On Wednesday, I met my new yardman. He warned me and my main nurse of a price increase starting next month. How much we paid our last yardman came up. I explained how he started at one rate. Then our housekeeper needed an assistant, and the one she found asked for more than she got. Dad refused to pay the boss less than the assistant, so he raised our housekeeper's salary to the assistant's asking price. Then he realized Bill, our yardman, hadn't asked for a raise in over a decade, so he gave him a raise, too. I found out how much our yardman planned to ask for next month, and added raised this month's check by that much, neatly initialed where necessary. My new yardman said I didn't have to, but I felt it was right. {Smile}
Through the morning, I got a few short phone calls from Auntie Barbara. She let me know when to meet at Book Buyers, our usual bookstore. Then she warned me that she was held up on the way into town. I was already headed out, so my main nurse dropped me off at the bookstore early. I browsed in the bookstore while I waited for Auntie Barbara. She came bearing books to trade in that covered almost all of the books that were supposed to be my gift to her. Thankfully, I'd spotted a book to ask her about that I had at home. She looked it over and said she was interested. I put it back. I'll give her it and the prequel that I have as her "real" Christmas gifts. My own first choice was surprisingly expensive. I found a second choice more in line with what we both intended. {Smile}
Next, she and I walked to her car a couple of blocks away and drove to have lunch at Island Naturals. My nurse met us there. Her friend and her friend's sons cancelled at the last minute. However, a woman and her son shared our table, and we five chatted over lunch. That was nice, especially since auntie Barbara's other friend couldn't make it after all. My main nurse took me home after lunch. {Smile}
In the morning, I watched videos and read articles in the web until I got ready for the trip to visit with Auntie Barbara. When I got home, I got the books for Auntie Barbara and put them in a gift bag. I consider them her real presents, since she mostly paid for the others. Then i got onto my computer. I read articles and comics and watched videos on the web. then I went into City of Heroes: Homecoming. I did a bit of in-game auction house, storage and crafting. Then I checked on my friends who play the game. I picked a set of badges my 2nd best badge collector didn't have and researched how to get them. She had what she needed for them to be easy to get, so I got all but the one she already had. I repeated the process on my third-best badge collector, who was missing all but one too, but not the same one. Towards the end, I talked with a friend I rarely talk to I ran into dinner slightly, before breaking for dinner. {Smile}
After dinner, I found another group of badges my third best badge collector didn't have and worked on getting them. I had to make some tweaks to get one more badge after I got most. Dennis said hi during that, and we talked until I was done. Then I helped him get several winter event badges on his character, getting one badge on my seventh-best badge collector, too. Next, he left for bed, and I worked on the in-game auction house, storage and crafting until Dr. Faustus said hi. We got together and finished the story arc my higher-level teen supergroup member hadn't quite finished. Michiel joined us, and we did a few more missions. I squeezed in writing up Tuesday's daily update between missions. Then Dr. Faustus asked if I was ready to get a contact. I realized I hadn't even started what he meant. I got the contact I needed to start the process, then realized I'd rather do it on my younger Hobbit. I switched characters and did a couple of missions on her with Dr. Faustus. I also finished Tuesday's daily update. Next, Dr. Faustus said goodnight. I worked on the in-game auction house, storage, and crafting. Then I made notes in this with one break to check Cross Stitch World before I finished the notes. I finally said the Lord's Prayer and Forward Day by Day before going to bed. {Smile}
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