Daily Update, April 27, 2023

    I had a counseling session this morning, right after breakfast. It was our second session on HMSA's own system. I had to sign in twice, because the first time they couldn't find my insurance plan and were going to charge me even more than I paid for Zoom. They found it on the second try and charged nothing. We got cut off before making another appointment, so we finished up by text. I suggested next time, schedule the next at the beginning of the session, so we know we'll have time for that. {Smile}

   The housekeeper came today, right after counselling. That was nice. I do enjoy talking with her, and the house is definitely better for her attentions. {Smile}

   In the middle of the afternoon, I went to my dentist. He only gave a quick look; I was primarily there for cleaning. I really have to do a better job. There was a lot of swelling with my gums. They made some suggestions, and I'm thinking about how to handle this. I'm sure I can improve. {Smile}

   I had a nice conversation with our former nurse. He called a while before dinner, which worked nicely for both of us. {Smile}

   I ate dinner with Mom and read to her before that. I read scripture and thoughts about it first. Then I read more from her niece's long family Christmas letter from 2021. After that, I read about the Weyrs, the homes of dragons, their riders, and those who support them most closely, and two entries about dragon riders from People of Pern by Robin Wood. After that, I read "Damage to Notre Dame Cathedral Not as Bad as We Thought," and "Denver Hires Homeless; Now 100 Have New Jobs," both from _100 Uplifting Short Stories for Seniors_. Then I finished with the April 27th story from 366 Stories for Bedtime: A Tale for Every Day of the Year. Mom liked what I read to her, and the pictures I showed her as well. {Smile}

   I did my head exercises. They're the exercises I'm supposed to do every day I don't actually have physical therapy. {Smile}

   After counselling, I finished yesterday's daily update and shared it by email, Facebook, and my Blog, https://aeb-anne.blogspot.com then read comics over lunch, and then got ready to go. I'd hoped to have time to peek in the game before going to the dentist, but I didn't. When I got back, I remembered to share yesterday's daily update on the chat server, so I didn't get onto City of Heroes: Homecoming until after five. I found my RWBY friend there, we chatted a little, and quickly teamed up for one mission together before they left for bed, and I left to read to Mom. {Smile}

   After dinner, I hopped back into City of Heroes: Homecoming, and found Darkthough1 on. We chatted a bit and did a mission together. Then I noticed Phonso advertising the two high level task forces which are usually done as a pair. We joined that, with me on my third best badge collector. We still didn't get the one badge from that that she doesn't have, but I'll just keep trying. I also chatted a bit with Nox before they went to bed. After the task force, that group split up, and Phonso left, so Darkthough1 and I did one of my missions before Darkthough1 left for bed. I did some paperwork, read a few comics, and wrote this up. {Smile}

Daily Update, April 26, 2023

    Today I had physical therapy. I called Uber, and a nice, fairly chatty driver took me over. There, when I got in, the receptionist scheduled me for every Wednesday and Saturday next month. She also warned me that they have Covid in the nursing home, so I was okay in outpatient physical therapy, but stay there. My therapist explained it was mainly in one wing and shouldn't last much more than a week longer. I know Dad hated quarantine, which the nursing home would go into every time someone got sick. patients would be confined to their wing and their room as much as feasible, which was pretty boring for Dad. {resigned smile}

   The session went well. I even got the turns and half-circle taps almost in time to LaBamba, the slowest Salsa Dance tune I've found. Also, my therapist was happy with me starting to get more exercise at home and encourages me to keep it up. 

   After therapy, I went home with a chatty driver who seemed newer to Hilo than most. I enjoyed our trip home... and I actually remembered to tell him about the trip around to avoid the road that gets clogged when school lets out, since there's one right on the way home. The navigator never seems to understand that that road is gridlocked going up, but pretty free coming down. {Smile}

   I ate dinner with Mom and read to her before dinner. First, I read scripture and thoughts about it. Next, I read more from her niece's long family Christmas letter from 2021. Then I read a few entries from People of Pern by Robin Wood. After that, I read "Police Dog Fired for Friendliness, Now Has a New Job as a Greeter," and "Texas Investor Uses Gains to Help Sick Kids," both from _100 Uplifting Short Stories for Seniors_. Then I finished with the April 26th story from 366 Stories for Bedtime: A Tale for Every Day of the Year. Mom liked both what read to her, and the pictures I showed her, too. {Smile}

   I got all the exercise I needed in physical therapy today. {Smile}

   I read some comics before going down to physical therapy, and more over lunch. Then I hopped into City of Heroes: Homecoming and found my RWBY friend online. We didn't see any of our usual friends on, so we did a video call to read the last chapter of the first volume of the Cursed Princess Club bound graphic novel. He's considering subscribing to the website host, especially when he earned it's not just cheaper, but has a lot more of the story than the books currently will any time soon. then we went back into City of Heroes: Homecoming, where we found Darkthough1. The three of us teamed up and did most of a low-level story arc until time to read to Mom.

