Personal Digest Saturday: December 13 – December 19

Life news this week:

• Saturday I started out with a pretty bad ear day but the symptoms had almost disappeared by nighttime. When I got up I was lazy for a while because I was cold. Then I did aerobics and got warmed up. I put up holiday decorations and tried to listen to a reaction video but the reactor kept talking in circles so I had to stop watching her. Then I organized some music playlists, updated my music binder, vacuummed the house, and worked on my blog. Finally I did some more work on my book and playlists.
  
  
• Sunday I was up later than I wanted to be but it was fine. I had time for breakfast and coffee before Jeaux picked me up to go eat at Vallarta's and then we went shopping. Meg is trying to sell her house and got her first walk-through scheduled. Very cool. I bought a few holiday presents online and did my chores. Lit my Hanukkah candles for Day 1! Happily, my ear behaved all day.
  
  
• Monday was eventful at work. I had to read a letter, set up another research proposal, do timesheets, invite team members, and deal with utilities. After work I did DDR and ate a bunch of Cheerios. Put up a band names poll for our members. Watched some videos that had been converted for my dad. Planned some recipes and worked on my book. My ear behaved again!
  
  
• Tuesday was a weird day. Some was normal--I went to work and wrangled teaming information, and I replanted some plants. The very good stuff was that Meg got an offer on her house and accepted it! And I worked on my book some more. But the bad thing was that my sister's dog Yoshi passed away after a diagnostic procedure--not expected at all and very sad! Awful. At least I can say my ear was also very well behaved.
  
  
• Wednesday I went to work but was distracted. I did some analysis of crash data and some cleanup. I did some dishes, had a pest control visit, played DDR, puta way laundry, and prepared Christmas recipes. Jeaux came over and we ate at Grain and Berry, then went shopping and watched silly videos like usual. I got to hear a preview of the third episode of an audio story show I'm in--I finally make my entrance in that one, and I get to sing. :) My ear did a weird rumbly thing for long enough that I got irritated, but then it went away and I was fine the rest of the night.
  
  
• Thursday I had to rearrange some data and go to a meeting at work. I talked to my sister on the phone for a while, mostly about what happened with her pup but some catching up and chatting about health and other things too. After that I wrote my comic, updated Christmas recipes, did some voice-over auditions, sent in a query, and did some Polos. Went to game night. Then listened to the next episode of the detective show I'm in. Episode 2 is out! My ear was well behaved again all day.
  
  
• Friday at work involved reports and timesheets. I had to delete programs to free space on my computer. I did some food updates for Christmas and some more drawing for my comic, then got the comic posted before jumping into exercise. My DDR pad was misbehaving so I did aerobics instead. Went to bed early because of weird tiredness. And still no problems with my ear again.

Health Plan Update:

• Weight stuff: The scale and I were not acquainted (again) this week. No data!
  
  
• Nutrition stuff: I met the protein goal 3 out of 7 days. Dang. What's up with that? I'm still taking my vitamins, including the new B vitamins.
  
  
• Activity stuff: I'm continuing to do aerobics or DDR every other day. I made my 10,000-step walking goal every day this week. My low day was Saturday at 10,185 steps, and my high day was Tuesday at 16,793 steps.

Books Read: 

• Finished Reading: Nothing this week.
  
  
• Currently Reading: Invisible Monsters by Chuck Palahniuk. I'm on page 95.

New singing performances:

This week's karaoke song is "Dear Jessie" by Madonna. 

Stuff drawn:

 

My weekly fantasy webcomic, Negative One: #1075: ivy #349: the next problem.

Videos Made: 

None.

New photos:

Hanukkah Day 1!

Social media counts:

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