Thank you to Crocs for sponsoring today's video.
Hello everyone and welcome to today's vlog.
I am so excited about this video.
I kind of have a vision of how I hope it's going to turn out, but I haven't quite decided yet on a title.
Basically, I just kind of hope that in this video we can do a bunch of summer activities.
If you've been keeping up with my last few vlogs.
Basically I am in Banff for the summer and it's a mountain town and it's beautiful and i only have about a month left until i have to head back home to montreal in the fall for back to school.
So i just want to soak up this last month of summer and try to do as much as possible.
So i made this bucket list on my notes app of a bunch of things i want to do before the summer's over and i thought it would be fun if in this video i would just try to like include as many of them as i could and just try to show my ideal summer days in my life.
I guess if you could say that.
To be completely honest, this past, like week and a half it's been really gray and cloudy and occasionally even rainy.
So I haven't had really the chance to do that much, to really enjoy summer, because it's honestly felt more like fall, but today we've actually had a lot of sun, so i'm really excited.
The plan for tonight and hopefully some of my roommates will want to tag along is that i want to go to the lake and just kind of soak in as much sun as i can.
I'll bring my kayak.
You know, i've got my bathing suit on like already.
So i'm just really excited and that's just how we're gonna kick start off this summer vlog.
So hopefully you guys enjoyed today's video.
In a minute i'm just gonna pack my bag and kind of figure out what i want to bring, but before i do that, i thought now would be a perfect time to introduce to you today's sponsor.
Today's video is sponsored by Crocs.
And when I tell you, I have been a lifelong fan of Crocs.
I truly mean it.
I distinctly remember my mom and dad bringing my sister and I to the Crocs store for us to get our first pair of Crocs before leaving for summer camp.
And ever since then, maybe when I was like eight I've just always had a pair of Crocs, and they've just been with me every summer, and so when they reached out to collaborate on this video, i was, of course, super excited.
Starting, of course, with the classic clog sandal, it has a super comfortable, lightweight and breathable design which is perfect to wear all day long.
The crocsite material is super durable and long lasting, making it a really great value for the price, and i can confirm this firsthand because i've had the same pair of crocs for years now and i'm just so excited to have a new one, and especially, I'm looking forward to decorating and customizing my Crocs with some gibbets.
There are truly so many gibbets that you can choose from to customize and personalize your Crocs to really make them your own and kind of reflect what you're into showcase your hobbies.
I'm really looking forward to customizing these.
Now, of course, if you're looking for something a little bit more subtle, Crocs also has a bunch of different, more casual sandal options.
I picked out these getaway strappy in the truffle color and I've already been wearing them out on the go a lot.
I love how easy it is to dress these up or down depending on where I'm going.
I feel like I've been wearing these on the go a lot, just slipping them on before going to run some errands.
But you could also very easily just like wear these out to dinner and just dress them up with a bit of a more fancy outfit.
Honestly, at first glance, I would have never even known that these are Crocs.
Last but not least, Crocs also has a line called Echo and it's kind of a blend between comfort and tech, sort of influenced by streetwear.
I picked out the Echo Surge sneaker which, by the look of the material, looks really easy to clean, also super ventilated and is slip resistant.
Now that i've showed you a few of the different styles of croc shoes, i thought it would be fun to personalize these and add some gibbets before i officially wear them out for the first time to the league.
Let's get to personalizing.
I honestly love how these turned out.
I feel like there's a little bit of a coastal theme going on and i just think they're so cute.
I cannot wait to wear these to the lake.
So, on that note, you can head over to the description to shop the links for all the products that I showed.
And a huge thank you again to Crocs for working with me.
And let's get on with today's summer vlog.
How's that?
Thank you.
I'm gonna try to run 5K.
Let's do this.
I'm going uphill now.
Wish me luck.
Minutes of poor.
I've entered full tomato mode now.
Minutes of five.
I desperately need a shower.
Good morning everyone and happy Friday.
As you saw this morning, I went for a run.
I didn't wake up as early as I wanted to.
My goal was to wake up at 730 and have this big productive morning, but I ended up sleeping in until 9, which is not that late honestly, but I think my body just needed that extra hour and a half of sleep.
So initially I wanted to run earlier in the day because it wouldn't be as sunny and hot, but Luckily it wasn't that warm when I did run.
I only ran 5K because I'm kind of just trying to slowly ease back into running, literally taking it step by step.
Like I don't want to rush into it and injure myself.
So anyways, ran 5K today.
I'm probably going to run a few more before I increase my distance.
But my goal is really not to like be super fast or have a good pace.
It's really just to get back into running. habit and routine of running more consistently because i mentioned this in a few of my previous videos but i have a half marathon that i'm signed up for in october and obviously that's not anytime soon but i just want to get back into it now sooner rather than later i also made myself this little hydration drink it's just a powder that you mix in with your water and it tastes really good and it's supposed to like help you stay hydrated and just help with your digestion like in general, and I feel like for some reason lately it's been really hard for me to drink enough water throughout the day.
Maybe it's because it's been hotter, so I just tend to get dehydrated more easily, but I don't know.
I've been trying to drink this more or less every day to help with that.
I made this to-do list on my phone and I've been doing this pretty much every day before I go to bed.
I will write out my to-do list for the next day and try to like it in order of what i want to do at what time, and i feel like i fluctuate between like my to-do list systems.
Sometimes i like to do it on notion, sometimes my notes app is the best, or sometimes i'll even just write it in my journal, but for some reason this has been what's been keeping me most productive now that it's summer, because it's just really simple and easy and it's kind of motivating to check things off of that list as I go about my day.
So I already did my morning routine.
I went for a run as well, cleaned the bathroom.
