Scheananigans with Scheana Shay - Cortney Got COVID

Episode Date: January 8, 2021

Scheana, her sister Cortney and bff Jamie Lynne recap their holidays. Cortney talks about her experience getting COVID, they discuss their Mammoth trip and review the new season of The Bachelor. Who are their favorites?! And what really happened during Jamie’s Trip (wink, wink)? Tune in now! Scheananigans with Scheana Shay is produced by ACTIONPARK MEDIA. Follow us on Instagram: @scheana @scheananigans @actionparkmediagroupSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Action Park Media From Vanderpump Rules to Vegas and everywhere in between, it's time to party with Sheena Shea. This is Shenanigans. And now, here's your host, Sheena Shea. Alright, we are back getting into Shenanigans in San Diego. getting into shenanigans in San Diego. Happy New Year, everyone. We had Tom and Ariana here for the first episode of 2021, which was also their anniversary. I think it was like seven years. But one person missing from that podcast was my amazing co-host, Miss Jamie Lynn. Welcome back. It's good to be back. Hi, guys. Good to have you back. And our guest of the episode titled Jamie Lynn Thanksgiving together. If you saw my vlog, you might have noticed Justice popped into our Thanksgiving and we all avoided my sister while she quarantined at my house in Palm Springs. It's fine. Whatever. You had salmon on Thanksgiving.

But I didn't taste it. Okay, so at least you went for healthy then. Yeah, so I think we should just start from the beginning. Yes. How did you get it? Do you even know? I don't know exactly. I could take an educated guess. But yeah, mid-November, I traveled for work with my boss to Miami, Florida. We're there for a few days, got home, and obviously did the right thing that anyone's supposed to do.

The second you get home, you test and quarantine. To my surprise, though, I mean, not to my surprise, morning of, so the morning I got back, I started, like, feeling off, but I was like, it's my anxiety. Like, I'm just worried that I have COVID. Like, I'm probably fine, still going to be safe just in case. I got tested, and they're like, go back to your car. We'll give you your results in 20 minutes. The second I got swabbed, I just broke down crying. It was like that swab told me like before my results came back that I had it. I just knew I was just sitting in my car and crying. Cause I was just like, honestly, I was like, this is just so inconvenient. Were you crying because of the

inconvenience or were you legit scared that, you know, you could have a terrible reaction to it like some people do? Yeah, I was scared for numerous reasons. I was scared that I did see my mom the night before. Luckily, we wore a mask the entire time. I was just, and then I was like, shoot, I traveled home. Like, are there going to be any repercussions from this? Like, I was just scared in general. Yeah, and then I was scared of the symptoms to come as well.

Like, I felt not great at that current moment. I think I was scared of the symptoms to come as well. Like I felt not great at that current moment. I think I had a low grade fever, but then at the same time, I wasn't sure what symptoms were my anxiety and like worrying about how I felt versus what symptoms were like actual physical symptoms that I was experiencing. So from that positive test, um, I drove over to my boyfriend's house. We stayed like 30 plus feet apart in masks. He was amazing. He went grocery shopping for me, got me everything I needed for the next two weeks. As I'm like crying, still sitting in my car, just like can't, it's hard to, it's hard to believe that it's real when it's happening to you. You know, like I, you don't really know how it feels or just even know

how to feel once you do receive that positive test. Like it was a shock. Even when I was at the urgent care and the second they gave me my result and I started crying immediately, my nurse was like, okay, let's look at the bright side. One, you don't feel that sick right now. Like that's a good thing. And he was like, and two, honestly, from what we've seen, we haven't seen anyone get it twice. So like if you can, it's a good thing that you know, it's a good thing you haven't got anyone else sick. And if you're able to, like, to go and quarantine away from anyone else and know that you haven't got anyone else sick, like, that's best case scenario. And I was like, thank you, like, nurse dude.

Like, he really made me feel better in that moment. I mean, he probably sees so many positive tests per day. It didn't scare him. Yeah. The holiday is coming up. So, yeah, my awesome boyfriend got me some Thanksgiving dinner. He got me some stuffing. He got me some nice, um, little vitamin powder drinks to like, keep me healthy. And yeah, I immediately drove out. He let you in his house. I mean,

you know, you stayed 30 feet apart. Yeah. So I immediately drove out to Palm Springs. And luckily, I know a lot of people didn't have it this way. I'm glad I had a yard. I was able to get some fresh air every day. I had the beautiful view. And I had the freedom to, like, be able to walk through the kitchen, like, to shower without worrying that I was going to, like, expose anyone else. Yeah. And I had my dog with me and had just adopted her before all of this

happened. That must have been a lifesaver. Oh, totally. I think, I don't know how I would have done it if it wasn't for having my dog with me. Like just having like touch, honestly, that, I think that was the biggest thing. I was like, we like cuddled and like, and that was it, you know, like it was just physical touch made me feel so much better. And I slept the whole time. That was one of the biggest things was you're so tired. You're so fatigued. Like you're laying in bed and you think you feel okay. And you get up to do anything. You get up to make the bed and you're just suddenly winded and exhausted. And even though you got up 30 minutes ago, you're ready for your three hour nap. Like, so. That's so crazy. Yeah. Well, I'm glad you're doing better and, you know, you didn't get anyone else sick, which is most importantly.

