Daily Update, May 5, 2024

    I didn't write more of my story Monday, but I did think about what I need to do next, trying to plan it out ahead. {smile}

   I ate dinner with Mom and read to her before that. I was a bit later than I like this time. Mom was still awake and looking around, almost alert, even. She seemed to enjoy the reading and the pictures. First, I began my reading with scripture and thoughts about it. After that, I started her niece's long family Christmas letter from 2020. Then I read the last few pages from _1960's Memory Lane_. Next, I read "Cinderella," from _5-minute Mary Engelbreit Fairy Tales_, starting that book. I ended with the 6th of May's story from _366 Stories for Bedtime_, "The Warm Island." {Smile}

   I did my arm resistance exercises and one of my standing arm weight training exercises between reading to Mom and eating dinner. Then I did the other standing arm weight training exercise after dinner. Then I did my head exercises when the taskforce in the evening was slow getting together. I did my salsa dancing warmup set after finishing with the game. After a break, I tried the less structured set, but got dizzy enough, I had to stop pretty quickly. So, I did my walking exercises instead. Then it got too late before I did more. {small smile}

   I played Cross Stitch World After breakfast until I switched to writing up Sunday's daily update before lunch. then I read comics over lunch. I hopped into City of Heroes: Homecoming after lunch, where I found Div, who really wanted to show off the base they'd just completed. So, I toured it with them, admiring all the changes. Then they left, being too tired to play. After that, I soloed looking for things for the anniversary hunt badges on my 2nd-best badge collector. I also talked with Kitten on and off, who was too tired to keep it up, let alone team up. After getting all three badges, I broke to wash up before dinner. {Smile}

   After dinner and exercise, I got back into City of Heroes: Homecoming. I talked with kitten and visited their base, which has much more detail now. I got stuck in a part they got me out, more than once. They say they need a special teleport for me, to keep me from getting stuck. Dennis joined us, and the three of us visited for a while before deciding we wanted to do something. Dennis suggested running a task force he needed. We gathered friends and maybe others, but one was too low-level, and didn't have any high enough. We ended up trying to find something all could do and settled on a lower-level taskforce. Which sounds nice except we were trying to help Dennis, and what we chose didn't help him much at all. After the taskforce, Dr. Faustus, who was the only other regularly mentioned friend who joined us, offered to let us tag along while he did badge missions. Most of us did, including Dennis, Kitten, and I. I tried to pick characters who could get the badges, but sometimes I didn't realize they had them. then I broke and started my exercises. Between and after my exercises, I read comics, played more Cross Stitch World, did a little City of Heroes: Homecoming paperwork, and a little research. Then I wrote some of this and made notes to write from the next day. {Smile}

Daily Update, May 5, 2024

    On Sunday, after breakfast, I contacted Uber. They connected me with Alan, and we had a nice talk going down. He got to the house lightly after the service was supposed to start, so I got there partly through the lessons, but sometimes late can't be helped. {small smile}

   We had lunch after church, which was nice, with good food and nice conversation. Though afterwards, our priest talked to me about my phone being too noisy. I tried to point out that I'd turned it off the first time it made noise, but I guess it would be better to do it earlier. {small smile}

   I came home with Auntie Barbara, who came in to visit with mom again. Mom sang ten songs again - a few twice. {Smile}

   A while later, home communion came. That was nice. {Smile}

   I ate dinner with Mom and read to her before that. I more or less on time this time. Mom looking around and somewhat responsive. She seemed to enjoy the pictures. I began my reading with scripture and thoughts about it first. Then I read a Christmas letter from a friend of her sister's. Next, I read the next few pages from _1960's Memory Lane_. After that, I read "Beauty and the Beast," from _5 minute Mary Engelbreit Fairy Tales_, starting that book. I ended with the 5th of May's poem from _366 Stories for Bedtime_, "Pretty Ladybird." {Smile}

