Wednesday, February 5, 2025
Daily Update, February 4, 2025
Tuesday, February 4, 2025
Daily Update, February 3, 2024
On Monday, I stayed home to be here when my tech friend came. She came at lunch time, just like arranged. She found the speakers had probably been turned off at an extra off button, and the monitor had been plugged into the wrong plug of the right shape. Easy mistakes to make if you aren't trained in fixing computers. {Smile}
That afternoon, I saw Kitten on the chat server telling Pierogies, Dennis and I about a secret room in City of Heroes: Homecoming. Pierogies replied that it wasn't there. Kitten said they weren't able to check right there. So, I went into City of Heroes: Homecoming to check. I found it behind a wall... well, three walls in the new part of a base that had been expanded a while back. I could look at it from three sides, but the only doors I could find were decorations that didn't lead anywhere. So, I went around the three walls again and spotted a tall stack of boxes nearby. I got on top of the boxes and found a gap and a hallway below. the gap looked too tight, except a well-known, once hidden room has an entry about as close to a similar wall behind similar boxes. So, I tried to fall into the gap and succeeded without trouble. Then I could enter the hallway. Around a corner and down at the end I found a door, Through the door was the lineup of high-level enemies Kitten had shared. I got too close trying to check one, and they sent me to the hospital. {Smile}
I went back to the chat server to tell my friends it was there after all. Pierogies quickly came into the game and got me to show him the room. He got two tough characters, and I switched to the healer who is my best badge collector in case taking down the unusual fellow gave a badge. We took the enemies on, and got them down, but no badge for it. Dennis came in not long after we'd gotten rid of them and complained about missing them. We went out. I waited a little and went back. The enemies were there I called the others back so Dennis could see them. Since we were all there, Dennis, Pierogies' two characters and I took them down. {Smile}
I did some abdominal tucking and pelvic floor tucking through the day. Then I did my head exercises after playing City of Heroes: Homecoming much of the evening. After a break, I did my arm swinging exercises, and one of my less structured pieces. Then, after a break, I did my arm swinging exercises, and one piece of less structured salsa dancing. Next. I did my arm resistance exercises, and most of one more less structured salsa dancing piece. An alarm interrupted it a little over 5 minutes in, with over half a minute to go. It was extra fast, so I was panting enough, I didn't want to start up again after turning off the alarm. Still, with two false starts in there, I think I did just over 15 1/4 minutes. {Smile}
After breakfast, I browsed the web, read comics, and played Cross Stitch World until my tech friend came to look at my computer. After she left, I played a little more Cross Stitch World until lunch. After lunch I played more Cross Stitch World, then checked the chat server. I found Kitten telling us about the secret room. I already described exploring that. After exploring the hidden room, Pierogies left, and Dennis and I teamed up. We did a high-level mission or two of mine before dinner. {Smile}
After dinner. I hopped into City of Heroes Homecoming and started on paperwork. Then I wrote up Sunday's daily update. Next, I chatted with Nox on the chat server while reading comics and playing Cross Stitch World. Then I went back to City of Heroes: Homecoming to do a little more paperwork. Then Phonso invited me to a taskforce. I joined, and we ran it. Then we ran a trial. After that, I did more paperwork. I also started making notes and writing in this. Then I started exercising and dancing. I watched two videos in the break before more exercise and dancing. Then I finished the evening with writing and making notes in the rest of this. {Smile}
Monday, February 3, 2025
Daily Update, February 2, 2025
On Sunday, my main nurse took me to church. We got there during the entrance hymn. It was a nice service. I wish I hadn't been a little late, but I'll just have to work harder at this. {smile}
I had lunch on the lanai with my main nurse and a friend. I paid organist for Mom's funeral and made sure that was the only extra pay needed. Then my main nurse took me home to find my housekeeper there already. My house is better for her attentions. {Smile}
Then my computer broke tin the afternoon. It wasn't making noise when I got home, even when I played a video that didn't look like it ought to be silent. When my housekeeper noticed, she started plugging and unplugging stuff. Bending over is enough easier for her, she's better than I am at plugging and unplugging. It usually helps, but this time the video lost touch with the computer, too. My housekeeper apologized, but she really didn't do anything that should have caused this problem if it wasn't looking for an excuse to happen. More plugging and unplugging didn't fix it, so I called the tech who fixed it last time. Her answering machine started only for her to interrupt it. I actually got her on the first try! She started asking what my housekeeper had done. I dashed outside, phone in hand, and found my housekeeper hadn't left yet. So, I handed her my phone so she could answer the questions about what she'd done or could do. They worked out it that the next step involves opening the computer, which my housekeeper is no more comfortable doing than I would be. It really needed the tech, so I made an appointment for her to come by the next day, which seemed her earliest convenience. {Smile}
After the call, I set up the gaming laptop I got the last time the computer broke. I spent half the afternoon getting it into shape for me to use. {smile}
I did some abdominal tucking and pelvic floor tucking a few times through the day. Then I did one standing exercise, my arm swinging exercises, my arm resistance exercises, and my head exercises.