   I read more comics after dinner, then hopped back into City of Heroes: Homecoming, and found Darkthough1. We teamed up to finish the story arc we'd started with my RWBY friend before dinner. then, my RWBY friend came in as we were finishing, and joined us to do the next story arc together. It was one we'd all been looking forward to but wanted to clear the other stuff first. We were just finishing that story arc when I noticed Phonso was on. He invited us to a strike force. We did a couple of hunts which started the next and final story arc in the current line of story arcs we're doing while deciding that Dark was ready to go to bed, while my RWBY friend and I weren't. So, my RWBY friend and I joined Phonso for the strike force. Then my RWBY friend and I ran a couple of mid-level missions before breaking for bed. I thought I'd left enough time to finish this update before bed, but had to make notes for half of it, and finish it late the next morning. {Smile}

Daily Update, April 25, 2023

    I didn't go out or get any special calls, but I had a short text-chat with Auntie Barbara. I also had a nice text chat on Discord with my Welsh friend, who I hadn't heard from in a while. We actually had a short text chat yesterday that I forgot to mention in my last daily update, but this one was a bit longer and more involved. {Smile}

   I ate dinner with Mom and read to her before it. I started with scripture and thoughts about it and read more from her niece's long family Christmas letter from 2021 next. Then I read a few entries from People of Pern by Robin Wood. After that, I read "The Cost of Insulin Capped at $35 by House," and "Pakistan to Plant Billions of Trees Using thousands of Unemployed Workers," both from _100 Uplifting Short Stories for Seniors_. Then I finished with the April 25th story from 366 Stories for Bedtime: A Tale for Every Day of the Year. Mom said she enjoyed what read to her, and the pictures, too. {Smile}

   I did my walking exercises, and over 20 minutes of salsa dancing, including warmup and less structured dancing. At least I got some, and just a little more than usual. I'll work harder at getting more. {Smile}

   I finished yesterday's daily update after breakfast, then read some comics over lunch. Then I hopped into city of Heroes: Homecoming. I did some paperwork and found my RWBY friend on. we were deciding what to do when Kitten came on. They joined us, and we did some missions together. I think some of us switched characters at some point, but we teamed until my RWBY friend was tired, and I was thinking about reading to Mom. {Smile}

   After dinner, I read a couple of comics, and hopped back into City of Heroes. I found Darkthough1 and Mistress Aegis, and we started to get together when Phonso spoke up earlier than usual, inviting us to a strike force. Mistress Aegis and I joined, and my RWBY friend came on, so they joined, too. We ran it, and my RWBY friend left afterwards, heading back to bed. Then Phonso did a task force that we joined, too. Then Heartsever, another friend of mine, spoke up while we were running that task force. I chatted for a bit with Nox on the chat server, too. Mistress Aegis and I switched to our little villains, and Darkthough1 joined us, too. Kitten came on again and joined us stayed with us, and Heartsever joined us partway through the first of a few missions we did. We broke up early enough for me to do my walking exercises in addition to the salsa dancing. I chatted with Kitten on the chat server, and even got together to get them a few badges for their new character around the salsa dancing and writing this update. {Smile}

Daily Update, April 24, 2023

    Today I didn't do much out of the usual. I read articles that actually felt like they were worth the time it took to read them in the morning. I did have a short text-chat with our former nurse, which was nice. {Smile}

   I ate dinner with Mom and read to her before that. First, i read scripture and thoughts about it, and next I read more from her niece's long family Christmas letter from 2021. Then I read several entries from People of Pern by Robin Wood, since some were short. After that, I read "Billionaire Launches Drug Company Dedicated to Low-Cost Generics and Transparency," and "Jet blue Caps Flights at $99, Helps Citizens Escape Hurricane," both from _100 Uplifting Short Stories for Seniors_. Then I finished with the April 24th story from 366 Stories for Bedtime: A Tale for Every Day of the Year. Mom enjoyed what read to her, and looking at the pictures, too. {Smile}

