Friday, June 28, 2024

Daily Update, June 27, 2024

    On Thursday, my video counselling started while I finished breakfast. It was a good session. {Smile}

   After lunch, I contacted Uber, and a fellow came took me down to my dentist. My dentist came in and started explaining that he'd take the front crown off and if it couldn't be saved, I'd need the back tooth, but otherwise... At that point I stopped him. I explained that I'd talked to my financial adviser, and she'd promised me I could afford to save both teeth. I should not run out of money because of saving both teeth, so I would like to do so. {smile}

   My dentist went ahead and took off both crowns and told me we could save both teeth. So, he put temporary crowns on them both and sent me home, happy my teeth would be ready for the endodontist on July 3rd. Then I contacted Uber, and a fellow came and took me home. {Smile}

   I ate dinner with Mom and read to her before that. She was resting with her eyes open when I went in today. She responded a few times and looked at all the pictures, particularly the ones of babies. I began my reading with scripture and thoughts about it first. Next, I read five cards: from the nursing company, her cousin's granddaughter, church, and one from each of her sisters. Then I finished reading _Picture Book of Happy Babies_. She was looking at all the babies with interest, and it ended before I expected. So, I picked out _The Picture Book of Babies_, the one with a lot of costumes and a few multiple picture pages and started that. After that I read a story, a long poem, and another story from _365 Animal Stories and Rhymes_. I finished with the 27th of June's story, "Three Pink Pigs," from _366 Stories for Bedtime_. {Smile}

   I did my arm resistance exercises and my arm swinging exercises waiting for Uber to come take me to the dentist. Then I did my head exercises in the waiting room, while I waited for them to call me. After I'd done most of my City of Heroes: Homecoming stuff for the evening, I did my standing arm weight training exercises and one of my sitting arm weight training exercises. Then, after a longer break than I meant to take, I did the other three sitting arm weight training exercises. By then, it was too late to do much more, especially when I honestly didn't feel up to my leg exercises, let alone walking or salsa dancing. Still, considering the tooth work, I think I did pretty well. {Smile}

   After counselling, I played a little Cross Stitch World before lunch. After lunch, I went to my dental appointment. While waiting in the waiting room, I exercised, then read some web fiction. I read more of the same web fiction after getting home, along with playing Cross Stitch World. Eventually I finished writing Wednesday's daily update. Then I hopped into City of Heroes; Homecoming far later than I meant to, given how early I got done with my dentist. I did find Kitten and Pierogies immediately, and l teamed up with them on the low-level character I've been working on, since Pierogies joined Kitten and me when he got done with the later long, large-group event. When all three of us were ready, we ran two short missions I had before it was time to read to Mom. {Smile}

   After dinner, I began writing this up. Then I hopped into City of Heroes: Homecoming, where I found Dennis and Kitten. We teamed up with me on the same character, and we ran the long mission we didn't have time to do last time I teamed with Dennis. Then we talked about starting the next contact or doing something else. Instead, Dennis and Pierogies left for bed. Kitten and I did two regular missions my character had that were pretty low-level for her, along with a couple hunts and a slightly low mission or two. Then Kitten went quiet. I did some hunts on her by myself. I also chatted with Nox on the chat server. When I was done with the hunts, I did some paperwork. Then I did my exercise, and played Cross Stitch World before I wrote this up and did a little research. {Smile}