Daily Update, April 16, 2026

The night before Thursday, I got to bed a few minutes before 2 am. I got up around 9 am as usual. at least that's first goal met. {Smile}

During breakfast, I started my online video counselling session. I had no trouble with my insurance this time; I almost never do. It was a good session. We talked about some things that have been on my mind since my creative writing class the day before. I feel better about them now. {Smile}

In the afternoon, my main nurse took me down to my doctor's office. My doctor's eldest son served as my nurse, since the son has applied to medical school, and my doctor's usual nurse is still on a trip. My doctor and I talked about a few different concerns, with some input from my main nurse as well. I am happy my nurse comes with me for appointments. Two extra ears are very welcome, with my severe hearing loss, even with two hearing aids. I like the plans my doctor developed to try next. Afterwards, my main nurse took me home. {Smile}

After counselling, I wrote up Wednesday's daily update, with relatively short beaks to browse videos during lunch. Then I read web comics until my doctor's appointment. After we came back from the doctor, I got onto my computer. I read some web comics. Then I sent some notes in Discord, the chat server, before I went into City of Heroes: Homecoming. I checked on my friends who play the game. Dennis came in not long after, but we just talked and fooled around. He showed off a knockback power he'd souped up. Then he asked if I'd be around in half an hour before leaving to take a walk. I worked on getting badges on my eighth best badge collector, increasing her lead on my ninth best badge collector, which is a bit narrow. Dennis returned around my dinner time. We talked just a few minutes before I was called to dinner. {Smile}

I tried to read Forward Day by Day over dinner, but the TV distracted me too much. I read it afterwards, understanding it much more easily. After dinner, I cleaned myself up with the help of my main nurse. During this, I had some lower gastrointestinal tract trouble, which passed fairly quickly with the help of the medicine my main nurse found. Then I got onto my computer. I read web comics before I went into City of Heroes: Homecoming. There, I checked on my friends who play the game. To my surprise, Dennis was still there. We teamed up and did a couple of his missions before he left for bed. I did a hunt on my own and started a second hunt. Next, kitten said mew. We teamed up and did several of my missions. After a while, Pierogis joined us. We did two more of my missions, though I didn't finish the contact, or the story arc. I squeezed in a tiny bit of writing in this during a lull, and I checked Cross Stitch World during another lull, but mostly concentrated on the game. After we said goodnight, I did a tiny bit of auction house, storage and crafting. Then I made notes in this with almost no breaks. I finished my evening with the Lord's Prayer, Saint Francis's Prayer, and the motto of the Daughters of the King. {Smile}