Friday Post 304

 Good afternoon! Firstly, today I've been hard @ work plodding 1991 steps (so certain I'll have cracked two grand before the day's out XD); secondly, John Piper's daily devotional topic from last night's 'What Binds The Hands Of Love'; thirdly, TWFT topic's 'Living By Faith' and fourthly, the spam count for the week's 196 (ooh, maybe it'll crack 200 before Friday runs out)! Anyways, events for today?

• Woo hoo, 11TH consecutive awesome sleep last night! Nature didn't call until the noisy garbage truck THUNDERED down the road and started tipping bins; 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* 
• For some reason dad didn't come kiss me bye before leaving for work? Instead, I used the pot :P again about 7:45am and fell back asleep again.
• Shortly before Peggy arrives @ 9am, PIG mum begins her daily noisy a-THUMPING around upstairs. Soon, she's let herself into my room to hit me with the eye goo before going back outside and awaiting Peggy's arrival.
• Aww, Peggy's a good girl; after bidding me good morning and offering me fifteen more minutes, she bids Uber good morning too!
• When she comes back again, I use the pot :P for two/three more tinkles, we get me kitted and then I head over to the bathroom and brush teeth. Thanks to Peggy who squirts me some toothpaste~ Teeth brushed, I sit over the loo for only one tinkle, coming out when I realise I feel like doing a stinky unspeakable.
• Breakfast is the yummy custard bun bought yesterday, one bowl of sticky bird food (what Dr. Ku calls All-Bran XD), 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*
• After breakfast, I sit once more over the loo. There, I do a stinky unspeakable, also leaning fully against the side rail and 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!
• That done, I wash and dry Era before climbing into Peggy's passenger seat. She kindly helps me with my seatbelt and then tootles us off to Calamvale Central for grocery shopping, walkies and lunch buying.
• Parking outside @ the end, Peggy grabs a trolley for us and we start buying from the Mega Discount Fruit Market. I only buy like two bananas and two avocados but Peggy buys FORTY BUCKS' worth of fruits and vegies! When I express amazement to the quantity she bought, she explains it's coz she only buys fruits and vegies once a fortnight.
• Next we tried looking for facial tissues but since the shelves had none left empty-handed.
• Our final stop was the bakery for my pork salad roll. When the uncle sees me, he waves hello and goes, "bbq pork?" I laugh and reply, "BBQ pork next week. Crispy pork today, please? No chilli." He nods and heads off to make it; his wife also wanders over and says hi.
• Everything bought, I climb back into Peggy's car (thanks to her who helped me with my seatbelt today) and she tootled me home.
• After turning the alarm off, I took a nice warm shower - hairwash today. Also thanks to Peggy who helped me rinse out my hair, thus freeing Era to hold my stupid right eye tightly shut.
• I had one tinkle before Peggy flipped the nice warm water off, got dried, got creamed and had another tinkle. When Peggy rekitted me, I had one more tinkle when she was helping with Elf's AFO straps and one last when she was giving Wally back to Ela.
• Back outside, lunch was my delicious BBQ pork salad roll; thanks to Peggy who made me one mug of delicious vanilla chai with milk.
• Dad came home just when Peggy was leaving; she's back again same time next Friday.
• Tiff and Marissa came and gave Ela an unfunctional session of OT. When they left I said all the best to Marissa coz she's really a Griffith OT student and I'll not see her again!
• After they left I tootled online for my most important two hours of the day. Once that's up, I'll head over to the gobbling :P table and see will PIG mum feed me any arvo tea.
• Ooh, maybe I'll watch the 6pm news (Seven's) for the 45TH time! Doubt dad will take us out for dinner though, even though it's worth an ask.
• Toms: Kim's minding me 10-2! Wonder will she remember to bring me my belated fried chicken sushi birthday present?? XD But hopefully she'll take me for walkies somewhere~
• Think dad will take me play ping pong with him toms arvo?
• Anyways, hopefully bbl, else wishing everyone a smashing weekend ahead!
  Cheers,
  Em. ^^
• P.S. All the interesting surnames I saw while watching the 6pm news (Nine's) for the 45TH time: Calcutt, Yvette (first name), D'Ath, Crisafulli, Sydes, Tomeka (first name), Bickel, Bradnam, Kearsley, Albanese, Greenbank, Putin, (heard), Zelensky (heard), Radakin, Heinke  Thorn, Daugunu,  Stoltenberg, Jens (first name), Clements, Sampaio, Lehmann, Kramer, Mortimer, Higgins, Rico (heard),  Cobcroft,  Walters, Arrow (heard) Zorko, Gottlieb and Thurston . 1US$=74.98USc. Wally Lewis read the sports report and Luke Bradnam read the weather report from Brpoadbeach. Brisbane was 19-28. Mt. Gravatt tomorrow:16-28 

Thursday Post 304c

Good evening again and one final greeting for tonight! Em's final, final plodding total for Thursday now stands @ 4216. Righteo, final, final events for tonight?

• At 9pm, I walk myself once more slowly and safely to the loo and back, again and always  rising above the cruel and unfaithful God’s near-overwhelming hatred and not letting Him push me over.
• Toms: Peggy's minding me 9-1. Hopefully PIG mum'll lemme buy a crackling pork salad roll from the Calamvale Central bakery.
• She's found Tiff to come gimme OT toms arvo around 2pm. It's Marissa's last time!
• Ooh maybe I can watch the 6pm bulletin for the 46TH time!
• Righteo, hope everyone has a smashing end to their week toms!
  Cheers,
  Em. ^^

Thursday Post 304b

 Heylo again and good evening! Firstly, Em's new plodding total for Thursday now stands @ 4060 (sweet I'm just over four grand; that doesn't happen too often! XD); secondly, Joni's devotional topic's 'Forsaken Feelings' and thirdly, Our Daily Bread's devotional topic's "God's Embassy". Righteo, just briefly continuing events for tonight?

• Cripes, when PIG mum came to hit me with the eye goo before bolting her for her half day's work, she said CODA had rung and Karina had called in sick; even worse, they hadn't found a replacement yet! ><
• After she left, dad came to retuck me back into bed, saying CODA had rung and found a carer who could take me, but she wasn't free until 10:30pm, so sleep.
• Had a massive snore and woke again for the pot :P around 10am; dad randomly re-entered my room and said she's arriving soon. Since PIG mum had left the day's clothes for me on the little stool, I decided to get myself mostly kitted first; when the new carer arrived I'd just get her to help me with Elf's AFO straps and both laces and then we'd go! I managed everything except the bra strap; some woman had told me in some stroke support group she did the clasps first before slipping the bra over her head. While Ela's like useless now I didn't realise that Era had lost so much dexterity that she couldn't do them! >< Luckily, after Tally (she's forty and lives @ Redbank Plains; looks Kiwi but she's a Queenslander) she helped me with that; I brushed teeth, munched breakfast, did a stinky unspeakable and we were off!
• Tally parked outside on level two (all the side parks were taken); while she went to find the groceries PIG mum wanted I posted a quick update onto Facebook and when she came back with a trolley we bought the groceries together. Didn't see Caitlin @ Woolies today but there was a commotion @ the self-serve checkouts; some chic had been caught shoplifting but was released coz you can't prosecute minors! o_O
• Whoops, outta time, so super-briefly:
• Had lunch with Pastor Grace @ Woka Warrigal; for my last official birthday meal; I had the Hokkien fried rice with a HK-style cold milk tea coffee. Also, Pastor Grace gave me this most AMAZING present: HK-style milk tea in PACKETS!!! She said she bought it from the Calamvale Central Asian grocery store; when she saw it, she immediately thought of me!! XD
• Got home, and showered - hairwash today. Also thanks to Tally who helped me rinse my hair out, thus freeing Era to hold my stupid right eye tightly shut.
• Dried, creamed and rekitted I popped online. When Tally left @ 3:30/4pm, I signed her off with my thanks and byes. She's actually the biological mum of Vicki's kids! 
• Had arvo tea, popped online, had dinner, returned online.
• Righteo, fingers crossed I can brb after one final loo trip @ 9pm with my final, final plodding total for today, the final, final events for tonight plus what's happening Friday, else hope everyone has a smashing end to the week toms!
  Cheers,
  Em. ^^

Thursday Post 304

 Good afternoon! Firstly, today I';ve been hard @ work plodding 3562 steps (ha, I'm just over 3.5 grand XD); secondly, John Piper's devotional topic's 'If He Calls, He Keeps' and thirdly, TWFT topic's 'Yoked Together With Jesus' but fourthly and way most importantly, I'm really still owed ONE HOUR and FORTY-FIVE MINUTES online afterwards!! Anyways, events for today?

