Episode Fourteen - Sunny Side Up

The speakers are excited about summer and the end of the school year. They discuss trends on TikTok where people create lists of fun activities to do during the summer, as well as making bucket lists. They emphasize the importance of self-care and incorporating fun activities into their routines. They share some of their favorite things to do in the summer, such as sitting in the sun, painting, cooking home-cooked meals, having picnics, and painting their nails. They also talk about the joy of going on day trips and exploring new places. Hi guys, and welcome back to everything showers. Both of us are here today. And oh my god summer is almost here I'm so so excited junior year probably one of the toughest school years finally over We're almost almost done. We we have like less than a full week. We have like oh, well, we have our day Oh, no, we have every week For dough. Yes, what is in three days? Yeah, exactly a week left. Yeah, speaking of summer. Have you seen that? Um, I don't know if it's like a tick-tock trend But it's like been going around tick-tock where people make lists of things to do and they're worth like different points so like you could be like, oh go to the beach five points, but then it's like I Don't know like talk to a random stranger ten points stuff like that or do like fun and like Spontaneous things and you have points for it and I don't know just like a bunch of like fun summer things But it's fun yeah, I like seeing they make like this huge list of all these like ideas of things you probably wouldn't choose to do on a Normal day and then I'm also seeing people make like these bucket lists on those like huge pieces of like Post-it paper. I think that's what it's called, which that also seems so fun because that's just like more ideas But I feel like doing that also part of it seems like that's a lot of risk There's like that responsibility to kind of get it done and then it might no longer kind of feel like you're doing it for yourself I like That's why I'm resetting. It's like so so important to kind of clear your head and honestly just dedicate more time self-care But what we realize is that an important part about that is that you're focusing on fun things to incorporate as well because I think Self care and resetting is a lot of like deep processes and like Structured processes, but it's also about bringing out more fun things to do. And so with summer around the corner It's the perfect time to do so So we kind of wanted to share with you guys our favorite things and like things we want to do this summer to better Ourselves and just have fun and honestly just a way to kind of relax our bodies from the school year And this is not stuff you guys have to do. It's just our favorite things Yeah, that makes summer just a little bit more fun and Resetting. I don't know that's the thing for us, but we're gonna go back and forth So so if you'll say one and I'll say okay So I feel like my biggest thing something I just love to do now that the Sun's out is I'll just go out and either Sit out or lay the Sun not necessarily like tan I just feel like sitting in the Sun and feeling like the heat on my skin and it sounds so weird I feel like it's like the vitamin D generally makes me happier because then I just feel good the rest of you're taking advantage of it You're not sitting inside because I feel like that's what we are doing this whole year is everything inside and whatnot Take advantage of the fact that you have that freedom and you have that time to lay out the Sun's out It's like go outside 15 minutes or you can sit out there for an hour take a book take a drink something like that. It's so nice My top thing that I do and I don't do it that much and I know that sometimes it like costs money to do so It's like do it in more simple forms, but I like painting and any like shape or form But I do it just for the fun of it. It doesn't have to be good I think a lot of people like get into that their heads are like, oh you have to be good to like paint You really don't it's the actual act of painting that helps and it's therapeutic and resetting and it can be really fun It's like one of the ones that I like the most is pottery pottery, but I know that that's Expensive so you don't do that all the time But another one that I've seen is like candles people get these like long sticks of candles and they paint the bottom of the candles Oh, and I think and I think it's so cute and it doesn't have to be super like elaborate Can just be fun and cute and then you really want to Messing up. That's part. That's the fine. I mean, that's the point Everything is are you there to make mistakes and if you're focusing on making it good? You're gonna stress yourself out. It was nothing fun out Yeah, it's like you make those little mistakes with your friends and those are like all part of the memories, so I love it I just think it's it's such a fun thing to do that I don't have time for during the school year And so my sister and I actually did it the other day and I thought it was really fun And like even like paper literally paper watercolor and I wanted a watercolor stuff. So pretty But yeah, that's my first one Okay for another one that I highly recommend that I'm gonna be trying to do more of in summer is Like more home-cooked meals. So a lot of the time during the school year Obviously, we'll go out to eat or like a fast food or like yeah Our parents will cook for us which obviously takes that tastes amazing But I feel like cooking and kind of by ourselves and with your friends and like sitting down and having that meal It doesn't even have to be like the fanciest. You don't have to get the steak Well, you can just make a simple pasta and like try new recipes That's just so much fun and it's like exciting to do as well My next one is picnic I really like picnics because like okay first of all goes back to like what Sophia was saying about laying out in the Sun You're taking advantage of being outside Also, I just like I'm the type of person that I like a good meal, but I also like picking out a lot of things It's like picnics everyone brings something to the table And I just like to pick a different foods and I just think it's a great way to get together and do something different with your friends besides I Don't know just hanging out at someone's house It's a way to do the same thing but get outside and just like I think everyone underestimates How much