Daily Update, April 21, 2023

    Today I went over to Hale Anuenue to visit the friend of the family, who's still there, recuperating. I checked on Anita, but despite them giving me a room number, our family friend said she left yesterday, and her mattress had no bedding on it when I passed by her room. I sat with our family friend and chatted for a good bit and handed her a picture book for seniors with some memory loss. She wants to borrow it, but says she'll give it back. 

   I asked our family friend how her daughter is doing, since I know she's in the same nursing home. Our family friend asked if I was going to see her. I found out her room number, and went to visit her for a short while, because our family friend said she doesn't like long visits except from one sister she really gets along with. {Smile}

   After that, I called Uber to go home. however, I realized when the driver turned the wrong way that I'd somehow ordered it for the vet's office, not home. Fortunately, the driver helped me fix it, and took me home. {Smile}

   I ate dinner with Mom and read to her before that. I read scripture and thoughts about it first, and some old Christmas cards, including one from a friend, another from her nephew, and a third from her niece. I followed that with more entries from People of Pern by Robin Wood. Then I read "Kids Finally Get a Permit for a Lemonade Stand, Then Sell Out," and "Finland Offers New Dads as Much Paid Leave as Moms," both from _100 Uplifting Short Stories for Seniors_. Then I finished with the April 21st story from 366 Stories for Bedtime: A Tale for Every Day of the Year. Mom liked everything I read to her, and enjoyed the pictures I showed her, too. {Smile}

   Over and after lunch, I read comics. Then I hopped into City of Heroes: Homecoming. There, I found my RWBY friend on. We hopped back out to read Cursed Princess Club together. It was good to get back to that. Then we hopped back into the game. We found Darkthough1, and teamed up for one mission, the first in a story arc, which was all I had time for before reading to Mom.

   I hopped back into City of Heroes: Homecoming after dinner. Both Darkthough1 and my RWBY friend were still there, so the three of us teamed up to finish that story arc. Then my RWBY friend left for bed, and Darkthough1, Mistress Aegis and I teamed up on a set of "little villains that we have. We did several missions together, going really late for Darkthough1 and Mistress Aegis. I also slipped in a short chat and goodnight with Nox on the chat server. After Mistress Aegis and Darkthough1 left, I read a few longer comics, and got this ready to finish up the next morning. {Smile}

Daily Update, April 20, 2023

    Today - well, yesterday - I stayed home. I did have a few phone calls, including one from our former nurse around dinnertime. I did enjoy talking with him. I also got a phone call with Auntie Barbara after dinner, which was lovely. And I got another phone from our former nurse a bit before bedtime. {Smile}

   I ate dinner with Mom and read to her before that. First, I read scripture and thoughts about it and then continued with Christmas card from her niece, and a birthday card from her sister. After that, I read the five more entries in People of Pern by Robin Wood. Mom seemed to like the pictures, and hearing about different characters in Anne McCaffrey's Pern series. After that, I read "Girl Bullied for Collecting Trash Wins Global Award," and "Hacker Fixes People's Routers so They Can't Be Hacked by Others." from _100 Uplifting Short Stories for Seniors_. Then I finished with the April 20th story from 366 Stories for Bedtime: A Tale for Every Day of the Year. Mom liked everything I read to her, and enjoyed the pictures I showed her, too. {Smile}

   I did two of my five head exercises. I meant to do all of them, but only the first two actually happened. I'll have to try harder. {rueful smile}

   I read articles in the morning, more than I really meant to. I'll have to learn to control this better. then I read comics both over lunch and afterwards, as well as later in the afternoon. Around 2, I hopped into City of Heroes: Homecoming and started chatting with Darkthough1, Kitten, and soon my RWBY friend, when they came on, too. We four and Mistress Aegis teamed up and did a few missions to help Kitten get a badge that will actually help their character. This took us right up to time to read to Mom. {Smile}