  I did all five head exercises. I'm supposed to do them, and my arm and walking exercises two days after physical therapy, but the others didn't happen. I need to get much better about these. {rueful smile}

   I finished yesterday's daily update in the morning. Then I read comics over lunch. After that, I hopped into City of Heroes: Homecoming. I did a little paperwork waiting for someone to come on. Then Darkthough1 and Mistress Aegis did, and we teamed up for some mid-level missions a character of mine has out levelled, but still had the contact for. Dark and Aegis got the missions, and did them, and I tagged along for credit. My RWBY friend joined us partway in. Kitten came on but decided to sleep instead of joining us. My RWBY friend, Dark and I switched characters to do the long mission we'd gone up to yesterday. that took us right up to time to read to Mom. 

   After dinner, I read a few comics, and hopped back on City of Heroes. Then I went back into City of Heroes: Homecoming and did some paperwork when I found no one on. Kitten came on, and then Darkthough1 joined us, and we teamed up for another moderately low-level story arc. Phonso invited us to a task force when we thought we were halfway through. We would have been if the last mission hadn't gotten stuck. We fixed it, but only after a few tries. Then we joined Phonso for the task force, which gave my second-best badge collector another badge. I chatted with Nox briefly before they went to bed, too. Then Phonso started a different task force which we joined. My RWBY friend came on and joined us to, and Kitten switched, and got a couple of badges, including one they needed for a badge which will improve their character. Then I helped Kitten get most of the rest of the badges for that special badge before going to bed. I forgot three, two which I remembered later, and one which Kitten had to track down themselves. {Smile}

Daily Update, April 23, 2023

    Today was Sunday, so I took Uber down to church. I got Alan, so we had a nice chat, getting caught up with each other on the way down. There, a lady who lives up the hill from me offered to start taking me to and from church... but not today, her son said, because he had to fetch her car. Auntie Barbara wasn't there like I expected, but I found a text from her saying she wasn't coming after all. {smile}

   The service was nice, as was the lunch and conversation afterwards. Lindsey and Laurie took me to Safeway to pick up a prescription, since I was fully out of test strips for testing my blood sugar. I got there just as the pharmacy was closing for lunch, so i waited about forty minutes, browsing their very minimally stocked book collection, and found a book by Brian Feehan, the son of the much better-known Christine Feehan. I bought it when I picked up four prescriptions they were holding for Mom and me. Then I called Uber, and chatted with that driver as I went home. It was a fellow I also know from his main job at Clinical Laboratories of Hawai'i. {Smile}

   I ate dinner with Mom and read to her before it. I started with scripture and thoughts about it, and then read more from her niece's long family Christmas letter from 2021. I followed that with more entries from People of Pern by Robin Wood. Then I read "Rapper Declares $1 Million Donation to Chicago Public Schools," and "Perry Pays All Senior-Hour Groceries," both from _100 Uplifting Short Stories for Seniors_. Then I finished with the April 23rd story from 366 Stories for Bedtime: A Tale for Every Day of the Year. Mom said she liked everything I read to her and opened her eyes to look at each picture. {Smile}

   I also had a little text-conversation with our former nurse. That was nice. {Smile}

   Today, i did all five head exercises, just like my therapist suggested I do the day after physical therapy. I really want to make a stronger effort to do the exercises he recommended. I know I've been slacking off, often only getting some done, not all. {Smile}

   I read a few comics after I got home, then hopped into City of Heroes: Homecoming. There, I found my RWBY friend on a low-level toon and got one not much higher. We teamed up, and started a story arc my RWBY friend was almost too high level for. Darkthough1 joined us a couple missions in, and we finished together. Then, the three of us went on to another story arc that Darkthough1 and I needed to catch up with my RWBY friend. We started the story arc my RWBY friend had started and began running missions we could all get credit for right before we took a break so I could read to Mom. {Smile}

   After dinner, I read a few comics, then went back into City of Heroes: Homecoming. I found my RWBY friend and Darkthough1 still on, and we teamed up to continue the story arc we'd been working on. We were just reaching the last mission in the arc when Phonso invited us to a task force. My RWBY friend declined because he was too tired to continue either our arc or the task force and left to go to bed. Darkthough1 and I did join the task force with Phonso. During it, I quickly said goodnight to Nox after they'd gone to bed, and answered earlier messages from them I'd missed, too. {blush} After the task force, which had gone longer than we expected, Darkthough1 said goodnight, and he went to bed. After he left, I did some paperwork on my characters, and read comics until later than I meant to. Then I tried to write this up and got half written/half notes before bed. {Smile}

