Sunday Post 305

 Good afternoon! Firstly, today I've been hard @ work plodding 2910 steps; secondly, John Piper's daily devotional topic from last night's Fifteen Tactics For Joy'; thirdly, TWFT topic's 'Look Before You Leap!; fourthly, the final, final spam count for the week's actually sixty-fourfifthly, the spam count for the weekend's already ten; wow, it reached double digits! But sixthly and way most importantly, I'm really still owed THIRTY-NINE MINUTES online after I shower!! Anyways, events for today?

• Aww, my five-day awesome sleep streak when my idiot bladder poked me awake @ 1:50am and demanded I use the pot :P; nature called again around 6am 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 cuddle and snore for about another hour, PIG mum's daily a-THUMPING around upstairs my wakeup call to use the pot :P again. 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 @ 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 and brush teeth (poor Ela). Teeth brushed, I sit over the loo for only one tinkle, coming out when PIG mum orders I eat breakfast first.

• After pouring myself one mug of water, breakfast is one bowl of the less-yummy sticky bird food (what Dr. Ku calls All-Bran XD, one little slice of that amazing green tea cake that Aunty Winnie made for us yesterday, 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 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 climb into the backseat of PIG mum's 4WD and she tootles me off to church. Of course, she gleefully forces me to buckle my own seatbelt, but I slide down the seat without her noticing. XD

• After walking down the driveway to church, I use the normal ladies toilets myself once (since the disabled loos' lid's down and horrid PIG mum wouldn't lift it for me) then enter Bible study classroom.

• About eight joined today; Uncle William led a study from Psalm eighty-five. Annoyingly, he wouldn't begin @ 9am hence why class ended five minutes late.
  Cheers,
  Em. ^^

Saturday Post 305c

 Good evening again and one final greeting for tonight! Em's final, final plodding total for Saturday now stands @ 4511. Ha, I'm even over 4.5 grand tonight. XD Rigfhteo, final, final events for tonight?

• When PIG mum wandered around @ 8:50pm, I asked may I please have a slice of that green tea cake that Aunty Winnie baked for us?
• PIG mum had one slice too; 'twas PERFECT! Sweet and fluffy; meaning of course PIG mum thought 'twas too sweet. XD I took a lil sip of water afterwards @ her demand.
• Before returning online, I used the loo for one more tinkle.
• Toms: just church, definitely nothing special. Alas that our EM monthly lunches have been cancelled this year; expecting a pissy little Happy Meal with dad @ Maccas and then a stressful arvo @ the hands of PIG mum. >< *sigh*
• But dad had better take us out for Chinese food for dinner toms night and gimme ONE bowl of rice!!
• Righteo, looking forward to seeing everyone @ church toms!
  Cheers,
  Em. ^^

Saturday Post 305b

 Heylo again and good evening! Firstly, Em's new plodding total for Saturday now stands @ 4292; secondly, Joni's devotional topic's 'A Paradox' and thirdly, Our Daily Bread's devotional topic's 'Servants Of The Night'. But whoops I'm already outta time, so super-briefly:

• Used loo for one tinkle, ate dinner and returned online.
• Righteo, 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 Sunday, else looking forward to seeing everyone @ church toms!
  Cheers,
  Em. ^^

Saturday Post 305

 Good afternoon! Firstly, today I've been hard @ work plodding 4069 steps (sweet, I'm just over four grand; that doesn't happen too often!); secondly, John Piper's devotional topic from last night's 'The Day Is At Hand' and thirdly, TWFT topic's 'Teach Your Children' but fourthly and way most importantly, I'm really still owed TWENTY-TWO MINUTES online after I watch the 6pm bulletin for the 55TH time!! Anyways, events for today?

