Daily update, January 10, 2026

 The night before Saturday, I got the same error out of my blood pressure monitor over a dozen times.  I tried new batteries, which had fixed this at least once before, and got the same result. Then I tried the old batteries from the blood pressure monitor in my lantern They worked great there. So, after dinner the next day, I got my main nurse to help me pick out a new one and ordered it on Amazon. The one I replaced was 5 to 8 years old and used daily, so it wasn't unreasonable if it was just time for a new one.  {Smile}

Also, after lunch, my main nurse and I went out. First, we got a popsicle at the ice cream parlor in Liliu'okalani Gardens. Then we went over to Prince Kuhio Plaza to walk around. We ran into Anne from church and chatted briefly. We also passed the comic shop, which was finally empty of furniture, comics, people and dog. My main nurse suggested they might have gotten to use it rent-free. That makes sense, or maybe a special low rate if they were only closed. With something like that, yeah, use the store instead of your own home for this. After the walk, we went home again. {Smile}

After breakfast, I read a little from a memoir about writing by Stephen King that my writing teacher recommends. Then I watched videos and read articles on the web. I also got into a conversation between Kitten and Dennis on Discord, the chat server. Then I got out my story and worked on it right through lunch. I made minor revisions and accepted all changes that weren't new that day. After that, I copied it to Google's cloud word processing thing. I made a few more minor revisions. I thought about the next step, but my main nurse was ready to go out, so we did. When we got back, I read articles and watched videos on the web. I also checked Discord, the chat server, and had a conversation with Kitten. Then I went into City of Heroes: Homecoming and checked on my friends who play the game. I went back to Discord to let Kitten, Dennis and Pierogies know I was in City of Heroes: Homecoming. Next, I want back to City of Heroes: Homecoming to work on one more character's weekend in-game auction house and storage. I played by myself on my higher-level teen supergroup member until Dennis said hi. We did a couple of my missions that are part of a mini-story arc, then said "goodnight in case" before I broke for my dinner. {Smile}

After dinner, I went right back to City of Heroes: Homecoming. I checked friends immediately but found no Dennis. So, I read comics on the web and wrote up Friday's daily update before I went back to City of Heroes: Homecoming. I checked on my friends again. Then I checked the in-game auction house before I started playing by myself on my higher-level teen supergroup member. I got most of her hunts for her current level done before Dr. Faustus said hi. I helped on a mission of theirs in the post-apocalyptic area. Next, we said goodnight. I worked on the in-game auction house, storage and crafting. After that, I made notes in this with minimal break. I got done early enough that I did a little more auction house storage and crafting in City of Heroes: Homecoming before I said the Lord's Prayer and read forward Day by Day. {Smile}