Daily Update, April 12, 2023

    Today, my hearing aid's earbud got stuck in my left ear before breakfast. I asked our nurse for help, but he couldn't even see it, so he couldn't take it out, but I could feel it. So I called my audiologist, but he was in Kona across the island today. The secretary suggested urgent care or the hospital emergency room, but it was on the edge of pain, so I didn't care to wait.

   So, after dinner, I went down to urgent care. I think I spent about an hour waiting in line to check in. Then I checked in and waited to be called. When they finally called me, the nurses didn't wait for the doctor, but got a large syringe, and a cup shaped to fit snugly against my head, and squirted syringe after syringe of warm water in my ear. It did push it further out, until it got far enough out, they could take it out with tweezers. The doctor came in and looked, but they'd taken care of it by then. I have the bud, but it's not going back in my ear. I'll just wear my hearing aid without it. I have an appointment with the audiologist for Monday; he can fix it then. {Smile}

   Around lunch, I tried to get my Account with HMSA's online care sorted out, so my counselor and i can use it tomorrow instead of Zoom. I ended up calling HMSA's Online Care's Customer Service line - yes, they have a dedicated number for that, and they helped me get it set up. {Smile]

   I ate dinner with Mom and read to her before that. I started with scripture and thoughts about it, and then read more of her niece's long family Christmas letter from 2022. Next, I read the last few pages of _1950's Fashion in Pictures_. Then I held up the two other picture books I gave her for Easter. She looked at _Movie Stars Memory Lane_, so I read the blurb from that book, and plan to start it tomorrow. After that, I read the introduction and the second story from _100 Uplifting Short Stories for Seniors_.  I finished up by reading the April 12th story from 366 Stories for Bedtime: A Tale for Every Day of the Year. Mom seemed to like it all, especially the picture books. {Smile}

   I did 8 1/2 minutes of salsa dancing warmup, but in addition to getting started late, I was tired when it was time to do more if I was going to. I think it was just too big a day, with all the stuff earlier. {resigned smile}

   Around and after lunch I read some comics, too. Then I hopped into City of Heroes: Homecoming. Div was just leaving but agreed to run one mission with me. He stuck to one when it was short. Then I worked a bit on some badges my two best badge collectors needed. That stopped when my RWBY friend came in. We teamed up and ran a few missions together until I had to read to Mom. {Smile}

   After dinner, I read some more comics, and hopped back into City of Heroes. At first, I just worked on badges on my second-best badger, mostly by myself, but then I started talking with Azurette. Seh showed me some things she was trying out in a test base she has. Then I spotted Phonso, and he invited us to do a Strike Force (a villainous task force). Azurette was game so we joined. It was slow getting going, so I invited the four friends who were on my list as solo. Two refused, and one didn't respond, but they fourth joined us. Recruiting picked up as it filled, and we ran the strike force. I also talked with Nox on the chat server until they left for bed. The strike force got out even later than last night, so I was even later doing my warm-up, but I was also tired, and my balance wasn't as good, either. I looked at articles, but mainly worked on this after the dancing, so it looks like I might actually get it done in time. {Smile}

 

Daily Update, April 11, 2022

    Well, Val threw up this morning, before breakfast. I think I found him just afterwards. So I called the vet right away to let them know. the doctor prescribed an anti-vomiting medication. After breakfast and some article and comic reading, I took Uber down to the veterinarian to get the medicine. I turned in some old medicine he's been taken off of, and they refunded me over twice as much as the new stuff cost... but they only sold me 8 days' worth, and I don't think it's temporary. However, this will help, and it will let me see how it works on him before paying a lot at once.