Daily Update, April 22, 2023

    Today I had physical therapy at Life care Center. I took Uber over, with a nice, chatty driver. There was a ship in, and he was happy at the prospect of making money with the tourists. {Smile}

   At physical therapy, we had a good session. I liked chatting with my therapist, both about therapy and other stuff. I learned that he recommends working up to 30 minutes a day for daily, like before, but also think that if I could do 40 minutes one day, I could take the next day off. This sounds like a nice alternative; I'll have to start working harder at doing more salsa dancing when I do it. {Smile}

   Afterwards I'd hoped to pick up a prescription at Safeway, but it looked too close to their pharmacy's lunch break when I finished. Besides, I was more tired than I expected to be. So, I went straight home by Uber. The driver was pleasant, and chatty, and I got to rest sooner. {Smile}

   I ate dinner with Mom and read to her before that. I started with scripture and thoughts about it first, and then read a card from her cousin, and started her niece's long family Christmas letter from 2021. I followed that with more entries from People of Pern by Robin Wood. Then I read "Farmer Studies law for 16 years and Beats Polluters," and "Ghanian Teacher Teaches MS Word on Board, Gets Computer Donations," both from _100 Uplifting Short Stories for Seniors_. Then I finished with the April 22nd story from 366 Stories for Bedtime: A Tale for Every Day of the Year. Mom liked everything I read to her, some more than others. {Smile}

   No exercise beyond physical therapy today. That left me quite tired enough. {Smile}

   I started writing the parts of yesterday's daily update that weren't done yet over breakfast, and continued through the morning, getting it finished and shared just before it was time to go to physical therapy. That felt like an accomplishment. Then I read comics over lunch and afterwards. {Smile} 

   I hopped into City of Heroes: Homecoming around 2 pm, and found Div, Darkthough1, and Mistress Aegis on. I chatted a bit with them. Then Div, Darkthough1, and I teamed up to help Div with a mission they had. Then we did a couple more missions. My RWBY friend joined us somewhere along the way. Then Div left, and my RWBY took lead, and finished the story arc we'd started yesterday. Then my RWBY friend admitted he was dozing and went off to bed. Darkthough1 and I continued to do missions, and Thecyberchill joined us for the last mission. {Smile}

   After dinner, I hopped back into City of Heroes: Homecoming, and found Darkthough1 and Mistress Aegis on. I showed Darkthough1 a character he'd inspired and helped name. He liked the dress she was wearing, that I'd tweaked again last night. He got a similar character, and we teamed up for a couple of missions. I also chatted with Nox a bit before they went to bed. Darkthough1 went to bed a while after, and I started doing paperwork for City of Heroes, reading comics, and writing most of this, except for a little I got done around diner time. {Smile}

Daily Update, April 21, 2023

    Today I went over to Hale Anuenue to visit the friend of the family, who's still there, recuperating. I checked on Anita, but despite them giving me a room number, our family friend said she left yesterday, and her mattress had no bedding on it when I passed by her room. I sat with our family friend and chatted for a good bit and handed her a picture book for seniors with some memory loss. She wants to borrow it, but says she'll give it back. 

   I asked our family friend how her daughter is doing, since I know she's in the same nursing home. Our family friend asked if I was going to see her. I found out her room number, and went to visit her for a short while, because our family friend said she doesn't like long visits except from one sister she really gets along with. {Smile}

   After that, I called Uber to go home. however, I realized when the driver turned the wrong way that I'd somehow ordered it for the vet's office, not home. Fortunately, the driver helped me fix it, and took me home. {Smile}

   I ate dinner with Mom and read to her before that. I read scripture and thoughts about it first, and some old Christmas cards, including one from a friend, another from her nephew, and a third from her niece. I followed that with more entries from People of Pern by Robin Wood. Then I read "Kids Finally Get a Permit for a Lemonade Stand, Then Sell Out," and "Finland Offers New Dads as Much Paid Leave as Moms," both from _100 Uplifting Short Stories for Seniors_. Then I finished with the April 21st story from 366 Stories for Bedtime: A Tale for Every Day of the Year. Mom liked everything I read to her, and enjoyed the pictures I showed her, too. {Smile}

   Over and after lunch, I read comics. Then I hopped into City of Heroes: Homecoming. There, I found my RWBY friend on. We hopped back out to read Cursed Princess Club together. It was good to get back to that. Then we hopped back into the game. We found Darkthough1, and teamed up for one mission, the first in a story arc, which was all I had time for before reading to Mom.

