Life news this week:
- Saturday I got up before everyone again and woke my sister up with coffee. We chilled a bit before we had to get ready to go to her friend Amber's place. We picked up Amber at her mom's and took her back to her place, where we set up some food. We originally planned to go swimming but the weather didn't cooperate, so we just hung out along with some of Amber's friends and had a nice time watching Patricia's dog and Amber's dog interact and chatting and nibbling. Nice afternoon! I also managed to draw all of my comic while sitting around--I had to get it done early because of vacation stuff. We drove home, mostly missing the rain, and then Patricia encouraged me in a coach-like fashion while I packed my suitcase for our out-of-town trip. (I hate packing.) Patricia made some dinner and we ate together with Yusuke and Ash, and then I did my blogging and edited a chapter of my book. I tried to do some digital "packing" too but I got too tired.
- Sunday we had time for coffee, a walk, DDR, and final preparations before leaving for our vacation house. There was a lot to do to get ourselves and the house ready but we got through it. We had a pleasant ride to Lido Key and our dad ordered pizza for us. We got to the vacation house and it was a nice little spot. We didn't do anything but hang out and talk and mostly discuss dog-related things.
- Monday I had to work even though I was at the vacation house, and Mondays are pretty busy, plus my computer at work was not behaving again (nothing to do with my different setup while on vacation), and then on top of that our Wi-Fi went out at the house for a short time. I still managed to edit a couple letters and turn them in for the office and did some research for projects. I got a little nap in at the end of the day. Everyone else enjoyed the beach and swimming. Then I went to the store with my sister so we could stock the house up with what we needed for the week, and we also bought some breakfast-for-dinner ingredients. Then we went out for dinner and I had a yummy veggie burger and some strawberry lemonade. At the beach house again we played a game called Mind the Gap which is calibrated for generational trivia but we struggled with it a lot even though it was also fun.
- Tuesday I mostly worked on project research during the day, though coffee with my sister was nice in the morning. I also got some timesheet data entered. I got some walking in and did my exercise. My sister and her husband and son went to the beach while I was working. They got me some boba. Nice! I washed some towels since we were going through them fast with all the swimming and beaching. Then we made breakfast for dinner (with three cooks in the kitchen, but we managed), coming up with pancakes, biscuits, sautéed mushrooms, fruit, hash browns, and eggs. We fed everyone and it was satisfactory! Then Yusuke, Dad, and I took a walk to the beach for the sunset. I walked with my sister to walk the dog that night and we saw bunnies. Then I worked on some writing and editing late at night.
- Wednesday I got up a little later than usual but still earlier than the rest of the house. I was around at work but also worked through some edits on the introduction that I wrote for the upcoming aromantic stories book. Also sent in my bio for the book. Chatted with family here and there and had an afternoon meeting for an upcoming project. I did a little walking and a little project research. Then Jeaux dropped in on us in the afternoon and I fed him cold pizza (one of his favorites). I finished up at work and my dad wanted to play ping-pong so I beat his butt real bad, and then Jeaux and Yusuke each took a turn getting beaten by me. Haha. I was undefeated. I'm not great at ping-pong but I like it. That night we went to the Columbia and I had eggplant and too much sangria. We walked home and played Cards Against Humanity (same game group; Connie and Ash didn't want to play) and my dad laughed until he was red a couple times. We had ice cream and it was great.
- Thursday there wasn't much going on at work and I kept getting distracted by family things so I will probably have to put that I had the day off. I got dressed for the pool finally and did some laps. Jeaux swam with me. After I got out and got ready for the day, I did some processing on my webcomic so I'd be ready the next day. Then I made some tofu and we all ate burritos with beans and cheese and stuff. My dad, Yusuke, Patricia, and Ash went to this cool arcade while Jeaux and I stayed behind, but then my dad tempted me with a photo of a DDR machine and we followed them. We played some games and I did play DDR (so did Jeaux!) and we got some old-school gaming in. The rest of the family left before we did and we ended up meeting them on the beach. We wandered around and watched the sunset. Then it was a little late for dinner so we had to squeak in a Chinese food order, which worked out great. I beat my dad at ping-pong again while we waited.
- Friday I spent the morning with my family while my sister's family packed up to go back to San Francisco. We had our last Together Coffee. I worked on reports at work while hanging out with them, and saw them off when they had to leave in the afternoon. House seems empty without them! Then after I finished my reports toward the end of the work day and wrapped up some stuff, Jeaux and I went to a mall but it wasn't a very good place to walk and most of the stores weren't active, so we shopped at Five Below instead. We came back and Dad took us out to a place called Boca where I had excellent gnocchi. And at the beach house again we all just hung out while I did my webcomic and Jeaux played a game Patricia got him addicted to. Then we took a walk, came back, and had ice cream while watching a reaction video. I got too tired and we had to stop it.
Interviews, Articles, Mentions:
Health Plan Update:
- Weight stuff: Didn't get on the scale while out of town on vacation! Lots of big meals with family and restaurant stuff, so I'm expecting some higher numbers in the next week, which I am OK with.
- Nutrition stuff: Protein was low and fat and carbs were high this whole week since I was on vacation. I did still manage to get my fruits and vegetables in, though. I am still regularly taking vitamins.
- Activity stuff: I'm continuing to do aerobics or play my dance game every other day (and even got some swimming in one day this week!). I met my walking goal every day this week. My low day was Monday at 10,101 steps, and my high day was Thursday at 17,489 steps.
- Finished Reading: Nothing this week.
- Currently Reading: Dorothy Must Die by Danielle Paige. I'm on page 104.
New singing performances:
Videos Made:
None.
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