Daily Update, May 15, 2024

    On Wednesday, I called my dentist. their secretary explained that we will discuss options and decide about medication next Monday, at my already scheduled appointment. {smile}

   Middle of the morning, I realized it was almost time for my physical therapy, and I hadn't contacted Uber yet. I contacted them immediately, and learned they would get to my house shortly after physical therapy was to begin. So, I phoned physical therapy and got their answering machine. I left a message saying I was running late, but on my way, and would get there when I could. I did, and the receptionist wasn't there, but the therapist I had last year was there. He texted my current therapist and got me started on my first exercise while my therapist come over. I had a shorter session, but fairly intense, at least. Afterwards, I contacted Uber, and a driver came and took me home. {Smile}

When I was picking out the next little picture book to read to Mom, I noticed I was wrong about three having the same title. Two do; they are both _The Picture Book of Babies_, but the third is _Picture Book Babies_. I picked out one of _The Picture Book of Babies_ to read next. {Smile}

   I ate dinner with Mom again and read to her before that. She was awake, but getting sleepy when I went in. She did say she was enjoying this at first. I began my reading with scripture and thoughts about it first. I read the 14th of May's entry first, then the 15th of May's entry, catching up again. Next, I continued her niece's long family Christmas letter from 2020. Then I read the last several pages from _Picture Book of Happy Babies_. I noticed Mom was getting slower about opening her eyes over time, but it wasn't too bad, so I kept going. After that, I read "Jack and the Beanstalk," from _5-minute Mary Engelbreit Fairy Tales_. I ended with _366 Stories for Bedtime_, reading 14th of May's "Helpful Caroline." Mom was sleepy enough by the end of that tiny story, I just stopped there. So, I didn't catch up with the last part, but I progressed. Maybe tomorrow will be better. {Smile}

   Despite the shorter session, I still exercised enough at physical therapy, I didn't feel a need to do more. {Smile}

   I played Cross Stitch World before going to physical therapy. I played more Cross Stitch World after physical therapy, along with eating lunch and writing Tuesday's daily update. Then I hopped into City of Heroes: Homecoming. I teamed with Pierogies, doing a few of my missions. Kitten joined us, as did bowlofdro after a while. Then Pierogies and bowlofdro left. Kitten and I joined Dennis, who was teaming with a friend. Dennis warned that he wouldn't be on after dinner. So, we made the best of the time before dinner, teaming up for a few missions. Dennis's friend left after a while, but the rest of us ran right up to time to read with Mom. {Smile}

   After dinner, I wrote a little of this. Then I hopped back into City of Heroes: Homecoming. I found the new fellow we first met last night, Shepherd, and teamed up with him He was with a friend, and both were on littles, so I got one too. We ran my missions all evening. Kitten joined us part way through. I said goodnight to Nox without us talking again. Shepherd's friend left after a while, but Shepherd didn't get tired until I was ready to get ready for bed myself, which was late because I didn't need to exercise. We wound down by chatting a bit, and I did some paperwork. Then I made notes in this to write from the next day. {Smile}

Daily Update, May 14, 2024

    Tuesday, I called the dentist right after dinner. His answering machine said he wasn't in, so I left a message. 

   Then I called my financial advisor. I left a message on their answering machine, too. I also called my financial advisor's general office, so I left a message there, too. The secretary in my financial advisor's office called to say my adviser was in a meeting and would call when it got out. It must have run late since she didn't, but this does happen. {smile}

   My bath went so late, I didn't read to Mom, though I did eat dinner with her when the nurse was done cleaning her up. The nurse called it a good call under the circumstances. I guess I'll need one more catch-up day after all tomorrow. At least it will be easy to remember: two in a row, with the earlier one today. {Smile}

   I did my head exercises, arm resistance exercises, arm swinging exercises, standing arm weight training exercises, one of my sitting arm weight training exercises, my leg exercises, and the rest of my arm weight training exercises. I still missed salsa dancing and walking exercises, but at least that's all I missed today. {Smile}

   I read articles, played Cross Stitch World, and did some online shopping after breakfast and first phone calls. This went right into lunch, and a bit afterwards. Then I hopped into City of Heroes: Homecoming. I teamed up with Pierogies. We ran a few of my missions and broke early I did a little online shopping. Then I cleaned myself. I took longer than I meant to. I got out to find the nurse cleaning Mom up, so I did some more online shopping and caught up on comics until the nurse called me to dinner. {Smile}