After I got home, I browsed the web, especially webcomics. I also chatted with friends on the chat server and played Cross Stitch World. Then I started to play City of Heroes: Homecoming I started with paperwork, but soon realized the sound was out, though looking back, a video I checked out while chatting with friends was silent when it shouldn't have been. The housekeeper tried to fix it - if it's a matter of adjusting plugs and such, she normally can. While she was trying to fix the speakers, my monitor stopped getting input from my computer, and nothing she tried would get it back. Then I spent over an hour getting out my laptop and setting it up. I rarely use it when my desktop works because it heats up more than I think is good for a computer used as much as I usually do. When I was done, my nurse helped me clean myself up. Then I set up the cooling pad for the laptop. Next, I talked about computers with Kitten and Pierogies on chat server before finally getting back to City of Heroes: Homecoming. I'd barely begun the paperwork when Pierogies invited me to the later long, large group event. Then Kitten said hi, and joined us too. That event ran right into dinner, but not enough for me to leave before it was done. {Smile}
After dinner, I hopped into City of Heroes: Homecoming and did some paperwork. Then I began writing up Friday's daily update. I checked City of Heroes: Homecoming occasionally but kept working on the update. In City of Heroes: Homecoming, I connected with Kitten, and we started to team with a couple of high-level individual missions. I also finished update and started notes in this. Then I began talking with Nox on the chat server. back in City of Heroes: Homecoming, Kitten spotted a four-person trial with two spots open. We checked that neither had filled, dn we both joined. We ran it and did quite nicely. After the trial, that team broke up. Kitten and I worked on a high-level story arc I'd started. A friend of Kitten's joined us, and the three of us finished the story arc. Then Kitten's friend left. Kitten and I talked about computers on the chat server while I did some paperwork and made more notes in this. After that, I did some exercises. Then I made more notes in this and browsed the web. {Smile}
Sunday, February 2, 2025
Daily Update, February 1. 2025
On Saturday, the nursing company secretary came after lunch. It was nice to see her. We didn't talk much this time, but she did check that I was happy. {Smile}
A while later, my main nurse took me to Prince Kuhio Plaza. We walked to the center, where I heard oriental drumming and gongs. I looked round and found two Chinese Lions dancing in front of GNC and a clothing store next to it, one lion per store.
