Personal Digest Saturday - April 11 – April 17

Life news this week:

• Saturday I got up early to help my boss with some tent cards, and then I worked on my blog. I called my friend Sarah and we caught up on life. I planted some new seeds finally and cleaned up some small messes in the house while we chatted. I worked on the blog more and talked to Jeaux about his taxes, and then I recorded a karaoke song for a contest. (I usually don't enter them.) I talked to Tony outside. I sent a Polo to Meg, listened to a Polo from my sis, did dishes, practiced band music, and responded to e-mail.
  
  
• Sunday I fooled around looking at SU merch on the internet. Had a tiff with an internet loser and got them kicked out of a group. Did some laundry and took out the trash. Played DDR. Kari came over and we ate at Mandola's to celebrate my short story sale and we got free dessert there. Practiced band music and read old journals.
  
  
• Monday I was busy with one letter and five teams to coordinate at work. Then I did some walking and reading and practicing band music. I wrote some e-mail and updated some collections info, and tried to make some decisions on merch to buy.
  
  
• Tuesday at work I dealt with project research and subconsultant coordination. Played DDR. Got into an argument with an internet loser. One of those annoying things where she misinterpreted something I said to conclude I meant the opposite of what I did, and kept insisting I do believe the thing I said I didn't believe even when others tried to explain it to her. Some people are just like that. Sent a Polo to Meg and put away laundry and did dishes. The last episode of a show I did voice acting for finally came out and it's cool to have a completed show out there. Found out my sister Lindsay is coming to Florida and I'll get to see her soon! So exciting. Did some voice-over auditions and practiced band music.
  
  
• Wednesday I went to a couple meetings, took a break to walk to the post office to mail something someone bought from me on eBay, and did project research. Did some reading. Practiced band music. Sent in a query. Found out the singing contest I entered on Saturday went in my favor and I made the top 40 in the contest, so now I have to figure out what to sing to aim for the top 20. Jeaux came to hang out and we ate at Best NY Pizza, did our shopping, and read each other silly things.
  
  
• Thursday I did project research at work. I had a very long process to write my comic for some reason--it was a tough script this week. Did aerobics. Played games with friends and then watched reactions while drawing.
  
  
• Friday I was feeling kinda crappy all day and had a lot of work to do at the office so I had to mostly stay put and didn't get much walking in the first part of the day. I had a meeting about a proposal, a bunch of transcript work, a bunch of reports, and timesheets to deal with. Then I fell behind trying to get my comic drawings done and I yet again barely missed my 10,000-step goal while walking in the evening. Missed it by 601 steps! Rats. I did get some music practice in and sent in a short story.

Health Plan Update:

• Nutrition stuff: I got my three servings of fruits and veggies every day this week, and met my protein goals all seven days. Which is awesome since I had two restaurant days and still managed! I am still taking my vitamins.
  
  
• Activity stuff: I'm continuing to do DDR or aerobics every other day. I MISSED my 10,000-step walking goal one day this week for the second time this year. (I made it every other day this week.) Based on my phone's app, my low day was Friday at 9,299 steps, and my high day was Sunday at 15,060 steps.

Books Read: 

• Finished Reading: Nothing this week.
  
  
• Currently Reading: The Dawn of Yangchen by F.C. Yee. I'm on page 126.

New singing performances:

This week's karaoke song: "Bad Romance" by Lady Gaga

Stuff drawn:

My weekly fantasy webcomic, Negative One:

   

#1092: ivy #359: the long word.

Videos Made: 

None.

New photos:

Almond cookie I got to celebrate selling a short story

Social media counts:

YouTube subscribers: 5,430 for swankivy (1 new), 673 for JulieSondra (lost 1), 17 for v & V Vids (no change), 214 for Not-So-Giant Women (no change), 67 for Tides of Time Band (no change). Twitter followers: 743 for swankivy (no change), 3,372 for JulieSondra (lost 3). Facebook: 287 friends for swankivy (no change), 623 likes for JulieSondra (lost 1), 78 followers for Negative One (no change), 241 followers for So You Write (lost 1), 101 followers for Not-So-Giant-Women (no change). Tumblr followers: 2,409 (lost 1). Instagram followers: 302 (1 new). Threads followers: 85 (no change). Bluesky Social. Bluesky followers: 454 (no change).