Daily Update, May 2, 2023

    Yesterday, I took Uber to the vet to pick up Val's medicine. Then I met the driver in the parking lot. We were getting ready to leave when they brought out one more package of medicine. I have a bit over 4 weeks' supply, which is great when I have to pay Uber for a round trip to pick it up. 

   The same driver took me to Hale Anuenue, where I visited with our family friend, and one of her daughters, who was visiting her. I checked with them about the book for another daughter of our family friend's. They thought she'd love it, so after visiting with them a while, I went over to that daughter's room to visit, giving her the book. She loved getting a book that had no words in the main part to misbehave like words have been doing. That it had kitty pictures was even better. We looked at some of the pictures together before I left. Then I called Uber and got the same driver to take me home. You don't often get the same driver, especially three times in a row, though she'd made that more likely, waiting in the vet's parking lot while I got the medicine. {Smile}

    I also called financial adviser about some papers I'd gotten in the mail. I pictures of the papers to her late last night. {Smile}

   I ate dinner with Mom, and read to her before that, too. I started with scripture and thoughts about it and then read the last bit of her niece's long family Christmas letter from 2021. Then, I read more about the people who lived in an earlier time from People of Pern by Robin Wood. Next, I read "Brooklyn Landlord Cancels Rent for Hundreds During Covid," and "First Hydrogen-Powered Trains Run in Germany, with Only Emissions -- Condensed Water," both from _100 Uplifting Short Stories for Seniors_. Then I finished with the May 2nd story from 366 Stories for Bedtime: A Tale for Every Day of the Year. Mom liked what I read and showed her. {Smile}

   I did my walking and head exercises. I also did over 20 minutes of salsa dancing. I hoped to do more, including arm exercises, arm swinging exercises, and more salsa dancing, but somehow things got pushed too late. {small smile}

   I read comics over lunch and afterwards, then hopped into City of Heroes: Homecoming. There, I found my RWBY friend. We did a simple mission and started another. Then we tried to watch a RWBY video together, but I couldn't get the subtitles to work, and they really help me follow the story. Then Thecyberchill said hi, and we got together. We ended up working slowly through an old Halloween-themed mission of mine that took us close enough to time to read to Mom, I just did a little paperwork in the remaining time.

   I got back into City of Heroes: Homecoming after dinner. I didn't spot any of the friends I frequently hang out with on, so I worked on paperwork that had piled up that day and the day before. About the time it was done, Phonso said hi, and invited me to the same strike force I didn't join yesterday. We ran it, and then I mentioned it was my first special of the week, and he said he'd have run a different special if he'd known, because it gives better rewards. He ran the one we'd just run again. I did it with the same character because it counts towards a badge, even though it gives poorer rewards the second time if you repeat too soon. I also chatted with Nox, and tried to chat with my Welsh friend, but he didn't stay on. He did respond to what I left while I was asleep, so that is going slowly. {Smile}

Daily Update, May 1, 2023

    I stayed home, mostly taking it easy, but did pay the nursing company when the secretary came over. Then she wanted to talk a bit about what they can do for me after Mom dies. They want to give me as much nursing time as possible, but I'll be limited by what my budget can handle. {Smile}

   I had a nice text conversation with my Welsh friend on Discord. I really enjoyed it, and found it encouraging. {Smile}

   I ate dinner with Mom, and read to her before that, too. I first read scripture and thoughts about it and next read more from her niece's long family Christmas letter from 2021. Then, I read about an earlier fall of thread, a great danger on Pern, and the people who lived then, from People of Pern by Robin Wood. Next, I read "School Super Helps a Student with Own insurance -- Gets Small Fine, but Keeps Job," and "California First State to Offer All Students Free Breakfast and Lunch," both from _100 Uplifting Short Stories for Seniors_. Then I finished with the May 1st story from 366 Stories for Bedtime: A Tale for Every Day of the Year. Mom liked both readings and pictures. {Smile}

