Personal Digest Saturday - February 7 – February 13

Life news this week:

• Saturday I worked on my blog slowly while distracting myself with various silliness and washing the new blankets for my collection. Played Dance Dance Revolution, posted the blogs, worked on music, and recorded an audition I was asked to read for. Dug into my first feedback from my novel which is now in the beta reading stage and drafted a reply. Got my Comfy out of the dryer and crawled into it and immediately fell asleep because it was so warm and nice.
  
  
• Sunday Dad picked me up for band practice, and we got to practice at Music Compound instead of in the small music room at his house. We did some work on our less polished songs and worked out some kinks. After he took me back I filled my water tank, did laundry, took out trash, and spent the evening talking to a Steven Universe fan about Peridot merchandise. I updated my collection lists.
  
  
• Monday I got up early, went to work, attended a meeting, and edited a letter. Paid some bills, played DDR, sent a Polo to Meg and listened to a Polo from Steve, and incorporated feedback from my beta readers' observations. It sucks that so much of what they say makes me want to add words when I shouldn't.
  
  
• Tuesday I made a staffing chart for a presentation. Walked to the post office to drop off an eBay package, then dove into meetings. Did some more laundry. Worked on my book incorporating feedback. Wrote back to an e-mail from Josh. Listened to a newly released episode of an audio drama I'm in and listened to my character seduce a guy. Haha.
  
  
• Wednesday I worked on the presentation at work some more. Sent out a query. Did DDR. Worked on my book. Wrangled a Mexican shipment situation for the toys I'm still trying to get from there. Worked on sorting mementos from memory boxes. Found out I got the role for the show I tried out for on Saturday. Jeaux came and we shopped at Box Lunch and Hot Topic and ate at Red Robin, then did our grocery shopping. At home we just shared silly content with each other.
  
  
• Thursday I worked on the presentation more at work. We did some practices. Walked to the post office to drop off an eBay package again. Worked on sorting memory boxes some more. The stuff I'm finding is even more informative for my photo project than I thought! Went to Game Night. Everyone was there! Fun night and then later I submitted a short story and set up my Zoom software on my laptop for a presentation.
  
  
• Friday I attended the presentation remotely and it seemed to go well. After, I did aerobics and went to the doctor for my follow-up. He was not concerned about the elevated liver enzymes I had on my bloodwork but he said I could do bloodwork again in a month and if they were still high I could get an ultrasound. He wrote me up for other referrals for stuff I need. I took a walk after the doctor to check my post office box, buy paper and candy at Walgreens, and hike to the pool store to get more chlorine. Came home and finished a bunch of work stuff (had to stay late), then finished my comic and worked on my book. I also sorted mementos and sang a song on SingSnap.

Health Plan Update:

• Nutrition stuff: I got my three servings of fruits and veggies every day this week, and MADE MY PROTEIN GOALS EVERY DAY THIS WEEK. Even on restaurant day (probably because I had an Impossible Burger, but still usually the high fat content from french fries offsets that, and this time it didn't). I am still taking Vitamin D, Red Yeast Rice, CoQ10 Enzyme, Biotin, and a multivitamin.
  
  
• Activity stuff: I'm continuing to do DDR or aerobics every other day. I made my 10,000-step walking goal every day this week. Based on my phone's app, my low day was Wednesday at 10,066 steps, and my high day was Tuesday at 13,607 steps.

Books Read: 

• Finished Reading: Nothing this week.
  
  
• Currently Reading: The Rise of Kyoshi by F.C. Yee. I'm on page 239.

New singing performances:

"Golden" from KPop Demon Hunters.

Stuff drawn:

My weekly fantasy webcomic, Negative One:

   

#1083: ivy #352: on the map.

Videos Made: 

None.

New photos:

Glenn with the tiny drums at Music Compound

Me with the tiny drums!

Glenn and Dennis at band practice

Social media counts:

YouTube subscribers: 5,429 for swankivy (lost 3), 675 for JulieSondra (lost 2), 17 for v & V Vids (no change), 215 for Not-So-Giant Women (no change), 66 for Tides of Time Band (no change). Twitter followers: 749 for swankivy (lost 2), 3,393 for JulieSondra (lost 2). Facebook: 289 friends for swankivy (no change), 625 likes for JulieSondra (lost 2), 79 followers for Negative One (lost 1), 245 followers for So You Write (no change), 102 followers for Not-So-Giant-Women (lost 1). Tumblr followers: 2,415 (no change). Instagram followers: 300 (no change). Threads followers: 85 (1 new). Bluesky Social. Bluesky followers: 437 (1 new).