Daily Update, July 5, 2026

The night before Sunday, I got to bed a few minutes before 2 am. I made my first goal, but because it's Sunday, and church starts nominally at 10 am, and rarely much later, I got up at 8:45, so I didn't get as much sleep as I'd like. {smile}

After breakfast, my main nurse took me down to church and dropped me off. He ran an errand, then came later. I got there during the announcements, which is kind of acceptably late, and sat with Auntie Barbara. We had Morning Prayer, with our deacon doing the sermon, and no Holy Communion, which we usually do on Sundays if we don't have a priest. It was a nice service. I sat with Auntie Barbara during lunch, though we both talked more with others at our table. We talked a bit as folks were cleaning up. Then my main nurse took me back home. I played Cross Stitch World both on the way to church, and on the way home. {Smile}

After church, I got onto my computer and read a few articles and comics. Then I wrote up Saturday's daily update, occasionally checking Discord, the chat server. I found an announcement from Mysty announcing a supergroup meeting where we'd do an adventure she'd planned for Oleva's villain supergroup - the new one. I finished Saturday's daily update, and went into City of Heroes: Homecoming, since it was too late to squeeze in a bath and still make the meeting. I worked on the in-game auction house, storage and crafting I hadn't done the night before on Ana and checked the auction house on several characters. Next, I switched to Oleva, went to the meeting while checking on my friends who play the game again. We roleplayed a little, and started Mysty's adventure, which was mostly roleplaying, with one player-made mission that went right over dinner, so I ate at my computer. The group was so large, we split into two teams for the mission, and the other team finished enough before us, they did a second mission, which we learned was meant to be done later. {Smile}

After that, we broke up. I worked on the in-game auction house, storage, and crafting Oleva's play had produced. Then I broke to clean myself up with the help of my main nurse, despite it really being too late. In the future, I need to figure out a way to fit the bath in sooner. Next, I went back to my computer and into City of Heroes: Homecoming. I checked on my friends who play the game and said hi to Dr. Faustus and Kitten. I also let Kitten and our mutual friends know I was back in the game through Discord. Dr. Faustus and I talked and teamed up with me on Peony, and them on a different mid-level character she sometimes teams with than the one she did last time. We started to roleplay and do missions. Kitten joined us, which meant less roleplaying, and more out-of-character talking and focusing on missions.  All three of use enjoy doing missions together. Dr. Fautus and I did a little roleplaying on the side by ourselves. Eventually, we said goodnight to Kitten so Dr. Fautus and I could concentrate on roleplaying for a bit. Peony and Dr. Faustus's character had an interesting if not entirely clear conversation, but adolescents were discussing romance, so I thought the confusion was appropriate. I certainly didn't understand a lot about romance when I was adolescent. I still don't, though I understand more, I hope. I don't remember signs that the other adolescents understood it much better, either. After that, I worked on the in-game auction house, storage and crafting on Peony. Then I wrote in this, pausing to check Cross Stitch World and play a little of it. After writing more in this, I made notes to write from later. Next, I answered Nox on Discord. I finished my evening with the Lord's Prayer, Saint Francis's Prayer, and the motto of the Daughters of the King. {Smile}

Daily Update, July 4, 2026

Saturday was the Fourth of July, so if you celebrate that, I hope you had a good one. It also means I missed Canada Day, which I don't celebrate but I know friends who do, so if you do, I hope that day went well, too. If you celebrate neither, I hope you had a nice day each time. {SMILE}

The night before Saturday, I was surprised when I realized I was getting to bed a few minutes after 2 am. I thought I'd done better and can't quite figure out where the time went. I just have to keep working harder at getting to bed earlier, I guess. {smile}

After lunch, my main nurse and I went out. We stopped first at the popsicle stand and were very glad we did. The lady told us she was closing up after us. I got the last chocolate fudge popsicle, and didn't see many other flavors to choose from, though there were a few, so it might have been running low on supplies. I hope she was closing early because holiday business was good. While I ate my popsicle, my main nurse drove to Prince Kuhio Plaza. e walked all the way around. Without tables on display, the aisles were more open. There also were fewer people. My main nurse even commented about that. I figured they were all having picnics such at beaches and other parks. We made it around more quickly than usual. Then my main nurse took me home. I read _Demon Slayer: Kietsu no Taiba: Sighs from the Wind_ on the way down and the way back but decided when we were nearing home that I'd read enough of that book. When we got home, I put it with another book I'm ready to return. {Smile}

