-driving I'm like, hey, maybe should try, you know, maybe truck-driving better because like I did like the driving portion of the uber-ing But it didn't like the traffic portion, you know, nearly as much and if I was just on the open road, that might be a lot better So I was thinking about doing that and then, you know, the pandemic occurred and then I was like, well, geez I'm just sitting here and I was twiddling my thumbs.  So yeah, whatever. So finally I'm like, all right Let's give it a shot. So I was trying to find a Company that had a terminal in Las Vegas and there were a few and You know, I was just looking at them and I just ran across and I transportation had a terminal in Vegas So I'm like, all right, you know, it's that's convenient. You know, so let's Let's do that. So I applied and then You know applied to them They said, you know, yes, right away and I went to their school. So I went to the night transportation school Here in Phoenix. Okay. So I got my CDL through night transportation and then I think it was like A few years ago. This was at this point. I got it in pandemic was When was it? 1920 end of 19. Yeah, end of 19. So I think I got my so yeah I hung around just kind of waiting for the pandemic to get over and then I went into trucking So I think I went to the school in I think October of 2020 is when I went So then I went to the night transportation CDL school got my CEL license through night transportation And then of course, you know, they hired me right on right after that and that's that's when I started trucking awesome and then At what point were you in the business and saying, okay, I want to make this my business instead of, you know Night's business. Sure. Sure.  So but and then at that time the the country started opening up back up again, so like College was back open everything was back home but so I stopped driving for about three or four months or something like that and Actually re-signed up for classes and I went back to Joe. Just I hang out in Vegas again Just unwinding and figure out, okay, do I want to do that or not? Do I want a truck driver not and I did that for I think it was like three months four months something like that and then After that time, I'm like, okay, I'm gonna go back, you know, so I got back into a truck started driving again and so at this point, you know, I had about three months of experience and After that break there, I actually went and worked for another company for a little while JP Transco was the other company. They ran the Midwest I didn't like running the Midwest so because I'm from them The you know the West Coast and all my friends a family are on the West Coast So I was doing that for a little bit and I did that for I think six months. So Started driving went for about three months took things like five months off or something like that I went back tonight for about I think another three months. No, actually six months It's closer to six months then I went to GP transco and then I was running with them and they were okay and then But I just didn't like the routes.   Yeah And now we're six months into it and you're about to own it. Yep in a week or two Yep, I'm gonna purchase it actually might purchase it maybe tomorrow actually so depending on how the timeline goes But yeah, I'll purchase it. Well, congratulations on that. Hey, that's that's amazing When you Got into the program, you know, you say, okay, I'm gonna pair with night I'm gonna I'm gonna lease through them join join their proper owner operator program. Obviously What was your Initial experience with that Starting the yeah from the time you said, okay, I'm gonna I'm gonna make a run at this I'm going to now get in touch with there the leasing specialist sir and And from then to where we're at now. What was that experience like? It was good when I got into the lease purchase program It was a terrible market and there's a huge part of shortage So, you know, I applied and then I had the experience and the timeline and all that stuff So I applied and I had to wait quite a bit I think hey between the time I applied for the to get into a truck to when I actually was in a truck was Four months, so it was a little slow because there was a lot of the part shortage was severe at this time So now now it's not nearly as bad But so I applied and then four months later I got into a truck in the meantime though. I was you know in that four months time period I was just sort of looking at different trucks and figuring things out But it was I mean it was relatively smooth because I just you know I was still company-driving so I was just a company driver and I was still just running and the market was really bad anyway at that time period So I wasn't in a big hurry to get into a truck right away But it's you know, it's pretty simple. You just apply and if you have the qualifications and you know, everything's good You get in and then you start looking for a truck If you're gonna apply right now, it'll be a lot I would it should be a lot faster than what I applied just because You know the pandemic occurred. There was a huge part shortage or huge huge like mechanic shortage So it just took a while for me to get in but I think if you apply now it should be a lot Yeah, it'll be a lot faster than what I had to do. That was kind of a one-time thing Inventory's gotten a lot better. Yeah since then so So now you have the truck you're about to start this journey as an independent contractor Feelings of nervousness or Yeah, a little bit. I mean engine a little bit I mean there was no like when I was leasing to where there really wasn't any Nervousness because you can always turn the truck back in so if something went wrong with the truck I could just turn it back in right so that was always a good feeling The only nervousness right now is okay after I buy it. It's it gets a little more It's a lot more risk. Yeah, so that's certainly something to think about But that's the only real Concern I have I guess after I buy it because I know like if something were to go wrong like today Uh, you know night can still I'm still under the night umbrella and you know, I could turn the truck back in slash, you know, there would be some Yeah Uh, I could work with night to get it fixed our program. I think is built for Guys to start their business sure and and build their business or grow it, right? It's built so a company driver like yourself Not only just a company but somebody that came to our cdl school, right, you know Came to the cdl school came to night cdl school Did the thing as a as as a company driver even went elsewhere, you know and then came back Um and said okay. I'm gonna start and now you're gonna own it outright It's built for that that type of person. There's there's no credit check. There's not really not a general payment You know, I don't even know if you 500 bucks.  Um are all things that Help the guy starting out right, you know that that you may not have yet sure And even as an owner as a true owner, you're still gonna have Some of those perks, right? You're still gonna have the perks of You know shops and terminals throughout the country that you get to utilize um the freight that You know even in a down market like it is now you're not having to go battle for loads On a load board with You know 40 or 50 other guys that aren't part of night, you know or or part of the network In any way, so you're still gonna have those Yeah, you will be more on your own when it comes to certain certain things, but you're still gonna have some uh securities and and just help in that sense to To keep your journey going along and and one day Maybe you're gonna own another truck sure and another and another maybe that's Is that an end goal for you or is it kind of just let me own this one out outright and see where it takes me? Yeah, yeah, uh, it's it's on the it's on the radar. Um, I'm you know just sort of taking it one step at a time Okay, I got this one. Let's you know work this through this, but potentially Own in a fleet. Um, that's that's certainly on the table and it's something i'm certainly Uh thinking about doing for right now. It's just one step at a time. Absolutely Well, I know if you guys that are partnered with night that you could talk to and get you there Sure your information because they did very similar to what you're doing right where it's like, okay, let me start with one Okay, that was that one was one worked out. Let's get another. Yep. Okay I got a buddy that that it's driving and I can pay him a little more whatever it may be That had a company that he's at or you know, I trust him to drive my my truck sure Uh get another one, you know, so it works out works out really well um Let's talk the youtube channel sure let's talk the youtube channel because that's kind of what brought me To to you other than being this from sam and well, right, right minor pride on that one, right? Yeah Nice how yes, um, you know the youtube channel Very informative. Um, what was when you started that what was your? Your goal in that When it came to What you wanted the channel to be the information you wanted to provide because I will tell you it's very transparent And I think you say that in almost every video, right? Yeah, it's all about transparency and your journey And helping I'm assuming others sure, um and being more of info an information channel than some even entertainment But I think it's both. Yeah. Yeah.   