Daily Update, November 18, 2024

On Monday, I got a phone call from the driver who takes me to and from the monthly meeting. I confirmed that I'm going. She will pick me up Thursday, calling closer to the day to confirm the time once she finds out when it is, since it's likely not at the usual time. {Smile}

After lunch, I got a phone call from the secretary of the nursing company that takes care of mom and me. She wanted to know all my medical conditions and all my medications, and what everything was for. I did my best, but that's a tall order. I have enough of each, it's hard to remember. {smile}

Later, I got a phone call for a survey concerning my doctor. I declined because of my hearing loss and not understanding the speaker. they wanted someone else in the house, but no one else uses that doctor here, and it was specifically for that doctor. Truthfully, I was also worn out from the last phone call, and I didn't want to leave Div waiting again, when he'd waited through the extra-long call with the secretary from the nursing company.

I ate dinner with Mom and read to her before dinner. Mom was pretty much awake when I went in despite me arriving late again, between teaming with Div and the phone calls. Mom looked with apparent interest at all the pictures I showed her, including the cards and stories as well as the pictures of babies. First, I began with scripture and thoughts about it. After that, I read two cards, one from her cousin and one from me. Next, I finished sharing pictures in _the Picture Book of Babies_. It's the big one, and many of the babies are wearing costumes - more so than our other baby and child themed picture books. Then I read a story in _Disney Princess 5-minute Princess Stories_. I ended with November 18th's story, "," in _366 Stories for Bedtime_. {Smile}

After playing CoH much of the evening, I did my salsa dancing warmup while trying to hold my pelvic floor and abdomen tucked in. Considering how quickly I got tired yesterday when I did that with my walking exercises, I was pleasantly surprised to make it through the warmup not much more tired than usual. After a break, I did come les structured dancing, still holding in both my abdomen and my pelvic floor. I was panting enough after one piece, to stop there. It was too late to do more later. Still, that was fourteen and three quarters minutes of salsa dancing while trying to hold two large muscles in, which I think isn't bad for a first attempt. {Smile}

Over and after breakfast, I read comics and browsed the web. Then I cleaned myself up before I hopped into Vindictus. I found Div almost immediately, so I played by myself very little before we teamed up. I had two notable breaks, the first started with checking out some emails I hadn't noticed that Div had sent and continued straight into the phone call with the secretary. The second was much shorter, just declining the survey about my doctor. After I got done with Vindictus, I left to read to Mom. {Smile}

After dinner, I wrote up Sunday's daily update with a break for starting to write and make notes in this. I also did some Vindictus solo talks I hadn't gotten to earlier. Then I hopped into City of Heroes: Homecoming, where I found Dennis. We teamed up, and Kitten soon joined us. We did several missions together. I was mostly on my second-best badge collector because Dennis promised a badge soon. To both of our disappointment, it didn't happen. that contact is supposed to give a badge mission, but it looks like it's later, not sooner this time. Eventually, Dennis left. Kitten and I did a couple more missions. A friend of kitten's who I sort of know joined us. Then we said goodnight and have a nice day, since their days were beginning while mine was ending. Then I did my salsa dancing warmup. Next, I checked Vindictus, especially some new talks. Then I danced again before I made notes in this and checked comics and the chat server. {Smile}