   I did my walking, head, arm, and arm swinging exercises. I remembered the arm swinging exercises and added them for the first time tonight. {Smile}

   I caught up with comics in the morning, and over lunch. Then I hopped into City of Heroes: Homecoming and found my RWBY friend. We teamed up, and did several missions together, with time out for the talk with the nurse. The missions took us right up to time to read to Mom. {Smile}

   After dinner, I was somehow late getting back onto City of Heroes: Homecoming. I'm not quite sure how that happened. Still, I found Darkthough1 and Mistress Aegis. We teamed up and started a story arc on one of my mid-level characters. Phonso invited us to a strike force, but both Darkthough1 and Mistress Aegis feared it would run too late for a work night, so we declined, and continued with the story arc. We didn't finish, but we got fairly far before they had to wind down and leave for bed. After that, i worked on paperwork, and did a little research-reading. {Smile}

Daily Update, April 30, 2023

    Today was church, and I had a ride offer from AJ Kubo, who was coming back to church after dropping his mom off, since she goes to early service. He called a couple of times to reassure me he was coming, which was great. {Smile}

   He dropped me off at church while they were still doing announcements, so I heard much of that, and all of the true service. Afterwards, I did not find the nuts until we were done with lunch, but I had a nice lunch, with nice conversation. I also tracked down our priest and gave her two gently used dolls I'd found. They can be cuddled by the baby, but when they're older, they have buttons, shoes that tie, a zipper each, and one even has a buckle, yet the clothes should not come off. They're to help a child learn to dress themselves. My priest asked if they'd been mine and said that the fact that they had been made them even more special. {Smile}

   The Kubo son took me home, too, which was wonderful. {SMILE}

   I ate breakfast and dinner with Mom, and read to her before dinner, too. I started with scripture and thoughts about it and continued with more from her niece's long family Christmas letter from 2021. Then, I read more entries about dragon riders and another person in the Weyrs, the homes of the dragons and their riders, from People of Pern by Robin Wood. Next, I read "Dicaprio Raises $100 Million to Fight Climate Change" from _100 Uplifting Short Stories for Seniors_. Then I finished with the April 30th story from 366 Stories for Bedtime: A Tale for Every Day of the Year. Mom liked both readings and pictures. {Smile}

   I did my head exercises - the only ones my therapist wants me to do the day after physical therapy. {Smile}

   I caught up on the daily comics when I came home, then peeked into City of Heroes: Homecoming. Then I went back out and finished yesterday's daily update before I let myself look around for friends. I knew then I'd feel freer to play, without a personal chore still undone for the day. When I did go in and look around, i found my RWBY friend. We chatted, and teamed up, doing some mid-level missions. They were fun and took us all the way up to where I read to Mom. {Smile}

   After dinner, I hopped back into City of Heroes: Homecoming, and found Darkthough1 and Mistress Aegis. We teamed up and finished a story arc that I'd started - the same one I had done yesterday. I kind of wish I'd mixed it up more. I tend to run one arc a few times on different characters in a few days, and that's less interesting than more variety would be, both for me, and for my friends, I think. Kitten joined us, complaining of an odd craving. They were quick to chat, and slow to join the missions, but they did join the last few missions in the arc. Then DarkThough1 and Mistress Aegis left for bed, and Kitten wanted to do a particular story arc, no, not the same one. I found a character who would benefit from running it with them more than the first three I looked at, and we started it. We did a few missions, but we have a lot to do. I missed Nox again, until they said goodnight. We've got to work on speaking enough earlier, we don't miss each other so much. {Smile}

Daily Update, April 29, 2023

    Yesterday now, I posted the day before's daily update where I hadn't done so yet after breakfast. Then I called Uber, and a nice driver took me to Life Care Center. There, I had physical therapy. My therapist is happy I'm keeping up the exercises better. Even better yet, during part of the half circle taps to salsa music, and part of the double turns to salsa music, I got them pretty much in time. I didn't manage the whole time for either, but this is the first time I got even some. Thie was my best time yet with both new moves. {SMILE}

