Personal Digest Saturday - May 2 – May 8

Life news this week:

• Saturday I got up earlyish and knocked out my last karaoke contest song so I could be done with it. Then did some blogging, talked to my dad on the phone, talked to Yasmin on the phone, and ate a potato. It kinda knocked me out and messed up the whole day. Guess I should be careful about eating potatoes.
  
  
• Sunday I didn't have breakfast because I was going to Vallarta's with Jeaux! I did two loads of laundry before he came to get me. We enjoyed our lunch and then I did more laundry and snoozed. Did my trash and chores and played DDR. Kari came over and we talked and caught up and we watched one episode of Bojack Horseman, which I'd been meaning to watch for a long time. Then I screwed around looking at the karaoke contest stuff.
  
  
• Monday I had a productive day. I had my make-up radiology appointment and they STILL tried to say I had the wrong order even though I explicitly read their last note to the doctor and got a new order based on what they said. It still wasn't good enough, they said. I had to wait around and get them to call the doctor once they opened and wasted about two hours sitting around trying to get it done. At least that's over and I got a bunch of reading done. Then at work I processed FOUR letters and did a staffing chart and processed some timesheets and bothered subconsultant team members. I got in a nap, practiced some music, redid my decorations for the new season, and cleaned up the house. (Finally.)
  
  
• Tuesday I was kind of bored for the first time in a while. I have been so busy and now not as much. The results for the singing contest came out early and I found out I took home third place. That's not too bad and I still got a prize. I played DDR and went to one meeting at work, and then I practiced my band music a little and then Meghan came over and took me to Sarasota for a planned open mic night with my band I have with my dad--our public debut. It went pretty well, though it would have been better if we'd been able to do a full sound check. I ate some fries and good cornbread, and Meg took me home. At home I didn't do anything and fell asleep early.
  
  
• Wednesday I was still kinda bored and weird. Did some stuff with QuickBooks at work. Talked to Tony when he came to do the lawn. Spent a bunch of the day editing videos for our band sampler. Sent in a query. Jeaux came early because had school stuff and wasn't working late. We ate at Saki and did our grocery shopping, took a walk, and watched a couple more episodes of the anime we're watching. After he left I did some reading and went to bed early again.
  
  
• Thursday I got up early and went to work. Attended a forum and invited some teams to our latest effort. Sent a Polo to Meg. Wrote Negative One and made some character cards for some stuff for my new story. Played DDR. Finished working on the band sampler and posted it. Went to Game Night and drew some comic frames. Sent my sister a Polo and ate another potato. BAH!!!
  
  
• Friday I was up early again and had to do some extra tasks at the office before finishing up my reports. Then I did some reading in between drawing and got my comic done. Continued to be tired and took some more naps. I did also get around to practicing some music.

Interviews, Articles, Mentions:

• The cover reveal for Common Bonds 3 is up on LGBTQ Reads. I have a story in this upcoming anthology. The BackerKit Link allows people to join the funding campaign, including a list of authors that lists my story, and the authors' bios are up on the anthology's website, including mine.
  
  
• A review of Being Aro is posted by Punk-Ass Book Jockey. I wrote the introduction and there's quite a lot of discussion in the review of my contribution.

Health Plan Update:

• Nutrition stuff: I got my three servings of fruits and veggies every day this week, and met my protein goals only three out of seven days again--been getting really tired and just not eating balanced meals, I guess. I am still taking my vitamins.
  
  
• 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 except Potato Day when I fell asleep early. Based on my phone's app, my low day was Saturday at 9,128 steps, and my high day was Tuesday at 11,662 steps.

Books Read: 

• Finished Reading: Nothing this week.
  
  
• Currently Reading: The Dawn of Yangchen by F.C. Yee. I'm on page 272.

New singing performances:

This week's karaoke song: "Love Song" by Sara Bareilles

Also you can check out the band sampler to see some clips from Tuesday's open mic.

Stuff drawn:

My weekly fantasy webcomic, Negative One:

   

#1095: ivy #362: room for growth.

Videos Made: 

None.

New photos:

Social media counts:

YouTube subscribers: 5,434 for swankivy (lost 1), 675 for JulieSondra (1 new), 17 for v & V Vids (no change), 215 for Not-So-Giant Women (no change), 67 for Tides of Time Band (no change) 3 for Vinyl Impact Band (3 new). Twitter followers: 743 for swankivy (no change), 3,367 for JulieSondra (lost 4). Facebook: 285 friends for swankivy (lost 1 and I have no idea who dropped me or why), 620 likes for JulieSondra (lost 1), 78 followers for Negative One (no change), 241 followers for So You Write (no change), 100 followers for Not-So-Giant-Women (lost 1). Tumblr followers: 2,410 (no change). Instagram followers: 304 (no change). Threads followers: 87 (lost 1). Bluesky Social. Bluesky followers: 455 (no change).