Daily Update, May 30, 2025

On Friday, I stayed home and took it easy. the secretary from the nursing company swung by, and we exchanged checks and such, since it's the end of the month. My relief nurse talked with her briefly, too. {Smile}

 I didn't get any exercise done, despite intending to. {rueful smile}

In the morning, I played Cross Stitch World and studied the catechism. I also browsed on the web. Then I wrote up Thursday's daily update right before lunch. After lunch, I played more Cross Stitch World. Then I checked the chat server and responded in some conversations. After that, I went into City of Heroes: Homecoming. I started with paperwork. Then a fellow invited me to a group running fairly high-level missions while I was on the fairly high-level character I played the day before. I joined, them, and ran two missions, which made me a few minutes late to the villain supergroup meeting. I took my new, still low-level villain. There was only one other member there. She greeted me with the news that the leader had just left, and my friend who invited me to the group wasn't coming. I suggested a mission, but she suggested roleplaying, and that honestly sounded more interesting. We roleplayed and talked for two and a half hours. Her character is so guarded, I learned little, though more than she realized she'd told me. I learned even more out-of-character. Eventually, she left, and I squeezed in a hunt before dinner, since the character is so low-level, hunts are quick. {Smile}

After dinner, I played Cross Stitch World and made notes in this, with some breaks to browse the web. Then I went back into City of heroes: Homecoming. I started with paperwork, and talked briefly with Dr. Faustus, but he was on a full team. So, I did more paperwork. I also talked with Nox on the chat server. Then Doctor Faustus suddenly invited me to pair of high-level task forces. I joined them and when the leader finished recruiting a full team, we ran it. Next, I switched to a different character to run it again, since the leader and some others wanted to, and you get better rewards if you don't repeat too soon on the same character. I also established long-term contact with the leader. After that, I did paperwork, then started making notes in this. Next, I did more paperwork. Then I played by myself on the teen supergroup member until I shifted to a fairly long session of Cross Stitch World. After that, I went back to City of Heroes: Homecoming and the teen supergroup member, first playing by myself doing hunts, then doing paperwork on her. After that, I started a hunt on her older, barely higher-level sister. I got her up a level, but I didn't finish the hunt, nor did I train for her new level yet. I'm still debating what to choose for the new level. {Smile}

Daily Update, May 29, 2025

 On Thursday I had my video counselling one hour later than usual because my counselor had a tight schedule, and that's where I fit in. We had a good session. Our discussion was particularly animated. {Smile}

Then after lunch my main nurse took me down to Lili'uokalani Gardens. We walked around for about forty minutes. Yes, this included a brief stop at the ice cream parlor. Their ice cream is too big for my diabetes, but their popsicles are much better. This time I had chocolate peanut butter. As I expected, it was good. We walked back to the car by a different route. then my main nurse took me back home. {Smile}

That was my exercise for the day. {Smile}

Before counselling, I read more of the catechism to prepare for Daughters of the King discernment. It's really a precursor step recommended in the introduction to the discernment. Around that, I played Cross Stitch World until counselling. After counselling, I read a little more catechism I think this is when I settled on reading topic at a time instead of two, so they'd sink in better. I played Cross Stitch World while I ate lunch, followed by a little more catechism. Then we went to the park. On the ride down and the ride back from the park, I read a little catechism and played a fair bit of Cross Stitch World both ways. When I got home, I reached a better stopping place in Cross Stitch World. Then I talked with Dennis on the chat server. He got me to dash into City of Heroes: Homecoming, where we teamed up and did my missions on a fairly high-level character until dinner. {Smile}

After dinner, I played a little Cross Stitch World, then wrote up my daily update, with pauses for playing more Cross Stitch World and reading web comics. Then I went back to City of Heroes: Homecoming. I started with paperwork. I said hi to Kitten and talked with Ulty a bit. Then I started to hunt by myself on the same character as before dinner. I also talked with Nox on the chat server. Then Kitten said hi, and I switched to missions leaving half the hunt to do later. We ran a few missions before I noticed Dr. Faustus was on, and said hi, offering to help him. He joined us instead, and we did a few more missions. Then Cat went quiet and timed out. I missed a mission waiting for them. Then Dr. Faustus and I struggled with one more mission, since it was set for having Kitten, too. After that, Dr. Faustus left. I did paperwork, and made notes in this, with breaks to play Cross Stitch World during both. {Smile}

