I HAD TO DO WHAT I HAD TO DO / DITL VLOG LOW INCOME SINGLE MOM

[00:00:01][music] Yeah. [music] >> Good morning, Kingston.

[00:00:16]Good morning.

[00:00:18]You going to show them your toy you got last night?

[00:00:21]>> Yay.

[00:00:21]>> Yeah. Let me show y'all his bug. He got a grasshopper.

[00:00:26]Say grasshopper.

[00:00:30]He got a grasshopper.

[00:00:32]Yay.

[00:00:34]He's tickled.

[00:00:35]>> He tickled.

[00:00:37]Josiah still asleep, but I'm about to get him up. Get up, Jojo.

[00:00:42]Wake up. You're not asleep. You faking.

[00:00:44]So, while Josiah's waking up, I'm about to tell y'all what's going on today. So, um, we're about to go to this rumage sale. We're about to go to this rumage sale um and get some clothes for Josiah.

[00:00:59]I met this lady on Facebook yesterday or the day before. And um I was telling her, you know, my situation and how it's kind of hard right now to get my baby ready for school. I got the supplies, but it's like the clothes. Um and she said, "Okay, I got a few items so you can come to >> Oh, thank you. Where you find it at?

[00:01:22]I've been looking for my earphone and he found it. Thank you. Thank you so much, Kingston. Cuz I've been looking for that for like two weeks. I've been walking around with one headphone. Got the other one in my ear right now. But anyway, um they're having a rumage sale. Her mom is. So, she told me I could come by this morning and get the clothes and my items will be free, of course. So, I'm about to hurry up and get your site up. She's going to leave at 9:30. It's 7:30 right now. So, >> we're going to make it over there by 8:00. She stays on the side of town my mom stays on. But, I'm just so grateful to have somebody that wants to help me and not, you know, not judge.

[00:02:06]So, I'm so thankful and I just I think of this as like a head start. Of course, I'm going to get my baby some new clothes, new shoes once I'm able to do so. But as for now, just in case because school starts in another probably 2 or 3 weeks. So, just in case, I do want to have some clothes on standby. And you know, he's he can still wear the clothes, you know, if even if he doesn't wear them to school. But, um, I got her giving me some clothes. Then another lady is going to give me some shoes, but she told me to wait till next week so she can get everything together.

[00:02:47]I think she's giving me clothes and shoes. But you guys, it's just so warming that my community is coming together to help me. And they don't just help me, they help any single mom or anyone out here struggling. All you have to do is ask or just tell somebody and they will help you. They they will help you. They will try to if they can't. Um, one lady told me to send her my cash app. I did, but she didn't send me nothing yet. But you know what? It's okay. I didn't want the money. I wanted clothes and shoes. But that's what's going on. I'm going to go get Josiah up.

[00:03:24]Last night, I made tacos, y'all. I ate those tacos and went to sleep cuz I was so so tired. I was tired because I was door dashing yesterday for like I was door dashing for a while. We didn't get home till like 10:30 at night. Um, and I didn't really make that much. So, Door Dash, it's literally just money to save up on the side. I can't do nothing with that money because all that time I spent Door Dashing last night, I only made like $30 and I had to put 10 in the tank. So, that's nothing, you guys. I'm just going to do that to pay for their Christmas. Of course, you know, my little job is just my little job is I'm I'm still I'm sticking it out there for now, but once school starts back, I'm going to get a job at Josiah school, either working in the cafeteria or being a substitute teacher.

[00:04:21]>> Um, >> my mom told me she would pay for my fingerprint. You got to get fingerprinted to be a substitute. So, she said she would pay for that for me.

[00:04:32]It's $30. And a lunch lady, you just sign up. So, I'm going to do both. And whichever one cost me first, that's what I'm going to do.

[00:04:40]>> Because this these little checks, I can't I can't do it.

[00:04:43]>> What?

[00:04:44]>> And what's that?

[00:04:46]>> It's a broke car. Josiah broke it. Mhm.

[00:04:50]Josiah likes to throw his cars till they break like this. And that's why I'm not buying no more cars. Well, I did buy a car last night, but I only bought that cuz Kingston got a little toy as y'all saw. So, I had to get Josiah a toy. But I really don't want to buy him no more cars cuz he just throws his stuff. Look, toy breaks and these cost money.