   After dinner, I read more comics, and finished writing my daily update. Then I hopped into City of Heroes: Homecoming distinctly late. I teamed up with Dennis and did a mission of his. Then bowlofdro said long time no see, and joined us, bringing a new-to-Homecoming player who'd played years ago when the game was hosted by the company that owns it. We ran a mission. Then Dr. Faustus joined us, and the group started a badge mission while I found a character who didn't have it. Then they restarted the mission so I could get credit for it too. After that, Dennis left, and Dr. Faustus gave the newcomer a tour of the exploration badges in many zones as an introduction to the place. I started my exercises during the tour. Then I said goodnight so I could concentrate on them better. After that, I played a little more Cross Stitch World, wrote a little of this and made a lot of notes to finish writing it from the next day. {Smile}

Daily Update, May 13, 2024

    Around breakfast time Monday, I called my dentist about the abscessed tooth. I got their answering machine, so I left a message. Then I called my doctor, and left a message on their answering machine, too, asking them to forward to report from the emergency room to my dentist. my dentist's office called back and offered an appointment at 4pm that afternoon. I happily accepted. I tried calling my doctor a couple more times, but no luck. {smile}

   Around 3:30pm, I contacted Uber. The driver was further away than usual, so I called my dentist's office to warn them I was doing my best. Uber came and took me down when the driver could. My dentist took me quickly. He found two alarmingly big holes in my teeth - bigger than usual for how recently he'd seen me. He said sugar or acid are the usual causes, but he noticed trouble at the gumline... I can't think of any negative changes in those recently, but I have been less than happy with my toothbrushes for a while now...

   Then I went to make an appointment with the endodontist. I was hoping for speed. No such luck. The best I could do was an appointment a little over a month from now for one of the teeth, and another early in July for the other tooth. They put me on the waiting list for earlier appointments and promised to call if a spot opened up. I assume that means "and doesn't get filled by patients earlier in line. However, those things tend to cascade, so I will hope it works down to me. 

   When I got home, I thought it over, then found one toothbrush not too worn that I liked, and more online. I have ordered them, and the recommended mouth wash as well. I also gave 24 less than satisfactory but unused toothbrushes to our main nurse. {Smile}

   I ate dinner with Mom again and read to her before that. she was awake and relatively alert when I went in. She did say she was enjoying this a few times. She enjoyed the readings and the pictures. First, I began my reading with scripture and thoughts about it. I read the 13th of May's entry first, since it's today's entry. Then I found the 10th of May's entry and read it. So, I'm now caught up there. After that, I continued her niece's long family Christmas letter from 2020. Then I read the next several pages from _Picture Book of Happy Babies_. Next, I read "Sleeping Beauty," from _5-minute Mary Engelbreit Fairy Tales_. I ended with _366 Stories for Bedtime_, reading two poems from it. First, I read the 10th of May's "Coloured Ballons," and then the 13th of May's "Happy Birthday!" {Smile}

   I realized that with the appointments so far in the future, I can't just wait for the teeth to get better to do my exercise. That said, I didn't want to overdo it, so I started with my head exercises. Then I did my arm swinging exercises, and after a break, my arm resistance exercises. {Smile}

   I played Cross Stitch World after breakfast and the first phone calls, and around later phone calls. I also read some articles, and I read more of the web novel, reaching the end of what I could easily open. After the appointment, I did some online shopping, since it looks like I need both mouthwash and new toothbrushes. I may have also written up Sunday's daily update before and into lunch. This took me to time to read to Mom. {Smile}

   After dinner, I hopped into City of Heroes: Homecoming. I chatted with Ulty, Azurette, Dr. Faustus, and Dennis. Dennis joined me, and we finished a partly done story arc of his. Then we did a few of my missions before he left, Then I soloed a couple of hunts and got distracted with more online shopping. I did what exercise I got done, played some more Cross Stitch World, and tied up things in City of Heroes: Homecoming better than I had. Then I made notes in this to write from the next day and headed to bed. {Smile}

Daily Update, May 12, 2024

    On Sunday, I did not go to church. I hated to miss it, but a tooth that had started acting bruised Thursday night was clearly worse than bruised by Saturday night. Sunday morning, that included swelling. I debated going to the emergency room that afternoon, but decided the better course was calling Uber, and asking them to take me to the emergency room. 

