Daily Update, August 19, 2025

On Tuesday, I was reminded about the monthly meeting right before breakfast. So, after breakfast, my relief nurse took me down to park where the meeting was held. We visited while eating brunch, then played word games. They were deciding whether to switch to Bingo or Yahtzee when I had to leave.

 

My relief nurse took me to my creative writing class next. We told what we'd written during the week. In my case, that was little but included significant fact-checking while writing. Then we read a piece and went around the class, hearing folk's responses to it. After that came a freewriting exercise, followed by reading what we wrote, and responding a bit to each other's writing. After class, I got into a long discussion with a couple of other students and only left when they did. I did leave with an invitation to the tsunami museum downtown, and the promise that as a relative of a survivor of a tsunami, admission will be free. {Smile}

I ate brunch at the picnic, and lunch near the end of my writing class. I played Cross Stitch World in the car between stops. When I got home, I found the housekeeper hard at work. The house is definitely better for her attentions. After getting home, I settled in online, quickly going into City of Heroes: Homecoming. I checked a few characters and my friends before going to the teen supergroup meeting. We started with roleplaying. Then we ran a taskforce with light roleplaying, meaning we talked in character while playing. An old friend of mine joined us for the taskforce. They invited him many months ago without my knowledge. We only discovered we were both in the group a few months later. He didn't feel his character was ready to go to the base, where we started the roleplaying, so we met him at the taskforce contact. The taskforce ran into dinner, so I left right after it was done. {Smile}

When I got back, the meeting had adjourned. I was quite surprised, since they usually go for over an hour after I return from dinner. I talked to Ulty, who leads the group, and my old friend. Between them I learned that Ulty and Jenny's Player, her very good friend, and assistant leader of the group, had another roleplaying engagement with a limited window of opportunity. My old friend had gotten busy talking with other friends, so I worked with the auction house storage and a few badges. Then I began writing Monday's daily update but spent more time browsing the web and reading web comics until I treated my blood sugar. Then I concentrated on finishing my daily update before I went back into City of Heroes: Homecoming. I spotted Dr. Faustus while checking my friends. So, I said hi and we teamed up with me on my moderately low-level villain supergroup member. We did one short story arc where I gained a level and started a longer story arc before Dr. Faustus had to leave. Then I worked on storage, the auction house, crafting, and badges. Next, I played Cross Stitch World and browsed on the web, especially reading web comics. I finished my evening. by making notes in this. {Smile}