I had breakfast with my main nurse and read Forward Day by Day. After breakfast, I went onto my computer. I started out reading articles and comics, then shifted to writing up Friday's daily update around lunch. After lunch and writing came our trip out. When we got back, I got back onto my computer. I checked Discord, and found a note from Kitten, who seemed excited to play with me, so I dashed into City of Heroes: Homecoming. I said hi to Kitten and Pierogies and found out exactly what Kitten wanted to play to get a particular type of badge. I started to suggest an alternate that my Ana Marcelino need, but Kitten wanted fast, and they'd picked the fastest alternative, and already set it up. So I found a character who needed the badge they wanted, and we ran it. Pierogies said hi and joined us after a mission, and we all got the badge at the end. Then we talked a bit, because it was too close to my dinner to do much else. This included saying goodnight to Pierogies. Next, I had dinner with my main nurse and the fireworks show he had on the TV. The color of fireworks on TV these days is even better than when Dad decided they'd improved the color enough for TV fireworks to be worth watching, {Smile}

After dinner, I went back to my computer and City of Heroes: Homecoming. I found Kitten in a group doing high-level, individual missions I joined them. When we finished, we did the end of a high-level story arc but didn't quite finish the last mission. Then we did several timed, high-level individual missions. After a few of them, Dr. Faustus said hi. Our team was full, but they joined when we had a spot after a couple more. We did a couple more with Dr. Faustus in the group. Next, Dr. Faustus and I left to roleplay together while Kitten left because they were too tired. I got Peony, one of my Hobbits who is mid-level currently. Dr. Faustus got a character not too far from her in level who she knows, not that we did anything where level matters. Dr. Faustus's character needed to talk, and Peony was willing to listen. Eventually we wound down. I began writing this up, pausing to shop on Amazon, where I took advantage of a sale. After writing a bit more in this, I closed windows, watching one video, then concentrated on making notes in this without interruption. Then I checked Cross Stitch World and played a little of it. I ended my evening with the Lord's prayer, Saint Francis's Prayer, and the motto of the Daughters of the King. {Smile}

Daily Update, July 3, 2026

The night before Friday, i got to bed a few minutes after 2 am. I blame finding an article I wanted to read rather than find again while shutting down my computer. I knew it might make me late but did it anyway. between the late bedtime and getting up more than usual in the night, I was pretty tired after breakfast, so I lay down and took a nap. After that, I definitely felt better. {Smile} 

After lunch, my main nurse took me down to the lawyer's office for the paperwork they called me about on Wednesday, but they were closed. After calling them and getting a message about being closed today, I realized they must have closed because the fourth of July is a Saturday, so many businesses close on the day before to mark the holiday. My main nurse took me back home. I started reading _Demon Slayer: Kietsu no Taiba: Sighs from the Wind_, a light novel (Japanese young adult novel) connected to the manga and anime series, Demon Slayer. {Smile}

During breakfast, I read Forward Day by Day. After breakfast, I took a nap. Then I went onto my computer. I read articles and comics right over lunch. Then we took our trip out. After the trip, I went back to my computer. I read a couple of short comics, then went into City of Heroes: Homecoming. I checked on my friends who play the game. Then I worked on the beginning of the weekend auction house on several characters. I checked on my friends who play the game again while I got ranged Olga and went to her villain supergroup meeting. I found Marius already there. The player soon brought his other member, too. Dr. Faustus and Patience joined us, as did Anya and the other most regular of our new players. We'd been warned that our leader couldn't make it. We ran a mid-level taskforce, poking fun at it since we were villains helping a hero. I had to switch to melee-ranged Olga, because ranged Olga is one level too low, and I'm not ready to go up yet. We chatted most of the time through the taskforce. Next, our meeting broke up. I worked on the in-game auction house, storage, and crafting on melee-ranged Olga. After that, I got Ana. I ran into Pierogies, who was just leaving, but it was easy to talk him into doing one mission together. We finished as Kitten showed up, but it was too close to bed for Pierogies, and too close to dinner to run content with them at that time. So, we teamed up to talk but didn't run content. I had dinner with main nurse, his TV, and started reading "Perfect State" in _Tailored Realities_ by Brandon Sanderson. {Smile}

