Hello, welcome to a bit of a vlog style video... Um this is something new!
I'm in a familiar setting, still in my bedroom, but soon that is gonna change... Well, actually
soon I will be in my bedroom... But it's going to be a different bedroom, because
this is the start of my moving to Wellington to go to uni vlog!! Basically, I've been making lists,
I've been planning, now it's time to start doing. Um... I'm sorting out my clothes basically,
because I definitely don't need to take all my clothes, I'm not like a clothing hoarder by
any stretch of the imagination. I try to keep my wardrobe as minimal and usable as possible,
both for my sanity also for the environment, and for my wallet, just for all the reasons! But um
there's definitely some stuff in there which I don't need and probably some things which
I won't need to wear down there. So I need to sort out stuff that I don't want at all anymore, stuff
that I'm going to leave at home and not take to uni. So yeah! Let's get into it! Awesome! So I did
this sorting Marie Condo style I took everything out of my wardrobe and sorted it into four piles.
I had clothes to take to Wellington, clothes that I still wanted but left at home, clothes
to donate, and clothes that reached the end of its life cycle. Hi, good morning! Um today's
Saturday 30th January. Today's the day of my Bye Bye Barbecue (BBBBQ) as the official name goes. Um
basically, all my friends, family... well most of my friends, family from my mom and dad's side,
cool people that I know and like are coming to my house to say goodbye. Um basically
just have a fun time... it is... I don't have a clock, my clock is on my phone, but it's like
maybe, it's maybe like 11:15ish. Just made a shopping list, list of things we've got to do
to get prepped and come along with me on the day, it's gonna be really fun. Our first stop
is Why Knot. Why Knot is basically like damaged goods, or about to expire, or just stuff they
have tons of I think, but basically you can get really good stuff but it's cheaper and
we thought we're having a party gonna need a lot of stuff, let's save some cash. So... let's go!
Hey um, so we just got back from the supermarket. Oh we ended up going to... so we went to Why Knot
which is like the discount store and then we went to a fruit and veggie shop but it was like kind of
expensive and then we also went to Pak n' Save. It was a long trip, I'm tired um we have like
45 minutes down time, and then it's like up and at em' for food prep and like the rest of getting
ready and things. But like yeah it'll be all good. I'm sure that we will re-energize once things
start moving again, but for now *snore* tired... Okay so it is just before party food prep time and
I'm getting ready. I just thought that I would, for those of you who don't know me personally, um
just let you in on the reason for this going away party.
Um yeah just literally what I'm doing... Wait I need one thing!
Got it! Uh yeah, um so I'm gonna do that while I do makeup. You know, we're all about time
efficiency, yeah, um. Yeah, so basically why I'm moving, what I'm doing with this year, ummmm.
So um, I'm moving to Wellington, I'm going to Victoria Uni and at this point, I'm doing a BA in
psychology sociology and music. But I mean, all of that could change very quickly, so we'll just see.
Um, so yeah today's uh, today's Saturday 30th of Jan and I'm leaving on the 5th of Feb to move in
like a week and a bit later to halls. I'm staying in a hall, it's gonna be a good time, gonna meet
some people, I'm gonna eat some terrible food, but yeah. Um, I'm excited, I think it should be fun.
Yeah, so basically I've invited all my extended family, family friends, people from church, people
from school, just, yeah, all the people that I want to say goodbye to before I leave. Yeah,
tonight should be a good night, it's a combination of lots of people from different parts of my life
which is always fun. It's like when the venn... When the venn diagrams intersect. But yeahhhh,
that's basically it. So like, I did my whole gap year thing last year, which was a good time,
was planning on working in costumes. I got to do a little bit of that which was awesome, but um,
like COVID and all of that didn't really help much with like international productions being delayed
and obviously lockdowns and things. But I did enough to get a feel. I don't think,
like at this point, not what I want to be doing 50 hours a week. They work ridiculously long weeks.
Um I mean yeah, 50 hours a week is too much for me, like there work too long hours and
yeah... I don't know, at this point not what I want to do, so I thought why not
go to uni and I'll get to do the whole halls thing which I think would be fun. And
yeah, I'm excited to move to Wellington, I think it'll be a good time living in the city,
walking everywhere and making lots of new friends. Uh however, not looking forward to the cold
and also the walking everywhere. I feel like walking everywhere is gonna be something that
I love, but also kind of hate, um if you know me you know I don't like walking!