   I checked in and read web fiction while waiting, but I also dosed, I think sleeping with tooth pain didn't make for the most restful night. They eventually saw me and found an abscess int he upper right quadrant of my mouth. They drained it, and prescribed antibiotic and numbing mouthwash and sent it to Longs downtown (Yes, Hawai'i still has Longs; they have enough better name recognition than CVS in this state, they didn't change the name.)

   Auntie Barbara came after church and took me to the Longs. An abrupt discharge meant I was waiting for her, but not for long. Anyway, the prescriptions weren't ready, and might not be ready for a fair while. So, she took me home. She came inside, and visited with Mom, singing 10 songs with her. The she admired the books I had gotten to give Mom for Mother's Day.

   After she left, I read articles, and looked at Saturday's daily update, before I found a text from Longs saying my prescriptions were ready. I contacted Uber, and a fellow took me down, and used the drive through window to pick up the medication. Only the antibiotic was ready because they still needed to talk with my doctor about the mouthwash. They will text when the mouthwash is cleared with the doctor. They still haven't. 

   I ate dinner with Mom again, since abscessed teeth aren't normally contagious. Mom was awake and looking around like she expected something. So, I got her Mother's Day presents, and a decorative bag from my room, and proceed to show her "The Baby Book," "The Happy Baby Book," "The Baby Book," and "The Baby Book," four picture books for dementia patients, three of them with the same name but put out by different publishers with different pictures in them. Then I read to her before dinner. She did say she was enjoying this a few times. She enjoyed the readings and the pictures. First, I started my reading with scripture and thoughts about it. I read the 9th of May's entry first, since it was the next that we missed. Then I read today's entry, the 12th of May. I figure with two a day, I'll catch up fairly quickly. Next, I continued her niece's long family Christmas letter from 2020. After that, I read the first several pages from _Picture Book of Happy Babies_, the only one of her Mother's Day presents with a distinct title. Then I read "Rumpelstiltskin," from _5-minute Mary Engelbreit Fairy Tales_. I ended with _366 Stories for Bedtime_, Frist reading the 9th of May's "Beginner's Luck, and then the 12th of May's "The Kind Clown." {Smile}

  I didn't do any exercise with a tooth this bad. 

  When I got back from Longs, I wrote Saturday's daily update. Then I finally hopped into City of Heroes: Homecoming. I found Kitten and promised that I would return after dinner since I really didn't have time to do much else before giving Mom her presents and reading to her. After dinner, I hopped back into City of Heroes: Homecoming. Kitten was farming but promised Dennis was coming back. It was a while before he did, so I started writing this. Then Dennis came back, and we broke up the farm so Kitten, Dennis and I could team up. We did some of his high-level missions until Dennis left. Then I switched to a low-level character so I could work on her missions and gain a couple of levels. I also said goodnight to Nox, having missed a chance to talk again. After a while, Pierogies came on, said hi, and joined us for the last two missions. Then he got us into a giant monster fight that was starting up in the zone we were in. Then they continued with the monster fighting team, but I left. I watched part of a video, and made notes for this, with a little bit of true writing, too. {Smile}

Daily Update, May 11, 2024

    On Saturday, I got a phone call with nursing company secretary. She got upset when I mentioned some spots of rough skin I had to promise to call my doctor about it on Monday. This was before I realized that some mouth pain was more than bruising from food getting stuck. The tooth pain is currently my top health priority, including my first priority Monday. Then I can see about the doctor after that. Yes, the calls can both be Monday, though I'll try to spread out the appointments. {smile}