• Yay, 5th consecutive awesome sleep last night! Nature didn't call until 6:15am and after one pot :P trip I immediately fell back asleep since I knew with certainty that PIG mum would get noisy one hour later!
• Like clockwork, noisy PIG mum goes a-THUMPING upstairs one hour later and gets changed for her half-day's work; that's my wakeup call to use the pot :P again, after which 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* 
• After PIG mum dashes into my room to hit me with the eye goo, rushes off to work and after dearest dad promises to leave me some rice leftovers and stay quiet so that Uber and I can snore in peace, before falling back asleep 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*

• Before Nisha arrived, I woke twice more for the pot :P; after she arrived she gave me fifteen more minutes. Once I'd counted down those fifteen more minutes I swung myself over to the pot :P once more and then we got me kitted, before I went over to the bathroom and brushed teeth. After brushing teeth, I sit over the loo and  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 outside to the gobbling :P table for breakfast. Thanks to dearest dad who's cooked yummy ham and eggs and thanks to Nisha who cooks the bread yummy and adds one slice of cheese for me. I enjoy my first mug of white tea with two sugars and happily read the book club novel for thirty-one minutes.

• While I used the loo for one more tinkle, Nisha shut and locked the windows. After I climbed into Nisha's passenger seat, she tootled me off for walkies @ Calamvale Central. Unfortunately, all the disabled parks outside the entrance were taken and she couldn't find any free spot until @ the other end, which meant I had to walk the ENTIRE LENGTH of the store and BACK to buy sushi, coz it turns out Woolies had run outta cheap facial tissues! 

• Back home, I took a nice hot 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 hot water off, got creamed, got dried 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 my second big mug of white tea with two sugars, reheated rice leftovers for my lunch and went to clean the bathroom while I kept reading.

• When dad got home, I used the loo for two more tinkles and he signed Nisha off, before he helped me climb into his big work van and tootled us off to church to play ping pong~

• Today I play three rounds with him. Dad's such a sweetheart; he lemme 'win' our last game. XD Recently, since I'm hitting more balls than missing, he's upped his game and started playing spin shots @ me, yelling 'sai!' when he spins a ball @ me! Since I've not a clue what he means, I hit the ball back and yell 'dong'! back @ him. XD

• Back home, I use the loo for one more tinkle then sit @ the gobbling :P table to munch my yummy calamari sushi roll and drink one mug of peppermint.

• Before popping online, I use the loo for one tinkle.

• Toms: just church, nothing special. Predicting Maccas for lunch with the parents and a stressful arvo @ the hands of PIG mum but dad had better take us out for dinner toms night!

• Anyways, hopefully bbl, else looking forward to seeing everyone @ church toms!
  Cheers,
  Em. ^^
  P.S. All the interesting surnames I saw when watching the 6pm bulletin (Nine's, read by Jonathan Uptin) for the 55TH time: Lendl, Djokovich (heard), Albanese (heard), Willan, Tomasi (heard), Genovese, Olya (first name), Ghislaine (first name), Epstein (heard), Foley (heard), Shorten, Coates, Chesterman, Bach (heard), Bronte (first name),  Gildea, Farmer, Moffat, Colahan, Tomasi, Irwin, Kramer, Tsehai (first name), Field, Gottlieb, Sydes, Fenelon, Brimson (heard), Cleary (heard), Lawton (heard), Hasler, Taffe, Dufficy, Zahos, Tupou (heard), Thorn, Paisami (heard), De Pasquale, Van Gisbergen (heard), Fitzgibbon, Balzer, Ain (first name), de Horta, Sharina (first name), Star and Fifita (heard). Wally Lewis read the sports report and Luke Bradnam read the weather report from some southside sports club (Main Beach). Brisbane was 19-27 today. Mt. Gravatt toms: 16-23. Sunrise 6:12am Sunrise 5:18pm

Friday Post 305c

 Good evening again and one final greeting for tonight! Firstly, Em's final, final plodding total for Friday's now 2675 and secondly, the final, final spam count for the week's now sixty-three. Righteo, final, final events for tonight?

