Daily Update, October 21, 2023

    I didn't go out Saturday, nor did I get any visitors, or even any notable phone calls. It was just a quiet day. {smile}

   It was also a peaceful day, as in I'm coming to peace with Valentine's death. Looking back, I remember a very few incidents where he seemed weak. I guess I expected more before it got bad, not realizing how much he'd try to hide it. This is a terrible way to learn, but now I know that if I see any, it's time to get him checked out at the vet. {odd look}

   On Saturday I ate breakfast and dinner with Mom and read to her before dinner. I started with scripture and thoughts about it. After that I continued with some more from a long family Christmas letter from her niece from 2022. Next, I read the last few pages of _Memories 1950's_, followed by the back cover, and showing her _1950's Fashion in Pictures_, saying we'd read it next. Then I read her two short stories and a poem from _365 Bedtime Stories and Rhymes_. Last, I finished with "Clever Jip!" the 20th of October's story from _366 Stories for Bedtime: A Tale for Every Day of the Year_. Stephanie and Amanda were very good friends and shared a birthday. This year, Stephanie got a lovely pair of roller skates. She rushed outside to try them out, and met Amanda, who was holding two new dolls and a bag of doll clothes that she wanted to show Stephanie. Stephanie set the skates down and ran off to play with Amanda. Seh didn't notice one roll ov3er to the dog's kennel. Jip came out, sniffed it, and took it inside his kennel. When the girls returned to try the skates, they could only find one. After searching high and low, Stephanie showed the skate to Jip, and said "Go find." The girls laughed when he went into his kennel and brought out the other. {Smile}

   I did my walking exercises after I was done teaming on City of Heroes: Homecoming for the night. then I did my standing arm weight training exercises. Next, I did my warmup salsa dancing set, then my less structured salsa dancing set after a break. Then i di all of my head exercises. I'm so gratified that I'm able to do something after my salsa dancing. I'm hoping to work up to more, even if physical therapy doesn't happen as soon as I'd like. {Smile}

   I read articles and comics in the morning. The articles, as usual, are almost all fan articles, with a heavy emphasis on Star Trek, in case you're wondering. Other science fiction and fantasy series get attention too, but not as much. Though today, I also looked into articles on writing serial fiction. I think some of the series of short stories I've written would almost qualify if I did them more regularly and posted them on the right sort of website. Does anybody know about serial fiction? I could use information, advice, or references in figuring this out. {Smile}

   I hopped into City of Heroes: Homecoming around lunch time, which is earlier than usual. There, I checked some characters, and found one closer to where I want her to be when she goes up to the level where the game changes. I found Perogies hoping to catch the early short, large-group event, which we did together. I checked with the leader about some high-level, larger trials, and found out which they were doing later. Perogies decided to leave instead of doing them, and I didn't see them advertised immediately, so I started paperwork and chatting with Meroa and qworty. Qworty suggested something that didn't work out but got me getting one badge and working on another on my third best badge collector. Then he decided to take a break, but Meroa thought the high-level trials sounded good, and I spotted the first being advertised as leaving very soon. We both joined it and did it. I was on my third best badge collector, because there are badges, and she didn't have any of them, while both one and two did. Thankfully part of my paperwork was finding out who needed each the most. I switched to my second-best badge collector for the second high-level, larger group trial because not even she had those badges. The first run got four out of six possible badges, so we ran it again, and got the last two. Then I switched to a character who is closer to going to where the game changes, and Meroa, qworty, and I rans some of her missions, with Perogies joining us for one or two of them. We finished out one of her four contacts just as we split up so I could go read to mom, and Perogies could go to bed. {Smile}

   I started writing this after dinner, then hopped into City of Heroes: Homecoming again. No one wanted to team quickly, and I discovered she was missing three Trick or Treat badges. I got two and advanced the third while waiting for someone to join me. Qworty eventually did, and we teamed for two or three missions. Mysty joined us after a while, and we three finished up together. Then we broke to qworty could go to bed and I could start my exercises. I also chatted with Nox and worked on paperwork and writing this around my exercise and dance. I also chatted with Owl Girls a little, got several badges on the character who I'm trying to get through the content so she can gain level, and watched some videos. {Smile}