Daily Update, August 13, 2024

    On Tuesday after dinner, I got a phone call from Auntie Barbara. It was good to hear from her. We had a nice talk. {Smile}

   I ate dinner with Mom and read to her before that. I left the game slightly earlier again. Mom was resting when I went in but roused somewhat when spoken to. She particularly roused for the baby pictures, those she rested more afterwards, too. First, I began my reading with scripture and thoughts about it. Next, I continued her niece's long family Christmas letter from 2020. Then I continued _The Picture Book of Babies_. Though she was drowsy, she did rouse to look at the cute babies. After that, I read six short poems from _365 Animal Stories and Rhymes_. Then next story was long, and Mom looked tired, so I just went on, finishing by reading the 13th of August's story, "The Apricots," from _366 Stories for Bedtime_. {Smile}

   I did my head exercises between reading to Mom and dinner. Then, after dinner and finishing Monday's daily update, I did my arm resistance exercises. Then, after playing City of Heroes: Homecoming for much of my evening, I did the first of three pieces in my salsa dancing warm up. After it I needed a break to catch my breath, but when I took it, I realized I could do more, so I did the second piece. To my surprised, this time I wasn't even winded, though that one is faster, and I did a restart, so it was longer than usual. So, I did the third piece for my full warmup, though it was in two sets, not one. Because of the restart, I did a bit over the usual 8 1/2 minutes, but I can't say how much. {Smile}

   Over and after breakfast, I read articles. Then I cleaned myself up. Next, I had lunch and wrote a little of Monday's daily update. Then I hopped into City of Heroes: Homecoming, where I found Div, teamed up for some missions including both his and mine. Then Div left. I did a bit of paperwork our playing had produced before Pierogies found me. We teamed up, and Pierogies said he had a mission he wanted help on. Kitten joined us as we were getting ready, so the three of us did that mission together, helping Pierogies like he hoped. Next, I meant to pick a mission Kitten really wanted, but l picked one that sounded similar but didn't count for what Kitten wanted it for. When we finished, it was about time to read to Mom, so I left. {Smile}

   After dinner, I finished writing Monday's daily update. Then I did some exercise before I started writing this. Next, I hopped into City of Heroes: Homecoming, where I quickly found Kitten and we teamed up. I started to get the mission they wanted when Phonso invited us to the taskforce we didn't finish the night before. that was slow recruiting, so I started talking with Nox on the chat server while waiting. We got more players, including Soothing Darkness, and then ran the taskforce, and finished this time. Then the team broke up. I tried to team with Kitten again, but they went quiet. However, Pierogies said hi. We teamed up and ran one mission of the type that Kitten wanted, but we can run more for Kitten. I need more than they do at this point, several times if you count all the characters interested in it. When we were done, I did some paperwork, then some dancing. Next, I played Cross Stitch World during a break in the dancing. Afterwards, I watched videos, then finished making notes and writing in this. {Smile}