Personal Digest Saturday: July 31 – August 6

Life news this week:

• Saturday I did some of my blogging but also spent too much of my attention and time on weird internet drama. Nothing stressful but just stuff that made me want to rant about things. Later Jeaux brought me Taco Bus food and we watched The Owl House's latest episode and the entire Centaurworld series, which at one point made Jeaux laugh so hard he had trouble recovering. It was hilarious to see. After he left I had to rush to finish my So You Write comic.
  
  
• Sunday I got my gardenia replanted in its new pot, and did my usual chores like laundry and trash. Also monthly chores like maintaining my water system. And I participated in more online drama stuff, because that's such a joy. I finally got the blogging done from yesterday, did some karaoke, and sent out a story again. Oh, and recorded a sorta crummy ukulele cover of the song "Full Disclosure." Went to sleep early after putting away all the laundry.
  
  
• Monday was a little hectic at work putting together all the elements of a letter that was due, and I also had to practice and participate in an interview for our Orlando proposal under consideration. After work I cleaned up the house a bit, responded to some online stuff, and played online games with my people. Later I talked to Mom and did some bedding laundry. Exciting life.
  
  
• Tuesday I just worked on some database stuff at work. Sent some Polo messages to my sister and Meg like usual and later I had an interview. Spent the evening goofing around inventorying some of my collections. Also started working on my responses to a print interview I was invited to participate in.
  
  
• Wednesday I called Mom to make sure everything was okay with her appraisal situation and we caught up on stuff. I was really tired for no good reason. Took some pictures of my blankets for the interwebs. Then Jeaux and I shopped for groceries, got Zaxby's, and watched some episodes of Hilda.
  
  
• Thursday there wasn't a lot of activity at work, so it was more background updates for me. I got involved with some online drama that was completely unrelated to the other online drama that happened earlier in the week. Not worth talking about except that liars who steal other people's art make me ragey and I end up going all Sailor Moon "I will punish you" on them. Talked to Victor on the phone in the evening and got some comics drawn.
  
  
• Friday I had a lot to do at work helping my co-worker with a complicated matrix and coordinating some teaming, plus I had to do some research. I took a break to talk to my lawn care specialist Tony for a while but then I went back to work pretty late into the evening so I could finish. Then I did some more Polo stuff and finished my comics.

Interviews, Articles, Mentions: 

• A post about homoromanticism on Healthline recommends my book.

New Reviews:

• Pershelle Rohrer gave The Invisible Orientation a five-star review on Goodreads.
  
• Toni gave The Invisible Orientation a three-star review on Goodreads (in Spanish).
  
• Hanae gave The Invisible Orientation's French edition a four-star review on Goodreads (in French).
  
• Imanewreader gave The Invisible Orientation's French edition a five-star review on Goodreads (in French).
  
• Gayle Parrott gave The Invisible Orientation a five-star review on Audible.

Health Plan Update:

• Weight stuff: I think this was basically an average week, which I'm not so happy with because I wanted to go back down from my higher numbers, but so far I haven't gotten there. High weight: 114.5 pounds. Low weight: 113.1.
  
• Nutrition stuff: I've been doing better about incorporating fruits and vegetables into my diet when I want a different snack, making better choices maybe half the time.
  
• Activity stuff: I had a really low day on Saturday because I was marathoning a TV show with Jeaux all day. I also didn't get my steps in on Friday for some reason, even though I thought I was doing OK by taking breaks during work (so maybe the counter froze? but I didn't notice that it did). My low day was Saturday at 2,965, and my high day was Thursday at 20,251 steps.

Books Read:

• Finished Reading: Nothing this week. 

• Currently reading: Six Characters in Search of an Author and Other Plays by Luigi Pirandello. I'm on page 90.

New singing performances:

This week's karaoke song is "Glycerine" by Bush.

Stuff drawn:

Webcomic So You Write Issue 122: "Any Time But." 

Webcomic Negative One Issue 0847: "You Asked For This." 

New videos:

None.

New photos:

Blanket collection!

All softlines!

Social Media Counts:

YouTube subscribers: 5,310 for swankivy (no change), 671 for JulieSondra (no change), 17 for v & V Vids (no change), 130 for Not-So-Giant Women (1 new). Twitter followers: 927 for swankivy (lost 1), 1,999 for JulieSondra (lost 3). Facebook: 301 friends for swankivy (no change), 631 likes for JulieSondra (1 new), 79 likes for Negative One (no change), 230 likes for So You Write (1 new), 86 likes for Not-So-Giant-Women (no change). Tumblr followers: 2,457 (lost 3). Instagram followers: 235 (lost 2).