Daily Update, February 9, 2026

The night before Monday, I got to bed not far past 2am. My goal is before 2am, but this is an improvement. I didn't need a nap, which is also encouraging. {Smile}

When I got up, I started looking into whether my class was cancelled. I found out that both grade schools and universities across the state were closed, as were many parks, but I couldn't find anything about Kamana Senior Center or the County of Hawai'i Elderly Activities Division. I finally thought about Auntie Sally's Lu'au Hale and realized that the parking lot it shares with the rest of the Ho'olulu Complex tends to flood in heavy rain. Even with my substitute relief nurse having a SUV, there was a real possibility that I would encounter difficulty if I went, so I stayed home. This turned out to be the right choice. in the afternoon, I discovered an email announcing that all Elderly Activities Division classes were cancelled for the day. Next time, I know to just check my email. It's a new situation, so I didn't know. {Smile}

I also called my financial adviser and left a message when I got their answering machine the first time. I called several more times, not bothering with further messages. Then I got a call from them around lunch time. This let me ask them to help me straighten out accidentally draining an account again. I know how to watch more carefully. I just have to do it consistently. {smile}

After I figured out that I wouldn't go to class, I settled onto my computer. I read articles and comics and watched videos until I finished writing up my daily update around lunch time. Then I read more comics and watched more videos, pausing to write in this at least once. Eventually I went into City of Heroes: Homecoming and let a few friends on Discord know that I was doing that. I said hi to Ulty, Jenny's player, and Pierogies. Pierogies and I teamed up, and he started to help me with the story arc I started with Doc the previous night. After a mission or two, Kitten joined us. Then after a couple more, Pierogies left for bed. Kitten stayed, and we finished that story arc just as I was called to dinner. {Smile}

After dinner, I wrote some more of this up. Then I read a couple of comics. Next, I went into City of Heroes: Homecoming. I checked on my friends who play the game, and Kitten mewed at me before I even started saying hi. We teamed up and finished the story arc in the post-apocalyptic setting that we and Pierogies had started before dinner. I also chatted with Nox on Discord, the chat server. After that story arc, Kitten and I did the next story arc in that series -- it's one of the longest series of story arcs in the game. We finished it, then stopped for evening. We chatted a little, and I did some auction house and storage, and set up the next contact's first mission. I also wrote some more of this update. Then I wrote a bit and researched more for my story before I read Forward Day by Day and said The Lord's Prayer. {Smile}