   I took Uber back and got a much chattier driver than I got on the way down. {Smile}

   I ate dinner with Mom and read to her before that. I started with scripture and thoughts about it, and then read some more of her niece's long family Christmas letter from 2022. Next, I read the card I gave her for Easter again. After that, I read the next few pages of _1950's Fashion in Pictures_. Then I read the blurb and the first story from _100 Uplifting Short Stories for Seniors_. I finished up by reading the April 11th story from 366 Stories for Bedtime: A Tale for Every Day of the Year. Mom said she liked it, or hoped she did, and seemed particularly interested in the picture book. I think the hoping she did is because I tend to say i hoped she liked it, and it's easier to echo me than come up with new stuff to say. {Smile}

   I did over twenty minutes of salsa dancing, including both warmup and less structured dancing. I was slightly late because the stuff was doing in City of Heroes was late, but not badly so. {Smile}

   I read comics and articles on the net in the morning. Then I finished writing yesterday's daily update over lunch and shared it around. After that, I hopped into City of Heroes: Homecoming, where I found Kitten ready to team, and my RWBY friend busy with the early long, large group event. Kitten was more interested in doing moderately low-level story arcs, so we did one of those instead. My RWBY friend came free just as we were doing the last mission, so he joined us for the next story arc in the group. That ended barely earlier than I usually break to read to Mom, so we split up there. {Smile}

   Around dinner, I worked a bit on this update. Then I hopped into City of Heroes: Homecoming and found Kitten busy on a team. So were Azurette and Soothing Darkness. I said hi to all three, and Azurette invited me to a giant monster fight that was half over already. I joined it, and Soothing Darkness invited me to a story arc. I finished the fight first, then went to join Soothing Darkness. Kitten got done with what they were doing and joined us just as we were getting ready to start. We sped through a story arc I've taken days to do... it was a challenge to get into each mission before they finished, but they made sure we did on the last couple, where the credit for getting particular enemies happens. I already had them on the character I was on... I kind of wish I'd realized before we started, so I could find a character who needed that, but maybe I'll remember to check next time. {Smile}

   Nox said goodnight surprisingly early, but they had something they had to go to early tomorrow morning. After that story arc, Soothing Darkness, Kitten and I ran the next fairly low-level story arc. We were going to do another, but Soothing Darkness spotted a contact none of us remembered actually doing the content of. She didn't like the introduction enough to want credit for it but tagged along when I wanted to start it. My RWBY friend came on and joined us in the second mission or so. there were four or five mission in all, and we actually managed to do them all before I started my salsa dancing just slightly late. then I wrote this up, and I chatted with both Kitten and my RWBY friend around the dancing and the writing. {Smile}

Daily Update, April 10, 2023

    Today, I did a bunch of work that had piled up. First, I called my credit union, Hawai'i Federal and State Federal Credit Union, and juggled money in my accounts. Then I paid a bill. I called the vet about Val not eating well while taking a new medication but didn't get instructions about what to do. Then i called my dentist when it looked like I'd just missed an appointment, but apparently, I hadn't gotten down a change in time. I took down the time they had me down for later this month instead. {Smile}

   I ate dinner with Mom and read to her before dinner. I read scripture and thoughts about it, and then some of her niece's long family Christmas letter from 2022. Next, I read the card I gave her yesterday for Easter. After that, I read the next few pages of _1950's Fashion in Pictures_. I finished up by reading the April 10th story from 366 Stories for Bedtime: A Tale for Every Day of the Year. Mom said she liked it and seemed particularly interested in the picture book. {Smile}

   I read comics and articles around the phone calls and other chores in the morning and hopped into City of Heroes: Homecoming around three in the afternoon. There, I found Kitten and my RWBY friend, and the three of us teamed up. We did a series of missions until it was time to read to Mom. {Smile}

   I didn't get around to writing up yesterday's daily update until around dinnertime. I tried writing up some in the late afternoon and before I read to Mom, but the computer lost most of that. So, I rewrote the part I lost, finished the rest, and shared it around after dinner. {Smile}

   I didn't go into city of Heroes: Homecoming after dinner until yesterday's daily update was done and shared. There, I started a giant monster team when I found a giant monster. I continued with three more giant monsters, two of which can be summoned, and the third is easy to find. Phonso joined us for the last two. He meant to join for only the last one, but he came to help with the second to the last when I found we had a bit too few, and advertised for more. I advertised for more with the last, too, and Kitten joined us for the last one. Then Phonso wanted to do a task force. Most left, but Phonso, Kitten, and I stayed, as did a player named ThornRune. I also chatted with Nox while running the task force. Thankfully, the chat server lets us chat slowly while doing other things. After the task force, Kitten, Thorn rune, and I stayed. ThornRune and I established contact so we may keep in touch. Also, the three of use worked on some badges. We got a few, then tried a story arc to get some more, but it didn't get as many as we hoped. When it got too close to bedtime, we agreed to try again. {Smile}