   Next, I called Uber and went to my church for my priest's baby shower. I found the packages of nuts I'd taken a couple weeks ago and set them out on the table. They had lots of food, and some odd, baby themed games, too. Oh! And some pages to make an alphabet and number book. I ended up making King for K, because someone had done Queen for Q, so it was only fair. Interestingly, I think about one fifth of the folks who attended were guys -- a lot more than the occasional rooster at a hen party. I noticed some even enjoying the baby games. {Smile}

   I rode home with the Kubos afterwards. The mother of the family lives a little way up the hill from me, so it's easy for them to drop me off on the way. I was out roughly six hours between therapy and the party, so Val was particularly relieved to see me home again and didn't leave my side long until dinner and again afterwards. {Smile}

   I had a nice phone call from auntie Barbara after dinner, too. I learned that she and her son and daughter-in-law are feeling better, and she learned about the baby shower. {Smile}

   I ate breakfast and dinner with Mom, but not lunch, because that was at our priest's baby shower. I read to Mom before dinner, too. First, I read scripture and thoughts about it. After that, I read more from her niece's long family Christmas letter from 2021. Then, I read more entries about dragon riders from People of Pern by Robin Wood. Next, I read "Mali Gives Elephants a Fighting Chance," and "Indian Couple Buys Land for Tigers to Roam," both from _100 Uplifting Short Stories for Seniors_. Then I finished with the April 29th story from 366 Stories for Bedtime: A Tale for Every Day of the Year. Mom liked the readings and the pictures too. {Smile}

   No more exercise after physical therapy - that was plenty. {Smile}

   I got home barely in time to do a little paperwork on City of Heroes: Homecoming before reading to Mom and dinner, so I didn't really look around there until I got back on after dinner. There, I found Mistress Aegis. WE chatted a while, then we teamed up, along with DarKThough1. We were still getting ready when my RWBY friend came on, so he joined us, too. The three of us did one complicated mission before my RWBY friend left for bed. Darkthough1, Mistress Aegis, and I did two simpler missions before they, too, left for bed. Then I did some paperwork that had developed on the character I'd been playing, my second-best badge collector, and some more than worked towards a couple of badges, especially one. Then Kitten came on finally - they'd appeared to be on all evening, but they were unresponsive - turned out to be napping while in a place where you won't get kicked off for being inactive. We wondered about teaming up, but Kitten had found another movie they really wanted to watch with me - more than even working on some madges that admittedly will take quite a bit of work. So, we watched that, with a couple of breaks: one to feed Val and such, and the other because the place we were sharing suddenly stopped running the video. I went back to the paperwork but only for a little before Kitten came back. Then we backed up and watched it until the end. After that, I snuck in a little more paperwork, so my second-best badge-collector got the easier of the two badges the work I was doing applied towards. I also slipped in a tiny amount of comic reading and took enough notes for this update to make it easy to write now, the next day. {Smile}

Daily Update, April 28, 2023

    I stayed home, and mostly took it easy. That did include a few phone calls and text conversations.

   I phoned the Vet's office, and ordered more medicine for Val. They said it will be ready tomorrow, but I don't need it that soon, and between physical therapy and our priest's baby shower, I think I'll be busy enough without trying to get that before they close. Surely Monday or Tuesday is soon enough. {Smile}

   I tried calling my financial advisers a few times but got their answering machine every time. I did leave a message, but I'd better plan to follow up on that. {Smile}

   I had a brief text conversation with Auntie Barbara. She and hers are feeling better again! I'm so glad to learn that! {SMILE}

