Good morning, boo boo.
Good morning. I don't function without coffee, and I know I'm not alone. So
if you also don't function without coffee, give me some support in the comments below.
While Daniel avoids getting out of bed,
I'll catch you up just in case is your first time on our channel.
Ow.
We're Lauren and Daniel, full-time Airstream dwellers and RV newbies. We've been on the road
for four months now, so we're starting to feel a little more settled, but we're constantly breaking
things and injuring ourselves. Basically, we're just keeping it real on what it's really like
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But back to why you clicked on this video, our morning routine living in an Airstream.
G-O-O-D M-O-R-N-I-N-G, good morning! Yeah, yeah, good morning!
Do you see what I have to deal with every morning? No. Too much.
It's a new day.
I literally love morning time. Daniel, not so much, but he does love coffee.
This is fun. These are beans from Townsend, Tennessee, where I ran
the virtual Boston Marathon, so that's what it always reminds me of when I
grind these coffee beans. Kind of a fun memory.
Hm, that's weird. Oh, well that didn't work today. It usually goes a lot smoother than that. Anyways.
That's how we get this coffee party started.
He has more energy than he lets off in the mornings.
While Daniel makes his coffee, I typically take this time to open all nineteen blinds
in our Airstream Classic, finally letting the beautiful sunshine him. I try to wait to do
this until after he gets up, just to be nice. Do you mind making me a cup of tea too, babe?
Yeah, I got you, boo.
Yes, he really does this goofy water pour thing every morning. What do you do?
Yummy coffee. A
little coconut creamer.
Tea is served.
Now that Daniel has got coffee on board, we can actually show you what our normal morning
routine is, and one of the very first things we start with is daily vitamins.
So we have this awesome probiotic that we use. No, this is not an advertisement,
we just really love this stuff called Seed and it's really good for your gut health.
And then also, we have our essential vegan vitamins for those who choose not to eat
wheat and [inaudible 00:03:38], so we start with these every morning.
Good stuff.
While Daniels sits around and drinks his coffee for like an hour, I get a bunch of stuff done.
Step one is I like making our bed, which is pretty awesome because it's pretty fancy.
Doing this every morning basically means that the bedroom is functional space again
because you can walk around it. So whereas back when we lived in Airbnbs and hotels,
I absolutely never made the bed, I do this every day.
I didn't say I make it fancy, I just make the bed so that it looks good.
So one of the things that we learned living in our first Airstream is we brought all of our
bedding from back home, which had all of these huge pillows and all sorts of stuff, but when
you live in a tiny space, you want to keep things simple. So we've mixed it up now that we're in our
new Airstream. These cute pillows that actually came with our Airstream serve double function.
If you want to use them with the couch, you can, but for the most part, they live on our bed.
And go Airstream, they're American made.
After the blinds are up and the bed is made, typically I'll sit around
and read a book for a little bit while Daniel catches up on the news and finishes his coffee.
I feel a thousand times better, a lot more energized.
So it's like rocket fuel. Ready to take on the day, onto the next step.
For me, the next thing I'm knocking out this morning is I've got a four-mile run.
While Lauren's going for a run, I'm just going to be taking a little bit of downtime.
I completed my last marathon on November 1st and that was
marathon four of six that I ran in a six week period and my body was just so beat up after that
that I decided I was just going to take a couple of months of downtime and that's what I'm doing.
So while Lauren's running, I'm just going to go for a leisurely walk.
One of the things that I love the most about living this Airstream or RV life,
whatever you want to call it, is the fact that when I get to go for a run in the morning,
it means that it's something new every single week or sometimes even like multiple times a week.
So not every morning is it this amazing, but since we're in St. Augustine,
we're right on the beach, so we're going to get to do a beach run this morning. Let's do this.
Can you believe how close we are to the beach? This is awesome.
The tide is way higher this morning than it has been all week.
So if this doesn't make you want to live a little more minimalistic lifestyle and hit the road,
I don't know what will, but on a typical week, I'd run about four to five days a week and
today we're just doing a simple four miles. So let's do this.
All right, now that I'm done with my run, that automatically means
for me it is time for breakfast. So typically after my run, I'll either do a smoothie
or some mornings I am lucky, and the night before I make overnight oats.
And that's exactly what I did last night. If you follow our Instagram Stories,
you've likely seen us eat overnight oats before. It's basically chilled oatmeal that
you put into the refrigerator overnight and it miraculously turns into a super tasty breakfast.
To make them, I use a cup of organic rolled oats and then a cup and a half of almond milk.
Next, I add in chia seeds to sneak in some fiber and protein.
Then I had a dash of pure vanilla extract for flavor,
a heaping spoonful of organic peanut butter, because who doesn't love peanut butter? And
finally, a few sprinkles of nutmeg. Then you just mix it all up.
Sometimes if it looks a little too wet, I'll add more oats into it until it's just right.
Once that's done, you simply put it in the refrigerator.
How delicious does that look? Mixed up peanut butter.
I love having local granola, so that's one of the things that I'm like always on the hunt for.
This stuff just came from the regular grocery store,
but I always top my overnight oats with yummy organic granola.
All right, yum. I did an exceptionally good job with it this time. The cinnamon is perfect.
Daniel and I don't usually do our morning routines together. They kind of just kind of
go with the flow, but he's not really a breakfast person. He's a weirdo.
One of the first things I do in the morning is I get up and I reply to
all of your comments on YouTube. If you see something coming through in the earlier hours,
it's me responding. It's part of my morning process.
After breakfast typically means we just get to work.
In all honesty, we've got the best office view ever. So it's hard to complain.
You will notice that neither one of us have showered yet.
That usually happens about midday. First, because it's a lot better to shower when it's warmer
outside than when it's chillier in the morning. And second, because we just kind of fit it in
between meetings and usually around nine, ten o'clock we're starting meetings and jumping on,
and well, they're used to seeing us look exactly like you guys are used to seeing us look.
One thing that's a little bit different between Lauren and I is that she's kind of jelling like
Magellan with her morning routines. There is no rhyme or reason to my madness currently. Just
the coffee is really my only routine. Then after that, it's a little bit sloppy. It'll improve.
Well, when you're living on the road, every day is really different. So today is very convenient
because it's not a travel day, it's a regular workday, so things are pretty straightforward.
On the other hand, when we're doing something like in the next video, you guys will see us do a full
weekend of boondocking. That morning routine will be tossed right out the window. So this is how we
like it when things are chill, but when you live on the road it's not always realistic.
That's true.
If you have tips that you would love to share with us about what your morning routine looks like,
maybe especially for Daniel who needs a little inspiration, make sure to leave those in the
comments below because we would love to know what your morning routine looks like and how you keep
things scheduled. Until next time. We'll see you guys soon. Make sure to Wander Local this week.