Daily Update, April 9, 2023

    Today was Sunday, so I called Uber, and went down to church. The driver was okay about it being Easter, but really excited that it was the kick-off day for the Merrie Monarch Hula Festival, so we talked mostly about that. {Smile}

   I made it to church well into the service, but still before the section with the communion had even started. It was during the Prayers of the People, if that means anything to you. What I saw of it was a nice service. {Smile}

   I stayed after church for lunch, eating with Auntie Barbara and Scott. It was Scott's last church service before leaving for the mainland (USA) for the summer. He'll be back next winter unless something happens. That's his schedule. {Smile}

   Next, Auntie Barbara offered to take me home, if I didn't mind if she stopped at Island Naturals on the way. This sounded particularly good to me, because I still hadn't gotten back to get more dried cranberries. So we went, and I got some dried cranberries, and some candied ginger, too. Then she took me home, and we both went inside. Auntie Barbara wanted to visit with Mom and tried singing with her. Mom was happy sing, so Auntie Barbara, Mom, and I sang four songs together. That was really nice. {Smile}

   Auntie Barbara suggested it was a good day to call Aunt Valerie, Mom's youngest sister, so I did try after she left. However, Aunt Valerie didn't answer, and her mailbox was full, so I couldn't even leave a message. So next, I tried to call Mom's niece, Kim, Aunt Valerie's daughter. She answered, and we started chatting. I told her about Mom having a good day and asked if she wanted to talk to Mom. She said yes, so I did try. Mom listened when Kim talked, but she wouldn't talk back. So, I took the phone back after a while, and Kim and I chatted a fair bit more before we hung up. {Smile}

   I ate dinner with Mom and read to her before dinner. Before reading, I gave her the Easter presents I'd gotten her: some artificial sunflowers, and four books: 100 Uplifting Short Stories for Seniors, Music Star (1940-1960) Memory Lane, Movie Stars Memory Lane, and 1950's Fashion in Pictures. Then I read scripture and thoughts about it, and then some of her niece's long family Christmas letter from 2022. Next, I read the first several pages of _1950's Fashion in Pictures_. I finished up by reading the April 9th story from 366 Stories for Bedtime: A Tale for Every Day of the Year. Mom said she liked it all. After all that, I found a card, and wrote to wish her a Happy Easter, and tell her how much I enjoyed the time I spent with her today. {Smile}

   I did all five head exercises, though I almost let it go too late to do them. Still, I did get them done, just like my therapist wanted me to. {Smile}

   I went into City of Heroes: Homecoming after my phone call with Kim. I found Div on, and my RWBY friend came on shortly. The three of us teamed up and did a few missions that my RWBY friend and I had been working on. Then Div left, and my RWBY friend and I finished the story arc together and did another mission that followed. The I discovered that I hadn't finished the arc, only my RWBY friend did. I hadn't called in one mission, so I still had the last mission to go. I noticed Shen Dragon on, and invited him to join us, especially since this mission is one many like to get because it's one of a few that open access to certain powers. It took the three of us two tries, because the first time, some of my settings made the final boss too tough for us. I noticed that they were tougher than when we did my RWBY friend's mission, despite other settings of mine being lower. I fixed the settings, and the three of us got it without too much trouble the next time through. {Smile}

   After dinner, I read a few comics, and hopped into City of Heroes: Homecoming again. I did the paperwork that had piled up with our earlier play. Then I did a "pick-up" task force with folks I didn't know that I saw being advertised when I looked around for someone to team with or something to do. Next, I worked on the paperwork that had made until Phonso came on and invited me to do a different task force. I did that, and it was a long one. By the end, I was ready to write up this update, but somehow, I did paperwork and read some comics instead. I'd missed my chance to talk to Nox by being too caught up in the second task force, and I didn't finish this until after dinner the next day, because of how that day went.

