Today was Sunday, so after breakfast, I called Uber. The driver was moderately chatty, and actually got there a bit before they started, and nominally exactly on time. Yes, that adds up to them starting slightly late. {Smile}
It was a nice service. It was morning prayer. I don't think we'll get communion every Sunday while our priest is on maternity leave. We did get to admire a couple of pictures of the baby. {Smile}
Auntie Barbara had a couple of kids for the Sunday School, so I sat alone for the service, and joined her at lunch afterwards. I really enjoyed talking with her, and the others at our table. Though I wonder if two of them missed the point of a story I told them. Oh well. {Smile}
We went to Island Naturals, but their only dried cranberries were organic, and over twice as expensive as the regular ones were. I ended up ordering some online after I got home, as auntie Barbara suggested. She did take me home, but didn't come inside. She was tired, and she'd just seen Mom two days ago. {Smile}
I had dinner with Mom and read to her before that. I started with scripture and thoughts about it. Then I continued with more from her niece's long family Christmas letter from 2021. Then I read from _Memories 1960's_, showing her the pictures, and reading the captions. After that, I read "Dying patient Asks to See the Ocean one last time, so Ambulance makes a Detour," from _100 Uplifting Short Stories for Seniors_. They were making her to Palliative Care at the hospital but took a detour to the nearby ocean when she asked to see it. I wasn't sure how well she'd process it - she gets troubled by thoughts o death - so I read "Arizona Man finds Mexican Girl's wish List on a Balloo, then Delivers Cross-Border Gifts," in hopes she'd handle it better. Then I finished with the June 24th story, "Sleepy Starlight," about a fairy who normally helps animals looking for food in the night. She accidentally turned three animals who woke her up chasing each other into toadstools by accident because she was still sleepy. It was from _366 Stories for Bedtime: A Tale for Every Day of the Year_. Mom enjoyed both what I read to her, and the pictures I showed her. {Smile}
I did my head exercises, some during a lull in the game, and the rest after I stopped playing much. {Smile}
I settled in at home, hopped on the computer, and promptly got drawn into looking at articles on the net and reading comics. So I got into City of Heroes: Homecoming distinctly later than I usually do. Really, later than I wanted to, too, since the article I spent the most time on never did deliver what drew me to it. There, I did some paperwork, and joined Perogies for some team-farming. That was fun. We were able to chat on the side. We meant to start reading a comic together, but the yardman knocked on the door, and we got to talking about stories after I paid for the month. by the time we were done talking, it was time to read to Mom. Well, some other day Perogies and I can read the comic together. {Smile}
After supper, I read more comics and articles, but I'm realizing I'll probably be happier with fewer articles. Eventually I found a note from Kitten expressing surprise I wasn't in City of Heroes: Homecoming yet. that sent me scurrying in and trying to get his attention. I soon did, and we teamed up. I found a different story arc that I figured ought to get the badge I kept mission. We ran it together, and I finally got it. That was a relief. I was worried that something would prevent that character from ever getting it, but nope. She's got it now. {Smile} Then Kitten was acting very tired, but a short nap appeared to help them revive a bit. We found the streamer was running the strike force we both like and got ready to join him on the next run. We ran it together, then parted for the night, though we did talk a little more both in the game and on the chat server. I also chatted with Perogies on the chat server when they came in for a little early morning stuff, and also did paperwork and wrote this up. {Smile}
