Daily Update, May 20, 2026

The night before Wednesday, I got to bed right at 2 am. When I checked the time, it was essentially 2 am. that's cutting it a bit close for my goal. I hope to get at least some cushion - enough to be clear it was before 2am. but at least it wasn't much after. {Smile}

After dinner, my main nurse took me down to Holy Cross Church for my ballroom dancing class, or technically classes. The Bolero class went very well, with almost equal numbers of partners and everything. However, Country Two-Step... started well. I even got guys dancing with me sometimes, despite them having other partners. The first step had two half steps in a row. I managed, without falling or nearly falling, but it left me a bit unsteady. When the next step added another half turn, I knew better than to try three. I started out watching them practice, but frankly, when you're there to dance, it's particularly depressing. So, I started playing Cross Stitch World on my phone while they practiced. My main nurse got concerned that I wasn't "paying attention," but it wasn't safe for me to join in. After I continued to "not pay attention" despite him talking to me, he took me home slightly early. In the future, when this happens again, I'll make sure they don't have a step with less turning coming up later before leaving like that. I didn't this time, and I realized afterwards that I should. {Smile}

During breakfast, I read Forward Day by Day. After breakfast, I watched videos and read comics. especially a series of videos about an alternate timeline for Harry Potterwhich centered it around a strong blood-brother relationship, not a single hero. It helped me see that a story I've been trying to work on again, as well as a related story, work better as stories about relationships than as stories about individuals. It was quite an epiphany and took me right through lunch and into the afternoon. Eventually, I wrote up Tuesday's daily update. Then I talked to Dennis on Discord before joining him in City of Heroes: Homecoming. We teamed up, and I checked on my friends who play the game while we talked. Then we did a couple of missions before dinner. {Smile}

After I got back from my classes, I got onto my computer. I watched more videos and read more comics. then I answered a few questions from Nox, one at length, on Discord, the chat server. I told them far more about what I realized about my stories working better if they're focused on a close relationship - close cousins in these case - rather than on individual characters. Then I answered Seb in less but still notable depth about something else. Next, I went into City of Heroes: Homecoming. I checked on my friends who play the game. After that, I worked on badges for Nani, my fifth best badge collector. Then I talked with Mysty. She invited me to a farm, and I joined her. We talked and her friends joined us after she realized she didn't have to stop as early as she thought. I wrote a little, and made notes in this, pausing a few times to check back with Mysty and her friends. When I was done, finished my evening with The Lord's Prayer, Saint Francis's Prayer, and the motto of the Daughters of the King. {Smile}