Daily Update, February 21, 2024

On Friday, my main nurse took me to physical therapy. I didn't do quite as much on the exercise machine or with my salsa dancing, but I think I did okay, considering my recent illness. At least as importantly, my therapist didn't seem disappointed. I will have to get back to home exercise soon. {Smile}

Then we did some errands. First, we went to Safeway. Their pharmacy was closed for lunch, so we didn't pick up he medication I needed, but we got other stuff. Then we went to the bank to deposit some things that had accumulated. Last, we went to Dodo Mortuary to check on Mom's death certificate. We actually caught both my contact and the owner in, which made for quite nice service. We got the certificates ordered, and both the certificates and Mom's engraving paid for. After that, we went home to a late lunch. 

My exercise on Friday was physical therapy. That was a pretty good amount of exercise, even if it might be less than usual. {Smile}

Between breakfast and physical therapy, I wrote much of Thursday's daily update. then, after the errands, I read articles and web comics, then finished Thursday's daily update. before going into City of Heroes: Homecoming. I looked for the villain supergroup meeting, but didn't see a sign, so I did some paperwork. Then I talked with Nox on the chat world and played Cross Stitch World while I waited for the meeting. Just when I starting to give up on the meeting, my friend in the supergroup arrived. I joined him, and others joined us soon. My friend suggested two alternatives for what to do together that day: they could help my character with some content like we'd tentatively planned earlier, or we could some content only available for a limited time. I said I was more interested in the limited time content, and that's what we did. We did the new seasonal content to get everyone the easy badges. Then we did some older seasonal content. Those took me close enough to dinner, I just did a bit of paperwork to fill the time. {Smile}

After dinner, I went right back to City of Heroes: Homecoming. I did some paperwork on my second-best badge collector, then finished a project that got her a few more badges. I also talked with Nox on the chat server for a fair while. Then I tried to pick a low-level character to work on but couldn't settle on one. I began talking to Ulty and Jenny's Player, then joined them in a farm where we chatted, and I helped Jenny's farmer. Two friends of theirs joined us near the end. Then everyone else left. I did the paperwork the farming had produced. then I played Cross Stitch World, talked with Mysty, and made notes in this. {Smile}

Daily Update, February 20, 2025

On Thursday, I had online counselling just after breakfast. It was a particularly productive session. We're getting a better understanding of my anxiety with the help of her questions. {Smile}

Then around lunchtime, my tech friend came over and put the replacement drive into my computer. She also taught me how to use a freestanding hard drive I have, especially the tricky unplugging part at the end of using it, since it's not supposed to be plugged in most of the time. {Smile}

I didn't get to my exercise again. Well, the next day is physical therapy. That will get me back to it. {Smile}

Before counselling I read a couple of articles. After counselling I played Cross Stitch World right into lunch. Then my tech friend came before lunch was quite finished, so I finished lunch quickly while she got started. After she left, I read web comics and wrote some of Wednesday's daily update before I went into City of Heroes: Homecoming. I found Kitten with Pierogies, and recognized the low-level character Pierogies was on. I got the low-level character who'd been working through a favorite set of story arcs with that character. We finished the last story arc in the set with a bit of time to spare before dinner. Pierogies left, ready for a break. I did a little paperwork and said hi to Dennis when spotted him as I was leaving for dinner. Dennis thought he might be on after my dinner. {Smile}

After dinner, I dashed right back to City of Heroes: Homecoming. Since I didn't see Dennis, I started with paperwork. Then I finished writing up Wednesday's daily update. Next, I went back to City of Heroes: Homecoming, where I settled into playing by myself on a low-level character. I broke to get snacks and such and came back to find Kitten and Dennis trying to get me to join them. I joined them for some Valentine's missions, different ones than I have been concentrating on. After a while, Phonso came, asking about the new seasonal missions. He joined us while we finished the mission we'd started, then we switched to the other kind of mission, except Kitten dropped out. Dennis only did one mission before heading to bed, but Phonso and I ran several missions, until both his character and mine had all five badges. Then Phonso left, and I did some paperwork. After that, I went back and forth between making notes in this and playing Cross Stitch World until the notes were done, and Cross Stitch World reached a good stopping point. That's when I went to bed. {Smile}

Daily Update, February 19, 2025

On Wednesday, my blood sugar was high before breakfast. That's often true after illnesses, but I'm disappointed when it was well within target the day before. However, between then I resumed mostly normal eating patterns without resuming normal exercise patterns yet. Not that I've established the new normal for my exercise yet. {Smile}

My main nurse finally sold Mom's hospital bed. someone came and picked it up as I was getting up. It's nice to get the space back, and the cash doesn't hurt either. {Smile}

