Daily Update, March 28, 2023

    After breakfast, I finished sharing yesterday's daily update, since sharing it on Discord was too slow for last night when I was finally done writing it. 

   I was worried Val hadn't forgiven me for pushing him off the table, the way he stayed in the other room through the morning, afternoon, and early evening. however, he came and sat near then on my keyboard after dinner. I didn't push him; I just got treats, which he happily ate. Then he sat not far away until I was salsa dancing; only then did he go back to eat and rest in the other room. It may take time for him to fully forgive me, but I think it will come. {relieved smile}

   I ate dinner with Mom and read to her before that. I started with scripture and thoughts about it and continued with the next part of her niece's long family letter from 2019. Then I read the next part of Cotillion by Georgette Heyer. Then I finished up by reading the March 28th story from 366 Stories for Bedtime: A Tale for Every Day of the Year. Mom said she liked most of it. {Smile}

   I did over 20 minutes salsa dancing, including both warmup and less structured dancing. I hoped to do more, but I was tired when it was time for the last set. However, I'll actually be able to do salsa dancing for the next few nights. My therapist couldn't meet tomorrow, so I don't go back until Saturday. Instead, I salsa dance every night until then. I also take Val to the vet in the late morning. He won't want to go, but he needs a checkup, so off we'll go. {Smile}

  I tried to read comics in the morning, but try as I might, I couldn't get the short comics' pages to load. I did read a couple of slightly longer comics on a service than hosts up to comic book length, those the new ones that were up were more like two or three comic book pages long. Instead, I read the shorter comics around lunch, when the page was working again. {Smile}

   After lunch, I hopped into City of Heroes: Homecoming. There, I found Kitten on new character, which they make very rarely. We teamed up and did a couple of missions in a story arc i have been wishing to make progress in. Then I started chatting with Div, and Kitten and I saw his base, which he happily showed us. Kitten hadn't been in a while, and she particularly loved the animals Div had put in a few places, like a liger, a wolf that Kitten called a "dawgy," and a large number of "fishies" in a hug aquarium, and in a pool in a cave. then Div left, and we finished up the story arc we'd been working on. Next, our RWBY friend came in, and all three of us teamed up to do a couple of missions in another story arc until it was close to time to read to Mom. {Smile}

   After dinner, I found my RWBY friend on, and we started to team up. We were slow getting going, and while we were still picking what to do, Phonso invited us to a task force. We joined it, and did another after it, with largely the same group. Then Kitten left because they were very tired, and I read a long comic and did my exercises and some paperwork. {Smile}

Daily Update, March 27, 2023

    I apologize to my email list for this update. When I was starting to write this update, Val decided to jump up beside me and start walking on my keyboard. He somehow managed to send a very unfinished version of this update out to everyone. I'm afraid I pushed him off the table while I thought he'd deleted it, though he has no idea what he's doing, I'm sure. Then I found it in sent items, where I could copy it, so I didn't have to start over. I felt so bad, he got extra treats in apology, though I really don't think he was hurt. It wasn't that far to fall for a kitty. {rueful Smile}

   Auntie Barbara called at the end of breakfast. She wanted to come into town to visit two members of our church who'd recently gone to the hospital. One, a gal named Anita who I'm not well acquainted with, is still there. The other is a dear family friend I know pretty well. Auntie Barbara suggested that I go with her, and I agreed. {Smile}

   I managed to get yesterday's daily update before Auntie Barbara came - so little before, I again didn't get the door unlocked in time, which Auntie Barbara has told me many times she gets upset with. I I really need to find a way to start remembering to open it ahead of time for her. (rueful smile}

   Auntie Barbara came in and visited with Mom first. We sang a few songs. Mom mostly just listened, but she sang the first and last lines of Happy birthday at the beginning, and she sang most of the last song, too. Then Auntie Barbara asked about taking some magazines. I'm not ready to get rid of some of Dad's National Geographics like she first suggested, but I found four Discover magazines, and took them with us. {Smile}

   When we got to the hospital, Auntie Barbara and I checked at the front desk about Anita. we got her room number but were told only one of us could go up, because someone was already visiting her, and they have a strict two-person limit. Since auntie Barbara knows her and I don't really, I gave her the two magazines I'd picked out for Anita and told her to go on up. I waited in the lobby. Auntie Barbara soon came back, saying Anita and our priest were deep in discussion, so she didn't stay long. Anita had apparently had some kind of health incident this morning in the hospital, so she might not be going to rehab as soon as we thought.