[00:05:14]But yeah, um I'm really trying y'all. Um and to the people in my comments, y'all act like y'all never seen a struggling mother before. Y'all really need to humble y'allselves because everybody don't got it like that. I'm trying, but I'm not freaking rich. Kingston dad just got hired yesterday to a paper mill.

[00:05:38]It's a temporary job, but hopefully he gets put on permanently after, you know, a few months or whatever. A few days, however long it takes.

[00:05:46]>> Car.

[00:05:47]>> Yes, I see the cars. Let mommy talk for a minute. Get your pants on so we can go. Go wake Josiah up. Go wake Jojo up.

[00:05:57]But anyway y'all Yeah, his dad just got hired yesterday through a temporary service. So hopefully they will let him >> be on permanently um whenever it's time.

[00:06:10]But in the meantime, I still got to do what I got to do. I can't sit here and wait for no man, no baby daddy, no nothing to do nothing for me or my to do nothing for my kids. Well, Kingston basically, as y'all saw, I got some clothes the other day for Kingston. I did not ask for those. Those came as a blessing. But I did ask for these clothes for Josiah. So, that's a blessing as well. However you want to take it, you take it. But I'm about to get my baby up so we can go ahead and head over there and um come back home, make them breakfast.

[00:06:44]Then after breakfast, we're going to go back out and start door dashing again.

[00:06:52]We're almost there.

[00:06:56]Then pull [music] me close.

[00:06:59]I read your silence.

[00:07:03]One day you're warm, the next day you're cold. Got me second guessing.

[00:07:11]Well, I already know. I give you love, but you rushing your but yours. You open up just to close the door. Just to close the door. I stay up late trying to read your mind.

[00:07:26]>> Okay, so I made it here, but I'm currently just sitting in the car waiting on the lady to bring me the stuff. This is her mom's house, so her mom is already up. Got her stuff together. She actually just sold some items. So, I'm just standing there looking crazy. But she really has some nice things, y'all. too nice for my house cuz my kids will tear it up. But I'm waiting on this lady. She just told me that she overslept, but she will be here. I told her I'll wait. I will wait.

[00:07:57]There's nothing wrong with waiting. I'm let my windows down so my babies can get some air.

[00:08:03]I got to go to the gas station after we leave here cuz we're on E. So, I got the windows down. Just waiting on her to come now, y'all. But she told me she overslept. It's okay. I know I'm here.

[00:08:18]>> I made sure I bait it here cuz I didn't want her to leave before me. But she ain't even make it here before me.

[00:08:27]But I'mma wait here.

[00:08:29]>> Mommy.

[00:08:30]>> Huh?

[00:08:32]>> What?

[00:08:34]>> Look what No, we going to wait on me.

[00:08:37]We're not going nowhere right now. We waiting on somebody. Get on your tablet.

[00:08:44]They're using my hot spot for their tablets.

[00:08:47]Yeah. But after we leave here, I'm um I'm going to go back home. I'm going to cook them breakfast. I don't know what they're going to eat. Maybe some sausage and [music and singing] pancakes. Want pancakes, King?

[00:09:02]>> Yes.

[00:09:03]>> Josiah, you want pancakes?

[00:09:06]>> No.

[00:09:07]>> Josiah don't want pancakes, but I'll get King some sausage and pancakes. What you want to eat? Just sausage, Joe?

[00:09:15]>> No.

[00:09:15]>> What you want?

[00:09:17]>> Cake.

[00:09:18]>> You not getting no cake?

[00:09:20]>> He had some cake in his hand before we left the house. I took that cake from him and he was crying. Now he's starting to cry again cuz I said no. It's too early for some cake. You got to eat breakfast first.

[00:09:31]So yeah, I'm going to make them breakfast. I probably get Joai some toast with sausage. Get king pancakes with sausage. I'm going to just eat some tacos from last night, y'all. Them tacos was so good. I need some more shells though. I think I got like I got a few shells left, but not enough to last for the whole day cuz that's all I'm eating today is the the tacos. I got to comment. I'm um I've been cooking at home lately, [laughter] so I'm about to tear these tacos up. Christ ate a taco last night, but he only ate half of it. So, that's what we're going to be eating on today.

[00:10:12]Tacos.

[00:10:14]Oh, but while I'm sitting here waiting, I guess I could say this. Y'all need to stop coming in my comments and bringing up my sister. [laughter] Um, somebody in my comments was like, "Oh, you you are exactly the mom, the type of mom that your sister will react on." I'm about to cuss for a second. So, if you don't want to hear this, then just click off the video or skip it because I know I got some older women or older men that don't really cuz I want to be respectful, but [music] I'm about to just say this real quick.