After dinner, I read a few comics, then finished writing up Thursday's daily update. I paused to talk with some new acquaintances on Discord, as well as with Kitten. Next, I went into City of Heroes: Homecoming and checked on my friends who play the game. I found Kitten on two accounts, a farmer and a new toon the was levelling. (Yes, you can go up quickly in this game. I don't choose to, but Kitten prefers that.) I joined them in a farm, where we chatted. I did a little auction house, storage and crafting when that mission ended. Kitten started another form, but they also got a character on their third account so we could play while the farm did its thing passively. We did a mission that finished a high-level story arc, getting two badges. We talked about what to do next. I settled on two badge missions that gave me two badges each, and Kitten a few more, because I asked for credit for ones I knew they didn't have on that character. I worked on the in-game auction house, strange and crafting and updated Ana's badge record, all while learning about strategy from Kitten. I have so much to learn! They've complained more than once that my strategy is spotty at best. After that, I began writing this, though I soon switched to making notes. I didn't close many windows until very close to the end because I kept looking stuff up but somehow stayed more focused than usual when I don't. I checked Cross Stitch World and played a little while getting ready for bed. I ended my evening with the Lord's Prayer, Saint Francis's Prayer, and the motto of the Daughters of the King. {Smile}

Daily Update, July 2, 2026

The night before Thursday, I got into bed a few minutes before 2 am, sure I'd made my first goal. That does feel good. {Smile}

Over breakfast, I got into my counselling. we started, then had it quit on us. I couldn't connect to HMSA again, so we ended up doing it over Zoom, which will cost a copay I don't have to pay with HMSA's own system, but at least it worked. My counsellor was very happy with the progress I'd made looking into alternatives for my future. I was relieved. I didn't think I'd done that much. {Smile}

After counselling, I read a few articles, then started reading comics, which continued over lunch. When I had my hands free again, I wrote up Wednesday's daily update. Then I began looking into special mirrors to look at my back. I found some that let you look at the back of your head, but I want further down, to spot incipient boils. For now, I'm paying a nurse to check my back for incipient boils. It's expensive, but it does catch boils and get them treated before they're hospital worthy. Next, I began studying an aspect of City of Heroes: Homecoming that I haven't seen much about. I hope it will help me play through personal stories of some of my characters. It did help me get into City of Heroes: Homecoming late. I checked on my friends who play the game. After that, I looked around for something to do. I spotted a high-level, large-group trial that Ana didn't have all the badges from. I ran it twice and got one badge. There are two more badges to go. I updated her badge record. Then I had dinner with my main nurse and Forward Day by Day. {Smile}

After dinner, I cleaned myself up with the help of my main nurse. Then I went back to my computer. I read some comics and went back to City of Heroes: Homecoming. I checked on my friends who play the game and said hi to Dr. Faustus and some other friends on Discord. Next, I spotted the pair of high-level taskforces recruiting, so I joined and ran them on Soo-In Park, who's working on a badge they go towards this week. I realized a little late that Ana could do a pair for part of the special reward for the first one done this week. Well, maybe she'll catch one before the rewards change. I worked on the in-game auction house storage and crafting on Soo-in, then Ana. After that, I checked on my friends who play the game again. I did a little more work on the new project until Dr. Faustus said hi on Discord. I went back to City of Heroes: Homecoming and checked on my friends who play the game. I teamed up with dr. Faustus with me on ranged Olga, and we did my last hero-themed mission I wanted to do on her at her current level. Then we returned to the less heroic part of the world, where our characters are mostly based. We did a mission there. Then we said goodnight. Yes, it was already time; we'd started that late. I worked on the in-game auction house and storage on Olga. Next, I checked on my friends who play the game again. I wrote some in this and took a break to looked into mirrors on the net again. I did find ones that look at the back as well as the head, but they're significantly more expensive. Not as expensive as the nurse can be over time, though. I went back to this to make notes. Then I found an article that I ended up reading despite it being late. I ended my evening with the Lord's Prayer, Saint Francis's Prayer, and the motto of the Daughters of the King. {Smile}

Daily Update, July 1, 2026

The night before Wednesday, I got to bed two or three minutes after 2 am. Only two days after the really late night, I was just relieved to miss my first goal by so little. {Smile}

After breakfast, the nursing company secretary came for the monthly check. We talked a bit, which we both enjoyed. Then she talked with my main nurse. Next, she sat in her car. I went out to say goodbye before she left. {Smile}