Daily Update, April 8, 2023

    Today, i took Uber over to Life Care Center. The driver wasn't chatty, so I enjoyed the scenery on the way over. There, I had a nice session. I explained about not having an appointment, and my therapist pretty much said they have this problem a lot. I had a good session, as well as a nice chat with my therapist. I took Uber back home. This driver a bit chattier, but not a lot. {Smile}

   I ate Breakfast and dinner with Mom and read to her before dinner. I read scripture and thoughts about it and then some of her niece's long family Christmas letter from 2022. Next, I read "Frog Goes Exploring," about a frog who built a boat and floated down the river to a pond. He realized the journey was more important than the destination. Then I read "The Cowardly Lion," about a lion who hated to fight, but saved a puppy and the jungle from a fire. Both of those stories were from 365 Animal Stories and Rhymes. I finished up by reading the April 8th story from 366 Stories for Bedtime: A Tale for Every Day of the Year. Mom said she hoped she liked it all. {Smile}

   I didn't do any exercise beyond physical therapy, unless you count a small chore. {Smile}

   I read comics and articles over lunch when I got back, then hopped into City of Heroes: Homecoming, where I found Div. We teamed up for a few missions. They left earlier than yesterday, but they usually do. They said they'd been playing all day, so I understand wanting a break. After they left, i got busy with paperwork in the game until I noticed it was just about time to read to Mom. {Smile}

   After supper, I read a few long comics, then hopped into the game. I found more paperwork and joined a pair of high-level task forces. then a little more paperwork before my RWBY friend came on. We did a mission or two together before Phonso invited us to do the same high-level task forces I'd done earlier. I was on a different character who needed them, so when my RWBY friend wasn't initially interested, I asked if we could do it, promising to come back. Phonso's went pretty weel, but at the end, my RWBY friend headed off to bed. I continued with paperwork and started talking to Nox on the chat server. Taht went well. I felt like it made up for missing our chats so much this week, at least partly. When they left for bed, I got into exploring comics, and trying to research something for my writing, and then writing this. {Smile}

Daily Update, April 7, 2023

    Today, I took Uber to Hale Anuenue Restorative Care Center, a nursing home across the street from the hospital. I'd gone there with Auntie Barbara last week to visit our dear family friend. This time, I went to visit Anita and our dear family friend, who are both there now. I tried to take palm crosses and palm leaves from Sunday, which was Palm Sunday, but I lost one of the leaves. So, I gave Anita a palm cross, as a little piece of church coming to her when she couldn't go there. I stayed... I don't know how long. Long to have a fairly wide-ranging conversation about a few different things. I learned she likes to read religious stuff, mostly. {Smile}

   Next, I walked across the hall to visit our dear family friend, since she was just across and down a door. It was a different room than last time. A gal was there already, giving our dear family friend some presents she'd brought. I recognized her last name and told her how she got Dad's family going to our church, though most of the other kids left as adults. I stayed and gave her the palm leaf and two palm crosses, which she loved. We talked, and I learned she likes religious stuff not-too-violent stories. One of her daughters came in, and left to check on her sister, who is in the same nursing home. Then a fellow from church came in, and the three of us visited a while before I to go home to a distinctly late lunch. {Smile}

   I ate breakfast, lunch, and dinner with Mom and read to her before dinner. I read scripture and thoughts about it and then some of her niece's long family Christmas letter from 2022. Then, I read a little bit from Cotillion by Georgette Heyer. Next, I read "The Billy Goats Gruff" from 365 Animal Stories and Rhymes. I finished up by reading the April 7th story from 366 Stories for Bedtime: A Tale for Every Day of the Year. Mom said she liked it all. {Smile}

   I did over 20 minutes of salsa dancing, including both warm-up and less structured dancing. This was on top of the walking I did at the nursing home. {Smile}