And, you know, that we were fortunate enough that I had a place you were able to go and quarantine by yourself. I just even felt so bad that I, like, I didn't want to ask you if I could stay there, but it made the most sense. I mean, my other option was Justice's RV in his front yard that doesn't have a water hookup so like don't know how that was gonna work it wasn't even a question the second mom called and I go just tell her to go to palm springs I was like I know her she's probably freaking out she's like when she's afraid to ask you and then it was like and then my mom was like low-key or actually high-key freaking out because she's like I mean yeah but she picked her up at the airport. She's like, we both like, we double masked, like we kept our distance in the house and

like, you know, we weren't that close within each other, but then she's freaking out. So then I'm like trying to call my mom down, but then court was afraid to tell me. And so then my mom, like we do a three way call and I was just like, just go to Palm Springs. It's totally fine. Like it's just Thanksgiving. Even if it was my birthday or Christmas, it's just a day. We can celebrate that another day. And we ended up on Christmas Eve, having all six of us together in Palm Springs. We made Thanksgiving dinner and it wasn't like we missed anything at all. You know, Brock and I

got to experience cooking our own turkey and doing our own Thanksgiving dinner, had our neighbors over just to stop by, helped us vlog some stuff. That was traumatizing for me, by the way, to watch that video. Okay. There was a voice note that was missed that I had sent that I was trying to be funny, but it was literally just for you that I wanted in that vlog where I was like, I sent a voice note, but I think it was from Brock's phone and Jess was looking at the notes from my phone. And I was like, okay, I go right before we do like the turkey and he's like pulling all this stuff out. I go, I want it to be like warning sign, not for vegans. Well, here's, let me paint the picture of me watching this video.

So as you know, Ivy is subscribed to your YouTube channel. She's your biggest fan. She loves you. Oh, I love that. Every time you have a new video, she'll run and tell me, Mommy, Sheena has a new video up. So she watches. And so at this particular moment, I was doing my at-home infrared sauna,

which is this crazy contraption I bought on Amazon during quarantine because I couldn't go to my regular infrared sauna spa. Basically, it looks like a sleeping bag, but you get in and you sweat like crazy for an hour and it supposedly burns 1200 calories. So I'm like, hell yeah, I'm going to do this since I'm not moving at all in quarantine. So anyway, um, she comes in and she puts the video on and then decides to go leave. And I'm stuck in this sauna sleeping bag thing zipped in. And I'm just, I wouldn't say stuck watching your videos. I didn't know what was about to come on, but I didn't have a remote anywhere near me. And normally when this came on, I might've fast forwarded. Like I fast forward through your Instagram story. And, uh, so there I was just naked in this bag, sweating my ass off, having to watch a bloody Turkey in your sink for some reason. I couldn't even like seeing that in person.

I was sick to my stomach. I was like what are you doing that is definitely not how you do it i've never seen blood come out of it and then he's like let's just put that in there i was like oh my god oh my god it was so gross i was like i can't eat this like yeah well don't turkeys have like feelings and emotions of course of course after i saw that i think probably on jamie's story right around thanksgiving i don't think i want to eat turkey anymore they like music they're really sweet kind animals bre Brett will tell you otherwise. Brett had some sort of experience with a family member or somebody who had a turkey farm and like they would always like chase him and he was scared of these turkeys.

He just sounds like he's a vendetta against turkeys. He's like, I'm not giving up my turkey sandwiches. They're sweet, kind creatures. On Thanksgiving, since I did have COVID, I got Cheesecake Factory delivered the day before because they were going to be closed on Thanksgiving Day. So it was perfect. I had like mashed potatoes, asparagus, and salmon for my dinner because it felt, you know, a little bit more rather than like the mac and cheese I probably would have made

myself. But yeah, I couldn't taste it. Aw. What would you say was like the worst symptom or experience like during it? I'd say, um, I mean, fevers always suck. Fevers always make you feel really, really bad. But I think the thing that sucked the most was how, um, tired you are in the lack of energy. Cause you'd feel fine sitting there and you're like, I have all this time. Like I have to be here for the next two weeks like I should be productive you're starting to

think about all the things that you wish you would have done like in quarantine round one and then the second you get up to do anything you just don't have the energy and it like just kind of messes with your mind because I was just thinking about all the things I could possibly be doing but then couldn't because I couldn't leave and also just didn't feel up to. So probably the fatigue, even though it doesn't sound that dramatic. Have you gotten any like backlash or hate or people are like, that's what you get for traveling and like just trying to like be know-it-alls about it? Yeah, I think especially when you work in like the entertainment industry, like people don't see that as essential, but it's like,

that's still my job and that's still like how I pay my bills. So I think for people who don't know like the situation and don't know exactly like how your job is, I'm like, I didn't go to Miami to party. I went for work. So yeah, I have gotten some backlash and that's why I honestly didn't want to tell. I only told the people who needed to know at the time, like my close family and friends, and then obviously anyone else that I may have exposed, which luckily for me wasn't anyone. But yeah, I think just you feel really embarrassed when you have it. I think people are quick to judge. Whereas if you're like, oh, I had it a few months ago, people like, that's almost like

comforting. People are like, oh, you already had it. You already, oh, you're safe to be around. You already like got it out of the way. But when you currently have it, it's like you have the plague and like people look at you differently, sure like treat you differently which is why I just didn't want anyone to know like it saved me from that like I already felt embarrassed so it saved me from any like other uncomfortable situations um or conversations that needed to be had I mean I was even like because I know how she is and I didn't want her to like feel bad for staying at my house or anything she's like I promise I won't like infect your whole house. But then it was like, for me, you know, especially being pregnant and knowing I was going to my house shortly after I was like, okay, but like, it can't live on surfaces, right? Like just Clorox wipe