   I did my arm resistance exercises, my head exercises, and my arm swinging exercises while waiting for Uber. Then I did one of my four sitting arm weight training exercises between reading to Mom and dinner. After cleaning myself up after teaming in the evening, I did my salsa dancing warmup set. Then after a break, I did my less structured salsa dancing set. After another break, I did eight of my walking exercises, followed immediately by the other three sitting arm weight training exercises, and after a short break, my other six walking exercises. I didn't do my standing arm weight training exercises, or my leg exercises, but I'm starting to try to mix it up, so I don't always miss the same exercises. {Smile}

   After church, around home communion, I played Cross Stitch World. then I finished writing up Saturday's update. After that, I hopped into Coty of Heroes: Homecoming later than I meant to. If Div had been there, he'd left, but Perogies was there. We teamed up and did a few of my missions. We kept at them until Pierogies realized it was a good time to try to join the later MSR. He does love those, so we did join it. It was done in the new way, where they do it in a kind of mission, not the full, open zone. It went very similarly and wasn't as restricted as I expected. Apparently, a level restriction has been dropped. After it was done, I joined Dennis, who was hunting a few badges which are available special this month, because the anniversary of City of Heroes first opening is in May. After a while, I left to read to Mom. I hadn't gotten any of the badges yet, but Mom comes first. {Smile}

   After dinner, I hopped back into City of Heroes: Homecoming. I saw Pierogies, but assumed he was farming while offline. So, I started solo hunting the badges I'd been hunting before with Dennis. Two came very quickly, but the third didn't. then Pierogies said hi and joined me. We hunted the badges together. I also talked to Dr. Faustus, who was finishing up a task force. Pierogies finally got sleepy enough to leave a while later. I'd just begun hunting on my own when Dennis came in and joined me. We got together just about when my character finally got the last badge. So, I switched characters, and started hunting on my fifth best badge collector. Then Dr. Faustus got done and invited us to join him for a couple of badge missions. We leapt at it as a lovely change of pace, since this sort of badge hunting gets monotonous after a while. With Dr. Faustus, I got one badge on my 5th best badge-collector, and the other on my second-best badge collector, along with a related badge. Then I broke to clean myself up. I came back to find Nox had said hi just after I left and gone to bed a while later. I responded, so they'd find it in the morning. Then I started my salsa dancing and other exercises. Playing Cross Stitch World, watching videos, reading a comic, and writing a bit of this filled my breaks. Afterwards, I followed by making notes, reading a comic, and a tiny bit of soloing to start my second-best badge collector on one of the anniversary-badges. {Smile}

Daily Update, May 4, 2024

    On Saturday, I slowly worked on my story a little more. I got another character introduced kind of around lunch time. Two to go, and then we'll see what's next. {Smile}

   I ate breakfast and dinner with Mom and read to her before dinner. I got there right after my bath again, but at least I was pretty much on time this time. Mom was resting but opened her eyes and started responding more easily than the day before. She seemed to enjoy the pictures. I started my reading with scripture and thoughts about it first. Then I read a Christmas card from her nephew, an Easter card from her cousin, a birthday card from one of her sisters, and a Thanksgiving card from her other sister. Next, I read the next few pages from _1960's Memory Lane_. After that, I read "The Ugly Duckling," from _Five Minute Fairy Tales_ finishing that book. I ended with the 4th of May's story from _366 Stories for Bedtime_, "The Golden Spider." {Smile}

   I did my two arm-resistance exercises and started my two standing arm weight training exercises between reading to Mom and dinner. I finished the last standing arm weight training exercise after dinner. Next, after teaming for the evening, I did my salsa dancing warmup set. Then, after a break, I did my less structured salsa dancing. After another break, I did my seven leg exercises, then two of my four arm weight training exercises and eight of my fourteen walking exercises before it got too late. 

