Wednesday Post 384

 Good afternoon! Firstly, today I've been hard @ work plodding exactly 3000 steps (nice number! XD); secondly, Our Daily Bread's devotional topic from last night's 'Our Good Is His Glory' thirdly, Em's final, final plodding total from Tuesday's actually 4662 (ha, i'm over 4.5 grand XD) and fourthly, TWFT topic's 'Think More About Others (2)'. Righteo, let's start off with last night's events first?

• Neisha actually arrived eight minutes late to drive me to Toastmasters! When I told her had she been another two more minutes late I'd have rung the CODA on-call number looking for her she laughed and replied she'd been late coz she had to wait for not one, not two but THREE trains to pass @ the level crossing! She says next time she's rostered down to take me to Toastmasters, she'll come earlier.
• Yay, we got the free parking this time~ Only problem was only six attended the meeting, two were guests and there weren't any prepared speeches! Instead, Jasmine and I both gave impromptu speeches for four minutes on some topic Neil gave and then everyone did Table Topics. The reason why our president Ela didn't attend: she's just given birth!
• Afterwards, Neisha took me back to Maccas; we both had Happy Meals. Originally, she'd wanted a vanilla milkshake but since I was only allowed an orange juice, she showed solidarity with me and got a Coke instead. XD
• Back home, repeat the usual nightly events, zzz~
• Today: yay, awesome sleep last night! Nature didn't call until 6:20am; after one pot :P trip 

I spend ten minutes beginning a mostly silent chat to Percy the saint/angel, asking him please to help me with the patience, perseverance, strength and endurance I need to get through today with, giving PIG mum all the pleasure, all the satisfaction and just suffering for her whenever she decided that only she can be happy and/or satisfied. It doesn't sound very fair, but she's taught me through her actions, if not through her words, that it's enough she's happy and/or satisfied, and I guess whenever that happens, I've just got to grit my teeth and endure. >< *sigh*

•  Happiness is then snoring soundly until dearest dad very considerately walks silently only the hallway and unpopping the lock into the garage before waking again for the pot:P; after he's kissed me bye, retucked me back into bed and left for his hard day's work, I happily snore again before this time being awoken by PIG mum's noisy a-THUMPING around upstairs. One more pot :P trip for me, then, before she comes to hit me with the eye goo and then exit to await Juliete's arrival.

• After my fifteen more minutes, we get me kitted and I head over to the bathroom to brush teeth. A break for Ela, yay~

• Teeth brushed, I sit over the loo for just one tinkle, coming out when I realise I feel like doing a stinky unspeakable.

• Breakfast is one bowl of plain porridge with one slice of dry (unbuttered) toast smeared with avocado and the tiniest ever sprinkling of plain salt, all my usual drugs :P and one full mug of water. Over breakfast, I spent another ten minutes continuing my mostly silent chat to Percy the saint/angel, asking him please to help me get through today okay. I find it's exceedingly important to constantly remind the cruel and unfaithful God that He has no bearing  on  my good day whatsoever, that I am perfectly capable of having a good day without Him, despite Him and apart from Him, because my good day's dependent on my own good attitude. If only God would remember that ... *sigh* He created the phrase 'live and let live', so why the heck can't He lemme live the free, independent life that I deserve? Okay, fair enough, we all only deserve death because of Him, but why can't He just lemme live the life that nearly everyone else gets to live?? *sigh*

• Breakfast finished, I sit over the loo again. There, I do a stinky unspeakable, also leaning fully against the side rail and spend minutes finishing my mostly silent chat to Percy the saint/angel. Remember, however the cruel and unfaithful God tries to make my day bad for me, I won't let that affect me because my good day has NOTHING to do with Him; I'm perfectly capable of having a good day without Him, despite Him and apart from Him. See, my good day's dependent on my own good attitude!

• After washing and drying Era, I climb into Juliete's passenger seat and Juliete tootles me off to Calamvale Central.

• Our first stop's Go Cutt. I don't recognise the Taiwanese haidresser but she remembers me; she even asks after PIG mum!

• Our next stop's the bakery for my BBQ pork salad roll without lunch. Luckily, there aren't any other customers present today, I gratefully lean against the glass cabinet.

• Our last stop before going home's Woolies for a box of tissues.

• Back home, I take a nice hot shower - hairwash today. Also thanks to Juliete who helps me rinse my hair out, thus freeing Era to hold my stupid right eye tightly shut.

• Dried, creamed and rekitted, lunch's the delicious BBQ pork salad roll and one mug of Chinese tea.

• PIG mum takes me to see Ray for some massage and acupuncture in the arvo. She's in her element, yapping unceasingly @ him in not only English but Mandarin and Cantonese also; my grateful thaanks to him who always replied and kept a conversation flowing.

• Used the loo for one more tinkle, came home and returned online.

• Once I've used up my most important two hours hopefully PIG mum'll feed me some arvo tea coz from 5:30pm till 6:30pm I've got choir rehearsal!

• Toms: Carina's helping me up @ 8am and taking me to Sunnybank Hills Shoppingtown for my fortnightly shopping trip!

• Looking forward to meeting Reverend Chris and Pastor Grace for lunch @ Yum Cha And Co; Pastor Grace says you can get HK-style coffee milk tea from there!

• Carina's minding me until 3pm.

• Suppose I'll get some time for blogging toms night since the only rugby match left's the grand final!

• Anyways, hopefully bbl, else hope everyone's having a smashing week!
  Cheers,
  Em. ^^