Daily Update, May 15, 2024

    On Wednesday, I called my dentist. their secretary explained that we will discuss options and decide about medication next Monday, at my already scheduled appointment. {smile}

   Middle of the morning, I realized it was almost time for my physical therapy, and I hadn't contacted Uber yet. I contacted them immediately, and learned they would get to my house shortly after physical therapy was to begin. So, I phoned physical therapy and got their answering machine. I left a message saying I was running late, but on my way, and would get there when I could. I did, and the receptionist wasn't there, but the therapist I had last year was there. He texted my current therapist and got me started on my first exercise while my therapist come over. I had a shorter session, but fairly intense, at least. Afterwards, I contacted Uber, and a driver came and took me home. {Smile}

When I was picking out the next little picture book to read to Mom, I noticed I was wrong about three having the same title. Two do; they are both _The Picture Book of Babies_, but the third is _Picture Book Babies_. I picked out one of _The Picture Book of Babies_ to read next. {Smile}

   I ate dinner with Mom again and read to her before that. She was awake, but getting sleepy when I went in. She did say she was enjoying this at first. I began my reading with scripture and thoughts about it first. I read the 14th of May's entry first, then the 15th of May's entry, catching up again. Next, I continued her niece's long family Christmas letter from 2020. Then I read the last several pages from _Picture Book of Happy Babies_. I noticed Mom was getting slower about opening her eyes over time, but it wasn't too bad, so I kept going. After that, I read "Jack and the Beanstalk," from _5-minute Mary Engelbreit Fairy Tales_. I ended with _366 Stories for Bedtime_, reading 14th of May's "Helpful Caroline." Mom was sleepy enough by the end of that tiny story, I just stopped there. So, I didn't catch up with the last part, but I progressed. Maybe tomorrow will be better. {Smile}

   Despite the shorter session, I still exercised enough at physical therapy, I didn't feel a need to do more. {Smile}

   I played Cross Stitch World before going to physical therapy. I played more Cross Stitch World after physical therapy, along with eating lunch and writing Tuesday's daily update. Then I hopped into City of Heroes: Homecoming. I teamed with Pierogies, doing a few of my missions. Kitten joined us, as did bowlofdro after a while. Then Pierogies and bowlofdro left. Kitten and I joined Dennis, who was teaming with a friend. Dennis warned that he wouldn't be on after dinner. So, we made the best of the time before dinner, teaming up for a few missions. Dennis's friend left after a while, but the rest of us ran right up to time to read with Mom. {Smile}

   After dinner, I wrote a little of this. Then I hopped back into City of Heroes: Homecoming. I found the new fellow we first met last night, Shepherd, and teamed up with him He was with a friend, and both were on littles, so I got one too. We ran my missions all evening. Kitten joined us part way through. I said goodnight to Nox without us talking again. Shepherd's friend left after a while, but Shepherd didn't get tired until I was ready to get ready for bed myself, which was late because I didn't need to exercise. We wound down by chatting a bit, and I did some paperwork. Then I made notes in this to write from the next day. {Smile}