[00:10:47]I don't give a what nobody think when what my sister think, especially both of my sisters. I don't give a [ __ ] they got to say about me. I'm living my life and I'm living my real life. these mother out here faking, telling y'all lies, pretending to be somebody else, pretending they got this and that going on, but we're all pretty much in the same position. So, I'm going to say that without [music] telling too much of their business, but they're no freaking better than me, y'all. So, I'm just going to put that out there. And respectfully, don't bring my sister up no more unless I bring her up. But y'all just had to get that out the way. So I apologize if y'all are not with all that cursing. But I do cuss. I do cuss. Um I don't cuss as much as I used to.

[00:11:43]>> So I've been working on that. But that just really [laughter] rubbed me the wrong way. Why would I care how my family member reacts to me?

[00:11:54]I don't care because I know the real her. I know how she's living and I know everything about her. life. So, we going to just leave that there. She can't She may get on here and fool y'all, but she can't fool me, baby. [laughter] I know the real her. I grew up with her.

[00:12:10]I know her. [laughter] But just got to put that out there because y'all be wanting to start stuff and I'm really not with the drama no more. I just finished [crying] Hey, I just finished community service yesterday.

[00:12:25]So, I'm not going to get into it with no B no more. But please keep that messy [ __ ] over there. Don't bring that stuff to my channel cuz I'm really I'm living my real life here. Only drama that's going to be on this channel is drama that I bring. Don't bring nothing over here. Okay, so the lady just told me she's on her way. So, I'm going to sit here and wait on her, but my phone is about to die, y'all. So, I'll just have to show y'all everything when we get back to the house. Then of course I'm going to start washing everything.

[00:13:00][singing and music] >> The next day you're cold. Got me second guessing.

[00:13:09]Well, I already know. I give you love, [music] but you rationing yours, but you rationing yours. You open up just to close the door. Just to close the door.

[00:13:20]I stay up [music] late trying to read your mind. I can't read your mind.

[00:13:25][singing] >> Eat your cake. I mean, you eat your food. You could eat some cake.

[00:13:31]Why are you playing when I know I could swim? If you love me, baby. [music] Josiah going to have toast with jelly, sausage, and some strawberries. Kingston got pancakes, blueberries, and sausage.

[00:13:50]Kingston keep blow it.

[00:14:00]Blow it. It's hot. Blow it.

[00:14:27]A little water idiot.

[00:14:48]paper.

[00:14:49]So why you always halfway in half?

[00:14:57]If you love me, babyest.

[00:14:59][music] I just want this. Don't play me like a song.

[00:15:04]If you then [singing] want to love this paper, so why you always Hey y'all. So, I don't know what happened to the sound on this part of the video, but I was so mad, y'all, when I found out that it was not on here. So, I'm going just do a little voice over just showing y'all kind of what's going on. So, right here, I'm just showing you guys the different pairs of shoes that he got, which he can fit all of them. I don't. This boy feet is growing so fast, y'all. He can fit a size one now. I guess he just going to skip the 13s and go straight to a one. The clothes, y'all, obviously aren't new. So, he may not even wear these to school on the first day. Well, he not going to wear on the first day. I'm going I already got him an outfit to wear on the first day.

[00:15:55]These may just be clothes to wear around the house or outside the house or outside of school. Now that I'm looking at everything, I'm like, some stuff he can probably wear to school, but most of his stuff would just be like play clothes. But I do still appreciate the lady for helping me out because kids clothes can be expensive, y'all. And I too, as a mom, help other moms out.

[00:16:21]Like, I have friends and um just other people on like Facebook. You guys just make a pose and see who needs what because my kids have a lot of clothes.

[00:16:31]There's absolutely nothing with receiving [music] clothes for kids. Like even yourself.

[00:16:37]Kids grow so much y'all and clothes can be expensive and everybody need help.

[00:16:43]There's nothing wrong with helping people and it's nothing wrong with receiving help. So he would definitely be wearing those shoes to school though.

