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Good morning guys.

Welcome to the vlog.

If you're new here, my name is Hannah and I am a teacher, a mom of two, and I'm going to take you with me on just a regular day in my life.

Honestly, today is something else because my son is sick, so he's at home with his dad today,

but my husband still has to like go to football practice today after school, so he's going to have to somehow get JP to me.

And normally we would have football practice for my son as well, but I don't think that we're going to send him since he's sick.

I have a meeting this morning.

I think I might have a student teacher coming today for the very first time, so it's just kind of a hectic little day,

but I'm going to go ahead and get going so

that I can get inside before my like contract hours start

so that I can get some things going and ready for the day because it's just, it's going to be a hectic one I feel like. So

I'm just gonna take you with me through my work day

when obviously like I'm on my lunch breaks and stuff

And then i'll also take you with me after school We've got to kind of get our lives together

because we've been sick and we've been at a wedding and all the things and so Honestly, I just need to get my life together today

So i'm gonna take you along with me while I do

that if you are new here I would love it

if you would subscribe to my channel and stick around and hang out with me, but let's head into work

happy lunch break i'm about to go heat my food up i have broccoli corn

and ground beef and i just keep my meals so

so simple especially for lunches on the weekdays it's just a thousand times easier for me

if I just have a simple little like meal prepped routine ready to go.

Also, I just need to shout this out because it's probably the best thing that I've ever done.

I got this little pitcher.

It's a Kullian water filter and it's fantastic.

It filters out the water, filters out all the PFAS, PFAS, however we're saying that.

But anyways, I love it

because I fill it up in the morning with like school water and when I fill it up, it will obviously filter the water

and then I keep this in my classroom all day

and then I can just fill up my water whenever I need it

because as a teacher sometimes you just don't get to go get something to drink whenever you need to

so I love having my water filter whenever I need it

absolute game changer for me this year it's helped me get my water intake in

and I just think that it's something that everybody should consider

if you have a job where you can't like really go fill up your water whenever you need to

Get yourself a water filter and bring it with you Anyways, i'm about to go eat.

We're gonna Just go heat this up

And then I really just wanted to show you my outfit for today

because I got this dress at old navy for like seven dollars on clearance and I Absolutely love it.

It's so cute, but it's got like super skinny straps So I just threw this over it.

This came from target.

I can link it probably

because I just got it for One of like my brother's wedding things

so I can probably link it But let me show you my full outfit because I have my Blundstones on.

And we love the Blundstones around here.

Here it is.

Isn't it so fun?

We got pockets in the dress.

A fun little boot with it.

And I feel like I'm really embracing fall since it is now officially September.

But it's still hot as freak outside.

It is like 95 degrees today.

So I couldn't really go full into fall.

but I did kind of go like with brown and boots and things that just make me feel like it's fall,

even when we still have like at least two to three weeks of weather in the 90s,

which is horrible but i'm gonna go heat my food up and eat and i will see you guys after work

all right i'm out of work for the day we're about to go pick up my daughter

and then go get my sun

and I honestly really need to place a Walmart order

so I actually might pick like do a little Walmart probably not pick up I'll probably do delivery just

because I don't really feel like going out to get it honestly later

so I think it's just gonna be fastest

if I just do a delivery for today so I'm gonna place that before I go in just because I really really

don't want to go get anything from the store

and I think I have some kind of like a coupon

where I can do quick delivery for less than five dollars right now.

I don't know why that's the case but I'm gonna do it.

So I had everything added to my cart so it's not like I had to like sit here and grocery shop.

I just needed to literally click the order button.

I forgot to do that earlier.

Don't know why.

So I've got the Walmart grocery order on its way.

We're headed in to get Cam right now and then we'll head

and get JP since he's had such a sick little day.

Poor thing.

Alright, I got home at the same exact time that my Walmart grocery delivery got delivered.

So I'm just going to run you through a quick little haul.

This is sausage, egg, and cheese, maple griddle sandwiches.

They're frozen.

Kids love them.

I make one of these and then split it like half and half for them in the morning sometimes

because he gets free breakfast at school and she has like a breakfast snack included.

