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With a handcrafted ice beverage in your hand. Available for a limited time, your summer favorites are ready at Starbucks. Hey guys. Welcome back to another episode. I'm in disbelief that Ashton's graduating today. Welcome to the real world. Today we're going to New Orleans. We're going to Tulane for Ashton's graduation. I'm so excited for this. I actually, after this trip, had a three day hangover and I kid you not, it was three days long. I had a pounding headache from these stupid drinks that we had at her bar. So let me take you back and show you how we got there. Let's go. Hello, New Orleans. We're getting ready for Ashton's graduation. This is sickening. I cannot believe she's graduating. What the heck is going on? Also, what am I doing? I'm a little bit unwell. I was out until 2:30 last night and then I had to leave at like 5:36am for the airport today and I have to leave for Ashton's graduation in like 15 minutes. My whole family's here. So we have my mom, my mom's boyfriend, Todd. They're back together. The one thing about them is they're gonna be together and then maybe not, but then they come back together. So you know what? Todd's back and then I have my little siblings, Isabelle, Penelope, Thomas. My mom's parents are here, so my mom's mom is here and then my mom's dad is here with my mom's stepmom. They all traveled together from Wisconsin. And then my mom's sister's here. Also from Wisconsin. It's kind of fun. And my grandma both end up hanging around their ex husband and the stepmom a lot. Hopefully that's not my calling too. I'm already gonna cry the second I see Ashton in her little cap and gown walking down, graduating, getting her diploma, I'm gonna be sick to my stomach. I feel like I just graduated. So the fact she's now graduating is just beyond me. I know I have my little siblings, but for the beginning part of my life, first few years Until I was 12, Ashton was my baby sister. I have like a different bond with Ashton than I have with my little siblings. Because my little siblings and I have such up that I'm almost like, I'm like their older sister. I also feel like their mom. They're like my little best friends. And Ashton is obviously much closer to me and age. We're two years apart. So growing up, I feel like I always like just felt very, very protective over her. Like I always wanted to just watch out for her, make sure she wasn't getting into any trouble. The fact my little baby's graduating, it's exciting, but it's really sad. Like I feel like Ashton just went to college and she has loved Tulane so much that I just realized how scary I look in this mask. Cuz she has like made such a good life for herself here and she's made so many friends and she's just like become such a little adult here. Roxton is getting here tonight. He couldn't make it for the actual graduation because he had football today, but there's like another graduation ceremony tomorrow. Apparently that one's just like a fun party. Act T Lane. They make everything a party here, which is right up our alley. I'm going to do my makeup, put on my outfit and I'll be right back. Back. Dad has our margaritas and we're heading to graduation. He's probably in the car. I think they're all in the car. Oh gosh. Coming. Here we are. Margaritas. Hey pretties. You guys look so beautiful. Thomas, you look so cute. Yes. Cheers. Ashton, we're so proud of you. So proud. Congratulations. Here's to New York City. I started sobbing while I was getting ready. Dad said cheers. Cheers, Turtle. Love you. Congratulations. Woo. You look like such a little lady. So do you guys in your. Oh geez, we've got a hill. When I'm on the road leg workout, I see stuff going by. Yay. We have no idea where we're going. Do you think Ashton's name Is in here. School of Science and Engineering. What a smarty pants. Grandma, how are you feeling? Don't have anywhere to put it. Juice it all the way up there. What's happen name is Ma' am. This Rodrigo concert on June 7th in New York, a Saturday in Queens, is it Governor's Ball? Oh, I don't know if you can go to Governor's Ball. You might have to be a little older. I could take you. Governor's Ball. It's like crazy time. I saw her name. Oh my gosh, here they come. Where do you think Ashton is? Is that Ashton? I see her. Yeah, I see her. She's that tall girl. I saw her. I saw her. We're acting like this is like Taylor Swift. I saw her. My dad's gonna ping her on Find my iPhone. Do you see her? I thought you were keeping that eye, cuz. You plan on recording it. I do it with everything. You just forgot. We've been sitting here for like an hour now. Where is Ashton? Miss? Sitting in the hotel room for an hour and a half, just getting ready. I know, that's what I say. We uh. Oh, Ashton's addressing the most significant challenges of our era. Is here. Yeah, she just gave her things. Ashton? A Ashton? Oh my goodness, there she is. A graduate. Why does Ashton look grumpy? It's a thing in the Earls. Ashton. Why do you look so grumpy? She's been sitting there for hours. Ashton, Ashton, Ashton, Ashton. That was special. She didn't think that that was so special. Like, you're so ungrateful. You just graduated. Be happy. Where's your cat? Thanks for coming. A. Are you so happy? Yeah. Guys, why am I happier than you? Why were you crying? This is a big deal. I'm like sad to leave my like friends in school. Like that's really why Alex is also crying. Why? Cuz she wishes she was back in school. Yeah. Hey guys. It's like her graduating all over again. You guys are such. Here we are at the afterparty. This is so pretty. Uhoh, look at mama. Oh, with the burgers. They have no food. They've been waiting. They've been sitting. I'm bringing them the food. Here. Braxton's wooing my grandma's Thomas. What