Daily Update, March 3, 2024

    On Sunday Morning, I got a phone call from Melanie, my former voice teacher. She was going to church and offered to pick me up. unfortunately, she meant right then, and I hadn't even begun breakfast, so I had to decline. I'm not one of those people who can skip a meal without making myself all too sick. {rueful smile}

   After breakfast, I contacted Uber, and they came and took me to church. I did see Melanie in the congregation, but she left before I got to say hi, never mind talk. Well, maybe next time. {smile}

   I had lunch with Auntie Barbara, who took me home afterwards. She came in to visit with Mom, who was slow to start singing. it took a few tries to get her going, but when she finally started, we got her sing a few songs. {Smile}

   I ate with Mom and read to her before that. Mom was awake, and she looked at the pictures, though she didn't say much. First, I started with scripture and thoughts about it. Then, I read and showed the pictures with cards from her cousin, her niece, and me. After that, I continued _Cats on Quilts_. Next, I read a story in _Five-Minute Stories: Over 50 Tales and Fables_, "The Nightingale." She said she liked that one, which was a relief, especially after she wasn't happy with yesterday's story in that book. Lastly, I finished with the 3rd of March's poem from _366 Stories for Bedtime_, "Five Little Pigs."  {Smile}

   While waiting for Uber before church, I did my head exercises and my arm swinging exercises. Then I did my arm resistance exercises and my standing arm weight training exercises between reading to Mom and dinner. then i did my sitting arm weight training exercises and my leg exercises after I was done with City of Heroes: Homecoming for the evening. No, I couldn't add the walking exercises yet, but I did add more reps to many of the leg exercises. {Smile}

   I did some Cross Stich World after Auntie Barbara left, to unwind, then wrote up the day before's daily update. Next, I cleaned myself up, then did a little more Cross Stitch World before I hopped into City of Heroes: Homecoming. There, I saw Pierogies and said hi. We ran two individual missions. Then we switched characters to try a new combination. It looked promising, but we ran out of time before we got it working well. So, we said goodnight, and I went to read to Mom. {Smile}

   I started writing this up as well as slipped in two exercises between reading to Mom and dinner. Then I wrote more after dinner and played some Cross Stitch World before I hopped into City of Heroes: Homecoming. I found Dark doing a mission on the same character he roleplayed the previous night. I got the same character I'd used the previous night, and we did some mission-roleplaying for most of the evening. I also chatted briefly with Nox on the chat world before saying goodnight. Then I teamed up with Dr. Faustus for a couple of spring missions, since they're still going. I also read comics, did some paperwork on City of heroes: Homecoming, did a couple more exercises, and made notes for this before bed. {Smile}

Daily Update, March 2, 2024

    On Saturday, I revised the story again. Then I went through, accepting most of the changes, and revising where something clearly was messed up. I could keep revising, but I think I'm to the point of diminishing returns with revising. So, I started looking around for ways to get a bit of input, because it really helps to have someone else read it over. Somehow as the writer I sometimes read what I meant to write, not what actually ended up on the page. Anyone else is more likely to read what's actually there and catch stuff I keep missing. {Smile}

   I ate breakfast and dinner with Mom and read to her before dinner. Mom was awake, and she looked at the pictures and even commented sometimes. I began with scripture and thoughts about it first. Next, I read and showed the pictures with cards from her cousin's granddaughter, both of her sisters, and me. Then I continued _Cats on Quilts_. I ran into a few phrases about cats dying and left them out. Mom really doesn't process death well these days. Then I read a story in _Five-Minute Stories: Over 50 Tales and Fables_, "How the Leopard Got his Spots." She said towards the end that she didn't like it. I wasn't sure how to respond, so I kept reading, then went on to the next. That was the last for today, the 1st of March's story from _366 Stories for Bedtime_, "the Rainbow."  {Smile}

   In between reading to Mom and eating dinner, I did my arm resistance exercises and my standing arm weight training exercises. Then I did my head exercises, my sitting arm weight training exercises, my arm swinging exercises, and my leg exercises later in the evening. After the last leg exercise, I was breathing heavily for a bit, but I was a nice level of tired. I hope to add the walking exercise before I start physical therapy on Wednesday. {Smile}