   After breakfast, I played Cross Stitch World. Then I finished writing Friday's daily update. Over lunch, I wrote a little more of my story. Then after lunch, I hopped into City of Heroes: Homecoming. there, I found Div, and we teamed up, doing a few of their missions. Pierogies joined us, despite not feeling good. We continued to do missions. Then Div left. I tried to find out if Pierogies felt up to more, and accidentally picked up a timed mission. Pierogies helped me finish that mission, then left. I did a little paperwork, then paused to clean myself up. That took me to time to read to Mom. {Smile}

   After dinner and a little more exercise, I began writing this up, then hopped into City of Heroes: Homecoming. I didn't find anyone on, so I tried soloing, but had trouble. So, I did some paperwork. Then Dr. Faustus came on late. We tried to help a friend of his, but they disappeared before we could. I talked with Nox a little on the chat server. Dr. Faustus kept getting pulled away by work. He got us into hunting a couple of giant monsters, so I got a couple of badges from that, while he could go in and out as work needed. He did slip in helping me finish the last mission in a story arc. then I did more paperwork and played a little Cross Stitch World. I also did my exercises, and a bit of research. Then I wrote a little of this, did a little paperwork, and made notes to finish writing this the next day. {Smile}

Daily Update, May 3, 2024

    On Friday, a moral dilemma came up while I was playing on City of Heroes: Homecoming. Dr. Faustus insisted on sitting out the story arc the supergroup we belong to was supposed to do, because the contact we were supposed to help was a Nazi, and he's against helping them even in a game, and he felt his character would be, too. The gal who's the other person I'm more comfortable calling a friend, not just an acquaintance left about then... One of the others suggested we run something we could all do. I seconded that, but Dr. Faustus insisted we play on "for completion's sake." That's when I found myself with a serious dilemma. I play this game to spend time with my friends, and both of my real friends had left. Worse, at least one was sitting out as a conscientious objector, as far as I could figure. As I thought about it, I realized that my family has been fighting for civil rights in assorted movements for well over a century, if not longer. I don't mean just lip service. We've put our reputations on the line for civil rights. We've put our jobs on the line, too. Also, our freedom, and possibly our lives. It's a heritage I am proud of, and I am not going back on that heritage "for completion's sake" in a game. Not when a friend has decided it's worth sitting it out, even if he tries to decide for me that it's more important for me to support the group. If he hadn't done that, I probably would have played, too. I wouldn't be the first time I'd have chosen spending time with a friend over in-game ethics, but this time I actually got more time with my friend by sitting it out. {smile}

Also, our housekeeper came on Friday. Our house is definitely better for her attentions. {Smile}

   I ate breakfast, lunch and dinner with Mom and read to her before dinner. I got there right after my bath, and I'm fairly sure I was late at that. Mom needed to be woken up; the nurse helped with that, speaking louder than I'd gotten to yet. She did look at the pictures while I read, though she closed her eyes to rest when she'd seen enough. First, I started my reading with scripture and thoughts about it. Then I read a Christmas card from her nice, a birthday card from one of her sisters, and a Valentine's card from her other sister. After that, I read the next few pages from _1960's Memory Lane_. Next, I read "The Emperor's New Clothes" from _Five Minute Fairy Tales_. I finished with the 3rd of May's poem from _366 Stories for Bedtime_, "The Wood Sprite." {Smile}

   I did my walking exercises after teaming for the evening - all fourteen in one go. Then, with only brief pauses in between, I did my five head exercises, my two arm-resistance exercises, and my fourteen arm-swinging exercises. Then, after a longer break, I did my salsa dancing warmup set. Then, after another longer break, I did the first piece of my second salsa dancing set. I realized as I started that I was tired but tried to stick it out for that piece. I did, but as I finished, I realized that a second piece - even a shorter one - would probably not be the best choice. So, I stopped at almost 15 minutes of salsa dancing. I realized I was tired even for the simpler exercises, so I stopped for the night. {smile}