everything. And I was like worried. And then I waited like a week and a half to go, but I'm like, I'm fine. Right? Like, it's okay to go to my house just because she was in the house that I just like I didn't know and so then she is so smart and just got so educated on every single thing COVID so much better because I'm like oh okay I didn't know this I didn't know I don't know so how long can it live on surfaces what did you I think it depends on the surface what I did know is that from what they've seen for mild cases um people that have covid you are only contagious right before symptoms and up to 10 days after symptoms and in recent studies they've even seen people not being contagious after day six so i was trying to convince sheena i'm like if i'm not contagious

anymore i guarantee any of like the light switch I touched, like you can possibly get it from that. Like it, since it doesn't have like a host as a virus, like it can't live on surfaces longer than I can be contagious for. So were you still testing positive even though you were not contagious anymore? I just got tested this past weekend. So that was what, January 4th or something. And I was finally negative. That was my first. How long did that take? So like a month and a half? A month and a half. Yeah. So my first positive test was November 19th. And I think that's where a lot of this gray area is with people who have COVID. Cause I think right now the world is split up into people who haven't had COVID yet and are obviously negative and people who currently have COVID and are positive. And for me, after I was done with my 10 days of being contagious and I

even quarantined for 14 of them after After that, my doctor and all of my testing sites said, you've already done like your quarantine period. You don't need to get tested again. Like you're at risk of like getting a false positive, even though like you're not contagious anymore. And so obviously doctors can tell you, you don't need to get tested again, but for like certain jobs I have to do certain appointments that I have, they like need you to prove a negative test. Or even like traveling. One of the girls that had it at the same time as me

was trying to fly home to Pennsylvania to see her family later for Christmas. And you can't fly into Pennsylvania with a positive test. And there's obviously ways around it. You can fly into like a state. But you run into problems like that where it's like, but hey, I had it two months ago and I'm still testing positive. There's just like this awkward gray area now where it's like, okay, I'm not contagious, but I'm still not able to do all of these things. So that was really tricky for me. And another interesting thing about that is if you kept testing and you kept getting those

positives, is that added to the tally of like new cases in the state? And is the number skewed then of total cases? I can't say one way or another, I'm not sure, but I'm kind of assuming I wondered that too, because I've got multiple calls. So after my first test, I got a call a week later, trying to contact trace that gave them as much information as I possibly could. But then when I had another test a week later, I got another call and I'm like, Hey, like I already talked to you guys. I already gave you all of the, as much information as I could. Um, but it was crazy. They also emailed me over a docu sign that was agreeing to self quarantine for 10 days. And they sent that to me nine days after my positive tests. And I'm like, I'm not going to

sign that at this point because you guys are nine days too late. Like think of all the people, if I didn't know, like that I could have exposed in that amount of time. So I definitely think they need to be a little bit quicker and like their contact tracing. But yeah, it's crazy. I feel like a lot of people don't know that you can test positive for up to three months. And I think it would benefit everyone if like somehow there was able to like keep track of your illness on file. Like attach it to your driver's license or something. So when you scan it, it's like, if it says you're positive, it's like, you're already out of the contagious zone. Cause I know like multiple festivals have talked about this too. Like I heard,

I don't know if this was a rumor, but I heard Coachella was going to work in the price of rapid testing into the price of the ticket. So like you get a rapid test with your ticket and they're going to test you before they go into the festival. But I'm like, wait, that's tricky. Cause you're going to have it go wrong in both ways. You're going to have people who already had it two and a half months ago who aren't contagious anymore, not be able to go in because they're still testing positive. And they're probably some of the safest people to be around. And then you have the people who are testing negative because it's a false negative because they, you know, at the, they're at the onset of symptoms who test negative and they're the ones that go and expose people. So there it's just every, it's just such a gray area. There's so much gray area

with the whole thing. Like I'm so torn. I mean, even just hearing you talk about Coachella, you know, part of me is like, well, nobody needs to be going to that. But then another part of me is like, well, when does this stop? Like we can't just live like this forever. Can we? And I, you know, I hear of like, it's just so torn, you know, because how much damage is it doing of people just being so isolated all the time and the suicide rates and everything, you know, domestic violence is up and all of that. I almost feel like a broken record saying this, you know, it's not a new conversation. You know, I feel like America is having this conversation, but I'm just so torn on it. And again, with like Sheena, with what you said, with like being attached to certain

identifications or whatever, I feel like there's so much more that could be happening with research on COVID. It's like, I want to know what are people eating? Who've, who've contracted it? Are they eating a vegan diet? Are they eating a meat diet? You know, and like, what is their level of physical fitness? And what is their blood type? And just, there's so many other things that I question, like, are they like doing all of this research to like see who's more susceptible to catching it? And I would say no, because I wasn't asked any of those questions. So if they're not asking people who end up testing positive, those questions, they'll

never have that data. True. And I actually want to change my answer on what the hardest part was about COVID. They're not asking people who end up testing positive those questions. They'll never have that data. And I actually want to change my answer on what the hardest part was about COVID. It was definitely the mental aspect, a thousand percent. It was the isolation and just like just feeling guilty, like feeling like you're the worst person in the world because you have COVID. And like, I think that was just definitely the hardest part. I wanted to change that. Yeah.