   In the morning, I read an article or two, did a little bit of Cross Stitch World, revised the story, and caught up on some comics I neglected this week, not necessarily in that order. I revised the story some more after lunch, then asked some friends to look it over, since I know I miss some crazy stuff to miss. Dad thought most writers do, because they know what they meant to write, and see that, instead of what they actually wrote sometimes. Then I cleaned myself up. After that, I hopped into City of Heroes: Homecoming. There, I said hi to Pierogies. We tried to get Kitten's attention, but they went quiet and then offline. I suspect they fell asleep; I know they've been very busy recently. Anyway, Pierogis wasn't feeling that great, but wanted to do a couple of individual missions, so we did. Then he went to bed because it hadn't been a good day, and I did a little badge collecting, and said hi to Dark, who was just coming on as I was getting ready to leave to read to Mom. 

   After dinner, I began to write this up. Then I hopped back into Coty of Heroes: Homecoming. I found Dark, and we got together for another private RP session. That took most of the evening, though I did talk to Nox on the chat server a bit, too. I also briefly confirmed with Owl Girl and Nox that they'll look over my story and let me know what they think. I asked Kitten to look it over, too, but they're entirely too worn out for that. that's why I tried to ask more than one friend. When Dark and I were done, I worked more diligently on my exercises, and did a little paperwork in City of Heroes: Homecoming as well as Some Cross Stitch World to wind down. I actually got to bed a little earlier, though I still have to work on that. {Smile}

Daily Update, March 1, 2024

    On Friday, the nursing company secretary picked up check for the next month. We had a short talk, mainly about talking more in a week or so. {Smile}

   I did revise the story more. I need to clean it up a bit, and probably run it by a critique group. As an author, I have one huge disadvantage when editing my own work: I know what I meant to write. When I read it, there's a tendency to read what I meant to say, even if that's not quite what was there. Anyone else is stuck reading what I actually wrote, so they will catch errors I miss until they're pointed out to me. {rueful smile}

   I ate breakfast, lunch and dinner with Mom and read to her before dinner. Mom was awake, and looked at the pictures when they came up. First, I began with scripture and thoughts about it. Then I read and showed the pictures with a Christmas card from a friend, and birthday cards from a cousin and a sister. After that, I continued _Cats on Quilts_. I realized the big blocks of text were past, at least for a while, and read more of the text that was there. Next, I read a story in _Five-Minute Stories: Over 50 Tales and Fables_, "Rapunzel." I ended with the 1st of March's story from _366 Stories for Bedtime_, "Chico's Army."  {Smile}

   In the evening, I did my head exercises, arm resistance exercises, arm swinging exercises, sitting arm weight training exercises, and standing arm weight training exercises. I wasn't as tired as the day before, though I didn't feel so energetic I wanted to try more. {smile}

   I spent the morning playing Cross Stitch World. I expected the secretary to come sooner than she did and didn't want to be in anything hard to drop. Eventually I realized how much better I could have used my time and squeezed in finishing the day before's daily update before lunch. Then I played a bit more Cross Stitch World while waiting for the secretary after lunch. That wasn't too long a wait. After she left, I cleaned myself up. Then I hopped into City of Heroes: Homecoming. Very quickly, Dr. Faustus said hi and invited me to a meeting of the villain SG he got me into. I switched to that character and attended the meeting. We were mostly chatting, though I did much more listening than talking, myself. I chatted with Pierogis privately when he come in and let him know about my SG meeting. The supergroup ended the meeting by playing one of the new story arcs for villains that was recently released. Then the group broke up, and I went to read to Mom. {Smile}

   After dinner, I hopped on my computer, and started writing my daily update before hopping into City of Heroes: Homecoming. In the game, I found Darkthough1. We started to chat, then got together for a private roleplaying session. Dr. Faustus messaged me about a mission, but I told him I was busy roleplaying. I did chat with Nox on the chat world. Then Radio joined us, since we were in the shared chat. Phonso asked if we were doing something he could join, but I explained it was just private roleplaying. Meanwhile, I kept roleplaying with Darkthough1. Eventually we wound down and said goodnight. After they left, I said hi to Dr. Faustus, who was still on, but he was just leaving. So, I soloed on the character I was on, going through a few talk-missions that are really best soloed, and one hunt that I could do by myself. Then I did a little Cross Stitch World and made notes to write this update from the next day. {Smile}