• Woo hoo, 10TH consecutive awesome sleep last night! Nature didn't call until 6:10am, and 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*
Cheers,
Em. ^^ 
P.S. All the interesting surnames I saw while watching the 6pm bulletin (Nine's, read by Andrew Lofthouse) for the 45TH time: Zelensky (heard), Fegan, Yvette (first name), D'Ath, Bronte (first name), Gildea (pronounced 'Gil-day), Pullar, Petley, Uhlmann, Albanese (heard), Rudd (heard), Zelensky, Sheeran (heard), Cavallaro, Brasch, Baxter, Sailor, Willis, Genovese, Rumer (first name), Crisafulli, Rock, Piortrowski, Wanda (first name), Sykes, Winestein (heard), Tuma, Somers (heard), Rapira, Bronish, Thurston (heard), Gottlieb, Bates, Daugunu, Bancroft, Sydes, Jeffree, Nowland, Greer, Tanayah (first name), Jaimee (first name, girl) and Cleary (heard). 74.71USc = 1AUD.Wally Lewis read the sports report and Garry Youngberry read the weather report from Bribie Island. Brisbane was 21-29 today. Mt. Gravatt toms: 17-27. Sunrise 5:57am Sunset 5:47pm
P.P.S. Continuing today's events:

• One hour later, I'm awoken to heed nature's call (another pot :P trip) when PIG mum goes a-THUMPING upstairs to get changed for her half day's work. Only the phone rings, and when mother lets herself into my room before bolting off for her half day's work, she says that Karina's called in sick and CODA's still looking for someone to take me out! o_O
• After she'd left, dad entered my room and someone had been found but wasn't available until 10:30am so go back to sleep.
• I comply, but around 10am when dad randomly enters my room I sit up and say I'll get myself kitted first; when the carer arrives she can help with my shoelaces coz PIG mum had already left out my day's clothes on the yellow stool for me.
• When the new carer arrives, I've done most of it, but couldn't do my bra strap? I remember reading a post from some stroke support I'm a part of; someone said they'd gotten pretty good with doing things one-handed and could give tips if needed? I asked how can one do bra straps one handed coz don't you need both hands to hold and then clip the bra together? This woman replied she attaches the hooks before just pulling it over her head and I tried doing that this morning but unfortunately found out that while Ela's useless for functional tasks now Era has lost lotsa fine motor skills coz she couldn't clip the bra hooks together for me! ><
• Fingers crossed I can bbl, coz I'm still owed ONE HOUR and ELEVEN MINUTES online!!
  Cheers,
  Em. ^^

Wednesday Post 304c

 Good evening again and one final greeting for tonight! Em's final, final plodding total for Wednesday now stands @ 3779. Righteo, final, final events for tonight?

• After publishing the previous post, I watched Shane Warne's memorial service for thirty minutes.
• At 9pm (just when Shane's kids were giving their eulogy), I walked myself once more slowly and safely to the loo for one tinkle and back, again and always rising above the cruel and unfaithful God’s near-overwhelming hatred and not letting Him push me over.

•  Toms: Karina's taking me on my fortnightly shopping trip! Fingers crossed dad'll finally lemme read @ the library again!

• Looking forward to catching up with Pastor Grace @ Woka Warrigal for lunch; since tomorrow's officially my last birthday month day, I'd better choose sth DELICIOUS for lunch!

• The Titans are playing Wests Tigers toms night; may watch that if I've already used up all of my most important two hours online.

• Righteo, hope everyone's having a smashing week!
  Cheers,
  Em. ^^

Wednesday Post 304b

 Heylo again and good evening! Firstly, today I've been hard @ work plodding 3677 steps (ha, I'm over 3.5 grand XD); secondly, Joni's devotional topic's 'You Did It For Me' and thirdly, Our Daily Bread's 'Past The Boundaries Of Knowing'. Righteo, continuing tonight's events, just briefly?

• Munched dragon fruit, two/three sticks of green tea Pocky and drank one warm mug of sth for arvo tea.
• Joined choir rehearsal online.
• Dinner tonight: rice, lotsa little tong vegetable, lotsa soup carrot, three crunchy pieces of chestnut and a lil yummy pork mince.
• Drank soup, took bowl to sink and returned online.
• Righteo, hopefully bbl after one more loo trip @ 9pm with my final, final plodding total for today, the final, final events for tonight plus what's happening toms else hope everyone's having a smashing week!
  Cheers,
  Em. ^^

Wednesday Post 304

 Good afternoon! Firstly, Em's final, final plodding total from last night's actually 3671 (ha, I'm over 3.5 grand XD); secondly, Joni's devotional topic from last night's "Winter's End"; thirdly, John Piper's daily devotional topic from last night's "As Sure As God's Love For His Son"; fourthly, Our Daily Bread's devotional topic's 'God Cleans The Stains' and fifthly, TWFT topic's 'Self-Control'. Anyways, just briefly, last night's events first?

• At 5:30pm, Hannah took me to Toastmasters.
• Lol, only four attended last night and there weren't any speeches! Hence why everyone gave an impromptu speech. Neil said to share my experiences of uni before I got ill; I gave him the topic "Are you a red/white sauce person? Turns out he's a red sauce, hence we're not friends anymore. XD
• Had a pissy little Happy Meal with an orange juice for dinner (when I write my Birthday Celebrations post for 2022 I'm saying mother RUINED my birthday month, because not only wouldn't she lemme buy a proper meal after we got the free parking she wouldn't even lemme drink a milkshake! ><), got home, repeat the usual nightly events, zzz.
• Today: woo hoo, 10TH consecutive awesome sleep last night! Nature didn't call until 6:10am.
• Shelley came @ 8am, helped me up and drove me to the NAB for my last session before I stop for five weeks.
• Physio today: Stepping for erf, weightshifting, walking eight hallway indoor laps and two laps walking outside down ramp.
• Got home and took a nice warm shower - hairwash today. Also thanks to Shelley who helped me rinse out my hair, thus freeing Era to hold my stupid right eye tightly shut.
• Dried, creamed and rekitted, PIG mum cooked some delicious fried rice for lunch! 'Twas actually brown, meaning she remembered to add some soya sauce and the onions were lovely and crunchy! Drank one mug of vanilla chai with milk with that.
• Saw Ray for some massage and acupuncture but won't see him next week since he's taking his family holidaying somewhere!
• Got home and popped online.
• After I've used up my most important two hours of the day I'll head over to the gobbling :P table and munch arvo tea.
• Have online choir practice from 5:30pm till 6:46pm.
• Toms: Karina's taking me for my fortnightly shopping trip! Will hopefully read @ the library and not @ home.
• Having lunch with Pastor Grace @ Woka Warrigal @ 1pm!
• Wonder if there's any Thursday night footy yet?
• Anyways, hopefully bbl tonight, else hope everyone's having a smashing week!
  Cheers,
  Em. ^^

Tuesday Post 303

 Good afternoon! Firstly, today I've been hard @ work plodding 2564 steps (ha, I'm just over 2.5 grand XD); secondly, John Piper's daily devotional topic from last night's 'When Everyone Deserts You' and thirdly, TWFT topic's 'Be A Restorer (2)'. Anyways, events for today?