   Over breakfast, I played Cross Stitch World, and continued to do that through most of the morning. then I wrote up Thursday's daily update late in my morning, before lunch. After lunch, hopped into City of Heroes: Homecoming. There, I found Div, and we teamed up. Pierogies said hi but wanted to check with his family before committing. Also, Dr. Faustus let me know the villain group he got me into had a meeting in a couple of hours. Not worried about that, Div and I started doing a mission of mine. Pierogies came back and joined us, and we ran a few more of my missions. Then Div left, and Pierogies left too, admitting he was tired. Finding myself free, I checked with Dr. Faustus. The meeting was going. I went, we were still chatting, but soon we adjourned to do a story arc. That's the story arc Dr. Faustus and I sat out, and another friend left before it started. In any case, I left early to squeeze in a bath before reading to Mom and managed to be later to start that than I hoped. {smile}

   After supper I went back into City of Heroes: Homecoming. I found Dennis and we teamed up. We ran the last couple of missions in one of my character's story arcs, ending just when he hoped to leave because of an early morning. Then Dennis left, and I did a little paperwork, the looked around. I spotted someone asking for a team who was a bit lower level, so I asked if he'd found a team. He said no, but he'd hoped not to lead one, so I switched to a character closer to his level, and advertised, getting a few more characters on the team. We finished one of my story arcs, and all but one left. I advertised again, got a couple more, and we started another story arc. We did a few missions, and everyone left just about when I was hoping to start my exercises. So, I did my exercises, interspersed with writing this, reading comics, and playing Cross Stitch World. After the exercises, I made notes in this to write from the next day, then headed to bed. {Smile}

Daily Update, May 2, 2024

    I found a text around breakfast time reminding me that Raider had an appointment at Val's veterinarian's office. So, I called that vet's office and explained that the message had reached the wrong person, and they still needed to remind Raider's family about his appointment. She thanked me.

   Later in the morning I had counselling. It went okay. We talked a lot about how my story is going, and how sequels could go. We established something else to work on next time, which I'm looking forward to covering. {smile}

   After counselling, I sorted through books before and after lunch. This segued into sorting books after lunch. I'm trying to sort out duplicates which could be sold or used as presents or something. {Smile}

   I ate lunch and dinner with Mom and read to her before dinner. I got there right after my bath; I think just about normal time for me. Mom was awake and looking around, though not lively.  She looked at the pictures, too, though she closed her eyes to rest when she'd seen enough. First, I began my reading with scripture and thoughts about it. After that, I read Christmas cards from her sister's friend and her sister. Next, I read the first couple of pages from _1960's Memory Lane_. Then I read "The Golden Goose" from _Five Minute Fairy Tales_. I finished with the 2nd of May's story from _366 Stories for Bedtime_, "The Butterfly." {Smile}

   My exercises started with my five head exercises when I was winding down in the evening. Then I did eight of my walking exercises, three of my sitting arm weight training exercises, and all 12 of my arm-swinging exercises. After a short break, I did my other six walking exercises. After a longer break, I did my last sitting arm weight training exercise, and realized I was getting tired. I still did my arm resistance exercises, but I stopped there, since the tiredness wasn't getting better. The truth is, both sorting through books and sorting books involved a lot of lifting carrying and moving books, including walking around carrying them, so I think I got some exercise earlier in the day that way. Missing my leg exercises and my standing arm weight training exercises doesn't feel too bad. {Smile}

   I read an article around the text and phone, before counselling. Then, after sorting through and sorting books, I hopped into City of Heroes: Homecoming. I let TheCyberChill know I was heading there through the chat server. I found Div and Kitten in Kitten's base, and we got together. TheCyberChill joined us, and we started teaming up. Pierogies joined us too. We teamed a fair while before Div left. TheCyberChill left just after them. Pierogies, Kitten and I chatted, and watched a couple of videos. I also finished writing Wednesday's daily update. Then I left to clean myself up and went straight to reading to Mom followed by dinner after that. {Smile}

