Daily Update. September 13. 2024

On Friday, our housekeeper came, and our house is definitely better for her attentions. {Smile}

I have been trying to do more chores and such that I really can do myself. I'm starting slow. So far, I'm increasing my self-care and doing some dishes. I plan to work up. I talked with nursing company secretary, and yes, this will help my general well-being and may even help expenses when I become the nurses' primary focus. {Smile}

I ate breakfast, lunch and dinner with Mom and read to her before dinner. Mom was resting when I went in, but definitely awake this time. She responded pretty well when spoken to right through the readings. I began with scripture and thoughts about it first. The I read four cards, repeating one from her nephew, and one from each of two different cousins from yesterday, and adding a card from me. Next, I read _Picture Book Babies_, commenting on the pictures, and reading interesting facts about babies. After that, I repeated yesterday's story from _My Little Pony 5-Minute Stories_. I ended with the 13th of September's story, "The Helper," in _366 Stories for Bedtime_. {Smile}

I did my arm resistance exercises between reading to Mom and dinner. then I did my arm swinging exercises after dinner. after playing City of Heroes: homecoming, I did two of my sitting arm weight training exercises. After a short break, I did my 10 less strenuous walking exercises. After another short break, I did my head exercises. After that, it got too late before I did more, in part because I'm trying to shut down a little earlier. {Smile}

I ate breakfast with Mom and read the book. That's _Avalanche_, by Mercedes Lackey, Cody Martin, Dennis Lee, and Veronica Giguere. It's the fifth in The Secret World Chronicles series. Then I read articles and played Cross Stitch World before I finished writing up yesterday's daily update. Next, I had lunch with Mom and the book. After that, I Hopped into City of Heroes: Homecoming. There, I did paperwork and checked with Pierogies. I stopped to clean myself up while the housekeeper cleaned elsewhere and let her know when I was done. Then I went back into City of heroes: Homecoming. I again found Pierogies again, and we did a mission and a half in something that can't be joined after starting. Thats' when Dennis came in and said hi. Then I realized what we were doing wasn't as short as I thought, and we wouldn't get when Pierogies wanted his character to be free. So, we quit to join Dennis. Pierogies suggested watching a show, but Dennis wanted to play City of Heroes. Kitten joined us, and we did a mission Dennis wanted help on, followed by a few missions picked by Dennis, I think. That took me up to time to read to Mom. {Smile}

After dinner, my exercises, and beginning to write this up and making notes in it, I hopped into City of Heroes: Homecoming. Dennis found me when I'd barely started on paperwork. We did a couple of my villain missions. Kitten joined us at the very end of the second. Then we did a couple of Dennis's missions that he really wanted Kitten's help with. I also started talking with Nox on the chat server. Then Dennis left, and I switched to the hero I've been working on levelling. Kitten and I ran a few missions, going a little later than I hope to, since I'm trying to move my bedtime earlier. But I did that because it finished a story arc that I'm sure I want him to get before levelling. After that, I did my exercises, with a little City of Heroes: Homecoming paperwork because I'd made so many notes in this earlier, as well as finishing the writing and notes in this. {Smile}