• Aww, my awesome sleep streak ended @ 12:15am this morning when my idiot bladder nudged me awake and demanded I use the pot :P @ 12:15am; nature called again @ 6am and after another 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* 
• Usually nature calls hourly after that initial pot :P trip, but happiness was snoring soundly today all the way until dearest dad very considerately walks silently down the hallway and unpops the lock into the garage before waking for another pot :P trip.
• After dearest dad kisses me bye, retucks me back into bed and leaves for his hard day's work, Uber and I happily cuddle and snore, me waking once more for the pot :P shortly before noisy PIG mum begins her daily a-THUMPING around upstairs. Soon, she's let herself into my room to hit me with the eye goo, before going back outside and awaiting Hannah's arrival @ 9am.
• When Hannah arrives, PIG mum lets her in. Hannah knocks, says good morning fifteen more minutes and obediently leaves when Uber nods @ her. Actually I think I fell back asleep accidentally coz when Hannah came back the first time I thought I still had thirty seconds left; she was a sport and lemme have thirty more seconds. The second time she came back I apologised, saying sorry I think I fell back asleep and Hannah said yeah you must've but I let you have the extra thirty seconds you wanted coz you don't have any physio today. XD
• After I used the pot :P for three more tinkles, we got me kitted and then I headed over to brush teeth while Hannah went and prepared breakfast for me. Teeth brushed, I sit over the loo for only one tinkle, coming out when I realise I feel like doing a stinky unspeakable.
• Breakfast was one bowl of sticky bird food (what Dr. Ku calls All-Bran XD), one full mug of water, all my usual drugs :P and one slice of dry (unbuttered) toast with strawberry jam. 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*\
• After breakfast, I sit once more over the loo. There, I do a stinky unspeakable, also leaning fully against the side rail and 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 Hannah's tank and she tootles us off to Underwood MarketPlace for walkies and grocery shopping. Pity she wouldn't lemme grab a trolley to walk with, but hey.

• That all done, happiness was getting to sit and play with mobiles for a good long while! I'd originally downloaded some Bejeweled game to play but only went through fifty levels before installing it, coz the gems are really small and I'm using up too much concentration playing it. Found another with much bigger gems; played so happily I went through like the first thirty-seven levels before finally losing a life! XD While I played, Hannah went briefly and bought sth from KMart and we didn't see Yeshi today.

• Back home, I turned the alarm off and took a nice warm shower - hairwash today. Also thanks to Hannah who helped me rinse my hair out, thus freeing Era to hold my stupid right eye tightly shut. I sang 20% of my shorter second-favourite song softly, slowly but most hatefully out aloud. Actually, I was already all done after 7% but happily leaned fully against the side rail before calling Hannah back. 

• I had one tinkle before I flipped the nice warm water off, got dried, got creamed and had another tinkle. When Hannah rekitted me, I had one more tinkle when she was helping with Erf's sock and one last one when I was drying inside both ears with two tissues (one each) and Hannah was drying my glasses after washing them for me.

• Back outside, she reheated some rice leftovers for me, made me one mug of yummy vanilla chai with milk and cleaned the bathroom before I signed her off with my thanks and byes. She's back again @ 5:30pm and taking me to Toastmasters!

• Only less than five minutes after she left, the doorbell rang! I walked myself to the front door and, not even bothering to ask who's there, called through the glass pane, "Whaddya forget, Hannah?" She sheepishly calls back, "My mobile, sorry!" I open the door for her; she grabs her mobile and kindly walks behind me back to the gobbling :P table before leaving again.

• PIG mum arrived home soon afterwards and headed upstairs to make a phone call for dad.

• Once I've used up my most important two hours of the day, I'll head over to the gobbling :P table, ask PIG mum to gimme my sushi roll for arvo tea and perhaps read for awhile.

• Hannah's coming back @ 5:30pm and taking me to Toastmasters! But since Lino can't make it tonight, there'll prolly only be like four attending! XD

• Toms: the second last day of my official birthday month! Vicki's minding me 9-1; wonder where PIG mum'll send us?

• Seeing Ray in the arvo for some acupuncture and massage; bet PIG mum's simply DYING to yap unceasingly @ him. XD

• Should have online choir rehearsal from 5:30pm till like 6:45pm.

• Prolly won't bbl after Toastmasters tonight so wishing everyone a smashing day toms!
  Cheers,
  Em. ^^

Monday Post 303c

 Good evening again and one final greeting for tonight! Em's final, final plodding total for Monday now stands @ 3652. Righteo, final, final events for tonight?

• Actually, just briefly, coz I've only got like ten minutes left:
• Saw Aunty Anna for some massage and acupuncture; she even gave me this adorable belated birthday present (some cute bag) when I left!
• Had arvo tea, returned online and watched the 6pm news bulletin (Nine's) for the 44TH time!
• Used loo for one tinkle and had dinner: rice, lotsa soup carrot, lotsa soup onion, lotsa soup tomato, lotsa little tong vegetable and several tiny chunks of yummy pork.
• Drank soup, took bowl to sink and returned online.
• Used loo for one more tinkle @ 9pm.
• Toms: Hannah's back minding me from 9-2 this time.
• Hopefully Michelle can find someone to take me to Toastmasters toms night!
• Righteo, hope everyone has a smashing day toms!
  Cheers,
  Em. ^^
  P.S. Watching the Silver Brumby's 32end episode! :D

Monday Post 303b

 Heylo again and good evening! Firstly, Em's new plodding total for Monday now stands @ 3523 (ha, I'm just over 3.5 grand XD); secondly, Joni's devotional topic's 'Mary Listened' and thirdly, Our Daily Bread's devotional topic's 'His Peace' but fourthly and way most importantly, I'm really still owed ELEVEN MINUTES online after I visit the loo once more @ 9pm!! Anyways, continuing tonight's events?

• Nature usually calls hourly after that initial pot :P trip but happiness this morning was snoring soundly all the way till dearest dad very thoughtfully and silently walked along the hallway and unpopped the lock into the garage before waking for another pot :P trip @ 7:45am.
• After dearest dad kisses me bye, retucks me back into bed and leaves for his hard day's work, I cuddle Uber and happily snore for about one more hour, waking once more for the pot :P shortly before noisy PIG mum begins her daily a-THUMPING around upstairs. Soon, she's let herself into my room to hit me with the eye goo before going back outside and awaiting Hannah's arrival @ 9am. 
• When she arrived, she knocked, pushed open the door, said good morning and fifteen more minutes. Uber nodded @ her and she obediently made herself scarce. XD
• Hannah's second return prompts me to use the pot :P for two more tinkles, before we get me kitted. While Hannah empties the commode for me, I brush teeth (Ela starts the week with a break from having to hold the toothbrush, yay) and then sit over the loo for just one tinkle, coming out when I realise I feel like doing a stinky unspeakable.
• Breakfast is three Weet-Bix with a very thin streak of honey, one slice of dry (unbuttered) toast with a little strawberry jam, 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*
• After breakfast, I sit once more over the loo. There, I do a stinky unspeakable, also leaning fully against the side rail and 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 Hannah's tank and she tootles me off to UQ.
• Physio today: three rounds cClock Yourself (two colours and one half-clock), stepping for Erf with left weightshift, left bumcheek clenching, walked through SIM house searching for three Minion printouts and lay down briefly for Darcy to assess Ela. Oh noes, Sonia's unwell and wasn't @ the NAB this morning; I've sent her a get well soon e-mail.
• After one more loo trip, HGannah tootles me home and I take a nice warm shower - hairwash today. Also thanks to Hannah who helps me rinse out my hair for me, thus freeing Era to hold my stupid right eye tightly shut.
• Dried, creamed and rekitted, lunch is one yummy toasted tuna in tomato and onion toasted sandwich cut into four squares and one mug of delicious vanilla chai with milk.
• After lunch, I head over to the computer and turn it on, while Hannah washes my lunch dishes for me. At 1pm I sign her off with my thanks and byes; she's back again toms 9-2.
  Cheers,
  Em. ^^

Monday Post 303

 Good afternoon! Firstly, today I've been hard @ work plodding 2027 steps (ha, I'm just over two grand XD); secondly, John Piper's devotional topic from last night's '10 Results Of The Resurrection' and thirdly, TWFT topic's 'Be A Restorer (1)' but fourthly and way most importantly, I'm really still owed ONE HOUR and FORTY-FIVE MINUTES online after I get back home from seeing Aunty Anna for some massage and acupuncture!! Anyways, events for today?

