Friday, January 2, 2026

Daily Update, January 1, 2026

"Happy New Year!" seems most appropriate to wish you when I'm writing about New Year's Day, even if it should come out a day late for me, and maybe two for you when you find it. If you didn't celebrate it, I hope you had a nice day. 

On Thursday, Auntie Barbara offered to read my story, so I sent her a current copy. {Smile}

Also, the housekeeper came. The house is much cleaner for her efforts, of course. Also, she read my story. She didn't find the eight characters confusing, except that she kept getting a boy and his father mixed up. The boy had a name more common in older Hawaiians, while his father had a name that's less surprising for a child to have. So, I swapped them, as well as making a couple more notes about things to add later. {Smile}

My main nurse read it, too, and didn't find the characters confusing, either. Maybe cutting one character and giving each of the other eight a few paragraphs of introduction fixed the confusion folks called "too many characters." I hope so, but I'll feel more confident with more reactions. I'll see what Auntie Barbara and anyone else who agrees to read it says. {Smile}

After breakfast, I got onto my computer. I watched videos and read articles. Then I shopped on Amazon over lunch. I began writing up Wednesday's daily update after lunch. Next, the housekeeper came and agreed to read my story. I reread the story and made a couple of notes while waiting for her to get around to me. I also shopped more on Amazon before she read it. After she was done, we talked about it, and I switched the son's and father's names. Then I went into City of Heroes: Homecoming and checked on my friends who play the game. I said hi to Kitten and Pierogis, and we teamed up. We worked on a project that both my third best badge collector and one of Pierogies' characters needed. Pierogies left at a reasonable stopping point. I adjusted my character before Kitten and I worked a while more. My third best badge collector got eleven badges - a lot, especially for the types of badges we got. Then I broke for dinner after Kitten and I set up to work on the passive badge while I ate. {Smile}

After dinner, my nurse read my story. Then I got on my computer myself. I checked comics on the web, reading one. I also checked Discord. Then I wrote up more of Wednesday's daily update before I went into City of Heroes: Homecoming. I tried to get Kitten's attention and went back to writing up Wednesday's daily update while waiting for a response. Kitten did respond, and we tried to figure out what we both wanted to do. While trying to decide, I wrote more of that daily update. I just finished as I figured out what Kitten wanted to do, so I shared my daily update with my friends before I teamed up with Kitten. We recruited Jag, a friend I've known since my chat-world days, who I introduced Kitten to long enough ago, they've become friends, too. We ran a villain story arc my best badge collector needed for two badges. Jag got two, also, but not the same ones. Then Dennis joined us just in time to say goodnight to Jag before the latter left for bed. Dennis wanted to do a particular mission that was good for a particular badge. I found that my eighth best badge collector needed it after a bit of a search. Meanwhile, Kitten switched to a much less-used character who needed it. We ran it, and Kitten and I both got the badge. Dennis already had it but got a different badge for completing the story arc this mission ended. Next, Dennis, Kitten and I looked for a particular giant monster. We didn't find it, but Phonso did invite us to a couple of high-level taskforces. Dennis went to bed instead because it was that late, but Kitten and I joined Phonso. I checked on my friends who play the game and answered folks on Discord while waiting for Phonso to recruit the rest of a team. After that, we ran the taskforces. Then the team broke up. Kitten and I teamed up with me on my second-best badge collector to get a badge for doing a particular mission. Then we broke up so they could play while I did a little auction house, storage and crafting. Next, I stopped to update all three of my top three badgers' badge records. I shared the results with a few friends on Discord. After that I made notes in this with minimal breaks, mainly to answer Nox and Kitten on Discord. I ended my evening by saying the Lord's Prayer and reading Forward Day by Day. {Smile}