Thursday, September 5, 2024

Daily Update, September 4, 2024

On Wednesday, in the afternoon, I got a call from former nurse in the afternoon checking up on the new laptop he'd helped me get. It's fine. So is he, though he'll be busy for the next couple of days. {Smile}

Then I call from Auntie Barbara in the evening. She can't help me with Friday sonogram, but hopes she'll be at church Sunday. I am to call after the sonogram, and again when I get the results from it. {Smile}

I ate breakfast, lunch, and dinner with Mom and read to her before dinner. Mom was awake. She was only somewhat talkative. She was more interested in looking at the pictures, especially the baby pictures. I started with scripture and thoughts about it first. After that, I continued her niece's long family Christmas letter from 2019. Then I continued _The Picture Book of Babies _ -- the big one, with many of the babies in costumes. Next, I read a story that was sort of a poem, and six short poems from 365 _Animal Stories and Rhymes_. I finished with the 4th of September's story, "Nico the Lion Cub," in _366 Stories for Bedtime_. {Smile}

I did my arm resistance exercises and my arm swinging exercises after dinner. Then I did my head exercises and 6 1/2 of my walking exercises when I was winding down after playing on City of Heroes: Homecoming most of the evening. I hoped to do more later, but when it actually came time for that, I realized it had worn me out more than I had thought it had. {Smile}

I had breakfast with Mom. I read a book over breakfast and through much of the morning, getting through a long and exciting scene. Then I worked on writing Tuesday's daily update, but didn't quite finish. Then I had lunch, with reading a distinctly shorter scene. Afterwards, I hopped into City of Heroes: Homecoming. Div wanted to do a taskforce. I got my character who needed it the most out. Then I ran into Ulty, Jenny's player, and someone new. We visited while I recruited Pierogies and Kitten to join the taskforce. Kitten was slow, but they both joined. Ulty invited me to something she and Jenny's player were doing, but I declined and invited them to the taskforce. They declined, citing a prior commitment, and left. The other person stayed, and said they could fight, so they joined us for the taskforce. We took it slowly but got through it. Kitten went quiet about halfway through it. We finished without them, after failing to get any response for a while. Then Div and Pierogies left, saying it was late. I did some paperwork and asked about establishing long-term connections with the new person, but they declined. They said they're really here for roleplaying, not content. Then I realized it was later than I thought, and broke to read to Mom.

After dinner, I finished writing up Tuesday's daily update and did a few exercises. Then I started writing this. After that, I checked out a few comics before hopping into City of Heroes: Homecoming. I was greeted by Kitten, frustrated with falling asleep earlier. We teamed up with me on a lowbie who'd gotten some good stuff recently. We did a couple of missions. Then Pierogies joined us, and we did another mission. Then Dennis joined us, and we did a couple more missions. After that, Dennis and Pierogies left. Kitten complained of being tired and went quiet again. So, I did some solo hunts, followed by some paperwork. After that, I played some Cross Stitch World before doing more exercises. Then I made notes and wrote in this, pausing for a little more Cross Stitch World.