• Woo hoo, 8th consecutive awesome sleep last night! Nature didn't call until 6:05am and 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*
  Cheers,
  Em. ^^
  P.S. All the interesting surnames I saw while watching the 6pm bulletin (Nine's) for the 44TH time: Bavas, Hill, Grant, Buttriss, Heinke, Balaam, Youngberry, Piotrowski, Bardem, Cumberbatch, Rock (heard), Uhlmann, Khoury, Albanese, Calcutt, Dick, Crisafulli, Zelensky, Burns, Wildman, Potts, Hastie (heard), Kitching, Cavallaro, Blinken (heard), Palaszczuk, Rhodes, Fegan, Oates, Capewell, Farnworth (heard), Flegler (heard), Wheeler, Verstappen, Ricciardo, Mortimer, Dalton, Campion, DeBose and Riki (heard).  75.18USc = 1AUD.Wally Lewis read the sports report and Garry Youngberry read the weather report from Highgate Hill. Brisbane was 21-22 today. Mt. Gravatt toms: 19-24. Sunrise 5:55am Sunset 5:50.

Sunday Post 303b

 Heylo again, good evening again and probably one final greeting for tonight! Firstly, Em's probable final, final plodding total for Sunday now stands @ 5268 (ha, I'm more than half a normal person today XD) and secondly, the probable final, final spam count for the weekend's  now fifty-five. Righteo, probable final, final events for tonight?

• Breakfast is the last banana muffin I cooked with the OTs two days ago, 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*
• After breakfast, I walk myself slowly and safely to the loo, rising above the cruel and unfaithful God’s near-overwhelming hatred and not letting Him push me over. There, I do a stinky unspeakable, also leaning fully against the side rail and 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 sat outside my bedroom and waited for Fi, while PIG mum slathered me with sunscreen. When she arrived, she immediately gave me the other Silver Brumby novel she'd bought me for my birthday last week! :D

• Fi tootled me off to the Lung residence for SG and gave me a hand down the Lungs' steep driveway. Naomi opened the door for us; I immediately bid her a happy birthday!

• Yay we were upstairs today~ After splitting into genders for prayerWe started some new series called Love Your Neighbour and Alfee shared her testimony via prerecorded video; she'd even put a soundtrack to it! Nok Yee shared how she'd recently had some kinda mental breakdown ... hope she's alright! As for Pole, she went BMX biking with Josh but someone rode into the wall and cut herself everywhere! o_O

• Afterwards, Fi tootled me back to BCAC, I used the loo once (huge thanks to her who lifted the loo lid for me) and took my usual spot service.

• Got to stay seated for worship again, phew. Sang everything, plus the harmony for four songs but like every other week, meant absolutely NOTHING. >< *sigh*

• Speaker today was Reverend Chris with his last sermon on the Love God, Love Your Neighbour series and there was communion afterwards.

• After I used the loo once more, Dr. Esther tootled me to Garbo; she and Nok Yee went and bought us lunch while I waited in her car and played Candy Crush. XD

• Can you believe it? At 1:29pm, they'd already run outta original recipe chicken!! o_O Seriously, what self-respecting KFC does that?!o_O Instead, they offered me tenders and popcorn chicken; I said yes coz I'd never tried tenders before!

• Lunch bought, Dr. Esther tootled us to Rochedale State and I hiked the long trek down to outside the sports hall.

• Since KFC doesn't sell Krushers anymore, I'd ordered my KFC with a lemonade Frozen; yummy, but so sweet that afterwards I needed a drink from the bubbler!

• After we finished lunch, we all went into the sports hall. Lotsa people were there practising volleyball! I just sat there and played Candy Crush, although I only passed like two more levels. XD

• Dr. Esther said let's leave @ 4:27/4:28pm but since I walk so slowly everybody else was leaving too when I reached the carpark!! XD

• Once home, I asked PIG mum could she please feed me some arvo tea. The white dragon fruit was delicious, but having to let her gleefully force poor Ela to feed me wasn't, but @ least I finished before dad arrived home, meaning PIG mum didn't get the chance to show off to him how much power she's got over me, ha. XD But she saw my KFC lunch post and wouldn't lemme have any Hello Panda bikkies/Pocky sticks after the fruit, humph. >< Worst of all, I turned on Nine Now to watch the final two minutes of the NRL: the Cowboys beat The Broncos! ><" Oh, I'm not really that upset; they're both Queensland teams, after all. XD

• Took a nice warm shower afterwards - I washed and rinsed my own hair today. I also sang 18% of my shorter second-favourite song softly, slowly but most hatefully out aloud, opening both eyes for all the important numbers.

• After PIG mum dried my back and the back of the chair for me, I did everything else and she didn't feature again until my bra strap needed doing, Elf's AFO straps needed doing and both laces needed tying. Then I wiped the toilet seat dry, sat for two tinkles, dried inside both ears, washed and dried Era and then walked myself slowly and safely back online, again  rising above the cruel and unfaithful God’s near-overwhelming hatred and not letting Him push me over.

• When summoned for dinner, I used the loo for one more tinkle and climbed into the backseat of dad's 4WD.

• Dinner was @ Sunnybank Oriental; phew! I'd been fretting we'ds haveta eat @ the SCSC for the third consecutive Sunday running. XD Didn't eat much, but that's expected when out with the parents for dinner. XD

• Back home, I used the loo for one more tinkle and then walked myself slowly and safely back online, always  rising above the cruel and unfaithful God’s near-overwhelming hatred and not letting Him push me over.

• Toms: Hannah's minding me 9-1. She'll take me to UQ for my last NAB session with Darcy and see me home and showered before leaving @ 1pm.

• Seeing Aunty Anna for some massage and acupuncture. Since PIG mum can't yap @ Aunty Ann anymore, I suppose Aunty Anna's a good substitute. XD

• Maybe I'll even get to read for one hour and watch the 6pm news bulletin for the 44TH time!

• Righteo, hope everyone has a smashing week ahead!
  Cheers,
  Em. ^^

Sunday Post 303

 Good evening! Firstly, today I've been hard @ work plodding 4314 steps (ha, I'm over four grand; that doesn't happen too often! XD); secondly, John Piper's devotional topic from last night's "How To Delight In God's Word"; thirdly, TWFT topic's "Look For Good's Hand In It!"; fourthly, Joni's devotional topic's " You Are God's Friend If..."; fifthly, Our Daily Bread's devotional topic's 'The Essence Of Prayer'; sixthly, the final, final spam count for the week's 110 and seventhlly, the spam count for the weekend's fifty-three but sixthly and way most importantly, I'm really still owed ONE HOUR and ELEVEN MINUTES online after dinner tonight!! Anyways, events for today?