   I read a few comics in the morning, before going to the nursing home. Then after lunch, I hopped into City of Heroes: Homecoming, and found Div. I've often missed them this week. I got a character close to Div's current level, and we teamed up, and started doing missions. Then Euclidean came in, and we started talking. They were lower, but I checked with them and Div, and they joined us, too. (City of Heroes has a system that lets disparate levels team up. The Heroes call it Sidekicking and Exemplaring.) We actually kept going for several missions, for this turned out to be quite the congenial group. We only broke up when it was time for me to go read to Mom. {SMILE}

   After dinner, I hopped back into City of Heroes: Homecoming, and found my RWBY friend. We started chatting, and teamed up for a couple of missions, which we did in a way where we both got full credit. Then he had to go to bed, but we actually talked a bit on Facebook Messenger before parting fully. Then I joined a Giant Monster hunting team and helped them take down a giant Monster. It looked for a few more, then half left before I talked them into trying one more. It's a little trickier than some, but I think it's fun. they got me to lead it, and I recruited more. We started with four folks, and ended with around a dozen, which is a nice number for that one. Then I broke early but slipped in a short story arc just before starting my salsa dancing. I said goodnight to Nox on the chat server, again missing chatting earlier. {Smile}

Daily Update, April 6, 2023

    Today involved a bunch of phone calls. First, I called Life Care Center, since late last night I found a message about me mission my appointment yesterday. I got them easily with the number given and confirmed that I can use that number in the future. I also explained that I didn't have appointment yesterday written down for them and did find out the rest of the appointments this month. This Saturday, then skip a week because the therapist will be unavailable. Then Wednesday and Saturday appointments for the rest of the month. {Smile}

   Next, I called the Vet, and after some confusion, managed to explain that he'd thrown up Monday and Tuesday, and used the box a lot Tuesday, then not much Wednesday, and then he was back to normal. If nothing goes bad again, they say to start him with the next medicine tomorrow. {Smile} 

   I left another message for my doctor, and their office finally called me back. They asked about my symptoms, and determined a yeast infection matched them better than a UTI. They're going to prescribe medicine for me to treat it, but for now, they'll continue the medicine which lists infections as a side effect. {smile}

   I ate lunch and dinner with Mom and read to her before dinner. I read scripture and thoughts about it and continued with three cards, from church, a friend, and a nephew for assorted holidays. Then, I read some from Cotillion by Georgette Heyer. I finished up by reading the April 6th story from 366 Stories for Bedtime: A Tale for Every Day of the Year. Mom said she liked it, though it looked like she'd fallen asleep during Cotillion. {Smile}

   I did do some salsa dancing today, since my leg seems to be recovered. I did 8 1/2 minutes of warmup, and over 10 minutes of less structured dancing. Did didn't do more because I started late and ran out of time. Besides, my legs tired a little faster than usual. I wonder if that's related to yesterday's cramp. {SMILE}

   I read a few comics and some articles between phone calls and after lunch. Then I hopped into City of Heroes: Homecoming and found my RWBY friend already waiting for the early long, large-group event. I joined it, too, and we ran it together. He hoped he gained the level need to start the really exciting content, but he was just shy of that. Still, he got a power exciting enough, he wanted to run a mission immediately to try it out. So, we did, and we were both quite impressed with that power. He really likes it. Then we shifted to a video call so we could read a couple more chapters of Cursed Princess Club. I notice the chapters each cover more of the story than the issues online, as well as having more detailed pictures and more complex panel layouts. It doesn't have the background music it has if you read it on a phone, but I like to read it on my computer, with the larger screen, and that doesn't have the music anyway. After the comic, we went back onto City of Heroes: homecoming, and joined Kitten for a low-level story arc. Then all three of us joined an April Fool's Raid. That took me up to time to read to Mom. {Smile}

   After dinner, I went back into city of Heroes: Homecoming. There, I got together with Kitten, and they helped me do a story arc I needed for a badge. I also started talking with someone who goes by Euclidean. They'd been away, and just returned. i told them about the April Fool's Event, whose raids are supposed to end tomorrow. They asked us to help them with a low-level big-bad, then all three of us joined a couple of April Fool's raids, the second of which was why I started my exercises late. {Smile}