   After dinner and the phone calls that happened around that time, I hopped back into City of Heroes: Homecoming. I chatted with RWBY friend and Darkthough1. Darkthough1 was too distracted to team, but eventually my RWBY friend and I teamed up with Kitten. While we were figuring out what to do, Phonso came on, and invited us to do a strike force with him. We joined that, and I got two badges on my second-best badge collector. Then my RWBY friend left. then Phonso, Kitten, and I did a fairly high-level task force, and my second-best badge collector got a third badge for that. Kitten and some of our teammates helped my character get a fourth badge after that. I also said goodnight to Nox, with a little talking, but not a lot. I ended the evening by trying to help Kitten with a badge that will help their character be more resilient. This involves getting badges that contribute to the big badge that makes them more resilient. We made progress but didn't get any more badges for Kitten's character.

Daily Update, April 19, 2023

    Today I had physical therapy. I called Uber, and went over there, with a somewhat chatty driver. At physical therapy, I had a good session. I got tired slightly easier, but its been a week and a half since my last session. It was a good session. My physical therapist was very pleased with how the salsa steps are coming in particular. He wants to try them with music on Saturday. {Smile}

   He also liked my ideas for my story. He's a physical therapist, not any other kind, but he likes fantasy, and local stuff, so me working on trying to do a fantasy with strong local flavor is interesting. He also seems to know something about what fantastic creatures have actually made it over here. {Smile}

   After therapy was over, I called Uber, and a chattier driver took me home. That was nice. {Smile}

   I had a nice phone call with our former nurse later. I really enjoy talking with him. {Smile}

   I ate breakfast and dinner with Mom and read to her before dinner. I started with scripture and thoughts about it and continued with a long Christmas card from a friend. After that, I read the beginning of the introduction and the first two entries in People of Pern by Robin Wood. It's a collection of picture Robin Wood drew and painted of the characters in the earlier books and stories in Anne McCaffrey's Pern series. After that, I read the twelfth story from _100 Uplifting Short Stories for Seniors_ It was "Chinese Woman helps 20 Families Find Mission Kids, then Finds Her Own." Then I finished with the April 19th story from 366 Stories for Bedtime: A Tale for Every Day of the Year. Mom liked everything I read to her, and looked at the pictures I showed her, too. {Smile}

   No exercise today, at least beyond physical therapy. I got plenty of exercise then. {Smile}

   In the morning, I read articles and finished writing my daily update before physical therapy, but I only shared it in the places where it's quick. because it was later than meant to start out. After lunch, I finished sharing my daily update, and read some comics. Then I hopped into City of Heroes: Homecoming, and found Kitten, and soon my RWBY friend as well. We three chatted and teamed up. We did a few missions together, before my RWBY friend left, because he had an early morning the next day. Then Kitten and I ran a story arc together, which left just a little time to talk before reading to Mom. {Smile}

   After dinner, I hopped back into City of Heroes: Homecoming. I found Darkthough1 on, and discovered he was teamed with Mistress Aegis. Kitten was also on. The four of us teamed up and did several missions together. Then Darkthough1 and Mistress Aegis left because they needed sleep. Next, Kitten and I did another story arc. I also chatted a bit with Nox on the chat server, before they went to bed early. After the story arc, Kitten and I figured out how to watch a video together on the chat server. It was tricky because Kitten needed to share their screen with me. We watched a My Little Pony episode of the new series. Neither of us feel it's as nice as the just-previous series was, especially once it hit its stride, but it's early days yet. We'll have to see how it goes. {Smile}

Daily Update, April 18, 2022

    I expected to do the monthly picnic today, but it must have been cancelled because the leader is on a trip. I'm not as disappointed as i might have been, because I needed time to get medicine for Val. A while after breakfast, I called up Uber, and a nice, chatty fellow took me down to the vet. The driver spoke of waiting, but I was a lot longer in there than I expected. I eventually came away with a couple of weeks of medicine, so that was okay, but he was gone when I got out. So, I just called up Uber, and a different fellow picked me up. He was chatty, too. {Smile}