   I finally ate dinner with Mom again and read to her before dinner. I didn't pay attention to the time, but I was delayed by fixing myself a cup of tea to sip at. Mom was resting but roused with some patting and prompting. She did say she was enjoying this a few times. she enjoyed the readings and the pictures. First, I started my reading with scripture and thoughts about it. I read the 8th of May's entry first, since it was the earliest, we missed. Then I read today's entry, the 11th of May. I figure with two a day, I'll catch up fairly quickly. Next, I continued her niece's long family Christmas letter from 2020, guessing where to begin, since it has been a while. After that, I read the next few pages from _the Picture Book of Kids and Animals_. Then I read "Snow White and the Seven Dwarves," from _5-minute Mary Engelbreit Fairy Tales_. I ended with _366 Stories for Bedtime_, Frist reading the 8th of May's "Rosebud's Day, and then the 11th of May's "Rose, the Sleeping Beauty." {Smile}

   I did my standing arm weight training exercises, and my arm resistance exercises around dinner. then I did my salsa dancing warmup set, and the less structured set after teaming and soloing in City of Heroes: Homecoming. {Smile}

   After breakfast, I read an article, then played Cross Stitch World. then I wrote up Friday's daily update before lunch. Then I hopped into City of Heroes: Homecoming. Kitten was unresponsive, and they were the only one of my regular friends there, so, I hopped back out of the game, and cleaned myself up. Then I hopped back into the game. Kitten was responsive this time, so we tried to team up. However, they went unresponsive after a playing for a mission or two. I finished up the easy to solo talks and hunts in the story arc I'd started. Then it was time to read to Mom, so I stopped. {Smile}

   After dinner I hopped back into City of Heroes: Homecoming. I tried to say hi to Kitten and a few others. Kitten was tired, and didn't seem interested in teaming, and no one else responded, so I started to do a talk-heavy, reading-heavy story arc on the same low-level character I'd played on before dinner. I was just getting to the first fighting part when Dennis said hi and joined me. Then I suggested switching to what I'd been working on earlier. We did the last mission of that story arc, and the whole next story arc, which has more fighting and less talking. I also said goodnight to Nox on the chat server. Then Dennis and I switched to high level characters so we could work on an arc Dennis had. We did the first mission. The Kitten went unresponsive, and we had to kick them from the team to go on. We did a couple more missions, finishing that story arc. Then we said goodnight. I got caught up soloing something and started salsa dancing very late; that's why I didn't do more exercises. I watched videos in between and afterwards. Then I wrote some of this and made notes to write from the next day. {Smile}

Daily Update, May 10, 2024

    On Friday, I wrote a little more of my story in the morning. 

   A power failure hit late afternoon, during a thunderstorm. I think the power was out for between two and three hours at my house. While I wished I could take a bath, I started with my walking exercises. then with occasional breaks, I did my standing and sitting arm weight training exercises, my leg exercises, my arm swinging exercises, my head exercises, and my arm resistance exercises. That's everything except the salsa dancing, or the walking that can replace it. I also did one of the smaller parts of cleaning myself up more thoroughly than I have been recently. {smile}

   Mail arrived, including four picture books of babies for Mother's Day. One is damp and drying in the dry room. I read the others. One has no captions at all, just pictures. Another has brief captions. I expect her to love both of those. The other has a paragraph or two about babies per double page spread. I'm not sure she'll be as interested, but she should still like the cute babies. {Smile}

After that, I realized it was late to start dinner. Our nurse had set out stir fry and pot stickers. I ate most of it cold before the power came back on. Then I made a beeline for the microwave, and our nurse took over heating it up. He was very happy the pot stickers got heated, too. I will say that orange chicken and orange shrimp are not bad cold, but they're better warm. {SMILE}

   I still am not reading to Mom, though I am feeling better. If feeling better keep s up like I hope it does, I might read to her tomorrow. I'll see. {Smile}

In addition to doing all my non-dancing exercises during the power failure, I did my salsa dancing warmup set. Then I took a long if not that restful break and came back to do one more piece. I hoped to do another, maybe after a short break, but I was too tired. At least I got almost 15 minutes of salsa dancing. {Smile}

   Over and after breakfast, I read a couple of articles. Then I played Cross Stitch World and wrote a little more of my story. then I finished writing Thursday's daily update. Next, I hopped into City of Heroes: Homecoming to do a little paperwork. I also started writing this up. Then I read a bit of a web comic. After that, I went back into City of Heroes: Homecoming. I found Kitten and Pierogies ready to team up. We got together, and Pierogies said which arc he had his heart set on. The third low-level character I tried could get it. We did the two hunts at the beginning, and first real mission. Then Pierogies left for the demands of real life. Kitten helped me do another story arc the same character had, one that would free them to gain a couple more levels than the one level they gained during it. We practically finished it. I was heading to the last talk when the power went out. {Smile}