They danced around, and collected a small red paper hung above each door. Then they went into the stores, dancing around, circling inside. I believe the papers are small red envelopes containing cash, and the dance performed while collecting them is supposed to bring luck by Oriental tradition. At least if my vague memories of a news story from when a Honolulu Lion Dance team placed in an Oriental competition are correct. {Smile}
The music was very loud. I approved of one gal playing gongs while wearing industrial strength ear protectors, like you see on airport runways. I used to do that while playing flute in the high school band, myself. Trust me that if you want ear protectors while playing music, you can hear the music fine with them on. I ended up turning my hearing aids down after I'd admired her for a while. {Smile}
The lions moved on from the first two stores, skipping a store where I couldn't spot a red paper, and teaming up to do one more store that did have a paper. While they were dancing inside the third store, two children with a smaller lion costume began dancing outside the store, apparently waiting for the larger lions to come out again. When both larger lions were outside with the smaller one, they danced over to the central part of the plaza, where they danced a little more in a kind of finale. I loved getting to see a lion dance like that. {SMILE}
My nurse and I then went on. walking around more of the Plaza until we reached Enjoy Comics, the comic store I like. They were having a Chinese New Year sale. I browsed a long time, finally picking out two books, both on sale. I chatted with the owner, mentioning I'd learned that a distant cousin frequents his store, too. {Smile}
Then my main nurse and I walked back to the car. He did a couple errands on the way home, encouraging me to wait in the car, where I read comics and napped. {Smile}
My main exercise was walking part way around Prince Kuhio Plaza. I also did some abdominal tucking and pelvic floor tucking. {Smile}
After breakfast, I browsed the web and played Cross Stitch World right through the morning and over lunch. Then the nursing company's secretary came to visit. After she left, I played a little more Cross Stitch World before we went to Prince Kuhio Plaza. I read web comics on my computer when I got back from Prince Kuhio Plaza. Then I hopped into City of Heroes: Homecoming and started on paperwork. I found Kitten, and we teamed up. We did some missions together. Pierogies joined us partway through. Pierogies and I said goodnight when I left for dinner. {Smile}
After dinner, I went into City of Heroes: Homecoming. I did some paperwork, then broke to write up Friday's daily update. Then I went back to City of Heroes: Homecoming, where I did more paperwork before I found Kitten. We teamed up and started doing my missions. Dr. Faustus joined us. After a mission or two of mine together, Dr. Faustus spotted a strike force being advertised. We joined it and discovered we had too much for one team. We made two smaller, not full teams, and did the same strike force at the same time. My team ended first, despite starting slightly later. Then both teams split up. Dr. Faustus, Kitten, and I got back together to run more of my missions. Dragons joined us, then asked if their friend could, too, which I was happy to facilitate. after a couple more missions, TheCyberChill asked for help just as we started a mission. We joined up after we finished my mission, and TheCyberChill finished a mission they'd started in the meantime. WE did a few of TheCyberChill's missions. Then Dr. Faustus left. After another mission or two, Dragons and their friend left. Then Kitten went quiet and faded out, and after that, the team broke up. So, I did some paperwork, and made notes and wrote in this, with a break to read a comic. {Smile}
Saturday, February 1, 2025
Daily Update, January 31, 2025
On Friday, my main nurse took me to physical therapy before lunch. He did some shopping while I was there. I had a good session. They had a new tape formation on the floor. When I asked, my therapist said it was for balance and had me try it. It was kind of fun but tricky with my eyes closed. I'm glad I was in the harness when I did it. That harness always catches me if I get off-balance. Then we did errands on the way home. {Smile}
I got a call from my nutritionist in afternoon. She wanted to reschedule my next appointment because she'd be busy then. So, we delayed it a week. {Smile}
Then I got a call from Auntie Barbara after dinner. We had a nice chat, talking about how we're both taking things easy after such a big week last week. {Smile}
My physical therapy was quite enough exercise for one day. {Smile}