   After dinner, I hopped back into City of Heroes: Homecoming, and quickly joined Kitten in their base. I did some paperwork while visiting. TheCyberChill joined us. When I finished my paperwork, I asked about "doing something." Kitten would have liked to, but they were too tired. TheCyberChill was willing, so we did a mission and a hunt a mid-level character of mine has. Then I watched TheCyberChill do the rest of the story we'd stopped in the middle of, and the next one in FFXIV. After that, I did my exercises, and chatted with TheCyberChill a little. I also read an article and played a little of Cross Stitch World. I ended with writing a little of this and making a lot of notes to write from the next day. {Smile}

Daily Update, May 1, 2024

    Happy May Day! That is if you celebrate it. if not, I hope you had a nice one anyway. Yes, I guess it's one day late, but this is the post where i tell what I did on May Day, so this is when I remember it. {Smile}

   The night before, I heard a thump while I was going to bed. A cursory look around didn't reveal what had caused the thump, I left further investigation for the morning. The next morning, i couldn't find my phone where I've been leaving it since my hearing aid charger started taking up the phone's old place. I realized it falling must have been the thump; it was a reasonable loudness and all. I found my phone behind my bed and tried a fair while to get it out. Nothing I tried quite managed to get it, so I got our nurse. I tried to suggest something that needed more hands than I could do by myself, but he shooed me off, saying he'd get it. I don't know what he did, but he got it out in half the time I spent trying, maybe less. I thanked him lavishly. {Chuckle, Smile}

   A while after breakfast, I contacted Uber. A fellow came and took me to physical therapy. That went pretty well. I even worked on some tricky salsa dancing moves with the harness, so if I slipped, that would catch me. Afterwards, I contacted Uber again, and a gal took me home She did not believe me when I tried to warn her about the after-school traffic and how to avoid it. Everyone knows schools let out a little after one on Wednesdays (they did before they closed for Covid 19), not a little after noon (except they have since they reopened during the pandemic). {wry smile}

   I thought about my story, but I didn't actually write more. In the afternoon I was tired, and when I tried later, I realized I needed to think the next part through better. {Smile}

   I ate dinner with Mom and read to her before that. I got there a little earlier today. Mom was awake and looking around. She looked at the pictures, too, mostly without too much prompting. I began my reading with scripture and thoughts about it first. After that, I read some cards from her cousin's granddaughter and her cousin. Next, I read the last couple of pages from _Music stars 1940-1960 Memory Lane_. Then I read "The Twelve Dancing Princesses" from _Five Minute Fairy Tales_. I finished with the 1st of May's story from _366 Stories for Bedtime_, "Lucky Lilies." {Smile}

   My exercise was my physical therapy today. I was quite drained enough afterwards to feel like I'd earned a day off. {smile}

   I read an article or two between breakfast and calling Uber to go to physical therapy. I'm so glad the nurse got the phone out of where it fell so I could. I played a little Cross Stitch World waiting for Uber to take me over to physical therapy and read a little of a web novel waiting for Uber to take me home. Then I wrote up Tuesday's daily update over and after lunch. Next, I hopped into City of Heroes: Homecoming, where I found Div, who pointed out I was later than the day before. Well, yes, physical therapy delayed my daily update, which delayed getting in. Anyway, I teamed up with Div, Kitten, and TheCyberChill. The difficulty was high for TheCyberChill, who left after one mission. Pierogies joined us and asked for the difficulty higher; all who were left really could. I was struggling a little, but in a good way. Div left late for them. Then I talked a little with Dennis, who hoped to team up after my dinner. Pierogies left slightly earlier than I usually read to Mom I went and did that fairly soon, after realizing it was really too tight to clean myself up just then. {Smile}

   After dinner, I talked with TheCyberChill. They wanted to do the next story after the ones last night in a different game while I watched, but I admitted I really wanted to play City of Heroes: Homecoming. They admitted they were tired, and suggested doing it soon, like maybe a couple of days. So, I hopped into City of Heroes: Homecoming, where I found Dennis with Kitten, and a friend of theirs joined us soon. Kitten went quiet, and timed out, like they'd gone to sleep. Dennis, the other one and I did a few missions. I also talked to Nox on the chat server. Then the other one left, and so did Dennis. I started working on a lot of paperwork that's piled up. I also finally cleaned myself up. I also played some Cross Stitch World and read a few more comics before writing a little more of this and taking notes to write from the next day. {Smile}