I feel like we should stop being so hard on everybody. Like you see a picture of someone out like us in mammoth and like, I've seen comments people like you shouldn't be doing anything right now, but it's like, I get it. And yes. Okay. If that's how you feel cool, like do that for you, but let's stop being, I don't know. And I don't know if I'm overstating this and i'm gonna get backlash for this but it's like if can we just give everybody the benefit of the doubt that they're being

responsible i don't know and one in five people and i think i don't know if it was los angeles city or county right now i saw have covid like we need to stop judging everyone and making them feel a certain way for people are getting sick people get. And that was the thing with like on the mammoth vlog that we just put up. I mean, the majority of stuff on YouTube, which is why I love YouTube so much, is all very positive. But there's always the one or two people. And like one person was like, you shouldn't be traveling anywhere right now, blah, blah, blah. And then like people are like coming to her. They're like, as you saw, like she was with her same small group that she's with almost every week. It's the same

people. They were in a house together. Like everyone got tested. We took every precaution and she was like, yeah, but you know, you're, I'm like, first, who am I exposing? I am negative. So why do you care that I'm going to get gas? She goes, you're putting yourself around poor people who have to work at a gas station and people at the grocery store. I'm like, I get gas and groceries regardless of going to Mammoth, going to LA, going to Palm Springs. I live in three cities. I am constantly in between cities getting gas and getting groceries. constantly in between cities getting gas and getting groceries. I also test regularly and I'm negative. Who am I exposing? What is your problem? And like, I guess, and then she said that her friend's mom sadly just passed away from COVID. And so she's really sensitive to it. And

I'm like, and I'm so sorry for that. There's so many people, yes, who are dying. There are people who die of something every single day. But if I'm doing my part and I'm being responsible and I'm getting tested and I'm negative and the seven people who I'm with regularly are also negative, who am I exposing that's pissing you off? It just didn't make sense. She literally said the people at the gas station. I go, I don't interact with people at the gas station. I swipe my credit card. I wear a glove. It's like I don't talk to anyone at the gas station. I go, I don't interact with people at the gas station. I swipe my credit card. I wear a glove. I like, it's like, I don't talk to anyone at the gas station. Yeah. And I get that people are so divided on this. Cause like, but the truth is none of us

really have the answers. We don't know. Like I got in a fight on Christmas night with my brother over this and about us going to mammoth, like my own family, it was a frigging knockdown fight. It pretty much ruined Christmas night over it, you know own family. It was a frigging knockdown fight. It pretty much ruined Christmas night over it, you know? And cause he was upset with me going to Mammoth. And I was like, look, we're all getting tested before we go. And it's, I'm only around Sheena. Like I come and I do this podcast and it's like, I'm not around it. I didn't even need, I knew I didn't even need to get the test because I'm not around anyone else, but I got it for peace of mind for everybody else and because everybody was doing it I'm like I'll do it too but yeah I mean that's just how divided you know people are on how they feel about it and

we don't really have the answers I don't think I was just going to say speaking for those people who do say certain things like I've studied that as well and I think people get upset when like hey I'm only around the same four people. So like, I'm fine. And then you have to also consider if those four people are also around four people. And then those four people are also around, if everyone has such a small circle, like it can still spread like crazy. So at the end of the day, like that still doesn't matter. And then at the same time too, yes, you can have a negative test, but you can get the virus a second after you got tested. You can walk out of that, that testing site, touch a doorknob, accidentally rub your face and contract the virus.

So it's like, there's honestly, there's no winning situation. Like testing's never going to be sure, like unless you never leave your house and you Clorox every product. Even if you order your groceries in, I know people who did not leave their house and they got it from ordering their groceries. We still have to eat. We still have to get our food somehow. So that's why it's scary. It's like it isn't going away anytime soon because even if we're all as safe as can be, like I don't know how New Zealand did it.

But, like, I mean, they also, if you see how many people live in New Zealand, it is half the amount of people that live in L.A. County. Yeah. So it's like if you think about how small of a number of people that is and that's spread out, I mean, it's not the biggest Island, but you know what I mean? Well, I do have to say New Zealand is very healthy. A lot of them are vegan. And another thing that's not being talked about is that how unhealthy and how obese we are in this country.

And I have to think that that's contributing to the number of cases that we have, you know, that I think is an underlying condition is being obese, you know, because then what comes with that is the diabetes or the heart disease or whatever, you know, whatever else is attached to that. So it's like, that's a whole other thing that like, it frustrates me about this because it's like, that's not even being talked about. I also do want to mention that the people, when you said, you know, the four people were around, if there's four people, they're around. Like Tom and Ariana don't really leave their house. Same with James and Raquel, Jesse, and I see you. So it's like I do know with my small circle when they leave their house, they're pretty much just around me.

And I don't go around any of my friends unless they have been recently tested and not around other people. So anyone who thinks I'm being irresponsible, being pregnant, like I haven't seen some of my closest friends in San Diego since I moved here in August. We're now in January because I see what they do on social media. And I'm like, I'm sorry, like I'm not going to put myself around you. That's why I am only around like the same few people because they're pretty much just at home or they're here yeah no and that's awesome and if you're sure that like your friend group is being that safe then like I don't see any problem with it yeah and I mean Ariana has asthma so she is high risk so she's very careful and she's not around people. Like you can watch our stories and you see her at home with her animals. And same with James and Raquel. They're always doing videos from home or they're here in San Diego or they're with me in Palm Springs. So it's like, you know, my friend group does stay very closeit, especially right now. And again, there's always a chance.