• Finally! After five near misses (four/more consecutive days of awesome sleeps) I finally scored my 5th one straight week of awesome sleeps! Ideally, to keep the twenty-five weeks of single week consecutive awesome sleeps I should achieve two each month @ least, but hey. For the past three straight years, I've managed twenty-five/more of those one straight week of consecutive awesome sleeps and don't really care too much anymore whether I still get them because I've shown that I CAN. XD
• Nature didn't call until 6:10am and 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* 
• Uber and I snore for about another hour, me waking again for the pot :P when PIG mum begins her daily a-THUMPING around upstairs. Soon, she's let herself into my room to hit me with the eye goo and help me exceedingly slightly with not only the bra strap but the tee (since dearest dad's still @ home), before leaving me to get myself mostly independently kitted, which I comply with after giving myself fifteen more minutes first. 
• PIG mum comes back to help with absolutely nothing bar Elf's AFO straps and both laces before I let her gleefully FORCE :( me to walk over to the bathroom to brush teeth (poor Ela). Teeth brushed, I sit over the loo for one tinkle, wash and dry Era and then walk myself slowly and safely out to the gobbling :P table,  rising above the cruel and unfaithful God’s near-overwhelming hatred and not letting Him push me over.
  Cheers,
  Em. ^^

Saturday Post 303c

 Good evening again and one final greeting for tonight! Em's final, final plodding total for Monday now stands @ 3797. Righteo, final, final events for tonight?

• After publishing the previous post, I watched The Silver Brumby's 31st episode then watched two Pentatonix clips from YouTube.
• At 9pm, I walked myself once more slowly and safely to the loo for one tinkle and back, again and always  rising above the cruel and unfaithful God’s near-overwhelming hatred and not letting Him push me over.
• Toms: just church, definitely nothing special. Actually, the first special thing's that Fi's taking me to the Lung residence for small group Bible study and then Dr. Esther's taking me to Rochedale High for lunch and sports then games! Will haveta sit out the first hour (volleyball training) coz I'm too disabled to play but hopefully I can join in with the boardgames. Oh, must remember not to play mobile games during the sermon toms else battery will have run flat by the time I get to Rochedale High. XD
• Fingers crossed dad will take us out for dinner together toms night!
• Righteo, hope to see everyone @ church toms!
  Cheers,
  Em. ^^

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Saturday Post 303b

 Heylo again and good evening! Firstly, Em's new plodding total for Saturday now stands @ 3603 (ha, I'm over 3.5 grand XD) and secondly, Joni's devotional topic's 'Wrong Expectations'. Righteo, continuing tonight's events?

• After I used the loo for one more tinkle, I climbed into Nisha's passenger seat and she tootled us off to Calamvale Central, finding parking underground.
• After she grabbed a trolley for us, we caught the lift upstairs and started by looking for facial tissues @ Woolies, but they'd already sold out!
• Instead, I went with Nisha into the Mega Discount Fruit Market where she bought some dragon fruit.
• Our last stop before returning home was to buy my egg salad sushi roll. Nisha bought a cup of cane juice but later said 'twasn't sweet enough.
• Back home I took a nice warm shower - hairwash today. Also thanks to Nisha who helped me rinse out my hair, thus freeing Era to hold my stupid right eye tightly shut.
• I had one tinkle before Nisha flipped the nice warm water off, got dried, got creamed and had another tinkle. When Nisha rekitted me, I had one more tinkle when she was helping with Elf's sock and one last when she was giving Wally back to Ela.
• Back outside, Nisha made me another mug of white tea with two sugars first before going to clean the bathroom. When she came back she microwaved me the leftovers dad left me for lunch. She's not too good @ cooking the bread yummy with butter for breakfast, but she's much better adding some oyster sauce to the leftovers dad left her to reheat for me! XD
• At 1:40pm I used the loo for two more tinkles and @ 1:45pm, dad signed Nisha off. She's back next Saturday same time.
• Dad tootled us off to BCAC to play ping pong! Today I played three rounds with him; there were seven/eight uncles present.
• Back home, I had my yummy egg salad sushi for arvo tea plus one mug of green tea, used the loo for one tinkle and then plopped online to watch the 6pm news bulletin (Nine's) for the 43RD time.
• The moment the news ended, PIG mum summoned me over for dinner. Actually, she'd given me the call @ 6:48pm but I'd said you guys eat first; I'll join after the news finishes. Then I feel super-loved coz they'd waited for me!! 
• Dinner tonight: rice, lotsa yummy cauliflower, lotsa soup carrot, lotsa some third vegetable I've since forgotten and four small chunks of pork, two tasteless soup chunks and two even smaller but tasty chunks.
• Dinner was spooned down with one bowl of soup; after I took my bowl to the sink I walked myself slowly and safely back online,  rising above the cruel and unfaithful God’s near-overwhelming hatred and not letting Him push me over.
• Righteo, hopefully bbl after one last loo trip with my final, final plodding total for today, the final, final events for tonight plus what's happening Sunday, else hoping to see everyone @ church toms!
  Cheers,
  Em. ^^

Saturday Post 303

 Good afternoon! Firstly, today I've been hard @ work plodding 3308 steps; secondly, John Piper's daily devotional topic from last night's 'Forever Satisfied'; thirdly, TWFT topic's 'Heaven Is Real' and fourthly, Our Daily Bread's devotional topic's 'A Life Of Intregrity' but fifthly and way most importantly, I'm really still owed FIF MINUTES online after I watch the 6pm news bulletin for the 43RD time!! Anyways, events for today?

• Yay, 6th awesome consecutive sleep last night! Actually, nature did call once shortly before midnight but I used the pot :P really quickly and was back in bed before the new day arrived. Actually, nature may have called again while 'twas still dark but I was too sleepy to turn the light on and check the time, so I'm counting last night as another awesome night's sleep. XD Nature didn't call until 6:05am, and 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*

•  One hour later, I'm awakened for another pot :P trip by PIG mum beginning her daily a-THUMPING around upstairs. Soon she's let herself into my room to hit me with the eye goo before dashing off for her half day's work. After dearest dad retucks me back into bed, says he'll cook me sth for lunch and stay quiet so I can snore in peace, before returning to sleep 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*

• I happily cuddle Uber and snore, waking twice more for the pot :P before Nisha announces her arrival @ 10am. Dad lets her in, she bids me good morning and asks fifteen more minutes? Uber nods @ her and she wisely disappears. XD

• After fifteen more minutes, I call out to Nisha that I'm hungry and swing myself over to the pot :P for several more tinkles. Nisha says she's coming; just getting some gloves first. We get me kitted and then I head over to the bathroom to brush teeth. Thanks to Nisha who squirts me some toothpaste; Ela enjoys her final break this week. XD After drinking one cup of water, I sit over the loo. There, I do a stinky unspeakable, also leaning fully against the side rail and 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 head out to the gobbling :P table for breakfast. Thanks to dad who cooked some ham and eggs; thanks also to Nisha who tried to cook the bread yummy with butter and added one slice of cheese for me. Over and after breakfast, I read for thirty minutes the book club novel, reaching pg. 150 @ exactly 11:15am.
  Cheers,
  Em. ^^
  P.S. All the interesting surnames I saw while watching the 6pm news bulletin (Nine's, read by Jonathan Uptin) for the 43RD time: Kirilenko, Putin (heard), Greenbank, Zhovaka, Kramer, Pullar, Schrinner, Kearsley, Albanese (heard), Laxale, Tomasi, Tupper, Genovese, Yarnell (first name), Carrick (heard), Jary, Shayla (first name), Gildea, Blanco, Eggleton (heard), Walters, Manu (heard), Demetriou, Maguire, Gagai (heard), Stone (heard), McCluggage (heard), Gottlieb, Greer, Mayne,  Koenen, Dabar, Khawaja, Kokkinakis, Kyrgios, Schwartzmann (heard), Eggleton, Sydes, Bagnall and Dearden. Ebony Cavallaro read the weather report from Newstead. Brisbane was 19-28 today. Mt. Gravatt toms: 19-25. Sunrise 5:54am Sunset 5:52pm.

Friday Post 303c

 Good evening again and one final greeting for tonight! Firstly, Em's final, final plodding total for Friday now stands @ 4015 (sweet, I'm just over four grand; that doesn't happen too often!) and secondly, the final, final spam count for the week's now 104. Hey, that's only the 2nd time this year it's passed 100! Righteo, final, final events for tonight?