Uh yeah! It should be a good time, it should be interesting at the very least and if I absolutely
hate it, I can always come running and crying back home, but I think it'll be all good. Uh
okay, honestly almost done my makeup, like we're staying pretty chill with the makeup.
I'm gonna do a little bit of eyeshadow, just like
a light brown
for some depth. That is pretty good, I'm happy. Let's do some sparkles on the eyes
and I'm just going to wear dress! This is my OOTD... Here's a close-up of my makeup look :)
Okay! Uh let's go make some food! Um well, so before making food we had to move this couch
so that we had some more space in the living room, which my brother very kindly helped me do.
Um I struggled a little bit, as you can tell, but yeah. So we had to sort out the kitchen because...
I think we'd been doing stuff the night before as well. But yeah, we had a fun time. Um I
made a really yummy tomato, mozzarella and basil salad, with some balsamic glaze. It was de- lish,
turned out great and there we go! All set up and here's some cute clips.. Enjoy the montage :))
Get out!
You suck!
So today is Wednesday... It's Wednesday morning uhhh... and I'm leaving in 48 hours!
I've probably packed like one box of things, but that's mainly my snacks
and some like spare toiletries. So I have a lot of packing to do, but it's cool... Um, so today on my
to-do list is, I want to make a jewellery holder because I don't have anything. I don't want to
just put them in a container because they'll get tangled, and then I won't to see pairs,
and then I won't wear them, and I like how they look on my wall, I think it's really cool. So, I'm
making another one because I made the first one I can do it again um yes. I'll catch you later.
So, to make this jewelry holder I cut two pieces of wood, the same length that I wanted the length
of my jewellery holder to be, obviously. This was my first time using a circular saw so that
was really exciting! Um, I sanded both pieces on all sides. Um, this is so that it would be smooth
and the stain would go on really nice and evenly. Um I needed two pieces that were the same length,
because I was gonna make them into sort of like a little shelf. So there's gonna be hooks on the
bottom and then you can put things on top. I had to do a little bit of corrective sanding
on the ends of the wood, just so that um they would be a bit more straight. This was a very
satisfying pop open of the can of stain, and I literally just slapped it on. Not gonna lie...
I was very rushed, I really should not have been doing this but I'm just an impulse project person.
I don't know what else to say. Um yeah, I could have done a way better job and made it a lot
smoother, but you know, it did the trick, nobody's really looking at it that closely and I am still
satisfied with the end product. Um, then I made a quick trip to Bunnings got some tiny hooks,
measured how large I needed the holes to be, measured the spaces in between the holes and then
I just used a drill and my finger to guide it, not on the drill bit, don't want to drill my finger
off... um... to put some holes into my jewellery holder. Oh yeah! and before this I put the two
pieces together with some screws, my dad helped me with that. Um yeah, in this part I just had
to be really careful not to screw all the way through to the other side, and then I left that
how it was and got back to the stuff that I really should have been spending my time doing.
I actually screwed in the hooks on my car ride down to Wellington... and here's the finished
product! Yeah it's pretty cool, I'm very happy with it and it really brightens up my new room.
Hi! today's Friday it's like 11 o'clock and my room is state.
There's stuff everywhere :( I still have like... I'm pretty much finished packing, I just feel like
I'm leaving a lot of things behind, but I don't know... I'm also conscious that I don't want to
take like millions of boxes of things down, so we're just gonna see how it goes. I don't know...
A little bit stressed about packing, but it's okay, either way, by the end of the day I am gone!
So yeah, weird... Wow that was quick, all the stuff is gone! But yeah, this is my empty room
and it's time to go. So yeah, that's the end of my video. Um we have a cute little time lapse
of me packing the car. This is pretty satisfying, not gonna lie, like it was just like Tetris, but
in real life. Thanks so much for watching if you stuck around until the end! Um I'm on Instagram,
feel free to subscribe :) I do have a secret to confess, is that today is June and I filmed this
at the start of February, so it's been a minute, it's a bit sad, but thanks for coming anyway and
look out for some... uni related videos, sewing videos, I don't know, we'll have to see...