On Thursday, I tried to do counselling after breakfast, but I couldn't get into email where the link to start is. I did manage to call my counsellor, but I guess she couldn't send me one by text. She had me download their phone app. Then I tried to sign in. The username and password I have didn't work, and I need that email to reset it. So, counselling got cancelled. {sigh}
Then I tried to get email working. I did out-stubborn their phone tree, but the gal I got needed to talk to the account holder. Unfortunately, it's still under Dad's name, so that's not feasible until I get this switched to my name. Then they can me as the account holder about this. I tried that next, but there were long waits involved. {bite lips}
While I was waiting, the gal fixing my computer called. my computer is fixed, but worse than I hoped. The power supply blew, taking out the video card and a ram stick. The replacement video card is poorer, but a more expensive one brings costs around the cost of a new computer. I looked into that, and boy, the prices have gone down. It's tempting to get a new one. {smile}
I ate breakfast and dinner with Mom and read to her before dinner. Mom was awake. She talked a little. She was more interested in looking at the pictures, especially the baby pictures. I began with scripture and thoughts about it first. Then I continued her niece's long family Christmas letter from 2019. Next, I finished _The Picture Book of Babies _ -- the big one, with many of the babies in costumes. After that, I read two long not-quite-poems and a story from 365 _Animal Stories and Rhymes_. I ended with the 5th of September's story, "Signs of Autumn," in _366 Stories for Bedtime_. {Smile}
I did my arm resistance exercises between reading to Mom and dinner. Then I did my arm swinging exercises, my head exercises, and nine and a quarter walking exercises, skipping the on that worked me so hard I could only do half of it. I intended to do all ten of the less strenuous exercises but realized a short way into the tenth exercise that I had underestimated how much I'd be adding with four more, even if they were less strenuous. I was breathing heavily enough, that it was time to stop. Still, I think I did pretty good. {Smile}
The failed counselling and failed email retrieval filled mort of the morning, though I did clean myself up and write a little of Wednesday's daily update. Then after lunch I hopped into City of heroes: Homecoming. I started with paperwork, but soon Ulty invited me to a trial. I found a character who hadn't done it, and ran it, getting all three badges, which is great! Then Pierogies said hi and wanted to do some missions. I got Kitten to join us, too. We did two or three of mine on the same character I'd been using. Then Pierogies wanted to watch a show. Kitten didn't want to decide anything, I wasn't much in a mood to pick either, but we slowly worked towards an agreement on what to watch when Dennis said hi. He really wanted to do a particular taskforce. We ended up doing that and finished at a good time to read to Mom. I might have been slightly early, but close enough I just left for it already. {Smile}
After dinner, I finished writing up Wednesday's daily update before hopping into City of Heroes: Homecoming. I spotted Soothing Darkness leading a team doing a kind of individual mission that my best badge collector needed several more of for a badge, so I joined them. After a couple of missions, Dennis said hi. I talked him into joining, and we ran several more missions, right up until the team broke up. We were just one mission short of what my character needs for that badge. I'll get it some other night. After that, I asked the leader to explain something to me. This segued into a conversation I realized after a while was role-playing, not real-life. I also talked with Nox on the chat server. Eventually, I said goodnight to both Nox and Soothing Darkness. Then I did a mix of solo play on City of heroes: Homecoming, including getting another badge for my newly 3rd best badge collector, along with writing and making notes in this, playing Cross Stitch World, and doing my exercises. {Smile}