[00:16:49]But those clothes, maybe he can wear a few pair of shorts and probably one of one or two of the shirts, but they will mainly just be play clothes. I hope they don't offend nobody. But now I'm about to get started on mopping my bedroom cuz I'm pretty sure there is poop on my floor, y'all. Sometimes I will change Kingston on the floor if he poops a lot and it's like too much. I don't want to get on my bed. So I'm pretty sure that some of it got on the floor and I didn't see it and now it's dried up. So, I'm about to go mop this whole floor, y'all, because that is disgusting. I cannot wait till he's fully potty trained. He's doing it now, but he's not fully there yet, but he is trying. You guys seen all y'all comments and advice about potty training, and I definitely am taking it.

[00:17:35]Anyway, your girl just been busy door dashing and stuff trying to make money.

[00:17:39]Um, today actually was a better day. Um, I'm making this voice over on Sunday, so today was actually a better day. I'm almost like I'm pretty sure I made over a hundred, but you know it's like gas you got to take out. So I So I got about $80 just in one day. That's pretty good in my little town because there's a lot of people door dashing and the orders just aren't coming through that much.

[00:18:05]Well, they're coming through, but it's just so many people Door Dashing. So like more dashers than orders. But I'm currently a silver member on Door Dash.

[00:18:14]I don't know what that means, but I did look it up and it basically the higher pay or higher priority orders will come to me first because all my customers have gave me good ratings. So, I reached the top, I guess. Okay, y'all. So, it's later on. It's 2:48 p.m. Um, I'm sitting here going to fold the clothes that I got from the lady for Josiah. Um, still going to get him some new clothes, y'all. These are just to be on the safe side. But um someone sent me a cash app and I did not know. They sent it yesterday and it was for my insurance.

[00:18:52]Her name is Loranda. Thank you so much, Miss Loranda. I already made a post on my community tab about it, but I did not see that till today when I was Door Dashing and I was like, I need to see how much I have in my accounts and I got $50 on Cash App now. Thanks to you. I'm going to let that sit there until it's time to go get my insurance or my tax.

[00:19:13]I'll probably use that for my tax though. Um cuz the insurance is like overund something. So, thank you anyway.

[00:19:20]Um that was a big blessing y'all because I didn't ask nobody to send me no money for no insurance and she didn't have to do that. So, I appreciate you so much.

[00:19:30]You don't know how big of a blessing it is. Anyway, y'all, I did do some Door Dashing today. I made about $30 and the orders were very big today, like the amount. So, that's good. I was very surprised. Like, every order was over $5 and I'm so happy. One of my orders was like $13. The other one was like the next big one was like $8 and you know, they just kept adding up back to back.

[00:19:57]So, thank you so much. I took a break and came home to change Kingston poop cuz he boooo y'all. I think he's pooping because of this apple juice that I've been giving him. He's been pooping because of that. So, I'm not gonna get that apple juice no more. Um, or maybe I need to dilute it some more. Maybe I didn't put enough water in it. But anyway, we came back home. He's still napping. Actually, I told you to lay down. He's laying down, but he's still woke. So, I'm really waiting for Kenson to wake up so we can start back door dashing. Um, maybe make them something to eat before he wakes up.

[00:20:37]I need to make them something to eat real quick before he wakes up. So, I'll probably give him noodles.

[00:20:43]Um, I don't know what to give Josiah. I'm try to give him pizza cuz he's taking pizza to his dad's house, which he'll be going to his dad's house later on. So, I'll probably get Josiah some chicken nuggets. But right now, he's in there drinking his pediatric cuz he needed his medicine today. So, I gave it to him and gave him his pedi.

[00:21:05]So, he's chilling. Kingston's asleep.

[00:21:08]I'm about to fold laundry. But thank you anyway, Miss Londa. I'm going to come back to y'all when Kingston is woke so we can finish the rest of this day off.

[00:21:19]Oh, and there also was some free back to school events today that I should have went to. If Kingston wakes up in time, we may can still catch one of them cuz they don't end till 4:00 and it's 2:50.

[00:21:31]But if he doesn't wake up in time, it's fine. My mom said that they will help me, her and my stepdad, with school supplies. Um, so that's a blessing, but I don't really know what supplies he would need. So, as a first grader, what supplies do they need? cuz I remember last year um on kindergart when he was in kindergarten I brought supplies up there a few supplies but I didn't have everything. So I asked his teacher what was all needed and the stuff that I bought they didn't even need. She gave me a list the first day of school and it was only like four or five items on there. So, I need to probably wait to the first day of school just so I won't be spending too much money cuz I'm pretty sure that he he would still be in a special education class. So, I'm pretty sure that they have most of everything that the kids need. The biggest thing that they asked us parents to get last year was tissue, like Kleenex. They needed boxes of Kleenex.

