The vlog documents the creator’s first three days of Vlogmas (December 1‑3, 2021) as they accompany their parents to a medical appointment in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, and manage a series of errands. The narrator emphasizes frugal habits, preparing a super‑green smoothie, using free‑food coupons, and enjoying hotel complimentary breakfasts. Leveraging Hilton’s Embassy Suites loyalty points, they extend their stay for two nights, highlighting the benefits of hotel reward programs. Throughout the days, the creator works on their weekly podcast, “See Life Different,” meeting Friday’s upload deadline, handling transcription, and expressing a desire for a virtual assistant. Food scenes include a free burger, homemade pizza, Indian‑style dinner, and a celebratory cookie day treat. The narrative blends personal caregiving responsibilities, travel logistics, budgeting strategies, and content‑creation workflow, delivered in a conversational, diary‑like tone.
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Good morning. This is day 1 attempt of Vlogmas. It's December 1st. I'm going with my parents to their doctor appointment and they want me to run some store errands. So I'm going to Walgreens and I'll see you in the next clip. So before every trip, I try to have a Super Green smoothie, um, or smoothie pie. Even though we typically stop You know, because my dad used to be a truck driver, so he loved to have his routine of like coffee or something sweet to keep him energized on the road. I'm all about frugal, being frugal somewhat. So I try to have a smoothie and save it till we get to our destination for a big meal. I'm used to making chips out of medical chips because when I was growing up, that's what my mom did for me. We would always just make an event out of it, you know, so it's not something to really dread. You know, we'll do something that we look forward to, and food is always, you know, something that's a stress reliever. So yeah, we'll see where we'll get to eat. Of course, it's my birth month. December is my birth month also. So some of my favorite places that I've signed up through email will also have Free food coupons coming our way, probably as I'm watching this video or as you're watching this video. So, we'll see what we get to eat. We have made it to Murfreesboro, which is a suburb right outside of Nashville. This is where we'll be for my parents' appointment. And it's kind of like a little homecoming in a way. I used to live here for 2 years. And yeah, I did some more errands. Probably will go back out. We're probably gonna have dinner at a diner. I did check my email and I do have the free burger, so I'll be eating that and I'll show you that clip later. Alright, so I'm grateful for intuition, but here we are. It's day 2 of Vlogmas. It is December 2nd and I have dropped off my parents at their appointment and I'm sitting here at a Panera thinking I could go in and work on my laptop, which is normally what I do when I'm waiting for them. But my intuition just randomly asked them if they have like an extra night or free night because they collect points at the Embassy Suites, which is a part of the Hilton Hotel Group. So, and then of course I get a call thinking that it might be a 3-hour, you know, type of appointment. And so maybe my intuition was right. We may actually be staying a little longer. Maybe if there weren't other obstacles. But anyways. I'm here in front of a Panera. I may or may not get out the car. The car— the radio we have, SiriusXM, has been playing back-to-back-to-back hits. I may not even want to leave. Um, I will see you soon to tell you how it all went. Okay, quite a day. So we checked into the hotel. I was right, we got to extend the stay. Now we're running errands. We're out and about running errands. Again, I used to live here, so I have barely needed to use the GPS. Now the only thing is I've been procrastinating getting a backup title. My car, so now my mom's helping me to do that. So let's do that. So one of each. Can you have each? Can we have both of them? One slim, one high? Yeah. Okay. Yeah. Hi! So today is December 3rd. This is day 3 of Vlogmas, and it's been a busy morning already. I got up in the wee hours of the morning to get my parents to their appointment. And I feel like I'm putting on— I'm literally putting on like caregiver/parent mode. I'm back at the hotel. We got to stay a total of 3— 2 nights, 3 days, which is cool. And so I got breakfast, got the free breakfast. It was a custom-made omelet. I ate it so fast. It was so good. And then I managed to finally get my podcast episode up for the day. Oh, good. So what happens is every Friday I have a new podcast episode called See Life Different. That's the name of the podcast if you want to look it up on everywhere you listen to any audio streaming platform. And then if I don't get an episode out by midnight that Friday or 12 PM, um, 12 PM that Friday, then that episode not happening for that Friday. And that's okay, you know, consistency is good, but life happens. So, um, I'm just gonna show you my little work desk. I rewarded myself by getting it out there by getting the second round of free breakfast before they closed at about 9:30. I'll be here until the time to check out around 11, and around that time my parents should also be done as well. And then we'll be heading back to Central Tennessee. This is my little work desk. It's just me and the TV. This is some pizza from last night. Which is still— we have enough to eat almost dinner tonight. I uploaded the episode, but what's left is still to transcribe. I do my best at that, even though I can't wait to have a VA for that. You gotta triple and double back up these audios and— yep. Code Pizza is the best pizza. Don't me. And this is homemade pizza. You know, buy the piece of bread, add your own toppings. So one spinach, one spinach and tomatoes. My second snack while I binge-watch TV, food and sitcoms. Happy National Cookie Day! I also added a brownie just because. Indian-style dinner with short grain brown rice and Man or Peter Bird?