Daily Update, February 29, 2024

    Thursday morning, I had a video appointment with my counselor. it went very well. We finally focused on a problem I've been breaking parts off of to make smaller. it's still not easily manageable, but it feels good to finally begin to tackle the biggest elephant in the room, instead of acting like it isn't there. {small smile}

   I also got a phone call from our former nurse. It was quick, delaying a meeting because his day was not working out as planned. I was sorry to hear about the difficulties, but it was nice to talk to him. {Smile}

   I ate lunch and dinner with Mom and read to her before dinner. Mom was awake but put her head down until there were pictures to look at again. Then she looked at all the pictures. Nox wondered if she found my voice soothing or something. I hope so. That's as nice an explanation as I can think of. I started with scripture and thoughts about it first. After that, I read and showed the pictures of cards from a cousin and both sisters. Next, I started _Cats on Quilts_, kind of. There's a lot of text to read in there - more than i think Mom would enjoy. So, I read the captions that told about each picture, showed her those pictures, and read a poem when I spotted one, too. That seemed to work well enough. Then I read the next story in _Five-Minute Stories: Over 50 Tales and Fables_, "Hansel and Gretel." I ended with the 29th of February's story from _366 Stories for Bedtime_, "The New Baby."  {Smile}

   I did my head exercises, arm swinging exercises and arm resistance exercises after dinner. Then I did my standing arm weight training exercises and my sitting arm weight training exercises. I hoped to do more, but I got tired at the end of the sitting exercises and didn't recover fast enough. I guess I really am still recuperating from getting the root canal finished. Well, I did enough more today, I can hope to do even more tomorrow. {Smile}

   Between counselling and the phone call, I did some Cross Stitch World. I did more after lunch, then wrote up the day before's daily update before cleaning myself up. Then I hopped into City of Heroes: Homecoming. I spotted Owl Girl, and they responded before I said hi to anyone else. We chatted a bit before I asked about joining them. They happily added the character I was on to the team, but I left to make a new character, and ended up converting a character I've had for a while that I haven't really cared for enough to play. I tweaked it to fit the group's owl theme, and Owllina got added to their owl-themed supergroup. We ran a few missions. Then some players left for various reasons, including Owl Girl. I stayed on for one or two more missions before leaving to read to Mom. {Smile}

   After dinner and a few exercises, I did a little Cross Stitch World and began writing this up and making notes before settling into City of Heroes: Homecoming. There, I said hi to Michiel and Rivka. Michiel seemed less chatty, but Rivka was just finishing up with a group. They mentioned they had a character who had just reached 50, where the game changes rather dramatically. I know a story arc which is a bit of a tutorial about the way it changes, so I introduced them to the contact, and we did the first couple of missions. Then they needed to go to bed, so I made sure they didn't mind spoilers about what is coming up and told them about something coming up in their arc, and two more arcs to get into this part more. Then we said goodnight, and I looked around. I saw Dr. Faustus on and said hi. I noticed he was on a low-level character and found out what content he was doing. Then I found a character who was just behind him in content. We teamed up, backing up for me to catch up with him, then finishing the story arc together. Then he said goodnight. After that, I played Cross Stitch World, did a couple more exercises, made notes in this, did a tiny amount of paperwork on City of Heroes: Homecoming, and chatted briefly with Mysty, joining her for a tiny bit of roleplaying. {Smile}

Daily Update, February 28, 2024

    I finally got a phone call from Life Care Center's outpatient physical therapy Wednesday morning. They finally have an opening for me. It's not with the therapist I saw all last year I'll miss him, since we'd worked up a rapport. Instead, it's with a different therapist Wednesday morning next week. I took it, since I've been waiting months to hear from them. I was wishing I'd mentioned it to my doctor the last time I saw him, but now I'm glad I waited. {Smile}

   I just hope I'm up to it when I start. I've been taking it easy, with some exercises, but no revising or writing beyond the usual daily update writing. I thought about working on the story, but I want to be in better condition than the day after I had that root canal finished, though finishing was distinctly easier on my system than getting it started, let alone getting it done in one sitting. {Smile}

   After dinner, I got a quick call from our former nurse, which was nice. it's good to touch base with him sometimes. {Smile}

