Daily Update, April 22, 2025

On Tuesday my relief nurse and I ran a couple of errands after breakfast. Then we came right back home. {Smile}

After dinner, I did my salsa dancing warmup for exercise, with my relief nurse monitoring me. {Smile}

After we got back from the errands, I had lunch. Then I browsed web before I went into City of Heroes: Homecoming, where I started with paperwork. Then Div said hi, and we chatted. Then we teamed up, doing a mission of his, and one of mine. Kitten joined us partway through. Then Div left, and Kitten said they were tired, and left, too, hoping the night would be better after a rest. So, I did some paperwork until Pierogies said hi. We chatted, and he asked if the (teen) supergroup was meeting. I checked with Ulty, and she said the teen supergroup meeting was not quite an hour away. I thanked her. I teamed up with Pierogies, and we did a mission. Then I switched to my teen superhero and went to the meeting. We did an adventure I am designing in a system that lets you do that. (It's still a work in progress.) The others seemed to like it, but I asked too late to get many reviews. One exciting thing happened that I didn't plan. A tough character went still. (Players usually say died, but unconscious fits far better.) He revived but looked distinctly smaller and around our age instead of slightly older, like he had looked. He said his superpower made him bigger. He happily joined our group. After the mission, we played through formally accepting his character into our group. Then he left for bed, and I left for dinner. {Smile}

After dinner, I wrote up Monday's daily update. Then I exercised before I went into City of Heroes: Homecoming. I did paperwork until Phonso invited me to a taskforce. Then I found a good place to stop and joined him. We ran it after he recruited enough more. Then Kitten said hi while I was running it, but you can't join taskforces after they've started. I also talked with Nox on the chat world a bit. Phonso announced another taskforce after the first finished. I stayed to run it too. Then Phonso left, and I did a little paperwork before I joined Kitten, who was running a four-person trial over and over with a friend. They didn't feel up to doing much more. I ran it five times. Kitten said they did it eight times. Then the team broke up, and I did paperwork, with a short break for Cross Stitch World. After that, I made notes in this, with a longer break to read a couple of web comics. {Smile}

Daily Update, April 21, 2025

On Monday before breakfast. I found a text from the nursing company. They couldn't meet with me and my financial adviser that afternoon as planned. 

I thought it over carefully. I've been building up to this meeting too much to want to cancel it entirely. If I couldn't meet with the nursing company, could I still meet with my financial adviser, since we'd already set up a time? I called their office and let them know that I still wanted to meet. The fellow noted it down and said it would happen. {Smile}

I didn't find a link in my email even a few minutes after the scheduled time, so I called their office. They connected me to my financial adviser, who said she was just waiting a little longer to call me. I laid out my goals and the concerns behind them. She laid out a possible plan that involves reevaluating things every few months and cutting back as I feel ready for that.  It seems like a good plan, as tentative as it is. {Smile}

In the morning after breakfast, I ran an errand with my relief nurse. I talked with my relief nurse and played Cross Stitch World in the car a bit on the way. {Smile}

I didn't do any exercise. My relief nurse went to bed right after supper, saying he really needed it. Then it got too late before I could do some on my own. {smile}

After lunch, I played a little Cross Stitch World and read some web comics. Then I went into City of Heroes: Homecoming, and found Div. We teamed up and ran a mission of his, ending about on time for me to have the meeting with my financial adviser. After the meeting, I went back into City of Heroes: Homecoming. I started with paperwork, then joined the later long, large-group event. Dennis said hi during it. When it was over, we got together for a mission. I asked for short on, but he picked a new one that didn't turn out to be short, though it was fun. I was quite late to dinner, but thankfully the spaghetti reheated without trouble. {Smile}

After dinner, I went into City of Heroes: Homecoming and said hi to Kitten. Then I started on paperwork. After a little while, Kitten responded. We teamed up and did the last mission at the then- current moderately-low level of the character they're designing. During it, Phonso said hi and invited us to a taskforce. We ran it with him. I also talked with Nox on the chat world a little. After the taskforce, I talked with some friends. then I teamed up with Kitten to run most of a story arc on the character they're designing, gaining my character their first new level in quite a while. I stopped doing it after a bunch of talks, when Kitten mentioned they couldn't really help me with the rest. I apologized for not stopping before the talks and switched to a different story arc. We did a couple of missions in it, almost but not quite getting a second new level. Then I quit to make notes in this, pausing to browse on Amazon before I finished making notes in this. {Smile}