So might as well just give them a little something just in case they don't like what they have

that day or whatever.

Anyways, I also got these Nature Bakery Oatmeal Crumbles.

They are my favorite afternoon snack at work.

It's like a little something sweet, but it's also not horrible for you.

Two Amy's Bowls in the three cheese kale bake

because sometimes I just like to have a frozen meal on hand just in case I need something and Levi doesn't.

Like if he has a JV game or something that he has to do, I like to have a frozen meal so

that I don't have to cook just for me and like for the kids to graze on things.

I'm going to cook this tonight.

This is penne pasta.

I got this, which is the bonza protein pasta, and then I got some of this just to mix in so that we add a little bit of both.

I'm going to put this alfredo on that pasta, and then the meat that I'm going to cook will be this sausage, and then I think I also might do some shrimp because my kids absolutely love shrimp.

So I might put some shrimp in this with it, but then just make them some shrimp because they're not going to want this.

It'll be too spicy for them.

Some bell peppers.

I can cook these with like, I don't know, the chicken that's in the freezer and some onions

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and kind of have like a little bit of a fajita situation.

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Probably so loud.

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I meant to order a bunch of bananas, but I guess I just ordered a single banana.

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One onion.

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And then some Fair Life and maple syrup, which are just staples that I had to have.

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So that's that.

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It is actually a Tuesday, so I just need meals for kind of like the rest of the week, and we still have some leftovers in the fridge that we can use for whenever we need them,

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but this should get us through the rest of the week.

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My kids have been sick.

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My brother had a wedding.

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It's just kind of been a disaster.

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It's been everywhere this weekend and this week, so I'm just trying to survive right now, to be quite honest with you.

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It's September, which is so much fun and so exciting but it is literally 100 degrees outside.

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So I was like really excited to do like a little comfy cozy meal.

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But it's so hot still and it's gonna stay hot and I can't get over that.

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But I'm gonna go eat a banana.

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This is an old banana that we had.

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I honestly prefer my bananas to be more green like this, but I'll let this wait a couple days

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and I'll just eat the ones

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that we have since I need to get rid of them before they're like any browner than this.

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I will not eat.

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Won't happen.

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so i'm going to snack on this banana, listen to my audiobook, and cook dinner.

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I know I've been talking about us being sick, but I got something

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that I think is going to help a little bit with like all of the allergens

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and stuff that I am just so prone to getting like allergy sick and my kids are too.

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So I got a nice little air filter that you can see right here.

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And it's the like, it's a smart air filter by Trusted Air.

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Honestly, I didn't know what to expect.

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I've never had an air filter before and this one I was going to take it to my classroom, but now I think I'm just going to get another one to put in my classroom because I really, really like it.

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It's so quiet and it circulates the air so well

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and you can even connect it to your phone and like operate it from anywhere.

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And it tells you like the air filter like status, but it also tells you the quality of your air over time.

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If you guys know me, you just, you know that I love the data of all of that.

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So I think it's super cool.

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It's so easy to use.

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So I literally thought that I was gonna have to like do a whole thing.

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So when I got this, it was actually a Friday, I think when I got it.

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And I had to go to a football game like immediately.

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And I was like, oh my gosh, it's gonna take me so long to put this together.

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So I'll just wait until later.

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I could have put it together and like got it up and running in less than five minutes.

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It was so simple.

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It looks like and I just have our set on auto

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so that it circulates however much it needs to

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and I can open the door to the bedroom

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and it will circulate more air

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because it can actually do like big rooms over a thousand square feet

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which our house isn't that big

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so it basically could circulate air through the whole house if we had a really central place to put it.

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So I am just really excited about the air quality

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that we're going to get from this thing and I'm interested to kind of see the data, but I've been using it for over a week and we really like it.

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So I figured I would let you guys know, especially with pets and kids and our allergies as crazy as they are.

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I am so excited that we have that, but they did send it over to me for like just my honest review

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and they said like it could be negative if you want it to be negative.

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So I am really, really liking it.

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And I do think I'm going to get one for my classroom

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because I think that we've got some issues in my classroom with like me being in there

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and I just get so stuffy.

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Maybe it's from being in the school building all day.

