The night before Thursday, I got to bed a few minutes after 2 am. I did not sleep in, though I did drowse a few times while I was sitting quietly. At least I didn't take a nap. {Smile}
Counselling started with breakfast on my laptop, though not easily. Our first connection had neither picture nor sound, and I managed to hang up before I realized I could try reloading first. So, we got started late and had a shorter session. Still, we got some important things covered, including planning to get banking, writing, and sorting through the stuff around here. It feels like progress is at least on the horizon. {Smile}
A while after lunch, my main nurse took me to the Hilo branch of Hawai'i Public Library. I found and looked at the writing book section first. I didn't find anything concentrating on plotting, cozy fiction, or slice-of-life fiction, which are my main interests now, so I picked two general books which seemed to have something on plotting. Then I went to the manga section and picked some out before I sat and finished _Ocean of Secrets 1_. Next, I took all the books to the front desk. I turned in _Ocean of Secrets 1_ and checking out the rest. After that, I sat down to reading about plotting in _John Truby Presents: The Anatomy of Story_. I read it while waiting for my main nurse. While I did, a fellow wanked up to and said hi. It was Dr. Hillier, my 12th grade English teacher. We talked for a while. He talked about how he'd moved into administration and asked about my writing. I told him I was hoping to finally get into publishing and described "Snow in Hawai'i" briefly. He said hi again a little later. My main nurse eventually came and took me home. {Smile}
After counselling, I got onto my main computer, meaning my desktop. I watched videos and read articles through lunch. Then I began writing up Wednesday's daily update. That stopped for my trip to the library. When I came back home, I went back on my computer and into City of Heroes: Homecoming. I checked on my friends who play the game. I saw the later long, long-group event, and another medium-large group event both being advertised. I chose to run the latter on Ana Marcelino, hoping for badges. We ran it with a pretty minimal group. Ana didn't get even one badge; the event failed, perhaps because we had so few participating. Next, I started a story arc that gives a badge. Chrome said hi as I was called to dinner. We were disappointed that I didn't have time to team up even a little. I ate with my main nurse, his TV, Forward Day by Day and _Writer to Writer_ by Gail Carson Levine. {Smile}
After dinner, my main nurse helped me clean myself up. Then I went back to my computer and City of Heroes: Homecoming. I checked on my friends who play the game. I didn't spot Chrome, or anyone else I often team with. So, I finished the story arc I'd begun before dinner on Ana, getting two badges. Next, did some storage on Ana. I also read some web comics. After that, I worked on the in-game auction house on Bellae Magnolias, and ran several missions and hunts on Bellae Magnolias. Then I did more in-game auction house and storage on Bellae Magnolias, and updated Ana's badge record. I checked and played a little Cross Stitch World and read some web comics before I wrote some in this. I broke to watch videos before I made notes in this. I ended my day with the Lord's Prayer, Saint Francis's Prayer, and the motto of the Daughters of the King. {Smile}