   I had a short text conversation with our former nurse before going to the vet. He'd spoken of maybe taking me there or home or something if he wasn't busy, but of course he was busy right then. We had a nice phone call between reading to Mom and dinner tonight. I do enjoy talking to him. {Smile}

   I ate breakfast, lunch, and dinner with Mom and read to her before dinner. I started with scripture and thoughts about it and continued with three cards, from Mom's niece, her sister, and me. After that, I read the last few pages of _Music stars 1940-1960 Memory Lane_ as well as the back of the books. it was a little short, but I just let it be short. After that, I read the tenth and eleventh stories from _100 Uplifting Short Stories for Seniors_ They were "Teen's Uplifting Notes on Bridge Save Six Lives," and "Budweiser Misses Superbowl: Uses Marketing Money for Vaccine Awareness Instead." Then I finished with the April 18th story from 366 Stories for Bedtime: A Tale for Every Day of the Year. Mom was dozing when I got there, but she woke up when I settled in, and seemed to like it all. {Smile}

   I did over 20 minutes of salsa dancing tonight, including both warmup and less structured dancing. {Smile}

   I hopped into City of Heroes: Homecoming after lunch, looked around, and saw my RWBY friend, but they didn't respond when I tried to talk to them. So, I joined a fairly high-level task force that helped me work on the badges I worked on last night - it was the same task force. Then I tried to talk to folks again, and even tried talking to my RWBY friend on Facebook messenger. I ended up doing the paperwork the task force had made. Then I looked around, and joined the later long, large-group event. After it had started, my RWBY friend came in and said hi. I encouraged him to join us, which he did, since we still had a fair bit to do. We talked afterwards until it was time to read to Mom, since it was close to that time. {Smile}

   After dinner, I hopped back into City of Heroes: Homecoming. I tried talking to a few friends, but they were unresponsive. So, I ended up doing the paperwork from the later long, large group event. Then I tried talking with folks again, and did begin talking with Azurette in the game, and Nox on the chat server. I joined Azurette, who'd joined a group that was doing a whole bunch of one-off missions. I talked with Shen Dragon in the game for a bit, too. When the one-off missions ended, half the group stayed for the fairly high-level task force. I ran it with them again, and it finished just a little before I needed to start my exercises. The others went on to do something else, but I started salsa dancing instead. {Smile}

Daily Update, April 17, 2023

    My hearing aids had an appointment today, so I called Uber, and a nice, chatty driver took me to take them in. I'm happy to say the audiologist put two new ear bud casings on, both in the old style I've used for years that have never gotten stuck, never gotten clogged with wax, and never collected old, dead skin, all of which the last pair of earbuds did. 

   Next, another call to Uber brought a different driver to take me to Longs Drugs. (Yes, Hawai'i still has Longs Drugs. When the company was bought out, that name was well enough known and liked in Hawai'i, and the new parent company was pretty much unknown, so they didn't change the name like they did elsewhere.) Finding the medicine took me longer than i expected, but not nearly as long as waiting in line did. {Smile}

   I called uber again and had them take me to the veterinarian's office... to discover they were 20 minutes into their one-hour lunch break. I was not inclined to wait 40 minutes, and the Uber driver said he wouldn't either. He let me get back in the car and call Uber. They connected us again, which they aren't quite guaranteed to do - you cannot request a particular driver with Uber or Lyft - but since I was sitting in his car when i requested another ride, he thought it should select him, and it did. He took me home, with another nice talk on the way. {Smile}

   I had a nice phone call from our former nurse after dinner, too. I do enjoy talking with him. {Smile}

   Our relief nurse came in today, and will be here tomorrow, and leave on Wednesday. She usually works Thursday/Friday/Saturday, but she has personal business late this week that keeps her away. {Smile}

   I ate lunch and dinner with Mom and read to her before dinner. I started with scripture and thoughts about it and continued with a long Christmas letter from a friend. After that, I read the next few pages of _Music stars 1940-1960 Memory Lane_. After that, I read the ninth story from _100 Uplifting Short Stories for Seniors_. Mom seemed tired, so I went straight to the April 17th story from 366 Stories for Bedtime: A Tale for Every Day of the Year. Mom seemed to like it all. {Smile}

