Thursday, I called our priest right after breakfast. It took a few tried to get through - we missed each other 3 or 4 times before connecting - but I did get through. I told her about the spelling of both grandparents' names whose plaques are missing. While Grandfather Baldwin had pretty standard spelling - Robert Irving Baldwin - Grandma Mae did not. Yes, Mae, with a E, pronounced like the month of May. Her last name was Marcallino, too, when other families - both Portuguese and Filipino - spell it with an E where the second a is. She thanked me, and told me they probably need to be replaced, since they are not turning up. {smile}
Next, was my online counselling appointment I have every other week or so. I thought our appointment went quite well. I tried to explain my continued discomfort about my future, and ended up explaining something not just to her, but to myself that I hadn't fully realized: I am uncomfortable with the plan my financial adviser presented for my future, because it shows my money stretching to cover my needs for the rest of my life with little to spare... as long as I don't get worse and need more care. Yet medical science has shown itself in recent decades to be better at extending our life than preserving our health till the end of those newly longer lives. {bite lips}
Then I tried calling Aunt Valerie and my cousin Kim. When I tried a video call, Aunt Valerie's phone didn't even ring. Kim's rang but didn't get answered. Then I tried a regular call with Aunt Valerie and had a nice talk. We tried to include having her talk with Mom, but the phone cut out in her room. However, we had a nice talk. {Smile}
I ate dinner with Mom and read to her before that. Her eyes were sometimes open, and even if they were closed, she'd open them to look at the pictures. She spoke some. Anyway, I started with scripture and thoughts about it. Then I continued with a birthday card from her sister, and a Christmas card from her niece. After that, I read the last few pages from _Music Stars 1940-1960 Memory Lane_. Next, I read some poems and a story from _365 Bedtime Stories and Rhymes_. I finished with the 16th of November's story from _366 Stories for Bedtime_, "The New Red Slippers." A pair of beautiful red slippers lay in a box at the back of the wardrobe. They were proud of how smart they were with their red pompoms. The slippers often had visits from other shoes, since the wardrobe belonged to a boy who often changed his shoes, but they were too grand to talk to the others. One day, an old gray slipper was thrown in next to them. It was worn out and full of holes. They told it to stay away because it was so dirty and ugly. It just laughed, and said it was their turn, and they'd look like it in a year. {Smile}
I did my walking exercises, leg exercises, one of my arm weight training exercises, and my arm resistance exercises after teaming for the evening. Then I did my salsa dancing warmup set. Unfortunately, when my less structured salsa dancing set, I stumbled too much I pushed myself to do a little more than three minutes, but then I had to stop. I was just too dizzy to continue. The treatment for hypoglycemia helped, but not quite enough to get back to dancing, or even my other exercises in time. {rueful look}
I looked at some articles in the morning, but I was busier than usual, so didn't see much. I hopped into City of Heroes: Homecoming too late to join the early short, large group event. Instead, I found Perogies, who was doing the early long, large-group event, so I got a character, and joined it partway through. Then Perogies and I teamed up. They picked some high-level missions, so that's what we did. Kitten joined us for several missions, and the three of us went right up to time to read to mom together.
After supper, I caught up on reading comics, then started writing this up before I hopped into City of Heroes: Homecoming. There, I teamed up with Paradox on mid-level characters. I tried to find some other friends, but the ones I tried were busy. We ran a mission or two, and Kitten joined us. Then after a mission or two more, I found a friend who was free, and they joined us. Azurette became free and joined us at about the same time. Another mission or two, and TheCyberChill messaged me, then joined us for the last few missions. I began talking with Nox on the chat server as I left the game to start my exercises. I also chatted with Paradox, Kitten, and Owl girl on the chat server. I checked the game, and a couple of sites paradox mentioned. I also made notes to finish from the next day with this. {Smile}