Daily Update, April 5, 2023

    Valentine didn't throw up today that I found. I'll call the vet tomorrow about it; I'm hoping no more throwing up, and he can start the next medicine. {Smile}

   I had the phone appointment with my main financial adviser. It went about like I expected. She talked about what I needed to do, and I asked about alternatives, and decided to do exactly what we'd been planning anyway. I didn't need to change our plan, I just needed to confirm in my own mind that it was a good idea. {Smile}

   My leg has been difficult to walk on all day. It was worst when I first got up. As I used it, it got better, as I sat, it would go back, but not all the way. It's much better, but our nurse thinks one day off from my salsa dancing may be good and shouldn't hurt, so that's what I'm doing. {Smile}

   I ate dinner with Mom and read to her before that. I read scripture and thoughts about it and continued with a Christmas letter from a friend from 2019. Then, I read a little bit from Cotillion by Georgette Heyer. Next, I read six short poems, all from 365 Animal Stories and Rhymes. Then I finished up by reading the April 5th story from 366 Stories for Bedtime: A Tale for Every Day of the Year. Mom said she liked it all. She was tired but did respond sometimes. {Smile}

   I read comics in the morning and over lunch, then said Hi to Kitten I hoped to get together before the phone appointment with my financial adviser, but we ran out of time. After the appointment, Kitten and I got together, and talked about maybe doing missions before we ended up joining an April Fools Event league. Yes, that's still going on. I heard someone say they'd read that it's to continue until Friday. My RWBY friend joined the league separately, and really wanted to stick with it, so the three of us just stayed with it, at least until I went to read to Mom. {Smile}

   After dinner, I looked briefly at comics again, and went back into City of Heroes: Homecoming to join Kitten again. This time, she was particularly interested in working on badges for her favorite character. My best badge collector needs some of the same badges, so we did two low-level story arcs together. One more, and three solo things, and we'll get a badge each, but there are two related badges to get, and four that those three will also complete. That's in the future, though. I just said goodnight to Nox again, but I did get to talk to Meroa a bit. It looks like Kitten fell asleep about the time I would have started salsa dancing if my leg hadn't been acting up. So, I looked up and read some articles... I've realized that fear of success is holding me back from pursuing publishing more intensively, So I'm looking into things to try to understand my fear in hopes that will help me overcome it. {Smile}

Daily Update, April 4, 2023

    Well, Val threw up again this morning. He hadn't since yesterday morning, and hasn't since... I think I'll call the vet after I've figured out if this was just calming down more slowly, or if he's continuing. {small smile}

   I tried calling my doctor and didn't get past the answering machine again. I also called my financial adviser and got as far as making an appointment - I think for a phone call, but they have done a video call, too - tomorrow, early to mid-afternoon. So, there's that much progress. {Smile}

   I also dealt with an internet outage at my provider's. The nurse had trouble too, since they also provide the cable for our TV. I was still trying to fix it when it came on, but I suspect that was coincidence, since it affected our TV at the same time, and I wasn't touching that. {Smile}

   I ate dinner with Mom and read to her before that. I read scripture and thoughts about it and continued with a couple of cards, one from me for a birthday, and one from her cousin for the holidays a couple years ago. Then, I read some from Cotillion by Georgette Heyer. I finished up by reading the April 4th story from 366 Stories for Bedtime: A Tale for Every Day of the Year. Mom said she liked it all. {Smile}

   I did over 25 minutes of salsa dancing, despite getting a later start. I might have had time for another 5+ minutes, but I was tired enough to want to sit after that. The rests were shorter than usual. {Smile}

