Friday, July 19, 2024

Daily Update, July 18, 2024

    On Thursday, I started counselling as I was eating breakfast. The session was so full of recent developments and current concerns, we ran over, and had to finish scheduling the next appointment by test. It's next week, since enough is in flux, I'm not confident about waiting a week. {smile}

   Not long after counselling, phone call with surgery nurse. My insurance denied our request for funding for a CT scan. The surgeon is trying to get them to okay it. I also repeated my question about if and how I could become eligible for the operation. The nurse promised to ask the doctor. She did not call back. {smile}

   Our housekeeper came after lunch. Our house is much better for her attentions, especially since she did an extra job cleaning the window screens. {Smile}

   I ate lunch and dinner with Mom and read to her before dinner. She was asleep when I went in and groggy most of the reading, but she did wake up more for the baby pictures. I started my reading with scripture and thoughts about it first. Then I continued her niece's long family Christmas letter from 2021. Next, I started _the 40 Cutest Babies in the World_, showing her each picture, and saying a bit about it. After that, I read two stories from _365 Animal Stories and Rhymes_. I finished with the 18th of July's poem, "My Boat and I," from _366 Stories for Bedtime_. {Smile}

   I did my arm swinging exercises, my arm resistance exercises and my leg exercises after dinner. Then I did my salsa dancing warmup after playing and visiting for most of the evening. I did my second salsa dancing set after cleaning myself up. {Smile}

   My morning was mostly full of counselling and the phone call. I did do some online browsing for workbooks on relationships and friendships after counselling, since she suggested looking into them. After lunch, I played Cross Stitch World and read articles. I eventually got around to writing up Wednesday's daily update. By then it was so late, I just hopped into City of Heroes: Homecoming. I found Pierogies and Dennis in a farm and joined them. We soon decided to do something else. They told me to pick something, so I picked one of my missions that I particularly wanted to do. Afterwards, I did another mission from a different contact. Then it was time to read to Mom. {Smile}

   After dinner and exercise, I began writing this up. Then I hopped into City of Heroes: Homecoming. I chatted with Jenny's player. whose roleplaying was winding down. She and a friend of hers joined me for a mission. After it, they left, tired. So, I did some paperwork, and some hunts by myself. Then I talked with Nox on the chat server. After that came salsa dancing. Next, I cleaned myself up. then I did more salsa dancing. After that, I watched a few short videos. I also wrote a little of this and made notes to write from the next day. {Smile}