Of course. You could get it at the grocery store. So it's just that balance of being as responsible as we can be versus outweighing some sort of social interaction, which is good for our mental health. So I don't think the people who are like, you should just stay home and not do anything, I don't think they're thinking good for our mental health. So it's, you know, I don't think the people who are like, you should just stay home and not do anything. I don't think they're thinking about the whole mental health aspect. But I do appreciate also where they're coming from because they just

want this to go away and they think that that's the way to achieve it. So, yeah, I think everyone has a different opinion on how we're going to get this to go away. But yeah, I mean, they say that you're immune, like not immune, but like they say that you can't get it in the first 90 days. So I'm halfway there. So my time's approaching that I'm going to get real scared again. Well, that was Thanksgiving COVID and we had Christmas and we celebrated Thanksgiving. And then as we just talked about, we were in Mammoth for New Year's. And do we want to talk about, do you want to talk about Mammoth, Jamie? Oh my gosh. Mammoth. Tell me I wasn't there. That was quite a trip. Pun intended. Pun very intended.

So Jamie decided to go on a little mushroom trip while in Mammoth. It started out with looking at the beautiful snow and I said to Brock, I was like, I want to do mushrooms and get a walk in the snow tonight. I'll go with you. And Jesse's like, I'll do them with you. Like, sure. We love supportive friends. Yeah. So I'm like, Brock, you're no, don't encourage her to go for a walk in five degree weather. Thank God I did not. That's not happening. First of all, there's bears and shit out there. Like, no.

But if Jamie wants to go on a mushroom trip, sure. I mean, I've been on an amazing mushroom trip. And I would encourage other people to have that same experience because it was amazing. It was my birthday. I felt like I was in a sixties music video. Everything was like psychedelic, the lights. It was just like the coolest experience. I also had another time when we thought it was a good idea to eat a couple right before dinner. So right as our entrees got on the table, they kicked in. I had

a peppercorn filet mignon and all of a sudden the peppercorn looks like it was crawling all over the place. I swear. I was like, this is my favorite meal sitting in front of my face. And I'm looking at it and I was like, where were you. So we're at this really nice steakhouse. Me, Brock, and our friend Clint, who's dead sober. It's just Brock and I on this trip. And we're like, do you see that? And Clint's looking at us like, nah, bro. I don't see anything.

And I'm looking at my steak, and I was like, it's moving. There's ants on my plate. There's ants. Jamie's like gagging. Yeah. Well, I mean, I saw insects too, but not in that way. I know. It was more like, okay, first of all, do not, professional advice here, people, do not drink before doing mushrooms.

I learned that the hard way. I didn't drink a lot. I had three drinks over the course of the entire night for New Year's Eve. But they were strong drinks. They were strong. I mean, there they were strong drinks. They were strong. I mean, there was a vodka something. They were fancy AF cocktails. I was not.

Did you have to make them? Yes. Actually, no. I think Ariana did. Same thing. Same thing. Oh, and side note. He did make me a shot, which I took a sip of, and it was absolutely delicious.

It was like mezcal, and it was spicy. And I said to him, I was like, Tom, you should do something where like you meet people and you make whatever drink you think fits their personality. Because if anybody made a drink for me, this would have been it. You nailed it. I like that. Yeah. But you didn't even finish it. Well, I didn't finish it because at this point in the night, I then, I sat down.

There was this, like, lone rocking chair near this, like, wood stove. And I sit in the rocking chair. And, like, I see out of the corner of my eye, I see, like, Brock and James just, like, cracking up at me. And I'm staring at this wall that has all these, like, crazy lights because Jesse brought, like, his... Like, strobe light type of thing.

And James is like playing his... He brought his whole DJ rig so he was playing all the music that I hate. And I'm just sitting there on this rocking chair by myself looking at this wall. She's like in the fetal position and the wall she's looking at was almost like a popcorn ceiling wall.

So it was like slightly textured. Was that a good thing or a bad thing? Bad for traumatizing. Because all of a sudden I start seeing all of these insects climbing all around this wall in these like geometric patterns. It didn't look like actual bugs. So it wasn't scary in that way. Like Sheena said she saw like ants on her steak. It wasn't like that.

But it was like it looked like insects, she saw like ants on her steak. It wasn't like that, but it was like, it looked like insects, but I knew it was just patterns and it was going all up the wall. And I'm just staring at it. And Brock is like, you need to, you need to stop. Yeah. You got to move, like get, he's like, Sheena, you got to help your girl. And I'm like, I just, I I'm so sober. The soberest I've ever been in my life. I'm trying to like, remember how I felt many months ago when I had, and I was like, I was just such a good experience. And so I'm like, okay, think about if it went bad, if it went South, what would I have wanted? And so like, I sit with her and I'm like, like petting her for a second. And I'm like, are you okay? Like, what do you need do you need? I asked you to sit on me because I needed comfort. I needed something like a weighted blanket. Yes. She wanted me to sit

on her. So I sit on her and I've got 24 extra pounds on me right now. I'm like, Jamie, I don't know if you want, you know, like 140 pounds Sheena sitting on you right now. I'm not as small as I usually am. And did that help? I liked it. But then I'm just sitting on her and then everyone's looking and they're like, why are you sitting on your friend? I was like, she asked me to sit on her. So you, you did the best you could. And then you tapped out and you passed me off to Tom who became like my shaman a bit. Yeah. We're like, Tom, go be her spirit guide. And good at that and it was funny because he and um ariana were both in these black and white shirts so again like geometric patterns

were happening now on their shirts and they were both standing in front of me as my guides and like i'm like you guys purposely wore black and white so i would know who to look to for help it was crazy so then I don't know shortly after that I just could not walk or talk and I was just dead on the couch then she was like really nauseous and so we had these like ginger chew things that we brought for like the altitude like if your stomach gets upset and it's like this all natural thing. So Tom's like, oh, try one of these ginger chews. You know, I bring them with me for altitude, whatever. And so Jamie tries one, doesn't like it. Fast forward to like 45 minutes later,

forgets that she ate this candy. She throws up and she's like, oh my God, oh my God, I'm throwing up blood. And then Sandoval, Ariana, everyone's like, oh shit. Like, do we need to get her to a hospital? I was like, it's not blood. I was like, she's exaggerating. It's not blood. And then she's like, oh, shit. Like, do we need to get her to a hospital? I was like, it's not blood. I was like, she's exaggerating. It's not blood.