Daily Update, May 28, 2025

On Wednesday, my main nurse took me to Zumba Gold. He tried to get me moving in time, but I was slow to get off the computer. I was late, but it was my own fault, as I told my teacher during one of the breaks. Class went well. I talked to gal I feel acquainted with during one of the short breaks who said I'm moving better. So did a couple of gals I talked to afterwards, after they started talking with my nurse. Maybe I'm making friends here, too. {Smile}

Zumba Gold was my exercise Wednesday. {Smile}

After breakfast, I discovered that Haiden had talked with Nox on the chat server and tried to respond to him. I also played a little Cross Stitch World. Then I read some more of the catechism to prepare for the Daughters of the King discernment. Next, I cleaned myself up with the help of my main nurse. After that, I had lunch while playing Cross Stitch World. I'm really enjoying how well that works with finger food and forks, which describes my lunch. If it wasn't one, it was the other, or both, since a tuna fish sandwich acted like it was over full, but happy to fix that, thankfully while it was over my plate. Cross Stitch World ran a bit over lunch, but then I wrote up my daily update before I went into City of Heroes: Homecoming. I started with paperwork. I said hit to Kitten, then to Jenny's player and Ulty. I talked with Jenny's player and Ulty while I played by myself on the teen supergroup member. After that, I talked to a friend from the chat world that preceded City of Heroes coming back on City of Heroes: Homecoming. I did that and soloing up to dance class. On the way down to class, I discovered my phone's battery was low, so I only played a little Cross Stitch World. I watched scenery the rest of the way down, and all the way home. When I got home, I shopped on the web. Then I played Cross Stitch World and browsed on the web until dinner. {Smile}

After dinner, I played Cross Stitch World and started notes in this before I went into City of Heroes: Homecoming. I started with paperwork. Then I said hi to Kitten and talked briefly with Ulty. Next, I started to do hunts by myself. I also talked with Nox on the chat world. Kitten said hi and joined me just as I finished a hunt. I picked a regular mission next, and we did it. During it, Phonso invited us to a taskforce. We joined him when we finished the mission and ran the taskforce with the team he recruited. Afterwards, Kitten admitted they were tired. I talked to them a bit, but they didn't respond, so I started paperwork. Then Kitten timed out. I finished the paperwork, then switched back to the teen supergroup member, but I just wasn't getting into playing them. So, I played Cross Stitch world and caught up on web comics, which I'd fallen behind in reading. I did go back to City of Heroes: homecoming for minimal paperwork Then after a little more Cross Stitch World, I made more notes in this. Part of me wanted to read more of the catechism, but I was concerned I'd start thinking so hard about it, I'd have trouble falling asleep. That's no good. {Smile}

Daily Update, May 27, 2025

On Tuesday after breakfast, my main nurse took me to Safeway. We picked up my prescription, then got a few groceries and two sandwich for lunch that day and the next. Then my main nurse took me back home. {Smile}

Walking around Safeway was my main exercise, but I will have Zumba Gold the next day. {Smile}

Before my trip down, I began reading stuff for Daughters of the King discernment before I become fully involved. On the ride down Safeway and again on the way back, I played Cross Stitch World in the car, Towards the end, I read a little more of the catechism for my Daughters of the King studies. That's thick enough going, it's best done in small chunks. After I got back, I played more Cross Stitch World over lunch. It's a nice game on the computer while I'm eating at it. It's all mouse use, so my left is free for forks, and even finger food, since it won't get food on the computer before I can wash my hands. I also continued studying the Catechism for Daughters of the King studies after I was done with the finger food. Then I wrote up Monday's daily update before I went into City of Heroes: Homecoming. I started with paperwork, then checked with Ulty. Yes, the teen supergroup meeting should start soon. So, I finished the paperwork and went to the teen supergroup meeting. It started slowly, particularly for me, since I was the last to find where the others were roleplaying. We did get into that roleplaying. Eventually I asked about missions, and we did a few in a long, high-level story arc one of the others had. That took us right up to dinner for me and bedtime for the mission holder. {Smile}

