Today I finished arranging by text with Auntie Barbara to go out for a picnic and to check out the senior center and maye a few other places tomorrow morning. {Smile}
I ate dinner with Mom and read to her before that. First, I read scripture and thoughts about it. Then I continued with more from her niece's long family Christmas letter from last year. After that, I showed Mom some more in _Movie Stars: Memory Lane_. Next, I read several poems from _Mother Goose Treasury_. I finished with the August 8th story, "Gino's Oasis," from _366 Stories for Bedtime: A Tale for Every Day of the Year_. Gino, a young Genie only knew a few tricks, not like his father, a big strong genie. Still, his magic teacher gave him a test: a handful of date, a flask of water, and a question: how long could he last in the desert? He dug a hole, put the dates in it, covered them up, and poured the water on them. Overnight, date palms sprang up. Then he dug a hole to reclaim some of the water, making a spring. {Smile}
I did my head exercises, arm swinging exercises, and leg exercises during lulls in City of Heroes. I did my arm resistance exercises, my walking exercises and what arm weight training exercises the arm that had the flu shot yesterday thought were a good idea after Phonso's trials. I did my salsa dancing, later, both warmup and less structured dancing. {Smile}
I finished yesterday's daily update after breakfast, then read some comics and articles up to and through lunch. Then I hopped into City of Heroes much earlier than usual. I did find Perogies, and we started to get together, but he had to break for family. I like it when my friends put family first. So, I worked on some more badges for my fifth best badge collector. I was happily surprised at how quickly Perogies came back. He claimed to feel guilty, and wanted to do my story arcs, when before he'd wanted to break for the early long, large-group event. We started a mission, but Chili Bear was leading, and having a lot of trouble getting enough folks in that event. So, I suggested we help him, and we did. afterwards, Perogies and I got back together, and started running missions. Then Ulty came in, and I invited her to join us, which she did. We played until Perogies got so tired, he had to quit, and Ulty said she'd better break, too. I realized it was early enough, that after a bit of paperwork, I took a long break to clean myself up, and got done in plenty of time to feed Val before reading to Mom, which was perfect. I think I even slipped a little more paperwork in. {Smile}
After dinner, I found a note from Ulty that she had another early morning, so was having an early night. Sure enough, she was not in City of Heroes: Homecoming when I joined and didn't show up all night. However, Perogies was there, and Azurette, and the three of us teamed up, planning to do more missions. But we bumped into Chili Bear, who wanted to show off the progress on one of his bases, especially a new restaurant. So, we joined him. We were winding down when Phonso invited us to a trial. Perogies said he was too tired, and said goodnight, heading to bed. Chili Bear declined, too, but Azurette was up for it, so we joined Phonso, myself switching to my fourth best badge collector so she could work on a badge. Phonso recruited the trial quickly, and we ran it with less trouble than sometimes. Then Phonso switched characters, and so did Azurette. the rewards are best the first time, but the badge my character is working on kept me playing her as we ran it again. Then Phonso left to find food, and Azurette decided she needed a break, too. So, I worked on my exercises, with paperwork on my breaks. Then I did some badge collecting on my fifth best badge collector again, since I realized she could own that distinction better with some more badges. I also did some paperwork, and wrote this up, but I'll only have time to share it in the quick places before bed. The rest will have to wait until tomorrow. {Smile}
