Daily Update, February 15, 2024

   Well, on Thursday, I tried to add PayPal to my signature in my daily updates, but it was too pushy in two of the four places I tried to share a link. I just want to I just want to make it possible to leave a tip for my writing, so I'm working on toning it down. I hope it looks better already, but please let me know if you feel something isn't appropriate. I'm on the fence in places, especially with Facebook. Thanks for putting up with my missteps as I try to change journalling for free into writing for pay as well. I figured tips were a good place to start, though I hope to add more later. {Smile}

   I also had online counselling after breakfast. I had a bit of a late start, because while I started to sign in two minutes ahead, it took eleven minutes of sign in. So, I had a slightly shorter session. We tried to finish much closer to on time because my counselor had something right afterwards. I'll have to remember to sign in sooner in the future. I didn't realize it took that long. {smile}

   After lunch I got a visit from the secretary from Helping hands Hale, the nursing company that provides home nursing for Mom, and a little for me. That is for now; the contract will continue with me as the primary recipient when I am the only one left. {smile}

   Later, I exchanged a few calls and texts with the nursing company's secretary because at first, I hadn't made it clear that I was sharing a link to PayPal so I could get tips with my writing. they helped me make the purpose there clear. {Smile}

   I ate dinner with Mom and read to her before that. She was sleepy, but seemed to enjoy the pictures and stories today, except when i got interrupted. I began with scripture and thoughts about it first. Next, I read a card from a friend. After that, I started 1950's Fashion in Pictures_. Then I read the next two stories in _Richard Scarry's 5-minute Stories_ , "Corn on the Cob," and "Guess Who?" Again, one didn't seem like enough. I wasn't sure two was, but four was a bit much, and there are only two more short ones, so I stopped there. Next, I read the 15th of February's story from _366 Stories for Bedtime_, "Moon Rose." The story asked if the listener could guess where a little girl came from. It said she lived in a faraway land and wore a pink floral kimono with wooden soled shoes. Her hair was long, black, and pinned up in a bun with long hairpins. Her house is mostly wood and lit by paper lanterns at night. She sleeps on a mat in warm weather. Her mother is giving her lessons in flower arranging. Her garden has dwarf trees, and colorful birds and flowers. She likes to play with a kite, and dance with a fan. Bells hang at her door that tinkle in the wind. She lives in Japan. Mom did not like that story; I'm not sure whether it was the guessing game or the break to answer a phone call, but I read a random couple of pages out of the fashion book, and she liked that better. {Smile}

   I did my salsa dancing warmup after I finished teaming for the evening. Then I did my salsa dancing less structured set after a break. Next, I did my arm swinging exercises, my arm resistance exercises, and my head exercises. {Smile}

   I read comics and finished writing the day before's daily update before lunch. Then I fiddled with PayPal after lunch, before the visit from the nursing company's secretary. After that, I cleaned myself up, and got the first phone call as I hopped into City of Heroes: Homecoming. After I settled in, I worked on badges on my sixth best badge collector until Pierogies came on and said hi. We chatted, then we teamed up, fitting in just one solo mission before I read to Mom. {Smile}

   I started writing this up around dinner. Then I hopped back into City of Heroes: Homecoming. I said hi to Dr. Faustus. He responded immediately and invited me to join him and a friend. They were both playing characters in the group I'd added a character to recently, so he suggested I bring her, and I did. We teamed until Dr Faustus left for other things because it had gotten pretty late. Then the other player disconnected and told Dr. Faustus he was going to bed without going back on, so Dr. Faustus told me on the chat server. I also chatted with Nox on the chat server, too, and a little with Kitten, but Kitten was particularly tired. After the exercise, I looked into stuff, and wrote a little of this. I also made notes on this to write from the next day. {Smile}