After dinner, I played only a little Cross Stitch World before going back into City of Heroes: Homecoming. I checked on the teen SG meeting. Yes, they were still roleplaying, so I joined them in that. We roleplayed a fair while before the meeting broke up. I also talked with Nox on the chat server for a fair while. As the teen supergroup meeting was breaking up, Phonso invited me to a taskforce. I switched characters and joined him. After we ran it, I asked about another, but he thought it was too late for the others he was interested in, one way or another. So, I did paperwork from the taskforce. Then T switched back to the teen supergroup member. I did the paperwork from the afternoon's missions. Then I began doing hunts on her by myself. After a while, Pierogies said hi. We teamed up and ran a regular mission of mine. Then I picked up an individual mission that is more likely to be short, and we squeezed it in before we said goodbye. I followed that with a small bit of paperwork before I started making notes in this. I took a break to write to the gal leading me through discerning for Daughters of the King. I took another break for a little more City of Heroes paperwork before finishing my notes and heading to bed. {Smile}

Daily Update, May 26, 2025

I hope that everyone who commemorated it had a good Memorial Day. If you didn't, I hope you had a nice day anyway. {Smile}

On Monday, in the middle of the afternoon, my main nurse took me down to Target. He thought that on Memorial Day it would be more civilized than Walmart. We walked to books, where he left me while he picked up other stuff. He came and checked on me once or twice and got me when he was done. Then he took me back home. {Smile}

Walking at Target was my exercise for the day. {Smile}

After breakfast I played Cross Stitch World, read web comics, and browsed on the web. I mostly played Cross Stitch World over lunch because it was easiest with a fork in one hand. Eventually, I shifted to writing my daily update, which I finished and shared right before our trip out. I played a lot of Cross Stitch World on the way down and back. After we got back, I played a little more Cross Stitch World before going into City of Heroes: Homecoming. I did some paperwork. Pierogies said hi. We started to talk, but I got distracted by web browsing and came back to discover he'd gone to bed. Oops. So, I played by myself, running through hunts on a low-level character, with time out for paperwork when it came up. Ulty invited me to a trial, but by then it was too close to dinner. I stopped when I was called to dinner. {Smile}

After dinner I played Cross Stitch World and started notes in this before going into City of Heroes: Homecoming. I did some paperwork, then started to play by myself. I talked with Ulty and Jenny's player, then got so caught up in playing by myself that I missed an invite to a taskforce from Azurette. So, I played by myself some more. I found I'd missed talking with Nox on the chat server, and left notes for them to find in the morning. I joined Azurette when they were ready for a second taskforce. After the taskforce, I and a few others from the taskforce toured Azurette's base. We talked for a fair while afterwards. Then I played a little Cross Stitch World while I ordered my mind. After that, I made notes in this, with a break to read web comics. I played a little more Cross Stitch World before heading to bed. {Smile}

Daily Update, May 25, 2025

On Sunday, I got up half an hour early despite being less than ten minutes early to bed because we thought they were starting 9am services for the summer, and since we don't have a regular priest now. However, when my main nurse took me down after breakfast they were finishing up breakfast after the early service. They were not in the middle of a single service like we expected them to be. They are switching to one service on the 15th of June/ This is a relief, since I have a few more weeks to adapt my sleep schedule. {smile}

The service was nice. We knew the supply priest as a former parishioner, I think. I sat with my main nurse for most of the service, because Auntie Barbara, to her delight, had three kids for Sunday School. she came and sat down shortly before we took communion. I switched to sitting with her after we went up for communion, since I was moving around anyway. Yes, I finished out the service sitting with her. {Smile}

After the service, I sat with the husband of a former deacon of ours. The deacon and another deacon friend of hers came and sat with us, as did Auntie Barbara. I enjoyed talking with them. {Smile}

After lunch, my nurse took me home. He said some of the clergy praised my improved social skills. He wants time to help me more through the rest of the year. {Smile}

I didn't do any exercise. {smile}

After I got back from church, I mostly played Cross Stitch World, with some web browsing until I realized I really needed a nap. Unfortunately, that took over two hours, but then I took my nap. After that, I did play a little Cross Stitch World while I woke up more fully. Then I wrote a little of Saturday's daily update before I went into City of Heroes: Homecoming. I did a little paperwork, but not much before Pierogies said hi and invited me to a later long, large-group event. I ran it with him. Then we did a high-level individual mission. He reduced the difficulty a couple of times. It was still a challenge, but more doable. We finished just before I was called to dinner. {Smile}