   I hopped back into City of Heroes: Homecoming after dinner. Both Darkthough1 and my RWBY friend were still there, so the three of us teamed up to finish that story arc. Then my RWBY friend left for bed, and Darkthough1, Mistress Aegis and I teamed up on a set of "little villains that we have. We did several missions together, going really late for Darkthough1 and Mistress Aegis. I also slipped in a short chat and goodnight with Nox on the chat server. After Mistress Aegis and Darkthough1 left, I read a few longer comics, and got this ready to finish up the next morning. {Smile}

Daily Update, April 20, 2023

    Today - well, yesterday - I stayed home. I did have a few phone calls, including one from our former nurse around dinnertime. I did enjoy talking with him. I also got a phone call with Auntie Barbara after dinner, which was lovely. And I got another phone from our former nurse a bit before bedtime. {Smile}

   I ate dinner with Mom and read to her before that. First, I read scripture and thoughts about it and then continued with Christmas card from her niece, and a birthday card from her sister. After that, I read the five more entries in People of Pern by Robin Wood. Mom seemed to like the pictures, and hearing about different characters in Anne McCaffrey's Pern series. After that, I read "Girl Bullied for Collecting Trash Wins Global Award," and "Hacker Fixes People's Routers so They Can't Be Hacked by Others." from _100 Uplifting Short Stories for Seniors_. Then I finished with the April 20th story from 366 Stories for Bedtime: A Tale for Every Day of the Year. Mom liked everything I read to her, and enjoyed the pictures I showed her, too. {Smile}

   I did two of my five head exercises. I meant to do all of them, but only the first two actually happened. I'll have to try harder. {rueful smile}

   I read articles in the morning, more than I really meant to. I'll have to learn to control this better. then I read comics both over lunch and afterwards, as well as later in the afternoon. Around 2, I hopped into City of Heroes: Homecoming and started chatting with Darkthough1, Kitten, and soon my RWBY friend, when they came on, too. We four and Mistress Aegis teamed up and did a few missions to help Kitten get a badge that will actually help their character. This took us right up to time to read to Mom. {Smile}

   After dinner and the phone calls that happened around that time, I hopped back into City of Heroes: Homecoming. I chatted with RWBY friend and Darkthough1. Darkthough1 was too distracted to team, but eventually my RWBY friend and I teamed up with Kitten. While we were figuring out what to do, Phonso came on, and invited us to do a strike force with him. We joined that, and I got two badges on my second-best badge collector. Then my RWBY friend left. then Phonso, Kitten, and I did a fairly high-level task force, and my second-best badge collector got a third badge for that. Kitten and some of our teammates helped my character get a fourth badge after that. I also said goodnight to Nox, with a little talking, but not a lot. I ended the evening by trying to help Kitten with a badge that will help their character be more resilient. This involves getting badges that contribute to the big badge that makes them more resilient. We made progress but didn't get any more badges for Kitten's character.

Daily Update, April 19, 2023

    Today I had physical therapy. I called Uber, and went over there, with a somewhat chatty driver. At physical therapy, I had a good session. I got tired slightly easier, but its been a week and a half since my last session. It was a good session. My physical therapist was very pleased with how the salsa steps are coming in particular. He wants to try them with music on Saturday. {Smile}

   He also liked my ideas for my story. He's a physical therapist, not any other kind, but he likes fantasy, and local stuff, so me working on trying to do a fantasy with strong local flavor is interesting. He also seems to know something about what fantastic creatures have actually made it over here. {Smile}

   After therapy was over, I called Uber, and a chattier driver took me home. That was nice. {Smile}

   I had a nice phone call with our former nurse later. I really enjoy talking with him. {Smile}

   I ate breakfast and dinner with Mom and read to her before dinner. I started with scripture and thoughts about it and continued with a long Christmas card from a friend. After that, I read the beginning of the introduction and the first two entries in People of Pern by Robin Wood. It's a collection of picture Robin Wood drew and painted of the characters in the earlier books and stories in Anne McCaffrey's Pern series. After that, I read the twelfth story from _100 Uplifting Short Stories for Seniors_ It was "Chinese Woman helps 20 Families Find Mission Kids, then Finds Her Own." Then I finished with the April 19th story from 366 Stories for Bedtime: A Tale for Every Day of the Year. Mom liked everything I read to her, and looked at the pictures I showed her, too. {Smile}