It doesn't work blah, blah, blah And I was always skeptical, right? You're like, okay, does it isn't really, you know, um, so You know, I was trying to find information. I'm like, okay, what? Like what is it actually like what what's the profit margins of what are what's all this? And I couldn't find it. I just could not find it anywhere I would I would find somebody who posts like a one-off video of like here Here's a fantastic paycheck where I drove through to 600 miles and my paycheck is $6,000 Okay, it's not realistic or it would be like a sob story where like, okay Yeah, I lost money this week and I knew it wasn't it was in between. Yeah. Um, so I'm like, you know what I'm I just can't find this information. So I'm like, I'm just gonna post it And that was basically what I did. I mean, I knew how to use excel and all that good stuff So I'm like, I'm just gonna make an excel sheet and I'm gonna post all of my numbers as transparently as I can Just to show here's what a lease operator actually makes And here's what a truck driver makes it because I did it as a company driver as well Showing what a company driver was and then I I'm doing it as a lease operator Showing what a lease operator is uh makes and I just compile all you know My expenses my revenue and my net settlement every week Big spreadsheet and like here you go. Here's all of the information you could possibly want in terms of the profit loss of a lease operator And so far it's going it's going pretty well. I think I've as of this week Uh, it's 71 cents if you don't per mile if you don't count the uh, Lease security deposit, which I think it's fair to not count that so you know about 70 cents per mile And I'm paying off a truck and you know getting the experience and waiting out this Terrible market and have access to the terminals and I have access, you know to the mechanic shops and all that stuff So, uh, that's what was my goal was just like, okay Um, I was very skeptical that the lease programs were as bad as people were saying they were Um, I mean some of them probably are you know out there? There are probably definitely some Predatory lease programs out there, but I could tell you night transportation is not one of them And I I brought the receipts because I show Um, you know everything I'm making yeah, so I bring in the receipts. Yeah, I got you. Yeah 71 cents a mile And an investment into a truck is That's huge. Yeah, you know, that's that's what you want. I think what separates you from Uh others is your attention to Not only detail. I think that's important, but You you do treat it like a business you know exactly What you're going to bring in every week or Maybe not to the penny, but I would say within the night within 10 bucks. Maybe pretty close. Yeah Every week and you do talk about that in your videos a lot You that is so important as an As somebody that's been in the industry for for a while Um, but also working with independent contractors. I you know, I was I worked for them at the terminal level as you know Helping them get loads and things like that and being that being there for them That is Very it's so important to know where you're going to be at next week. There's no stick or shock every week, right of like Oh my gosh, I ran You know, like you said 3,600 miles and I made this great paycheck Uh this take home paycheck and the next week I only ran, you know, maybe it's not even running, but you only put in uh 2000 because that last load you did didn't empty out until a certain date and it didn't hit this settlement and You're kind of looking at like where's all the money? I drove, you know, 3,000 miles again I didn't get it. Okay. Well, it didn't it's not on this settlement What's on the next one and knowing that and preparing for that is Is key because Now you're not playing Uh catch up all the time you kind of know what's what's coming and that's important, right?  Yeah, and Why do you feel that was important to have something like that? Uh just to show transparency like because I can like Say, okay. Hey, I made this much this week and you know, maybe just like Right on a piece of paper and then show the camera or something like that But um, I wanted something that people could just like look at and then just like look, okay There's all the data.  So I'm like, okay. I'm just gonna make a spreadsheet and just here it is And uh make it as detailed as I possibly can and just Here's all the numbers and so a spreadsheet was just like there was no question. It would be a spreadsheet. So And that's that's what I did. Awesome. And keeping track of that weekly um I mean, obviously that's going to help yourself out You know that helps that helps your business understand where you're at and I was a former terminal manager Here at night for southern california And it's very similar what you have is not so different from what the terminal is receiving from Accounting and you know, all of everybody, you know in the back office here that that you know gets all the compiles all the numbers It's the same thing. It's your maintenance. It's your fuel. It's your revenue. It's your um What's going into your maintenance program, you know, and what you're getting out of that It's your cost per mile It is your revenue per mile and your fuel per mile. It's broken up the same way you have it Um, so and it's not rocket science, right? It's not it's not that hard. It's it's really not it's how much money Uh, am I bringing in versus how much money am I spending and how many miles am I doing that in and where is my break even point? um is kind of Where you where you're at a lot of the time. Um Let go ahead. Yeah. No, I was gonna say um when I was I should have mentioned this when I was in college in Las Vegas I was studying accounting. Okay, so yeah, I do have some experience with it But if you don't need to go to college to study accounting, you just pick up an accounting book if you want us to know more um, so You know, there's there's that going on there. So I do have some accounting experience as well But uh, you could just pick up an accounting book. Yeah, if you need to know more about that. Yeah, that's that's awesome I think like I said, it's So important for an owner To have that bookkeeping. Yeah, and whether it's you have someone do it for you or you do it yourself It's important to have some type of record. Yeah to know where you're at, you know, if you if you're trying to live And do this thing week by week, you're gonna have a hard time um keeping keep me tracking knowing where you're at and where you've been and how things are going and what needs to change because You're not seeing it on paper. You're not seeing any trends. You're not seeing anything like that There is, you know benefit in in bookkeeping that way and not just Okay, what I make this week what I make, you know, that's that's kind of a way to go about it That's probably going to create more frustration than anything.  Yeah, you're not seeing the full the full picture. Yeah, um Let's talk a little little pain points for you, you know, where where have you found that It doesn't have to necessarily be with night and and the whole the the lease program or anything like that just in general You know being in an IC or independent contractor lease operator. What has been one of the struggles you've had? um Well getting into it. I mean the the biggest struggle right now is just the market I mean night is providing plenty of loads, but it's still it's still rough. I mean, there's no doubt about it I mean everybody's feeling it. Yeah, um So the market's not good. I mean fuel prices are high, but Night gives you a fuel surcharge. So it's not it doesn't affect me too much um So the market just being bad is a big one Uh coming into it. There were still Lingering part shortages and there continues to kind of be that it's improved drastically from where it was like last year but the part shortage is Getting you know, it's getting better, but that's that's a that's a bit of an issue And I think right now the biggest headache I have is though still maintenance um uh it um You know, it's just you you bring the truck in right and then this is I guess a critique of the night transportation maintenance um Program, I guess you bring it in and then you turn it in and it's kind of like uh They'll do something to and they'll do what you want, but then you'll get the charge like three weeks later and it's like I really wish you would have charged that right there So that would be one of the critiques I would have and I would say the maintenance is probably the biggest headache I'm dealing with right now Um, but it's not too bad. I mean it gets done in a reasonable time right now. My truck is currently in maintenance You know, I figured I yeah well Okay, I got an interview I'll turn it in and have a few things fixed You know, I got a tire that's leaking a battery needs a replacement a slow coolant leak and An abs sensor that probably needs looked at so I would say the biggest Issue is maintenance, but I don't think that's necessarily particular tonight You know, you got to turn the truck in you got to wait for it to get fixed. Um But I would say the maintenance issues right now are the biggest headache. I'm dealing with just you know It's the truck runs fine, but you know, you got to turn it in and it's just a time off really That's kind of like yeah, you know you turn it in and then three days later it gets fixed and it's like That was three days. I just lost. Yeah, luckily. I'll go home, but you know, no, absolutely. That's That is that is your moneymaker, right that when it goes down. It's kind of a a It's it's it's a bunch to the gut really. Yeah, you know, that's That's the only one of like I said, it's the one of one right now that you got um, you know first and a lot of your maintenance issues are I think are Are common, you know things that we hear um, and You know getting those those Rows closed out for you in a timely manners obviously something that We got to do better at you know as as as of the night side of things, um, but yeah But for everybody the the market is tough. Yeah for everyone the market is tough and it's not just Again, it's not tonight. It's an industry thing. Oh, yeah, and It's kind of a weather the storm type of thing and how long are we gonna weather the storm, you know, yeah, it's tough But I think we're we've we've hit rock bottom, I guess as an industry. I would agree Yeah, so I guess there's only up from here.    