<p>see: </p>

<p><a href="http://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/90202/please-dont-require-answer-votes-to-be-cast-before-question-votes/90256#90256">http://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/90202/please-dont-require-answer-votes-to-be-cast-before-question-votes/90256#90256</a></p>

<p>For each Q Vote before you use your first 30 votes, you get an extra vote. You voted on 8 Questions before hitting 30, so you got a total of 38 votes. Once you've hit 30, the extra votes earned before 30 are fixed (if you're 31+ votes are for Qs you can not earn any more 'extra votes').</p>