Hi guys, it's Nicole and welcome back to my channel.
Happy Vlogmas Day 9!
Hold on.
Let me make sure I don't miss this freeway.
Cause when I tend to drive in San Diego, I always miss the freeway.
Okay, we're good.
All right.
Hello guys.
How are you doing?
I hope you're doing well.
Happy day nine.
So it's actually already 2.30 PM.
And you might be like, dang, Nicole, what have you been doing this whole day?
And why are you still in your pajamas?
Yeah, I'm asking myself the same question.
No, I'm just kidding.
I think I'm still on the comedown from my birthday.
If you guys didn't watch Vlogmas Day 8, I literally had the best birthday ever, an amazing way to start off 20 and i'm just feeling so grateful.
But we got home pretty late last night and then i just knocked out when we got back to the apartment and so this whole morning i was just editing my birthday vlog and it took me a little bit, and so usually when i start my morning with a lot of screen time, i tend to have a headache and then i'll need to take a nap and i'm trying to listen to my body as much as possible and really give myself naps when needed.
So i took that nap.
So that is what i've been doing this whole morning and that is why i'm still in my pjs but honestly, not complaining.
It was still a great morning.
I had cuddled with sadie, ate some more banana cream pie and spent some extra time with my parents, but now i'm officially starting my day.
Pretty late start, but it's okay.
I'm heading back to state, heading back to my dorm and for today's vlogs video, you guys are going to be spending the evening with me.
It's going to be a pretty chill day.
I need to get back, tidy up my room, put away some laundry.
Me and audrey we wanted to try this one boba place, but i just looked on my phone and it's actually closed today, So I don't know what we're doing yet, but we'll still hang out.
And then later tonight, I have dance practice.
So that's what the rest of the day is looking like.
Oh my gosh, peep my new water bottle.
This is one of my birthday presents from Audrey.
I have been eyeing this Awala light pink water bottle for so long now.
And she got it for me.
She's the best.
It's so cute.
I also still have my happy birthday headband in my car.
Anyways, I'm almost back to state.
Happy Longest Day 9, everyone.
Let's have an amazing evening together.
Guys, look how much stuff I have.
I always bring back so much from the apartment.
My mom sent me home with some meals.
I got my laundry basket, my boots from yesterday.
Oh, please don't fall.
Please don't fall.
Yes.
Oh my gosh.
Thank the Lord for wheels.
And we are back.
All right, time to put all of this back to where it belongs.
Turning on some Christmas music, duh.
Listen to my Christmas playlist on Spotify.
All right, let's go.
Success, room is all tidy again.
I'm currently on my couch.
This is locally such an underrated place in my dorm.
We have my cute little SDSU teddy bear.
But I actually started working on today's Vlogmas video already.
That has been my life hack for this year's Vlogmas is editing throughout the day instead of all at once.
Because for example, yesterday I didn't do that.
And I had to edit for like four hours straight this morning.
But if I do it in chunks, then it's not as bad.
I won't get as much of a headache.
And I also have a lot more energy for the next day.
But speaking of vlogmas, let me know how you guys are liking it this year.
Also, if you guys want to see any specific videos.
I'm actually going home soon.
Later this week.
Stay tuned.
So I can't wait to film some content back home.
But I've been loving filming and editing this year so far.
And I hope you guys are liking the videos.
On that note, I'm going to edit this clip.
And we're going to get on with the rest of the evening.
And she's finally out of her PJs, everyone.
Woo!
I just put on this matching crew neck and lounge pants pop when i say it like that.
Help, both from hollister, and it's really so cute and comfy.
Supposedly it's like 80 degrees in san diego right now, i don't know.
When i was walking out of the apartment though, it felt pretty cold and i just want to be comfy.
So this is the fit, and i'm wearing my sandals from steve madden.
All right, let's go pick up audrey.
Okay, where should we go?
Great question.
I had ramen yesterday.
I had pho today.
Okay, so not soup noodles.
But like... but like i could okay i literally can eat anything i don't know what should we do no i'm so indecisive right now i don't know why i've been looking on yelp i just scrolled to number 40 and i was like nope nope nope yeah i don't know i'm not like feeling anything guys comment down below what we should eat right now comment down let's go on live right now let's go live right now because like i also gotta get a sweet treat okay yeah same so i found this one place we need to go sometime it's called like dumpling bar it's like you boba with like jin chai feng like wait what yeah but it's all the way in encinitas okay wait i also made a list i see restaurants okay i've just been seeing a bunch on tiktok but they're not for right now yeah yeah that makes sense okay i feel like if we go up to like if we start heading up to convoy area then we'll just find something well i'll look while you drive Okay.
Because, like, I feel like that's our best bet.
There's a tree and food.
Okay, we'll see you in Convoy.
Surprise, surprise.