   I ate lunch and dinner with Mom and read to her before dinner. I started with scripture and thoughts about it. Next, I read more from her niece's long family Christmas letter from 2021. After that, I read about the entries about dragon riders and another person in the dragons' Weyrs from People of Pern by Robin Wood. After that, I read "Celeb Cena has Granted 800 Make-A-Wish Requests," and "First Black Female Confirmed to Supreme Court," both from _100 Uplifting Short Stories for Seniors_. Then I finished with the April 28th story from 366 Stories for Bedtime: A Tale for Every Day of the Year. Mom liked both readings and pictures. {Smile}

   I did my walking, head, and arm exercises, pretty much like the therapist wants. For the arm exercises, I used the goal weights, but only did 10 repetitions each. I should ask if that's better, or starting lower, and possibly more reps. I also should check about the goals this therapist thinks I should aim for. {Smile}

   I read comics in the morning and over lunch, around the phone calls and personal chores. Then I hopped into City of Heroes: Homecoming and found Kitten finishing up a badge run for a badge they didn't have. Then they were in a league - a group of allied teams - for some badges they already had... so when they filled just before I could join, they stepped out to make room for me. I got two badges from that - the last two I could get on my best badge collector for that high-level trial. Then I ran another high-level trial and got one of three badges I needed for it; that one has three mutually exclusive badges (you can only get one of the three per run), and I got one of them. After that, I think Kitten fell asleep; they certainly disappeared. So, I worked on some badges, especially anniversary badges. I started calling up one character after another because there's an anniversary badge available to any character who checks in during the anniversary event. I also bought old anniversary badges my top two badges had missed, so lots of badges for them. I was getting pretty bored with that when my RWBY friend came on. So, I stopped to chat and team up with him, doing a few missions together before it was time to read to Mom. I also chatted briefly with Soothing Darkness. {Smile}

   After dinner, I hopped back into City of Heroes: Homecoming, and found Darkthough1 on. I started to team up with him and Aegis when my RWBY friend came back on and joined us. We ran a few missions, and I started chatting with Soothing Darkness again, so I invited her to join us. She did, and we ran a whole lot of missions together until it was time to feed Val and do my exercises. I'm afraid that I missed the fact that Darkthough1 wasn't as far into the arc as I was, so he didn't get credit. If he lets me, I'll run them with him later. I chatted with folks around my exercises, and then started writing this afterwards, looking at comics a little, but not reading them, and checking the last several characters in for that badge. {Smile}

Daily Update, April 27, 2023

    I had a counseling session this morning, right after breakfast. It was our second session on HMSA's own system. I had to sign in twice, because the first time they couldn't find my insurance plan and were going to charge me even more than I paid for Zoom. They found it on the second try and charged nothing. We got cut off before making another appointment, so we finished up by text. I suggested next time, schedule the next at the beginning of the session, so we know we'll have time for that. {Smile}

   The housekeeper came today, right after counselling. That was nice. I do enjoy talking with her, and the house is definitely better for her attentions. {Smile}

   In the middle of the afternoon, I went to my dentist. He only gave a quick look; I was primarily there for cleaning. I really have to do a better job. There was a lot of swelling with my gums. They made some suggestions, and I'm thinking about how to handle this. I'm sure I can improve. {Smile}

   I had a nice conversation with our former nurse. He called a while before dinner, which worked nicely for both of us. {Smile}

   I ate dinner with Mom and read to her before that. I read scripture and thoughts about it first. Then I read more from her niece's long family Christmas letter from 2021. After that, I read about the Weyrs, the homes of dragons, their riders, and those who support them most closely, and two entries about dragon riders from People of Pern by Robin Wood. After that, I read "Damage to Notre Dame Cathedral Not as Bad as We Thought," and "Denver Hires Homeless; Now 100 Have New Jobs," both from _100 Uplifting Short Stories for Seniors_. Then I finished with the April 27th story from 366 Stories for Bedtime: A Tale for Every Day of the Year. Mom liked what I read to her, and the pictures I showed her as well. {Smile}

   I did my head exercises. They're the exercises I'm supposed to do every day I don't actually have physical therapy. {Smile}

