Daily Update, August 31, 2024

On Saturday, I got a couple of phone calls from our former nurse before breakfast. Then he came to the house near the end of breakfast. {Smile}

I called a gal who used to fix Dad's and my computers when we used The Computer Store, where she first worked, then bought out the owner. Turned out it was her last day to move out of her shop, since she lost her lease. However, she said she could stop by my house and look at it Tuesday. Maybe even fix it if the parts she had in stock fit. So, we confirmed this is our plan. {Smile}

With that settled, our former nurse took me to Office Max. We got a clerk who showed me options and I picked out a "low end gaming" laptop computer. Then he took me back home. We enjoyed visiting on both the ride down and the ride back. {Smile}

At home, we told our main nurse about the trip. Our former nurse talked with him for a bit then left. Then I sat down to set up my new backup computer. I started by going through their setup window, then made links to most of the sites I visit daily. It took me half the afternoon to get the main stuff I use set up, except email, which I need to call the company to sort out the username and password. That was too much to tackle after everything else. So, I finally hopped into City of Heroes: Homecoming and spent pretty much the rest of the day there. It was so good to be back! {SMILE}

I ate breakfast and dinner with Mom and read to her before dinner.  Mom was a little more alert, maybe because I started earlier, but not really active.  I began with scripture and thoughts about it first.  Next, I continued her niece's long family Christmas letter.  After that, I continued _Picture Book of Happy Babies _. I read a fair bit, since Mom seemed interested in the babies. Then I read two stories from 365 _Animal Stories and Rhymes_. I finished with the 31st of August's story, "Percy in America." {Smile}

I walked around Office Max a fair bit. Then I did my arm swinging exercises between reading to Mom and dinner. That's about it for exercise on Saturday. Too busy with other stuff. {smile}

When I got into City of Heroes: Homecoming, I found Div. I told him all that happened, making a long conversation before we teamed up, but we eventually did a couple of missions together. Then Div left, and I started on paperwork. Next, Dennis said hi. I joined him on a giant monster hunting team, but only for two monsters before leaving to read to Mom. {Smile}

Between reading to Mom and dinner, I did some exercise and began writing this up and making notes. Then after dinner, I hopped back into City of Heroes: Homecoming. I said hi to Ulty and Jenny's player, letting them know a little of what had happened with my computer before I joined them for a few missions. We played until Ulty left for bed and the team broke up. Next, I began planning solo badge hunting. Dennis said hi about then, so I dropped those plans. We teamed up and ran a couple of missions. Near the end, Phonso invited me to a trial. I joined on my fourth best badge collector after finishing saying goodnight to Dennis, and we ran it. Then Phonso ran a second of the same trial, and I did that on the same character to work on a badge. She has a way to go, but certain task forces, strike forces, and trials bring her a little closer. When that was done, I did some paperwork until Pierogies came in and said hi. We talked a bit, then teamed up to play a little before I finished making notes and writing this right before heading to bed. {Smile}