And then I also cleaned up my kayak.
You're supposed to obviously like rinse and dry out your kayak after you use it in the lake.
So I had rinsed it and left it out to dry.
So I just packed it up this morning. and put that away.
And I also took a shower and washed my hair so I can check that off of my list.
I'm gonna let my hair kind of air dry a little bit longer and then I will blow dry it.
All right, that is the plan.
Hello everyone.
It has been just like a day and a half, but for some reason it's felt like a lifetime since my last update.
I've just been at work these past few days and the days have felt so long.
Today especially, I just finished work and have been feeling very drained and I feel like my brain is working on... a two percent battery like i literally refilmed this clip four times already because i just keep fumbling over my words and not being able to actually get a sentence out but i did want to update this video sorry the lighting is a little bit weird it's actually another gray cloudy night and i have some bad news that is what the current weather forecast is looking like for the next few days so my whole grand plan of completing my summer bucket list in this video is unfortunately gonna have to wait for a little bit longer i think i'm gonna have to adjust i am currently parked because i'm gonna meet up with some of my roommates i have some laundry i need to do so i'm just gonna drop that off at the laundromat and then while that load is in the washer i thought it would be fun to just walk around the main street and town here and just kind of bring you along with me for that i have made the executive decision to treat myself to a fun drink whether that be a matcha or chai i haven't yet decided but today has just been one of those days that has felt like it has dragged on for so long and it's just nice to reward myself every once in a while right now i'm gonna head over to a coffee shop i'm not sure which one yet but i'm gonna make that quick pit stop and then get on with the rest of my evening so my other camera died so i'm filming on my g7x right now but i wanted to give a quick update i got a dirty chai and it's actually really good i did want to get a matcha but if you saw it in one of my recent vlogs i think it was my mid-year reset i went to a coffee shop and got a matcha and it was basically a cup of milk so from that incident i am still a little bit scarred and i think i'm gonna stick to making my matcha at home for a little bit um but this is really good so far and the one thing i wanted to update you on that i forgot to talk about earlier is that as you saw earlier this week i went to the farmer's market here they call it a mountain market which i think is super cute and i got these earrings that i'm currently wearing i'll try to either like take a picture or film a close-up so you can see more up close because it's kind of hard to see but they're these like pressed flower earrings and i just love how they look i had gone to this woman's booth a few times already previous weeks when i went to the mountain market but i was just waiting to see a pair that would really catch my eye and these are them so anyways that's my update that i forgot to update you on earlier now i'm on my way to the laundromat and then we'll just kind of walk about town later There we go.
Okay, ready?
Hi, my name is Jenica.
Russell.
You ruined it.
Hi, my name is Jenica and this is Russell.
He's mute.
Do you want to pop your head off?
We are Clarice's roommates.
Yes.
Okay, so I have a bit of a story time.
I went backcountry two weeks ago and there was a couple that was doing photos and my friend that I did backcountry with sent me a TikTok and I was like scrolling through it thinking oh, like that's so sweet.
Like, they're photos from the trip.
Anyway, I got to the fourth slide, and it's me and my friend.
They posted us on... Oh, it's, like, full...
Yeah, like here, I'll show.
Yeah.
Yeah, the bottom one.
We're like kind of in the distance, but obviously like we know it's us.
And I texted them and I was like, hey, I believe we did Hermit Meadows at the same time.
I saw that me and my friend were in the photo on the fourth slide.
I was wondering if I could have this photo.
It's super beautiful and would love to have it for memories.
Anyway, they sent me the photo.
And it's so cute.
Like it's even better than like what they like had on their post.
I'll just edit it in.
Anyway, yeah, it was so beautiful.
Anyway, thank you so much to this TikToker couple.
I love it.
Social media is wonderful.
Yeah.
Okay, we're off on our adventure.
I don't know where I'm going to park, but that's a problem for us.
Who told you that it was too late?
When was it that you started leaning that way?
Four tires cut into the clay.
It dries up and now there's just one road to take.
It's called... 158.
I mean, four lifelong companions.
It's so soft, though.
The poison is spilling upstream.
And it's taking...
The sky really cleared up, which is great.
So we're getting ice cream now.
You have to show the vlog.
Oh my goodness.
Wow.
We live in the best place on earth.
And we're going to celebrate with ice cream.
While we wait for laundry.
I have Cookie Monster, which is very blue, and it's with a waffle cone, because why would you do a regular cone?
That looks... Unite!
10 out of 10.
Why are you making that face?
This is so good.
Your lips and tongue is going to be... I will.
I'm currently wrapping up editing this video and I realized I never got around to filming an outro, so if you made it up until this point, I wanted to say thank you for watching.
Filming and editing.
This was honestly a lot of fun and obviously I didn't get around to doing as much as I wanted to on my summer bucket list, but it was still a really fun few summer days in my life, so I hope you enjoyed.
It's crazy to think that I only have like a few weeks and a few vlogs left before i go back home to montreal for school, so if there's anything you want to see from me in the meantime, feel free to comment it down below and i'll try to get to it.
Once again, thank you to crocs for partnering with me, and just a reminder that you can head over to the description to find all the links for the products that i showed in this vlog.
And, on that note, i hope you have a lovely rest of your day or night, wherever you are, and i will talk to you, hopefully soon, in my next vlog Hello.
Just to prove that, this is my fourth time trying to film this.
Oh my gosh.
Not again.
Should I do a transition?
I thought I screamed on my face.
You didn't get the whole... Is that...
Only $15.
Show that to the camera.
Should he buy this?
Yes or no?
Boss baby cut out.
Comment down below.
Do we think it's worth $15?
That's the question of the day.