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Who knows the air quality of schools?

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So I am highly considering getting another one.

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So this one was actually going to school with me

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but I decided I wanted to keep it at home

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because I love it so much and I feel like it's good for the air quality like when we sleep and everything.

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So I post a code for you guys so that you can get a little discount but

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anyways we are gonna go finish up the rest of our night.

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I am listening to an audiobook on Everend.

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I think I got the book of yeah it's called The Book of Azrael

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and I feel like I don't know it's kind of popular but I heard Carter Sullivan talk about it.

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If you follow me and you don't subscribe to Carter you really really should.

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She works and she does like work from home

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but she does tons of book content and I really really like her recommendations.

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So I'm listening to this on audio.

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I didn't do like the full cast audio which evidently they have.

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I just did like the regular one.

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I'm liking it so far.

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I love fantasy so I'm really liking it

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but I do feel like it's a super long book and if I was reading this I think it'd take me forever.

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But it's kind of getting me into like the fall mood, you know?

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So anyways, I'm going to go finish this up, finish cooking dinner, and then we'll get on with the rest of our night.

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A nice crispy diet coat.

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It's a moment of truth.

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It's good.

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I feel like this is super high protein and it was

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so easy to make and it's kind of like a comfort meal without being bad for you.

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So I'd give it like an 8 out of 10.

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I had full intentions of having a super productive evening,

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but honestly, I just want to sit down and

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when I feel like this and so tired and burnt out

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and exhausted I feel like I need to listen to myself listen to my body

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and just chill so I'm gonna sit in here in the bedroom

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and my husband's home now he's outside playing with the kids

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and the dog and I just I want to read

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but the audiobook that I've been listening to has been so in-depth and just like so heavy on

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the world building of the fantasy which is great and I love

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but right now I just kind of want to like turn my brain off

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and I think I'm going to read The Dead Romantics.

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It's by Ashley Poston and I love The Seven Year Slip.

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It's one of my favorite books of all time.

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I've tried to read this like four times

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and every single time I get about I don't know a chapter

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and a half into it and then I stop and I don't know why.

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I literally have no idea why.

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It's not that I don't like it.

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It's always just I think that it is a physical book

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and I don't have time to read it like during daylight hours.

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I don't know.

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Like once I come and lay down in here with my kids at night, I usually pick up a Kindle book.

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So whatever I'm reading on Kindle is much easier for me to read.

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But I really want to read this.

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So I think I'm going to read it right now.

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And I feel like it could be the perfect switch into fall for me since it's September.

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I know I've mentioned that like 17 times.

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I might I might just go ahead and start on this.

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I also really want to do like a fall video.

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So let me know if you guys be interested in that, but I want to have like a fall bucket list

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and just some things that make me feel like i'm transitioning into fall a little bit.

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I really need that in my life, but right now since it's still 100 degrees outside, we're not doing that yet.

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I really wish I could be like a september 1st fall girly, but I can't.

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I just can't.

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I don't want to pretend.

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I don't want to be a faker on the internet.

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Like I don't want to act like I'm transitioning into the fall season

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when I'm still literally pouring sweat if I'm outside for longer than a minute and a half.

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So I'm going to do little things like try to read this book.

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I don't want to rush it.

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I want to take maybe like a week

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and read this over the course of a week so that I am really just letting this lead me into September.

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I think that'd be so fun.

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I've heard this is such a good books.

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Tattered.

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It's stained.

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I've had it for just way too long for me to not have read it yet.

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As you can see, I'm in my comfy clothes.

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I'm in my little nightgown.

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I have been loving nightgowns recently, by the way.

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So I'm just hanging out in my nightgown, sitting in the bed.

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I'm going to read this and genuinely could pass out of sleep right here, right now.

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I came home.

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I picked up.

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I did some dishes.

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I made some food for tonight.

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And then it's also going to carry over as leftovers throughout the week.

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So sometimes I just feel like I haven't been super productive.

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But then when I think about it, I'm like, hey, I woke up early this morning, got my kids ready, went to work, worked all day, obviously, went and got my kids,

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did a grocery pickup or delivery order, put all that away, did all the other things.