And then she's like, no, Sheena, I'm throwing up blood. And then I look on the counter, and I see the second red ginger chew that he was like, here, maybe have two. And I was like, Jamie, you just ate a red candy. You're not throwing up blood. She figured it out. It was the candy. She's like, oh. But she walked in on me.

I was on the floor in her bathroom. You just saw red and were like, blood. Yeah. And I'm like, look. Because there was like remnants still in the tube. Oh, my God. It was so gross. Remnants of the red pieces.

I'm like, look. It's right there. It's blood. And so she goes out and she tells everyone. And then as she's walking out, she sees the tube. She figured it out. And I'm like, you're so smart. And then Ariana's like, and the Emmy goes to Jamie

for being most dramatic seriously oh everyone was drinking but midnight came which I watched your uh New Year's Eve vlog that came out today because now I've learned my lesson ever since she said Santa warning learned your lesson let's put a warning at the beginning of this one. But ever since she said Santa wasn't real. And one of her blogs that Ivy almost saw, I'm like, okay, now I'm going to pre-screen your blogs before Ivy watches them. So I watched the New Year's Eve one today. Um, and there's one point where like someone's handing me champagne and you could hear me go, no, I can't. I'm on mushrooms. Wait, really? Oh, I did not catch that. But, but my favorite part is that, um, you know, you and Brock are like making out at, you know,

midnight and Jesse and I are just standing there and like the other couples are all making out and I'm just standing there with Jesse. And all of a sudden I just crossed my arms and it's like, they don't stop kissing for like a minute and like on the vlog it's so awkward because I'm just standing there like this like yes I'm fucking single you don't want to kiss Jesse we hugged I think we made an awkward joke about it my mom was watching it with me and she was like well that's sad you just like left them out like so am I not supposed to have my moment because there's someone single at the party? Like, I still wanted my New Year's, like, kiss. It could have just been a little peck and you go around, give everyone, give one to everyone.

Well, and then we did, like, a cheers after with, like, everyone and, like, a group hug. But it was just, like, that moment that, like, it was just, like, when everyone, like, pairs up at the end of the night. And it was just Jamie and Jesse, like. It was really funny. So like, I'm now determined that next New Year's Eve, when I have a boyfriend, I'm going to show him that and be like, look, I was just waiting for you. Look what happened last year and now you're here. Oh my God, totally.

But overall, it was so much fun. Yes, it was. And I'm so glad we went. And those type of trips, not pun intended, It was so much fun. Yes, it was. And I'm so glad we went. And those type of trips, not pun intended, but like, you know, just getting out of your house. And I think it is necessary for your mental health if you're able to do it in a safe place, in a safe way, with people you trust who have all been tested. And we all did it the right way, I think. So I don't want to feel bad for going on a mini New Year's vacation with my closest friends who are the only people I spend time with outside of my immediate family. And you guys can just get tested again this week just to be sure.

Yeah, totally. And continue doing so. And that's what we've been doing. So moving on. Bachelor premiere was this week yes they did so what do you ladies think of matt and do you like the fact that he's never been on the bachelorette before well honestly in the past i like when the bachelor bachelorette has been on before because i already formed my opinion about them. Right.

So that was a little weird going into this season and I'm like why do I care about Matt? Like I know nothing about him. But then you watch the first episode and you're like okay I like this guy. Yeah. Like it makes sense now. I don't care one way or the other if I knew him or not but my initial reaction of him was like

fratty. Like really frat boy. Yeah like I felt like he's being all like gentlemen and like the way the bachelor is supposed to behave and like I feel like they're conditioned they have to be conditioned and prepped to behave this way like people don't act like this in real life I don't think and I feel like all the females are they're almost starting to feel like Miss America contestants they're so so polished. They're so perfect. And if there was any season to make me realize, like, I am no longer eligible to be on this show

and I should have taken my chance when I had it, it was this season because the girls are so gorgeous, so young. Like, there's a 21-year-old. Really? Yeah. I hate when they go that young. It should be, like like 25 minimum requirement. It's like you're going to force an engagement at the end of the season

but then put on 21-year-olds. Yeah. And it's the girl Kit. I don't know if you know. She's Cynthia Raleigh, the designer. It's her daughter. So they're from New York City. She's like super bougie.

She's 21. What? I'm shook. I pointed that out, though, when I saw she was from New York and she was in like a cute little short cocktail dress. She's a little Upper East Side girl who definitely, yeah, said she was a fashion designer. I'm like, whose mommy or daddy made her a fashion designer? I was getting gossip girl vibes from her.

Exactly. I don't hate it. I kind of like it. I think it's just too young to be on a dating show that's supposed to legitimately lead to marriage. And now we all know that that show is more about becoming a social media influencer than becoming someone's fiance, wife, or husband. I mean, maybe just change the premise to be like, who wants to be the next Instagram famous person? And let's stop pretending it's about love. Yeah.