After I got back from physical therapy, I browsed on the web over lunch, then played some Cross Stitch World. Then I read some comics and started writing Thursday's daily update before hopping into City of Heroes: Homecoming. I looked for the meeting of the villain supergroup Dr. Faustus got me into. It's usually on Friday afternoon for me, but I didn't find it. So, I started making notes in this. Then came the call from nutritionist, followed by more paperwork in City of Heroes: Homecoming. Near the end of the paperwork, Dr. Faustus said hi. He added that the villain supergroup meeting was starting soon. I went to the meeting and was one of four attending. We started with a four-man trial. Then we did most of a villain story arc with a particularly good reward at the end. I also began chatting with Pierogies. the villain supergroup meeting broke up just before we got the reward because one member was plain too tired to continue, and we didn't want to cut him out. So, I got together with Pierogies to watch a roleplaying auction until dinner. {Smile}
After dinner, I peeked at City of Heroes: Homecoming before playing a bit of Cross Stitch World. Then came Auntie Barbara's phone call, followed by more Cross Stitch World before I wrote up Friday's daily update. Next, I went back to City of Heroes: Homecoming, where I started with paperwork. I also talked with Ulty and Jenny's player. then I talked with Kitten, who was busy helping a sick friend by running a farm to level a new character while they slept. So, I played by myself while I waited for the farm to finish. I also chatted with someone who noticed my character's supergroup's name almost matched their player's name. When Kitten was done with the farm, we got together. Then Dennis said hi, and joined us. Dennis suggested some missions in a high-level zone. We stated one. Then I checked with the fellow I'd been chatting with and invited him to join us. He did. and we ran a few missions together before the new fellow left. He and I established connections before he left. Then Dennis left after a couple more missions. After that, Kitten and I did two or three more missions. The last mission, Kitten went quiet in. I suspect they fell asleep again. I finished anyway, then did some paperwork, and finished making notes in this. {Smile}
Friday, January 31, 2025
Daily Update, January 30, 2025
On Thursday, breakfast was mostly done when my video counselling began. That session went well, though I'm not sure our priorities completely line up, the plan at the end is workable. {Smile}
In the afternoon, I went out to the library. I returned some books, renewed a few, and borrowed one new one. Then we went to Safeway to get a prescription and a couple of things. {Smile}
On the way home, I got a call from the leader of the monthly meeting. She wanted to check on how I was doing, since my circumstances have changed so much in the past couple of months. {Smile}
After getting home, I called the nursing company to let them know I want to continue with our current arrangement for now. I know I'll have to cut back on the hours eventually, but more support is helpful while I adjust to not having Mom around. {Smile}
I did some abdominal tucking and pelvic floor tucking earlier in the day, but my exercise really got going when I did my salsa dancing warmup after playing City of Heroes: Homecoming for much of the evening. after a break, I did that standing exercise I mean to add to the others eventually. Then I did two less structured salsa dancing pieces, for a little over 21 1/2 minutes of salsa dancing.
After counselling, I played Cross Stitch World. Then I finished writing up Tuesday's daily update right over lunch. After that, I started notes in this. Then I played a little more Cross Stitch World until we took our trip out. The phone calls were at the end and after the trip out. After the second phone call, I browsed on the web and played Cross Stitch World before I started writing Wednesday's daily update. Then I went into City of Heroes: Homecoming and started with paperwork. I chatted with Pierogies when he came on, but he didn't feel up to teaming. I also chatted more briefly with Dr. Faustus. then I browsed the web, made more notes in this, and wrote more of Wednesday's daily update before breaking for dinner. {Smile}
After dinner, I finished Wednesday's daily update. Then I read comics and began chatting with Nox on the chat world. Then I hopped into City of Heroes: Homecoming again. I started with paperwork while I chatted on the chat server. Then Dr. Faustus said hi in City of Heroes: Homecoming, and we teamed up. We worked out which of his characters was the best match for my character of choice. Then we did several missions, most shared, so we both got full credits and rewards. Dennis joined us, and we did more missions, first shared, then mine only. Then we said goodnight. I did some paperwork and made more notes in this before I started dancing. I did some writing in this and played Cross Stitch World before I did some exercise and more dancing. Then I watched part of a video before writing and making notes in this and playing a bit of Cross Stitch World to wind down before bed. {Smile}
Thursday, January 30, 2025
Daily Update, Janaury 29, 2025
On Wednesday, I had another quiet day. My main nurse was back. He helped me clean myself up in the afternoon. {Smile}