• After Facebooking briefly I started watching The Silver Brumby's 30th episode!
• At 9pm, I walked myself slowly and safely once more to the loo for one tinkle and back, always  rising above the cruel and unfaithful God’s near-overwhelming hatred and not letting Him push me over.
• Toms: Nisha's minding me from 10am till 2pm. She says she'll take me out for walkies somewhere; will dad send us to Underwood Marketplace/Calamvale Central?
• Will shower when we get home since I don't get 4-6pm support anymore.
• There mightn't be any ping pong @ church toms arvo coz poor Uncle Sam's isolating after being confirmed a close contact! >< Eep; hope he's alright ...
• Looking forward to my three big mugs of white tea and the opportunity to read for three hours toms! PIG mum found my book club novel for me; that's kinda a pity coz it's not very interesting but the Silver Brumby's awesome! :D XD
• Righteo, hope everyone has a smashing weekend ahead; me, I'm gonna go finish the Silver Brumby's 30th episode now!

Friday Post 303b

 Heylo again and good evening! Firstly, Em's new plodding total for Friday now stands @ 3854; secondly, Joni's devotional topic's "Giving All You've Got" and thirdly, Our Daily Bread's devotional topic's "Where's God?" Righteo, continuing tonight's events?

• Once I'd used up my most important two hours of the day, I headed over to the gobbling :P table and asked PIG mum could she please feed me some arvo tea?
• For some reason, I'd misplaced my book club novel? Never mind, I started reading the Silver Brumby book Fiona gave me for my birthday this year instead! I reached page twenty-five @ 5:29pm. Arvo tea was one of the delicious choc banana muffins I'd baked with Tiff and Marissa earlier and one mug of yummy peppermint tea. 
• After using the loo for one more tinkle I returned online and happily watched the 6pm news bulletin (Nine's) for the 42ND.
• Summoned for dinner immediately after the news ended, I used the loo for one tinkle and then walked myself slowly and safely to the gobbling :P table,  rising above the cruel and unfaithful God’s near-overwhelming hatred and not letting Him push me over.
• Dinner tonight: rice, lotsa yummy cauliflower, lotsa sweet potato and one small half-mouthful of tasty pork.
• Dessert was two chips and one tiny chunk of battered fish and dinner was spooned down with one bowl of soup; after taking the bowl online I walked myself slowly and safely back online, again rising above the cruel and unfaithful God’s near-overwhelming hatred and not letting Him push me over.
• Righteo, hopefully bbl after one last loo trip @ 9pm with my final, final plodding total for today, the final, final events for tonight, the final, final spam count for the week plus what's happening Saturday, else wishing everyone a smashing weekend ahead!
  Cheers,
  Em. ^^

Friday Post 303

 Good afternoon! Firstly, today I've been hard @ work plodding 3311 steps; secondly, John Piper's daily devotional topic from last night's 'Ministry And The Fear Of Man'; thirdly, TWFT topic's 'Have You Sinned? God Will Forgive You!' and fourthly, the spam count for the week's ninety-three. Anyways, events for today?

• Yay, 5th consecutive awesome sleep last night! Nature didn't call until the noisy garbage truck woke me when it THUNDERED down our road to start tipping bins, and 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* ]
• Usually nature calls hourly after that initial pot :P trip but happiness was snoring soundly today all the way until dearest dad very thoughtfully walks silently along the hallway and unpops the lock leading into the garage before waking again for the pot. :P
• After dearest dad kisses me bye, retucks me into bed and leaves for his hard day's work, Uber and I happily cuddle and snore, me waking once more for the pot :P shortly before noisy PIG mum begins her usual daily a-THUMPING around upstairs. Soon, she's let herself into my room too hit me with the eye goo before going back outside and awaiting  Peggy's arrival @ 9am.
• When Peggy arrives, she bids me good morning, I wave Uber @ her and she bids Uber good morning too before giving us fifteen more minutes. When she comes back, I use the pot :P for a few more tinkles, we get me kitted and then  I head over to the bathroom and brush teeth. Thanks to Peggy who squirts me some toothpaste. Teeth brushed, I sit over the loo for only one tinkle, coming out when I realise I feel like doing a stinky unspeakable.
• Breakfast is one bowl of the less yummy bird food (what Dr. Ku calls All-Bran XD), one slice of dry (unbuttered) toast spread with strawberry jam, 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*
• That done, I climb into Peggy's car and she tootles me off to Calamvale Central Central for walkies and grocery shopping.
• Less than thirty minutes left, so just briefly: Mother wouldn't lemme buy a sushi roll for arvo tea but she did lemme buy a pork salad roll for lunch.
• Got home, turned alarm off and took a nice warm shower - hairwash today. Also thanks to Peggy who helped me rinse out my hair, thus freeing Era to hold my stupid right eye tightly shut.
• After getting dried, creamed and rekitted, lunch is the yummy pork salad roll and one mug of vanilla chai with milk.
• Tiff and Marissa come gimme OT; we made choc chip and banana muffins together and next week's the last time I'll ever see Marissa!
• When they left, I walked them to the door, said thanks, bye, used the loo for one tinkle and plopped online.
• After I've used up my most important two hours of the day I'll head over to the gobbling :P table for my arvo tea muffin; maybe I'll even read for one hour!
• Toms: think Nisha's minding me from 10am till 2pm. Will shower @ 12:30pm since I don't get 4-6pm support anymore.
• Think there's ping pong toms arvo? Will ask dad over dinner tonight.
• Looking forward to my three big mugs of white tea and fingers crossed for the chance to read for three hours toms!
• Anyways, hopefully bbl, else wishing everyone a smashing weekend ahead!
  Cheers,
  Em. ^^
  P.S. All the interesting surnames I saw while watching the 6pm news bulletin (Nine's) for the 42ND time: Fegan, Yvette (first name), D'Ath, Gerrard, Pullar, Benn, Doyle (heard), Kearsley, Birmingham, Dutton, Albanese, Shayla (first name), Cavallaro, Baxter (heard), Kramer, Lamb, Goulter, Rasborsek, McQueen, Mason, Greenbank, Zelensky, Lukashenko, Gildea, Lavin, Bronte (first name), Hastie (heard), McGrice, Kistler, Trump, Kohler,  Vest Khawaja, Zorko (heard), Mooney, Sainsbury and Gottlieb. 1AUD = 75.27USc.Wally Lewis read the sports report and Luke Bradnam read the weather report from Broadbeach. Brisbane was 21-30 today. Mt. Gravatt toms: 18-25. Sunrise 5:54am Sunrise 5:53pm

Thursday Post 303b

 Heylo again, good evening and one final greeting for tonight! Firstly, Em's final, final plodding total for Thursday now stands @ 2804; secondly, Joni's devotional topic's "A Calf's Look @ Life" and thirdly, Our Daily Bread's devotional topic's 'And Seven Others'. Righteo, final, final events for tonight?

• When the parents summoned me to dinner, I used the loo for one tinkle and then walked myself slowly and safely to the gobbling :P table, rising above the cruel and unfaithful God’s near-overwhelming hatred and not letting Him push me over. I'd been watching St. George vs. Cronulla.
• Dinner  tonight: rice, lotsa yummy cauliflower, lotsa soup carrot, lotsa soup tomato, one chunk of salmon and three little yummy chunks of pork.
• Dinner was spooned down with one bowl of soup, after which I was ready to return online but dad ordered I watch the match's 2nd half?
• Once the final siren blew, I headed back online. Seeing 'twas exactly 9pm, I walked myself once more slowly and safely to the loo for one tinkle and back, again and always rising above the cruel and unfaithful God’s near-overwhelming hatred and not letting Him push me over.
• Tonight's ice cream night, yay! Like I say every week, a very little's better than none @ all!
• Toms: Peggy's minding me from 9am till 1pm; PIG mum's already said I can buy my weekly pork salad roll from the Calamvale Central Vietnamese bakery for lunch.
• Tiff and Marissa are coming to gimme an OT session in the arvo; we're cooking sth with chocolate since my Chopping Board Of Death's still in disgrace and banned from participating in the cooking since slicing Era's poor thumb open last fortnight. XD
• Hopefully I'll get to watch the 6pm news bulletin for the 42ND time!
• Righteo, hope everyone has a smashing end to the week toms!
  Cheers,
  Em. ^^

Thursday Post 303

 Good afternoon! Firstly, today I've been hard @ work plodding 2352 steps; secondly, John Piper's daily devotional topic from last night's 'Ignorance Guarantees Ungodliness' and thirdly, TWFT topic's 'Listen To The Right Voice'. Anyways, events for today?