being outside can really help clear your head and help enjoy? Things so I don't know. I really like picnics, especially like everyone brings a cute snacks to like a cute little thing And we all just take a bite of everything. It's so fun I remember one time I did a picnic with my friends and we had like a cake and we did that thing where you grab glasses and then you like Push it into the cake and then that's your like cup you eat the you eat the cake So you like push it into the cake and you open it and then it's just like cake inside the glass and I thought that Was so fun. But yeah picnics. I want to do more of those for sure I feel like my next thing would be like Honestly, just painting my nails at home with like deep fun colors in summer It's like oftentimes obviously I'll do like white or like a light pink on my toes But like with my fingers I feel like I can do like a cute little orange or like a pink or blue and I feel like doing that at home Sometimes well, I do love my acrylics and getting them done at I don't know going out and getting them done But doing them at home It's just like a cute little fun thing to do while you don't While you're bored like maybe instead of watching like tik-tok or scrolling for hours I just go into my bathroom and paint my nails. I mean we were talking about it before actually recording We were just like, oh, what do we do with her nails all this I think that we talk about it so much because we Enjoy it so much. Yeah, it's like a girly thing It's a girly thing to do like if it's the stereotype of what girls would be taught Yeah, my mom's so fun What she does all the time is like she's about to leave for someone she has like shoes on or like high heels or whatever But they're showing her toes. So like 15 minutes before she goes to house She'll paint her toenails and it holds one just because she's like I like to have them look good and all of that It's just like a fun thing to do So yeah, and there's totally like cute designs if you could if you're all fancy like that do some designs at home I've you never yeah, I cannot but there's some people who are so good do their own nails They'll do like what is it called like gel eggs. Mm-hmm. I thought something I'd try to over summer I think like flowers is the best I could do like especially like a q-tip or something. You guys do like dots Yeah, but the one I'm doing and we're done. I mean, oh, it's really hard or like even doing like a French tip Yeah, it's so hard to have like rules, you know But now the thing that I'm like learning to appreciate more of day trips. Yeah Sofie and I have one tomorrow Talking about it for so long literally so exciting you guys don't understand I've been thinking about it for days I cannot wait and that's the point She's getting so excited and we're going what somewhere like an hour and a half away from where we live and I think that's what's so Like fun about it and so important about it is to learn to appreciate where you live Like we might do something like go hang out at someone's house tomorrow And it wouldn't be nearly as exciting or fun But the fact that we just travel an hour and it could be like a whole different vibe and experience is so important So like go on day trips find like even it couldn't even be like traveling 30 minutes to find a dude in a new trail To hike at just like find a new environment while we're fielders exact and it makes me feel so productive it makes me feel so good and it just gives you like a chance to like Experience new things this summer, especially if you like feel like you're not going anywhere fun. You can't around you I'm sure that there's something that's also like the memories you make like during it like that one and a half hour car ride I just know that's gonna be so fun The music we're gonna play the last season and like being we're going to the beach So being at the actual beach like the Sun again being outside instead of like Everyone goes over to someone's house whether that while that's still like fun and stuff I don't know. I think we got to take more advantage of like Mother Nature Yeah, okay go so My other thing which kind of goes off of those home-cooked meals is baking I love baking baking a lot more fun Yes, I I don't know. I've always loved decorating cakes. My mom makes this cake It's like a chiffon cake and then my brother and I will always decorate it She makes it like probably like once every two months and summer and it's it's just so fun to like that's a chiffon cake It's like a more like fluffy cake and Yeah, what's the coolest thing you baked Macaroon, are you serious? Well, that's what I took a class in like Paris and they bike step-by-step But I think I'm insane. I've always wanted to I should that seems like it weren't so fun because honestly I didn't think they were gonna turn out that well But because they're hard off like and then they come out of the oven and we actually got to eat them and we made like Three different fillings and I was just crazy all one time when my family and I tried to bake, you know souffle Oh, that's that actually went really well, but like that's good Yeah, cuz I think macarons are the macarons or how do you say is a macaron or not one thing? That's macaron the one thing that's macaroons, but now I forget which one the list Are you you'd be like if you're if you learn in Paris, I'm guessing yours is the one with like the filling Yeah, right colors. Okay. Okay. We're searching it up now Macaroons versus macarons, but in the meantime We made a like a cheese souffle and we made a chocolate one the only issue we had is that with the chocolate when we rimmed it with Salt and with the cheese when we rimmed it with sugar, so it was good in the middle But I don't know when we got to the edges. I was like this doesn't taste good. Okay. I just looked it up So macaron is the French thing. Okay, so it's a macaron like each side of the filling So that's what I made and then the macaroons are those like things. I think they sell them at Trader Joe's It's like I don't know. I'm pretty sure it's like some souffle thing with coconut. Okay. Well now, you know Make sure you make macarons or just know what you're making. Yeah, I just know what you're making But yeah, I like that. I made Churros one time. I would say over though. I heard they were hard. Yeah, I was so dumb There's like one play where you have to like put eggs into the mixture and I didn't let the pot cool So I put the eggs in and they