Monday, my hearing aids had appointment in the late morning. I tried to get Uber to take me. They insisted I had to mean a place on O'ahu. It was the only address I could get for the company. Finally, I called the place, and got their address, 282 Ululani Street. I contacted Uber, they came and took me down, and the appointment went well. Afterwards, I contacted Uber and asked them to take me to Ace Hardware, pretty close by. Then I scheduled the next visit for the hearing aids and bought batteries for that time. Uber arrived while I was still doing that, but I let them know, and went out when I was done. {Smile}
They took me to Ace Hardware. I found the plumbing section. Then I found a clerk nearby. They were less helpful than I hoped but did recommend a drain cleaner. I also got a "hair clog snake." Then I contacted Uber and they took me home. {Smile}
I tried the snake on several drains. It got stuck a few times, but I'm getting better at getting it back out. The pipes in the kitchen got put back together; they probably need a plumber soon. {smile}
I ate lunch and dinner with Mom and read to her before dinner. We started a little late again. She was tired but kept opening her eyes for the pictures. First, I started with scripture and thoughts about it. After that, I read a few cards from church, the nursing company, her cousin's granddaughter, and her sister. Then I continued "Memories Space Race." Then I read the next story in _5 Minute Disney Junior Stories_. I ended with the 15th of January's story from _366 Stories for Bedtime_, "Jake's Surprise." Jake the duck had not been able to leave his home at the farm for several days to visit his friends at a nearby farm. The weather was too cool and gray. One morning the sun came out, pale but enough to inspire Jake to go down to the pond to swim with his friends. Only an owl was there in a willow tree. the pond was still, and looked strange, but Jake didn't know why. The owl said Jack Frost had come and left his looking glass behind. Jake thought the owl was being silly, talking in riddles like usual. he tried to get in for a swim, but just slipped, landing on his tail and sliding across the pond with his feet waving in the air. {Smile}
I did my head exercises while waiting for Uber to come take me to Hilo Hearing Aid Company. Then I did one of my sitting arm weight training exercises while teaming for the evening. Next, I did 14 3/4 minutes of salsa dancing in the warmup set and one more piece later. I also did my arm resistance exercises. I know I'm not getting much done, but some days have been busy, including Sunday and Monday, and those days it's hard to do as much exercise. {sigh}
I cleaned myself up after lunch. Then I hopped into City of Heroes: Homecoming. There, I found Pierogies. We missed the later short, large-group event, so we teamed up and ran a couple of missions. Kitten joined us partway through the first, and stayed for the second, too. Then we broke so I could read to Mom.
After dinner, I missed the late-night short, large-group event. So, I worked on paperwork, and began writing this up. Then I contacted Dr. Faustus and joined him in helping a new player through a story arc. Kitten joined us, too. Then the new player left, and Dr. Faustus and Kitten helped me finish a high-level story arc of my own. I also talked with Nox a bit. The story arc ended just in time for me to start my salsa dancing. I read comics and article sand watched videos between and after, and slipped in a tiny bit of paperwork, as well as writing a bit more of this and making notes to write from the next day. {Smile}