So yeah, it's a pretty good time to work for a company like Yeah, I would agree. I think that uh talking with You know new new ICs that come into it or guys that are just frustrated with, you know, what the rate may be Um, I think that's you bring a little levity to it when you start talking like, okay, well, you know When the spot market's great, yeah, it's great to own your truck It's great to go and get that get the money whenever it's not where it needs to be Being paid by the mile is is where you want to be, right? Yeah, you look at it. Uh, I use the the the california The just la to phoenix, you know analogy a load from la to phoenix is going to pay $1,000 a load from phoenix to la is going to pay $400 or or those aren't exact numbers, but it's just that's the drastic difference in those loads And that's when you're paid at a percentage Of something or a spot market rate. That's that's really kind of how it goes down and are you When the market is low now that margin is Yeah, just shrink. It's not a six hundred dollar margin. It's a okay that load that used to pay a thousand out of la now pays 700 or Five six hundred and the load out of phoenix going to la that used to pay You know 400 now pays 350 it didn't move that much because that's always been the case. Yeah the other way Yeah shorter load, you know, so now you're like, oh well when I was making this This money in the spot market, it's different So we are seeing some guys come back, you know with their trucks that you know, they They went and got they got the money when it was out there And now it's time to make sense and it's time to come back and now it's How do we retain that that those guys working with us and however that that may be we We gotta we gotta fix that part of it But whenever that spot market goes it's it's great for the owner and that's the investment you're making as a lease operator Right, you're leasing you're not it's not a get rich quick type of thing. It's You know invest in your your equipment um It's an investment in in your business You know owning the equipment maintaining the equipment uh doing what you can there and then whenever You should construct when the iron's hot and and it's And even at 71 cents take home that's still yeah I mean a lot of guys are going bankrupt right now.  So, you know I think people have unrealistic expectations sometimes going into a lease program or whatever they just come in and like all right I'm gonna make 150 thousand dollars per year And and you're not going to like it's it's just not how it works, right?  Yeah, and this is the perfect way to do so So yeah, I would agree. I think I think like I said the program we built is for that that company driver Getting into the the owner operator program and Figuring themselves out in that sense, you know, what kind what do they want their business to look like? Do they want to be somebody that is You know, gonna build a fleet Or are they the the loan ranger type of guy who's just hey, I just want to own my truck and Drive own it and when I own it, you know, then I want to you know It's gonna when I own it I can now take have three-day weekends. Sure because I own it now Yeah, and that's what I that's what I'm striving for. I want to be home it more More often and that's my my way of doing that. What does that look like for everybody? Right, you know, it's different So I think it's important to to have that mindset that vision of Okay, this is this is what I I have I want it to be right or at least and it's always going to change Yeah, it's always going to change.  What are you liking about it the most it doesn't have to again It doesn't have to be with the night least purchase program the owner operator program It could just be like, okay. I I'm Leasing my truck and this is this is great because yeah, um I think I already kind of listed things that are great like just getting some experience is you know, that's a good one um waiting out the bad market and um Uh, you know stuff like that just the general just the experience really is like the biggest point that I'm like, okay You know maintenance could take you three days when you turn the truck in okay fair enough, you know just learning about stuff like that um, and Yeah, I'd say that was that's the biggest one just getting the experience as like a as a lease operator Moving into an owner operator position. That's uh, that's the biggest one and The opportunity to own a truck right so I was able to test drive the vehicle Which is huge like because you know if you go to a you go to a dealership You do the due diligence due diligence on a truck Drive it off the lot 300 miles it blows up Oh You're in a bad way, you know, that's a real problem But uh, so I would say just the biggest gold point the you know good cookie whatever you want to call it About leasing is just getting that experience test driving a vehicle and then Buying an outright here here shortly is You know that that's by far the biggest advantage you'll find Leasing a truck. Yeah, come into it. There's no credit check. You know, there's nothing that so you can hop right into it more or less and test drive it make sure it's good and buy and then You're good, but that is the biggest one like as far as like You know the trucking There hasn't been too much of a change in terms of like when I went from company driver to A lease operator. I kept the same driver manager You know and I'm just driving around a truck that you know I'm making payments and a lot of it is taken care of as far as like the fees and whatnot It's not like you're having to like, you know, write a check and then mail it out to tonight every week So as far as the like the logistics and admin of it Yeah, it all pretty much stayed the same like I kept my same fuel card. Yeah, it just kind of transferred over into Like a a lease lease operator an independent contractor account basically So not a whole lot change as far as that front front goes like there weren't like immediately noticeable changes So that pretty much stayed the same, which I guess is a good thing, right? You just get into your truck and then you're more or less continuing the same thing and Yeah, but I would say the experience and then the opportunity to own a truck are the biggest by far Uh advantages of something like this of this program. Awesome. Awesome. So if you could go back You now go tell tim six months ago or anybody You know that's thinking about the program if you could go back and give some advice or just Not even have to be advice. It could just be you know words of wisdom type stuff Things to look out for things to capitalize on is there is there anything that you You want you would do there? Probably just again just a warning about the maintenance it it takes longer than you want I mean no matter what I mean it whether you're at night or you know just out on the road It's going to take a while. There's still some lingering inventory shortage. It's a lot better, but um, so that would be My advice hey prepare for like some maintenance issues to occur and it's going to take a little longer than you Wanted to take. Yeah, and uh Yeah, the charges were about what I thought Um, so it wasn't necessarily more expensive. I mean I'm running about my maintenance is currently nine cents per mile Uh, I think nine or ten something like that. I got a look. Um, but uh, so it wasn't um Atlandishly expensive. It just takes a it just takes a while. So that's that would be the one thing Okay, be prepared for that one. Yeah Guys get into it and they say okay. Well, I'm I own my truck now. I'm getting paid more that means I can work less And that's not that's not the case Yeah, that's not it. It doesn't that's not what that means It means you get paid more to you know help with the expenses of owning your business And then when you end it outright, then it kind of like okay You don't have a 500 dollar 400 dollar to 500 dollar Weekly settlement or a deduction from your you know, your truck payment.  Yeah, absolutely. Yeah, I think that's another thing like if you come into a lease You don't expect to like, oh, I could just All right, now I can relax you can't no. Yeah, you got to probably run even harder Um, you know, it's uh, and I think that's something that's where a lot of guys go wrong Like I'll just come into it and then okay. I'm leasing. I'm uh, or you know, whatever I'm leasing this thing now I can relax and now I can run a little less And not really you got to run at least just as hard as you were before if you expect to Succeed I guess you could run less and you'd probably make About the same as you know, a company driver. Yeah, but You don't want to do that. You know, that's not good. You need to run harder So it doesn't really relax until you own the vehicle outright and you have like a A large amount of savings. Yeah for maintenance issues. Yeah, you know You got to run hard. Yeah, I think that's I think that's good advice. Yeah, there is You can't take your foot off the the pedal. Yeah, right? I mean that's kind of like Literally in figure. Yeah, exactly Um It's gonna be interesting for me to see once you don't have this lease payment What your numbers are gonna look like and right your center miles gonna look like and sure it's like that Yeah, it's it's like a to be continued like a part two. Yeah, it is Basically the next the next journey, right? Sure. Yeah, you know again. Thank you for your time Um, I appreciate you taking time out of your day. I know you're down for maintenance. Yeah They can find you on youtube. Yep You know trucking the seven seas. Yep trucking the seven seas Right there. I should pop up as soon as you as soon as you search it So yeah, and like we talked about your your spreadsheet that you use throughout the entire videos or all your videos That's there for somebody to use Right that's somebody that's that they can take and utilize on their own Uh, they don't have to pay for it. Nothing like that. It's just go ahead and use it. Look at it I think it's important to book keep. Yep when you're out on the road and What does your equipment look like to do this this bookkeeping? It's just a computer You got it right there. Yeah. Yeah, just a laptop. Yeah, it's just a laptop and a google excel sheet and that's it Yeah, that's all you need Awesome. Well, again, appreciate your time Good luck in your journey. Thank you. Um, I hope that whatever it, you know Direction you go in when it comes to your business, whether it's the next six months or the next six years It's everything you want it to be and I I I hope night helped you get Started in your journey and we're part of that that journey for for as long as you're gonna do it Absolutely. Yeah. Thank you Freddie and thanks for having me. I don't mind stopping trucks in for maintenance anyway and Yeah, thank you for having me. Thank you