Daily Update, April 20. 2025

On Sunday, I hope everyone who celebrated it had a Happy Easter! If you don't celebrate Easter, I hope you had a nice day anyway. {SMILE}

After breakfast, my main nurse and I went to church. We picked one of his daughters on the way. We thought we were early. No, we arrived when the service was already well along. I remembered later that they'd moved the later service to nine am from ten am because the early service got moved to six am from seven thirty am to be an "Easter sunrise service." {Smile}

I sat with Auntie Barbara and Michelle for the service, which was nice. The church used the communion rail again, for the larger group which attended because it was Easter. As always, it included some who only come for Easter, and possibly Christmas. {Smile}

Afterwards, I had lunch near my main nurse, his daughter, Michelle, and his daughter's mentor, another regular parishioner. I also sat near a gal who rarely comes in and mainly talked with her. We just hit it off. After lunch, we took my main nurse's daughter home, then ran an errand before going home ourselves. {Smile}

I didn't exercise on Sunday. Easter is a big enough holiday, I thought maybe I could take one day off, especially when I'd walked for forty minutes the previous day. {Smile}

When I got back from church, I browsed the web before I went into City of Heroes: Homecoming. I started with paperwork, then joined an early long, large-group event I'm usually not on early enough to catch. I tried to participate in the social part more. Later, I discovered Pierogies tagged along and joined when a spot opened up. Afterwards, he and I talked, and teamed up on moderately low-level characters. We ran several missions together through most of the afternoon. Then he left, and I wrote up Saturday's daily update before dinner. {Smile}

After dinner, I checked chat server, then went into City of Heroes: Homecoming. I started with paperwork, then tried playing by myself. I got a little accomplished, but didn't have as much fun as teaming with others. So, I talked with Ulty, Jenny's Player, and a mutual friend of the three of us called Nyxy. Then I said hi to Michiel. We teamed up on moderately high-level characters. Our first mission went easily, so he increased the difficulty, since some challenge tends to be more fun. The next mission was a struggle, even after Glen said hi and joined us, but the mission after that went better. After that, Michiel left. Then Glen and I ran a mission on moderately low-level characters. Next, Glen left, and I did quite a bit of paperwork. After that, I played Cross Stitch world and made notes and wrote in this. Then I did some more Cross Stitch World to wind down for bed. {Smile}

Daily Update, April 19, 2025

On Saturday, in the morning, my main nurse took me down to Liliu'okalani Gardens. We walked around a couple of different parts of the park for about thirty minutes before getting back to the car. Then we went to Walmart and did another ten minutes of walking, or it would have been if we'd walked briskly, like at the park. Then we went home. {Smile}

That walking was my exercise for the day. {Smile}

After our trip out, I wrote up Friday's daily update over lunch. Then I went into City of Heroes: Homecoming. I started with paperwork. Then Glen said hi, and we got together. We ran a few missions. Then Pierogies said hi, and joined us for a mission or two. Then Glen left. Pierogies and I ran a couple more missions before he left, too. Next, I did more paperwork, then began notes in this. After that, my main nurse helped me clean myself up before dinner. {Smile}

After dinner, I went into City of Heroes: Homecoming and started with paperwork. Then Dennis said hi. We got together, and ran a few hunts of mine, a hunt and a mission of his, and a mission of mine. Dragons joined us for the last couple of missions. Phonso joined us for the last one, too. Then Dennis left and Glen said hi. Phonso started a strike force. I tried to get Glen into the strike force, but Phonso missed where I said it until too late, because for once he was inundated by interest. Then Dragons, Phonso, and I ran the strike force the others Phonso recruited. I was on my 7th-best badge collector. Afterwards, the team broke up, and Phonso left. Dragons joined a friend, and they let me join them for a few missions. Then they switched to join another friend who was badge hunting. I joined them, getting a nice badge on a character who needs it. Then I said goodnight, did a little paperwork, and left. I finished notes in this with a little web browsing after that. {Smile}

Daily Update, April 18, 2025

On Friday, my main nurse and I went to Safeway. We thought there was a prescription for me, but the gal said there wasn't. My nurse didn't find the usual "five-dollar Friday" deals, either. He blames it being Easter weekend. We went straight home afterwards. I played a good bit of CSW on that trip.