After lunch, my main nurse took me to the Department of Aging. I picked up most of their pamphlets, though I didn't talk to anyone. Then my main nurse dropped me at the public library. I returned four books. While browsing the manga, I got a phone call from nursing company secretary. She really wanted my main nurse, who wasn't with me. I picked out 5 more comic books, both manga (Japanese) and manhwa (Korean). I started one of the manhwas while waiting for my main nurse and continued reading it on my way home. {Smile}

After breakfast, I got onto my computer and read some articles. I began writing up Tuesday's daily update, with a few breaks to read comics and watch videos, but not as many as when I hope all the windows open already. I did finish more quickly, though not as quickly as when I haven't opened anything yet. I read more comics afterwards, including over lunch. Then came our trip out. When we got back, I went back to my computer. I read more comics and talked with Nox and other friends on Discord. I went into City of Heroes: Homecoming late. Dr. Faustus said hi, and I said hi to Pierogies. The three of us got together for two or three missions before dinner with me on Hezabell, my higher-level villain supergroup member. Pierogies was ready to stop then anyway. I had dinner with my main nurse, his TV, and "Dreamer" in _Tailored Realities_ by Brandon Sanderson. (_Tailored Realities_ is a collection of short to medium length stories, all by Brandon Sanderson.) {Smile}

After dinner, I went back to my computer. I talked with Nox, Pierogies, Kitten, Dennis and Shepherd on Discord. Then I went back to City of Heroes: Homecoming. I checked on my friends who play the game. I let Dr. Faustus and others know I was in the game through Discord. Then I worked on the in-game auction house, storage and crafting on Hezabell. Dr. Faustus came into City of Heroes: Homecoming and said hi. We teamed up with me on Oleva, the new-villain-supergroup member, and them with two then three of her supergroup mates. We finished the story arc we'd been doing together. Then we roleplayed a bit. We continued talking about our characters on Discord. Next, I wrote a little in this, quickly switching to making notes to write from the next day.  I ended my day with the Lord's Prayer, Saint Francis's Prayer, and the motto of the Daughters of the King. {Smile}

Daily Update, June 30, 2026

The night before Tuesday, I got to bed shortly before 2 am - like a minute or two before. That was so much better than the night before, I was very relieved. I actually met my first goal, if by a very slim margin. {Smile}

Late in the morning, I got a phone call from the nursing company secretary. We arranged for her to pick up my check for the next month on the next day, Wednesday. {smile}

After lunch, my substitute relief nurse and I went out. We ran a few errands while I played Cross Stitch World. Then we stopped at the ice cream parlor in Liliu'okalani Gardens. I picked out a guava cream popsicle, which I ate on the way home. {Smile}

I ate breakfast with my substitute relief nurse. I read Forward Day by Day, and started reading the Fairytail Omnibus manga, which I'd gotten at the Public Library. After breakfast, I went onto my computer and wrote up Monday's daily update before opening other windows. I got the call from the nursing company secretary while writing. Then I read web comics, continuing right over lunch. Our trip out was next. When we got back, I went onto my computer and into City of Heroes: Homecoming. I went to my teen supergroup's base on Aneira, since their weekly meeting would start soon. I paused in the lobby to check on my friends who play the game. As I finished, I realized that Veronica and Jawsome had stopped by me, and Veronica had brought a friend. Veronica let me know privately that she's one of the newer members in our villain supergroup. Nyxy's Pella soon joined us. Ulty and Jenny's Player were otherwise occupied, so the five of us did a single, low-level mission that's useful in building characters to get Veronica's friend up a level. After that, we ran a mid-level, taskforce together that's known for being short as taskforces go, often lasting around an hour. We roleplayed a little afterwards. Veronica's friend left first, after admitting she was tired. We continued to roleplay. Then Jawsome admitted he was tired and left. We only roleplayed a little more after that before Pella and Veronica left too. Alone, I worked on the in-game auction house, storage and crafting on Aneira. Then I switched to Valentina Matos, and joined the late night short, large-group event. After I ran it, I had dinner with my substitute relief nurse and read the beginning of a manga I didn't care for. I'll just return it and a relative to the public library. {Smile}