   After the power came back on, I finished dinner and wrote this up before hopping back into City of Heroes: Homecoming. I finished that talk and said hi to Kitten. They invited me into a farm they were running to help some folks level their characters. I did chat with Soothing Darkness and Divi, but they were both on big teams that didn't have room for more than one, if they even had room for one, so I stayed with Kitten. Eventually Dr. Faustus said hi, and joined us for a mission, but he left after one mission when he realized it was just a farm not a story. I tried to join him, but I guess I didn't communicate soon enough that I was pretty bored with the farm, too. I did manage to communicate that to Kitten, who suggested we join a team doing fairly unusual individual missions. So, I and one of their accounts broke away from the farm and did a few missions with that group until I left to do my exercises. The long but not restful break was the biggest part of cleaning myself up, with a little more afterwards. Then I made notes and wrote a tiny bit more in this, so I could finish it easily on Saturday. {Smile}

Daily Update, May 9, 2024

    I was feeling much better on Thursday, but still being careful. I'm not reading to Mom or eating with her again yet. If she didn't catch anything from me before I was careful, she shouldn't now. {Smile}

   I got a phone call from Auntie Barbara on the house phone. She'd tried calling my cellphone, and I hadn't answered. That's probably because it wasn't in my pocket, and I didn't hear it. We had a nice talk about other things, too. {Smile}

   When I hung up, I went looking for my phone, and found it where I do medical tests. I guess it didn't get back into my pocket after testing my blood sugar that morning. I called Auntie Barbara back on it to tell her how quickly I found it. {Smile}

   I did my salsa dancing warmup after teaming and some paperwork on CoH. Then I took a moderate break, then did my two standing arm weight training exercises and four sitting arm weight training exercises with only a short break in the middle. Then, after a short break, I did my salsa dancing less structured set - yes, the full one, for almost 20 1/2 minutes of salsa dancing between the two sets. Then I did my head exercises right away. After that I felt tired, but after another break, I did my arm resistance exercises. I would have done my leg exercises, since I missed those yesterday, and did do the head and arm resistance exercises then, but I didn't have that much energy. {smile}

   After breakfast, I played Cross Stitch World. Then I wrote Wednesday's daily update before lunch. Over lunch, I read web fiction. After lunch, I hopped into City of Heroes: Homecoming. I found Michiel on a villain. I grabbed a villain fairly close in level, and we teamed up for a couple of his missions. Then Michiel left, needing a break. I was settling down to paperwork when Pierogies said hi. We teamed up and did one of my missions on the same villain. Then Ulty invited me to join a light roleplaying mission team doing high level hero missions. (We talk like our characters while playing the game.) I swear that's my favorite type of roleplaying, so I asked if my friend could come, too. However, Pierogies noticed it was time to gather for the later long, large-group event, so he left to join them instead. I joined Ulty and friends, and we did a few individual missions in character. My character reached the level where the endgame begins, which is a notable step. Then Ulty left, and the team broke up around dinner time. {Smile}

   I was just starting on a particularly large amount of paperwork that suddenly comes up when characters reach the endgame when Pierogies said hi. I asked him to help me with the paperwork, since there was a bunch of stuff that was easier to hand to Pierogies and have him hand it back than transfer it between my characters directly. After that, Pierogies and I teamed up and ran a farm mission, to see if my character is a good farmer. We agreed he's good actively but not passively yet, but he shows potential. Then Pierogies left, being tired. Dennis said hi just as I was thinking about more paperwork. We teamed up and did a few missions, nicely testing my character. I also said goodnight to Nox; we missed talking again. Then Dennis left, and I did more paperwork that I let wait while we were teaming. After that I did my exercises, with Cross Stitch World, watching a video, City of Heroes: Homecoming paperwork, and starting to write this, and reading comics in between. Afterwards, I read one more chapter of the web novel, wrote a little more of this, and made a lot of notes to write from. {Smile}

