Saturday, February 10, 2024

Personal Digest Saturday: February 3 – February 9

Life news this week:

  • Saturday I had a leisurely day reading old comics and redecorating for the new season. I managed to get some cleaning done and some opening of birthday packages (I'm a bizarre person who somehow procrastinated on opening birthday presents). Also got a little chat in with Jeaux. Did all my blogging.

  • Sunday I had a relaxing morning updating collection lists and chatting with Dad. Did some photo sorting and continued reading old comics. Did laundry, did maintenance on my water system, and made some Cookie Cats. Did Polos and one of them was an unboxing video for my sister because she sent me a snack box and I showed her what was in it. Cleaned the kitchen and replaced a stubborn light bulb.

  • Monday I read a letter at work and spent the rest of the day updating reports, updating data, and sorting selection results. I took a weird long nap, put Cookie Cats together with ice cream, made myself a pasta-and-veggies dinner, and did a bunch of walking.

  • Tuesday I went to meetings, did project research, and did some Quickbooks data entry. I had a doctor's appointment that involved waiting in the waiting room for almost an hour, and I didn't get home until after 5 even though my appointment was at 3:15. My appointment was a yearly physical so we went over my bloodwork and it's all fine except there's an elevated thyroid hormone that is still not bad enough to treat so they're just keeping an eye on it. And I scheduled another appointment on Friday for a new pants parts doctor. My friends Ben and Scott came over and we got food from Saki, ate it, and watched 12 episodes of Steven Universe, plus we had a lovely chat after.

  • Wednesday I talked to my yard maintenance guy Tony for a bit before heading in to work. Did a meeting and Quickbooks data entry. Got some inconclusive communication from my property manager again about the scheduled plumbing fix so since he never responded to my questions I called them and they told me projects had been set back a bit because ONE OF THE PLUMBERS DIED but my project was still going forward as planned. Welp!!! Jeaux came over and we ate at Applebee's, shopped for groceries, and watched Colbert. He played around with my TV settings to try to make transitioning between a small TV and a big TV easier.

  • Thursday I did meetings and Quickbooks entry again. The plumbers came and were standing right outside my window digging holes so I got to hear them talking a lot about their friend and co-worker who had died. It was super sad and I was mad on their behalf that they even had to go to work the next day (especially since one of the guys working in my backyard had been the first one to find the guy's body). If it had been up to me I would have told them to have at least a day off and more time for if they went to the funeral, but I'm not in charge. They could not fix my problem because the tree root intrusion is massive. We need advice from tree specialists the next week. After work I took a nap and did Polos and wrote my comic, and played games with my friends online.

  • Friday I spent the day on timesheets and upcoming project reports. Went back to the doctor and again had another 40+-minute wait (this time in the actual doctor's office). Managed to get my entire 10-panel comic drawn while I was waiting for various people. Walked to the pharmacy after to pick up a prescription. Came home and finished my work (had to work until 8 PM to finish what I needed to do) and got my comic up, then relaxed a little in the evening.
Health Plan Update:

  • Weight stuff: Happy with this for now! High weight: 122.5. Low weight: 121.6.
  • Nutrition stuff: It's getting easier to just automatically include fruits and veggies in my diet. Still consistently taking vitamins (though I forgot the multivitamin one day!). If you're critical of multivitamins and wonder why I take them, actually I was told by my eye doctor that I should take lutein as a preventative for macular degeneration (which runs in my family) and the only place I could easily find it in the store was as one ingredient in an over-50s multivitamin.
  • Activity stuff: I met my walking goal every day this week. My low day was Monday at 10,164 steps, and my high day was Sunday at 13,157 steps.

Books Read: 

  • Finished Reading: Nothing this week.

  • Currently Reading: The Last Graduate by Naomi Novik. I'm on page 125.
    New singing performances:

    None this week.

    Stuff drawn:

    My weekly fantasy webcomic, Negative One:
     
    #0978: adele #240: yours to share.

    Videos Made:

    None.

    New photos:

    My plant touches the floor!

    Ben eats a Cookie Cat

    Ben and Scott eating Cookie Cats

    Social Media Counts: 

    YouTube subscribers: 5,442 for swankivy (no change), 675 for JulieSondra (lost 2), 17 for v & V Vids (no change), 198 for Not-So-Giant Women (1 new), 70 for Tides of Time Band (no change). Twitter followers: 844 for swankivy (no change), 3,858 for JulieSondra (lost 2). Facebook: 299 friends for swankivy (no change), 647 likes for JulieSondra (no change), 82 followers for Negative One (no change), 248 likes for So You Write (1 new), 98 followers for Not-So-Giant-Women (1 new). Tumblr followers: 2,445 (no change). Instagram followers: 264 (1 new).

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