Daily Update, April 20, 2023

    Today - well, yesterday - I stayed home. I did have a few phone calls, including one from our former nurse around dinnertime. I did enjoy talking with him. I also got a phone call with Auntie Barbara after dinner, which was lovely. And I got another phone from our former nurse a bit before bedtime. {Smile}

   I ate dinner with Mom and read to her before that. First, I read scripture and thoughts about it and then continued with Christmas card from her niece, and a birthday card from her sister. After that, I read the five more entries in People of Pern by Robin Wood. Mom seemed to like the pictures, and hearing about different characters in Anne McCaffrey's Pern series. After that, I read "Girl Bullied for Collecting Trash Wins Global Award," and "Hacker Fixes People's Routers so They Can't Be Hacked by Others." from _100 Uplifting Short Stories for Seniors_. Then I finished with the April 20th story from 366 Stories for Bedtime: A Tale for Every Day of the Year. Mom liked everything I read to her, and enjoyed the pictures I showed her, too. {Smile}

   I did two of my five head exercises. I meant to do all of them, but only the first two actually happened. I'll have to try harder. {rueful smile}

   I read articles in the morning, more than I really meant to. I'll have to learn to control this better. then I read comics both over lunch and afterwards, as well as later in the afternoon. Around 2, I hopped into City of Heroes: Homecoming and started chatting with Darkthough1, Kitten, and soon my RWBY friend, when they came on, too. We four and Mistress Aegis teamed up and did a few missions to help Kitten get a badge that will actually help their character. This took us right up to time to read to Mom. {Smile}

   After dinner and the phone calls that happened around that time, I hopped back into City of Heroes: Homecoming. I chatted with RWBY friend and Darkthough1. Darkthough1 was too distracted to team, but eventually my RWBY friend and I teamed up with Kitten. While we were figuring out what to do, Phonso came on, and invited us to do a strike force with him. We joined that, and I got two badges on my second-best badge collector. Then my RWBY friend left. then Phonso, Kitten, and I did a fairly high-level task force, and my second-best badge collector got a third badge for that. Kitten and some of our teammates helped my character get a fourth badge after that. I also said goodnight to Nox, with a little talking, but not a lot. I ended the evening by trying to help Kitten with a badge that will help their character be more resilient. This involves getting badges that contribute to the big badge that makes them more resilient. We made progress but didn't get any more badges for Kitten's character.