We've ended up back at the tree.
Different location, though.
Yeah, in our defense, it's not the one by our school.
It's a little further in Convoy.
Oh, look at the Christmas tree.
How festive.
It's so festive.
This is like me, and this is Arushi.
Stop.
Wait, that was so good.
Aw.
I love that.
I see Arushi.
Thank you so much.
Yummy.
Bon appetit.
We both got Tajima whites.
So good.
Sweet treat time.
Tummy's looking really full from ramen, but I'm gonna get like a fruity flavor.
We're trying sundae ice cream.
Ah, there's a Christmas tree.
Cute.
Oh my god, I thought it was a labubu at first.
Oh, it is a squirrel.
Thank you.
Hi.
Ooh.
Oh, wow.
Thank you.
That's so cute.
Wait, it's a cute little waffle.
Cheers.
Cheers.
Okay, I got ube.
This is what my dad always gets at ice cream places, so I'm thinking of him.
And then I got lychee peach because I wanted something, like, refreshing.
Yeah.
Yay.
That's, like, a good amount.
I know.
I have an obsession with small spoons.
Sweet.
I love small foods as well.
Like, if I get a Samplesman, I'll eat with that one instead of the... That's so valid.
Yeah, and mine matches.
Okay, um... We're still a little red, but... Um, hey guys.
It's like illuminating my ice cream cup.
Oh!
Why doesn't mine have one?
No, it does.
Wait, try it though.
It's kind of like... Whatever, I'm just going to talk while we look like a bull in bus.
Me and Audrey are heading back to state now.
But Audrey just asked, she was like, okay, Nicole, how do you feel about your fall semester?
Because technically our semester ends this Thursday.
Yeah.
And then we just have like finals here and there.
Yeah.
But like classes end this week.
And so let's talk about it.
Let's chat.
Let's chat.
I don't want to say that I wish it went better, because it was still really good, but I was a lot more, I think, emotionally unstable.
Poor girl.
No, like, everything's fine, guys.
And, like, I'm doing a lot better towards the NS semester, which is good.
It's just, like, you go through, like, moments.
Yeah.
And that's normal.
Yeah.
Definitely went through a lot of moments.
And then Audrey was saying my fall semester last year was a lot different from my fall semester this year, and that's why we were both like thinking yeah, like i don't know if we expected it to be similar or what, but there were just a lot of things that were different.
Yeah, some good, some bad, bad ways yeah, but like overall overall, I say that's a pretty good semester.
Yeah, we were able to like explore San Diego a little bit more.
Yeah, me and Audrey did hang out more this semester, which is good, which was one of our goals.
Yeah, that's true, and I think we succeeded in that.
Yes, I was like hanging out every day actually, like we were able to see each other more.
I think I will say though, sophomore year as a whole, you just know your way around more.
Yeah, you know your people too, and so I think, in that aspect, I liked it better than freshman year fall semester Yeah.
But I also am just still figuring out so much that I think that's just going to be every year.
I'm in an apartment with other people, but it's not as many people as like a dorm room.
That's true.
Yeah.
Dorm life is a lot more social than apartment life.
Like we don't talk to people that aren't in our own apartment.
That's a good point yeah, but we are looking forward to spring semester.
Yes, we hope that it's gonna be a good one.
I think it will be.
I have like good feelings about it.
Last spring was good and this spring is gonna be even better.
It's gonna be epic, epic.
It's gonna be so epic.
But on that note, we're going to get back to state.
Love y'all.
Kisses.
All right, guys.
It is now practice time.
I just got ready.
Changed my outfit.
Here's my practice fit.
I'm wearing one of our national shirts from last year.
It says Nancy Manatti's 2025.
And on the back, it says, why be a king when you can be a Nas-Tec?
If you know, you know.
Throwback to Raf God.
Pants are from Lulu.
I'm wearing my On Clouds.
I just packed my backpack.
My water bottle is going to make its debut at practice tonight.
First hour of practice, we have workouts.
Last one.
Last Tuesday night workout of fall semester.
And then we're working on both basketball and national stuff tonight.
Okay, let's go.
Okay, guys.
So, unfortunately, I'm a walk monster.
You see me on the SDSU campus all the time.
To myself, I walked for about two and a half hours.
And how many steps did you get today?
20,000.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Next bye period.
By the way, we just ran a mile finished workout.
We're about to go do all of our days.
But I wanted to show my face.
Look.
This is Denim.
This is Glenda.
I haven't named her yet, but... Oh my gosh, wait, does yours fit in the cup holder?
It does, because this is 24.
Okay, yeah, so this is Nae Nae's, and she named it Denim.
And so now we need a name for mine, because I think they go perfect together.
I think Glenda's a little too basic.
I think so, too.
But we'll cook.
Okay.
