Daily Update, December 22, 2023

    On Friday, I thought over the chores that have been piling up, and searched for a bill I thought I had to pay to Life Care Center. A quick search didn't find it. Neither did a more thorough search. I still didn't find it, so I called Life care Center, and they connected me to the gal who's keeping track of that stuff, and she said I was paid up. Next, I asked her to connect me to outpatient physical therapy. They answered, and I asked about the referral, which had first been made in October. She said they've been just too busy to add new patients. Yes, since October, but they will start clearing space for new patients next month. I need a new referral, but if I get one, and don't hear by February, call again. {smile}

   After that, of course, I called my doctor. They actually answered the phone, so I told the secretary about Life Care Outpatient Physical Therapy being busy and me needing a new referral to hopefully finally get something started. They promised to send one over. {Smile}

   I ate breakfast, lunch and dinner with Mom and read to her before that. She was awake and reasonably alert when I began. She enjoyed looking at the pictures. I started with scripture and thoughts about it. Next, I continued with cards from a friend, her cousin's granddaughter, and her sister. After that, I continued _A Picture Book of Cute Kittens, vol. 1_, I described each kitten as I showed her the pictures. Then I read more from _The Mother Goose Treasury_, reading and showing and describing the pictures that went with each. Last, I read the 22nd of December's story from _366 Stories for Bedtime_, "Red and Blue." Blue Elf asked what he should do this morning when he reported for work at Father Christmas's toy factory. He was told to pain a box of tree decorations, dolls, and streamers blue. then he found Red Elf had come much earlier and was already working on his second box. Blue Elf couldn't stand red, so while Red Elf was busy, he painted over some of the things. However, the red paint was still wet, so it mixed with the blue, making purple. Father Christmas came by, said it was a splendid color, and to keep up the good work. {Smile}

   I did my walking exercises and head exercises while waiting for the late night short, large group event. Then I did my arm resistance exercises, my leg exercises, and two of my four sitting arm weight training exercises after teaming for the evening. I tried the other two sitting arm weight training exercises, and my shoulder says it's not ready for them yet. This is the most I've done since my root canal, though I really want to do more. Well, unless you count the day with Auntie Barbara and Michelle as more exercise, almost all walking. Which it was, but this is the most of my exercises I've done. {SMILE}

   I wrote most of Thursday's daily update from notes after breakfast and shared it. Then I played some of the cross-stitch game after the phone calls, until lunch. I played a little more of that game after lunch, then cleaned myself up. After that, I hopped into City of heroes: Homecoming. It was too late for the early short, large group event. I could have joined the early long, large group event, but instead, I worked on paperwork and talked with Kitten and Pierogies. We planned to get together. Pierogies and I even got ready to team with Kitten, but they went quiet after mentioning recent trouble sleeping, then went offline. So, I picked some stuff I wasn't saving to do with Kitten for us to do, and Pierogies and I did a couple of missions. that took us to the later short, large group event, which we did together. Then Pierogies headed off to the later long large-group event while I did a little paperwork before reading to Mom. {Smile}

   After dinner, I did the late night short, large group event, joining early enough, I did my walking exercises and my head exercises while waiting to get started. Then I started writing this up. I tried to find folks to talk to and did talk with Nox a little in City of Heroes: Homecoming, but mostly folks were quiet, so I caught up on comics. Then I got back into City of Heroes: Homecoming and did some badge collecting. I tried on my second-best badge collector but had more luck on my fourth-best badge collector. Then I noticed some folks asking for low level missions. I tried to start something. Kitten woke up and joined me just after I'd promised that. We ran a mission, and the ones who wanted low level left, after another joined us. I think I should have picked lower; it was really mid-level. The new one stayed for two or three more missions, until she left for bed. Then I switched to a character who'd been saving stuff for Kitten, and we did two of her missions. We didn't get to what Kitten really wanted, but we got closer. Then I stopped and did the rest of the exercises I did yesterday. I wrote a little of this up and made a bunch of notes for the next day while talking with Kitten and doing a bit more paperwork than I really had time for. {smile}