Let's go to form a beauty because I get beauty treatments from there. I get the Venus. That's gonna be my second Venus treatment. Basically, it helps get rid of stubborn fat. So yeah, it's really like, it's not painful. It's just a warm sensation over time. It gets hotter and hotter and hotter and it's like, okay. Body heat is going up, y'all, but I'm on my way there now and then we go get our hair done after I have a hair mask in my ear, hair oil drops and also rosemary water spray. Y'all already know the gist. So yeah, I'm just letting that marinate while I do this and then I'm going straight there like nothing else. But yeah, super cute. Nice out today. Quick trip tomorrow. So I'm getting ready for that. I was cleaning my house before. I really wasn't in a mood to show y'all. But yeah, y'all, I'll talk to y'all later and I'll see y'all in a few. But yeah, we're going to get this stomach taken care of. Yeah, perfume to you is? Right now I have on, what do I have on right now? I think I put on the initial rehab. Okay. It smells good. Thank you.  So I just got out of my appointment and I was obviously supposed to go get my hair done but Dallas wanted me to come at five o'clock.  But the girl in there, she was like, who did your lashes? I was like, oh, me darling, me, me, me. I'm still practicing. So, but yeah, I don't know if she was being nice or what because they are a little rough draft. But anyways, like I was saying, I'm supposed to go get my hair done but Dallas wants me to come at five. She, oh, the mom, not that pegged, period. But it is before five o'clock. So I sourced out some CC studs and I needed them because my other ones were misplaced. Or misplaced. So, Aliyah let me wear hers while we were in Colorado and I was like, oh, I need my own immediately. So I just got a call and said, we have some. So cute. Hey y'all. So I just got to my hair appointment. She's still finishing up with a client. But let me show y'all the earrings, they're so cute. Super cute. I was waiting on her to finish. We're just doing a washing style. Since getting my brows tinted, I kind of want them like microbladed maybe. Let me know if y'all get that treatment but I like the shading. Hey y'all, so I just got my hair done. I'm actually about to go meet Jasmine. I think she's at Kaboblin. So yeah, I'm just gonna go meet her really quick and then yeah, I guess figure out what I'm gonna do. I need to go home and clean my house and get ready for a little quick trip tomorrow. But anyways, I'm a little sleepy, I need a coffee. But yeah, I guess I'll talk to y'all once I get there maybe. Depending on the situation, I'm gonna read the room and let y'all know. But yeah, my hair is cute. We all sign. You take care of my hair. I got a porno camera at me. What's your whole camera? She a YouTuber. Big one. Hey y'all, it's the next day. My hair looks so freaking good in my brows. I wanna do microblading. I even wrote my girls like, can we do microblading? But anyways, so I'm on my way to go get my dry cleaning since that Alexander Wang sweatsuit I wore. No, cause they finna close. I wore, I got dry clean. I'm starting to take more care of my clothes, especially since I don't do my laundry. I rather just get the good stuff to the dry cleaners. So I'm about to get off and get in. Hold on, hopefully they still open. Hold on y'all, one second. Oh my God y'all, it's so hot outside. But yeah, last night was so good. I love random night outs in Atlanta. Like I don't like playing nights. I mean, playing nights are fun, but the random ones, girl, Jasmine called me and she was like, where are you at? And I was literally finishing in my hair done. And she was like, I'm at Kaboblin and come. And I was like, okay. So yeah, and then after that, I'm always down to go to the next place. Like sometimes when I'm already outside, I don't wanna go home and my hair was cute. Girl, so yeah, I had a ball with her. It's always good seeing her. But yeah, so I just picked up my dry cleaning. I'm on my way to go get a glee cream juice. Y'all, I just stepped on a scale. Your girl is losing pounds, okay? And I haven't really been having an appetite. I don't know what's up with it. Maybe my Colorado trip, maybe like full full. Like I ate so much on that trip. So I haven't really been out eat, but I haven't been like snacking and stuff like that, especially in the snacks in my house. I really actually need to like clean out my pantry or whatever, but yeah, I used to do that, but I'll do that later. Cause I have a whole closet to do. It's so bad. Like my laundry came and I still need to organize like my drawers, my whole closet and yeah, so. And I still have to edit a video that has to go up. There's that. Hey y'all, I don't even know if y'all can see me, but I'm just chilling out here outside of clean juice. It's so nice out. I was like, you know what? I'm going to relax on the bench, drink my orange juice, eat my avocado toast, cause why not? You know, this is peace right here. This is peace. Okay. I'm about to go ahead and head over to Sephora cause I need to get some fresh lashes actually, cause I'm going to film a video tonight. So I'm about to head over there. I'm probably going to go to the morning ponds and then go home. Yeah. I'm just chilling. I was cleaning all this morning. Yesterday I had a Sunday reset.  I didn't even want to show y'all cause it was so embarrassing. Like I'm just so happy I can see my closet floor again, but it was so bad for like two weeks. I could not see my floor, but yeah, it's back to normal now. And yeah, that's what's up. It's Monday. Happy Monday. And let's get to it. It's just over. Hey! Hey! What's going on there? I'm with Keith right now and it's bringing so many memories. I don't know. This weather was like, let me buy my little cargo today. I love Chief Keith. I used to love the mess out of him. I don't know what happened to him. What happened? But anyways, I'm pulling up to the Sephora to grab some things and then I'm gonna make my way home. So, and y'all are, I uploaded this picture of me with this on. This is actually a skims body suit. Love it. I love that skims body suit. I mean jumpsuits. She has it so stretchy. Like you can literally yank the bag and pull it up so you can zip it down. I just, she knows what she's doing. Okay. Cause the single girls out here be struggling. Okay. But I probably won't take out in with me. I don't know. I really just need one if they have it. So, and then I'm going home to get straight to work. And then, yeah. And it's just a triangle haul. I'm finna keep this on. I'm literally finna put it on. Tint and moisturizer. I might practice like that routine since I'm not doing nothing. And, but staying in the house and filming. So, but it's so nice out today. It just makes you wanna just be outside. And I'm losing weight girl. I stepped on a scale where negative five pounds from the last time I stepped on a scale. And I'm like, yeah, let's keep going. That's why I want to go get a clean juice. Cause I really didn't feel like making dishes since I just cleaned my dang old house. But, yeah. So, I guess I'll check them on y'all. Maybe I might bring y'all in. I don't know. I don't know. So, we are doing a little fun activity. I'm making myself dedicated to learning 10 to five to 10 new words a day. So, and I'm writing them down. Cause that's how I learned. That's how I used to be able to memorize things. I have to write it down over and over and over and over again. So, I'm learning these words, right? And I'm saying them in sentences so I know how to like use them. So, I'm on prevarigate, right? It's to like or deviate from the truth. And I'm just talking to myself using them in sentences. And I was like, why are you trying to prevaricate from the situation you know use with that? Like I have to say stuff that relates to me in my life so I can remember it. But yeah, I'm actually one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight words so far. Yeah, I'm just really trying to expand my vocabulary and just be articulate with my words. And I just, I'm gonna stop saying literally, I'm gonna stop saying like, I just wanna stop that. And I'm trying to create new habits.  