I did pelvic floor and abdominal tucking exercises occasionally through the day. then, after City of Heroes: Homecoming for much of the evening, I did one of my leg exercises, followed by my salsa dancing warmup set. After a break, I did my salsa dancing less structured set for 20 1/2 minutes of salsa dancing, with the last piece being faster than most for me. {Smile}
After breakfast, I browsed on the web, read comics, and played Cross Stitch World right into lunch. After lunch, I read more comics and played more Cross Stitch World until I got cleaned up. Then I hopped into City of Heroes: Homecoming, where I started with paperwork. Then I played by myself, since the friends I particularly like to play with weren't around for the most part. That stopped when I could join the later short, large-group event. Then I finished writing up Monday's daily update before joining the later long, large-group event. That took me up to dinner. {Smile}
After dinner, I went back to City of Heroes: Homecoming and did some paperwork. Then I played some Cross Stitch World and checked with friends on Discord before going back to City of Heroes: Homecoming, where I played by myself until Dennis said hi. We chatted, then teamed up on mid-level characters. We played a couple of my missions and one or two of his. Then Dr. Faustus said hi. He was on a villain team doing missions. I grabbed a middle-level villain, and Dennis grabbed a villain too. We both joined the team Dr. Faustus was in and ran several missions with them. The team broke up when I said I'd need to leave to exercise and dance. Everyone else remembered other stuff they had to do, too. I did a little paperwork, then a bit of exercise before starting to dance. Then I made notes in this, with breaks to play Cross Stitch World and browse on Amazon before I danced some more. After that, I watched a video. then I finished my notes in this and started writing Tuesday's daily update. I didn't finish that update before bed again, but I had enough notes to finish later. {Smile}
Daily Update, January 28, 2025
On Tuesday, I did a quick errand with the relief nurse after breakfast. {Smile}
After the errand, I checked my voicemail, and found a note from Dodo Mortuary, which Mom and Dad both made their arrangements with. I called them back and got a short update from the fellow who is handling Mom's arrangements. This included arrangements for them to resend a bill he mentioned, so I don't have to hunt for it. {Smile}
I tried calling my financial advisers right after that, but I didn't get through until I tried again after lunch. I had a very reassuring talk with my main financial adviser about reasonable arrangements for enhanced nursing support while I set up a new life for myself. {Smile}
Then in the afternoon, the nursing company owner, who's also the relief nurse's sister, came over for a sleep over. We talked a bit, and I realized that headaches I've had for three days in a row are probably due to using the lumbar pillow the nursing company gave me for Christmas upside-down, and a new tea I was trying. I compared it to other teas, and discovered only it had licorice. I mentioned this as a suspect ingredient to Pierogies when we were playing together. He wondered about that one, so I looked it up. I discovered, that yes, licorice is known to cause headaches and potassium depletion, both of which I had trouble with recently. So, I gave the rest of that box of tea to the nursing company owner, who doesn't know of having any problem with licorice. {Smile}
Over dinner, I watched the first hour of a recent Dungeons and Dragons movie with my relief nurse, which prompted a discussion about possibly playing Dungeons and Dragons with the nursing company owner and my relief nurse. They're both interested in learning, but not where they'd be slowing down experienced players.
I did my pelvic floor and abdominal tucking in exercises through the day. Then I did my salsa dancing warmup set late in the evening, followed by a new standing exercise. However, when I tried to start a less structured salsa dancing set, I couldn't do it. I'm not sure if I slow or dizzy, but I stumbled from something like that, so I stopped. So, I did almost nine minutes of salsa dancing with the false start for the second set added in. After that I did my arm resistance exercises. After a break, I did my head exercises, too. {Smile}
After my call with Dodo Mortuary, I tried to call my financial advisers but got their answering machine. Then I browsed the web and played Cross Stitch World right over lunch. After that, I called my financial advisers again and got through this time. Next. I played some more Cross Stitch World before switching to City of Heroes: Homecoming, where I started with paperwork. Then Pierogies and I teamed up and did some missions together. Kitten joined us, playing with us. Then Pierogies left, and Kitten admitted to being too tired to continue. So they left, and I did some paperwork before I left for dinner myself. {Smile}