   I did over 25 minutes of salsa dancing, including 8 1/2 minutes of warmup and over 25 minutes of less structured dancing. No, it wasn't the 30 minutes i hope to do, but the second piece in the middle was the extra fast one. I didn't really expect to have energy for even 5 more minutes, yet I did! So help me, I'm a little proud of this. {SMILE}

   After lunch and cleaning up, I hopped into City of Heroes: Homecoming. I found Div winding down. We had a nice chat, but he was done play8ing for the day. My RWBY friend came in, and we had a nice chat too. After Div left, my RWBY friend and I decided to read another two chapters of The Cursed Princess Club. That was a nice video phone call. Their cat even got involved. I got a very good view of his sides, head, and most especially the tail. The tail got waved at the camera for an extra special view. Amazingly enough, Val did not come to contribute. When we and the cat were done, we stayed on the line so we could talk while we played. That went pretty well, too, as we got a mission and two "talk" missions done before it was time to read to Mom. {Smile}

   After dinner and the phone call with our former nurse, I hopped back into City of heroes: Homecoming, and worked on a little paperwork. Then I joined the pair of particularly high-level task forces on my third best badger. She didn't get the one badge she still needs this time, either, but if I keep trying, some day she should. Then I tried to join a not quite a high-level task force, but the leader didn't accept me because others met his requirements first. However, that task force broke up, and some gathered for another of the same taskforce. i got into that one easily. I was hoping it would help me with a couple of badges, and it did help, though I will have to run it at least once more. After that, I chatted with Nox and Kitten on the chat server, and I did a little paperwork, especially after Nox left for bed and Kitten quieted down. {Smile}

Daily Update, April 16, 2023

    Today, I got up ever so slightly earlier, and did the morning routine without the hiccups that will happen some days and took Uber down to church a bit earlier than usual - so early, I got settled in before the service. Auntie Barbara and Michelle weren't in evidence, but Auntie Barbara came over when she saw me, to tell me she'd be busy with the children running their nursery-and-Sunday-school. She is one of two or three older ladies who are bound and determined to get the nursery up and running before our priest gives birth, because we will need it when they babies are born. She was also not staying for lunch after church because her daughter in law was expected later today, and she wanted more time to get ready. I think her son is coming tomorrow. i think she'll be very busy visiting with them this week. {Smile}

   The service was morning prayer because our priest is on a trip to attend her brother's wedding and visit with family. I guess the supply priest fell through, but they promise to have one next week. I sat with other folks to chat, since Auntie Barbara left early. One lady, I guess realizing everyone else had either left or was staying for the vestry meeting, offered to take me home when she realized it wasn't too far away. We had a nice talk all the way home. {Smile}

   I ate dinner with Mom and read to her before that. I started with scripture and thoughts about it, and continued with two cards from Helping Hands Healthcare, the nursing company we use, and a card from a cousin's granddaughter. After that, I read the next few pages of _Music stars 1940-1960 Memory Lane_. After that, I read the seventh and eighth stories from _100 Uplifting Short Stories for Seniors_.  I forgot the April 15th story from 366 Stories for Bedtime: A Tale for Every Day of the Year, so I went back to read it after writing this up. Mom seemed to like it all, especially the picture book. She seems to love looking at the pictures. {Smile}

   I did over 20 minutes of salsa dancing, with both warmup and less structured dance. {Smile}

   After I came home, I wrote up and shared yesterday's daily update, then read some comics before hopping into City of Heroes: Homecoming. There, I found Kitten upset because they'd missed something they had tried hard to catch. I tried to comfort them, but there was only so much I could say. I also found Div, and we started teaming up, and got Kitten to join us. Then my RWBY friend joined us, too. My RWBY friend left after a while, and Div left a bit later. Kitten and I stayed together until it was time to read to Mom. {Smile}