   I ate dinner with Mom and read to her before that. She was awake and looking around but put her head down and closed her eyes when I started. When the cards and other things with pictures to look at come out, she raised her head and opened her eyes again. She looked at every picture I pointed out, and even responded once. I began with scripture and thoughts about it first. After that, I read and showed the pictures of Christmas cards from a nephew and a cousin's granddaughter, and a birthday card from me. Then I finished _Mele Kalikimaka: Christmas in Hawai'i_, and showed her the covers of Cats on Quilts, which I want to try reading next. Next, I read the next story in _Five-Minute Stories: Over 50 Tales and Fables_, "The Elves and the Shoemaker." I ended with the 28th of February's story from _366 Stories for Bedtime_, "The Black Forest."  {Smile}

   I did my head exercises and arm resistance exercises between lunch and cleaning myself up in the afternoon. Then I did my arm swinging exercises while waiting for the later short, large group event to start. That was all, but I guess it can be good enough for the day after the root canal got finished. I'll try to do more tomorrow. {Smile}

   I read articles and comics and played Cross Stitch World in the morning. Then I finished and shared Tuesday's daily update before and into lunch. I did a little more article reading and Cross Stitch World, and a little exercise before I cleaned myself up. After that, I hopped into City of Heroes: Homecoming, where I did some paperwork, then said hi to Pierogis. We finished watching the last two segments of Kudo and the Two Strings. Next, he left, and I joined the later short, large-group event. After that was done, I did a bit of paperwork until it was time to read to Mom. {Smile}

   After dinner, I hopped into City of Heroes: Homecoming, and looked around. I said hi to Pierogis and started on paperwork while waiting to see if he'd answer. I also started looking elsewhere on the internet. Pierogis said hi, and we teamed up. At first, I got distracted by some internet shopping. Pierogis feared it was him, but no, it was getting bean snacks recently that taste so good except for the salt and wanting ones with less salt. Then I concentrated on the game better, and we did a few missions. He left when he got tired, and I started collecting badges. Then Dr. Faustus said hi, and we teamed up to do some spring/Valentine's Day missions. Phonso joined us and mentioned that these missions are just about over for the season. Phonso left after a while, and Dr. Faustus did a couple of low-level missions that aren't special to one time of year. Then I said goodnight, did a little Cross Stitch World, a little more shopping, and wrote notes to write this up from the next day.

Daily Update, February 27, 2024

    On Tuesday, I began to edit a holiday story from a few years ago. I made good progress with it, but it needs more work. {Smile}

   In the afternoon, I called Uber. They came and took me to the endodontist, who numbed me up and finished the root canal. Then I took Uber home. {Smile}

   I ate dinner with Mom and read to her before that. She was awake and looking around when I started. She looked at every picture I pointed out, and even responded. First, I began with scripture and thoughts about it. Next, I read and showed the pictures of an easter card from a cousin, a birthday card from a friend, and a birthday card from church. After that, I continued _Mele Kalikimaka: Christmas in Hawai'i_, Then I read the next story in _Five-Minute Stories: Over 50 Tales and Fables_, "How the Rhinoceros Got His Skin." I ended with the 27th of February's story from _366 Stories for Bedtime_, "The Restless Star."  {Smile}

   I did my arm resistance exercises, my standing arm weight training exercises, and two of my head exercises while waiting for Uber to come take me to my endodontist appointment. I took it easy the rest of the day. I just had a root canal completed, so I think I can have one day light on the exercise. {Smile}

   In the morning, I read part of an article and played Cross Stitch World. Then I revised the story over and after lunch. Next, I cleaned myself up, did a few exercises, and started revising Monday's daily update before heading out to the endodontist. When I got back, I finished revising Monday's daily update before hopping into City of Heroes: Homecoming. There, I found Pierogis, and we started chatting. He invited me into a farm to show me how a new character was shaping up. We chatted more, then ran an individual mission before I broke to read to Mom. Between reading to Mom and dinner, and right after dinner, I wrote a bit of this daily update, and made notes to write from later, as well. {Smile}

