Monday, September 2, 2024

Daily Update, September 1. 2024

On Sunday, after breakfast, I contacted Uber rather later than I hoped for. The most usual fellow for Sundays came and took me to church. I got there late but enjoyed the service. Then we had lunch on the lanai. {Smile}

Afterwards, Auntie Barbara took me home. She came inside to visit with Mom. WE didn't get a full song out of Mom, but Auntie Barbara got her to add a line at the end of Happy Birthday, and our main nurse sang a couple more things where she sang her line when the time came. {Smile}

I ate dinner with Mom and read to her before that.  Mom was more alert than sometimes, despite me starting particularly late.  I began with scripture and thoughts about it first.  After that, I continued her niece's long family Christmas letter.  Then I continued _Picture Book of Happy Babies _. Next, I read a long poem, a story and six short poems from _365 Animal Stories and Rhymes_. I ended with the 1st of September's story in _366 Stories for Bedtime_, "The Garden Fairy and the Mist Fairy." {Smile}

I did my head exercises while waiting for Uber to come take me to church. Then I did my arm swinging exercises between reading to Mom and dinner. I did my arm resistance exercises after dinner and beginning to write this up. After teaming for much of the evening, followed by some solo badge collecting, I did four of my walking exercises. {Smile}

After church, I wrote up Friday's daily update, since Thursday's is stuck in my desktop computer. Then I hopped into City of Heroes: Homecoming. I found Div wanting to do a taskforce but wishing for more help because it ends with a tough boss fight. I recruited Pierogies and Kitten, both of whom Div had found too busy earlier. We ran the taskforce with the four of us without much trouble. Then Div wanted one more taskforce. The four of us ran that one, too. I switched to the character trying to go up in level because he was high enough, and my first character wasn't. After the second taskforce, Pierogies left. Div and Kitten started helping me with my story arc, which is back to more interesting missions than talks and hunts. We did a couple of missions. Then kitten went quiet as Div and I started one more mission. Dennis said hi near the end of that mission. I thought I was ready to read to Mom, but Div spotted a particularly rewarding giant monster. I invited Dennis, who loves giant monsters. We recruited several more players, and I handed the team to Div, whose character is maximum level. We got the monster, which is why I was late reading to Mom. {smile}

After dinner, I began writing this up and did a little exercise. then I hopped into City of Heroes: Homecoming. I started with paperwork. I dropped that when Phonso invited me to a pair of high-level taskforces. I took my fourth highest badge collector, who needed a couple more badges to become my third highest badge collector. There was one badge in there that she needs and would qualify for two more with that one. We didn't get it, but we tried. It's really hard. Four other characters have gotten it, one by luck and having a power that actually helps quite a bit with it, and the others by taking them one at a time through it every chance I got until each got it. After that, the team broke up, but Phonso and I stayed. We didn't run anything more, but we talked while he... probably did paperwork, and I hunted for badges which involve hunting for enemies, which I can do on my own. I got one badge, and she was tied for third place. Then Phonso left, and I found another badge to work on. I chatted with Nox on Chat server a bit while I worked on the badge. Then Nox left, and I gave up on that badge. Its easy to get under certain conditions, but really hard other ways, and the conditions didn't quite get me there then. So, I got an easier badge instead. My third-best badge collector and my fourth-best badge collector have switched places... barely, but barely counts. Next, I did some paperwork and played a little Cross Stitch World for a change of pace. After that, I made some notes in this. Then I did some exercise and made more notes in this. Next, I hopped back into City of Heroes: Homecoming. I worked on a badge by myself, this time on my second-best badge collector. Pierogies came in, said hi, and joined me for a while. Then we said goodnight, and I made the last few notes here.

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