   Next, we went to Hale Anuenue, the long-term rehab facility where another friend is. When we got there, I realized my red purse was missing, so we went back for it. It had already been turned in to the front desk, so I got it from them. We met our priest at the door and talked with her a bit about visiting. She encouraged us to visit Anita now that she was gone, but Auntie Barbara felt Anita had looked too tired. I just followed Auntie Barbara's lead. {Smile}

   Then we went back to hale Anuenue, where we checked in, and learned our friend's room number. It was a long way back to her room; auntie Barbara commented on all the walking she was getting today. Of course, she walked to Anita's room as well as our other friend's. I just walked to our other friend's room and back. when we got there, we found two of our other friend's daughters with her, one who I think might be in that residential car home herself, and the other, who was visiting, but clearly settled in for a long stay. I gave our friend the two magazines I'd brought, pointing out the kitten on the cover of one that made me think she should get that one. She thanked me, and we had a nice visit. She really misses church. It's such a big part of her life, and really means a lot to her. She told us about her accident, too, when we asked, and showed us the brace that is helping hold the bone in place while it heals from the operation to reinforce it. {Smile}

   I ate dinner with Mom and read to her before it. I started with scripture and thoughts about it and continued with more from her niece's long family letter from 2019. Then I read a story, "The Open Road." It was from the Wind in the Willows, all about how Ratty and Mole visited Mr. Toad, and Mr. Toad got them to go caravanning in a gypsy wagon he'd gotten. That didn't last long, because a car ran them into a ditch, and Mr. Toad promptly feel in love with the car. Then I read six short poems. The story and the poems were from 365 Animal Stories and Rhymes. I finished up by reading the March 27th story from 366 Stories for Bedtime: A Tale for Every Day of the Year. Mom said she liked it all. {Smile}

   After yesterday, I made certain to do my head exercises tonight. I also did all eight of my arm swinging exercises. My right arm was mostly okay. it twinged momentarily in some, but not enough I felt I should stop. {Smile}

   When I got back from visiting our friends with Auntie Barbara, I ate lunch while reading some comics. Then I headed out, taking Uber to the class for Bereavement at church. That went pretty well. I got the teacher's contact information, both for myself, and for the leader of the disabled picnic, since she'd mentioned wanting to get something going along these lines for us if we're interested. {Smile}

   When I came home, I hopped into City of Heroes: Homecoming, where I found Kitten all ready to team up.  We did and ran the first mission of a story arc together. I also talked with my RWBY friend, but the game didn't let us add him after we'd started. When we broke up so I could read to Mom, I suggested breaking our team so they could team with our RWBY friend while I read to Mom and ate dinner. {Smile}

   After dinner I started with a little bit of writing and a lot of notetaking for this daily update. Then I hopped into City of Heroes: Homecoming. There, I found Kitten. It was slow getting their attention, but I did. We tried to team up, but I remembered that I needed to feed Val. They said to do that, and I did. They'd spoken recently when I got back, but I couldn't get a response out of them, and they eventually went offline. I think they timed out. Next, I noticed Azurette was on, so I started chatting with her. and joined her for a couple of missions. During the second, Phonso invited us to do a task force with him. Azurette needed to go to bed too soon. She had time for only one or two more missions. I dropped out, though, to join Phonso. He actually ran two related task forces back-to-back, and I did both with him. {Smile}

   After that, I did a bunch of paperwork I noticed I needed to do, especially on the character I teamed up with Azurette on. Then I worked on writing this update, completing the notes, but even more, turning them into full paragraphs. I also read another comic. {Smile}