Daily Update, December 5, 2023

   My jaw isn't bothering me much today, but it hasn't been quite normal, either. This is firming up my plans to see the dentist. 

   Our relief nurse came again, since she missed a day last week due to rain. She couldn't even go a few miles, and we live a few times as far away as she couldn't manage. {smile}

   I called my financial adviser, but she was in a meeting. She is supposed to call me back. I suspect I might have to call her tomorrow. {Smile}

   I ate lunch and dinner with Mom and read to her before dinner. Her eyes were open the whole time, and she responded a few times, too. It was a good day. I started with scripture and thoughts about it. Next, I read some cards: one from her cousin, one from a friend, and one from her sister. After that, I showed her the next few pages of _1940s Fashion in Pictures_. Then I read the next story in _My Little Pony: 5 Minute Stories_. "Hearth's Warming Eve." That's the My Little pony series' winter holiday. I finished with the 5th of December's story from _366 Stories for Bedtime_, "The Party." It's actually a poem telling how a fiddle, a drum, a trumpet, and a lady Guitar had a party with dancing until the conductor came. {Smile}

   I considered the way my jaw hurt yesterday as I salsa danced, and how it's not quite normal today. I decided a break from exercise today wouldn't hurt. I'll see the dentist tomorrow, and I can see what they can do for me.  It may take a few days, since they never want to do major work when they find something unless it's a real emergency. I hope it's not that bad. I'll see what happens. {smile}

   I read articles and comics in the morning and hopped into City of Heroes: Homecoming after personal chores after lunch. It was too late for the early short or long, large group events, so I worked on paperwork a bit. Then Pierogies came on, and we teamed up. We hoped kitten would join us, but they disappeared without answering. We ran the mission that finished the story arc we'd been doing on our low characters. That is often the first really long mission for characters. It certainly was long at the easy pace we did it, but we got it done in time to read to Mom. {Smile}

   After dinner, I caught the late-night short, large-group event. Then, not seeing many around, I did a major rework of a character. I got the main stuff done not long after Kitten started talking to me, but there's a lot more before she's playable again, and more yet before she's as good as I'm hoping to make her for now. I left the rest for later so I could team up with Kitten. I also talked with Nox on the chat server, and with Kitten and Owl Girl on the chat server, too. Michiel joined Kitten and me for teeming, then left about when I'd normally stop for my salsa dancing if I haven't already. but as I said, I was concerned it would upset my jaw, so I teamed with kitten for one more mission, with a time out for a long talk in the middle. I did need that talk. I actually finished writing this up after that, but I'll have to share it the next day. {Smile}