Today was a day of phone calls, but not the chatty kind. First, I got a call from the podiatrist's office. We scheduled an appointment to see him. I'm having trouble with some of my toenails that I hope he can help with. {Smile}
Next was a call from my dentist's office. The appointment I had late next month needed to be rescheduled because it requires a dental hygienist, and they aren't going to have one in that day. Fortunately, they had one after lunchtime, as well as one at breakfast time. Unfortunately, it was in May of next year, but if that's the soonest they can see me, then there's no use complaining. {small smile}
Then I got a call from the veterinarians' office. Val's ashes are ready for pickup. Yes, I can bring in unused medicine. i won't get a refund, but I can donate it, and they'll give it to another patient, so at least it isn't wasted. Since i can do it in the same trip, I might as well. {smile}
I ate breakfast, lunch, and dinner with Mom on Friday and read to her before dinner. I started a little late because the game ran late, but still fit a lot in. I started with scripture and thoughts about it. After that, I read two Christmas cards from the nursing company, a birthday card from church, and a Mother's Day card from her sister. Then I finished the last few pages of _1950's Fashion in Pictures_, which she did seem particularly interested in. She was quite an amateur seamstress in her day, even making alterations to patterns that I wouldn't have felt confident enough to make myself. Next, I read two stories from _365 Bedtime Stories and Rhymes_. I finished with “The Race,” the 27th of October's story from _366 Stories for Bedtime_. Cosmo was a farm donkey who worked hard carrying loads on his back and pulling the donkey cart around the farm. Polo was a sleek, brown colt, much bigger than Cosmo, who took the big cart to town twice a week. The farmer's children, Dick and Dorothy, liked to go to market. They brushed his coat, polished his hooves, and detangled his mane so he'd look good for town, but didn't bother with Cosmo, since he never left the farm. Polo was proud, but Cosmo had a muddy, matted coat. One day, Dick said they could race. He'd ride polo, and Dorothy could ride Cosmo, since she was smaller. Dorothy didn't want to ride a muddy donkey, but she did for the race. Polo showed off, cantering, and Dick fell off. Cosmo trotted steadily and won the race. Dorthy praised Cosmo and told him she'd brush him and ride him to market. {Smile}
I did my walking exercises, my standing arm weight training exercises, and one of my four sitting arm weight training exercises between playing City of Heroes and my salsa dancing this evening. Then I did my salsa warmup set. After a break, I did my less structured salsa dancing set, too. than after another break, I did my head exercises and my arm resistance exercises. Not quite as much exercise as yesterday, but more after my salsa dancing, which does feel good. I feel like I achieved something. {Smile}
I read articles and comics between phone calls in the morning, then hopped into City of Heroes: Homecoming after lunch. I found Pierogies eager to do the early long large group event, but Kitten was ready to team up with me. We ran a few missions, and Pierogies joined us when the event was done. I think we kept at it all afternoon. Well, Pierogies left when they were tired. Kitten and I actually ran into the time when I like to read to Mom, but Kitten very kindly rushed a timed mission so I could go. Thank you very much, Kitten! {SMILE}
I hopped back into City of Heroes: Homecoming after dinner. I didn't find anyone on who I like to team with, so I tried joining the Trick-or-Treat. Folks seem to finally be getting tired of it; it broke up after a while. But then Freaky came in, and Kitten. Paradox talked of joining but got into something else until they needed a break already. We teamed for a while before Freaky left. Then Kitten and I talked of doing more, but they decided they needed to rest, so I did some paperwork. It was too late to start something new. I also talked with Nox on the chat server, and a bit with Kitten, Owl Girl, and Paradox. Oh, and I read comics, and watched an extra video, too. Extra because my salsa dancing is technically to YouTube videos, though most are just a still picture and music. {Smile}