[00:22:28]So, that's pretty much all they wanted last year. So, I'm hoping this year will be the same. But if not, it is what it is. He's going to get everything he needs. All right. So, we're all in the car and I'm about to go start. Josiah, put your seat belt on. Okay. Sorry.

[00:22:43]Yeah. Put it on. I'm about to go start on this Door Dash order from Dollar General.

[00:22:48]And Josiah will be going with his dad in in about an hour. So, I'mma Door Dash to to um I'mma Door Dash and then um when it gets close to drop him off, I got to come back to the house, grab his bag and his food that I packed for him. then drop him off over there cuz I got to get some more stuff to pack up. I need to get some sandwich bags and other stuff to put snacks in and stuff to take over there for him. So, so we're from the Door Dash and I'm going let you guys know how much I made at the end of the day. Good morning, y'all. So, it's the next morning. It's Sunday morning. I think today's the 19th. Um, I did some orders last night. Um, I made like I made more than I made the other day. Um, I think I made like $50.

[00:23:42]So, well, 40 actually, cuz I put some money in the gas tank. [snorts] My nose. But, um, I woke up stuffy this morning, y'all. I don't know why.

[00:23:53]Probably cuz that fan I been sleeping in front of. But, Kingston still sleeps, so I'm trying to be a little quiet. Josiah slept. Josiah with his dad for the night. So that's good. Um I tried to get Kingston to go with his dad, but I don't know. His dad has been tripping.

[00:24:12]Anyway, not we're not even going to get on that. But he did finally get a job, but he don't start. He said he started yesterday, but I don't believe it cuz he just got the job Thursday. So anyway, he probably did. I don't know. But I got an Amazon package yesterday. So, I'm going just show y'all these little items that I got. I'm going to go get my other phone real quick so I can tell y'all who they from. Okay, so I got four items all purchased by Brenda Ravenell. Ravenel.

[00:24:42]It say R A V E N E L L. Thank you, Miss Brenda. I'm going to show you guys what she got me off my wish list.

[00:24:53]Okay, first thing she got me was these grill brushes. I'm so happy for this because the other day when I was grilling, I saw the bottom grill needed some work to it. Like it was rusty. I don't know how it got like that. Like maybe the rain got on it or something.

[00:25:09]Um but she gave me some grill brushes.

[00:25:13]So these will come in handy cuz your girl loves to grill. [snorts] So I'm ready to use that.

[00:25:21]And then I want to redo my bedroom. The color thing I want to do is purple.

[00:25:26]purple, gray, and white or purple, black and white. So, she got me a purple trash can. And this trash can really big and deep, y'all. Purple trash can. I love this kind of purple. This the only kind of purple I love. Like a lavender color. It's really pretty. She got me two Yeah, two pillowcases. They're satin. Two satin pillowcases.

[00:25:54]I think I'm going to wait till I get all the items to decorate before I use them.

[00:25:59]So, I'mma keep everything in the package and just put it in my closet. Then, she got me these little wall wall decorations. It's four of them. I'mma open them so y'all can see what they say. So, I got this one. It says, "You are kind." And these all have little things at the back so you can hang them up on the wall.

[00:26:22]You are kind.

[00:26:24]is important.

[00:26:28]You are smart. Y'all know what movie I'm talking about, what movie I'm referencing when I say that. And you are strong. So, little inspirational wall hangings.

[00:26:42]So, I'm excited to decorate, y'all. I'm just ready to get everything else.

[00:26:49]If you guys want to buy anything off my wish list, I have a few items on there.

[00:26:53]You don't have to, but if you want to.

[00:26:57]And I'm thinking about making the boys a Christmas wish list. Let me know in the comments if y'all want me to do that.

[00:27:04]Positive comments only. If you don't want to help, then don't comment. But if you want to help my kids or me and you want me to do a Christmas list, then say that in the comments. So, I'm about to go ahead put this up and I think I'mma end this video right here because I want to record today as well. I want to record my Sunday. Um, I kind of want to do a cooking video. I don't really have much long form cooking videos on here.

[00:27:31]I'm thinking about doing fish. I got some catfish nuggets in there. I want to do catfish nuggets, um, fries, and salad. So, that's going to be our Sunday meal, you guys. I'm going to go ahead and end this video right here so I can go ahead and edit it while Kingston is asleep and get started on the next video. But thank you guys for watching.

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