I'm not very much of a reader, but I kind of want to get into books. So, let me know what books I should get into, but yeah, we are learning new words. So, yeah, so I'm just gonna do this little my word thing right now and then I'm gonna do my makeup and then we're gonna film. So, yeah girl, happy Monday. Good morning y'all. It is the next day. I actually just got done, I just rolled on my face. I actually just got down, I just rolled on my face. Y'all, so I was on my way to go to a cycle bar class. Babes, she got a boot on her car. I literally forgot to put my parking pass on my car. So, they booted it. So I'm waiting for them to take it off. But I think I'm just gonna go downstairs to my parking gym and get a workout in, I guess. I really just love classes, y'all. But, anyhow, I'm gonna make my word downstairs and then today is gonna be a work day. And then also it's Royals birthday today. So I think he's having a birthday dinner. So at my favorite restaurant, I haven't been in a while. It's called House, hopefully it's there. Well, it doesn't matter, it's not up to me, but. But, yeah, so that's why they go out of town yet because I do have to go to New Image in Miami because if y'all aren't new here, I go to two Botox people. I go to Bound Squad Bita and then I go to New Image. And New Image opened a new facility in Miami.  So, well, yeah, let's get this work out in and then hopefully by the time I'm done. Yeah, you said no, I got a snow bun. So I just finished doing my makeup really quick. No foundation. Girl, what? My face is sitting, but I'm about to get to work and I'm gonna check in with y'all later and it's Royals birthday today. So we got a birthday dinner tonight and then, yeah, it's about four o'clock. I intend on being done by 5.30 because all I'm doing is doing a little haul. So, yeah, let's go. My face is just sitting and this is eating. Like, this is gonna be my signature because what, what is that fancy skin tape? Y'all, literally, this gonna be my go-to makeup for the summer. I took my time because I'm like, let me see if I can perfect this. Browses looking good. Like, I used the new brow product that I have in my thing. It's the Anastasia brow pen because I've really been into like dark eyebrows. Yes, they're so good. Y'all, I just got done filming and oh my God, this? I had to throw some sweatpants on. Oh, that was even great.  And I'm like, wait, am I prepared for something? Like, no, I'm just playing. But I had to throw these parachute pants on and this is kind of giving out the colors. I forgot where I got these from. I think Urban Outfitters. But yeah, let me go to my nail appointment because these nails needs to be done. Okay, so I was checking with y'all once. I get here and I'm gonna show y'all the set that I'm gonna do. So, but yeah, make up a city. Look who it is. So, y'all, let me show y'all the design we're about to do. You say this is your signature? Yeah, I've been doing a lot of that. Y'all, Tim does a lot of crime. I'm kind of a home master here. Oh yeah, period. This is like texture chrome, too. I guess you can say. So, shout out to Sierra Lusche, her TikTok. Ali actually DM me and she's like, girl, these have her name on them. And I was like, oh yeah, those are cute. And I was actually, like, I didn't know what I wanted in. So, here we are. Just a little bit, not too much.  Okay, y'all, we just got our nails done. It's given metallic chrome queen. So yeah, I stopped that all too because I needed some more nipple covers.  And yeah, so I'm gonna be soaking in the sun for a little bit. But I'm just gonna get Botox under my armpits and then the new treatment. I'm just talking about. But yeah. And I'm gonna go to Starbucks real quick to get me a little espresso. But I feel like I had such a productive day. I worked out, I filmed, I had my green juice. And I just feel so good in that piece. Like I don't have nobody else to worry about but me. You see, I don't gotta go as hard.  So me and you slip a totally different life. But yeah, anyways. So yeah, I'm gonna stop and get me a coffee. Then go see if these jeans are done. Being tailored, they should be. The jeans I was supposed to wear for my Colorado trip that didn't get done. But they're so good. So I might put those on tonight with a little blazer moment. Little spazazzal. But yeah, that's the update. And I'll talk to y'all. And we're supposed to be going to Rocksteady. I haven't been there before at all. Like I don't get, I wasn't really getting out much in Atlanta. Like I was, but like I wasn't. So I'll check in with y'all in a second. Y'all, I didn't even do that stuff that I said I was gonna do.  I mean, my ear on, hold on one second. Whoa. Crazy. Calm down, girl. Anyways, so I'm just making a few little touches to my makeup and redoing my lip. So my makeup came out so good today. Let me finish reapplying stuff to my face really quick. I'm just going to blend this powder I had on quickly. I'm just pressing it in. It's the Givenchy Prism Libre. I cannot do a face beat without that, okay? Let me tell you. So just doing that. And then I put on my Rafale lip liner and then I use Creme de Del Nude by MAC. And then my favorite, favorite, favorite, favorite lip gloss is the Honey Love by Fenty. Y'all, best lip combo.  This is what makes my cheeks extra glowy and brings it back to life. And also, I'm gonna use this Pactrita blush, Creme blush first. So I'm just gonna go like this. Like this, little circular motion to not interrupt the makeup we already have on. We're just adding, not trying to smear it. Look at me trying to sound all professional. And then, let's take it on a high point, yeah, yeah. And then I'm just gonna apply this highlight, like so. Like a shine with me. Liquid or wrist, liquid or wrist, liquid or wrist. Look at the frizz. Just just make sure the skin look healthy. This is my favorite part.  Just blend it in a little bit. And I ran out of my setting spray, so I'm just gonna use this one. Y'all, she cute. So now we finna add our, shoo. I gotta keep wet wipes in here. Y'all know for like the back of y'all hand, you put, well that's how I apply makeup. I just do it on the back of my hand and then start applying. But anyway, so let me put my necklace on. I still gotta go get my necklace from the jeweler that Aliyah got me. But I'm gonna do that some Friday. So I can wear it, bring it with me. But this necklace does the job, okay? And then when I probably get my other one, I'm gonna probably stack them together. Yeah, let's talk about icy girl. And then for, that's cute, that's cute. For saying other than night, I'm gonna do the initial, like I always do, and the exote.  Actually, no, I'm gonna go in with the lost cherry. Like this is that girl, I swear to you. Somebody was like, I guess I'm not putting on enough, they're like, I guess I'm not putting up enough perfume. And then I'm just gonna add the chest. And y'all, this is just a simple shirt from Zara. I just like it cause the shoulder is like extra, I don't know, not the shirt yet. This hair does not hold a curl. And then for bag, I'm gonna do the Louis bag. My Louis bag, so it's gonna be like that. Cute, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes. Y'all, so who's gonna be here? But happy birthday royal, I'm on the way. And we out. Oh, I, this is, I have to have my family. We might go somewhere. Always gotta have this with me. A little quick fit, get a belt. I kind of wanna get like a Celine belt or something. Maybe I should like tie it one more time. Yeah, hold on. Okay y'all, so this is the final look this top from Zara, these gallery department pants that are ginormous now since it grows in weight. And Bottega, cute. So she real cute. But yeah, so let's blow this popsicle stand. Is that Mikaela? Yeah, that's Mikaela. Mikaela, this is Kyle. Kyle, this is Kyle. Hi, nice to meet you. What'd you say? For copyrights. Great. I feel amazed, I'm not even allowed to, I'm just overwhelmed with so much love. You can tell, you know what I'm saying? Yeah, you can tell. Oh wait, to wash out of here? Don't play with him. Yeah. Big one. We ain't playin' with him. Tell him it's a 140, a little light 140. Light? 27. No pressure. 120. Yeah. Slight, not a major. So where we going tonight? We're gonna rock steady. I'm here with my loved ones, so I'm excited. What's up, Shawn? What's up, Shawn? He's my home. Wait, who is her? Yeah, she famous, I'm trying to be like her a little bit. I'm not famous. I'm trying to be like her a little bit. She got me some followers, she posted me on, I was on her, uh, click for like two seconds. She told me though, Royale had told me, he was like a lot of girls follow her, Shawn. Hello? Hello. What's good, man? What's good, man? You know we got a celebrity car in the building? Shit. Let's say I appreciate everybody in the motherfucking table, and that everybody has some motherfucking bosses. And I'm not gonna lie to them this year, it's all about motivating each other to go to the next step. Uh-huh. It's all about winning. Yeah. Everybody has got to go to the next phase. We're gonna push each other to go to the motherfucking next level, man. Thank y'all for coming out. You're welcome. Motherfucking birthday. Yeah. Thank y'all so much. I feel so much love, man. Come on, cast. Me too. Me too. But I don't... Wait, don't say it. I'll say it. Hold on, wait. Don't say it again. Yeah, you are featured.  