Daily Update, August 4, 2023

    Today, I contacted Uber, and went down to Petco at Prince Kuhio Plaza, and got every non-Friskies treat with a hard shell and soft center. Then I contacted Uber again and came right back home. Val really loves the one I'm trying first. I think I was right: somehow the Friskies I'd replaced the Purina with - and maybe the Purina too - were upsetting his digestive tract. I'll know for certain if the borderline diarrhea he started having last weekend disappears. {Smile}

   I ate Breakfast, lunch and dinner with Mom and read to her before dinner, though later than I meant to, because I lost track of time while playing city of Heroes on Homecoming. maybe that's why she was less responsive than sometimes, though she did surprise me at one point. I started with scripture and thoughts about it. After that, I continued with Christmas cards from her cousin, her nephew, church, and another cousin of hers. Then I showed Mom several more pictures in _Exploring Kittens_. Next, I read some poems from _Mother Goose Treasury_. I sang a few when they were songs, I remembered the melody to, and this is where she surprised me. When it came to the Itsy-Bitsy Spider, Mom sang along, remembering three of the four lines. I ended my reading with the August 4th story, "The lake Fairy," from _366 Stories for Bedtime: A Tale for Every Day of the Year_. A lake fairy got caught out late at night, visiting her forest fairy friend, and was in danger of turning into a waterfall if she didn't' reach her home in time. She tried following a friendly tortoise, but the animal moved so slowly, she wasn't getting back in time. At the last moment, she wished on a star to get home in time. the star shot across the sky, she followed, and was back in her lake in time. {Smile}

   I did my exercises, though some were late to very late, others weren't. I did my arm swinging early, when I was waiting for Uber to come get me to go to the pet store. I did my head exercises and one arm weight training exercise during lulls in the game in the evening. I did most of the arm weight training exercises, both sitting and standing, my arm resistance exercises, my standing exercises, and my walking exercises after Kitten and I broke for the evening. However, I did the last of my sitting arm weight training exercises too late. Still, I got it done. {Smile}

   I wrote yesterday's daily update after breakfast, before going to the pet store. After I came home and had lunch, I hopped right into City fo Heroes: Homecoming, hoping to catch Div, since it was an hour earlier than usual, and half an hour before the time they said they're out by at the latest. No such luck. So, I did paperwork until Kitten and Perogies both hopped in about half an hour later, kitten actually excited to see me on earlier. I teamed up with them, and Perogies picked the mid-level villains again. We ran the next arc until I suddenly realized I should have stopped to read to Mom a while back. {blush, rueful smile}

   After dinner, I hopped over to the chat server, and let Ulty know I was going into City of Heroes: Homecoming. Then I hopped into it. Ulty wasn't there, but Kitten was, so we got ready to team up on a slightly lower-level character than the one I usually roleplay with Ulty on. Ulty came in just as we were getting going. I greeted her, and asked if she minded if Kitten teamed with us. She said Kitten was more than welcome, so the three of us got together, with Ulty and me on our roleplaying pair, and ran several missions. Suddenly Ulty declared she'd hit a wall, and she'd better quit. So, we said goodnight. I switched to the character I'd been going to team with Kitten on before Ulty arrived, and Kitten and I ran another mission. They admitted after a mission that they were tired but didn't really seem to want to leave. Since they did perk up after that, I figured we could continue. So, we ran a few more missions before they admitted they were too tired. We said goodnight, and I finally got serious about my exercises. After most of my exercises - but somehow not quite all - I did some paperwork and worked on this, doing a mix of true writing and notes to write it properly from the next day. I read barely any comics at all, all day. Tomorrow will have to be a catch-up day. Fortunately, there are no errands expected tomorrow, though I do expect the housekeeper, a personal chore, and salsa dancing. {Smile}