• After publishing the previous post, I watched out the first half of the Souths vs Sea Eagles game. I don't mind who wins: I've always cheered for the Bunnies since I'm born in the CNY of the Rabbit but I've cheered for Manly ever since I discovered they were Bob's team. I also held a Whatsapp convo with Fiona Mok and a Facebook Messenger one with Lisa Hakola.
• At 9pm, I walked myself slowly and safely once more to the toilet 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: getting my weekly sleep-in till 10:15am! Nisha's minding me 10am till 2pm; will prolly go for walkies with her @ Underwood MarketPlace and come home and shower around 12:30pm since I don't get 4-6pm support anymore. Looking forward to my three big mugs of white tea!
• Going to play ping pong with dearest dad toms arvo~
• Righteo, hope everyone has a smashing weekend ahead!
  Cheers,
  Em. ^^

Friday Post 305b

 Heylo again and good evening! Firstly, Em's new plodding total for Friday now stands @ 2590 (ha, I'm over 2.5 grand XD); secondly, Joni's devotional topic's 'She Is Not Gone' and thirdly, Our Daily Bread's devotional topic's 'Growing In Faith'. Righteo, continuing tonight's events?

• When I was summoned over for dinner I used the loo for one tinkle and then walked myself slowly and safely over 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 soup carrot and like two lil chunks of pork mince.
• Dinner was spooned down with one bowl of soup; after taking the 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.

• Trying to get Nine Now open so I can watch Friday night football; if that doesn't work suppose I'll just blog for thirty minutes ...
• Anyways, hopefully bbl after one last looo trip with my final, final plodding total for today, the final, final events for tonight, the final, final spam count for toms plus what's happening Saturday, else wishing everyone a smashing weekend ahead!
  Cheers,
  Em. ^^

Friday Post 305

 Good afternoon! Firstly, Em's final, final plodding total from Thursday's actually 4336 (ha, I'm over four grand; that doesn't happen too often! XD); secondly, today I've been hard @ work plodding 2207 steps; thirdly, John Piper's devotional topic from last night's 'The Great Exchange' fourthly, TWFT topic's 'The Benefits Of Being Unselfish'; fifthly, Our Daily Bread's devotional topic's 'Spiritual Diagnosis' and sixthly, the spam count for the week's fifty-nine. Anyways, let's start off with last night's events first!

• When the parents say they're going for walkies, I ask dad to please come back and reheat dinner for me no later than 6:45pm coz coverage of the Broncos match begins @ 7:30pm. Dad says nah, go to the couch and watch the 6pm bulletin first before dinner. You've got time.
• So after happily watching the 6pm news bulletin (Nine's) for the 54TH time with Moem, I quickly wolfed down the usual dinner, visited the loo for one tinkle and was seated on the couch by 7:30pm!
• Come half time the Sharks were ahead by one because their fullback had sneakily snuck in a field goal on the final play before the halftime siren sounded, but the Broncos rallied and closed out the match; we're back in the top eight now! After enjoying Thursday Night Knockoff I got myself ready to hit the sack and nyak @ horrid PIG mum who randomly chucked a cow @ me. >< *sigh*
• Today: yay, 4th consecutive awesome sleep last night! That was despite dearest dad coming to kiss me goodbye before dawn since he needed to get a blood test and despite the cruel and unfaithful God sending the noisy garbage truck THUNDERING down our road to start tipping bins BEFORE DAWN even though I'd prayed last night and asked him SPECIFICALLY PLEASE DON'T send them until the Sun has risen enough that I can see the time from the clock! God's like screw you, I like disturbing your sleep and I'm like, well screw you back: I'm gonna successfully fall back asleep without having an accident and not wake again for the pot :P until the Sun's fully risen.
• Forty minutes left, so just briefly:
• Peggy minded me from 9-1. We bought groceries from Underwood MarketPlace and bananas from the Discount Fruit Market then sat and played on our mobiles for awhile before I bought a pork salad roll from the Vietnamese bakery. Lol, I feel like a loyal customer: when I arrive, the Vietnamese uncle looks up, sees me, I wave, he nods and then goes, "Which one?" I reply, "BBQ pork please, no chilli," and that's it!
• Got home, turned alarm off and showered - hairwash today. Thanks also to Peggy who helps me rinse my hair out, thus freeing Era to hold my stupid right eye tightly shut.
• Dried, creamed and rekitted, lunch is my delicious BBQ pork salad roll; thanks also to Peggy for a white tea with one spoonful of honey!
• At 2pm I sign her off with my thanks and byes; she's back 9-1 next Friday.
• 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 for some arvo tea and hopefully read for one hour!
• Ooh, maybe I'll even get to watch the 6pm bulletin for the 55TH time tonight!
• Toms: Nisha's minding me 10-2. Hmm, that's the end of the May rosters; must ask PIG mum has she pesttered Michelle for the May ones yet?
• Looking forward to my three big mugs of white tea and the chance to read for more than one hour!
• Haven't asked dad yet is there any table tennis toms; will before/after dinner.
• Anyways, hopefully bbl, else wishing everyone a smashing weekend ahead!
  Cheers,
  Em. ^^
  P.S. All the interesting surnames I saw while watching the 6pm bulletin (Nine's) for the 55TH time: Uhlmann, Albanese, Kramer, Colahan, Fabris, Crisafulli, Cannon, Linard, Higgins, Airlie (first name), Lehrmann, Calcutt, Watts, Mercorella, Zelensky (heard), Greenbank, Biden, Bonnell, Depp (heard), Heard (heard), Sydes, Tate, Musk, Wilde, Sadakis (heard), Pearl (heard), Coates, Chesterman, Staggs (heard), Talakai (heard), Haas (heard), Reynolds, Horan, Horan, Power and Haas (heard).  Chris Kohler read the finance report. 71.51USc = 1AUD.Wally Lewis read the sports report and Luke Bradnam read the weather report from Surfers Paradise. Brisbane was 19-27 today. Mt. Gravatt toms: 17-26. Sunrise 6:12am Sunset 5:18pm