   After counselling, I finished yesterday's daily update and shared it by email, Facebook, and my Blog, https://aeb-anne.blogspot.com then read comics over lunch, and then got ready to go. I'd hoped to have time to peek in the game before going to the dentist, but I didn't. When I got back, I remembered to share yesterday's daily update on the chat server, so I didn't get onto City of Heroes: Homecoming until after five. I found my RWBY friend there, we chatted a little, and quickly teamed up for one mission together before they left for bed, and I left to read to Mom. {Smile}

   After dinner, I hopped back into City of Heroes: Homecoming, and found Darkthough1 on. We chatted a bit and did a mission together. Then I noticed Phonso advertising the two high level task forces which are usually done as a pair. We joined that, with me on my third best badge collector. We still didn't get the one badge from that that she doesn't have, but I'll just keep trying. I also chatted a bit with Nox before they went to bed. After the task force, that group split up, and Phonso left, so Darkthough1 and I did one of my missions before Darkthough1 left for bed. I did some paperwork, read a few comics, and wrote this up. {Smile}

Daily Update, April 26, 2023

    Today I had physical therapy. I called Uber, and a nice, fairly chatty driver took me over. There, when I got in, the receptionist scheduled me for every Wednesday and Saturday next month. She also warned me that they have Covid in the nursing home, so I was okay in outpatient physical therapy, but stay there. My therapist explained it was mainly in one wing and shouldn't last much more than a week longer. I know Dad hated quarantine, which the nursing home would go into every time someone got sick. patients would be confined to their wing and their room as much as feasible, which was pretty boring for Dad. {resigned smile}

   The session went well. I even got the turns and half-circle taps almost in time to LaBamba, the slowest Salsa Dance tune I've found. Also, my therapist was happy with me starting to get more exercise at home and encourages me to keep it up. 

   After therapy, I went home with a chatty driver who seemed newer to Hilo than most. I enjoyed our trip home... and I actually remembered to tell him about the trip around to avoid the road that gets clogged when school lets out, since there's one right on the way home. The navigator never seems to understand that that road is gridlocked going up, but pretty free coming down. {Smile}

   I ate dinner with Mom and read to her before dinner. First, I read scripture and thoughts about it. Next, I read more from her niece's long family Christmas letter from 2021. Then I read a few entries from People of Pern by Robin Wood. After that, I read "Police Dog Fired for Friendliness, Now Has a New Job as a Greeter," and "Texas Investor Uses Gains to Help Sick Kids," both from _100 Uplifting Short Stories for Seniors_. Then I finished with the April 26th story from 366 Stories for Bedtime: A Tale for Every Day of the Year. Mom liked both what read to her, and the pictures I showed her, too. {Smile}

   I got all the exercise I needed in physical therapy today. {Smile}

   I read some comics before going down to physical therapy, and more over lunch. Then I hopped into City of Heroes: Homecoming and found my RWBY friend online. We didn't see any of our usual friends on, so we did a video call to read the last chapter of the first volume of the Cursed Princess Club bound graphic novel. He's considering subscribing to the website host, especially when he earned it's not just cheaper, but has a lot more of the story than the books currently will any time soon. then we went back into City of Heroes: Homecoming, where we found Darkthough1. The three of us teamed up and did most of a low-level story arc until time to read to Mom.

   I read more comics after dinner, then hopped back into City of Heroes: Homecoming, and found Darkthough1. We teamed up to finish the story arc we'd started with my RWBY friend before dinner. then, my RWBY friend came in as we were finishing, and joined us to do the next story arc together. It was one we'd all been looking forward to but wanted to clear the other stuff first. We were just finishing that story arc when I noticed Phonso was on. He invited us to a strike force. We did a couple of hunts which started the next and final story arc in the current line of story arcs we're doing while deciding that Dark was ready to go to bed, while my RWBY friend and I weren't. So, my RWBY friend and I joined Phonso for the strike force. Then my RWBY friend and I ran a couple of mid-level missions before breaking for bed. I thought I'd left enough time to finish this update before bed, but had to make notes for half of it, and finish it late the next morning. {Smile}