Daily Update, April 30, 2024

    On Tuesday, after breakfast, I phoned my church. I told them Kim, my cousin, wanted to be back on their email list. They took her email address down and promised to add it again. Then I texted Kim, to tell her I'd gotten that done. That turned into a nice if short text conversation. {Smile}  

   I also worked on my story. In the morning, I added a little I just realized really needed to be there. At night, between my salsa sets, I started the second part of the new introduction. It's coming slowly, but at least it's coming. {Smile}

   I ate dinner with Mom and read to her before that. I got there at a typical time. Mom was resting, but opened her eyes and kept looking around, so i think she really was just resting. She seemed interested in what I read and showed to her. I started my reading with scripture and thoughts about it first. Then I read some cards from her nephew, a cousin, and both of her sisters. After that, I read a couple of pages from _Music stars 1940-1960 Memory Lane_. Next, I read "Thumbelina" from _Five Minute Fairy Tales_. I finished with the 30th of April's story from _366 Stories for Bedtime_, "The Letter-Box." {Smile}

   I started my leg exercises between reading to Mom and dinner and finished them after dinner. I also did my arm resistance exercises after dinner. Then I did my arm swinging exercises and walking exercises after Nox and TheCyberChill left. Next came a break that went longer than I meant trying to find the point of an infomercial. (I finally gave up.) Then I did my salsa dancing warmup followed by my head exercises. I hoped to do more, but it was late enough, it was time to quit.

   After breakfast, around the phone and text conversations, I read comics and articles and watched a little of a video. Then I wrote some of the story and Monday's daily update. Next came lunch, during which I got a note from Div promising to be in City of Heroes: Homecoming, and to team up if I got in soon enough. I dashed right into City of Heroes: Homecoming and found Div. We started talking. Pierogies said hi, too, and promised to be back after he left to eat. Then Div and I teamed up. In our first mission, my character accidentally gained a level I was trying to avoid, so I could finish running out the contact he was the right level for. He missed some of it, but I'm reminding myself other characters can do what he's missed, and now he can move on to the endgame. After that mission, Pierogies joined us for our second mission, and we did a couple more missions after that, I think during the third mission. We did another, then Pierogies left. Div, TheCyberChill and I did another mission or two. Then Div left next. TheCyberChilll wanted me to watch them play a different game, but I needed to break and clean myself up. by the time I finished, it was just about time to read to Mom. {Smile}

   After dinner and my exercises, I found TheCyberChill, and started watching them play the story they wanted to show me. That took up the evening, along with chatting with Nox on the chat server for a fair while. Then I worked on my exercises, with watching videos and writing my story in between and around them. To my disgust, that included one of those infomercials that keep promising to tell you how to get their miracle product, but never get around to it. I think I gave up after half an hour without reaching how to actually get the stuff. I also wrote a little of this and made notes to finish writing this the next day. {Smile}

Daily Update, April 29, 2024

    A while after breakfast, I contacted Uber. A fellow came and took me to get my new hearing aids checked after a week of wearing them. The hearing aids checked out, and some volume control got added. That's really what I wanted int eh first place, but the technician wanted me to see if I needed anything else, too. {Smile}

   Then I contacted Uber, and a fellow came and took me home. He had about six books he'd written and self-published on display. I thought that was neat. {Smile}

   I swapped out an old, stretched, and bent out of shape plastic floor pad for a new, flat floor pad in hopes it will be harder to trip over while salsa dancing. It had arrived a few days ago, but I got tired of waiting for the housekeeper to come do it today. It involved enough manhandling it ought to count for a little exercise somehow. {Smile}