is this? A bag of dinosaurs. Wow, I love it. How do you even tell them apart? We're playing a very intense game right now where I'm taking a dinosaur and Thomas has to guess which one I took. And he's been bullying me, saying I'm not good enough. And now he can't guess it. And guess what? It's not so funny now, is it? Thomas, if you don't know the answer, that's okay. I thought you were. Maybe. Maybe she didn't take one. Thomas. Did you ever think of that? This is his head. I'll show you his head. Concavenator. Concavenator. This is our Uber. I love it here. Okay, can I sit in the bed? Hey, I'm coming. Okay, we're going out. We're going out. We're going to Hot 10. Ashton's taking us out tonight. Wait. Ugh. I never know how to focus this damn camera. I saw all these tiktoks. Stop. Stop to figure out how to focus. It doesn't focus. It's on. It's on. Auto this and it doesn't do it. Okay, last time I was at this very. I love Hot T. I wanted to go to bed, but Ash said it's my graduation weekend. My two beautiful daughters. I'm so proud of you. We're getting a special receiver shots. Let's do it. Alex said I needed to take. Are we vlogging? So we got into a fight last time we were at the spa. Very one sided. Fun. Alex. I'm just a productive big sister. She wasn't even a part of it. I'm rewriting the narrative. Fair. Fair. You do. We're trying to pick what food we're ordering. You ordered five things. I don't think I have anything to add. Spinach, orange dip, chicken. What was that? Spinach and artichoke spinach. I think we have enough. Do we have to take anything off? Yeah, I think like half. Oh, do you really want the wings? Oh, yes. Take off the burger. What about the spinach? Artichoke dip. Take that off. Okay. That was just crazy. It's on the way. Oh, good morning. I don't know why this eye is like closed. We're going to brunch. We had amazing food. Here's my outfit of the day for brunch. So we're doing brunch and then we're going to come back get changed and Ashton has her like commencement ceremony. Oh, I just ran over my toe. What did you do? I ran over my toe. Good morning. Good morning. I can't see. My face is so puffy. Bottomless mimosas? No, we're at a big family brunch. None of our family is here yet. I'm proud of us partying last night. Thomas. What happened? I was sleepwalking. What the heck? Do you see my Eyes. Thomas. Mom goes to the bathroom for five minutes, I leave you alone with dad. What happened? I want to. I know you get it. You were the one that said you got him. I see. Ashton, how do we have 40 drinks and there's, like, six of us? I can't believe. I feel like you just dropped me off, like, literally a year ago. And I looked at the picture and I'm like, I look younger today than I did then. So we must have your subject. But we love you. So proud of you. Love. Penelope's dressing her up. Penelope said it's time to find a boyfriend. Why did Penelope get a better gift than all of us? Did you have any help? That was so good. My dad just goes to Ashton. You're never gonna find a man in Capri. Me and Penelope are the same size shoe now. We're changing shoes right now. Okay, Broxton is. You just cut me off. I was about to start dancing. Then we're going to dinner. I'm grabbing Ashton's graduation gift. I got her the coolest thing ever. I wanted to get her something really, really special. I feel like I never get Ashton gifts for, like, Christmas or anything. We're together so much. My presence is a gift. But I wanted to, like, really ball out for a graduation and get her something really sentimental. It's really, really cool, and I'm excited to give it to her. We're in this room. This is so pretty. This is so pretty. Grandma, how we feeling? Where are. I know. Come on, crew. I can never sit next to Braxton at Family Dennis because Thomas always wants to sit next to him. And then the girls always want to sit next to me. And then Ashton. We don't care about her. Why does no one want to sit next to Ashton? Oh, yeah, she has to be on her. The menu's bigger than you. This is from Rebecca Bib. Oh. Oh, my God. No way. Bibs, who's giving the toast tonight? Thomas was given the toast tonight. Oh, okay. I'm so proud of you. Welcome to the real world. That was a good one. Welcome to the real world. I don't start crying. My turn. Wait. Brian. Action. I'm so insanely proud of you and all your hard dedication. Getting out of college and getting out trapped. And now you can party. Free will. Yay. And there's no time limit and you can't be like, oh, I have to study. True. Cheers. Now we can just party all night all the time. All right, Isabelle, you're up. She's sleeping. There she is. Oh, with her Napkin. Oh, with her napkin. Really? Good job, Ashton. I'm so proud of you and all that you accomplished. Just watching you mature over the past four years has been so amazing. And watched you grow into the little woman you are and, well, she still feels like. I'm just so proud of you. When you first went to college and letting you out of my sight was really scary, but you've done a pretty good job. I feel like the separation of college allowed us to grow closer. And I truly consider you, like, my best friend. Even though we're sisters, like, you're just in my friend group. We did everything together. And I'm so excited for all the adventures to come and for you to move to New York and just continue to blossom and chase your dreams. And I'm so, so proud of you. And I don't know how you got straight A's. Suspense oh, no way. That is so cool. What is it? A trunk. Oh my God. Wait, open it. And it's blue. Did you get to pick the lining out? No, it just. I found it. What? These kids should know pretty well. Happy graduation to you Chat, chat, chat. Happy graduation, dear Ashton Happy graduation to you Make a wish. Should we all go