Merry Christmas if you celebrate it. If not, I hope you had a nice day. {SMILE}
I opened presents with Mom after breakfast. Then I took the rest of the day off. I didn't even make the phone calls I meant to with family, but... I think they might be easier for them on a day when they aren't either having folks over or going over to someone else's. {Smile}
I ate dinner with Mom and read to her before that. She was awake but quiet today. She did respond a couple of times. I started with scripture and thoughts about it. Then I started her niece's long family Christmas letter from 2019. Next, I started one of her Christmas presents I gave her, _Classic Christmas: Vintage Fine Art Picture Book_. It's old paintings of decorations, Santa, and other people in the snow. After that, I started the Christmas present Auntie Barbara gave her, _Disney 3-Minute Bedtime Stories_. As I hoped when I helped her pick it out, it's an eight-page story with a lot of pictures; a nice length to read to Mom, and she gets a nice number of pictures to look at too. I finished with the 25th of December's story from _366 Stories for Bedtime_, "John's Surprise." John had gotten many nice presents, but not the sleigh he'd hoped for the most. he decided he'd just have to wait for another Christmas. He took his dog, Rex, for a walk in the woods. Rex plunged bravely through the show to fetch sticks. Then John stopped, blinking hard. It was hard to believe he saw a little pine tree decorated with balls and tinsel in the woods. Beside it was a fine sleigh with a reindeer. A label wished John Merry Christmas from all the animals. John harnessed the deer to the sleigh, and they drove off through the woods. {Smile}
I did my head exercises around and after teaming for the evening. Then I did 6 1/2 minutes of salsa dancing. Yes, twice as much as the last two nights. I was winded after the second piece, but not after the first and I wasn't as winded even after the second piece. I guess I am beginning to recover my stamina, though I have a way to go still. Then after a break, I did my arm resistance exercises and my arm weight training exercises. At that point, I hit tired as the clock hit late, so i didn't get my walking exercises or leg exercises, but I hope that twice as much salsa dancing makes up for missing those. I also hope I can get them all done soon. {SMILE}
I wrote up the day before's daily update after opening my presents. Then I read comics over lunch. Next, I hopped into City of Heroes: Homecoming briefly, and found Kitten and Pierogies. I just let them know I need to clean myself up, but I would return. I did, later than I meant to, but I did return. Kitten was there, and we talked. Then Pierogies came in, and we teamed up. We ran a couple of high level, individual missions. Next, we hopped into a farm to leave our characters in while we watched Kitten's favorite Christmas episode of My Little Pony. We got done just in time for the later short, large-group event, which we joined when it was less than half done. Then we talked a little bit while I did paperwork and they joined the later long, large group event, which always takes some time to get going. It was soon time to read to Mom.
I got back from dinner later than i expected, but I found Kitten, Jag, and TheCyberChill teaming for a winter mission. I joined them, and we ran it. Then they split up. Jag and TheCyberChill left. Kitten went quiet and disconnected. So, I wrote this up and did some badge hunting on the character I'd been using. When I got bored, I read some more comics, until I started talking with Nox on the chat server. Then The Owl Girl spoke up on the chat server, and said they'd join me in City of Heroes: Homecoming. They didn't - turned out they had internet trouble that kept them out of the game. However, Pierogies turned up in the game. We talked, and I worked up a costume, then we ran a mission together. Then he left, and I did some more costume work, along with some paperwork. I also read some more comics and wrote a little of this and made notes for the next day.