After exercising in the late evening, I noticed yellow flashing lights outside the computer room window. I asked my main nurse what was up. He didn't know, and went out into the carport, turning on the light. Meanwhile, I tried to see from the bathroom window. My nurse came back in, and said they were trimming trees across the street. We agreed that it's weird to do that at eleven-something at night. {Smile}

I exercised later than usual, but not quite as late as before the nurses started monitoring it. My main nurse did monitor me while I did my two arm resistance exercises, three of my arm weight training exercises, my five head exercises, and my other three arm weight training exercises. {Smile}

After breakfast, I browsed on the web and read web comics until we went to Safeway. When we came back, I browsed on the web some more right over lunch. Then I began writing up Thursday's daily update before I went into City of Heroes: Homecoming. I found Div, who pointed out it was late. Yeah, later than the last couple of times, though earlier than when I usually miss him entirely. We still had some time to chat, then team up. I found a character who needed something Div had a mission for, and another mission after that. Then we chatted some more. Pierogies said hi during the last chat, then came and joined us in time to say a little, then wish Div goodnight, for Div left soon after Pierogies joined us. Pierogies and I talked a little more. Then Dr. Faustus messaged me, asking if I was coming to the villain supergroup meeting. I thought our meeting was called off, but apparently not. I told Pierogies as much, excusing myself and going to the meeting. The group did a high-level taskforce that's particularly rewarding this week. My character was barely high enough to do it. A fellow said he wanted to get me higher. I figured out I could gain 4 levels without messing up any content more than it is already. So, I turned on experience points, which make you go up in level, and got three of those four levels from that one taskforce. Then the meeting broke up, and I did paperwork until dinner. {Smile}

After dinner, I finished Thursday's daily update and read web comics before I went into City of Heroes: Homecoming. I started with paperwork and said hi to Nox on the chat world. We chatted a little when they responded after a while. In City of Heroes: Homecoming, Dennis said hi. We got together and did a mission of his and a mission of mine. Then we talked before saying goodnight. While Dennis and I were playing together, Jenny's Player said hi, and invited me to check out my adolescent Hobbit's room in the teen supergroup's base when I had time. So, I did that after Dennis left. I found out from Jenny's player where it was. Then I found it and looked it over. I made some minor suggestions, but I think it's pretty good already. After that, I exercised, then investigated the flashing lights out the window. Then I played Cross Stitch World before I made notes and wrote in this, with breaks for web browsing. {Smile}

Daily Update, April 17, 2025

On Thursday, over breakfast, I tried to sign in for my counselling appointment. I couldn't find the email with the link that I always use. So, I checked the calendar on phone. The appointment was eleven to noon, not the usual ten to eleven int he morning. {smile}

Shortly before eleven, the email was there as expected. I had a good session. We discussed the meeting with my financial adviser and the nursing company that got rescheduled a little, and my new line dancing class and Zumba Gold class a lot more. She is particularly happy about the classes. She sees them as a positive development beyond what I've been doing. I guess she's right. {Smile}

Then my main nurse wanted to run a fairly quick errand in the late afternoon. I was playing on City of Heroes: Homecoming with Kitten when he warned me it was time to get ready to go, but I'd tried to pick something quick because I knew the trip was coming. As I hoped, we got done with the mission in time. So, I left with my main nurse. We ran into the housekeeper, who was just arriving as we were leaving. My main nurse and I ran the errand, with me playing Cross Stitch World on my phone along the way and went right back home afterwards. We did have a nice chat along the way. {Smile}

I didn't do any exercise. I think I did enough at Zumba Gold the day before to get a day off. My main nurse agrees. {Smile}

When I found out Counselling started later than usual, I checked City of Heroes: Homecoming. I did some paperwork. Then Div said hi. We chatted, but it was too close to counselling to get together. After counselling, I went right back to City of Heroes: Homecoming, and found Div. We chatted, then teamed up, doing several of Div's missions. Then Div left, and I worked on paperwork. Then Kitten said hi, and I realized I should just have time for one mission on the moderately low-level character they've designed for me before the errand. After the errand, I went back into City of Heroes: Homecoming and found Pierogies. We did two or three missions before dinner. {Smile}

After dinner, I wrote up Wednesday's daily update. Then I went into City of Heroes: Homecoming and did some paperwork. I said hi to Kitten, Ulty, Jenny's Player and Dr. Faustus. Dr. Faustus and I were starting to get together when Phonso invited me to a taskforce. I told Dr. Faustus, who joined it too. We ran it after Phonso recruited more folks. Then they both left, and I did paperwork until Kitten said hi. We teamed up and did a few missions and hunts on the character they designed. Then Kitten found a double giant monster fight we joined and got both of the monsters. The team didn't quite break up. Instead, we started doing high level missions. After the first, I switched to my second-best badge collector. We did a few more missions before the team mostly broke up. I left to make notes in this, with breaks for Cross Stitch World and web comics. {Smile}