• Yay, 4th consecutive awesome sleep last night! Nature didn't call until 6:00am, and 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*

•  One hour later, I'm woken again for another pot :P trip, this time by noisy PIG mum beginning her daily noisy a-THUMPING around upstairs. Soon, she's let herself into my room to hit me with the eye goo before returning back outside and awaiting Karina's arrival @ 7:30am.

• Only suddenly CODA rings and says Karina's stuck in traffic, but she's coming! PIG mum decides she'll help me get kitted first and leave for work. Luckily, Karina arrives when I'm putting shoes on.

• Thanks to Karina who squirted me some toothpaste; after brushing teeth I sat over the loo for only one tinkle, coming out when I realised I felt like doing a stinky unspeakable.

• Breakfast was one bowl of the yummier, flaky bird food (what Dr. Ku calls All-Bran XD), one slice of toast spread with butter and strawberry jam, all my usual drugs :P and one full mug of water. Thanks to Karina who turned on Sunrise for my viewing pleasure; 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*

• After breakfast, I sit once more over the loo. There, I do a stinky unspeakable, also leaning fully against the side rail and 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 Karina's passenger seat and she tootles me off to GCCW, going some backwards way coz her GPS had told her that Logan Road was blocked.

• Upon arrival, I used the loo once and then stood waiting awhile for the librarian to unlock the door and let us in.

• Like twelve people attended today. Thanks to Crystal who helped me once to the loo for morning tea and Stan who actually sang me some happy birthday song in Polish that went sth along the lines of living till 100! My homework was well-received; the member that calls me 'the bear girl' says he liked how I spelt thwpppdd' to express the spouting blood. XD

• The lady with the squeaky voice even made mini meat pies for morning tea and I was given two extra slices to take home!

• After one more loo trip, Karina tootled me off to C Cafe, finding a disabled park upstairs. I was grumpy coz the descending escalators weren't working and I had to haul myself down. >< *sigh*
  

• For lunch I chose the three fried chicken wings and fried egg with rice in tomato sauce (but I got four!) with a cold HK-style milk tea and Karina got the BBQ pork and rice with a honey lemon Ribena and a can of Coke.

• Back home, I took a nice warm shower - hairwash today. Also thanks to Karina who helped me rinse my hair out, thus freeing Era to hold my stupid right eye tightly shut.

• I have one tinkle before Karina flips the nice warm water off, get dried, have another tinkle and get creamed. When Karina rekits me, I have one more tinkle when she's helping with Elf's AFO straps and one last when she's giving Wally back to Ela.

• Back outside I split half of one slice of leftover birthday cake that I was given; I also drink some fruity infusion thing. Karina cleans the bathroom and then comes back to gently massage Ela briefly.

• Before I sign Karina off with my thanks and byes, I use the loo once more for two tinkles. She's back next Thursday same time.

• Looking forward to watching the news (Seven's) for the 41ST time!

• Tonight's ice cream night, yay! Like I always say, a very little's better than none @ all!

• Toms: think Vicki's minding me 9-1? No, I mean Peggy! Hopefully PIG mum'll lemme go buy a BBQ pork salad roll for lunch.

• Tiff and Marissa are coming to gimme an OT session toms arvo; we're making choc chip muffins coz my Chopping Board Of Death's still in disgrace from slicing Era's poor right thumb open last week. XD

• Toms night: Bunnies vs. Roosters; maybe I'll watch that?

• Anyways, hopefully bbl tonight, else wishing everyone a smashing end to their week toms!
  Cheers,
  Em. ^^
  P.S. All the interesting surnames I saw while watching the 6pm news bulletin (Nine's) for the 41ST time: Fegan, Barty (heard), Calcutt, Laver, Radunacu, Hastie (heard), Genders, Uhlmann, Azrak, Frydenberg, Cavallaro, Greenbank, Zelensky, Burns, Parvinder (first name), Melinda (first name, heard), Gudinski, Haas (heard), Isaako (heard), Petaia, Tupou (heard), Khawaja, Sydes, Backhus, Labuschagne (heard), Gallen, Kyrgios and Carrigan (heard). 1AUD = 74.85USc.Wally Lewis read the sports report and Garry Youngberry read the weather report from Scarborough. Brisbane was 21-31 today. Mt. Gravatt toms: 19-29 Sunrise 5:53am Sunset 5:54pm

Wednesday Post 303c

 Good evening again and one final greeting for tonight! Em's final, final plodding total for Wednesday now stands @ 6558. Ha, I'm just over 6.5 grand. XD Righteo, final, final events for tonight?

• After publishing the previous post, I just Facebooked for five minutes. XD
• At 9pm, I walked myself slowly and safely once more to the loo for one tinkle and back, always  rising above the cruel and unfaithful God’s near-overwhelming hatred and not letting Him push me over.
• Toms: Karina's taking me to GCCW! Even more excitingly, PIG mum's baking me a belated birthday cake to share with everyone who's coming toms (but Lisa and Alison won't be)! Stan said he wouldn't sing me the Happy Birthday song unless I bought cake. XD
• We'll have lunch @ C Cafe coz I've already asked for the lunch specials and will have the three fried chicken wings and fried egg with rice!
• Hmm ... wonder if PIG mum'll lemme get Karina to buy us buns from BreadTop so we'll get arvo tea? Nah, she'll prolly gleefully force poor Ela to feed me fruit. *sigh*
• We're not far along enough into the season for Thursday night football yet, so just fingers crossed I can watch the 6pm news bulletin for the 41ST time!
• Best of all, it's ice cream night toms night! Like I always say, a very little's better than none @ all!
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• Righteo, hope everyone's having a smashing week!
  Cheers,
  Em. ^^

Wednesday Post 303b

 Heylo again and good evening! Firstly, Em's new plodding total for Wednesday now stands @ 6401; secondly, Joni's devotional topic's 'A Sneak Preview?' and thirdly, Our Daily Bread's devotional topic's 'Keep It Simple'. Righteo, continuing tonight's events?