Thursday Post 305b

 Heylo again and probably one final greeting for today! Em's probable final, final plodding total for Thursday now stands @ 2826. Righteo, probable final, final events for today?

• Like clockwork, exactly one hour later I'm awakened for another pot :P trip when noisy PIG mum begins her usual a-THUMPING around. When I swing myself over to use the commode chair again, I pull out the last tissue so call upstairs and ask PIG mum please for another box; she doesn't deign to reply but dearest dad immediately fetches a new box for me. Kissing me goodbye he says this morning he's taking the 4WD in for fixing (remember how we got T-boned the month before when dad was driving me home from book club?) but he'd be back before I left for the library.
• Before PIG mum comes to hit me with the eye goo 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* 
• After I've gotten some eye goo from PIG mum, she goes back outside and awaits Karina's arrival, dashing off for her half day's work immediately after she lets Karina, who bids Uber and me good morning, offers us fifteen more minutes and wisely removes herself when Era nods Uber @ her. XD
• When Karina 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 Karina who squirts me some toothpaste; Ela enjoys her second break this week from having to hold the toothbrush. 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 the 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 smeared with avocado and sprinkled with a little salt. Thanks to PIG mum who left me one little chocolate Easter egg and thanks to Karina who poured me half a mug of plain milk to wash that down with and also turned Sunrise on for my viewing pleasure; 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 I climb into Karina's passenger seat she tootles me off to the Garbo library for GCCW! I skip the loo trip on arrival since it's already nearly 9:30am (9:27am, actually).
• Eleven people attended today; since there was a newcomer today Ken talked lots. XD Thanks to Crystal who helped me once to the loo @ morning tea break; when I got back to my seat there were two bunnies waiting for me! Turns out they were from Happy and not chocolate bunnies but cotton candy ones! I ate the blue one and said dad could have the pink one. Pat said she thought my homework was great before the meeting even started and our next homework topic's 'describe a character'. Think I'll describe Oem. XD
• When GCCW ended,  Karina took me once more to the loo before she tootled us off to C Cafe for lunch. Originally we were meeting Pastor Grace this arvo @ Woka Warrigal but when I checked Messenger this morning she'd suddenly said she couldn't make it coz she's busy with some assignment almost due. I asked Karinda does she still wanna eat @ Woka Woka? I only need my HK-style milk tea but you can choose from where; Karina choose C Cafe coz the weather's not looking good and it might rain.
• Aww, I feel like a loyal, valued customer; when Jacky saw me, he lifted his hand in greeting, jerked his head toward the back (where the comfy seats are) and said, "Seats available"! XD
• Lol, they've not changed their lunch specials since last week; I went with the fried chicken wings with fried egg and rice with a cold HK-style milk tea coffee; Karina originally stuck with her tried and trusty charsiu rice but had a change of heart and switched to kung pao chicken, only 'twas too spicy for her and like blew her brains out!! XD
• bACK HOME, I TURNED OFF THE ALARM AND TOOK A NICE HOT SHOWER - HAIRWASH TODAY. - Sorry, shrieking! >< XD Also thanks to Karina who rinsed out my hair for me, thus freeing Era to hold my stupid right eye tightly shut.
• I had one tinkle before Karina flipped the nice hot water off, got dried, got creamed and had another tinkle. When Karina 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. PIG mum arrived home when I was coming outta the bathroom.
• While I booted the computer up, Karina cleaned the bathroom then sat and gently massaged Ela for ten/twenty minutes. At 3:30pm I headed over to the gobbling :P table and signed her off with my thanks and byes. She's back same time next Thursday.
• PIG mum gave me four little Hello Panda biikies, some fruit and one warm mug of fruity infusion for arvo tea, after which I sneaked my mobile into the loo and did another stinky unspeakable.
• Watching the Broncos play tonight; hoping dad will feed me dinner by 6:45pm!
• Toms: Peggy's minding me 9-1; fingers crossed PIG mum'll let us go for walkies and lemme buy a crunchy/crackling pork salad roll for lunch from the bakery.
• Bet she's got Tiff coming to gimme OT toms arvo but I think it's a cooking week?
• Hopefully after my most important two hours of the day online I'll get some arvo tea, read for one hour and watch the 6pm bulletin for the 
• So won't bbl after dinner and hope everyone has a smashing end to their week toms!
  Cheers,
  Em. ^^