   After dinner, I found Kitten, and we teamed up. We tried the next low-level story arc, but it turned out to be solo, so we ran the one after that instead. That was longer than I expected, but it actually worked out nicely. it turned out we were right at the end when Phonso invited us to run a task force with him. I also chatted with Nox on the chat server a bit before they went to bed. The task force ended at a nice time to let me wind down a bit before starting my salsa dancing. {Smile}

Daily Update, April 15, 2023

    After breakfast, I took Uber over to Hale Anuenue to visit our dear family friend and Anita. I chatted with the driver, who was happy to get away from downtown, where the Merrie Monarch Hula Festival made it hard to get around. {Smile}

   At Hale Anuenue, I first went to visit with our dear family friend. I gave her Dewey, a book about a library cat that I had two copies of. I thought of it immediately when she said she liked stories without too much excitement. Anita came in while we were visiting, and I gave Anita a Guideposts Daily devotional book that's a couple of years old. She'd asked specifically about Guideposts, so when I found it, I knew she had to have it. Shew as happy with it and stayed to visit a while before going back to her room. I stayed to visit with our dear family friend a bit more, chatting about a variety of things, then went on to visit with Anita a bit. She said she'd already read today's and yesterday's entries in the Guideposts. We chatted a bit too, before I left.  {Smile}

   I called Uber, and went home with same driver. I tried sitting at one of their tables to wait, while I did some stuff on my phone, and realized he was waiting for me. I think I'd rather wait more actively. {Smile}

   Our former nurse called during dinner but hung up before I could answer. I meant to call him after dinner but remembered far too late. {smile}

   I ate breakfast and dinner with Mom and read to her before dinner. First, I read scripture and thoughts about it, and next I read four cards from family, church, and the last was my Easter card from this year. After that, I read the first several pages of _Music stars 1940-1960 Memory Lane_. After that, I read the fifth and sixth stories from _100 Uplifting Short Stories for Seniors_.  I finished up by reading the April 15th story from 366 Stories for Bedtime: A Tale for Every Day of the Year. Mom seemed to like it all, especially the picture book. She seems to love looking at the pictures. {Smile}

   I did more than 20 minutes of salsa dancing, both warmup and less structured dancing. {Smile}

   I hopped into City of heroes: Homecoming about mid-afternoon, since I wanted to clean up after lunch. There, I chatted with Div, who had stopped playing for the day, and was winding down. I also started chatting with Kitten, who wanted to visit a friend's base, since they were holding an open house as a grand opening, hoping to make it a public base for people to use, especially role-players. I got Div to join us for a look around, since they do enjoy looking at other folks' bases, as well as building their own. Div left after a while, but Kitten and I kept exploring the base. After a while, some player-versus-player (PVP) stuff started happening in that base. I think being able to do that in bases is new. They asked that folks keep it to an arena they have in the middle. I mostly watched, and tried to help my friends - Jag and Kitten were both fully involved in the PVP. When I left to read to Mom, Kitten insisted we should do something else after dinner. I was happy to agree. {Smile}

   After dinner, I found Kitten teaming with some friends from the base. I joined their team, and we did a few missions together. Then they left, and Kitten and I did a lower-level story arc which contributes to a couple of badges we want. I said goodnight to Nox again, as the went to bed before I got around to starting a conversation. Our RWBY friend came in while Kitten and I were in the middle of that story arc. I hoped we were close to the end, but it turned out we had three more missions. We eventually finished, and my RWBY friend was still there, so we teamed up, chatted a bit, and then squeezed in one mission together before I started my dancing. {Smile}

Daily Update, April 14, 2022

    I called the vet, and mentioned Val isn't eating his medicine well, but they don't have a good alternative, so we're continuing the same treatment. {resigned smile}

   The housekeeper came today, and the house is better for her attentions. Val didn't like her messing up his living room, but we laugh about how he never does. I'm glad our housekeeper understands about pets having their own opinions about things like that. {Smile}

   It was too late to call our former nurse when I remembered a while after dinner, but we had a little text conversation this morning, which was nice. {Smile}