During and after dinner I watched the first hour of a recent Dungeons and Dragons film. Then I talked with my relief nurse and then nursing company owner about Dungeons and Dragons. when we were done, I went back to my computer and hopped into City of Heroes: Homecoming. No one I regularly team with was really on, so I played by myself on the character who teamed with Pierogies and Kitten earlier until the character finally got what I've been hoping for since the day before. So, I switched to paperwork, since getting that had produced some. After that, I browsed on the web and read comics. I also started talking with Nox on the chat server and wrote part of Monday's update. Then I started making notes in this update. I also played Cross Stitch World before I started dancing. I read comics in what I thought awa s a break before I tried more dancing. Unfortunately, that was the dancing that didn't work out, so I tried to exercise a bit before making more notes in this. I didn't finish Monday's update before bed. {smile}
Wednesday, January 29, 2025
Daily Update, January 27, 2025
On Monday, I stayed home and took things easy. I even took a nap before lunch, despite sleeping almost as long as I normally like to the night before. I think I'm worn-out from last week. I loved having relatives to visit with most days, and the funeral went quite nicely. My birthday celebration was wonderful, too, and the annual meeting on Sunday went well, which was up against the busy week. Still, all of that took enough energy for me to need to rest up, and Monday was when I started to do just that. {Smile}
I did a bit of abdominal and pelvic tucking in exercises through the day. Then I did my salsa dancing warmup a while after I stopped playing on City of Heroes: Homecoming. After a break, I did my head exercises, followed by one salsa dancing less structured piece. Then I checked a couple of leg exercises. I think I should add one more when I get back to them. Then I did one more less structured salsa dancing piece for a total of over twenty-one and a half minutes of salsa dancing, including two brief false starts with restarts. {Smile}
After breakfast, I browsed on the internet, including watching videos on YouTube until my nap. Next, I had lunch. Then I played Cross Stitch World and browsed on the web some more. Then I got into City of Heroes: Homecoming later than I'd like. I joined Kitten and Pierogies in a farm, where I chatted with them. I chatted a bit with Jenny's Player, too, since the game doesn't make you be with folks to chat with them. {Smile}
After dinner, I went back into City of Heroes: Homecoming, where I found Kitten still farming, with a different friend of theirs. I joined them. I also began chatting with Nox on the chat server. Then Kitten cleared the farm with the other friend and me helping. After that, the team broke up. Kitten was too tired to do more at that point, so they left, and I did paperwork. Then I played by myself and began making notes in this. Next, I read comics and played Cross Stitch World before dancing. In my break, I read comics. Then I did some exercises and more dancing After that, I watched some videos and browsed the web before I finished making notes in this. {Smile}
Monday, January 27, 2025
Daily Update, January 26, 2025
On Sunday, my main nurse took me to church. WE got there barely in time for communion because they started at 9 am instead of 10 am so we'd have more people at the annual meeting afterwards. We voted on vestry and delegates to the diocesan convention and heard financial reports. then they had folks talk about nice things in one or another program they're in. Then I sang a song to thank priest for finding a substitute when she got sick. After that, my nurse took me home. {Smile}
A while after playing on City of Heroes: Homecoming and web browsing much of the evening, I did my arm resistance exercises and my head exercises. After a break, I did my arm swinging exercises. I also did some pelvic and abdominal tucking through the day. I wish I'd done more, but at least I didn't do less. {Smile}
After I got home, I shared Friday's daily update. Then I played some Cross Stitch World and read some comics. After that, I hopped into City of Heroes: Homecoming, where I started with paperwork. I talked with Ulty and Jenny's player, and ran a little character up a level, then finished one contact, and got the rest updated. After that, I napped until dinner, because I've been burning the candle at both ends for about a week. {worn smile}
After dinner, I played Cross Stitch World and began writing Saturday's daily update before I hopped into City of Heroes: Homecoming, where I found Pierogies and Dennis. The three of us got together and tried a farm Kitten had made. One enemy was particularly tough for us but still rewarding. Then Pierogies got tired, so he said goodnight and left. After that, Dennis wanted to do low-to-mid level villains. I didn't have one that close but grabbed a low-level character. We ran a couple of his missions, and a couple of my missions. Then we said goodnight. I did some paperwork, then said goodnight to Nox, having missed talking with them. Next, I read some comics. After that I exercised before I read more comics. Then I started notes in this. After that I exercised some more before playing more Cross Stitch World and finishing my notes in this. {Smile}