Daily Update, April 16, 2025

On Wednesday, in the latter part of the middle of the afternoon, my main nurse took me down to the butler building where the Zumba Gold actually was meeting again this week. We arrived early, so I got to speak briefly with another student before class. Class went well, with a break halfway through, and another around the three-quarter mark. I was I got to talk some more during the break, though some of the talking was with my nurse. Afterwards, he took me home. {Smile}

Zumba Gold was my exercise for the day, and probably the next day, too. My nurse kept asking if I was sore, but no, I'm not. Maybe a little tired, but not even too tired at that. {Smile}

After breakfast, I browsed the web. I finished catching up on comics, including more I remembered than the one left from the night before. Then I squeezed in cleaning myself up with the help of my main nurse before lunch. Over lunch, I browsed the web some more and played Cross Stitch World. Then I began writing up Tuesday's daily update. I continued after I was done with lunch until it was done. Then I went into City of Heroes: Homecoming. I said hi to Kitten, and started on paperwork After a while, Kitten responded, saying they were very tired. I asked if they were too tired to help with what might be the last mission before the character that they designed can go up a few levels. They came and tried but went quiet after the first battle. I tried to continue, but there were too many for me alone. So, I did some more paperwork, then got ready for Zumba Gold. When I got home after Zumba Gold, I dealt with mail. Then I went into City of Heroes: Homecoming and said hi to Dennis. We talked, and tried to team up, but I got called to dinner before we got started. {Smile}

After dinner, I went back into City of Heroes: Homecoming and started with paperwork. I said hi to Kitten but got no immediate response. I talked with Ulty and Jenny's player, who were roleplaying with a friend on their characters in the teen supergroup. I switched to my character in that group, and joined them, roleplaying with them. Kitten said hi when it felt like the others might be ready to wind down. Sure enough, they finished up and left, saying they were tired. I started to team up with Kitten on the moderately low-level character they designed for me when Phonso invited me to a taskforce. I confirmed that Kitten could come too and switched to a high-level character. I ran the taskforce with Kitten, Phonso, and the others Phonso recruited. I said goodnight to Nox on the chat server, having missed a chance to really talk. Afterward the taskforce, I talked with Kitten. Then I switched back to the character Kitten is designing for me. We ran the mission we'd started that afternoon. Then I checked my contacts and found one more who is that level after all. We started that contact with a mission. Then I did paperwork. Next, I wrote up notes in this, with breaks for Cross Stitch World and talking with Kitten on chat server. {Smile}

Daily Update, April 15, 2025

On Tuesday, after breakfast, I went out with my relief nurse to do an errand. Then we came home for lunch. {Smile}

I didn't exercise. After line dancing the day before, I thought I needed a break to recover. {Smile}

After I got back from the errand, I had lunch. Then I did some web browsing and played Cross Stitch World before I went into City of Heroes: Homecoming for a little paperwork. I saw friend, but remembered I needed to write up Monday's daily update, so I did, with a brief web browsing break or two. Then I started notes in this before I went back into City of Heroes: Homecoming. Div was stuck in a story arc that others can't join after it's started, so we talked while I did some paperwork and badge hunting. He left around half through, because it's a very long story arc. After that, I started playing by myself on the character Kitten fixed up. I did some hunts and started on a story arc that requires more reading than my friends tend to enjoy. Then Pierogies said hi. We chatted and teamed up. He helped me with both a hunt in the story arc, and a hunt outside of the story arc that I had particular trouble with. Then we did the other mission I had, with an amount of reading we can both enjoy. Dennis joined us and we did the next and last mission from the more taciturn contact. then I started summarizing so we could enjoy the talky story arc, doing the next two missions. That leaves only the big finale to go for that story arc. I got called to dinner during the last mission before the finale, so we'll do the finale another day. {Smile}