Yeah, because, I mean, I do think that some people are genuinely there for the right reasons, and that's what I did love about the very short-lived four-episode Claire season because, you know, she's at that age, but it was like, you know, bravo to her. She knew what she wanted, and she went for it. And then, you know, we got Tayshia and we got like a more normal type of season of The Bachelorette but I liked that there were people in their mid-30s on because it's like these are people who are taking it seriously who genuinely

do want to find love and I felt like there was a lot of that in Claire's contestants whereas now we're back to the norm the new norm of The Bachelor with a bunch of girls who just want colors. I'm okay with that. I'm okay with the drama. I kind of eat it up. It's so sorority, though. Yeah. Yeah.

So who are your favorites? Do you guys have any predictions for top three or four? One of my favorites sadly went home the first night. Who? I thought she was the little goat one. I don't know how to say her name. Oh, with the goat slippers. Yeah thought she was the little goat one i don't know how to say her name like yeah she was so adorable and i didn't think so she went home i know it's like i thought that was like cute creative kind of weird some of the ones that stayed i'm like what is happening like

it has to be producers being like you need to keep queen victoria yeah what was he come on okay by the end did you see her make... It was so like... Oh, we saw. So shiny. It's like they purposely wanted her to look a mess. It was a long night. But everyone else still looked perfect.

They know what they're doing here. Mari, like straight off of Miss America pageant. She's gorgeous. Gorge. I feel like she was like Miss Puerto Rico or something. She reminds me of Joyce, the old housewife from Beverly Hills. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah.

I think Rachel is actually my prettier. Oh, my God. Yeah, I really like Rachel. She is just stunning, and she has a great personality. And I love Abigail. Same. That's my – First impression rose?

Yeah. Yeah. I love her, and I love that they brought on – I don't want to say, I know she has a hearing disability. I love that they brought on someone who's quote unquote disabled just to normalize it. Because you don't see that in mainstream media anywhere. I love that so much. But even if she wasn't, it's like they didn't bring her on for that. You can tell.

She's got a great personality. She's perfect for the show. So I really love her and I like that she got the first impression rose. Yeah. And then besides them, I went back and checked.

I really liked Kayla too. Oh yeah, the one from North Carolina. She spells Kayla really weird but I really, really liked her. I don't like her. What?

Why? I like Piper her. What? Why? I like Piper, though. Piper's gorgeous. Piper's spelled her name weird, too. It was P-I-E-P-E-R. Yeah. But I don't like, oh, you know why I don't like her? Why?

She's cool in front of him, but when she was with the ladies, she's just a little, you know, she's like, oh, he's not a snack. He's a whole meal. Oh, that one. I feel like that was like a canned line know she's like oh he's not a snack he's a whole meal and like oh i feel like that was like a canned line that she came in with she knew she was gonna say that she doesn't seem authentic i don't know yeah i also like uh mj the one with the long blonde curly hair and then she just got a cool isn't it interesting that he's also mj uh-huh and so is the vibrator oh god the vibrator is going to be the final four.

That's going to be like the fourth contestant. The vibrator is going to Fantasy Suites. Oh, my God. That's so going to be like a little bonus thing after the credits, like how they do. Yeah. Oh, I'm sure. And then Mari got mad that like she got tapped on the shoulder with the vibrator. Wait, me and Sheena were talking about this.

And if we were talking to the bachelor and we were in like a deep-ish conversation and someone came up and was like, can I steal him? I'd be like, no. Especially tapping me with a vibrator

and be like, give us a couple more minutes. I'm going to finish what I was saying and then you can come back. Yeah, either do that or give in and let them but then don't be mad

if you choose to get up. Yeah. But do you think maybe they're not giving that option? Like if a girl taps you, like you have to go. No, some people stayed. Okay. Yeah. Because I think that, yeah, there's a certain etiquette that I think a lot of the contestants uphold and that's, you know, like be courteous of everyone else's time because you only have one night, there's 32 girls. So I think a lot of the girls are just respectful in that sense. Like if I get interrupted, like sure.

And I've thought before like, I mean, yeah, I guess like I would be the girl to interrupt. So I, you know, if I got interrupted, I would also be respectful and get up. But she was like talking about her grandmother or something like very deep. I would have been like, you know, just yeah, but like the hurricanes and everything.

I would have been like, just give me, give me like two more minutes. I would just want to wrap this up and why doesn't the bachelor ever like i would i would want the man to be like you know what i'm in the middle of a conversation and let's give us just a few minutes let the guy sometimes they do you know and that's what i loved about claire yeah she would do that yeah i like because the the girl doesn't know if like he wants to talk to the next one. Or want to act a certain way in front of him. Like, oh, maybe he'll think I'm a certain way if I tell that girl I need more time. To fuck off.

Right. Totally. Put it on him to say no. Yeah. What the heck, Matt? Why didn't you do that? That's messed up. I know.

I think he was so nervous. And see, that's what I love about the fact that he hadn't been on the show before. And I know one of the girls even said that. It might have been Rachel. It was someone, I liked that she said how she was excited to come on to experience this for the first time with him. Because it is a cool aspect when the bachelor or bachelorette is like, I've been in your shoes. I know how you're feeling and I can empathize. But it's also cool to see someone who doesn't know what the fuck they're doing. And it was like,

he was more nervous than a lot of the girls. So I thought that added an element that we haven't seen on the show in so many years and I'm here for it. I'm excited to see the season. I hope what Jamie said isn't true in that, you know, it's like, I hope it's not an act. I hope he actually is this genuine. Because, you know, the way Chris Harrison was hyping him up at the beginning of the episode being like, we've never had this many women in the country want to apply for this Bachelor. Like, I hope it doesn't get to his head. And I hope he really is that genuine.