After supper, I went back to my computer. I read a comic or two and checked Discord. Then I went back to City of Heroes: Homecoming. I checked on my friends who play the game. Next, I tried to find something going on, but it was unusually quiet. Kitten came on, and we talked. We tried to run the pair of high-level taskforces on Veronica Matos and one of their characters, but we got stuck in the last part of the first mission. We quit and recruited a full team of eight. We ran the pair of taskforces with little trouble. Then I checked other things, including Discord. After that, I switched to Aneira, and Dr. Faustus joined us. We finished a story arc she had, then did two individual missions before we said goodnight. Then we said goodnight. I worked on the in-game auction house, storage and crafting on Aneira, then Valentina Matos. Next, I checked and played a little Cross Stitch World. Realizing it was later than I meant to run, I wrote only a little in this, mostly making notes in this to write from the next day. I did pause to check Discord and talk with Dr. Faustus some more. I ended my evening with the Lord's Prayer, Saint Francis's Prayer, and the motto of the Daughters of the King. {Smile}

Daily Update, June 29, 2026

The night before Monday, I answered a comment on my blog and discovered how illegible some of the comments are. trying to fix that led to discovering that followed links were almost as illegible. Trying to fix both led to getting to bed several minutes before 2:30 and then fiddling on my phone until I finally got it fixed. Once I got it fixed, I slept well, and I did get up at 9 am like usual, but I definitely needed an hour nap before lunch to banish some tiredness. {smile}

I greeted substitute relief nurse, who's back for this week and part of next week while my regular relief nurse is away. I got out manga and other comic books that I thought she'd like. Then I ate breakfast with her and Forward Day by Day. Next, I napped. After that, I went onto my computer and checked Discord before I had lunch with my substitute relief nurse and read "Brain Dump" in _Tailored Realities_ by Brandon Sanderson. Then I went back to my computer. I finished writing up Sunday's daily update. Next, I tried the new game, but my acquaintance was busy. I played by myself a bit, but I was bored by myself. I went into City of Heroes: Homecoming and checked on my friends who play the game. After that, I checked the special taskforces of the week. I discovered that the pair of high-level taskforces are two of the specials. I quickly found a pair being advertised, and joined that group on Eamonn, one of my characters who's still preparing for endgame stuff. He can do it, but he's still ramping up to doing it well. I realized Kitten was in the group too and said hi. After it was done, the team disbanded except for Kitten and me. Kitten got us into the late night short, large-group event, and we ran it. Then I went to dinner. I ate with my substitute relief nurse and read "I Hate Dragons" in _Tailored Realities_ by Brandon Sanderson. {Smile}

After dinner, I went back to my computer. I tried the new game again. I talked with my acquaintance on Discord. They insisted I need to upgrade my character for now I tried, but neither of us were satisfied with the results. I eventually went to City of Heroes: Homecoming. Dr. Faustus wanted to meet up after a meeting, but they didn't fully explain until after it was over. That's when I found out it was Oleva's new supergroup. They when I regretted missing it, they suggested catch some members who were still there, but by then they were just leaving. So, Dr. Faustus and I teamed up with me on Oleva and them on two of her supergroup mates. We did several missions, finishing a contact in hopes they'll work right with another contact after this. Then we said goodnight. I worked on the in-game auction house, storage and crafting, first on Oleva, then on Eamonn. Next, I wrote a little in this, soon switching to making notes in this to finish up later. I ended my evening with the Lord's Prayer, Saint Francis's Prayer, and the motto of the Daughters of the King. {Smile}

Daily Update, June 28, 2026

The night before Sunday, I got to bed right after 1:45. I only made my first goal, but I only missed my second goal by two or three minutes. I got up with the alarm to discover it still set for 1:30 from last week's 9 am service. I went back to bed when I found out, after making the bed and resetting the alarm for 8: 45 am. Making the bed a second time was a lot quicker, since I didn't take it apart much. {Smile}

After breakfast, my main nurse took me to church. He dropped me off to do an errand. I arrived before the announcements and sat next to Auntie Barbara. I admitted to her later that I felt a little lost arriving so early, like I didn't know what to do. It was a nice service, though we had low attendance. We noticed we had a large attendance last week, between the double service and Father's Day. That may be why. the Sunday after a big service is usually small. That usually means Christmas, Easter, and Pentecost, but to some extent, it happens after Mother's Day. I guess Father's Day, and a 9 am service count, too, especially if they're at the same time. {Smile}

I ate with Auntie Barbara after the service, which was a surprisingly large spread for so few people. It was nice to talk to her. then my main nurse took me home I read _Brigands and Breadknives_ by Travis Baldree on the way down, and the way back. {Smile}

