I got a text from the housekeeper saying she was coming this morning. However, later I found one apologizing because she was helping a group that was working to send stuff to Maui, to help people affected by the wildfires around Lahaina. I offered her moral support. I'm sure she'll get back to us when she can. {Smile}
I ate breakfast and dinner with Mom and read to her before dinner. I started with scripture and thoughts about it. Then I followed that with the last part of her niece's long family Christmas letter from last year. After that, I showed Mom more pictures in _1940's Fashion in Pictures_, reading her each caption as I pointed out each picture. She does seem to like mid-20th century fashion. Next, I read several illustrated poems from _Mother Goose Treasury_. I finished with the August 12th story, "The Sand Castle," from _366 Stories for Bedtime: A Tale for Every Day of the Year_. Alison and Roger went to the beach, where they set out to build a fine sandcastle, decorated with shells. As they finished, their mother suggested getting ice creams. They found some friends to play with at the ice cream van. The tide had washed away the sandcastle when they finally returned, but Roger said they'd make another tomorrow. {Smile}
I did my arm resistance exercises, leg exercises, arm swinging exercises, walking exercises, standing arm weight training exercises, head exercises, and two of the four sitting arm weight training exercises after the trial in the evening. Then I did my salsa dancing, first warmup, then less structured dancing. I finished with the last two sitting arm exercises. {Smile}
I finished sharing yesterday's daily update in the morning and read articles and such before lunch. Then I hopped into City of Heroes: Homecoming, where I did some paperwork, then got together with Perogies. We joined a task force and ran it together. Then he was really in the mood to watch a show together. We watched a short film, tried a second that he didn't like, so we stopped partway through, and watched another instead. That took us up to time to read to Mom. {Smile}
I found a note from Ulty after dinner saying she was making an early night of it. So, I looked around... I didn't find a friend to team with, but I found a task force that looked promising, so I joined it. Then I did a bit of paperwork and tried to join a trial. The leader said they were full, but the leader of the task force I'd run asked if she'd gotten my spot and insisted on me taking her place. So, I did, and ran the trial, following it with the exercises. I talked a little with one friend just before the exercises, and a fair bit more with Perogies when he came on late in the exercises. {Smile}