After dinner, I read web comics and wrote up the rest of Saturday's daily update, then went into City of Heroes: Homecoming, where I started with paperwork. I talked with Ulty and Nyxy. I also talked with Nox on the chat server. I started to play by myself on a low-level character, running through the hunts she could pick up. that lasted until Dragons said hi. We teamed up, finished the hunt closest to completion, and ran the real mission the contact offered. Then Dragons wanted to join a friend of theirs to get a badge that improves the character who gets it. I thought that sounded good and joined them. Then I did some paperwork and made notes in this before bed. {Smile}

Daily Update, May 24, 2025

On Saturday before lunch, my main nurse took me out to Liliu'okalani Gardens. We did a couple of errands on the way down. When we ended up at the park, we walked around. We paused at the "ice cream parlor" for popsicles. This time they had the liliko'i cream that they were out of last time, so I got that. Then we continued on ending up back at the car. We walked almost 40 minutes in all. After that, my main nurse, took me home, running a few more errands on the way. {Smile}

That walk at the park was my exercise for the day, and the day before, too. I hope that almost forty minutes was enough. {Smile}

Before going out, I browsed on the web, played Cross Stitch World, and read web comics. While going to and from the park and while doing errands, I did a little web shopping, but I mostly played a lot of Cross Stitch World, since that's easy to do on my phone, and free, too. After I got home, I played a little more Cross Stitch World and browsed a little on the web I also had lunch and read more web comics. Then I wrote up Friday's daily update before I went into City of Heroes: Homecoming. Almost immediately, I found Kitten running three farms and really wanting to help a friend level in one of those farms. So, I sat in farm with them. I played Cross Stitch World on the side when I got bored. Then I left and did some paperwork just before dinner. {Smile}

After dinner, I just checked comics before going back to City of Heroes: Homecoming. I finished the paperwork from the earlier farming before I said hi to Kitten, who was torn whether to keep helping the friend they'd been helping earlier, since that friend seemed to have fallen asleep. I also chatted with Nox on the chat server over the evening, too. While waiting for Kitten, I started hunting on the character they designed for me. Then Michiel said hi and joined me just before Kitten joined us, too. The three of us started doing regular missions. Next, Rav joined us as well, and we continued doing missions, some tied together in story arcs. After a while, Dragons joined us not long before Michiel and Rav left. The three of us who were left did one more mission of mine. Then Dragons left to join a friend doing a low level but good experience mission. Kitten and I joined them, too. We ran the mission, and we finished more quickly than I expected. Then I left to do a little paperwork and hurried notes in this, with breaks for a little more paperwork, a little web browsing, and some talking with Kitten in City of Heroes: Homecoming. I got off the computer a little earlier than usual but managed to do a bit of window shopping on the phone, which kept me from getting to bed much earlier, despite knowing I had an early morning with church the next day. {smile}

Daily Update, May 23, 2025

On Friday. I just stayed home and took it easy. I think my main nurse was trying to avoid some Memorial weekend crowds.

I didn't do any exercise, either. I'll just have to do more another day. {smile}

After breakfast, I browsed on the web, played Cross Stitch World, and read web comics right through lunch. After lunch I played more Cross Stitch World and wrote up Thursday's daily update before I went into City of Heroes: Homecoming. I didn't do much paperwork before joining the villain supergroup for their weekly meeting. We roleplayed my new ghoul character meeting two vampires and a human for first time. Then we did some missions they had set up to test new characters and include even very low-level ones like mine. After a while, they disbanded. Right about then, Pierogies said hi. We teamed up and did a couple of missions before dinner. {Smile}

After dinner, I played a little Cross Stitch World before going back to City of Heroes: Homecoming. Dennis said hi pretty quickly, so I teamed up with him and Kitten for a mission or two of his, and a few hunts, both his and mine. Then Dennis left, and Kitten and I started a mission. In the middle of it, Micheil said hi and joined us. Then Dr. Faustus said hi. He'd promised to help me level the low-level villain who just joined the villain supergroup. So, after that mission, Micheil and I switched to low-level villains. Except Dr. Faustus had found Rav was establishing a new endgame character/ We switched to high-level characters and ran Rav's story arc. after one mission, Michiel switched to a character in the same situation. He reran the first mission quickly. Then we ran the rest for both at once. After that, Rav left. Next, Dr. Faustus ran a popular high-level taskforce with Kitten, Michiel, me, and four others he recruited. After the taskforce, the team broke up. Dr. Faustus and Michiel left, as did three of the others. Kitten, an acquaintance of ours, and I stayed and talked. Then we went into a farm Kitten ran while I started notes in this. After a while, I switched to playing Cross Stitch World. I left after the first farm mission, and discovered I still needed to finish the notes in this, so I hurriedly did so. {Smile}

