Shoes Aren't My Forte (Day 3365 - 2/10/19)

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The vlog starts out with Stephen talking about how for these past few days he has been experiencing the after effects of the Epley maneuver. He describes how difficult it is to even sit on the toilet since he needs to feel around for the toilet seat since he can't bend his head down to look for the seat. Stephen then talks about how 48 hours have passed of him keeping his head in an upright position so he has to start doing these Semont exercises which are supposed to help with his vertigo. The doctor recommended that he do 5-10 of these repetitions twice a day.

Stephen then starts doing the exercises by laying his head down on the right side, sitting upright, and then lying his down on the left side, each time waiting for the vertigo to be induced and then waiting for it to go away. While Stephen is doing these exercises, Kepler tries to interrupt Stephen by jumping onto the couch. But, Stephen tells him "Not now honey" and gently pushes him away. Stephen says lying down is not inducing the vertigo, but sitting back up from lying down is making him feel sick. He then asks Mallory whether or not he should continue these exercises since vertigo is not being induced. Mal tells him that he should probably do them because the doctor said something about how doing these exercises help the brain deal with the vertigo.

Stephen then talks about how both of them are taking majority of the day off because he feels bad, Mal needs to get new shoes for the trip they are planning to go on in a month, and because his computer is currently exporting an extra life video which take a long time to export because of the encoding. He says that he and Mal are planning to go the the outlet mall to find new shoes for Mal.

There is then a clip of the scenery as they drive to Tanger Outlets. They arrive at the outlet mall and coincidentally meet Michael as they drive into the parking lot. Michael then says "He would be filming, too" when he sees Stephen filming with the vlog camera inside the car. They go inside the outlet mall and Stephen talks about how Michael look cool because of his sunglasses. He says that they grabbed a bite to eat with Michael who was on his lunch break, but now he has to return back to work. Stephen says he won't be missing much though because they are just going to find shoes for Mal. He talks about how he hates shopping for shoes, but he is still going to help Mal find shoes even though he hates doing it. Mal ended up buying Sketcher shoes that were on sale for $59.99.

The video then transitions to Stephen and Mal's car. Stephen talks about how Mal found shoes fairly quickly as she just went into one store really fast and then went into a Sketchers store and bought a pair of shoes. Stephen then talks about how he is used to looking for shoes for hours since he has trouble finding shoes in his size. He also talks about how when he shops with his mom, she would go in all the stores so shopping would take hours. Stephen then talks about how he really wanted to go home since walking around seemed to make his vertigo worse.

Stephen and Mal then return home. Kepler is shown rubbing his head against Mal's new shoes. Mal says that she also got a pair of Skechers Air-Cooled Memory Foam flats on clearance. Stephen said that he doesn't have that much knowledge about shoes. He says he wears sandals 9 months out of the year and other than that he only has a pair of brown shoes and a pair of boots. Mal then picks up another pair of black flats and talks about how she bought this pair of flats one and a half years ago when she needed emergency shoes because her other shoes were too tight. But, those shoe didn't have any support on the bottom so it made her feet hurt. She said that all her shoes are basically that new pair of shoes, those 2 pairs of flats, and a pair flips flops since she can't wear heels anymore. Stephen then talks about how he likes the feeling of wearing sandals. He then explains that he is filming while sitting on floor because this was the only way he could film the shoes without bending over since bending over still makes him feel sick. Stephen then briefly says that they are having salmon for dinner.

Kit Kat Flavor Tried:  Itohkyuemon Uji Hojicha (Roasted Green Tea) Kit Kat

Stephen says that the Kit Kat has puke/vomit color. They both said that it smells just like tea. Mal describes the taste as tasting like tea with a slight hint of grass. Both Stephen and Mal thought the taste was quite pleasant. Stephen compares the taste of the Roasted Green Tea Kit Kat to a Matcha Kit Kat that is toned down and is a little more earthy. Mal said that originally she didn't have high hopes for this Kit Kat, but it was actually pretty good. Stephen says that all his expectations are higher now since there are no more alcohol-flavored Kit Kats in the box. He says that hopefully they can get a whole pack of these Kit Kats.