Daily Update, July 2, 2026

The night before Thursday, I got into bed a few minutes before 2 am, sure I'd made my first goal. That does feel good. {Smile}

Over breakfast, I got into my counselling. we started, then had it quit on us. I couldn't connect to HMSA again, so we ended up doing it over Zoom, which will cost a copay I don't have to pay with HMSA's own system, but at least it worked. My counsellor was very happy with the progress I'd made looking into alternatives for my future. I was relieved. I didn't think I'd done that much. {Smile}

After counselling, I read a few articles, then started reading comics, which continued over lunch. When I had my hands free again, I wrote up Wednesday's daily update. Then I began looking into special mirrors to look at my back. I found some that let you look at the back of your head, but I want further down, to spot incipient boils. For now, I'm paying a nurse to check my back for incipient boils. It's expensive, but it does catch boils and get them treated before they're hospital worthy. Next, I began studying an aspect of City of Heroes: Homecoming that I haven't seen much about. I hope it will help me play through personal stories of some of my characters. It did help me get into City of Heroes: Homecoming late. I checked on my friends who play the game. After that, I looked around for something to do. I spotted a high-level, large-group trial that Ana didn't have all the badges from. I ran it twice and got one badge. There are two more badges to go. I updated her badge record. Then I had dinner with my main nurse and Forward Day by Day. {Smile}

After dinner, I cleaned myself up with the help of my main nurse. Then I went back to my computer. I read some comics and went back to City of Heroes: Homecoming. I checked on my friends who play the game and said hi to Dr. Faustus and some other friends on Discord. Next, I spotted the pair of high-level taskforces recruiting, so I joined and ran them on Soo-In Park, who's working on a badge they go towards this week. I realized a little late that Ana could do a pair for part of the special reward for the first one done this week. Well, maybe she'll catch one before the rewards change. I worked on the in-game auction house storage and crafting on Soo-in, then Ana. After that, I checked on my friends who play the game again. I did a little more work on the new project until Dr. Faustus said hi on Discord. I went back to City of Heroes: Homecoming and checked on my friends who play the game. I teamed up with dr. Faustus with me on ranged Olga, and we did my last hero-themed mission I wanted to do on her at her current level. Then we returned to the less heroic part of the world, where our characters are mostly based. We did a mission there. Then we said goodnight. Yes, it was already time; we'd started that late. I worked on the in-game auction house and storage on Olga. Next, I checked on my friends who play the game again. I wrote some in this and took a break to looked into mirrors on the net again. I did find ones that look at the back as well as the head, but they're significantly more expensive. Not as expensive as the nurse can be over time, though. I went back to this to make notes. Then I found an article that I ended up reading despite it being late. I ended my evening with the Lord's Prayer, Saint Francis's Prayer, and the motto of the Daughters of the King. {Smile}