Daily Update, June 24, 2026

The night before Wednesday, I got to bed a few minutes after 2 am. I didn't quite make my first goal, though I was close. This needs more work. {resigned smile}

After lunch, my main nurse took me to Hilo's branch of Hawai'i Public Library. I played Cross Stitch World on the way down. He dropped me off and went to run an errand. I returned most of the books I had: three volumes of Frieren: Journey's End because I wasn't in the mood for a meditation on death, and that's how it struck me, and two by N.K. Jemisin that I wasn't in the mood for right now. Then I started browsing manga, and boy, did I find some. I put some back but still had ten bound together as eight - yes, one was actually a collection of three. I settled down to read while I waited for my main nurse and got a bit over halfway through _My Stepmother and Stepsisters aren't Wicked 1_. I read it on the way home, too. The main character goes to live with her father after her mother dies. She keeps expecting her stepmother and stepsisters to be mean to her because she's illegitimate, but they are far too nice to do that. {Chuckles}

After breakfast, I finished writing up Tuesday's daily update, with a few breaks to read and answer folks on Discord, the chat server. Then right over lunch, I rewrote an explanation I gave Nox on characters in Hawaiian mythology. I also wrote a little in this. Then came our trip out. I went back onto my computer after the trip. Despite other plans, I got into watching a couple of longish videos, s o I went into City of Heroes: Homecoming late. I checked on my friends who play the game, Kitten was in the late night short, large group event, but Dennis was happy to talk. We made plans to do a taskforce or two after dinner. One that Seameownt, the character Kitten designed, needed, and possibly it's sequel, that one of Dennis's characters needed. I also checked a couple of characters. I had dinner with my main nurse while I finished _My Stepmother and Stepsisters aren't Wicked 1_. {Smile}

After dinner, I went to Discord to let Dennis, Kitten, Pierogies and Shepherd know I was going into City of Heroes: Homecoming. I did so and checked on my friends who play the game. Kitten soon came in and mewed at me. We teamed up and went to the contact for the taskforces that Dennis and I had planned to do. Someone asked if we were doing the first taskforce we planned to. I explained we hoped a friend would join us first. Then Dennis said in Discord that he was coming. I invited the person who'd asked about the taskforce. Dennis joined us, and I recruited four more to fill the team surprisingly quickly. We ran the taskforce. Then I let them know we'd do the sequel. Six stayed, including Dennis and Kitten, so I recruited two to fill the team, again, surprisingly quickly. We ran that taskforce. The team split up afterwards. Dennis then Kitten said goodnight and left for bed. Alone, I worked on the in-game auction house, storage and crafting. Next, I switched to Ana, my third best badge collector. I made progress on a few badges until I got one. After that, I worked on a different badge, which I got. Figuring I wouldn't get more that evening, I updated her badge record. Then I worked on her in-game auction house, storage and crafting. Next, I wrote more in this before switching to making notes. Near the end of the notes, I checked Cross Stitch World and played it a little. I also made a Steam account, I thought I had one, but I suspect it was with the email I lost. I finished my evening with the Lord's Prayer, Saint Francis's Prayer, and the motto of the Daughters of the King. {Smile}