Just after I got up, I got a phone call from doctor's office. I learned they're referring me to a surgical center. I phoned them back during breakfast to get the phone number in case they don't call, but I didn't need it. The surgical center called later that morning. I made an appointment for an initial consultation. Then I called them back to confirm it fit my schedule. So that is progressing, which is reassuring. I think the hernia is ready to be fixed. {Smile}
I ate dinner with Mom and read to her before that. I got there a little earlier, and Mom was awake, and even sitting up and looking around. Today I had no trouble getting her to look at pictures. I started my reading with scripture and thoughts about it first. Next, I think I forgot to read her cards, so after that I went straight to starting _Memories 1970's_. Then I read "Tiny Bear," the story I'd read her yesterday, plus six short poems from _365 Animal Stories and Rhymes_. I repeated the story because I felt she was awake enough to enjoy it, and I think it's cute. I think she did enjoy it, too. I ended with the 12th of June's story, "Bright Feather," from _366 Stories for Bedtime_. {Smile}I did my head exercises while waiting for Kitten to respond while playing City of Heroes with me. Then I did one of my standing arm weight training exercises between reading to Mom and dinner. I did the other standing arm weight training exercise. my arm resistance exercises, and my arm swinging exercises after the roleplaying after supper.
After breakfast, I played Cross Stitch World and read comics around the phone calls. Then I had lunch. Afterwards, I finished writing Tuesday's daily update. Then I hopped into City of Heroes: Homecoming, where I said hi to Kitten and Ulty. I chatted with Ulty, but they were busy, so that's all we did. Kitten responded, and we teamed up. We did a mission together, and some talky stuff, then started another mission. Kitten was taking longer and longer pauses, until I couldn't get them to respond. I didn't think I could finish the mission by myself, so I looked to see who else was on. Ulty was by far the easiest to strike up a conversation with, so I said hi and told her about my problem. She recruited a team to join me. We even ran it "In Character," meaning talking to each other as our characters. ((With Out Of Character asides in double parentheses like these.)) We finished about the right time to read to Mom. {SMILE}
After dinner, I began writing this up. Then I hopped back into City of Heroes: homecoming. I said hi to Kitten, who didn't respond. I also said hi to Ulty, who did respond. She was role-playing to wind down, but this time the character I'd played with before dinner had met some of the friends that she was roleplaying with, so I got invited to join them. We had a nice roleplaying session until the others left because it was getting late for them. Then I soloed some hunts and did a few exercises. I also played Cross Stitch World and talked with Nox on the chat server. I cleaned myself up after Nox left, then started salsa dancing with a video in between and Cross Stitch World afterwards, along with making notes in this to write from the next day. {Smile}