   Then after dinner I hopped into City of heroes: Homecoming. Then i shifted to playing some Cross Stitch World. Next, I went back into City of Heroes: Homecoming, and said hi to Pierogis. He left shortly after, so I started on paperwork. Then I said hi to Dr. Faustus. He was helping a friend, so I joined them. We did a few missions before Dr. Faustus realized that I had been a few missions behind them. He had us back up and do mine, though we were now several ahead -- just over a story arc. Kitten joined us partway through. I tried to talk Nox and Nik (Radio) too, but we kept getting distracted until we said goodnight. I'd almost caught up to Dr. Faustus's friend when they had to leave. We finished catching up. Then Dr. Faustus switched to a character who wasn't done with the next story arc himself. We ran that story arc too, then said goodnight because it was really late. I tried to talk to Kitten on the chat server, but they didn't respond. I did finish making notes for this, despite the email program erasing my text and making me restart a couple time before I started saving frequently. Once I started saving frequently, it stopped erasing stuff. {Smile}

Daily Update, February 26, 2024

    I texted with our housekeeper, catching up with recent events, and arranging for her to visit the next day. {Smile}

   I also looked at web fiction host sites, talked with friends, and picked one to try, called Booksie. {Smile}

   I ate dinner with Mom and read to her before that. She seemed asleep when I started, but the nurse said to go ahead, so I read scripture and thoughts about it first. Then Mom opened her eyes when I got out the cards with their pictures, so I think she wasn't as asleep as she seemed. I read a Christmas card from her cousin, a Christmas card from one sister, and a Thanksgiving card from her other sister. Next, I continued _Mele Kalikimaka: Christmas in Hawai'i_, After that, I read the next story in _Five-Minute Stories: Over 50 Tales and Fables_, "The Three Little Pigs." I ended with the 25th of February's story from _366 Stories for Bedtime_, "Clever John."  {Smile}

   I did my arm resistance exercises between reading to Mom and eating dinner. I did my arm swinging exercises after teaming for the evening. Then I did my salsa dancing warmup set. After a break I did my less structured salsa dancing set. Then I ended with my head exercises. It was too late for more. {smile}

   I played Cross Stitch World in the morning and read comics over lunch. Then I finished writing up yesterday's daily update before cleaning myself up. After that, I hopped into City of Heroes: Homecoming later than I thought I would. I found Pierogis and we teamed up. We ran a couple of missions, then said a provisional goodnight in case he left before I returned. Then I broke to read to Mom. {Smile}

   After dinner, I found Pierogis busy with paperwork. I had some too, so we chatted while we each worked on our own. About the time I was done. I figured out Pierogis had stopped replying. Then Rivka said hi. We teamed up and did a couple of missions. Then they said goodnight and headed off to bed. Next, I looked around, and ended up starting to work on getting badges. Then Kitten said hi. We teamed up and did a mission. I also talked to Nox and Nik (Radio). When we finished, I realized Phonso had said hi and invited us to a taskforce I responded, and it looks like we got the last two spots. We ran it with them. Then Kitten got busy sorting recycling, and I did what exercises I got done. I also looked over the web fiction sites and joined one that I think Pierogis liked because it allows cover pictures. I also wrote a little of this and made a lot of notes to write from the next day. {Smile}

Daily Update, February 25, 2024

    Saturday night, I discovered the freezer flatly refused to close. No matter how hard I tried, the door would not close, but stay ajar. Only after rearranging and taking out everything in the front rows, top and bottom, did I look at the door, where a few items were sticking up, including a box entirely too thick to let the door close on it. Moving that and a few thinner things let the door close much more nicely, even when I loaded the rest into the fridge. Unfortunately, this pushed a moderately late bedtime to distinctly late. but I didn't want to wake up the nurse and make them deal with it, so I felt stuck. *resigned look*

   Sunday morning, I noticed three pink spots I stopped to wash them out, and actually got them out, but the pants were dripping all over the place. So, I went to look for a skirt to wear with the top, and realized none I knew fit went with my pink top. I finally found a black one that kind of went, but it was fussy to fit. This plus the night before and Uber taking 18 minutes to get to me when it said 11 meant that even with a ten o'clock service, I got there in the middle of the gospel. Since I discovered on the way down that my blouse was inside out, I didn't settle down until the priest had started the sermon. This really was too late, as Auntie Barbara gently pointed out later, but I'd have to make sure I got there at least half an hour early just about every time to avoid being late on the one morning after the one night when so many things went wrong in the past few years. Though she did admit this might be unavoidable in this case. {SIGH}