I got a call from the gal who's fixing my computer. She reminded me to accept the quote she'd sent before I got sick. Then we arranged for her to come over the next day with the stuff for my computer, and finish fixing it. {Smile}

I didn't try to exercise yet. I was still a bit tired. If I don't start the next day, there's always physical therapy on Friday. {Smile}

After breakfast, I mostly read comics and maybe some articles until lunch. I played Cross Stitch World over lunch, then read more comics. I found a comic series I really like with lots of episodes to catch up on. Then I got the call about my computer. After that, I wrote up Tuesday's daily update, then began making notes for this. Next, I cleaned myself up with my main nurse's help. After that, I hopped into City of Heroes: Homecoming. I started with paperwork, then began playing by myself. Eventually, Pierogies came in and joined me. Then Dennis came in and joined us. Pierogies wanted to show us a map where we can explore the scenery beyond the edges, but the nurse called me to dinner too soon. {Smile}

After dinner, I went right back to City of Heroes: Homecoming to find that Pierogies might have been waiting for me to come back. He showed me the map, and we explored outside the edges together until he left for bed. After that, I did some paperwork, then played myself on a low-level character for quite a while. I also talked with Nox on the chat server, and with Ulty in City of Heroes: Homecoming. Eventually, Kitten came in and we teamed up. We did a few missions together. Then I did minimal paperwork before I left the game to make notes in this. I got distracted from making notes by an article and a video or two. I also chatted a little with Kitten on the chat server while working on those notes. When they were done, I left for bed. {Smile}

Daily Update, February 18, 2025

On Tuesday, I got up feeling reasonably human again, though distinctly less ambitious than usual. I called the monthly meeting to let them know that I was recently sick, and that my relief nurse was still sick, so we weren't coming. {Smile}

I didn't feel quite up to any exercise. I figured a day off when getting better wasn't a bad idea. {Smile}

I started the day with my first blood test since I got sick and was happy to get it right in my target range. Then, after breakfast, I read lots of web articles and a few webcomics until lunch, with maybe a little Cross Stitch World over lunch. After that, I wrote up Saturday's and Sunday's daily updates before I went into City of Heroes: Homecoming. I started with paperwork, then checked on the teen heroes' supergroup meeting. It wasn't for a while yet. I said hi to Pierogies, and joined him for the middle long, large-group event. Then I did a bit of badge hunting with him until the teen supergroup meeting. We started with some light roleplaying, visiting both in character and out of character. then we did a mission in character, followed by more visiting both in and out of character. They were just getting ready to do a second mission when I got called to dinner. I left with apologies before the mission began. {Smile}

After dinner, I wrote up Monday's daily update and started making notes in this before I went back into City of Heroes: Homecoming. I got the character I'd been on earlier, talked to the contact I was afraid I'd outlevelled. I got the hunt he gives even folks who are too high level. When starting it, I learned the teen supergroup meeting was still on. I finished the hunt and got the start of the contact's story arc. Somehow, I hadn't outlevelled him after all! I went to meeting next, where we visited both in character and out of character until the others all left for bed. I'm afraid the last to leave and I got stuck with me trying to explain something they just weren't understanding, but hopefully we can sort it out sometime. I suspect I was failing to understand something too, and that was preventing better communication. Afterwards, I did some paperwork, including some on another low-level character. Then I talked with Nox on the chat server, really getting into things for once. It was so great to really talk with them after barely saying anything while I was sick. I was just too tired and sleeping too much during the worst of it. I think they enjoyed it, too, since we were at it quite a while. Eventually they left. Then I tried a comic one gal recommended. I really like it! Then I finished my notes in this and went to bed earlier than usual. {Smile}

Daily Update February 17. 2025

On Monday, my relief nurse was back, but by the time I got hup, he was feeling kind of sick himself. I was feeling good enough to get up for a regular breakfast - mine are light, but still meals. Then I went right back to bed and slept until lunch. {smile}

I got up for lunch and felt enough better to stay up this time. I even caught up on my medicine in the afternoon. That included my insulin before I fully realized the possible problems of taking long-acting insulin at too different a time of day, since I usually take it at bedtime. I checked online. Two sites said to check with your doctor or medical team. So, I called my doctor's office, but they were out for the holiday. With at least one son still at home, I admire him putting family first on school holidays, which he consistently does. So, I called my usual pharmacy. They said to wait and start at the proper time the next day, better too far apart than a long overlap. I'm actually happier asking this of a pharmacist, since this is their specialty: medicines are all that they do, so they learn them well. {Smile}

Then I began to get back online, first reading web article and webcomics online. Maybe I played a little Cross Stitch World, too. I discovered I lost my phone a while before dinner, and didn't find it until a while after dinner. Not even calling it with my relief nurse's phone helped. The thing would not ring. I eventually found it in the closet in the bedroom the nurses use. Apparently, that's yet another spot to add to the of spots with bad reception in this house, at least for Cricket, my provider. I'm wondering about trying another provider just for better reception. 