Thursday Post 305

 Good afternoon! Firstly, today I've been hard @ work plodding 2517 steps (ha, I'm just over 2.5 grand XD); secondly, John Piper's devotional topic from last night's 'Children Of A Singing God' and thirdly, TWFT topic's 'Have Confidence In Your Prayers' but fourthly and way most importantly, I'm really still owed ONE HOUR and FORTY-FOUR MINUTES online afterwards!! Anyways, events for today?

• Yay, 3rd consecutive awesome sleep last night! Nature didn't call until 6:10am and after one pot :P trip I immediately fell back asleep cox I knew for certain that PIG mum would get noisy one hour later!
  Cheers,
  Em. ^^

Wednesday Post 305d

 One final good evening and greeting for tonight! Em's final, final plodding total for Wednesday now stands @ 3065. Ha, I'm just over 3.5 grand. XD Righteo, final, final events for tonight?

• After publishing the previous post I completed some COVID-19 survey and read some news articles.
• 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: Karina's minding me from 7:30am and taking me to GCCW!
• Looking forward to having lunch with Pastor Grace @ Woka afterwards! Think I'll have the fish fillet baked rice coz that's a big meal: I may haveta skip dinner because the Broncos are playing toms @ 7:50pm but coverage begins @ 7:30pm! Hopefully dad can feed me dinner by 6:45pm~
• Best of all, it's ice cream night toms night; like I say every week, a very little's better than none @ all!
• Righteo, hope everyone's having a smashing week!
  Cheers,
  Em. ^^

Wednesday Post 305c

 Good evening again! Em's new plodding total for Wednesday now stands @ 2958. Anyways, continuing tonight's events?