Daily Update, April 25, 2023

    I didn't go out or get any special calls, but I had a short text-chat with Auntie Barbara. I also had a nice text chat on Discord with my Welsh friend, who I hadn't heard from in a while. We actually had a short text chat yesterday that I forgot to mention in my last daily update, but this one was a bit longer and more involved. {Smile}

   I ate dinner with Mom and read to her before it. I started with scripture and thoughts about it and read more from her niece's long family Christmas letter from 2021 next. Then I read a few entries from People of Pern by Robin Wood. After that, I read "The Cost of Insulin Capped at $35 by House," and "Pakistan to Plant Billions of Trees Using thousands of Unemployed Workers," both from _100 Uplifting Short Stories for Seniors_. Then I finished with the April 25th story from 366 Stories for Bedtime: A Tale for Every Day of the Year. Mom said she enjoyed what read to her, and the pictures, too. {Smile}

   I did my walking exercises, and over 20 minutes of salsa dancing, including warmup and less structured dancing. At least I got some, and just a little more than usual. I'll work harder at getting more. {Smile}

   I finished yesterday's daily update after breakfast, then read some comics over lunch. Then I hopped into city of Heroes: Homecoming. I did some paperwork and found my RWBY friend on. we were deciding what to do when Kitten came on. They joined us, and we did some missions together. I think some of us switched characters at some point, but we teamed until my RWBY friend was tired, and I was thinking about reading to Mom. {Smile}

   After dinner, I read a couple of comics, and hopped back into City of Heroes. I found Darkthough1 and Mistress Aegis, and we started to get together when Phonso spoke up earlier than usual, inviting us to a strike force. Mistress Aegis and I joined, and my RWBY friend came on, so they joined, too. We ran it, and my RWBY friend left afterwards, heading back to bed. Then Phonso did a task force that we joined, too. Then Heartsever, another friend of mine, spoke up while we were running that task force. I chatted for a bit with Nox on the chat server, too. Mistress Aegis and I switched to our little villains, and Darkthough1 joined us, too. Kitten came on again and joined us stayed with us, and Heartsever joined us partway through the first of a few missions we did. We broke up early enough for me to do my walking exercises in addition to the salsa dancing. I chatted with Kitten on the chat server, and even got together to get them a few badges for their new character around the salsa dancing and writing this update. {Smile}

Daily Update, April 24, 2023

    Today I didn't do much out of the usual. I read articles that actually felt like they were worth the time it took to read them in the morning. I did have a short text-chat with our former nurse, which was nice. {Smile}

   I ate dinner with Mom and read to her before that. First, i read scripture and thoughts about it, and next I read more from her niece's long family Christmas letter from 2021. Then I read several entries from People of Pern by Robin Wood, since some were short. After that, I read "Billionaire Launches Drug Company Dedicated to Low-Cost Generics and Transparency," and "Jet blue Caps Flights at $99, Helps Citizens Escape Hurricane," both from _100 Uplifting Short Stories for Seniors_. Then I finished with the April 24th story from 366 Stories for Bedtime: A Tale for Every Day of the Year. Mom enjoyed what read to her, and looking at the pictures, too. {Smile}

  I did all five head exercises. I'm supposed to do them, and my arm and walking exercises two days after physical therapy, but the others didn't happen. I need to get much better about these. {rueful smile}

   I finished yesterday's daily update in the morning. Then I read comics over lunch. After that, I hopped into City of Heroes: Homecoming. I did a little paperwork waiting for someone to come on. Then Darkthough1 and Mistress Aegis did, and we teamed up for some mid-level missions a character of mine has out levelled, but still had the contact for. Dark and Aegis got the missions, and did them, and I tagged along for credit. My RWBY friend joined us partway in. Kitten came on but decided to sleep instead of joining us. My RWBY friend, Dark and I switched characters to do the long mission we'd gone up to yesterday. that took us right up to time to read to Mom. 