I chatted on my computer, and when I found it, on my phone. Eventually, I got into City of Heroes: Homecoming. I started out with paperwork, then played by myself until Phonso invited me to a Valentine's mission. We ran that repeatedly. getting all badges but not the big reward for two different characters of mine. After that, I did some paperwork and read webcomics. I also made notes for the past three days before heading to bed a little earlier than I usually do. {Smile}

No, I didn't do any exercise... I was just glad to avoid going back to bed between lunch and bedtime. That's enough for one day. {Smile}

Daily Update February 16, 2025

On Sunday I was definitely still sick, so I didn't even try to go to church. I just stayed home with my main nurse I knew the folks at church would appreciate not needing to deal with some of the symptoms I was still having, as well as not catching it themselves, too. I was getting better, but symptoms continued into the afternoon, and even when they calmed down, I was far too tired to do much beyond eat and sleep. {worn smile}

I certainly didn't try to exercise that day. The illness and the aftermath were more than enough stress for my body to deal with without exercise added to the mix. {rueful smile}

P.S. I promise I got better, but I'll need a break from writing before sharing yesterday. {Smile}

Daily Update, February 15, 2025

On Saturday, February 15, I got sick in the middle of the afternoon. First, I got periods of nausea. I tried to push through them, continuing to play on City of Heroes: Homecoming with my friends. Then it got worse around suppertime. That's when I gave up on anything except dealing with symptoms, cleaning up after myself, and resting in between with encouragement and help from relief nurse. My online friends who knew wished I'd get better soon. {worn smile}

No exercise because I got sick before I got around to anything. Trust me, I was in no condition to exercise once I was sick. {wan smile}

Up until I got sick, it was a quiet day I was browsing the web, reading webcomics articles, maybe playing a little Cros Stitch World both before and after lunch. Then I hopped into City of Heroes: Homecoming around the middle of the afternoon. I know I got together with Kitten and Pierogies, and later Dennis. I think we started with low-level missions, then moved on to doing a mission Kitten had set up where players can make their own missions. Unfortunately, it's been long enough, I don't remember more clearly what happened when. That got up to dinner, when I was really too sick to do anything except be sick and try to rest for the rest of the night. {worn smile}

Daily Update, February 14, 2025

Happy Valentine's Day if you celebrated it. If not, I hope you had a nice day. {Smile}

On Friday, I got a phone call from Auntie Barbara after breakfast. It was nice hearing from her. {Smile}

A while later, my mani nurse took me to physical therapy. I started on the machine as usual, then told my therapist what my (standing) leg exercises and walking exercises are. My main nurse came and showed him the notes about my head and arm exercises from the day before. My therapist agrees that's an awful lot to do every day. He thinks it's really too much to expect most people to keep up. He suggested upper body one day, lower body the next, and salsa dancing on days I do nether, nor physical therapy. It's a relief. I was losing my salsa dancing because I was plain too tired, even though i wasn't getting all my other exercises done, either. That's no good. Salsa dancing is the only fun exercise I'm doing. If everything else takes me away from it, what's the point of doing any of it? {sigh}

Anyway, my main nurse took me back home afterwards. {Smile}

My exercise was my physical therapy. Even though I did little downstairs, I'll just do something tomorrow. It looks like I won't be getting days off like before, but as long as I can dance sometimes, it's not too bad. {Smile}

Between breakfast and physical therapy, I browsed on the web and read web comics. After physical therapy, I had lunch and played Cross Stitch World as I thought about the new plan. then I checked City of Heroes: Homecoming and began paperwork. I paused to write up Thursday's daily update, then went back into City of Heroes: Homecoming to find Kitten trying to get my attention. We teamed up and did some individual timed missions. Pierogies joined us, then Dennis joined us too. We continued those missions until Jenny's Player invited me to do some Valentine's missions. The others joined too, and we fit in four of those missions before dinner. They let me get the rest of the new Valentine's event badges and the special reward for my best badge collector, and all the new badges and the special reward for my second-best badge collector. then I broke for dinner. {Smile}