• Was typing the last two words from the previous post when summoned to dinner; I published the post, used the loo for one tinkle and then walked myself slowly and safely to the gobbling :PO table, again rising above the cruel and unfaithful God’s near-overwhelming hatred and not letting Him push me over.
• Dinner tonight: rice, lotsa little bok choy, one chunk of pumpkin, a little tomato mince and one yummy half a slice of battered fish smeared with a little tartare sauce, which I obviously saved for last.
• Dinner was spooned down with one bowl of soup; after taking the soup over to the sink I 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
• Anyways, hopefully bbl after one final 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 305b

 Heylo again, good evening and potentially one final greeting for tonight! Firstly, Em's potential final, final plodding total for Wednesday now stands @ 2794; secondly, Our Daily Bread's devotional topic's 'Sing Again and thirdly, Joni's devotional topic's 'An Encouraging Word'. Righteo, potential final, final events for tonight?

• Yay, 2nd consecutive awesome sleep last night! Nature didn't call until 6:35am and after one pot :P trip I immediately fell back asleep since I knew dearest dad would get ready to leave for work one hour later!
• Sure enough, one hour later dearest dad very considerately walked silently along the hallway and unpopped the lock into the garage, that was my wakeup call to use the pot :P again. After this second 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* 
• After dearest dad kissed me bye, retucked me back into bed and left for his hard day's work, Uber and I happily cuddled and snored, me waking once more for the pot :P about one hour later shortly before noisy PIG mum begins her daily a-THUMPING around upstairs. Soon, she's let herself into the room to hit me with the eye goo and help me with absolutely nothing but the bra strap 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, after which I let her gleefully FORCE :( me to walk over to the bathroom and brush teeth (poor Ela). Teeth brushed, I sit over the loo for only one tinkle, coming out when I realise I feel like doing a stinky unspeakable.
• After pouring myself one full mug of water, breakfast's the third-last fun pack cereal (Nutri-Grain) that I got for my birthday last month, one slice of dry (unbuttered) toast with a little avocado and apparently some salt sprinkled over it, all my usual drugs :P and that full mug of water I'd just poured. 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 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 the backseat of PIG mum's 4WD and she tootles me off to see Ray for some acupuncture and massage. Of course, she gleefully forces me to buckle my own seatbelt all day, we listen to her mix of music all day too and Era helps Ela stretch for thirty minutes before Ela opens and closes her palm 250 times, holding each for a count of five. Era also helps rub Ela's fingers for two/three minutes.
• At Ray's, I use the loo for one tinkle then lie down for some massage and acupuncture. PIG mum's in her elkement yapping unceasingly @ Ray; my grateful thanks to him for always replying and keeping a conversation flowing.
• After I use the loo for one more tinkle, PIG mum tootles me back to Warrigal Square and we buy groceries from Woolies before we go home and I make myself a tuna toastie with one slice of cheese for lunch and cut it into half. 'Twas kinda annoying: after I'd sat down PIG mum ordered me up to get all the ingredients and make the toastie; that done, I sat down until she ordered mew to come flip the toastie. Toastie flipped, I sat down again only for her to order me a THIRD time to remove the toastie from the sandwich press onto a plate. Please note that when there's a carer around she'll do that for me; don't worry, I know her 'true' colours'. XD Besides, since PIG mum was feeling antisocial she ate her lunch on the couch watching YouTube: fine by me, I just played Candy Crush and then Jewels after my lives all ran out. XD
• Lunch finished, I sat down @ the computer and finalised my GCCW homework before plopping online for myself.
• Thanks to PIG mum who let Kim when she announced her arrival precisely @ 4pm, thus saving me from a potentially dangerous trip to the door myself.
• So a nice hot shower for me - I washed and rinsed my own hair today. I also soiftly, slowly but most hatefully sang 20% of my shorter second-favourite song out aloud, opening both eyes for all the important numbers. Actually, I was all done after only 9%, but happily leaned fully against the side rail and watered myself for another tinkle before calling Kim back.
• After I flipped the nice hot water off, I mostly dried myself (thanks to Kim who kindly helped with both legs, my back and Era), mostly creamed myself (again, thanks to Kim who kindly helped me cream my back, both calves and Era) and mostly rekitted myself (thanks to Kim who helped with Erf's sock, Elf's AFO straps and both laces. Then I asked Kim please for one mug of water and did another stinky unspeakable, also drying inside both ears and washing Era before walking myself slowly and safely back out to the gobbling :P table,  rising above the cruel and unfaithful God’s near-overwhelming hatred and not letting Him push me over.

