Welcome to Fit to Be Real and a little extra.
We have a very special bonus episode with a very special guest.
She is eight years old, the head of HR at Seafit.
And she has a lot to say, so let's get into it.
I'm Victoria.
Hey guys, I'm Carly.
And who do we have with us?
Melody.
Melody, can you say, hey guys, I'm Melody.
Hey guys, I'm Melody.
That was seriously perfect.
It was perfect.
And who else is with us?
Hey guys, I'm Miss Julia.
Oh, I have to say Miss when I'm with her, I feel like.
It just comes out naturally.
I mean, you are Miss Julia.
Forever, forever.
So we have Melody here, and for those of you who don't know, Melody is my...
Daughter.
And what is, tell everybody your real name, your full name.
Carmella Guitare Steichmann.
That's right.
And what's my name?
Carmella Guitare Steichmann.
Did you have to think about that?
We have the same name.
Oh.
It's a trick question.
Yes, it's a trick question.
But your real name is Carmella.
My real name is Carmella, right?
So traveling is really fun.
So we brought Melody on today to ask her some of the most important questions that an eight-year-old needs to be asked, I feel like.
Melody, you have a lot of good things to say, right?
Yeah.
And we went from Miss Julia, who's trying to keep us relevant, to even younger.
Because I feel like you guys go through some things that we don't even think about, right?
Yeah.
They also spill the tea to each other.
We do.
Lots of spilled tea.
Well, Melody gives Miss Julia some dating advice, don't you?
She does.
No, I don't.
Yes, you do.
Yeah.
She's not her boyfriend or her guy.
Remember?
She's a simp.
The past, the ex-simp, yeah.
Oh.
Oh, she knows what that means.
Yeah, we've talked.
We've talked.
That's fine.
Well, let's tell everyone.
What would you tell Miss Julia if a guy was not treating her very nicely?
You should definitely say, maybe you should stop treating me like that.
I don't like it.
I might break up with you if you keep doing that.
Oh, very good.
And then what do you say?
Period.
So Melody had a boyfriend earlier this year.
And what happened?
Tell us the story.
He said a curse word in front of my best friend, I think, out of anger.
And what did you say to him?
I said, I'm not going to be your girlfriend if you're going to go around talking to people
badly.
I want to break up with you.
Yeah.
And boom, she broke up with them, right?
Yes.
But they're still friends.
Yes.
Acceptable.
I heard that there, and I heard it from you, that there was a boy interested in maybe
wanting to be your boyfriend right before school stopped for the summer.
What was your big decision about that?
I said maybe next year, but thank you for letting me know.
And why did you say maybe next year and not like right now?
Because it was right at the end of the summer, and we wouldn't see each other for the summer
because we don't know each other too well.
And you wanted to like do you and have fun?
Yes.
And not worry about it?
Yes.
Big fan.
Big fan of you, Melody.
She said, she's like, what's a big fan mean?
Love you.
She really came home and said, I just want to be by myself this summer, right?
Yes.
So I know I've asked, what did you say?
Okay.
I have asked you this before.
What is the most, the thing you love most about being eight?
I love being older because I'm more capable of doing more things.
And what's the thing that maybe you don't love about being eight?
I never get to receive communion again, and I never get to celebrate anything else in
the past.
So she was.
Do anything in the past.
She was telling me earlier that milestones that have left, they're over.
She only gets them once.
So by receiving communion for those of you who don't know, that is a Catholic faith tradition
and going through the sacrament, it's a sacrament, you get to wear a really pretty white dress
and maybe a veil if you want to.
And it's a huge, huge deal.
So you will miss never getting to do that again.
Right?
Yes.
Yeah.
She said growing up is a little hard because you realize all the things that are past are
past.
And I was like, what?
That's crazy that you know that already.
That is true.
But guess what?
You have so much more that you could do, right?
Yeah.
So that's exciting.
And what do you want to be when you grow up?
I want to be a big cat trainer and work at a big cat place.
And what is a big cat?
It's an ancestor of a house cat that it evolved from.
Which is what?
A big cat?
Yeah, like a tiger.
And a lion.
And a jaguar and a leopard and a cheetah.
So she basically wants to work with big cats.
But you're not allowed to leave me though.
So what are you going to do?
Oh, no, no, no, no, no.
No.
I got you, Melanie.
I got you.
She said, oh, no.
She said, I don't know.
And that is a fact.
She does not know how she's going to get out of that.
But maybe you could come with me.
Hey, that's your only option.
I love big cats.
I'm allergic to cats.
Oh, do you?
Melanie knows you're lying.
Well, that is lovely.
So you know what?
Yaya and I do.
And who's Yaya?
My aunt.
Aunt who?
Yaya.
Do you know Yaya's real name?
No.
Oh, Victoria.
So my kids call Victoria Yaya, which is usually saved for a Greek grandmother.
But Yaya.
So you know what Yaya and I do.
What do we do?
Work at Seafit.
And what do we do?
Work out.
Yeah, we work out.
Do you think I'm good at it?
Yes.
Do you think Yaya's good at it?
Yes.
Yeah.
Do you want to be a Seafit fitness instructor?
Maybe.
You're saying maybe because you don't?
Yes.
You're not into it.
You're not into.
Not really.
No.
You don't have to be.
But if we left you the business, would you want it?
Maybe.
What is wrong with you?
She wants no questions.
You're asking the same question.
Just in a different way.
Yes.
Okay.
Welcome to my world, Melody.
Welcome.
Just a question.
Do you think do you think I work a lot?
I would want you to have a couple of days off.
A couple days off.
Because normally when you come home, you're exhausted and then you have to work more.
On your computer and it's just more exhausting.
Yeah.
All right.
Well, maybe I can fit that in the schedule.
She laughed at me.
