Tuesday, August 11, 2026

Daily Update, August 10, 2026

 The night before Monday, I got to bed shortly before 2 am. I met my bedtime goal again. {Smile}

After breakfast, my relief nurse took me down to Kamana Senior center for my Frist Timer's Line Dance class. I arrived early, so I had time to visit with a couple of the other students. I thought the class went well. I did all the dances, including at least part of every "break dance," which is a dance we do when the teacher declares a break, then starts dancing, usually not on the stage he dances on during the official class dances. He also gives less instruction than the regular dances. If you can follow along, you're encouraged to. If you need a break, or can't keep up, you don't have to. After class, my relief nurse took me to the ice cream parlor in Liliu'okalani Gardens. I picked out a chocolate fudge popsicle. the clerk pointed out a new flavor: cookies and cream. I got one and had that on the way home. It was more or less Oreo flavored, which wasn't a surprise. After I got home, my relief nurse put my chocolate fudge popsicle into the freezer for a later date. {Smile}

That afternoon, I had a bunch of phone calls. I called my doctor and left a message on their answering machine letting them know that infection I'd told them about is getting better more slowly than we'd hoped. Then I left a message on my financial adviser's machine asking to talk to her. She called back later, and we had a nice talk about things we each need to work on. I hope I'm finally ready to actually work on things. {Smile}

I also called my cousin Kim, and we had a nice long talk. We caught up with each other and her pets. She even suggested seeing what someone she knows thinks of my writing. I sent her a copy of the story I'd been working on earlier this year and last year in my class. I realized I can keep more than I feared if I keep the original audience mix, even if I add a segment. This has renewed my interest in working on it. I lost interest when I thought I had to throw out the middle for a different audience, but embellishing it is okay. {Smile}

After I got back home from class, I had lunch with my relief nurse, his TV, FDBD and _Overgeared 2_. Then I went onto my computer. I read articles and webcomics and watched videos. Then I did the phone calls. I watched more videos and read more webcomics before I wrote up Sunday's daily update. I broke from that when I was called for dinner. I ate with my relief nurse. his TV, and _Overgeared 2_, carefully turning pages with a finger that I kept clean despite the tacos I was eating. {Smile}

After dinner, I went back to my computer and finished Sunday's daily update. Then I went into City of Heroes: Homecoming. I found Kitten and Dennis still playing, so I got Valentine Matos, a still-developing endgame character, and teamed up with them. We did one mission of mine, and a few missions of Dennis's, since I didn't remember to renew my missions until later. Then Dennis left for bed. Kitten said they were tired, then went quiet, eventually fading out. So, I worked on the auction house and storage on Valentina. Next, I took a break to read a bit of a story on Amazon. I eventually stopped before I was finished, because I had a few more ideas for freewriting. I sent it to my teacher for this week. After that, I went to Discord, and wrote to Dr. Faustus, apologizing for not being on when I usually am, and too late to team up. However, they thought we could team up to do the next mission for Topaz Proudfoot and her friends. We did, though we skipped some parts that folks usually do. I got a badge and finished the story arc we'd started the previous night. Then we said goodnight. I fixed up Topaz's storage and trained her for another level. Next, I closed windows on my computer and wrote a fair bit in this before switching to making notes to write from later. I ended my evening with the Lord's Prayer, Saint Francis's Prayer, and the motto of the Daughters of the King. {Smile}