Daily Update, January 24, 2024

    Wednesday I went back to PayPal, and it looks like the problem is that it and my bank have protocols that don't work together. It looks like the easiest solution will be to get a different bank account. I called my financial adviser, and got their answering machine, so I left a message. I'll have to follow up on that soon. {smile}

   I got a pleasant surprise a little after midnight: a call from our former nurse. He wanted to be the first to wish me happy birthday, and he certainly was! {SMILE}

   I ate dinner with Mom and read to her before that. She was awake when I went in, and looked at the pictures I showed her, and even answered a couple of questions. First, I started with scripture and thoughts about it. Next, I read her more from her niece's long family Christmas letter from 2022. After that, I continued "The Picture Book of Vintage Vogue," I described each picture and read the date and title if I spotted them, for it's all Vogue cover pictures from the late 1800's and early 1900's. Then I read the next story in _5 Minute Disney Junior Stories_, "Bingo and Rolly's Birthday." I finished with the 24th of January's story from _366 Stories for Bedtime_, "The Happy Orphan." Peppi was a pheasant who the farmer's wife had found in the woods when he was a tiny chick. She looked around but couldn't find parents or siblings anywhere. Peppi was alone. So, she carried him home, made him a nest of rags near the over, and fed him. Soon, he followed her around like she was his mother. He perched on her shoulder and ate from her plate. She took him to the woods when he was fully grown and tossed him into the air. As he flew away, she told him to find a wife and bring the babies to visit, which he did. {Smile}

   I did my arm resistance exercises and over 20 minutes of salsa dancing after I finished teaming on City of Heroes: Homecoming tonight. I do need to work on getting better, but for now, I'm reasonably happy with that. The salsa dancing by far the longest and most vigorous part of my exercise routine, and I got all of that done! {SMILE}

   I played a lot of the cross-stitch game after figuring out that PayPal doesn't work with my credit union. Then I finished writing up yesterday's daily update. After lunch, I cleaned myself up. Then I hopped into City of Heroes: Homecoming. I found Pierogies. We chatted a fair while, then teamed up. I had to pull the difficulty way down. They were mid-level characters, which isn't high enough to boost much. Kitten joined us for a couple of missions, but they were so tired, they couldn't keep going, and went to rest. Pierogies got tired and left, too. I just did paperwork until it was time to read to Mom. {Smile}

   After dinner, I hopped on and started on paperwork. After a while, I spotted Dr. Faustus on, and we joined up. We tried to join some groups. The third worked out, and we ran a fairly high-level taskforce together. Then we split up, as Phonso came on, and invited me to a taskforce that Dr. Faustus didn't have time for. We ran that taskforce. I started chatting with Nox on the chat server, too. I also chatted with Owl Girl when they responded about a game that I'm curious about. Turns out they've played it for years. Back in City of Heroes: Homecoming, Phonso and I ran another, shorter taskforce. Then he left and got the former nurse's phone call. When that was done, I did my salsa dancing, then researched games a little, including watching parts of some videos. I've been longing for a game that's more fantasy-oriented, while still being free-to-play, or at least try out, and not demanding too fast a reaction time, since I am not quick. Does anyone know something they might recommend? Then I wrote part of this and made notes to finish up from the next day. {Smile}