Daily Update, June 4, 2024

    On Tuesday, late in the morning, I called Uber, and went to church for a parishioner's funeral. I got there just as it was ending. Somehow, despite knowing it was at eleven, I thought in terms of leaving to arrive at twelve. I didn't catch it until I was there, and Auntie Barbara talked about how late I was. Everyone said it was a nice service, and some thanked me for coming. Anyway, I stayed for lunch, sitting with Auntie Barbara and Michelle. Folks shared various memories, and I was able to share a memory of the deceased, myself. {smile}

   I went home with other friends. My phone fell out of pocket as I was getting out of the car. I noticed after they left. Our nurse tried calling it. I called the church to let them know, since I could find their number, and didn't have the friend's they called to assure me they'd left a message. I also tried calling it myself. The friends brought it back not long after I'd started to wonder how to wait for it. It was such a relief to get it back! {SMILE}

   I ate dinner with Mom and read to her before that. She was awake when I came in. She did look at the pictures I showed her, but she didn't respond much. I started my reading with scripture and thoughts about first. Next, I continued her niece's long family Christmas letter from 2019. After that, I read the next few pages from _The Picture Book of Babies_ (the one with fewer costumes, since we have two books with that name). Then I read a story, "Why Owls Stare," and two poems, "Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear," and "One, Two, Three, Four, Five," continuing _365 Animal Stories and Rhymes_. I finished with the 4th of June's poem, "A Frog," from _366 Stories for Bedtime_. {Smile}

   I did my head exercises while waiting for Uber. Then I started my arm resistance exercises between reading to Mom and dinner. My band snapped in two part-way through the first exercise. So, I did my arm swinging exercises. After dinner, I talked with the nurse about getting a replacement, and learned what to look for. After playing for the evening, I did my salsa dancing warmup. Then I cleaned myself up. Again, I was too tried to exercise more immediately, and it was too late to do it later. I need to get the cleaning myself up done earlier, though at least this was a more involved form of cleaning myself up, so it's not as much backsliding as it looks like. {resigned sigh}

   After breakfast, I read articles and played Cross Stitch World. Then I wrote up Monday's daily update and got ready to go to the funeral. After I got home from the funeral, I played Cross Stitch World and read comics. Then I hopped into City of Heroes: Homecoming. I said hi to Kitten and waited for a response. They did respond and we teamed up. Dennis said hi and joined us. I said goodnight to each of them when it was time to read to Mom. {Smile}

   After dinner, I began writing this and taking notes for it. then I began shopping for resistance bands online. This was interrupted by termites. I think if we had termites, it would be worse, but some of our neighbors really should get their place treated. I did try to get as many as feasible to reduce the chances of getting an infestation ourselves. Because of this, I got into City of Heroes: Homecoming late. Kitten was there but didn't answer. I chatted with Ulty, who was in a private RP, which means free to chat on the side. I also chatted with Nox on the chat server. Which chatting, I did a bunch of paperwork that had piled up. When it was done, I tried solo play for a bit. Not my favorite, but after funeral, I just wasn't in the mood to hang out with strangers. Then I did my salsa dancing and cleaned myself up. After that, I read some comics, then finished a little of writing in this, and added more notes to write from the next day, too. {Smile}