   I read comics over a late lunch and hopped into City of Heroes after cleaning up after lunch. There, I found the April Fool's event still going. I also found my RWBY friend eager to start reading a comic I introduced him to, "The Cursed Princess Club," over a video call, now that we both have our own bound copies. It's hosted on a service called Webtoon, but my RWBY friend didn't trust it. We'd watched several episodes read by a fan on YouTube, but the first bound volume goes a bit further into the story, and the second bound volume is coming out this summer. We both think that the revisions that got done translating it from a web comic into a bound comic improved it. He read the introduction and the first chapter, doing special voices for the first chapter. As nice as that was, I didn't try to do special voices when I read the second chapter. That felt like a lot to read, so we stopped. We just had time for one mission back on City of Heroes: Homecoming before I left to read to Mom. I also chatted a little with Nox and Radio's boyfriend (Radio is my adopted cousin) on the chat server, though i mainly read their conversation, which I wasn't keeping up with as well, what with the comic reading and mission and all. {Smile}

   After dinner, I hopped online, and looked around. The conversation between Nox and Radio's boyfriend had cotinued while I was away, so I added some, and did as they talked a bit. I chatted a little with Owl Girl and Phonso, and found out Phonso was ready to do a particular task force that's famous for being on the long side. I got Owl Girl and Toltar, and Freaky found two through general advertising. That wasn't a full team - just 6, not 8 - but we took off anyway. We finished just before I needed to start exercising... somehow, I started late anyway. Radio's Boyfriend left partway through the evening, but Radio came on, so I chatted on and off with him. So did Nox. {Smile}

Daily Update, April 3, 2023

    Today was a day of phone calls. First, Val threw up, so I called the vet, and in a series of a few phone calls over the next few hours, with repeated explanations about when he threw up, what he threw up, and what he was taking at the time, the vet decided to stop one medication, give him a rest for a couple of days, then try the other medicine. I'm hopeful it will work better. {Smile}

   I tried to contact my doctor about an itch and unstable blood sugar but ended up leaving two messages. I hope I can talk to them soon. {resigned look}

   I tried to contact Life Care Center's outpatient Physical therapy because I realized I'm out of appointments, but I had to leave a message there, too. {resigned look}

   I did contact my financial adviser. I talked to the secretary, who hoped to schedule the talk I want with my advisers tomorrow. {Smile}

   I took Uber to the last class on bereavement. I sat next to Auntie Barbara, and we chatted a little before class. This time, the death doula wasn't there. Instead, people handed out various forms involved with different aspects of death and near-death, which let you spell out some of your wishes ahead of time. I have them but didn't fill them out; I need to think about stuff first. Auntie Barbara left before the end. I stayed until they were waiting for the notary, and one gal left because she didn't want to fill stuff out before talking things over with her husband. She offered to take me home, and I took her up on it, since I wasn't ready for the notary, either. {Smile}

   After dinner, I called Auntie Barbara, and we had a nice chat. I felt like we hadn't finished talking when she left the class. {Smile}

   I ate dinner with Mom and read to her before that. I read scripture and thoughts about it and continued with a letter from her cousin's granddaughter, an another from her niece. Then, I read a story, "The Magic Sky," about two polar bear cubs discovering the Arctic Lights with their mother and an artic hare friend. from 365 Animal Stories and Rhymes. Then I finished up by reading the April 3rd story from 366 Stories for Bedtime: A Tale for Every Day of the Year. Mom said she liked the early parts, but she was very sleepy, and responded less as we went along, so I tried to keep it from being as long as it often is. {Smile}

   I did my head and walking exercises today. {Smile}

   I got back from the class, and remembered I hadn't finished yesterday's daily update, so I did that, and shared it around. That took me so close to time to read to Mom, I barely had time to hop on City of Heroes: Homecoming, check a few characters, and say hi to my RWBY friend. We only said a little because it was late, and they were busy. {Smile}

   After dinner, I looked at some comics, and hopped into City of Heroes: Homecoming. I started out soloing on my second-best badge collector and got several badges. Then I joined an April Fools Raid. They went to wait for the next April Fools raid, which was a long wait, but then the next was much shorter, and the one after was in progress when we got there. The next was a shorter wait again, and during that one, i got another badge, not that the event has any intrinsic badges. This badge just happened to finish during it. I said goodnight to Nox, having not spoken up in time to talk much again. I really need to work on that. but I did get to chat with Owl Girl between and during the raids, especially during the long wait. That was nice. {Smile}