Personal Digest Saturday: October 4 – October 10

Life news this week:

• Saturday my ear was annoying all day. I got my morning coffee and aerobics done, and then my friend Kari texted to say she was ready to come over. We made our plans and went to Best NY Pizza to get salads and a margherita pizza. Then we hung out at my place just catching up and talking. She is moving to my area so she had a lot of new updates. After she left I got my walking in talking to my friend Ben on Polo about old updates and I got my blogging done. I didn't get to my writing even though I meant to.
  
  
• Sunday my ear was only annoying for the first part of the day and then it calmed down. I worked on my book and got through the edit, did some voice-over auditions, worked on my photos page, and listened to a guy reacting to the EPIC musical so I could hear it again. Also recorded a new karaoke song and made my invite for my upcoming Halloween party.
  
  
• Monday I worked on two letters and some utility coordination. Did some aerobics, sent another Polo to Ben, and watched someone else reacting to EPIC. Got in an edit on my book.
  
  
• Tuesday I had meetings and more utility coordination, and I updated some timesheet stuff and coordinated meetings. Watched more reactions and edited another chapter in my book. Started building up my party playlist on my newer laptop because my older one has finally decided nothing works.
  
  
• Wednesday I had a packed day at work and my ear was acting terrible. Went to two meetings, sent teaming invitations, updated some data entry stuff that needed adjustments, entered stuff into the accounting software, and tried to get my new work computer all in order. Then I did my DDR and straightened up the house before Jeaux came over. We ate at Applebee's, shopped at Target and Publix, and watched the second half of the EPIC musical (him for the first time).
  
  
• Thursday my ear was better again. I did some research and follow-ups on teaming at work. I took a nap, sent a Polo to Meg, and wrote my comic storyboard. Went to Game Night, which was fun as usual, and then afterwards stayed chatting with Steve and Jeaux for a while after everyone else left. (We usually don't do that.) I did more drawing on my comic and listened to reactions. I sent a query also.
  
  
• Friday my ear was still behaving. I got up relatively early for someone who stayed up all night. Went to a meeting, did my reports, and did some DDR and a Polo. Finished my drawings and posted the comic, did some walking and reading, and watched more reactions. I was looking around for a place to submit a short story but couldn't find one before I got tired.

New Reviews:

• anne k. gave The Invisible Orientation a five-star review on Audible.

Health Plan Update:

• Weight stuff: I have no data this week. :)
  
  
• Nutrition stuff: 3 out of 7 days were low protein, which is better than last week, but two of those days were just a hair under, so I am happy to say this was a much better balance than last week. I'm basically always listing spinach as my green food though--I should probably throw in some variety. Still taking the vitamins!
  
  
• Activity stuff: I'm continuing to do aerobics or play my dance game every other day. I made my 10,000-step walking goal every day this week. My low day was Thursday at 10,108 steps, and my high day was Saturday at 16,971 steps.

Books Read: 

• Finished Reading: Nothing this week.
  
  
• Currently Reading: Dorothy Must Die by Danielle Paige. I'm on page 328.

New singing performances:

This week's karaoke song is "The Warrior" by Scandal. 

Stuff drawn:

 

My weekly fantasy webcomic, Negative One: #1065: ivy #339: a map.

Videos Made: 

None.

New photos:

The new Steven Universe vinyl (volume 2!) is out!

Social media counts:

YouTube subscribers: 5,449 for swankivy (lost 1), 681 for JulieSondra (lost 1), 16 for v & V Vids (no change), 215 for Not-So-Giant Women (no change), 66 for Tides of Time Band (no change). Twitter followers: 765 for swankivy (3 new), 3,463 for JulieSondra (no change). Facebook: 291 friends for swankivy (no change), 627 likes for JulieSondra (lost 1), 80 followers for Negative One (no change), 247 followers for So You Write (no change), 101 followers for Not-So-Giant-Women (1 new). Tumblr followers: 2,415 (no change). Instagram followers: 285 (no change). Threads followers: 81 (1 new). Bluesky Social. Bluesky followers: 398 (3 new).