   I had lunch there afterwards with Auntie Barbara and several others, including two men who were doing home communion. They wanted to take me home and make Mom the first stop. I was happy, and so was Auntie Barbara with the prospect of being able to just drive home, which in in the opposite direction of my house.  The ride home with home communion was nice, as was home communion with Mom when we got there. They did a good job, especially for their first time with us. {Smile}

   I ate dinner with Mom and read to her before that. She was sleepy, but opened her eyes for the pictures with prompting, and seemed to like them and the stories as well as I could tell. I started with scripture and thoughts about it first. After that, I finished her niece's long family Christmas letter from 2020. Then I continued _Mele Kalikimaka: Christmas in Hawai'i_, reaching the page on the _Hawaiian Nutcracker_, a ballet a friend of the family choreographed that Dad called "his masterpiece." Then I read the next story in _Five-Minute Stories: Over 50 Tales and Fables_, "Snow White and the Seven Dwarves." I ended with the 25th of February's story from _366 Stories for Bedtime_, "Bold Billy."  {Smile}

   I did my head exercises and arm swinging exercises while waiting for Uber to come take me to church. Then, after teaming and talking with Dark, and unclogging a toilet that got clogged, I did my arm resistance exercises and my salsa warmup set. I really meant to do more, but my plans did not allow for having to unclog the toilet. any more than my plans for getting to church allowed for all the things which slowed me down. {rueful look}

   I hopped onto my computer after home communion. Then I played a little Cross Stitch World and finished writing up yesterday's daily update before cleaning myself up. After that, I hopped into City of Heroes: Homecoming and found Pierogies. As we began to team up, someone invited me to a team at my level. As far as I know, pretty much randomly; I don't think I know them. I asked if my friend could come. when they said yes, both Pierogies and I joined. Pierogies really liked being able to play with a mostly full team, instead of by himself in a farm, or with just a couple of friends like we so often do. When that team broke up, we watched a few segments of the film we started the other day, _Kubo and the Two Strings_. We got up to just before the last big battle. I might have been able to squeeze in one more segment, but there are two more, not just one. That suggests the next one stops at a really tensely exciting part, so we agreed waiting for another day was better. Then Pierogies started a farm, and I left a character there as I went to read to Mom. {Smile}

   After dinner I hopped back into City of Heroes: Homecoming. I found Pierogies still farming, but ready to quit, so we said goodnight and he left. Then I spotted Dark, and we stated talking, and teamed up, talking and preparing before we started playing. Then we ran a couple of missions. The first went fine. I also said goodnight to Nox on the chat server; they were just leaving when I said hi again, so we didn't get to chat. Dark's and my second mission failed to complete. One enemy got stuck in a cage which we couldn't get her out of and couldn't get her while she was in it. The mission wouldn't complete until we got her. We discussed options, and decided it was too late, so we'd let it restart and try again... or maybe get it to auto complete, which you can only do once every three days. Not that either of us likes to use it, but... we don't like to use it, so maybe we won't. Anyway, then we said goodnight. After dealing with the toilet and doing my exercises, I wrote this up, with much of it write, as well as some notes for the next day.

Daily Update, February 24, 2024

    Today was Saturday. I again have been thinking about web fiction and its host sites and looking into the latter. It is cutting into my time for other stuff, especially game playing and comic and article reading. I miss the time I usually spend with my friends in the games. I hope that soon I'll be able to get back to more of that, at least, though I know I can't write regularly and do as much other stuff as I used to. {smile}

   I forgot to mention yesterday that I ate breakfast and lunch with Mom, too. I did; I only miss meals with her when the relief nurse is with us when I'm eating out, like the day before, with the belated birthday picnic lunch. {Smile}

   It looks like I also forgot to mention that the phone company called. We get not just phone but email addresses through them. They called to say I've lost one. I hadn't let them know the last time a card expired, so the account lapsed. Once it's cancelled, they can't reinstate it, but they can and will cancel the entire outstanding balance. It was the address I signed up with to most accounts, so I'll have to figure out how to fix that. {sigh}