• Arvo tea's one yummy banana and one yummy mug of peppermint tea. Since my mobile was still @ the gobbling :P table, I happily skipped reading and played Jewels instead for thirty minutes, while Kim very gently and very sporadically massaged Ela for thirty minutes
  
• Then @ 5:30pm I joined choir online! Very impressed that we started promptly @ 6pm, but lol that rehearsal ended one minute late. XD
• At 5:55pm, I used the loo once more for two tinkles, before signing Kim off with my thanks and byes. She's back again next Wednesday, same time.
• Once rehearsal ended, I used the loo for another tinkle and PIG mum came home from playing ping pong with Aunty Catherine.
• Toms: Karina's taking me to GCCW and we're having lunch with Pastor Grace @ Woka Warrigal @ 1pm!
• The Broncos are playing toms night; hopefully dad'll feed me dinner by 6:45pm coz I'm heading over to the couch once coverage starts @ 7:30pm!
• Righteo, hopefully bbl else hope everyone's having a smashing week!
  Cheers,
  Em. ^^

Wednesday Post 305

 Good afternoon! Firstly, my final, final plodding total from Tuesday's actually 4707; secondly, today I've been hard @ work plodding 2363 steps; thirdly, Joni's devotional topic from last night's 'Playing Favorites' and fourthly, TWFT topic's 'Strive For Integrity' but fifthly and way most importantly, I'm really still owed TWENTY MINUTES online after choir rehearsal tonight!! Anyways, let's start off with last night's events first!

• Once I'd used up all of my most important two hours of the day online, I went over to the gobbling :P table and munched my arvo tea vefie tempura sushi roll and drank one mug of sth warm.
• Kim was meant to pick me up for Toastmasters @ 5:30pm; Amie has taught me to ring ten minutes, not fifteen minutes after their expected arrival but for Kim I rang five minutes after her expected arrival coz she's ALWAYS on-time, if not early! Was very impressed when someone answered because doesn't the office close @ 5pm? Someone answered and I explained the situation; she said she'd look for Kim and ring me back when suddenly the doorbell rang! I told her think Kim just arrived so I'll hang up now; will call again if it's not her, okay? Phew; twas Kim: turns out she'd been stuck in traffic along Warrigal Road.
• So once I'd climbed into her passenger seat and buckled my seatbelt and once Kim had loaded Sparkless3 into her boot, off she tootled me to the Brewhouse!
• She finds parking just behind the pub; inside, after one loo trip (the normal loo; I remind myself to ask someone where the disabled one is) I join our table located just outside the beer garden!
• It's just a small party tonight: seven people, but we have lotsa fun! I get the chicken pie pub special with pumpkin and potato mash and ask them to please DROWN it in gravy; pity that I was two bucks short of getting a scoop of cookies and cream ice cream! We played table topics from some bag (draw two items from bag and make story) and I went with Steph once to get some water for our table. When people started leaving, Kim moved to the end of our table; she'd bought herself some chips to eat.
• Since I asked the waitress cleaning the table where the disabled toilets were, Kim took me there once before driving me home. She's back this arvo, 4-6.
• Repeat the usual nightly events, zzz~
• Today: yay, - bbl!
  Cheers,
  Em. ^^

Tuesday Post 304b

 Heylo again and probably one final greeting for Tuesday! Em's probable final, final plodding total for Tuesday now stands @ 3997. Righteo, probable final, final events for today?

• At 7:35am, dearest dad walked very considerately silently down the hallway and unpopped the lock into the garage; that was my signal to wake and use the pot :P again. After this second 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* 
• 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 out again and awaiting Hannah's arrival @ 9am.
• When Hannah arrives, PIG mum lets her in. She knocks, pushes open the door, bids me good morning and then adds fifteen more minutes ... Uber nods @ her and Hannah wisely removes herself. XD
• When she returns, I use the pot :P for two/three more tinkles, we get me kitted and I head over to the bathroom to brush teeth. Ela enjoys her first official break from having to hold the toothbrush. Teeth brushed, I sit over the loo for only one tinkle, coming out when PIG mum orders that I eat breakfast first.
• Breakfast is two Weet-Bix with the merest streak of honey ever in milk, one slice of dry (unbuttered) toast smeared with a little avocado and sprinkled with a little 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*

•  After breakfast, I walk myself slowly and safely to the toilet,  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 climb into Hannah's tank and she tootles us to Underwood MarketPlace, parking underground coz rain's forecast.