started to scramble it I Get it doesn't have to be perfect, but it's it's funny to do it inside Oh fun We do it's just like being able to say like oh I've done this and being able to like actually try it engine so far It is really fun. I like fragment the fact that I do a lot of baking things Okay, so my next one is at home spa days and bats For this one, I know pan was saying that she didn't or Sophia was saying she didn't really like bats But it's because you feel like set up your day to actually be like you can't just like take a bath and be like Oh, it was like my spa day Make it like a spa day like get a robe Get a get a face mask put some cucumbers on cucumbers on your eyes literally, I don't know if you could do like it was but like there's like just like Put candles on that's a big one put candles on have a bubble bath Yeah, it's like a bath bomb and bath on them put like some relaxing music like that is one of the best ways like we said Like like scrub your skin Just like that could go along with also painting your nails and stuff like that to like everything. I'll help Reset your skin as well as yourself. I love those. Okay, so my last thing We were actually just talking about this earlier that we want to do these with our friends at the other side So we my next thing is to watch a movie at home with your friends So obviously we'll go out to the movie theaters and like getting to slurpees and not slurps I season the popcorn but I feel like watching a movie at home with your friends whether it's like a more recent movie or like More of an old-school movie It's just more relaxing because you get to stay like on that couch for hours And we were thinking like we even incorporate the spa day before man and like it seems so simple But I feel like honestly now that I think about it I don't know that I've watched a full-length movie with you not in a movie theater Yeah, and like it can be fun. Like I think it's a little relaxing and I have it's so fun And you can all bring snacks mix like make like mix like a picnic or something. Well, you know what? I want to try it's a popcorn and then you put the marshmallows in have you not seen on table? Like it's like a sticky. Yeah, sticky blue corn over what I want to try. Okay, so we're planning a movie movie day now So all our friends listening with this is correct. Yeah. Yeah Yeah, we're gonna test you if you listen to this episode. We'll see if you remember those popcorn but exactly But yeah, that's all day before about and then going into the movie or doing it while we're watching the movie with the face Okay, hands getting out of this Okay, and so my last one is also kind of simple But I've learned to take advantage of it now that I like I really enjoy music now is going on drives like a lot of the times down out with my friends till late and so then I come home and I'm driving home when I put music on and I just like I Love it. It's so relaxing and so I don't know like I just find that time so Rejuvenating especially because I'm alone and it's been like if it's like a long day full of like a lot of If you're either school or just like a very high-energy environment, it's so it's so nice to be said especially because it's also like a very What's the word it's a very like specific moment or like Personal moment because you're listening to music you like music that speaks to you and so you're kind of connecting with that So why are we driving dark outside and you play it's like also the music that fits your current Because if you're playing your favorite song like that's a song that speaks to you and that's like You have like a connection there. So it makes it just so much more enjoyable You know, I'm just like going out on drives with your friends as well and just moving to music Sometimes not even talking and just like yeah into this literally like I know tomorrow on the drive down We're gonna talk but then we're also gonna go for an hour and a half. Oh, it's gonna be like I'm gonna be tired. I'm gonna be like, you're just uh, but like you have some good music. Oh my god Yeah, summer music. I'm it's here. So looking forward to do this and I honestly I really want to try feel this painting thing Cuz I haven't gotten to do that. Okay. So now we have a spa and movie night planned and we have a painting day Yeah, we got him. Okay in doing this It's honestly just like kind of a way to like congratulate myself and congratulate Fiona for all the work that we've accomplished Like Fiona, we have literally just survived the hardest school year and I'm so proud of us and into all our listeners Whether you're in school or not. We want to let you know how proud of you we are as well because and I think it's so important to make sure you tell yourself that too because it's Important to recognize yourself and what you've done because we've accomplished a lot this year. Yeah Wasn't gonna say I think like we just mentioned at the beginning of this Episode and right now is that we just finished our junior year of high school, which is one of like the most stressful I know senior year will be just as stressful but Through that we started this podcast And we did it because we wanted something fun to do and something to get our voices out there and in it I think I at least I found a nice outlet for me because I know I just come on here and talk about things that Are bothering me possibly bothering people out there listening and I've that's why I found it so important to me and so I'm proud of Sophia and I and I'm proud of everyone who's listening and everyone Who's going through their own things in life? We got through it together and you're going to continue to go through it We could not do any of this without you guys exactly and so we hope to not we hope we are planning on continuing this through summer and wealth through senior year and Hopefully even a little into colleges. Wow, we'll see where that takes us This podcast will be coming college, but Yeah, we just really enjoyed being here And so we want to thank you for that and we want to recognize everything you've given to us and yes and over summer We kind of want to incorporate some more like fun interviews and kind of expand our reach as well for more information for you guys So yeah, so yeah Never feel afraid to like reach out about what you'd want to listen to this is based on you guys So our DMS are always open your email as well. So thank you so much for listening. It is a lot See you next time. Bye