Okay, Nancy. Royale, Royale, Royale, Royale. I'll collab with Royale. Yeah. What's featured on Essence Magazine. Yeah. Motherfucking car in the building. Yeah. You know what I'm saying? You know what I'm big things? Y'all gonna check out her videos. No, don't, please, don't text them out. Yo, bro, she's seeing everything in your face. She's seeing everything. Where you from, New York? The show. Where you from? Brooklyn. All right. No, we play. Yeah. Y'all, because you motivate me, you inspire me. I feel like you push everybody around you. I woke up this morning. I had... I'm having a lucky girl syndrome case right now. But I'll explain later. But right now we're at the New Image Works, location here in Miami. And y'all need to come check her out like this, my girl. This is the person that I've been going to for years for like all my injections, botox and stuff. They just recently opened in Miami. So I am here just to get a tour of the facility and, you know, check out all her new treatments. And also I've been wanting to get Morpheus or something as far as like skin tightening recently. And you already know I'm into like micro-needling and stuff like that as far as like for skin maintenance. So she just got this machine and it's supposed to be better than Morpheus, but not as painful as Morpheus. And Morpheus is very painful. Like you need like laugh and gas. So she said that it's better than Morpheus, but it's not as painful. So this is the machine. So this is what it's called. And then these are the facts about the treatment on the board. And also she said it's minimal downtime. I'll probably read for a few hours. But my skin has gotten so used to like being micro-needled and punctured. I feel like, you know, hopefully I don't get a lot of downtime, but I'm going to use sunscreen as well because I really want to lay out. I really want to get some color. Y'all, it's so nice outside. But yes, so what am I saying? What am I saying right now? So I guess I'm just waiting for her. And yeah, we're going to sit here at these armpits. Look at that. It's already coming through. That's how I knew it was time for me to get Botox Macema under arms because, girl, what? I mean, you can't really see it, but you can. You can kind of see it. Yeah. I can feel like sweat, like trying to soak through. Maybe because this is athleisure wear. It's not going to be as visible. But if this was like a thin shirt, you would have been able to see it. So yeah, I have hyperhydrosis. So we're going to take care of that today. So yeah, but it's so nice in here. It's giving me very much Miami vibes. It's so nice. So I think we're going to get started soon. So yeah, I just wanted to check in with y'all because I haven't talked to y'all. Literally y'all.  I didn't even freshen up yet, but my room wasn't even ready yet at the hotel. It's pretty early. That's why I want to hurry up and get back to the hotel and just chill. And yeah, so we're going to do that. So yeah. All right, y'all. We're about to get started. So we're going to do the Botox under the arms. And then I don't know this new treatment she has, but basically my shoulders get so tense and tight and I don't like this hump right here. Let me show you. So this is what it's going to do. So first of all, when we do Botox, so it will extend the neck because this is like a very strong muscles because you're exercising baby. Right. So what is going to do? So it's going to flatten that muscle. And aesthetically, the shoulder is going to look much slimmer and the neck is going to look longer. So it's going to look amazing in the t-shirt, in the tank top and in the dresses. But also the biggest benefit is if you do get lots of headache, when you work on the phone all day long. So this is where the tension is. And especially when you have a stress, everything comes to the shoulders. So that stress has a direct correlation from stress to the shoulders because we do have the nerve, which sends basically like a signal and get compressed by the same muscle. Okay. So when we do shoulders with the Botox, it will make you literally have no headaches. It's going to relieve the pressure from your shoulders. And you just overall, you're going to feel like, you know, like you've got the massage for three months and nobody will need to break this, those nuts down. I'm still going to go get a massage. Well, my massage is only. How is that? Painless. Yeah. Reminds me, it's given like mass at our Botox. I think so. Yeah, it's really quick. Yeah. Hold on, my honey. Thank you. I can't wait to see the after before. Oh, it's amazing. No. You would think right? Yeah. No. This one is good. Yeah. So I'm going to do the seal firm and y'all.  Y'all know I got a hookah burn in New York and she was like, Oh, the seal firm can help with that too. And I was like, that is crazy because I was trying to have a cover, but she's seen it. I was like, that's God because he wants me to get still firm.  She's just numbing my face with the numbing cream. So yeah. Lynn, like I said, she said it's supposed to be. Yes. Yes. The burn on my forehead. You already know. I get questions about that all the time.  And I was like, I know. So it's going to help with that too, right? Yeah. That's crazy. Yeah. It's amazing. It's my favorite treatment. It really is. Yeah. Just a really little downtime. I'll check on y'all once we get started. You can see the laser. Very small little. How is it? It's regular. See that's why I'm like, so we've got the pro nox in case you need it. I don't know. They kind of the same. Yeah. Well, the foreheads like that in the eyes are the worst. Yeah. I think it's just because it's the forehead. Can I try the left hand gas? Yeah. I'm not that red. So that's good. Yeah. All right, y'all. So we just finished and I would say pain level was a, because it hurt, but it's beneficial. That's why I only get this stuff like once every two or a month apart because it does hurt. But yeah, girl. Anyways, but yeah, I'm just going to get dressed and I'll probably check on y'all once I get back to the hotel and my redness is already going away. So that's good. And then we also treated the scar like I said in this car right here. So yeah. Hey y'all. So I just made it to my hotel. My room is ready. Yeah. I've always stayed at the one hotel. Well, I've stayed at the one hotel before. Let me hurry up because my battery is dying. Um, yeah, I stayed at the one hotel before, but I never got like just a regular seat and it's pretty spacious in here like a regular room. Um, so I see why it's worth what it's worth because obviously a whole bunch of people can sleep on a couch. Like you can share a bed with people. Like it's very spacious. And yeah, so I'm about to get ready. I'm going to try to go to Carbone. I'm going to try.  Anyways, sorry, my camera died. But yeah, I'm so hungry and sleepy, especially after the night I had. I just want to eat and lay down for a little second. And then my face is actually not that bad. Like I can put a little bit of concealer on and probably be okay.  Hopefully. Hopefully. If I get to go to Carbone, that would be like late. Because I really want to try it and I really want pasta. And I've been eating like clean, like minimal. So I really just want to have a good meal tonight. I want pasta. So I'm going to treat myself to that if I can. So I'm just going to take a quick little shower. And look a little presentable. And I'm going to go there. It is cold now. I should have brought a coat. I should have brought like a little blister. But it's still humid. So I'm going to see what's going to happen. So let me hop in the shower and I'll go in my bag. All right, y'all. So this is my outfit. I just have on this Laway Bay tank top. These green pants from Zara. And then this Chanel bag that I have to. I just need to take this bag to Chanel because the leather inside the chain is broken again. It was supposed to be fixed, but at least the chain isn't broke. But yeah, I just did a little something, you know, and then yeah.  I really like it and I mix it with moisturizer. Super nice. And then first thing I just have an initial mix with XOTEB. But yeah, y'all, pray for me that I get an initial wash wrong. I'm getting nervous. Not going to lie. Hopefully my hair stays. This hair does not. It's dirty, so I don't know. Yeah, so let's go and bleach. I'm hungry. I'm excited at the same time.  So I'm happy about that. Hey, y'all. It's ya girl. And y'all can see my lashes are off. Baby. So we went to garbong. Couldn't get in. They were like, oh no, we're booked for the night. And I said, okay, period. So literally it was already raining, y'all. It's been raining here since I got out of the Med Spa. And y'all, when I tell you God don't like whatever is happening down here. Because it is coming down, literally soaking wet like thick. Like you felt like you just jumped in a pool and got out. So I had to run in my Uber. My hair is literally was got soaked. My lashes soaked off. So I just came back here, ate room service food and I ordered me some dessert. I just had some wings and a kale Caesar salad. It was right here. It was pretty good. But I'll eat eight. Again. Yeah, so I just been chilling. It's been a vibe in here. I'm about to turn on a movie on my laptop. And I ordered me these cookies. They're huge. They're like high freaking normies. And I need to look at my footage from. I want to go to Miami cycle bar y'all in the morning. They have a door right and they have a black instructor. But I don't know how far it is. But look how big this cookie is. It's pretty early.  But y'all look how big and they come with three big cookies. And I got to set an old milk. So let's see what it's giving. I'm just so exhausted. Honestly, especially after yesterday. I'm so tired. So maybe that's a good thing that it's raining. But I want to get up early so I can catch his hand. This is so good. So. I'm not going to eat one of these cookies. And I might end up going to sleep. I don't know. We'll see. But I'll take them to y'all later. I love it. I love it. What's your name? Linda. Linda, you're gorgeous. Thank you love. Did you just get out of a workout like them? No, I'm a trainer. So I'm here meeting a client. And I just washed my hair. Did my oil treatments. Y'all my hair is getting so thick. So I'm about to put my leave-in treatments in. I use the Cetamonia leave-in. And I'm just about to do that. I had to wake up early this morning to do it. I was so tired when I got back home. And I'm going to put in this Oil Miss Oliveira. Just a little bit of this Redken leave-in conditioner. Leave-in treatment or whatever. So that's pretty much all I'm going to do to my hair as far as like my leave-in treatments and stuff like that. So I'm going to be on my way to the hair salon is literally two seconds away. And then I have on this new set from Skimja. This is my favorite line and they just came out with leggings. It's the smooth sculpting. And I should have got these in a large, but whatever. But they're definitely sucking me in. And this is in the Army green color. So yeah, I thought this was perfect to throw on really quick. So I'll see y'all once I get to the hair salon. So I have to go. I have to go. What's bonuses though? That's really good. Seven cards. Like, you know, trying to go my credit card. Okay. Three of them.  