Daily Update, April 19, 2024

    On Friday, I had all kinds of plans to get Thursday's daily update written right after breakfast, then hammer out the last couple of scenes of the story, or rather the first couple since they will make a new beginning. Somehow, I didn't do any of that. I barely got the daily update finished before lunch. {smile}

   I ate breakfast, lunch and dinner with Mom and read to her before dinner. I got there at a fairly reasonable time, i think. Mom was reasonably alert and seemed to stay alert. I think she enjoyed most of the pictures, thought she responded rarely. First, I started my reading with scripture and thoughts about it. After that, I continued reading her niece's long family Christmas letter from 2021. Next, I read her the cover and the first few pages of _Memories 1950's_ Then I read "The Nightingale," from _Five Minute Fairy Tales_. My last reading was the 19th of April's story from _366 Stories for Bedtime_, "the Timid Chick." {Smile}

   I did my arm resistance exercises and my walking exercises after dinner Then I did my arm swinging exercises, my leg exercises, and my head exercises a while after I stopped teaming in City of heroes: Homecoming and had started soloing. After a break, I did my salsa dancing warmup set, and after another break, I did my less structured salsa dancing set. I expected to do more, but I was too tired for my arm weight training exercises, either sitting or standing. {smile}

   After breakfast, I read articles, and played a tiny bit of Cross Stitch World. Then I finished writing Thursday's daily update up before lunch. While I was writing, I got a note from Doctor Faustus on the chat server, saying the villain themed supergroup he got me into planned to meet in 3 hours. So, I finished my daily update, and ate lunch. Then I cleaned myself up right after lunch and hopped into City of Heroes: Homecoming after that. Dr. Faustus wasn't around, so I messaged him in the chat server. Turned out I was a little early. He came in, and he and I were the first at the meeting. Others came and we talked, first generally, then about what content we wanted to run. I was too low for the main suggestion. I tried to suggest I get a higher-level character, but someone suggested helping me with my content. I told them what I had, and they picked a story arc for us to run. We ran it in character and adjourned when it was done. After they left, I set up a new character, ensconcing them in the tutorial before dinner. {Smile}

   After dinner, I started my exercises, and started writing this up. Then I hopped into City of Heroes; Homecoming and looked around. Not seeing anyone, I started to solo on the character I'd barely started before dinner. Then Ulty and another friend (who I keep forgetting to ask what to call them when we're together) came on. I said hi to Ulty, but our conversation petered out. I said hi to the other friend, and our conversation took off. It was the friend I was hunting critters with a couple night ago. They were doing that again. We chatted for a while, then I joined them in hunting. We hunted most of the evening, changing zones and critters a couple of times. I even changed characters once, when we changed to a critter the character was on didn't need, but another character of mine very much does. I also talked to Nox a little on the chat server, but not much. When the friend I was hunting with got tired, we chatted a bit, then said goodnight. Then I soloed on the new character I made earlier, playing until I got her out of the tutorial, and into the regular game. Then I read some articles and some comics, played Cross Stitch World, and wrote some of this around my exercises. I switched to going back and forth between paperwork in City of Heroes, making notes in this, and beginning to make the next revisions in my story. I got so caught up in that, especially the paperwork, that I ended up going to bed later than I have been by a margin. it was bad enough, I set my alarm to get up at a late-normal time with plans to nap after breakfast. {smile}