Wednesday, March 25, 2026

Daily Update, march 24, 2026

The night before Tuesday, I got to bed just before 2am. Then I got up at 9 am like usual. I was mildly stunned to realize that I felt like I had gotten enough rest. I didn't realize I wasn't getting enough rest until I felt this way. I think that I should try to get a little more than that, so I have the option of getting up a second time in the night, which I didn't last night. I'll definitely try to get to bed at least before two, and if possible, a little earlier. I didn't have much trouble with tiredness during the day. Even when I suspected blood sugar trouble, it was mostly other symptoms. {Smile}

After breakfast, my substitute relief nurse took me to Safeway. I picked up some prescriptions while she started shopping. When I was done, I looked for her and joined her in walking around the store for exercise, so I've actually got some, despite this not being a week with dance classes. After my nurse finished shopping, we ran an errand or two of hers before going home. {Smile}

In the afternoon, I was distracted by an annoying, high-pitched squeal that seemed to come from my hearing aids. Turning them off or taking them off stopped the squeal for that ear, but it also stopped all the sounds the hearing aid was picking up, leaving the ear feeling lifeless, and me feeling disconnected from the world. Changing the tips and even the earbuds didn't work. I was contemplating getting an appointment to get them checked when a trip to the bathroom stopped the squeal. It started up again when I returned to the computer room. Looking around, I realized that the battery backup was blinking red and green. I turned everything off, including that battery backup, and turned it back on. The squeal stopped and didn't reappear. {relieved smile}

Over breakfast, I read Forward Day by Day. Then after we got home from our shopping trip, I added one thing to Monday's daily update and shared it. Next, I browsed articles, videos and comics over lunch and into the afternoon. I started to go into City of Heroes: Homecoming. However, that's when I was distracted by an annoying, high-pitched squeal that seemed to come from my hearing aids but turned out to be from the battery backup. With that settled, I went into City of Heroes: Homecoming and checked on my friends who play the game. I went to the teen supergroup slightly early on Aneira, my higher-level member. I found Nyxy and another gal already role-playing, and no note from the leader about her not coming. Sure enough, Ulty, who's our leader, and Jenny's player, her close friend and assistant, both showed up soon after I did. as did another gal and the guy who usually comes, and a prospective new member who was on a brand-new character who must have been made pretty recently. With the new one so low-level, we didn't play the regular game. Instead, we roleplayed visiting a base where we picked out pizzas. Then we played a life-sized simple board game with our characters as the markers. When the first won, we gathered at the end. Some took pictures, but I forgot. After that, we roleplayed eating pizza together as we wound down. I chatted a little with Seb and Kitten privately while the roleplaying wound down. I think Seb said hi when he came in. I ate dinner at my computer while we were still roleplaying, so I didn't have to leave early. {Smile}

After the meeting broke up, I checked on my friends who play the game. I also broke to respond to Nox on Discord and leave a note for Dr. Faustus there. Then I went back to City of Heroes: Homecoming. I worked on a few badges for Aneira Until Dr. Faustus said hi. I switched to my melee-ranged Olga, the higher-level version of my lower-level villain supergroup member. We ran a story arc of hers. A friend of Seb's and a friend of mine who said "hi" joined us partway through, though my friend left after one mission. When that story arc was done, we started the next story arc. Dr. Faustus, Seb, and Seb's friend all stayed until we broke up at a good time for me to start getting ready for bed. I did a talk-mission and set up the one after that, so no one has to wait through that next time. Next, I worked on the in-game auction house, storage, and crafting on Olga, followed by a tiny bit of badge work on Aneira. After that, I wrote a little in this. Then, after a short break, I made notes in this. After another short break, I wrote an email to a cousin. I made a few more notes in this. Then I ended my evening with the Lord's Prayer, St. Francis's Prayer, and the motto of the Daughters of the King. {Smile}