Yeah. Because what if that does, what if that boosts his ego and he's like, oh, like, I'm the most eligible Bachelor, you know? Well, we'll see if he's making TikToks a year year from now or now i know yeah true i think though if it was gonna get to his head being bff with tyler cameron going into the bachelor at already almost 600 000 followers i think he would have had a more cocky vibe the first day. True, and not be so nervous. Yeah, he seemed genuinely nervous. And, like, his conversation with his mom, like, it seemed real. And it seems like he's a person who actually hasn't ever been in real deep love before. So he's, like, terrified of it.

And, like, we all get to see this first-time journey with him. Well, I'm here for it. That was just my first impression was, like like a little frat boy trying to like pretend like he's not, but we'll see. Maybe he'll win me over. Yeah. Yeah.

Wait, but what's happening? So they're bringing in new girls. So yeah, then it shows the preview. It looks like one girl I think had been on the bachelor before one, I think had like a past with him or maybe that's the same one. Yeah. I mean, I guess, you know, quarantine season, they got to try and switch it up since they're not traveling to just it already

looks like an upgrade from the Palm Springs oh for sure they're like okay out of the White House we know how to do this better we're done with the dates in like the lawn oh that was I felt bad for everyone though who was on Claire and Tayshia's season, including the girls, because they got the short end of the stick for sure. Even just looking at Tayshia's Instagram, it's like she posted, you know, she kept like flashing back to like this date and that date. And they're all just like in the same, like 40 square foot rate. I don't feel bad because then it's like, well, you said you're here for love. Are you here for love or to go on some awesome vacation to Peru?

Because you're not getting that. I want to follow him up in Peru. Right. Well, I'm excited to see what this season has. We'll obviously be probably talking about this weekly because we watch it weekly together. But to wrap up this episode, how about we do some reviews? Yes. We're going to have we do some reviews? Yes. We're going to have Court read the negative.

Yes. And end with Jamie on the positive. Okay, this is from Jillian with like 20 L's. Jillian. Jillian. So the title is, I Tried. Two stars. She said, Prez Hilton was egocentric and obnoxiously arrogant. Oh, shoot. I didn't know this was prez's

podcast did you guys that's a review on my podcast yes so i get to his i get two stars because you don't like the guests why didn't you just not listen to that episode sheena why didn't you just make him not arrogant i mean how dare you these are the reviews that annoy me because it's like that shouldn't be a two-star review on my overall podcast because you didn't like the guest on one episode yes then that brings down my whole average because you person didn't like and if brock was here he would be mad at us for not taking the constructive criticism what's constructive fix it we can't fix i guess you're not coming back like unless you're less arrogant and egocentric i guess but what do you expect and i mean like why can't we have guests that are different personality types or might exactly

differently i mean that's the whole point of it is to hear different personalities and different opinions yeah and if you don't like the guest coming on maybe don't listen to the episode fast forward yeah i don't know whatever but. But thanks. Thanks, Julianne. Okay, here's the five star. It's from Glimmer47282. Enjoyable. Love. You're very transparent and vulnerable, and I enjoy listening.

I like the Convo style podcast versus interview. Love gossip and trash talk, but then having other hosts on maybe have a patreon where you can have a fan on as a guest to interview you love the games too oh i love that she hit like all different aspects right yes yeah that's a podcast review yeah apple podcast should have to like or whatever platform it's on should have have to go through and read the reviews and be like, oh, this is a valid review. That's a good point. Oh, yeah, like Yelp. If you're new to Yelp, you can't go and review because they think it's a fake review.

You have to be established. Yeah, you have to build your profile. Yeah. So maybe they should kind of vet them. So Apple, Spotify, whoever, if you're listening, let's get with it. That's our constructive criticism to them. Yeah, I mean, whatever. Well, I appreciate you guys for listening.

Continue to send in your reviews, preferably more stars than less and positive, because let's keep spreading positivity. New year, new day. Anything else, ladies? I'm going to stop shopping. I'm going to try to spend less on Amazon and try to shop more small businesses. I like that because Jeff Bezos is already like way too much of a billionaire. And I think we need to support small businesses during a pandemic and all the time. I'm trying to support as many small businesses with baby stuff. Like, even if it's just bows and little things like that.

Our bags, oh my God, shout out to Shop Jameila. J-I-M-E-I-L-A. So they have these amazing machine washable backpacks, tote bags, purses, fanny packs, so many different things. They're really, really cute style. They're stretchy. They fit everything. And it's a small woman owned business that Jamie found. Out of Santa Monica. Yeah. And she sent me a few of her bags and I'm like, oh my God, I absolutely love these. And now that's the only backpack I carry. And once little baby comes along, you're going to have to put that in the washing machine

on a regular basis. Probably. I already had to wash one of mine because Brock sets my white tote bag down on the black asphalt as he's packing our car for mammoth. I was like, what are you doing? Right? Yeah. Right.

I was just like, don't set my white bag. He's like, you said it could go in the machine. Well, I was just like, oh my God my white bag. He's like, you said it could go in the machine. I was just like, oh my God. It doesn't matter if you can wash it. Don't set a white bag. Don't purposely dirty it. On black ground. But yeah, I do.

I love supporting small businesses. I can't wait until we're able to support restaurants again, the service industry. Tip your servers, even if you're getting food to go. And on that note, I will talk to you guys next week. Thanks for listening. Bye.igans with Sheena Shea. Download new episodes every week on Apple podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. Looking fine and I got my girls with me With the boys at the table getting tipsy Miss me, kiss me one more time

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