Daily Update, July 29, 2023

    In the late morning, I worked on some mail that required me to do stuff with it, sorting out the stuff that had to wait, and getting the stuff I could do now done. It felt good to get it out of the way. {Smile}

   I got a phone call from our former nurse shortly before bed. It was nice talking with him again. {Smile}

   I ate breakfast and dinner with Mom and read to her before dinner. First, I read scripture and thoughts about it, then I continued with more from her niece's long family Christmas letter from 2019. After that I read the back cover and first several pages of _Classic Fashion 40s 50s Memories_. Then I read "the Ugly Duckling," The last story in _Five-Minute Fairy Tales_. Then I finished out my reading with the July 29th story, "The Sparrows," from _366 Stories for Bedtime: A Tale for Every Day of the Year_. Mr. and Mrs. Sparrow were looking for a place to build a nest. It took them several tires to find just the right spot, but they finally did, and they built their nest. Then they raised six beautiful babies who would be ready to build their own nest the next year. {Smile}

   After lunch, I did my standing exercises, arm resistance exercises, arm swinging exercises, walking exercises and standing arm weight training exercises. I did one siting arm weight training exercise during a lull in the afternoon game, and the other three after dinner, before getting back into the game. And oh goodness! I can feel tears at the corners of my eyes. I just finished over 20 minutes of salsa dancing, including 8 1/2 minutes of warmup and over 10 minutes of less structured dance... and I am done for the day. It's an incredible feeling! Though I was even closer to tears when I started my warmup, and realized that when I finished, I'd be almost half over! This may be the best thing physical therapy has done for me: given me more achievable goals. The fact that walking is a real option, too, and a way to measure both that give me chances for days off... that's... it's all such a huge relief. I can do this. I even have options if I have day nursing when I'm on my own, and the nurses have to leave before I'm done with my salsa. If I know ahead of time, I can do more the day before. If I don't, I can walk without the enhanced danger of falling that dancing and bathing give me. That means I can finish my full day's exercise safely. {Very Relieved Smile}

   I read comics over lunch, and after it, too. I exercised after lunch as well. Only after that did I hop into City of Heroes: Homecoming after the exercise. I started doing paperwork. I also chatted with my roleplaying partner, at first on chat server. Then she came into the game, having just become able to do that again. We chatted for a long time, catching up, though we'd talked briefly on the chat server daily. Then we teamed up, running a few of my missions. Perogies came on after we'd started the last, and joined up, helping us finish it. that took me up to time to read to Mom.

   I hopped back into City of Her, and joined my RP partner, this time for RP. She barely lasted a full hour, if not less, but I wasn't surprised. I kind of expected her to be tired. Then I did a lot of paperwork. Then I looked around. I spotted a friend I rarely team with but often end up on teams with, and noticed they seemed to be alone. I invited them to team up, and we teamed with a little chatting until they were ready for bed. That gave me time for just a little more paperwork before my salsa dancing. After my salsa dancing, I did some more paperwork. Then Chili Bear invited me to join him. He was showing off one of his bases to a couple of other friends, so I got to see it, too. it's really coming along nicely. They left, and I did a little more paperwork before and after our former nurse's brief phone call. I then made notes for what I hadn't written of my daily update yet, to make it easy to write it up the next day. {Smile}