   I ate breakfast and dinner with Mom and read to her before dinner. She was awake when I got there and looked at the picture, listened to the stories, and even commented at least once. It was a good day for her. First, I started with scripture and thoughts about it. Next, I continued her niece's long family Christmas letter from 2020. After that, I continued _Mele Kalikimaka: Christmas in Hawai'i_. Then I read the next story in _Five-Minute Stories: Over 50 Tales and Fables_, "The Tortoise and the Hare." I ended with the 24th of February's story from _366 Stories for Bedtime_, "The Competition."  {Smile}

   I did my arm resistance exercises after saying goodnight to Dark, followed closely by my salsa dancing warmup set. Then I took a break. Next came my head exercises, followed by my less structured salsa dancing set, followed by my arm swinging exercises and my standing arm weight training exercises before it got too late. {Smile}

   My morning was mostly trying to figure out web fiction and the host sites for it, as I said earlier. Then I played Cross Stitch World around and over lunch. Next, I did some more research before cleaning myself up. After that, I dashed into City of Heroes: Homecoming. I found Pierogies, and we teamed up, and did a few missions together before it was time to tread to Mom. He let me sit in a farm during reading and dinner again. {Smile}

   After dinner, I hopped back into City of Heroes: Homecoming. I found Pierogies ready to leave, so we said goodnight. I also found Dark and said hi. He asked me what characters I wanted to play, and I picked some we'd played as a set. I knew which was mine and got it. He found two around the same level who we decided must have been the ones. Their powers are similar, so I think we had a theme going. We ran through a story arc he'd started, then got a story arc we both wanted next. Paradox said he'd get on through the chat world and did come in and join us near the end of that arc. I also chatted with Nox on the chat world. Next, we started the arc's first sequel. They're the first two of four arcs and a trial that form a series. Paradox left before the last mission of the second arc. Dark and I did that mission, and started a different, unrelated story arc that Dark likes to get at low levels. We can finish that sequence after this one, and there's an annoyingly difficult enemy in the other if you do it at mis-levels. We'd both rather catch it low rather than wait until high levels or fight those. Then we said goodbye, and I started my exercises. Between and after, I wrote this up and made notes for the next day. I also checked more in City of Heroes: Homecoming than I really had time for, especially when church was the next morning. {smile}

Daily Update, February 23, 2024

    Friday, I stayed home and thought a lot about hosts for my web fiction. I tried to look into some sites, too. I'm having a lot of trouble deciding what to do next. {small smile} 

   I ate dinner with Mom and read to her before that. She woke up when I got there and stayed awake to look at all the pictures and listen to the stories today. I began with scripture and thoughts about it first. After that, I continued her niece's long family Christmas letter from 2020. Then I continued _Mele Kalikimaka: Christmas in Hawai'i_. Next, I read the next story in _Five-Minute Stories: Over 50 Tales and Fables_, "Beauty and the Beast." I ended with the 23rd of February's story from _366 Stories for Bedtime_, "A Riddle."  It gave an awful lot of clues describing a snow man, I guess so little children have a good chance at guessing right. {Smile}

   I did my head exercises and one of my sitting arm exercises while I was talking to Dark. Then I did my salsa dancing warmup set after a break. Next, I did my arm swinging exercises after another break. Then I could have gone on, except for how late it was. I'll have to work on getting stuff done earlier. {Smile}

   I researched web fiction hosts in the morning, then finished writing Thursday's daily update. After lunch I played Cross Stitch World and did more research into web fiction sites. Eventually I got around to cleaning myself up. Then I hopped straight into City of Heroes: homecoming because it was pretty late. I did get together with Pierogies, and we did 3 or 4 individual missions before it was time to read to Mom. {Smile}

   After dinner, I hopped back into City of Heroes: Homecoming. I got together with Pierogies, and we got ready to continue the movie we started yesterday with Kitten, since Kitten insisted that we shouldn't wait for them. Then Dark came in and was more interested in missions than the movie. When I told Pierogies, he shooed me off to play with Dark, saying we'd watch the movie some other time. I teamed up with Dark, and we played two story arcs together over the evening, the first and second in a four-part series. I talked to Rivka, too, but they were too close to bedtime to play together. I talked to Nox on the chat server, too. I talked to Dark as well as teaming, especially about web fiction. He reads it, so i asked about suggestions to start publishing. We talked about other things after teaming, until I had to start exercising.  Then we said goodnight, and I did my exercises, with more looking into web fiction hosts and writing up this, well, mostly making note to write from the next day. {Smile}

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