   After dinner, I read a few comics, and hopped back on City of Heroes. Then I went back into City of Heroes: Homecoming and did some paperwork when I found no one on. Kitten came on, and then Darkthough1 joined us, and we teamed up for another moderately low-level story arc. Phonso invited us to a task force when we thought we were halfway through. We would have been if the last mission hadn't gotten stuck. We fixed it, but only after a few tries. Then we joined Phonso for the task force, which gave my second-best badge collector another badge. I chatted with Nox briefly before they went to bed, too. Then Phonso started a different task force which we joined. My RWBY friend came on and joined us to, and Kitten switched, and got a couple of badges, including one they needed for a badge which will improve their character. Then I helped Kitten get most of the rest of the badges for that special badge before going to bed. I forgot three, two which I remembered later, and one which Kitten had to track down themselves. {Smile}

Daily Update, April 23, 2023

    Today was Sunday, so I took Uber down to church. I got Alan, so we had a nice chat, getting caught up with each other on the way down. There, a lady who lives up the hill from me offered to start taking me to and from church... but not today, her son said, because he had to fetch her car. Auntie Barbara wasn't there like I expected, but I found a text from her saying she wasn't coming after all. {smile}

   The service was nice, as was the lunch and conversation afterwards. Lindsey and Laurie took me to Safeway to pick up a prescription, since I was fully out of test strips for testing my blood sugar. I got there just as the pharmacy was closing for lunch, so i waited about forty minutes, browsing their very minimally stocked book collection, and found a book by Brian Feehan, the son of the much better-known Christine Feehan. I bought it when I picked up four prescriptions they were holding for Mom and me. Then I called Uber, and chatted with that driver as I went home. It was a fellow I also know from his main job at Clinical Laboratories of Hawai'i. {Smile}

   I ate dinner with Mom and read to her before it. I started with scripture and thoughts about it, and then read more from her niece's long family Christmas letter from 2021. I followed that with more entries from People of Pern by Robin Wood. Then I read "Rapper Declares $1 Million Donation to Chicago Public Schools," and "Perry Pays All Senior-Hour Groceries," both from _100 Uplifting Short Stories for Seniors_. Then I finished with the April 23rd story from 366 Stories for Bedtime: A Tale for Every Day of the Year. Mom said she liked everything I read to her and opened her eyes to look at each picture. {Smile}

   I also had a little text-conversation with our former nurse. That was nice. {Smile}

   Today, i did all five head exercises, just like my therapist suggested I do the day after physical therapy. I really want to make a stronger effort to do the exercises he recommended. I know I've been slacking off, often only getting some done, not all. {Smile}

   I read a few comics after I got home, then hopped into City of Heroes: Homecoming. There, I found my RWBY friend on a low-level toon and got one not much higher. We teamed up, and started a story arc my RWBY friend was almost too high level for. Darkthough1 joined us a couple missions in, and we finished together. Then, the three of us went on to another story arc that Darkthough1 and I needed to catch up with my RWBY friend. We started the story arc my RWBY friend had started and began running missions we could all get credit for right before we took a break so I could read to Mom. {Smile}

   After dinner, I read a few comics, then went back into City of Heroes: Homecoming. I found my RWBY friend and Darkthough1 still on, and we teamed up to continue the story arc we'd been working on. We were just reaching the last mission in the arc when Phonso invited us to a task force. My RWBY friend declined because he was too tired to continue either our arc or the task force and left to go to bed. Darkthough1 and I did join the task force with Phonso. During it, I quickly said goodnight to Nox after they'd gone to bed, and answered earlier messages from them I'd missed, too. {blush} After the task force, which had gone longer than we expected, Darkthough1 said goodnight, and he went to bed. After he left, I did some paperwork on my characters, and read comics until later than I meant to. Then I tried to write this up and got half written/half notes before bed. {Smile}