After dinner, I played Cross Stitch World, then went into City of Heroes: Homecoming and started on paperwork. Then I began making notes in this. Next, Kitten said hi in City of Heroes: Homecoming, and we teamed up. We ran a story arc I'd made, trying a system that lets you do that. Kitten liked it, and really liked helping me get some more badges for my best badge collector this way. We ran it in test mode and then repeated it in published mode. Then Phonso said hi, and we ran it again for him. He said he liked it, but didn't rate it like Kitten did. Next, Phonso started running Valentine's missions. Kitten and I joined him. I switched to my third best badge collector. I got four of the five badges for her, and no special reward yet. Then I did a lot of paperwork. I finished making notes and writing in this, too, and I relaxed by reading a couple of web comics. {Smile}

Daily Update, February 13, 2025

On Thursday, a while after breakfast, my main nurse took me to the doctor. I had a good checkup. My main nurse helped me understand the doctor and also told him some of our concerns. Next, we went to the bank to deposit a check we found recently that thankfully wasn't too old yet. After that, we went home. {Smile}

My nurse called me half an hour before my usual suppertime to do my exercises. I did my head exercises, my arm swinging exercises, my arm resistance exercises, and my standing and sitting arm weight training exercises all in a row. At that point he said to quit because I must be tired. Yes, I am, but I still had leg and walking exercises and salsa dancing to do. He's suggested before that I stop my salsa dancing because of all the walking he gets me to do, but the salsa dancing is the only fun part of my exercise routine. I've loved dance all my life but couldn't do it for a couple of decades... now that I got it back, I don't want to lose it again. We figured out the problem is I keep getting new doctors and new therapists giving me new things to do, and no one wants to tell me to stop anything, so it keeps piling up. So, we're to talk to the physical therapist tomorrow about a more reasonable exercise schedule. {rueful smile}

Between breakfast and the trip to my doctor, I read web comics. After we got back, I had lunch and read another web comic. Then I wrote up Wednesday's daily update. After that, I hopped into City of Heroes: Homecoming and started on paperwork. I talked with Ulty, then joined the middle long, large-group event part ways through. Next, I did a couple of individual high-level missions by myself. Then Pierogies joined me, and Dennis joined both of us. We ran a couple more similar missions. Then we did a Valentine's mission. During that, the nurse called me to exercise before dinner during it. I left when the mission was done and did my exercises before dinner. {Smile}

After dinner, I played Cross Stitch World as I thought about my nurse's insistence that my exercises are a bit much, and that I really need a more reasonable exercise schedule. Then I started writing and making notes in this. Next, I hopped into City of Heroes: Homecoming and started with paperwork. I spotted a friend in a different kind of high-level individual mission and joined the team when a spot opened up. We ran several missions. Phonso joined us eventually, after being in a separate, similar team that I think broke up. Then our team broke up, and I tried to say goodbye to Phonso. After that, I played Cross Stitch World and read web comics before finishing writing and making notes in this. {Smile}

Daily Update, February 12, 2025

On Wednesday, my counselling session started as I finished breakfast. It was a good session. We talked about how the counselling will progress, then moved to things I need to work on. {Smile}

Afterwards, I worked on a bit of real-life paperwork my nurse and I found in the mail. I did call my financial advisers and the accountants for help with some and reached their answering machines. Eventually the accountants called back and told me what to do. I got it done, and into the mail. I hope it's all good now. {Smile}

I started my salsa dancing earlier, doing my salsa dancing warm up, then taking a break. I did this a hour earlier, thinking that when I do it too late, the second is often not workable. However, it wasn't workable this time, either. I tried resting some more, but my balance was even worse when I tried again. 

The counselling and the paperwork filled my morning and ran past lunch. After lunch, I played Cross Stitch World for a break in the paperwork and phone stuff. Then I wrote up Tuesday's daily update. I read comics online, then started making notes in this. then I checked City of Heroes: Homecoming, where I did some paperwork and chatted with an acquaintance. Then I took a break to clean myself up with the help of my main nurse. After that, I went back to City of Heroes: Homecoming and did more paperwork. Then Pierogies said hi, and we teamed up on slightly higher low-level characters. We did a couple of missions, including one known for being long and difficult, especially for something that low-level. Afterwards, we talked a little until dinner, since that was too close to do more. {Smile}

After dinner, I went back to City of Heroes: Homecoming and started with more paperwork. I talked with Ulty and Jenny's Player. I tried soloing, but I couldn't settle on a character. Instead, I started talking with Nox and really got into that instead. After that, I played Cross Stitch World, then started salsa dancing. Next, I watched some and wrote and made more notes in this. Then I tried more salsa dancing, failed, finished my notes in this, and read some comics. {Smile}