   No exercise today, at least beyond physical therapy. I got plenty of exercise then. {Smile}

   In the morning, I read articles and finished writing my daily update before physical therapy, but I only shared it in the places where it's quick. because it was later than meant to start out. After lunch, I finished sharing my daily update, and read some comics. Then I hopped into City of Heroes: Homecoming, and found Kitten, and soon my RWBY friend as well. We three chatted and teamed up. We did a few missions together, before my RWBY friend left, because he had an early morning the next day. Then Kitten and I ran a story arc together, which left just a little time to talk before reading to Mom. {Smile}

   After dinner, I hopped back into City of Heroes: Homecoming. I found Darkthough1 on, and discovered he was teamed with Mistress Aegis. Kitten was also on. The four of us teamed up and did several missions together. Then Darkthough1 and Mistress Aegis left because they needed sleep. Next, Kitten and I did another story arc. I also chatted a bit with Nox on the chat server, before they went to bed early. After the story arc, Kitten and I figured out how to watch a video together on the chat server. It was tricky because Kitten needed to share their screen with me. We watched a My Little Pony episode of the new series. Neither of us feel it's as nice as the just-previous series was, especially once it hit its stride, but it's early days yet. We'll have to see how it goes. {Smile}

Daily Update, April 18, 2022

    I expected to do the monthly picnic today, but it must have been cancelled because the leader is on a trip. I'm not as disappointed as i might have been, because I needed time to get medicine for Val. A while after breakfast, I called up Uber, and a nice, chatty fellow took me down to the vet. The driver spoke of waiting, but I was a lot longer in there than I expected. I eventually came away with a couple of weeks of medicine, so that was okay, but he was gone when I got out. So, I just called up Uber, and a different fellow picked me up. He was chatty, too. {Smile}

   I had a short text conversation with our former nurse before going to the vet. He'd spoken of maybe taking me there or home or something if he wasn't busy, but of course he was busy right then. We had a nice phone call between reading to Mom and dinner tonight. I do enjoy talking to him. {Smile}

   I ate breakfast, lunch, and dinner with Mom and read to her before dinner. I started with scripture and thoughts about it and continued with three cards, from Mom's niece, her sister, and me. After that, I read the last few pages of _Music stars 1940-1960 Memory Lane_ as well as the back of the books. it was a little short, but I just let it be short. After that, I read the tenth and eleventh stories from _100 Uplifting Short Stories for Seniors_ They were "Teen's Uplifting Notes on Bridge Save Six Lives," and "Budweiser Misses Superbowl: Uses Marketing Money for Vaccine Awareness Instead." Then I finished with the April 18th story from 366 Stories for Bedtime: A Tale for Every Day of the Year. Mom was dozing when I got there, but she woke up when I settled in, and seemed to like it all. {Smile}

   I did over 20 minutes of salsa dancing tonight, including both warmup and less structured dancing. {Smile}

   I hopped into City of Heroes: Homecoming after lunch, looked around, and saw my RWBY friend, but they didn't respond when I tried to talk to them. So, I joined a fairly high-level task force that helped me work on the badges I worked on last night - it was the same task force. Then I tried to talk to folks again, and even tried talking to my RWBY friend on Facebook messenger. I ended up doing the paperwork the task force had made. Then I looked around, and joined the later long, large-group event. After it had started, my RWBY friend came in and said hi. I encouraged him to join us, which he did, since we still had a fair bit to do. We talked afterwards until it was time to read to Mom, since it was close to that time. {Smile}

   After dinner, I hopped back into City of Heroes: Homecoming. I tried talking to a few friends, but they were unresponsive. So, I ended up doing the paperwork from the later long, large group event. Then I tried talking with folks again, and did begin talking with Azurette in the game, and Nox on the chat server. I joined Azurette, who'd joined a group that was doing a whole bunch of one-off missions. I talked with Shen Dragon in the game for a bit, too. When the one-off missions ended, half the group stayed for the fairly high-level task force. I ran it with them again, and it finished just a little before I needed to start my exercises. The others went on to do something else, but I started salsa dancing instead. {Smile}