   I ate breakfast, lunch, and dinner with Mom and read to her before dinner. Or I tried to. She said she didn't want me to read at first, or sing to her either, so I started with a few pages from _Movie Stars Memory Lane_, which she liked. Then I read scripture and thoughts about it, which she also liked. Next, I read the Easter card I gave her, and a birthday card from church, but she wasn't so sure she felt like hearing them. She wasn't interested in more reading, so I went back to _Movie Stars Memory Lane_ and read the last few pages. I finished up by reading the April 14th story from 366 Stories for Bedtime: A Tale for Every Day of the Year, emphasizing the color picture that went with it, since she seemed most interested in pictures today. Mom seemed to like the pictures the best. {Smile}

   I did over 20 minutes of my salsa dancing, both warmup and less structured dancing. I was surprised how tired I was after the second set. {Smile}

   I meant to visit the parishioners in the nursing home, but somehow, I read enough articles and comics, I didn't finish yesterday's daily update until it was almost lunch time, so I think I'll try tomorrow. I don't have physical therapy again until next Wednesday, because my therapist is out this week. {smile}

   After lunch, I hopped into City of Heroes: Homecoming. Kitten was waiting for a high-level trial to start, and Div had a mission that helps with a badge that actually helps improve the character, so I teamed up with Div. We ran that mission, and a couple more missions after that. Then Kitten joined us, and I think we teamed for one more mission before Div left. We might have run some more after that, then my RWBY came, and we got him to join us for some more missions, taking us to time to read to Mom for me. {Smile}

   After dinner, I read some articles, and got back into City of Heroes: Homecoming. I teamed up with Kitten, who wanted to work on badges, but Phonso invited us to a task force, and I really wanted to do that, so we did. Then Phonso suggested a second task force, which we also did. I said goodnight to Nox after they left for another early night; I wonder if they have another early morning, though that seems less likely on a weekend. Anyway, Phonso left after the second task force, and my RWBY friend came on. We started chatting, and ended up watching a video together before I started my dancing. Kitten picked a My Little Pony video, since they love that series, and it's near their birthday. Then Soothing Darkness joined us, and my RWBY friend led them on a mission while I started my dancing. Then he left, and Kitten, Soothing Darkness, and I have been talking about eh skiing mini-game in City of heroes while Soothing Darkness and Kitten try to improve their record times. I've also been writing this. {Smile}

Daily Update, April 13, 2023

    Today, instead of our usual Zoom appointment, my counselor and I had our appointment over HMSA's Online Care. HMSA is my health insurance, and free is a good bit better copay than what I was paying for the Zoom appointments. We had a good session too. I told how I'm calming down about my future, and we talked about writing possibilities, too. {Smile}

   I also had a nice phone call with our former nurse after dinner. He wants me to call him tomorrow, too. I'm looking forward to that. {Smile}

   I ate lunch and dinner with Mom and read to her before dinner. First, I read scripture and thoughts about it, and next I read the last of her niece's long family Christmas letter from 2022. After that, I read the first several pages of _Movie Stars Memory Lane_. After that, I read the third and fourth stories from _100 Uplifting Short Stories for Seniors_.  I finished up by reading the April 13th story from 366 Stories for Bedtime: A Tale for Every Day of the Year. Mom seemed to like it all, especially the picture book She was looking at all the pictures while I read that, so I read a bit more than I planned to at first. {Smile}

   I did over 20 minutes of salsa dancing tonight, with both warmup and less structured dancing. {Smile}

   After lunch, I read comics, catching up on some I've recently had trouble accessing. I figured out that a different browser used a different search engine that wasn't having trouble. Ot was a relief to figure that out. I've been having trouble for a couple of weeks. {Smile}

   After that, I hopped into city of Heroes. I quickly found my RWBY friend, and we started talking. We teamed up, and did one mission before hiding our characters so people wouldn't be disappointed we were unresponsive and started a video call. We read two chapters, with him doing the first, me doing the first part of the second, and him doing the rest of the second, because the second was a lot longer than the first. After that, we teamed up for two more missions while chatting. That took us to time for me to break to read to Mom. {Smile}