After dinner, I browsed on the web and played Cross Stitch World before I went into City of Heroes: Homecoming. I started with paperwork, then paused to browse on the web and play Cross Stitch World. then I went back into City of Heroes: Homecoming and talked with Ulty and Jenny's player. I apologized for completely forgetting the teen supergroup meeting, which I had only just remembered. They said it was fine, and they did something too high for my character anyway. I joined them in a couple of missions. I noticed a similarity between their characters that they hadn't developed yet. They started planning another supergroup. I picked a character for it that they like, who's already fairly high level, though not top level yet. They both said they were tired and left after the second mission, s o I did paperwork, but not for long before Phonso said hi and invited me to a taskforce. I did it on my seventh-best badge collector. I also talked with Nox a bit on the chat server. Then we said goodnight, and I did paperwork and played Cross Stitch World. Then I made notes in this. Next, I read a bunch of web comics. I discovered I'd built up a backlog with them, so I worked on catching up. I thought I finished with just one to go. After that, I made notes in this. Then I checked City of Heroes: Homecoming and did a tiny bit more paperwork before I finished notes in this and warned Pierogies, Dennis, and Kitten on the chat server that tomorrow's Zumba Gold should make me unavailable right before dinner. {Smile}

Daily Update, April 14, 2025

On Monday, my relief nurse took me to the butler building for line dancing again. No one was around. We realized we'd left the only copy of the schedule that gave all the locations at home. So, went back and got it. It was at Daijingu, and gave the address. My nurse found it easily by putting the address into his phone. I was less than half an hour late and explained to the instructors as I found a chance. I enjoyed the class very much again. {Smile}

Monday afternoon, I checked my phone and realized I was very late to a Zoom meeting with my financial adviser and the nursing company. When I checked, I couldn't find an email with the link. So, I called my financial adviser's office. The secretary explained it was moved to next Monday because of the nursing company. I hadn't caught that. {smile}

My exercise was line dancing. That was plenty. Even getting there late, I think I got enough for a couple of days. {Smile}

When I got home after line dancing, I had lunch. Then I played Cross Stitch World before going into City of Heroes: Homecoming. I started with paperwork, then worked on a badge while I wrote Sunday's daily update. Next, I called my financial adviser to figure out the meeting. After that, I started notes in this before I went back into City of Heroes: Homecoming. There, I played by myself on a low-level character and did paperwork until Pierogies and Dennis said hi in short succession. Pierogies and I teamed up and got ready to finish that story arc we'd started on littles a few days ago. Dennis joined us. We finished that story arc and started the next story arc, going right up to dinnertime. {Smile}

After dinner, I went back to City of Heroes: Homecoming and started with paperwork. Then I started to play by myself on the moderately low-level character Kitten designed. Then Phonso said hi partway through, inviting me to a long taskforce. I hoped to finish the mission I'd started, but I realized I wasn't nearly as close to the end as I thought. So, I dropped it to try again some other time and joined Phonso in the taskforce on my sixth-best badge collector. We ran it. I also talked with Nox a little on the chat world. Phonso left after that was done, so I did paperwork until he came back and invited me to another taskforce. I ran that with him on my sixth best badge collector, too, and finally got the badge that I've been running so many taskforces on that that character for. My seventh-best badge collector can take a turn next. After the paperwork the taskforces caused, I made notes in this. {Smile}

Daily Update, April 13, 2025

Sunday was a day to recover from Saturday. I got up for breakfast a little late, then went right back to bed for a couple more hours of sleep. Next, I got up for lunch. After lunch, I felt up to sitting at the computer, and continued to get better over the day, until I felt almost normal in the evening, except for a couple of small messes. {Smile}

However, I didn't get any exercise beyond being sick. I thought that was enough. {rueful smile}

After lunch, I played Cross Stitch World and browsed on the web. Then I began writing up Saturday's daily update. After that, I went into City of Heroes: Homecoming. I started with paperwork. Then Kitten said hi. I felt just up to running a low-level character, so we teamed up with me on one. We did a couple of hunts together before Kitten went quiet and faded out. So, I went back to doing paperwork. Next, I played Cross Stitch World and started writing in this. Then I did more paperwork until Pierogies said hi. We teamed up for most of a short story arc - two hunts and a mission - ending right at dinner time. Which is why we didn't do the last mission. {Smile}

After dinner, I went into City of Heroes: Homecoming and started with paperwork. Then I realized that Dennis was on. We chatted, then teamed up, and Kitten joined us. The three of us ran a few missions, getting Dennis and my second-best badge collector a few badges each. We ended with a story arc, after which Dennis went to bed, and Kitten went quiet and faded out, probably asleep. So, I did some paperwork and badge collecting. Then I finished writing Saturday's update up. Next, I played Cross Stitch World. After that, I made more notes in this and did a little more paperwork in City of Heroes: Homecoming. {Smile}