Monday, January 15, 2024

Daily Update, January 14, 2024

   Sunday, I contacted uber before breakfast, and they came and took me to church. The driver knows me and was particularly chatty today. Thankfully he mentioned that tomorrow is a holiday - Martin Luther King JR. Day, I believe - so I won't try to do any banking that day. {Smile}

   The church service went well. So did lunch afterwards. I found a few folks to talk with. One of them took me home, saying I was right on her way. I certainly can be, though I suspect she often takes a different route home, though the route my house is on works too. {Smile}

   Sunday evening, I got a phone call from Auntie Barbara. We had a nice talk, and I learned how well she's settling in and getting better. {Smile}

   I ate dinner with Mom and read to her before that. We started a little late because we were both getting cleaned up, but that ensured she was awake. I started with scripture and thoughts about it. Then I finished her niece's long family Christmas letter from last year. Next, I started "Memories Space Race." Then I started _5 Minute Disney Junior Stories_ reading the first story. I ended with the 14th of January's story from _366 Stories for Bedtime_, "The Red Umbrella." Lucy's red silk umbrella spent most of its time in the hall in a blue china umbrella stand. A walking stick stood next to it. the umbrella told the walking stick it was lucky because it had gone out every day this week, which the umbrella hadn't been out once.  The walking stick pointed out that his master only went out when the weather was fine. Recently the sun had been shining. The umbrella remembered Lucy taking the umbrella on a shopping trip last week, but it had stayed int eh shopping bag the whole it. It wanted to stretch out its arm and feel the rain. Just then, Lucy came in rain gear, and got the umbrella, saying they were going out. {Smile}

   I did my head exercises while waiting for Uber to come take me to church after breakfast. Then after the TF, I did my salsa dancing warmup, and after a break, one more salsa dance piece, for 14 minutes and 45 seconds of salsa dancing. Then I did my arm resistance exercises. I wish I'd done more, but it got too late before I got around to it. {resigned smile}

   After I got home from church, I hopped right online. I went into City of Heroes: homecoming pretty quickly and found Pierogies. So, we teamed up and did a couple of individual high-level missions. Then he really wanted to watch a show. We debated which one and settled on the Guild. We watched 5 short episodes while our characters sat in a farm on City of Heroes: Homecoming.  I was reaching the point of needing a change, but Pierogies needed to rest, so we just stopped. He left, inviting me to stay in the farm. I left, too, because I needed to clean myself up before dinner. {Smile}

   After dinner, I wrote a little of this. Then I hopped back into City of Heroes: Homecoming, hoping to get into the late-night short, large-group event, but the zone was full. I was just starting to work on paperwork when Misty said hi. I joined her and a friend of hers in a base she was checking out. Then she left because she was tired. The friend was going to join a task force. I thought it was public, and asked if I could come. They said okay, though it turned out it wasn't public. It took over two hours, in part because we were half full after Misty's friend left after one mission, and the leader kept it set at the highest level the whole time. When it was done, it was time for me to start my salsa dancing. I chatted with Nox and Radio a little on the chat server between and after salsa dancing and my exercises and such. Then I read some articles, and finally worked on the paperwork which had piled up badly. I also made notes to write from the next day.