I have two. Well, let's talk about those. Okay.  That's great. Maybe he's stressed out. Okay. He's just messing around. Who broke up? Yes. Megan and him? The one with the beard, yeah. You know who she's talking about? It's 242. It's fine. Okay. You seen it? That's so cute. I love effortless hair. I said I love effortless hair. My girl, Charlotte. Hi. Hi. Her phone died so we couldn't take a picture. So she's in a vlog. She's on her way to Dallas. We taking flights out here. You're really cute. Y'all so, I'm waiting to board my flight. I haven't flown on there. I haven't been on this side in so long. All I find is Delta. So I don't even know if people are gonna get snacks. So I have to grab a little bit of snacks because I have an eight all day. But yeah, this is so fast. Over here. I thought it was going to be late but the flight actually got delayed. So, yeah, I'll see y'all in LA. My hair is so cute. They just snapped like always. So, see you in LA. So I just got to LA. This hotel is cute. This is the Mandarin LA. Why is this giving locker room? But yeah, this hotel is super cute. I really like this setup right here. The little makeup station. Cute. And they got a little chair so I can sit on it while I do my makeup. Love that. And then this is the room. Super cute. It's just, it's different. It's cute. It's a vibe. And then let's see what kind of view we work on it. I gotta hurry up because I don't want to be late and I still want to film a little sit-top. I think I got a nice view. I can see the pool. It's not that. I mean, it's not that, but whatever. Anyways, I'm about to get ready and I guess I'll check in with y'all. Once I'm dressed, but I'm about to do my hair real quick. It was, I put it, I put my hair in socks when I was on the plane. I fell asleep, but I'm about to redo it right now. Get ready so I'm gonna hop in a shower and talk to y'all in a second. Y'all, so I just got dressed.   He's so cute. So I'll be vlogging off my phone. And yeah, so catch y'all when we get there. So I'm about to be on my way to go to a Pilates. Dear Walker, if y'all don't know, let me hurry up because I want to be late. It's 11.30. It takes 20 minutes to get there.  Where's my work out clothes? Because I wanted to go to a cycle bar class, actually. But she was like, no, we should go to a Pilates class. And I was like, okay, we can go. But yeah, Salicorn is cool. So my Uber's outside. And I want to go to Air One after. So let me just... Anyways, come on, y'all, let's go. Y'all, and then I gotta come back and edit. Yeah, I don't even know if I'm gonna make this class. So let me pick the things. And it starts at 12. It's still a couple minutes. So I had, like, water needs to get the lashes that I like. Okay, y'all, I did not make that Salicorn class. First of all, I didn't know where it was at. It's, like, in this little plaza.  And I'm like... So, well, he took me to the address. But obviously, there's no signs in the front. So this is where I got dropped off at. So... I was late. And the door is locked. So I'm going to Air One. I'm hungry. I want a smoothie. And I need to finish my video anyways. Um, but yeah. Um, where Juan is still asleep. So he got in late. Like, I left. I don't know about you, baby. But what I know is, like, time for me to rest, yeah. Oh, is this the same person? What do you call him? Oh, you see me? Okay. Okay, so I'm waiting for my Uber to come get me. And I'm going to the grocery store. And then I'm going to get my life together at the hotel. I really need a gua sha, facial. I'll try to go to the facial, but they're all booked today. But yeah, y'all, we in LA. It's a little chilly. Um, but it's decent in the sun. And the shade is not doing it for me. So, yeah. I guess I'll see y'all later. Life. What is life right now? What is life? Well, so it's been a couple hours later. I uploaded my video and it did it. And now, and I was just relaxing because last night was a lot. When I tell y'all a lot, a lot. And I've been drinking my green juice. I'm about to drink some more water. And I'm about to put these lashes on and then record a video for TikTok as, like, get ready with me. Y'all, look at this view. This is going to be me when I'm older. Showing Facebook, like, we meet my husband. We in the hill. Look at that sunset. It was so much more prettier when the sun was setting and the light was just shining through. Y'all know that midday, um, golden hour. Like, it was so pretty. That's why I opened the blinds. But anyways, my room is a mess. They don't do room service here, though. You got to ask for it. So, anywho. And like I said, I just love this little makeup area. I'm probably going to have one of these in my house. Honestly, this is so convenient. Like, y'all know, I just rather have makeup separately. Good. But anyways, I'm about to, um, get myself together. I don't even know the plans. We're supposed to go to Nobu. Uh, but Nobu is really hard to get reservations. Um, so, I wasn't tripping though. I never been to Ketch though. I think we're going to go to Ketch, but there's no plans out here, girl. I'm literally going with the vibes. And then, um, seeing what Ray Kwan wants to do as well. I think you just went to Ketch or something. I just didn't have no energy, y'all. Like, I'm really just lagging today. Cause like I said last night, it was just a little crazy. Where's my lash glue? But yeah, I'm just about to put some lashes on and I really missed my tint on my thing. Oh, I forgot to update y'all on the Air One drink. So I got the Heavy Beaver Strawberry Glaze. Hers is like a skincare one. So I definitely, you know, slurp that all the way back. And, um, it was good. It tasted like a strawberry smoothie. Like a strawberry, no, it tasted like a strawberry milkshake. Honestly, but like, better. Like a McDonald's strawberry milkshake, but like healthy, I guess. Cause I think it has avocado and stuff in it, too. But yeah, it was really good. And then I got the Sushi Sandwich. That's all I ate today. I only ate one half. I didn't like it.  Like it was too cold. It basically tastes like crispy rice, honestly. Like spicy tuna and crispy rice. Um, and yeah, I don't know. It definitely needed something. I don't know what it needed, but it needed something. Um, I got one with no crab. I grabbed the only one that I've seen. Maybe it needed some crab or something on it, but it wasn't like I thought it was. But anyway, my mouth says, apply these lashes. I had ordered some lashes from Walgreens. And then I cut them and placed them on my eye. So I got me some scissors that I'm going to keep. I thought I had my scissors with me, but I can't find them. And my back is like hurting. And I don't know why, but like I said, I'm really just getting myself together for I don't know what. But I'm going slow. It's only seven o'clock also. But stuff all year close so early. I can't wait for my skin to heal up. After my, um, uh, what was it? What did I get? Sly firm? I did experience a couple of breakouts. I think it's just because my skin is just, what's it called? It's just going through maybe, uh, plurging. It's probably plurging. And also, um, my skin is still like healing because obviously it was punctured. So yeah, it's a little rough looking, but I can't wait to see the results. My skin looks good. But yeah, anyways, I'm going to do this. And I guess I'll check them back with y'all once I get dressed and figure out where we're going. I want a burger. Like, I'm getting a burger today. Like, that's what I want. And y'all see me going on these like spontaneous trips or whatever. It's because I'm in the era of, I don't care. Like, I don't care. I want to experience new things. I want to, um, I just want to be surrounded by good and genuine people. Obviously you got to get to know people for you to figure out if they're genuine or not. But hey, that's the process of life. Don't be scared. Like I was scared as far as like making new friends and stuff like that. And it's just like, uh, you naturally don't want to make new friends because of like past trauma with other friends. But you know what? Everybody goes through that process and don't be afraid.  You don't have to be best friends with them, but it's good just to know people. You know what I'm saying? You never know. Um, as far as like, it's literally that same. Like it's not about what you know until you know. Um, but yeah, I just like meeting new people and just, you know, getting to know people, different people's personalities.   And also you can't get time back. I know people are like, I don't want to spend money. Like I'm not telling y'all like spend your money. Don't save it or whatever, whatever your situation is. But I was just thinking to myself, like you can't really get time back. That's something that is so precious to me now. Like I'm not wasting no time on nobody. So and also when it comes to experiences as well, like you'll get the money back.  