Yeah, Denim is, like, known on the team.
Yes, but I think they're dating.
Oh, yeah.
Yeah, they're dating.
They're so dating.
They're dating.
They're so good.
Okay, wait.
We need a name, though.
So, comment down below for the people.
I know, right?
Okay.
Practice time.
Bye.
Yeah, yeah.
You got it.
Let's go.
Happy birthday, Miracle.
Happy birthday.
These are so beautiful!
They're gonna be like rocks, but just slide into it.
Alright, so give me a big one.
This is a small one.
Don't put it that way.
You're not, thank you.
Alright, let's see.
Maybe get the birthday girl in it.
Alright.
Ready, niche, ready, niche.
And we are back.
Oh my goodness, you guys.
That was a good practice.
My body is already sore.
I feel like I need another massage, but we were lifting pretty heavy, we ran another mile and I feel like we got so much done, especially for basketball season.
Okay but, as you guys can see, i'm currently getting ready for bed.
Honestly, nights at school have been very enjoyable for me lately.
Just because i love to unwind, i feel like i hold on.
I'm gonna do my skincare while i talk.
I feel like i pack my days with a lot, so by the end of every single day, i'm usually just so tired, but when i take a nice shower, do my skincare and the night, with maybe a book in bed oh, and my eye patches, which i'm about to put on, but i feel like it's just such the perfect way to end every single day.
Speaking of which, today was a great day.
If you guys saw at practice, whenever there's a birthday on the team, we will sing at the end and then your DTV, your dance team buddy, will bring a treat.
So Audrey made Rice Krispies with pink sprinkles and they were so freaking yummy.
So Audrey, I love you so much.
Best DTV ever.
And I love my teammates.
They made me feel so special.
I am seriously just so happy with how 20 is going so far.
And I feel like the vibes were pretty high for the rest of the day as well.
Let's do a little check-in.
If you guys remember from vlogmas day one, I wanted to do check-ins this vlogmas just because I'm back full-time editing my videos this year.
I'm also making it a priority to make sure I'm taking care of myself.
And so now that it's day nine, here's how I'm currently feeling.
JK one second.
Love it.
I'm happy to say i feel like we're doing pretty good, you guys.
I mean the fact that we're already over a week in and i've had no mental breakdowns.
That is just a great sign.
Definitely, years in the past i've probably shed a few tears because of how overwhelming long this can be, but i'm really trying to set good habits this year and i feel like they've been working very well.
I'm still getting good sleep, i'm still hanging out with all my favorite people and i think this is a big one.
I'm not being too hard on myself.
I feel like past years i've always been like okay nicole, you need to film over 20 minute videos.
It has to be the best editing ever.
You can't sleep until the video is perfect.
And while I still want my videos to be, you know, content that I'm proud of, I think those have been unrealistic goals for me, just because of how much work vlogmas is and I'm definitely not complaining at all, because I obviously choose to do vlogmas and I enjoy it.
But this year I'm like okay Nicole, if the video is under 15 minutes, that's all right, you'll survive.
It's not the end of the world, and so I'm trying to take it a little easier on myself.
My perfectionist traits definitely come out during this time, but not only do I want to be producing these videos, but I also want to be happy in.
So sometimes there needs to be sacrifice.
Anyways, overall, I think I'm doing pretty good.
I also feel like the first week of Vlogmas is kind of a push.
But once I get into a group of things which I feel like I am right now, then the rest of the videos of this month are just flowing.
It's like entering flow state.
When I'm filming and editing and setting good habits for myself during Vlogmas.
I am entering flow state.
But that is my skincare for the night.
I don't know if it's because I've been wearing a lot of makeup lately, but I am breaking out a little bit.
I just have a couple blemishes.
So maybe I'll just take it easy on makeup for the next few days.
Oh, just kidding.
I literally have a basketball game tomorrow and I have to get game day ready.
I'm going to finish the rest of my night routine and then we're going to hop into bed.
My bed is so comfy.
I love it.
Oh man, i wish i could sleep for like three days straight.
All right, but your girl's got things to do.
This is how i've been ending my nights in december.
Oh my gosh, i want to show you guys my wallpaper.
Look how cute that is.
I just got it off of pinterest so christmasy and adorable.
But if you tell, by the time it's almost midnight and your girl's definitely tired and wants to go to bed.
But i'm gonna finish editing my vlog video tonight, so then i can just enjoy tomorrow and have a good morning not that i didn't have a good morning today, but you know it's better to just get it done right now.
So i'm gonna put my headphones on, i'm gonna lock in and we're gonna get this video.
So i think this is where i'm going to end today's video.
Thank you guys for spending the evening with me.
I think definitely a little more chatty and chill vlog, but let me know if you guys like that.
Oh my gosh, we make it to double ditch tomorrow for vlogmas day 10.
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