Daily Update, August 2, 2023

    Wednesday was the last physical therapy until we get it restarted. The therapy place recommends waiting a month, then going to my doctor, and getting a new therapy request. I've heard this before; it's apparently standard operating procedure with my health insurance carrier. {smile}

   I contacted Uber, and a fairly chatty male driver took me over to Life Care Center. {Smile}

   The session went well, though I had to admit I hadn't found a dance class I feel confident about yet. I have lokoed, both before and since, but I want to find something that seems fairly open to... well, to accommodating a disability, and in dance... that isn't always easy to come by. {rueful smile}

   I paid my bill before leaving, since I don't expect to be back soon. Then I contacted Uber, and a gal with a thick accent took me home. {Smile}

   I ate dinner with Mom and read to her before that. First, I read scripture and thoughts about it. Next, I read 3 cards: a Christmas card from her niece, then a Christmas card from a friend, and lastly a birthday card from me. After that I started showed Mom some more pictures in _Exploring Kittens_, a whole book of pictures of kittens exploring whatever the photographer put out for them. I tried not to go too long, since Mom seemed more tired today. Next, I read a few poems from _Mother Goose Treasury_. I ended my reading with the August 2nd story, "Rufus's Hedgehog," from _366 Stories for Bedtime: A Tale for Every Day of the Year_. Rufus was a little boy who lived near the woods liked to feed the animals every day, including a hedgehog family. One day, only baby hedgehog came, looking sad and very hungry. When he came back alone the next day, Rufus took him in, feeding him for a couple weeks, and carrying him around in his backpack. Even when Rufus let the hedgehog go, he came back for rides. {Smile}

   No exercise beyond physical therapy. {Smile}

   I read comics and articles over lunch, and finished Tuesday's daily update. Then I hopped into City of Heroes: homecoming, where I found Perogies right off. We chatted, then teamed upon a couple of middling to high level villains at Perogies's request. We finished an arc of mine, even though some of the missions were old. After that, we chatted a bit before it was time to read to Mom. {Smile}

After dinner, I found a note from Ulty saying she couldn't come in tonight. I missed her, but understand she has other obligations. I hopped into City of Heroes: Homecoming and did a little paperwork. Phonso came in and invited me to do a trial. I happily joined him. He recruited a full team more easily than sometimes, and we ran the trial. Unfortunately, the group was terrible at following directions, so some things that can go quickly took several tries to work. this wore Phonso out so much, he left to recover and eat earlier than usual. He did sound tired. I ended up badge-collecting on my third best badge-collector, who has some catching up to do with the first and second-best badge collectors. Then I tried to look for a dance group I'd like to join...I didn't have much luck. This may take some thinking. That also took enough time that I just took notes to finish writing this up the next day again. {Smile}