   I thought about my story a lot, but somehow didn't get more written. {smile}

   I ate dinner with Mom and read to her before that. I got there slightly earlier than sometimes. Mom was awake when I got there, and more interested in what I what I read. She opened her eyes when prompted to look at pictures. I began my reading with scripture and thoughts about it first. After that, I continued reading her niece's long family Christmas letter from 2021. Next, I read a couple of pages from _Music stars 1940-1960 Memory Lane_. I kept it short again, this time just because this book has more words than most of her picture books.  Then I read "the Princess and the Pea" from _Five Minute Fairy Tales_. I finished with the 29th of April's story from _366 Stories for Bedtime_, "Young Detectives." {Smile}

   I did my head exercises and some of my arm swinging exercises while waiting for Uber at home. Then I did the rest of my arm swinging exercises and my arm resistance exercises between reading to Mom and dinner. I did my walking exercises after teaming for the evening and a little paperwork. Then after another pause, I did one of my four sitting arm weight training exercises, both of my standing arm weight training exercises, and all seven of my leg exercise before it got too late to continue. I am happy to get back to doing more exercises, including some of the weight training exercises. I was concerned with how often I've been missions those. {smile}

   Before and after my appointment for my hearing aids, I read articles and comics, and played Cross Stitch World. That included over breakfast, after breakfast, over lunch, and after lunch. Then after that I read some of a web novel and wrote up yesterday's daily update. Then I hurriedly cleaned myself up before hopping into City of Heroes: Homecoming. Pierogies and I found each other, and we teamed up. We did some missions until it was time to read to Mom. {Smile}

   After dinner I began to write this up. Then I hopped into City of Heroes: Homecoming. I said hi to Dennis, Pierogies, and Ulty. Ulty responded first, and the others were slow enough, I got into a slow role-play which was all talk. It was slow but okay. things were more interesting when Dennis and Pierogies started talking, since they filled some long quiet stretches. I also chatted with Nox on the chat server, which had the same benefit. Then Ulty left, and I realized that as little as I'd known what to talk about before, being with a few folks I barely know made that even worse. I felt self-conscious and uncertain of my place in the roleplay after Ulty left, but it broke up... probably sooner after she left than it felt like. {rueful chuckle} When it did break up, I joined Dennis, and got Pierogies to come with us. We teamed for a while, until Pierogies left for bed. Then Dennis and I teamed a little more before Dennis left for bed. After that, I did some paperwork, then started my exercises. I filled the breaks between exercises with videos and articles and began writing this up and making notes in it, too. I slipped in a little Cross Stitch World but tried to finish up and get done slightly earlier. I managed to get done slightly before the time I did the night before, and into bed a little earlier. Now if I can just keep that up... {Smile}

Daily Update, April 28, 2024

    I called Uber after breakfast, and a fellow came and took me to church. I arrived over ten minutes late, but they must have started late, since I got there during the announcements. it was morning prayer, since our priest was gone for her father's funeral. At that, it was altered, with minimal processing, because our deacon was barely able to hobble on crutches.

   We had a big lunch afterwards. Then I got a ride home with one of the folks who often takes me when Auntie Barbara isn't there. Auntie Barbara had warned me the previous night that she wouldn't be there because she wanted to spend more time with her son and his wife, are visiting for a while. {Smile}

   My story came along a bit more, but it's still pretty slow. I suspect it doesn't help that I'm trying to do a lot without adding too much to the length in the introduction. {smile}

 

   I ate breakfast and dinner with Mom and read to her before dinner. I got there slightly earlier than sometimes. Mom was quite awake this time, but not as interested in some of what I read. She kept her eyes open, but sometimes I wondered if she was looking at the pictures. First, I began my reading with scripture and thoughts about it. Then I continued reading her niece's long family Christmas letter from 2021. After that, I read a couple of pages from _Music stars 1940-1960 Memory Lane_, but not as much as usual, because she said she wasn't enjoying it. Next, I read "Snow White and Rose Red" from _Five Minute Fairy Tales_. I finished with the 28th of April's story from _366 Stories for Bedtime_, "the Race." {Smile}

   I did my head exercises and started my arm swinging exercises while waiting for Uber. I finished my arm swinging exercises and did my arm resistance exercises between reading to Mom and dinner. Then I did my walking exercises after I finished teaming for the evening. Next, I took a break, then did my salsa dancing warmup set. After another break, I did my less structured salsa dancing set. 

