Daily Update, July 5, 2023

    Today, I had physical therapy, so I contacted Uber. when the car got here, I had to double check, because there was a person in the bucket seat, next to the driver. Yes, this was the car, he was just helping a friend. No one was very chatty on the way over, so I just enjoyed the scenery. {Smile}

   Physical therapy went well. He introduced a foam pad to stand on for one set of exercises. that added instability which made the exercises more challenging. I introduced a few more exercises which he seemed to approve of, including one he took away the pad for. {Smile}

   I contacted Uber again for the ride home and got Cody. I was happy to see him, because I'd forgotten to tip him until the app wouldn't let me. Not that I tip him much, but even little bits help. {Smile}

   I called The Fire Ant Guy when he didn't show up. We arranged that he'd come tomorrow. {Smile}

   I had dinner with Mom. I read to her before that. I started with scripture and thoughts about it. Then I moved on to more from her niece's long family Christmas letter from 2020. Next, I read the first few pages of _Memories 1950's_, sharing both pictures and captions about music stars and movies, including a couple of hits for each star, and the words on movie posters when that was shown. A few showed other pictures instead. After that, I read "Rumpelstiltskin," from _Five-Minute Fairy Tales_, showing Mom the illustrations for that story. I finished with the July 5th story, "My Fish," from _366 Stories for Bedtime: A Tale for Every Day of the Year_. A little boy told about sea fish, lake and river fish, and aquarium fish. Mom said she liked everything. {Smile}

   No exercise beyond physical therapy today. That was quite enough exercise for one day. {Smile}

   I read comics over lunch, and after lunch for a while, too. Then I hopped into City of Heroes: Homecoming. I did a little paperwork, then tried talking to both Perogies and bowlofdro. Perogies answered first, and we began getting together. he'd just suggested watching a new movie, and I'd countered with suggesting we finish the first one. Then bowlofdro answered and wanted to get together with me to show me the character he's been working on. I suggested after finishing the movie with my other friend. Perogies and I got out of the game and got a video call going. We got the movie going and finished it. I'm pretty impressed. For a movie that was shoehorned into Issac Asimov's Robots world, I thought it fit well, and was quite good. When it was done, we went back to City of Heroes: Homecoming. We teamed up, and I checked with bowlofdro. He was busy, and said go ahead, so Perogies and I started a mission. bowlofdro joined us before the end, and we ran another mission together before I went to read to Mom. 

   After dinner, I came back, and was surprised to see Perogies on all three of his accounts. (Yes, he has three now, and seems satisfied with this number.) He invited me to a farm where we were able to chat a lot while getting some rewards. We talked about the movie, both what it says about robots, and how the African Americans did not feel like token African Americans. Well, a little. I hadn't worked out why they didn't feel token... but when they interacted with each other, their voices and mannerisms changed, becoming more like the voices and mannerisms I see in shows with primarily African American casts, especially when the African American characters are interacting with each other. Eventually, Perogies left for bed. I looked around and noticed Owl Girl. I joined them for several missions, with more-or-less light role-playing while playing. Then we went to an in-game bar where a lot of role-playing happens, and talked about what we'd seen, and what it might mean. Mostly Owl Gril explained things to my character, since she has a particular spin on the context of the missions. It looks to be interesting. {Smile}