Daily Update, July 31, 2023

    I had a pretty quiet day, with no appointments, no other trips, no visitors... not even phone calls or mail-chores. Well, unless you count ordering envelopes from Amazon because the envelopes I ordered couldn't be written on. {Smile}

   I ate dinner with Mom and read to her before that. I started with scripture and thoughts about it. Then I read more from her niece's long family Christmas letter from 2019. After that I read the last several pages of _Classic Fashion 40s 50s Memories_. Next, I read several poems from _Mother Goose Treasury_. I ended my reading with the July 31st story, "Two's company," from _366 Stories for Bedtime: A Tale for Every Day of the Year_. A tortoise named Tallulah was friends with Kim, a huge, shaggy dog. Tallulah wasn't friendly with Tomkin the cat. However, she and Kim seemed surprisingly close and comfortable with each other, even eating together. {smile}

   I did my arm resistance exercises, standing arm weight training exercises, leg exercises, and arm swinging exercises after dinner. I did my head exercises later, when I wasn't playing as much anymore. I also did over 20 minutes of salsa dancing, including both warmup and less structured dancing. I did my walking exercises and my sitting arm weight training exercises after the salsa dancing, which is pretty late, but I did get them done. {Smile}

   I read articles and comics in the morning, with comics especially over lunch. Then I finished writing up yesterday's daily update, and got into City of heroes: Homecoming late, but not as late as yesterday. There, I did some quick paperwork, and teamed up with Kitten, who helped me get three badges in three of those complex missions. Only two more badges to go - three if you count the badge for getting the full set of badges. bowlofdro let me know there was space in the later short, large-group event, but I was so happy with how the badge collecting was going, I didn't want to switch. Perogies came in near the end and helped us, as well. {Smile}

   I hopped back into City of Heroes: Homecoming after dinner and my exercises. There, I talked with Ulty, and connected with her other account. However, I teamed with Kitten, and someone who turned out to be an acquaintance of me for a couple more runs of the complex missions. The acquaintance left abruptly, but Phonso invited us to a pretty high-level taskforce. Kitten and I joined him after our mission, and recruiting didn't take too long. So, then we ran that. I talked with Phonso a little and Kitten more about some insecurities that had cropped up. I also chatted with Nox on the chat server. I talked a lot with kitten after the task force. Then we joined a group who got a complex monster before I broke to dance. Kitten and I talked a bit around the dancing. I did a little paperwork after the dancing, then joined Perogies in a farm, chatting with them. I also talked a little more with kitten, and I wrote this up, making notes for the last part, to finish the next day. {Smile}