- Saturday I went to USF's botanical gardens with Dare and we looked at cool plants, ate some SoFresh bowls, and spent some lovely time together. They got me a CD I've wanted for a long time for my gift! I took a nap after they dropped me off at home, and then I did my blogging, reading, and perusing old annoying conversations.
- Sunday I had a nice morning with a smoothie and cleaning up in the house. Then my friend Scott picked me and Ben up and we went out for a snack before heading out to Lettuce Lake Park for bird watching. We saw some great birds but my photography isn't any good so I only got one cool picture of an egret. (Ben and Scott got lots of good pictures because they know what they're doing and have cool cameras.) Then we ended up at an Ethiopian restaurant and stuffed ourselves. I spent the evening on chores, laundry, walking, Poloing, and watching a super long analysis of cartoons.
- Monday I did not have the day off like most people seemed to. I spent the day doing a transcript mostly, and also dealt with visits from two maintenance people. George fixed my sink and bought me chocolate when I told him my birthday was Wednesday. The plumber came and said my plumbing problems are due to a full septic tank, so he said he would relay that to my management company. In the evening I looked for clothes to give to an upcoming donation, ate a potato, did some Polos, and posted some cartoon stuff.
- Tuesday I had to get up early to go get my blood taken for labs. It was fine. Then I did data entry and three meetings. I was gonna go to Mom's to sell furniture but not a single person confirmed appointments I offered so I didn't go. I cleaned, cooked, ate, vacuumed, and finished picking out donation clothes. And I did more laundry and drew some comics.
- Wednesday was a cold morning and I had a slow start. Happy 46th birthday to me! At work I had a debriefing, some training with our bookkeeper, a meeting with a subconsultant, and some updates. My sister Patricia called and we talked a while--nice to have real-time chat with her! I played around with some toys Meg wants me to sell on eBay. Dad arrived to take me to dinner! Later Jeaux came too. We ate at Vallarta's and had a great time! Then we shopped, watched Colbert, and Jeaux helped me figure out how to work an R2 robot toy.
- Thursday I did proposal stuff with my boss from early in the morning and also worked on two other letters. I made a mistake on the proposal so that was annoying. Found out I am part of the interview team next week in DeLand so I will have to write some utilities stuff. Did some more eBay listings for Meghan and then she showed up to hang out for our birthday weekend. Meg helped make a pad thai dish with zucchini and mushrooms. It was pretty good but we had a lot of leftovers. After she went to bed I washed dishes, put more stuff on eBay, and dealt with an eBay package that sold pretty much immediately.
- Friday I did some work on reports before Meg and I headed out to our appointment at the Florida Aquarium. We saw a bunch of great fish, birds, and other animals. Ate at Yard House and picked up cupcakes, went to a housewares store and went a little crazy buying cool stuff, and picked up SoFresh bowls. I worked on my comic and got it done while Meg was waiting around, and we had some cupcakes before we went to bed.
Interviews, Articles, Mentions:
- The account @rainbowaisle Tweeted about my birthday, in Japanese, with an edited photo of me.
- Weight stuff: Still just kind of staying in the same range. High weight: 123.5. Low weight: 122.0.
- Nutrition stuff: Birthday stuff with Meghan led to some high-fat restaurant meals, and there was one day that I got really low protein, but I'm still doing GREAT with the fruits and vegetables! Keeping track of it and making an intentional effort is working wonders. Still consistently taking vitamins.
- Activity stuff: I met my walking goal every day this week. My low day was Monday at 10,086 steps, and my high day was Sunday at 14,032 steps.
Books Read:
- Finished Reading: Loveless by Alice Oseman. Four-star review.
- Currently Reading: The Last Graduate by Naomi Novik. I'm just starting it.
This week's karaoke song is "Africa" by Toto.
Stuff drawn:
My weekly fantasy webcomic, Negative One: #0975: weaver #151: lucky.
Videos Made:
None.
New photos:
Achiote:
Atala Hairstreak Butterfly:
Went bird watching with Ben and Scott:
Egret:
Me in nature:
Eating Ethiopian food with Scott and Ben:
My last day of being 45:
My first day of being 46:
Jeaux playing with lightsabers:
Meghan was happy with the slippers I bought her for her birthday:
Florida Aquarium day! Ruddy ducks:
Roseate spoonbill:
Ring-tailed lemurs:
Cool fish:
Panther chameleon:
Pelican:
Northern pintail:
Goldeneye:
Tricolor Heron and Scarlet Ibis:
Snowy Egret:
Fish selfies!
Cupcakes we bought for our birthday cake:
Sushi in St. Pete with Meg:
Italian food in Tampa with Meg:
Birthday Girls in Comfy:
Social Media Counts:
YouTube subscribers: 5,447 for swankivy (3 new), 676 for JulieSondra (lost 1), 17 for v & V Vids (no change), 196 for Not-So-Giant Women (1 new), 70 for Tides of Time Band (no change). Twitter followers: 847 for swankivy (no change), 3,874 for JulieSondra (1 new). Facebook: 299 friends for swankivy (no change), 647 likes for JulieSondra (no change), 82 followers for Negative One (no change), 246 likes for So You Write (no change), 97 followers for Not-So-Giant-Women (no change). Tumblr followers: 2,445 (lost 1). Instagram followers: 264 (no change).
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