After we got back, I went onto my computer. I wrote up Saturday's daily update before opening most windows. It went pretty quickly. Then I read a few comics. Next, I cleaned up with the help of my main nurse. When I was done, I went back to my computer and into City of Heroes: Homecoming. I checked on my friends who play the game. I also checked the in-game auction house on a few characters. I noticed they were advertising the later long, large group event, so I got Eamonn, who's still developing for the endgame. I joined it and ran it on him. After that, I worked on the in-game auction house, storage and crafting on Eamonn. I also talked with Veronica/Anya, who'd run the event too. Then I noticed that the late night short, large group event was advertising, so I joined it and ran it on Eamonn. Then I broke to have dinner with my main nurse, his TV, and Forward Day by Day. {Smile}

When I got back to my computer, I briefly answered a distant friend on Discord, the chat server. I also answered Nox on Discord. Then I played the new game with the friend I'd talked with on Discord. I went into City of Heroes: Homecoming later than usual. I started with the in-game auction house and storage on Eamonn. Next, I checked on my friends who play the game. Dr. Faustus said hi, and we teamed up with me on Oleva, my oldest though not highest-level villain, and them on a supergroup mate of hers who had the same mission in the same story arc that she did. The way we ran it, both got full credit. Dr. Faustus left after the story arc was done. I did the in-game auction house, storage and crafting on Oleva. After that, I checked Cross Stitch World and played a little. Then I began writing this up. I also began closing windows, which does seem to speed up my writing by making me focus on it. Though I did read a comic before I finished closing windows. I realized it's better to just close the windows when it's time to write and not read comics too in future. Then I quickly finished writing a paragraph in this and switched to making notes for the rest of this. As I was shutting my computer down, I found a comment on my blog and answered it. This showed me a problem with my blog colors that made some comments and lines hard to read. I spent entirely too much time figuring out how to adjust them, and got to bed late, and to sleep even later. Still, I did say the Lord's Prayer, Saint Francis's Prayer, and the motto of the Daughters of the King twice each because of not settling well until I knew I'd fixed it so all lines on my blog seemed to be readable. {Smile}

Daily Update, June 27, 2026

The night before Saturday, I got to bed barely before 2am. I do think it was before 2 am, if not by much, so that should count as meeting my first goal. {Smile}

A while after lunch, my main nurse and I went out. Our first stop was at the ice cream parlor in Liliu'okalani Gardens, where I got a chocolate fudge popsicle. i ate that on the way to Prince Kuhio Plaza, where we walked all around the shopping center. it was slow going at times, because they had a special event with extra vendors at tables in the aisles. I think it was largely collectible=themed, though I also spotted some specially cooked dishes. After that, my main nurse and I went back home. I read the manga, _The Last Elf 1_, and started _the last Elf 2 on the way down and the way back. {Smile}

Over breakfast I read Forward Day by Day, and _The Last Elf 1_. I'd started it at dinner the night before but forgot that when I wrote up Friday's daily update. Then I settled onto my computer. I read articles and wrote up Friday's daily update right lunch. Then I switched to reading comics, relieved to find something easier to do while eating. I picked out a new comic and started reading it, which kept me reading until we went out a bit later than we meant to. We still got a popsicle in a favorite flavor, but they were lacking in selection compared to usual. After I got back, I went back onto my computer, and into City of Heroes: Homecoming. I checked the auction house on Ana, my third-best badge collector. I also checked on my friends who play the game. I saw the later long, large group event being advertised. I checked with Dr Faustus, who was just leaving, and Veronice, who was busy. So, I joined the later long, large-group event on Valentina, my newest endgame character, though she isn't quite new to it anymore. I ran the event. Next, I worked on the auction house, storage and crafting that produce. After that, I prepared to work on badges on Ana and stumbled across one. I had to fiddle around before her badge record updated properly, but I did, then updated my record of her badges to reflect the change properly.  Then I broke to eat dinner with my main nurse. I read more _The Last Elf 2_ while eating. {Smile}