around and say our favorite thing about Ashton? No, I can't wait to. We're back at my favorite place ever. Ashton's home room tour. My room's the best. They want to go back to college. Ashton, you should have St. Mars here. What? They said it delivered yesterday. We're going to find the margs that were delivered over here. Oh, Alex, this stone. This stone. I was like, that's trash. Let's socks your packages go there. What do we think is margs? That's really heavy. So that might be margs. That's not heavy. This is. Oh, it is, is it? That's really heavy. It's probably that. Oh my God. I think these are all marks. Actually, I can't. Well, don't hurt yourselves. You took it okay? I mean, that was the plan. Yeah, you took has to be marks. Come on, Poppy, it's marks. Even warm, it's really delicious. So classic. Is my favorite. Wait, try mango. Oh, it's good. Mm, it's not too mango? Y. No, it's not. I can't drink other RTDs now. Like all my friends are like, I can't go back pre game Going to the booth one last time. Oh, last time at your college bar. Don't you sad I'm. Of course I'm there. Is mom. Penelope. Go. Alex. What are you supposed to do now? How are you gonna go to frat how are you gonna go to frat parties now that I'm not in college? Wait a minute. This is also so very sentimental for me because how am I supposed to go to college parties now? You just have to. My last excuse is out the door. Alex Earl Scholars. I'm coming for you. We're going to the Boot. We're going to the Boot, which is the bar on campus. The bartender at the booth today didn't ID me, and I go, you don't need my id. He goes, I know you. You're here every night. And I was like, I'm so excited. Slash sad. I remember my first time at the booth for Mardi Gras. Yeah. Ashton lives, like, there. And the Boot is right there. Like, we're already there. That's really scary. That's the problem is everyone's like, we're going to go to the Boot. I'm like, I might as well. I would boot every day because it's so close. Oh, college is so special. Welcome to not being able to do this anymore. Are you ready? Obviously not. I'm not. We're going to gamble. To the casino we go. Oh, good morning. Rise and shine. It's 1pm we just ordered. Oh, no. What? I think we got utensils. I don't need them. Oh, yeah, I do, actually. Oh, my God, I'm so excited. The food in New Orleans is so good. We had so much fun last night. Oh, cheeky. Oh, that's fine. Thanks for hanging around for another vlog. I will see you guys next Wednesday for Memorial Day weekend at the Jersey Shore. Bye. Bye.
Podcast Summary: "Ashtin Graduated and I Had the Worst Hangover of My Life"
Episode Details:
Introduction to the Milestone Alix Earle opens the episode with a heartfelt announcement: her sister Ashton is graduating from Tulane University in New Orleans. She expresses a mix of excitement and disbelief, highlighting the emotional significance of the event.
Family Gatherings and Dynamics Alix introduces her extensive family, emphasizing the close-knit yet complex relationships. She mentions her mother, stepfather Todd, siblings Isabelle, Penelope, Thomas, and extended family members traveling from Wisconsin. The reunion brings both joy and nostalgia.
Getting Ready for Graduation Alix shares the chaotic morning before the ceremony, detailing the family's swift preparations. The atmosphere is charged with anticipation and the remnants of a late-night celebration.
Emotional Reflections Alix reflects on her relationship with Ashton, describing a protective bond that has evolved over the years. She conveys a deep sense of pride coupled with the sadness of her sister stepping into adulthood.
Arrival and Setting The family arrives at Tulane, greeting each other and preparing for the ceremony. Alix captures candid moments, including interactions with her grandparents and playful exchanges with her siblings.
Ceremony Highlights Ashton walks across the stage, and Alix describes her initial reaction filled with emotion. The ceremony includes heartfelt speeches from family members, celebrating Ashton's academic achievements and personal growth.
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Afterparty Antics Post-graduation, the family attends an afterparty filled with laughter, games, and bonding moments. Alix humorously recounts interactions with her siblings, including playful teasing and light-hearted competitions.
Night Out in New Orleans Despite a severe hangover, Alix narrates the family's adventurous night exploring local spots like Hot 10 and The Boot. She shares amusing struggles with vlogging equipment and the challenges of staying focused amidst the festivities.
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Brunch Recovery The following morning, Alix describes the family brunch as they recover from the previous night's celebrations. The mood shifts to reflective conversations about moving forward and the end of college life.
Graduation Gifts and Sentiments Alix discusses her thoughtful approach to gifting Ashton, aiming for something sentimental that symbolizes their bond and her sister's achievements.
Final Reflections Alix wraps up the episode by sharing her mixed emotions about the end of this chapter. She expresses pride in Ashton's accomplishments and looks forward to future adventures, despite the challenges of transitioning to post-college life.
Looking Ahead Alix concludes the episode by teasing future vlogs, including Memorial Day weekend plans at the Jersey Shore, maintaining her signature engaging and personal storytelling style.
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This episode offers listeners a heartfelt and candid glimpse into Alix Earle’s personal life, celebrating a significant family milestone while navigating the humorous chaos that accompanies such events.