A four-day family trip to Michigan to see cousins from Ukraine, after five years apart. The creator felt drained by the gathering and the break from routine, but managed to film content anyway, which felt like a win. They recorded it all because without the camera, it wouldn't feel real.
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If I didn't record this, it wasn't real. In today's vlog, my family and I drove to Michigan to visit our cousins. My cousins have moved around a lot. They were born in Ukraine and they lived in Seattle— Seattle— and they lived in Seattle and then Florida for a bit. And a few years ago, they bought a nice house in Michigan. My sister and I got to reunite with them last summer after not seeing them for 5 years, and now it's a tradition of ours to visit them quite often. This time we stayed for 4 days and it was lots of fun. Here's some of the things we did. It was a pretty eventful few days, and even though I'm grateful I get to spend more time with my cousins, out of everyone in my family, I probably got the most exhausted. I realized I can easily get drained when a lot of people around and need to spend lots of time on my own to recharge. I guess I'm an introvert in that sense. I also felt like a complete mess as I didn't have a routine during our stay. No routine or structure equals me feeling unaccomplished. I did end up filming the talking parts to my new video while I was there, so that was a big win. Anyways, to end off our trip, we went to our usual sushi place to order some delicious poke bowls. I'm glad this time we were able to have poke bowls instead of a poutine and a hot dog. Why did I record this? Well, I recorded this because