Daily Update, May 22, 2025

On Thursday, I found a note from my counselor, rescheduling nest week's appointment one hour later. I had no problem with that on my end, so I confirmed the change. {Smile}

After breakfast, my main nurse and I went down to Safeway. We both got prescriptions. He had me pick a pair of sandwiches for lunch, too. Then he took me back home. {Smile}

I think walking around Safeway counts as light exercise for the day. It's just after Zumba Gold, so that should be enough. {Smile}

On the rides to and from Safeway, I played a lot of Cross Stitch World. There are limited alternatives in the car. When I got home, I browsed on the web and played more Cross Stitch World as I started on lunch. Then I read some web comics before I wrote up Wednesday's daily update with breaks to play Cross Stitch World. Yes, doing more of that again despite knowing it's not productive. It's something to do while I think things over, still. After that, I talked with friends on the chat server before I went into City of Heroes: Homecoming and started on paperwork. I talked with Pierogies, Dennis, and Rav. I teamed up with Pierogies, Dennis, and Dennis's friend, and we ran a few missions. Then Dennis and his friend left. Pierogies and I ran an individual high-level mission before he left, too. After that, I did paperwork until dinner. {Smile}

After dinner, I played Cross Stitch World and made notes in this, with a break to answer Nox on the chat server. Then I went into City of Heroes: Homecoming. I started with paperwork, then took a break to play Cross Stitch World and think before going back to City of Heroes: Homecoming. I chatted with Ulty and Dr. Faustus, then teamed up with Dr. Faustus. We roleplayed him meeting my new character for the supergroup and even got her into that supergroup. We also ran several missions of hers, completing a story arc, doing two more story arcs, and doing a few individual missions on top of that. My character has started to get experience again, but soon I'll turn it off to avoid missing content again. We ended with badge hunting together. After he left, I did a mix of paperwork, playing Cross Stitch World, and making notes in this. {Smile}

Daily Update, May 21, 2025

On Wednesday, my main nurse was in a rush to get to Zumba Gold. We did get there on time. Our regular teacher was back, and I felt less lost during the session. There are still some moves I'm struggling with... but I am up to struggling with them, not just giving up and waiting for something more doable. I also got to talk with a few folks during the breaks and after it was over. So, I enjoyed the class. My main nurse took me home again after it was done. {Smile}

That was my exercise for the day. {Smile}

After breakfast, I read a manga, yes, a print copy of a Japanese comic book. Eventually I got onto the internet and browsed and the web. I also played Cross Stitch World right over lunch. Then I wrote up my daily update, with breaks for Cross Stitch World. Next, I went into City of Heroes: Homecoming and started with paperwork. I checked who was on; didn't spot a friend I often talk with. So, I worked on setting up the character Kitten designed to for the next few levels, since they recently started gaining levels for a while. Then I started to set up another character who recently started to gain level for a while. I pause levelling to be able to play more content on each character, so going up is in spurts. I broke to go to my class. When we got back home, I had dinner. {Smile}

After dinner I played Cross Stitch World and caught up on reading web comics. Then I started making notes in this. Next, I went into City of Heroes: Homecoming, and finished setting up the second character, and began doing some hunts they picked up. I also chatted with Nox on the chat server off and on.  I broke to make more notes in this, then went back into City of Heroes: Homecoming. I looked at who I've established contact with who is on and said hi to Rav. We chatted, and I showed him a tutorial. I ran it with him when I realized my character hadn't done it yet, either. Then I showed him a couple more things he asked about. He got busy setting something up, so I played Cross Stitch World, checking on Rav occasionally. Eventually, Rav left. Then I did some paperwork. Next, I made notes in this. I ended with more Cross Stitch World than I quite meant to play. {Smile}