Daily Update, June 26, 2024

    On Wednesday, I called my dentist. They answered the phone right away, and we settled on an appointment the very next day after lunch to get the crowns off for my upcoming appointment with endodontist on July third. Then I called my podiatrist, got their answering machine, and left a message. {Smile}

   I ate dinner with Mom and read to her before that. She was sitting up and looking around when I went in today. She even responded a few times and looked at all the pictures, especially the ones of babies. First, I began my reading with scripture and thoughts about it. After that, I read the last part of her niece's long family Christmas letter from 2023. Next, I continued reading _Picture Book of Happy Babies_. She was looking at all the babies with interest. Then I read two longer poems, seven shorter poems, and a story called "How Butterflies Came to Be" from _365 Animal Stories and Rhymes_. I finished with the 26th of June's poem, "Summer Heat," from _366 Stories for Bedtime_. {Smile}

   I did my head exercises between reading to Mom and eating dinner. Then I did my arm swinging exercises and arm resistance exercises right after dinner. Then, after playing and paperwork on City of Heroes: Homecoming, I did my standing arm weight training exercises. After I cleaned myself up, I did my sitting arm weight training exercises and my leg exercises. Still no salsa dancing, but I'm doing more each day. That will probably back up tomorrow, since I have dental work scheduled, but the dental work needs doing. {Smile}

   Around the phone calls, I played Cross Stitch World and read web fiction. Then I finished writing up Tuesday's update before lunch. After lunch I read more web fiction. I actually read the rest of the part of that that story which will be coming down soon. Then I hopped into City of Heroes: Homecoming. There, I found Pierogies and Kitten. We teamed up and did missions Pierogies left as Dennis joined Kitten and me. We did two more missions on our low-level characters before time to read to Mom, taking us right up to the finale, which is long, so had to wait till another day. {Smile}

   After dinner, I did some exercise and started writing this up. then I hopped into City of Heroes: Homecoming. I talked with Mysty, and then with Ulty. I joined Ulty in a farm run by her friend. I talked with Azurette on the side at first. I also established a connection with Ulty's friend. After a couple of missions, Ulty left. Her friend stayed for part of another mission, because a second character of hers was almost to the next level. Then the farmer friend left, too. I talked with Nox on chat server, and I did a bit of paperwork I'd fallen behind on. Then I soloed one old mission on the low-level character I've been working on while continuing to talk with Nox. After they left, I did some exercise. Then I cleaned myself up before doing more exercise. After that, I wrote a little more of this, looked at some comics, and read about some web fiction before I made notes in this to write from the next day. {Smile}