And it's like now and also me with my new age, I'm like, yeah, we need to get you experienced. So good morning, y'all. It is the next day. We didn't do anything. We didn't do nothing last night. Like when I tell you we were all tired, it was like, okay, we can just chill at the room. We were supposed to go out at like 2 30 a.m. So I was like, I'm down for a draw and a phone. So but it's early tail the next day. I feel well rested. I'm on my way to the face gym to get a facial. It's the best thing ever. And I just feel like I need a dramatic dream on my face. So that's what we're about to do. And I'm super excited. So I really want to go get a coffee from my friend. I'm going to get a coffee from my friend. So I really want to go get a coffee from Blue Bottle. But I can just get one after. But yeah, just waiting for my Uber and stuff. In the lobby. And I guess I'll check in with y'all once I'm there. I have those. I got those in Paris. Like the last one, yeah. So I'm in the way they are. And I just really like this brand. So I just came across this sweater. That was super cute. And I just came across this cardigan. And y'all know I like to cover my arms. I like to be warm or whatever. And yeah, it was cute, right? It was super cute. How old were you when you were 19? April is slay. So I'm going to get this cardigan to treat myself. And the tank top. I got the white tank top. But I just, you know, the black one is cute too. I have to have it in my closet. So y'all, I'm going to work one. And we're going to try to go to Nobu. So I'm trying on these jeans.  But they're so cute. That's hard pass. Y'all come to Rodeo and visit Marie. My aquarium is clean. Okay. So I just had to upgrade my jeans. So I just got to go to Nobu. But can't you believe it?  And we're doing the tic-tac of where Kwan's turn is. Let's see what you got. Try to do it with the glasses on. That's giving an attitude. All right. I wanted something with a little stash. I went in my bag.  He was like, we going out at 2.30, be ready. I'm not playing. Didn't get no phone calls for me. I got so drunk. I just couldn't. Ridiculous. But we outside now. Yeah, we outside. Harrison LA, she's talking about she would never live here. I'm like, I can see her here. I'll get a small check once we get to the vibes. To the vibes. I'm so late. Ray Ray. Yeah, I'm gonna text you. We're about to get this famous. We're gonna do a taste test on camera with the banana. Because it's the texture. Hey y'all, it's been a little bit later. I'm just been chilling in the hotel room. So this is the new ring that I got. Love the surface at Cartier. I was shopping with Marie. Y'all have to go check her out if you're ever in LA. Oradeo if you want to stop in Cartier. But yeah, she was so nice. And this was the ring I upgraded. Because this was my old thumb ring. I'm still... Yeah, this is the old thumb ring. It's from the jeweler. But it's not like this Cartier ring. And then we went to the face gym earlier today. My skin has been so glowy. And this time I did a exfoliating treatment. So it was like 10 times later this time. Because I wish I would have recorded. She really wasn't on let me record. So there was like a machine. It was like blowing the treatment in. It was blowing the product in my skin. It was different. It wasn't like a cream or anything. She applied the salicylic acid through the machine. And then she also applied vitamin A and something else. I'm not sure. But yeah, my skin looks so good. And I'm still waiting for my skin to heal from my slight burn. So we'll definitely be seeing results from that. But I just wanted to go for the sculpting, the chiseled. I really need to start doing this on a regular basis. On my own, at home. I need to really do my gua sha and my beard. Because it really does help. It does like look at my, you can see my jaw. Like a sculpting contour. So yeah, and let me show you what I got from Laueve. They were so nice in Laueve. And like I said before, I'm really trying to ameliorate my wardrobe. So I got two pieces that I know I'm going to wear. The Laueve tank top and then a cardigan. So this is the tank top I already have. I'm probably going to get this stuff dry cleaned. Because this one needs to be cleaned. So yeah, I got the white one already. And then I just picked up the black one there as well. Because I already know I'm going to be wearing these like crazy this summer. Like it just makes the outfit look extra. And then I ended up getting this cardigan. Which is so cute. And I can definitely just wear this on a regular basis. Just throw it on. Because I know spring time is here. And this is the details on here. So pretty like OMG. It's so cute. I'm not going to put it on. Because I'm about to pack up my stuff. I'm just about to pack this stuff up. And I have to be at the airport at 3 a.m. Because I'm not missing my flight. Boarding is at 5 o'clock. And departure is at 5.30. So yeah, I've been here for a long time. And there's really not any nightlife here y'all. We were supposed to go yesterday. But like I said, we were so tired from the day before. And then what happened today? I'm just so exhausted from waking up early. The time difference. It's really like freaking 3 a.m. back at home. So yeah, it's different. But yeah, I'm just going to get ready. Pack my stuff up. My makeup. I may go get a hookah. I don't know. I'm not putting on makeup. I just don't feel like it. Because I'm going to take that off before I even go to the airport. But yeah. But yeah, this was the LA trip. It was so much fun. Especially Taina's birthday party. It was a lids. Okay, let me tell y'all. We went to Crazy Girls. If y'all been to Crazy Girls, there's a strip club out here that was wild. And I've seen a couple of my girls in there. So hey, girl. I was very like trying to just... I was trying to survive the night. So yeah. But anyways. But yeah, I guess I talked to y'all when I get home. I don't know. I guess I'll check in with y'all once I get to the airport. So... Yeah. But yeah, I just wanted to show y'all everything that I got today.


Welcome to All Hands Update I'm Petty Officer Ian Cotter. These are your headlines from around the fleet. The Office of Naval Research or ONR will host the Naval Future Force Science and Technology Expo February 4th through 5th at the Washington D.C. Convention Center. The Expo will feature some of the Navy's breakthrough technologies such as autonomous swarm boats, Arctic technologies and the laser weapon system. Senior defense and naval leaders, award-winning scientists and industry innovators will offer their unique vantage points on the state of science and technology. For more information or to register to attend visit the ONR website. Chief of Naval personnel Vice Admiral Bill Moran and Fleet Master Chief April Beldow will conduct a live All Hands call today at 1300 Eastern Standard Time. The All Hands call will be shown live worldwide. If you miss the live show it will be re-broadcast on Navy.mil and direct to sailor.


Hi there, and today I am going to talk about an honored SpongeBob season 12 episode, so let's get started. I was browsing on the internet to look up SpongeBob episodes, when I somehow found one called, SpongeBob SquarePants season 12 honored episode.mp4. So I clicked the link and downloaded the file. When it was finally downloaded, I played the video and it started. The video started with the normal intro, after the intro ended, the title card appeared.  The episode started with SpongeBob's house for about 10 seconds, then it cut to SpongeBob sleeping on his bed. He woke up and said, Good morning Gary, it's a wonderful day today. But there is something really strange after he said, Well Gary, I have to go to the Krusty Krab, goodbye. He forgot his mask. After this, it cuts to SpongeBob going to the Krusty Krab, and when he opens it, everybody was wearing masks, except for SpongeBob. Then it cut to the time card saying, 12 minutes later. After this, SpongeBob coughed so hard and then he passed out. He was lying on the ground and a green substance was coming out of his mouth. Mr Krabs looked very shocked and he was asking, SpongeBob, are you okay? And SpongeBob didn't reply, because he had finally passed out. After this, it cuts to a time card saying, One hour later. And it cuts to the hospital. And inside of the hospital, it showed SpongeBob lying on the hospital bed while wearing a mask. And then, everyone cried except for Squidward, who is laughing too hard.  The doctor was saying, I'm sorry guys, but SpongeBob wasn't wearing a mask in the Krusty Krab and he had a serious lung infection. Mr Krabs then said, Eee, I know! The doctor tries to get the COVID vaccine, but he couldn't find it anywhere. And then, SpongeBob finally died quickly with the loud beeping noise, and Sandy said, No! No, SpongeBob! After this, it cuts to a time card saying, At the funeral. After this, it cuts to SpongeBob's funeral, but Squidward wasn't crying, but instead, he was happy and he celebrated, how mean he is. And Sandy punched him with her karate movements and Squidward was now injured, and blue blood was coming out of his nose. After this, it cuts to the pineapple house, but it was completely ruined. And Gary was inside crying for about five minutes. After this, it cuts to a message saying, Rest in peace, SpongeBob. So after this, it cuts to the credits, but there was sad music playing in the background. And at the finale of the credits, it said, Copyright 2020 Nickelodeon Animation Studios, and United Plankton Pictures. And it faded to black for about four seconds. And then the video ends. I was totally depressed by this video, so I deleted the video file. And one more thing, don't watch those SpongeBob MP4 files, watch the SpongeBob DVDs instead and on the Nickelodeon channel. Thank you for enjoying my story and I will be back soon, bye.


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