Life news this week:
- Saturday vacation in San Francisco continued. I enjoyed coffee with my sister in the morning and listened to a little bit of Suzanne Vega's new album. I worked on my blog periodically through the day when we had down time. When we were ready to get moving, we took the dog to a park and looked at the ocean. Yusuke picked up some donuts and we ate them, and then he went out to hang out with a friend so Patricia and Ash and I played a silly game called Poetry for Neanderthals. For dinner we had spaghetti and then I took my one solo walk to get a little extra walking in. Lots of hills to deal with! After I finished my blogging we listened to a school project recording that I had a bit part in for voice acting. (I had not heard it yet so we listened to it with no expectations. Pretty good.) After she went to bed I hung out talking to Yusuke for a long time in the kitchen, just hanging out. It was a nice day.
- Sunday we had coffee and breakfast together again and then did an aerobics video together. Patricia got Mother's Day gifts from her husband and son (flowers and chocolate!), and then we went to Golden Gate Park for a while with the doggie. He tried to get gophers. We hung out while Patricia got a PTA newsletter done and took the dog out again before dinner. Then I got to have a meatball sub with vegetarian meatballs that were great. We played the Poetry for Neanderthals game again and joined in a game of Gartic Phone. Another nice day.
- Monday we had a slow morning with coffee just chatting and waiting for P's husband to get up. Then we went to the Castro where I got to see a bunch of gay businesses (excellent!). We saw a knickknacks store and a bookstore and then stopped for expensive sandwiches. A couple we ran into said Yoshi looked like their doggie that had just passed away and they were touched by getting to see him. Later we picked up Ash from school, took him to his coding class, hung out at a café for more lattes and a cake, and went home for laundry and dinner. We got some food from a Japanese restaurant where I had excellent food and then we painted our nails and hung out until bedtime. I converted my stuff over to my new suitcase.
- Tuesday I got up early and did my aerobics video while my sister took her son to school. Then she took me to a dog park to enjoy some trees and pups. We ran into one of the ladies we'd seen in the Castro the day before who was especially baffled to see the dog that reminded her of her dog AGAIN. We didn't really get to talk much because there was a lot of dog activity and interacting with other dog owners, and Yoshi tried to hunt gophers again (hilariously). After lunch at my sister's house, we went out again and she left me at Cinderella Bakery to chill while she went to an appointment, and I got to relax and eat cake and write a storyboard. Then we walked around more with Yoshi, I found a four-leaf clover, and we hung out in a field. Later after we picked up my nephew, we had dinner (lentil soup and bread) and just did nothing. I made sure I was packed up for the morning.
- Wednesday I had to get up at 3 AM and my sister helped me make sure I was ready to get in my Lyft. Everything went fine and I didn't forget anything. I had a quiet ride to the airport and got a little frustrated with some of the annoying signage at the airport. I was actually able to sleep on the plane for most of the ride even though I did have a seatmate who was kinda annoying. Then on the connecting flight from Atlanta I had the worst coffee of my life. Jeaux picked me up in Tampa and we had a meal at IHOP. At home, I put my suitcase in the house before going grocery shopping and found out ants had invaded one of my plants so I had to put it outside. Then we shopped and came home. I was gonna nap but I got distracted by the urge to unpack so I did that instead. I also updated some online stuff.
- Thursday I came back to work after not checking in during the vacation at all. Not too much chaos but I had a few things to organize, and found out that in my absence we got shortlisted again (so now we have two interviews to prepare for). I did some data entry updates and went to a couple meetings. Then after work I did some walking and updating Meg on Polo about my San Francisco trip. We had Game Night and I got to see my friends, and I worked on my comic. I got it half done before I stopped to do late-night aerobics and went to bed.
- Friday I got up early for work and had more data entry updates, timesheet wrangling, report generating, and meetings. Took my time on everything and didn't even finish too late. After work I drew the rest of my comic, posted it, sent a Polo to Meg again, and did a karaoke recording before relaxing with some silly videos.
Interviews, Articles, Mentions:
Health Plan Update:
- Weight stuff: I didn't get any data on this during my vacation and will start checking it out next week.
- Nutrition stuff: Despite being on vacation, I was still able to get my three servings of fruits/veggies--pretty easy when you're visiting someone who does keep those things in the house! But I definitely had some big meals and some sweets that were outside the usual. The seven days for the nutrition balance:
| | Days High | Days On-Target | Days Low |
| Carbs | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| Fats | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| Protein | 1 | 0 | 6 |
I consistently did not get enough protein while I was on vacation, and there was probably a high fat percentage because of donuts and cake. Oh well! Guess I should try to make an effort to get more protein in while out and about in the future. I am still regularly taking vitamins.
- Activity stuff: I'm continuing to play my dance game or do aerobics every other day. I met my walking goal every day this week. My low day was Friday at 10,009 steps, and my high day was Wednesday at 13,838 steps.
New singing performances:
My weekly fantasy webcomic, Negative One:
#1044: ivy #328: in a bad way.
Videos Made:
None this week.
Social media counts:
YouTube subscribers: 5,475 for swankivy (lost 2), 682 for JulieSondra (no change), 16 for v & V Vids (no change), 214 for Not-So-Giant Women (1 new), 66 for Tides of Time Band (no change). Twitter followers: 772 for swankivy (lost 2), 3,513 for JulieSondra (1 new). Facebook: 292 friends for swankivy (lost 1--I defriended someone for doing something I had repeatedly asked him not to do), 637 likes for JulieSondra (no change), 81 followers for Negative One (no change), 250 followers for So You Write (1 new), 100 followers for Not-So-Giant-Women (no change). Tumblr followers: 2,420 (lost 1). Instagram followers: 283 (no change). Threads followers: 75 (no change). Bluesky Social. Bluesky followers: 358 (2 new).
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