Personal Digest Saturday: February 1 – February 7

Life news this week:

• Saturday was a catch-up day. I spent a lot of it editing a short story and finally got it under 20,000 words. Then I submitted some other short stories and did my blogging, and I practiced some ukulele songs, and I didn't actually get to my writing like I wanted to.
  
  
• Sunday I got up nice and late. Relaxed a little, did my DDR, did some chores, and worked on my book. Updated some calendar stuff and wrote some more. Then I rearranged the garage and redecorated the house for the next season. Watched some reactions. Played ukulele. Submitted a challenging voice-over audition.
  
  
• Monday I got up a little late and barely made it to my meeting. We practiced our interview questions over our Teams rehearsal and then I worked on the interview package and got it turned in. Later had to go to another meeting too. Walked to the post office to pick up a package I'd ordered that for some reason needed a signature. And then had ANOTHER meeting. After meetings were over I did Polos with Meg, who was having a crappy time. Finally I took a nap and worked on my projects: played ukulele, submitted queries, wrote some of my novel, and wrote my comic. I had too much to do and started too late.
  
  
• Tuesday I had to get up at 4 in the morning so I could get ready for my interview. Went out to meet my boss at IHOP and we drove to the District headquarters to have our interview. I brought my webcomic materials so I could draw my comics and not waste the time I had just sitting in the car. Our interview seems to have gone pretty well and we felt good about our performance. Boss took me out for Mexican food after. I finished drawing all the comic frames before we got home. I caught up with Meg after I had a nap (she was still having a crappy time) and then I did some exercise, ukulele practice, walking to get more steps, ukulele practice, work on a novel, and scanning photos from a photo album.
  
  
• Wednesday I was up early again for meetings. I coordinated with my bookkeeper about getting a refresher course on entering credit card data since I hadn't done it in a year. I did some project research as well. Cleaned the house up a little and practiced ukulele. Jeaux picked me up and we ate at So Fresh, visited Michaels, and grocery shopped. I shared silly internet things with him. After he left I finished my ukulele practice and submitted some short stories.
  
  
• Thursday I did my refresher meeting with our bookkeeper and entered data. Did some Polos and went to afternoon meetings. Played DDR. Practiced ukulele. Played games with my friends while doing some sewing repair. Got a confirmation that I'll be writing the introduction to a book coming out next year that is about aromanticism. Cool!
  
  
• Friday I had an early doctor's appointment that actually happened early instead of getting delayed! Every single thing about my health is normal and that was nice to hear. Came home and did timesheet stuff and report stuff. Since my comic was already drawn, I just had to process it and post it and then get my steps in. I also watched a Streamily signing by Shelby Rabara (who did a cartoon voice on Steven Universe) and blogged about it.

Words Written: 3,403.

Health Plan Update:

• Weight stuff: Just a little downward movement, which is nice, but also I have been doing a lot of random snacking and eating when I'm not hungry, so I didn't really expect to see any progress. I recorded a high of 117.7 and a low of 116.1.
  
• Nutrition stuff: Doing well with balance here. The only day that was way off was when I ate a bunch of Mexican food with my boss. I am still regularly taking vitamins.
  
• Activity stuff: I'm continuing to play my dance game twice a week and doing an exercise video with weights twice a week (so far). And I met my walking goal every day this week. My low day was Saturday at 10,021 steps, and my high day was Sunday at 12,188 steps.

Books Read: 

• Finished Reading: Nothing this week.
  
  
• Currently Reading: Dream to Me by Megan Paasch. I'm on page 334.
  

New singing performances:

None.

Stuff drawn:

My weekly fantasy webcomic, Negative One:

 

#1030: adele #253: small talk.

Videos Made: 

None.

New photos:

None.

Social media counts:

YouTube subscribers: 5,475 for swankivy (no change), 681 for JulieSondra (no change), 16 for v & V Vids (no change), 211 for Not-So-Giant Women (1 new), 66 for Tides of Time Band (no change). Twitter followers: 790 for swankivy (lost 4), 3,561 for JulieSondra (lost 12). Facebook: 299 friends for swankivy (no change), 643 likes for JulieSondra (1 new), 82 followers for Negative One (no change), 251 followers for So You Write (no change), 100 followers for Not-So-Giant-Women (no change). Tumblr followers: 2,422 (no change). Instagram followers: 280 (lost 1). Threads followers: 76 (no change). Bluesky Social. Bluesky followers: 308 (4 new).