   After dinner and the phone call, I hopped back into City of Heroes: Homecoming, and looked around. Not much seemed to be going on, and folks weren't on much, either, so I decided to play solo to get a badge on my second-best badge collector. Once I did that, I looked around for something that would give my best badge collector a missing badge but didn't find it. The I saw a pair of high-level task forces advertised and tried to join. They didn't get many interested, and switched to another, longer task force. I also finally remembered to turn off the hiding. I warned the leader that I didn't have as much time for as i thought, so I needed to start soon. So, we did, even though we had half as many as a team can hold. It went well, though. I also chatted with Nox on the chat server until they went to bed. I also read comics and did a bit of research as well as writing some but not quite all of this up before my own bedtime. {Smile}

Daily Update, April 12, 2023

    Today, my hearing aid's earbud got stuck in my left ear before breakfast. I asked our nurse for help, but he couldn't even see it, so he couldn't take it out, but I could feel it. So I called my audiologist, but he was in Kona across the island today. The secretary suggested urgent care or the hospital emergency room, but it was on the edge of pain, so I didn't care to wait.

   So, after dinner, I went down to urgent care. I think I spent about an hour waiting in line to check in. Then I checked in and waited to be called. When they finally called me, the nurses didn't wait for the doctor, but got a large syringe, and a cup shaped to fit snugly against my head, and squirted syringe after syringe of warm water in my ear. It did push it further out, until it got far enough out, they could take it out with tweezers. The doctor came in and looked, but they'd taken care of it by then. I have the bud, but it's not going back in my ear. I'll just wear my hearing aid without it. I have an appointment with the audiologist for Monday; he can fix it then. {Smile}

   Around lunch, I tried to get my Account with HMSA's online care sorted out, so my counselor and i can use it tomorrow instead of Zoom. I ended up calling HMSA's Online Care's Customer Service line - yes, they have a dedicated number for that, and they helped me get it set up. {Smile]

   I ate dinner with Mom and read to her before that. I started with scripture and thoughts about it, and then read more of her niece's long family Christmas letter from 2022. Next, I read the last few pages of _1950's Fashion in Pictures_. Then I held up the two other picture books I gave her for Easter. She looked at _Movie Stars Memory Lane_, so I read the blurb from that book, and plan to start it tomorrow. After that, I read the introduction and the second story from _100 Uplifting Short Stories for Seniors_.  I finished up by reading the April 12th story from 366 Stories for Bedtime: A Tale for Every Day of the Year. Mom seemed to like it all, especially the picture books. {Smile}

   I did 8 1/2 minutes of salsa dancing warmup, but in addition to getting started late, I was tired when it was time to do more if I was going to. I think it was just too big a day, with all the stuff earlier. {resigned smile}

   Around and after lunch I read some comics, too. Then I hopped into City of Heroes: Homecoming. Div was just leaving but agreed to run one mission with me. He stuck to one when it was short. Then I worked a bit on some badges my two best badge collectors needed. That stopped when my RWBY friend came in. We teamed up and ran a few missions together until I had to read to Mom. {Smile}

   After dinner, I read some more comics, and hopped back into City of Heroes. At first, I just worked on badges on my second-best badger, mostly by myself, but then I started talking with Azurette. Seh showed me some things she was trying out in a test base she has. Then I spotted Phonso, and he invited us to do a Strike Force (a villainous task force). Azurette was game so we joined. It was slow getting going, so I invited the four friends who were on my list as solo. Two refused, and one didn't respond, but they fourth joined us. Recruiting picked up as it filled, and we ran the strike force. I also talked with Nox on the chat server until they left for bed. The strike force got out even later than last night, so I was even later doing my warm-up, but I was also tired, and my balance wasn't as good, either. I looked at articles, but mainly worked on this after the dancing, so it looks like I might actually get it done in time. {Smile}