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And so I'm like, okay, I did, I did enough.

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And if I want to rest, I can rest.

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That's what we're going to do.

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Let me reread the first chapter of the dead romantics for maybe the fifth time now.

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This B1 speaking lesson is built on the video “full work day *trying to be productive*”. This video has 250 sentences and 3083 words to shadow. The speech runs for 16:18. The speaker talks fast, about 189 words per minute, so expect linked and reduced sounds. 83% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start.

Key vocabulary in this video

The 15 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
filter noun	/ˈfɪltɚ/	A device which separates a suspended, dissolved, or particulate matter from a fluid, solution, or other substance; any device that separates one substance from…
banana noun	/bəˈnænə/	An elongated curved tropical fruit of a banana plant, which grows in bunches and has a creamy flesh and a smooth skin.
anyways adverb	/ˈɛn.iˌweɪz/	Anyway, anyhow, in any case.
classroom noun	/ˈklɑːsɹʊm/	A room, often in a school, where classes take place.
circulate verb	/ˈsɝ.kjʊˌleɪt/	To move in circles or through a circuit.
shrimp noun	/ʃɹɪmp/	Any of many swimming, often edible, crustaceans, chiefly of the infraorder Caridea or the suborder Dendrobranchiata, with slender legs, long whiskers and a…
grocery noun	/ˈɡɹəʊ.s(ə.)ɹi/	Retail foodstuffs and other household supplies.
audiobook noun	/ˈɔdi.oʊbʊk/	A recording, usually made available for sale, of a reading of the full text or of an abridgement of a book.
nightgown noun	/ˈnaɪtˌɡaʊn/	A long loose robe worn mainly by women for sleeping in.
snack noun	/snæk/	A light meal.
pasta noun	/ˈpɑ.stə/	Dough made from wheat and water and sometimes mixed with egg and formed into various shapes; often sold in dried form and typically boiled for eating.
freeze verb	/ˈfɹiːz/	Especially of a liquid, to become solid due to low temperature.
hectic adjective	/ˈhɛktɪk/	Very busy with activity and confusion.
leftover adjective		Remaining; left behind; extra; odd; in reserve.
allergy noun	/ˈæl.əɹ.d͡ʒi/	A disorder of the immune system causing adverse reactions to substances (allergens) not harmful to most and marked by the body's production of histamines and…

Phrasal verbs you will hear

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
pick up verb		To lift; to grasp and raise.
fill up verb		To make (something) completely full.
go ahead verb	/ˌɡoʊ əˈhɛd/	To proceed with; to begin.
carry over verb		To transfer (something) to a later point in time.
finish up verb		To complete the last details of a task.
get on with verb		To proceed with; to begin or continue, especially after an interruption.
get over verb		To overcome.
sit down verb		To assume a sitting position from a standing position.

Sentences worth repeating

Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:

I'm going to cook this tonight.
Honestly, I didn't know what to expect.
I'm liking it so far.
It's one of my favorite books of all time.
It's not that I don't like it.

Grammar in this video

The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:

Structure	In the video
Present perfect continuous have/has been + -ing — an action that started earlier and is still going on	I've been talking · I've been using · I've been listening
Conditional sentences if + clause, will/would + verb — a condition and its result	if you are new here I would love
Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now	we've been · I've ever done · have been
Relative clauses who / which + clause — extra information about a person or thing	this, which is · syrup, which are · September, which is

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 123 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, don't, gonna. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

The “sh” and “zh” sounds: shrimp /ʃɹɪmp/, gosh /ɡɑːʃ/, shout /ʃaʊt/, recommendation /ˌɹɛkəmɛnˈdeɪʃən/, intentions /ɪnˈtɛnʃənz/
Long words — get the stress right: audiobook /ˈɔdi.oʊbʊk/, evidently /ˈɛvɪdəntli/, automobile /ˈɔː.tə.məˌbil/, recommendation /ˌɹɛkəmɛnˈdeɪʃən/, genuinely /ˈd͡ʒɛn.ju.ɪn.li/

How to practise with this video

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Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like filter, banana, anyways.

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Sentences worth repeating

Grammar in this video

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