• We get me kitted and then I head over to brush teeth. Thanks to Shelly who squirts me some toothpaste; teeth brushed, I sit over the loo for only one tinkle and come out to the gobbling :P table when I realise I feel like doing a stinky unspeakable.
• Breakfast is one bowl of bird food (what Dr. Ku calls A-Bran XD), one full mug of water, all my usual drugs :P and one slice of toast light buttered and strawberry jammed. 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*
• After breakfast, I sit once more over the loo. There, I do a stinky unspeakable, also leaning fully against the side rail and 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 Shelly's passenger seat and she tootles me off to the NAB.
• Physio today: I take my first hike of the year around The Great Court! Sorry I keep forgetting the new teacher's name, the one that's two/three years younger than me. Oh, Kirsten! I also do like seven sit-to-stands with left weightshift. Next week's the last week of the current rotation; Sonia told me today that I'm having the next five weeks off and then coming back for another five.
• After one more loo trip, Shelly tootles me home and I take a nice warm shower - hairwash today. Also thanks to Shelly who helps me rinse my hair out, thus freeing Era to hold my stupid right eye tightly shut.
• Dried, creamed and rekitted, lunch is one tuna in tomato and onion toastie with one slice of cheese cut into four squares and one delicious mug of vanilla chai with milk.
• Lunch finished, I boot the computer up, sign Shelly off with my thanks and byes (actually, PIG mum does that; she's back again same time next Wednesday) and boot the computer up.
• Next, PIG mum tootles me off to see Ray for some massage and acupuncture. Unlike Shelly, who kindly helped me buckle my seatbelt for the trip back home from UQ, of course PIG mum gleefully forces me to buckle my own seatbelt both ways. She only let's me listen to Westlife's Chinese song once before I've gotta listen to her playlist for the remainder of the car trips. Era helps Ela stretch for twenty minutes before Ela opens and closes her palm 100 times, holding each for a count of five.
  At Ray's, I use the loo for one tinkle and lie down for some acupuncture and massage. PIG mum's in her element, yapping unceasingly @ him; my gracious thanks to Ray who always replies and keeps a conversation flowing.
• After one more tinkle, PIG mum tootles us home. I open the front door and sit @ the computer to compose and send my GCCW homework.
• For arvo tea, PIG mum cuts up one juicy pear for me and feeds me a peppermint tea.
• I use the loo for one tinkle before trying to join online choir practice but it doesn't load? Unfortunately my mobile battery fell flat, meaning I couldn't follow from my mobile.
• Instead, I watched the 6pm news bulletin (Seven's) for the 40TH time!
• When I was summoned to dinner, I used the loo for one tinkle and walked myself slowly and safely to the gobbling :P table,  rising above the cruel and unfaithful God’s near-overwhelming hatred and not letting Him push me over.
• Dinner tonight: rice, lotsa yummy wombok, lotsa soup carrot, lotsa soup potato and two and a tiny extra chunk of tasty pork.
• Dinner was spooned down with one bowl of soup; after taking my bowl over to the sink I walked myself slowly and safely back online, again rising above the cruel and unfaithful God’s near-overwhelming hatred and not letting Him push me over.
• Anyways, hopefully bbl after one last loo trip @ 9pm with my final, final plodding total for today, the final, final events for tonight plus what's happening toms, else hope everyone's having a smashing week!
  Cheers,
  Em. ^^

Wednesday Post 303

 Good afternoon! Firstly, today I've been hard @ work plodding 6008 steps (sweet, I'm more than half a normal person and even over six thousand steps today!); secondly, John Piper's devotional topic from last night's "Satan's Candy Store" and thirdly, TWFT topic's 'Stick With God's Plan (2)' but fourthly and way most importantly, I'm really still owed ONE HOUR and TWENTY-EIGHT MINUTES online after I join choir rehearsal online!! Anyways, events for today?

• Yay, 3rd consecutive awesome sleep last night! Like the previous two nights, nature didn't call until 6:10am, and 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* 
• Usually, nature calls hourly after that initial pot :P trip, but happiness today was snoring with Uber soundly until dearest dad very thoughtfully walks silently along the hallway and pops the lock leading into the garage before waking for another pot :P trip.
• After dearest dad kisses me bye, retucks me back into bed and leaves for his hard day's work, Uber and I happily cuddle and snore, me waking once more for the pot :P shortly before PIG mum begins her noisy daily a-THUMPING around upstairs. Soon, she's let herself into my room to hit me with the eye goo before going back outside and awaiting the new carer's arrival.
• When Shelly arrives, PIG mum lets her in, tells me fifteen more minutes and leads Shelly down the hallway and introduces her to things, I suppose.
• After my fifteen more minutes, I sit up and introduce myself to Shelly. I reckon she looks awfully old, but that prolly means she's only in her fifties. XD
• We get me kitted and then I head over to brush teeth. Thanks to Shelly who squirts me some toothpaste, 
  Cheers,
  Em. ^^
  
  P.S. All the interesting surnames I saw while watching the 6pm bulletin (Seven's, read by Sharyn Ghidella) for the 40TH time: Barty, Pliskova, Tiley, Palaszczuk, Whell, Tomeka (first name), Bickle, Whop, Crisafulli, Yvette (first name), D'Ath, Chumbley, Coll, Ensbey, Baxter (heard), Heathwood, Casson, Putin (heard), Whitfeld, Peskov, Poroshenko, Guterres, Zschech, Zelensky, Albanese (heard), Kitching (heard), Keneally (heard), Gyte, McClintock, Leonie (first), Mullany, Tully, Castronovo, Henschke, Greenhalgh, Lambrinos, Haydon, Dellacqua (heard), Cobbo (heard), Neame, Staggs (heard), Rioli, Tupou (heard), Latham, Peirson, Rainbird, Jewell, Shafique, Haydon, Balme and Renouf (heard). Gemma Acton read the finance report. 74.6ausC = 1aud. Shane Webcke read the sports report and Tony Auden read the weather report from Surfers Paradise. Brisbane was 19-31 today. Brisbane toms: 21-29. Sunrise 5:53am Sunset 5:55pm

Tuesday Post 302

 Good afternoon! Firstly, today I've been hard @ work plodding 2102 steps (ha, I'm over two grand XD); secondly, John Piper's devotional topic from last night's "God's Best Promise" and thirdly, TWFT topic's "Stick With God's Plan (1)". Anyways, events for today?

• Yay, second consecutive awesome sleep last night! Like yesterday, nature didn't call until 6:10am, and 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*\

• Nature usually calls hourly after that initial pot :P trip, but happiness was snoring soundly with Uber all the way until dearest dad very thoughtfully silently walks down the hallway and unpops the lock into the garage before waking for another pot :P trip.
• After dearest dad kisses me bye, retucks me back into bed and leaves for his hard day's work, Uber and I happily cuddle and snore, me waking once more for the pot :P shortly before noisy PIG mum begins her daily noisy a-THUMPING around upstairs. Soon, she's let herself into my room to hit me with the eye goo before going back outside and awaiting Hannah's arrival @ 9am.
• When Hannah arrives, PIG mum lets her in, she knocks, opens door, says good morning and fifteen more minutes? When Uber nods she wisely retreats for another quarter-hour; after she comes back I use the pot :P for several more tinkles, we get me kitted and I head over to brush teeth before going outside to the gobbling :P table.
• Breakfast is one yummy bowl of flaky bird food (what Dr. Ku calls All-Bran XD) with one slice of buttered toast spread with the orange marmalade Anna made me, 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*
• After breakfast, I sit over the loo. There, I do a stinky unspeakable, also leaning fully against the side rail and 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 Hannah's tank and she tootles me off to Underwood MarketPlace for walkies and grocery shopping. Tissue boxes were out, though.
• Happiness was getting like 1.5 hours to play mobile games afterwards! Although I only managed to pass two more levels of Jewel Legend. XD
• Back home, I took a nice warm shower - hairwash today. Also thanks to Hannah who helped me rinse my hair out, thus freeing Era to hold my stupid right eye tightly shut. While showering, I also softly, slowly but most hatefully sang 20% of my shorter second-favourite song out aloud. Actually, I was done only after 10% but happily fully leaned against the right side-rail and watered myself for another tinkle before calling Hannah back.
• After I flipped the nice warm water off, I got dried, got creamed and had another tinkle. When Hannah rekitted me, I had one more tinkle when she was helping with Elf's sock and one last tinkle when she was giving Wally back to Era.
• Back outside, PIG mum ordered I come flip the tuna in tomato and onion with a slice of cheese toastie she'd made for me before letting me sit. Lunch was washed down with one mug of vanilla chai with milk, yum!
• After lunch, I plopped online before signing Hannah off with my thanks and byes. She's back @ 5:30pm and taking me to Toastmasters!
• Toms: can't remember who's taking me to UQ where I'm doing physio with Hamish.
• Afternoon appointment to see Ray for some acupuncture and massage; bet PIG mum's simply DYING to yap ceaselessly @ him. XD
• Wonder if I've got time to enjoy my most important two hours of the day, eat arvo tea and read for one hour before joining choir practice from 5:30pm till 6:45pm?
• But prolly won't bbl so hope everyone has a smashing day toms!
  Cheers,
  Em. ^^