Daily Update, May 8, 2024

    After breakfast, I called I called Life Care Center, where they connected me to physical therapy. They didn't answer, so I left a message. They did call back a while later. I explained about being pretty mildly sick, and they cancelled my appointment for the day, and made two more appointments for the next two weeks. Then they close for summer. She said I should reapply in August. {Smile}

   I also called the nutritionist several times. I only got the answering machine, where I left messages, but she still hadn't called back when it was time to leave if I was going. I wasn't so sick it would be hard to handle, so I contacted Uber, and a fellow came and took me down. I'd found an address on the web that wasn't the same as last time, but seemed current, so I tried there. Neither I nor the driver spotted anything, so he offered to wait while I looked for it.

   Fortunately, as I was coming to the conclusion that I wasn't finding it, the nutritionist called to ask where I was. I explained I was at the wrong place and asked for the right address. the nutritionist gave it, and the same driver took me to the right place. I had a nice appointment once I got to the right place, and the nutritionist was happy how quickly I came once I knew the right address. Afterwards, I contacted Uber, and went back home without incident. {Smile}

  I didn't read to Mom, because I was following the nursing company's policy of keep Mom's exposure to sick people to a minimum. As mild as it is for me, it could so easily be worse her, and she's unlikely to come back all the way from being sick. We don't need that. {small smile}

   Since I didn't do physical therapy today, I did do my head exercises and arm swinging exercises while waiting for Uber. Then I did my arm resistance exercises during a lull on City of Heroes: Homecoming. Next, I did my salsa dancing warmup set after ending teaming late. The I started my less structured salsa dancing set. I got through the second piece after a false start but started to stumble and feel unsteady between 1 and two minutes into the second piece. That's about one piece better than I did the last two or three nights, so I'll take it. I did feel a bit tired for any of the exercises still left, so I stopped there. {worn smile}

   After breakfast and the first round of calls, I played Cross Stitch World. That got interrupted by the called from Life Care Center's outpatient physical therapy, which I welcomed. Then I played more Cross Stitch World and finished Tuesday's daily update before and into an early lunch. I started reading a web novel as I finished lunch and for a while afterwards. Then I popped into City of Heroes: Homecoming just before leaving for the appointment with the nutritionist. I found Pierogies, but he didn't respond. I also found Michiel, and we commiserated, because we were both less well than great. {smile}

   After the appointment, I hopped back into City of Heroes: Homecoming. I found Dennis, and we teamed up on mid-level villains to do a story arc. Then he left around dinner time, and Pierogies came on and said hi. We teamed up on high-level heroes and did a couple of his missions. Then Pierogies left because he was tired, and I started on some paperwork. Partway through, Dennis came back, and we did some badge hunting on high level heroes. Then he left, and I did some exercises and more salsa dancing than I could for a couple nights there. I also played some Cross Stitch World, did some City of Heroes: Homecoming paperwork, and wrote a little of this. I made a lot of notes to write from properly the next day. {Smile}

Daily Update, May 7, 2024

    On Tuesday, I finally admitted to myself that I'm not quite well. I don't really feel sick, but this is the third day in a row I've seen mild to very mild symptoms of illness. I may have to reschedule physical therapy tomorrow; I'll see. 

   I looked into another website similar to Kofi but allowing folks to do things without signing up. Unfortunately, I couldn't get it to respond to my attempts to start an account. You're supposed to submit an account name... it didn't accept it, nor did it acknowledge rejecting it, and it certainly didn't make alternative suggestions like most sites do. Then I checked out Patreon, and it did let me begin to sign up, but I didn't get very far, because I really need to figure it out first. {small smile}

   I ate lunch and dinner with Mom and read to her before dinner. I was just about at my usual time, which felt pretty good, considering how late I started my bath before it. Mom was awake and looking around, almost alert, even. She even said she enjoyed the readings and the pictures. First, I started my reading with scripture and thoughts about it. Then I continued her niece's long family Christmas letter from 2020. Next, I read the first few pages from _the Picture Book of Kids and animals. Sure enough, she even perked up a bit for that one. I thought it was one of her favorites. After that, I read "Aladdin," from _5-minute Mary Engelbreit Fairy Tales_. I ended with the 7th of May's story from _366 Stories for Bedtime_, "Moonlight." {Smile}