After dinner, I checked Discord and answered Nox there. Then I went into City of Heroes: Homecoming. I checked on my friends who play the game. I prepared to work on badges on Ana when a distant friend invited me to a taskforce. I joined it on Ana, since I was already on her. My friend asked for a volunteer to run it because she was minimum level for the taskforce, and we'd be stuck at her level if she led. I volunteered, since Ana is plenty high enough to get max level for that task force. While we ran it, I chatted with Jenny's Player in the game, and Nox on Discord part of the time, while still trying to keep up. After the taskforce, the group broke up. I worked on Ana's in-game auction house, storage and crafting. Just as I was winding down, Rav said hi. They wanted to test a character. At first, it was too low to be challenging. When I raised the difficulty, I raised it too much, but we managed to finish the mission. Rav said they'd switch characters but didn't come back. About the time I started wondering what to do next, Dr. Faustus said hi, and suggested we team with me on Oleva and them on one of her new supergroup mates. I switched to Oleva, and we started talking in-character so our characters could get to know each other. We also talked out-of-character, because we usually do. We a few missions, a couple of theirs and a few of mine. Then we said goodnight. I worked on the in-game auction house, storage and crafting, first on Oleva, then on Ana. Next, I checked Cross Stitch World and a played it a little. I came back to my computer and shut down several windows. That really helps me focus when I'm writing in this late at night. After that, I wrote in this. I checked City of Heroes: Homecoming at one point. Eventually, I switched to making notes in this. I ended my evening with the Lord's Prayer, Saint Francis's Prayer, and the motto of the Daughters of the King. {Smile}

Daily Update, June 26, 2026

The night before Friday, I got to bed a few minutes before two. It wasn't a lot, but it was enough to clearly meet my first goal. That's a start. {Smile}

After breakfast, I got a call from my dentist's office. Would I like to come in at 1 pm to get my teeth cleaned by their dental hygienist? Why yes! I'd missed an appointment for that a month or so ago, and they couldn't schedule me again until late summer. I'd asked to be on the waiting list in case something opened up, and something did. We went down to be sure to get there in ample time. They took me after a short wait and cleaned my teeth nicely. Their new hygienist is nice. Afterwards, I made appointments for another cleaning and a checkup. Then we started home. My main nurse and I had planned to stop by the Office of Aging on the way home, but the appointment lasted long enough, my main nurse suggested going straight home so I wouldn't be late to my villain supergroup meeting. I did so and made it to the meeting nicely. I'm sure we made the right choice. I played Cross Stitch World on the way down, the way back, and while waiting in the dentist's office. {Smile}

I read Forward Day by Day over breakfast. then, while I was getting ready for the day, my Dentist's office called. After the call, I went onto my computer. I read articles and watched videos through lunch. Then I went to get my teeth cleaned. When I got back, I got onto my computer. I read some short comics, and checked Discord, where I learned that our leader couldn't make it, but there was no mention of cancelling, so I went into City of Heroes: Homecoming. I checked a couple of characters for the beginning of the weekend auction house, but they didn't have anything. I also checked on my friends who play the game. Next, I went to the villain supergroup meeting. I found Dr. Faustus and Anya there already. Our most regular member, who plays a vampire named Patience, joined us, as did one of the newest members. The five of us debated what to do and settled on one of my story arcs. We ran it and finished it. When the last mission was done, Dr. Faustus left. We did a couple of individual missions with the same contact before Anya and the new gal left, too. Patience stopped playing, but we talked. I learned she wanted me to pick the name to call her. I debated between her player's name, Lollipop Dreams, and her character's name, Patience. I worked on the in-game auction house, storage and crafting on Hezabell, then switched to check more characters for beginning of the weekend auction house. I had dinner with my main nurse and read _Brigands and Breadknives_ by Travis Baldree. {Smile}

After dinner, I went back to my computer. I read some comics, then went back to City of Heroes: Homecoming. I checked on my friends who play the game. I also did the beginning of the weekend auction house on Ana, my third best badge collector. Well, unless you count what Hezabell made while playing. Dennis said hi, and I grabbed Hezabell because I thought her next mission from that contact gave a badge. No, it started a second, shorter story arc. We did the whole thing, pausing between the first and second mission to do a mission Dennis had that was nearby. After my story arc, Dennis left. I worked on the auction house, storage and crafting on Hezabell, since she'd produced more. Then I started to work on a badge on Ana. I switched to an individual mission fur her. Next, I worked on her auction house, storage and crafting that playing had produced. After that, I wrote in this. I checked Cross Stich World before making notes in this. I finished my evening with the Lord's Prayer, Saint Francis's Payer, and the motto of the Daughters of the King. {Smile}