All right.
Last question that I want to ask you today.
So I think this is really important.
You are not allowed on TikTok, right?
Yes.
And you're not allowed on Instagram, right?
Yes.
Do you like that or are you upset about that?
I like that.
Why do you like it?
Because people could get more information about me and I don't want that.
You don't want that.
They could find out things that I don't want them to find out about.
And you are eight years old and you know that already.
Yes, because you told me.
Very good.
She has amazing listening skills.
No, but I have told her that.
I have told her that social media is scary, right?
And only when you're an adult or older are you allowed to be on social media, right?
Yes.
Yeah.
But are my TikToks good?
Yes.
I just have to tell everyone that Melody is well trained to know what will please her
mother.
So she's saying yes out of fear.
No.
Are you scared of me?
No.
Am I scary?
No.
Yes.
No, she's not.
Yeah.
Tell her Melody.
Tell her.
And you can defend yourself because what do you do?
Taekwondo.
Oh, oh.
Is that Taekwondo?
No.
Okay.
Do you think Yaya's cool?
Yes.
Do you think I'm cool?
Yes.
Oh, okay.
Is it the same kind of cool?
I like that you're cool because you're like into like Zen and I like that too.
You're cool because you're my mom.
I like that.
And why is...
And how is Miss Julia cool?
Because she's my birthday buddy.
You have the same birthday.
That's right.
Which is coming up.
Thank you for the reminder.
You didn't know that?
No honey, I'm just kidding.
That's just me being super cool.
Oh.
Jokes make her cool.
She's amazing.
Okay.
Jokes make her cool, she thinks.
Here's a question.
So we just did an episode and we put it out with Miss Julia teaching us...
What people of Miss Julia's 20 year old age say these days and how different it is from
how we know things.
What makes Miss Julia so fun to you that she's your favorite babysitter?
Because she's been babysitting with me for a while and then we got to know each other.
And like we realized we liked the same things.
Like what?
Do you do...
Like cats and pink and other stuff.
Does she talk to you differently than other babysitters have talked to you?
Yeah.
Yeah?
Like is she more relaxed or is she really bubbly and I don't know which way is she?
All of it.
She's all of it?
Yeah.
And now here's the real test.
Shocking.
Does she sit and watch TV or does she play with you?
Answer honestly.
Both.
Oh I know.
But she plays with you.
Yeah both.
You have a lot of fun when it's TV time we watch TV.
I know.
I think Miss Julia is super cool and a really cool babysitter because she actually does
things with you which is more than I can say for myself.
I was not a great babysitter.
Right?
Well I didn't know what you babies out like.
Yep.
True.
It's called mothering.
Do you, does she teach you words like yes queen?
Yes actually.
Yes queen.
Does, and she taught you period?
Yeah.
Give us your best one.
Period.
That was good.
See that's where you're learning it.
Yeah.
Period.
Changed the voice.
That is not how you.
Oh I said it wrong.
No.
Okay ready?
I'll do it again.
Period.
Okay I'll take it.
Acceptable.
All right yeah yeah.
Say it.
Period.
No.
Oh.
Do it again.
Period.
No.
Say yes queen.
Yes queen.
She's so good at that.
Can you say no cap?
No cap.
Yep.
Do you say these things at school?
No.
No so they don't, nobody talks like this in second grade.
No.
Okay and you're going into second grade.
What?
No.
I'm going into third.
I mean you're going into third.
You just did second grade.
You're going into third.
I would not want to do a whole another year again.
Yeah no.
What are you excited about third grade?
Learning new things.
Yes.
Do you have the same group of kids in your grade?
Yes but probably a few new people would be added in maybe.
Okay is that exciting?
Yeah.
I have a new best friend today this year.
This year who?
You did?
Her name is Jola.
Oh Jola.
Yeah your new girl that you.
Her mom's really nice.
Her mom's really nice too.
That's fun.
As nice as me.
Yes.
Nicer.
Oh my gosh.
Stop asking these questions.
Okay I'm going to leave us with this.
Melody it has been amazing interviewing you because I think you're a really good interviewee.
Is that a word?
No.
Everything about you.
I don't think it's a word.
She just said I don't think that's a word.
Okay well anyway we'll leave with this.
Hold on.
No.
Melody can you tell us one fun fact about big cats like your favorite fact?
Did you know that the clouded leopard has the largest teeth of all big cats?
The clouded leopard?
I did not.
Yeah.
No.
Did not know that.
That is pretty cool.
How big are they?
Do you know?
Well she's showing us with her hands.
It's huge.
Like that big?
Yeah like six inches maybe.
Yeah.
Do you know any other facts?
Or any animal facts?
You're a big animal lover.
Melody is awesome at the zoo.
She schools all the zookeepers she does.
She did in some of the zookeepers when we were just there.
I didn't know that.
A Melody was like yeah that's Bussin.
What?
Did you know that the white marks that looks like big scary eyes on the orcas aren't actually
its eyes?
What are they?
They're marks to make it look scary.
That's why they call it the killer whale.
Stop it.
I think.
No be confident.
Be confident.
I don't know.
She confidently thinks.
Yes.
Nice.
Well if you ever need any animal facts go to Melody and if you ever need any questions
about HR at Seafit also go to Melody.
And if you need to know how to speak properly in 2023 go to Miss Julia.
Yes.
Alright last question Melody.
Not even a question a statement.
Can you give any advice to any kids your age going into the summer?
What does that mean?
Any advice or any like suggestions about how to get through the summer?
Like basically don't care what other people think about you just care what you think about
yourself.
Love it.
That's the best tip and real tip we could have ever asked for.
Thank you.
Well if you have not gathered from all of this and from the coolest eight year old ever
you are always fit to be real and always allowed to be a little extra.
Goodbye.
Bye.