   I did my arm resistance exercises and my leg exercises after dinner. Then I did my walking exercises after teeming for the evening and took a break. Next came my salsa dancing warmup with another break. However, when I tried my less structured salsa dancing set, I wasn't far into the first place, when I backed into a chair and had to stop to regain my balance. I decided that discretion can be a good idea if it prevents injury, so, I quit. {small smile}

   After breakfast, I played Cross Stitch World Then I wrote up Monday's daily update before lunch, though two got shared later in the afternoon by accident. After lunch, I hopped into City of Heroes: Homecoming. I found Div and Kitten. We chatted, then teamed up and did a couple of my missions. Then Div left, and Pierogies said hi and joined us. We did a couple more of my missions, along with three hunts I'd picked up and didn't finish on my own. Then I left to take my bath before reading to Mom. I'm pretty happy with how soon I finished that bath. {Smile}

   After dinner and some exercises, I hopped back into City of Heroes: Homecoming. I saw Kitten, Dennis, Dark, and Ulty, and said hi to each. Ulty was in another private role-play. Dennis was just leaving. Dark, Kitten, and I teamed up, with Dark and me on little villains. We ran about half of a story arc of mine before Dark left. Kitten had gone unresponsive, so, since we ended on a series of talks with various characters, I finished those on my own. Then Dennis came back, and we teamed up on higher level villains for one of his missions. Next, he left, and I did a little paperwork, and then worked on my exercises. I read comics and such in between and after the exercises and ended with writing this up and making notes in it, mixed with a little more paperwork. {Smile}

Daily Update, May 5, 2024

    I didn't write more of my story Monday, but I did think about what I need to do next, trying to plan it out ahead. {smile}

   I ate dinner with Mom and read to her before that. I was a bit later than I like this time. Mom was still awake and looking around, almost alert, even. She seemed to enjoy the reading and the pictures. First, I began my reading with scripture and thoughts about it. After that, I started her niece's long family Christmas letter from 2020. Then I read the last few pages from _1960's Memory Lane_. Next, I read "Cinderella," from _5-minute Mary Engelbreit Fairy Tales_, starting that book. I ended with the 6th of May's story from _366 Stories for Bedtime_, "The Warm Island." {Smile}

   I did my arm resistance exercises and one of my standing arm weight training exercises between reading to Mom and eating dinner. Then I did the other standing arm weight training exercise after dinner. Then I did my head exercises when the taskforce in the evening was slow getting together. I did my salsa dancing warmup set after finishing with the game. After a break, I tried the less structured set, but got dizzy enough, I had to stop pretty quickly. So, I did my walking exercises instead. Then it got too late before I did more. {small smile}

   I played Cross Stitch World After breakfast until I switched to writing up Sunday's daily update before lunch. then I read comics over lunch. I hopped into City of Heroes: Homecoming after lunch, where I found Div, who really wanted to show off the base they'd just completed. So, I toured it with them, admiring all the changes. Then they left, being too tired to play. After that, I soloed looking for things for the anniversary hunt badges on my 2nd-best badge collector. I also talked with Kitten on and off, who was too tired to keep it up, let alone team up. After getting all three badges, I broke to wash up before dinner. {Smile}

   After dinner and exercise, I got back into City of Heroes: Homecoming. I talked with kitten and visited their base, which has much more detail now. I got stuck in a part they got me out, more than once. They say they need a special teleport for me, to keep me from getting stuck. Dennis joined us, and the three of us visited for a while before deciding we wanted to do something. Dennis suggested running a task force he needed. We gathered friends and maybe others, but one was too low-level, and didn't have any high enough. We ended up trying to find something all could do and settled on a lower-level taskforce. Which sounds nice except we were trying to help Dennis, and what we chose didn't help him much at all. After the taskforce, Dr. Faustus, who was the only other regularly mentioned friend who joined us, offered to let us tag along while he did badge missions. Most of us did, including Dennis, Kitten, and I. I tried to pick characters who could get the badges, but sometimes I didn't realize they had them. then I broke and started my exercises. Between and after my exercises, I read comics, played more Cross Stitch World, did a little City of Heroes: Homecoming paperwork, and a little research. Then I wrote some of this and made notes to write from the next day. {Smile}