Personal Digest Saturday - February 28 – March 7

Life news this week:

• Saturday I woke up late and dawdled a little before jumping into drawing my So You Write comic for the month. I wrote it, sketched it, inked it, colored it, and processed it. Then I worked on getting my YouTube video recorded the day before ready for the channel, but plans with Kari derailed getting done with it. She and I ate at Joe's Diner (and I had a weird experience with my grilled cheese sandwich!), and then we just hung out and talked until evening. After she left I finished the video processing, worked on my blogging, got my walking in doing a Polo for my sister, and got lazy.
  
  
• Sunday I slept late also. Got up and had oatmeal. Did some reading on my book I'm editing and sent some stuff to a beta reader. Did my DDR and then did some laundry and trash. Just worked on the book a lot. Cooked some zucchini. Sent a Polo to Meg. Did my posts about February's goals. Did a voice-over audition. Had a nice nap.
  
  
• Monday I spent the day entering credit card charges into our accounting software for my boss. Then afterwards I worked on organizing mementos, read a book, walked, learned a song, and worked on my book a lot. Went birthday shopping for my sister. Did a voice-over audition.
  
  
• Tuesday I went to work and found we'd gotten shortlisted on an upcoming project, yay. Did some team invitations and some updates on data entry. Did my DDR, did my memento sorting, did a Polo for Meg, practiced a song, and worked on my book. Also did some voice-over auditions.
  
  
• Wednesday I pushed through all my projects quickly to get stuff done before hanging out with Jeaux. I submitted a query, worked on my mementos (completing a massive box!), walked while reading, and did a bunch of work at work. I finished the book I was reading. Jeaux came and we ate at Vallarta's, one of our favorites. We shopped, came home, shared silly stuff with each other, and I fell asleep early.
  
  
• Thursday I worked on project research. Then I worked on writing Negative One editing In Bloom, and updating records. I got my invoice from another Mexican purchase. Yikes. Played games with friends. Sent a Polo to Ben. Did my DDR. Worked on more editing.
  
  
• Friday I went to the podiatrist first thing and she prescribed me some shoe inserts to help. Did reports at work. Had a couple weird naps. Did my comic and listened to reactions while drawing. Got some book edits done. Had trouble getting my steps in because my phone just keeps not counting at all while I walk. Ugh. Read Heartstopper #1 in a single sitting. Found out I got shortlisted for another voice-over role.

New Reviews:

• Jonna Lee gave The Invisible Orientation a five-star review on Goodreads.

Health Plan Update:

• Nutrition stuff: I got my three servings of fruits and veggies every day this week, and met my protein goals four out of seven days (missing two of those days narrowly, though; as usual, restaurant day was a big miss). I am still taking Vitamin D, Red Yeast Rice, CoQ10 Enzyme, Biotin, and a multivitamin.
  
  
• Activity stuff: I'm continuing to do DDR 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 Friday at 10,057 steps, and my high day was Thursday at 12,093 steps.

Books Read: 

• Finished Reading: The Rise of Kyoshi by F.C. Yee. Four-star review.
  
  
• Finished Reading: Heartstopper #1 by Alice Oseman. Five-star review.
  
  
• Currently Reading: Heartstopper #2 by Alice Oseman. I'm just starting.

New singing performances:

"Money Changes Everything" by Cyndi Lauper.

 

Stuff drawn:

My monthly writing webcomic, So You Write:

   

#177: robot reader.

My weekly fantasy webcomic, Negative One:

   

#1086: ivy #353: the first one that matters.

Videos Made: 

Letters to an Asexual #134 ("You're ace, so surely you don't respect gay people!") is out. In this video, I feature a weird commenter who thought I would agree with his anti-gay philosophy because he expected me to think being asexual put me above sexuality entirely, and I also share a trollish reaction to me complaining about this.

New photos:

None.

Social media counts:

YouTube subscribers: 5,429 for swankivy (lost 3), 675 for JulieSondra (no change), 17 for v & V Vids (no change), 214 for Not-So-Giant Women (lost 1), 66 for Tides of Time Band (no change). Twitter followers: 747 for swankivy (lost 2), 3,389 for JulieSondra (lost 2). Facebook: 287 friends for swankivy (lost 1, do not know who), 627 likes for JulieSondra (2 new), 79 followers for Negative One (no change), 245 followers for So You Write (no change), 102 followers for Not-So-Giant-Women (no change). Tumblr followers: 2,411 (no change). Instagram followers: 302 (no change). Threads followers: 85 (no change). Bluesky Social. Bluesky followers: 445 (2 new).