   When I got home, I played Cross Stitch World and read articles. Then I wrote up Saturday's daily update. Next, I snuck into City of Heroes: Homecoming, where I got caught immediately by Pierogies and Kitten, who were admiring Kitten's base. I joined them, and we chatted while we admired it for a while. Then we split up. I cleaned myself up, then we back into City of Heroes: Homecoming. I teamed up with Kitten and Dennis for three missions. Pierogies joined us partway through the second one. Then I left to read to Mom. {Smile}

   After dinner and some exercises, I got back into City of Heroes: Homecoming. I found Dennis and Kitten admiring Kitten's base and joined them. Then we teamed up and started to play. Dennis thought a particular character had done a certain story arc, but he couldn't find the contact, or the one before that. He did find the one before that, but it looked like he hadn't done anything for that contact. He must have done the others on a different character. Anyway, we did that story arc with him. I also talked briefly but meaningfully with Nox on the chat server. When Dennis, Kitten and I finished that story arc, Dennis left for bed. Then Kitten and I ran one more mission. The next mission looked like more than we quite felt up to, so we said goodnight. Then I did some of my exercises. I played Cross Stitch World, watched videos, wrote some of this and took notes to write from for the rest of it in the breaks and afterwards, too. {Smile}

Daily Update, April 27, 2024

    I wrote more of the story here and there in spots. I wrote a bit in the morning, a bit more in the afternoon... It's coming. {Smile}

   Oh, I found a new site to read webcomics on. It has a t least two that another site expected me to pay in time or money to get. I did for a while, but it will be good to be able to read without fussing over that. 

   I ate breakfast, lunch and dinner with Mom and read to her before dinner. I got there earlier than sometimes. Mom was reasonably awake this time, keeping her eyes open and looking at the pictures, even responding a few times. First, I started my reading with scripture and thoughts about it. Next, I continued reading her niece's long family Christmas letter from 2021. Then, I read the next few pages from _Music stars 1940-1960 Memory Lane_. After that, I read "The Little Mermaid" from _Five Minute Fairy Tales_. I finished with the 27th of April's story from _366 Stories for Bedtime_, "Greg's Garden." {Smile}

   I did some of my head exercises near the end of the evening on City of Heroes: Homecoming. Then I did my salsa dancing warmup set, followed by the rest of my head exercises, my arm swinging exercises, and my arm resistance exercises. then I did my less structured salsa dancing for a little over 20 minutes of salsa dancing. then it was too late to do more. But at least I got that much done. {rueful look}

   In the morning, I read articles, played Cross Stitch World, and wrote a little of my story. Then I finished writing Friday's daily update. I read comics after lunch and wrote more of my story. Then I cleaned myself up before hopping into City of Heroes: Homecoming. Kitten and Pierogies caught me and showed me the supergroup base Kitten has been working on. They've been working hard at it, and most of the most main things you can do something with are available, along with some of the pets they like. We admired it until Pierogies left. Then Kitten and I joined Dennis and a friend of his who were working on some missions. The first was lower level because it was old, but the latter two were a bit higher. {Smile}

After dinner, I did a lot of paperwork because I couldn't find anyone to play with. It helped me make progress on a couple of big projects I have. Eventually I found a few friends to say hi to. Mysty invited me to join her for a roleplay. I did. Then Dennis came on and said hi. We talked, and he tried to join in, but was thrown by some odd moods in the group. then the others left, and Dennis and I did a mission. Then I did what exercise I got done today, reading a comic in a break. I looked at videos and another comic afterwards. Then I wrote this and made notes to write from the next day. {Smile}