• Hannah refused to get a trolley until after we'd reached Woolies but after walkies were done and groceries were bought, we had like one whole HOUR! to play with our mobiles! Embarrassingly enough, though, I only managed to pass one level of Jewels. XD

• But I passed another while Hannah was driving me home! XD

• Back home, I took a nice hot 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 also sang 20% of my shorter second-favourite song softly, slowly but most hatefully out aloud. Actually, I was all done after 10% but fully leaned against the side rail happily and watered myself for another tinkle before turning the nice hot water off.

•  I had one tinkle before I turned the nice hot water off, got dried, got creamed and had another tinkle. When Hannah rekitted me, I had one more tinkle when she was doing Elf's AFO straps and one last when she was giving Wally back to Ela.

• Thanks to PIG mum who cooked fried rice for lunch; since I'm getting dinner from the pub tonight I won't get any rice! Lunch was washed down with one mug of yummy peppermint tea and then I went and booted the computer up while Hannah washed my lunch dishes for me.

• At 1:55pm PIG mum sent me to the loo and signed Hannah off - won't see her till next Tuesday coz next Monday's a public holiday! - and tootled me off to Breathe to see Jacky. Of course, she gleefully forced me to buckle my own seatbelt both ways, we listened to her Spotify playlist both ways too and today, Era helped Ela stretch for twenty minutes before Ela opened and closed her palm 100 times, holding each for a count of five.

• Physio today: theraband pulling for both hands, 1.47km exercise bike riding (seven minutes), two/three sets of lat rows and laat pull downs with both overhand and underhand grip and wall pushups.

• Back home, I used the loo for one more tinkle and then popped online.

• Once I've used up my most important two hours of the day, I'll head over to the gobbling :P table and munch the yummy vegie tempura sushi Hannah bought for me earlier today.
  Then: excitement! At 5:30pm Kim's taking me to some pub in Wooloongabba for our 700TH Toastmasters meeting! I've already asked for the blackboard specials and plan to try the chicken pie with chips and gravy! Fingers crossed we'll all get given five bucks again coz a scoop of ice cream costs four bucks and the menu says they've got cookies and cream ice cream available tonight; that's my favourite flavour! :D

• Toms: PIG mum'll help me up coz I'm seeing Ray for some massage and acupuncture toms morning. Bet she's simply DYING to yap ceaselessly @ him. XD

• Hopefully we can go aisle walking and grocery shopping afterwards, else expect a super-pissy plodding total from me.

• Should prolly ring toms and find out who's minding me from 4-6pm because the roster still says TBA.

• Choir rehearsal from 5:30pm till 6:45pm. Cath's already sent everyone the songs today~

• Oh! Also gotta finish and send out GCCW homework!

• Righteo, hope everyone has a smashing day toms!
  Cheers,
  Em. ^^

Tuesday Post 304

 Good afternoon! Firstly, today I've been hard @ work plodding 2316 steps; secondly, John Piper's daily devotional topic from last night's "Paul's Salvation Was For You; thirdly, TWFT topic's 'How To Keep From Falling and fourthly, Our Daily Bread's devotional topic's 'Age Is Just A Number' but fifthly and way most importantly, I'm really still owed ONE HOUR and FORTY-THREE MINUTES online when I get home from doing physio with Jacky!! Anyways, events for today?

• Yay, awesome sleep last night! Nature didn't call until dearest dad very considerately walked silently down the hallway and pulled shut the bathroom door, which awoke me; after one pot :P trip I fell back asleep straight away since I knew he'd get ready to leave for work one hour later!
  Cheers,
  Em. ^^

Monday Post 304d

 One final greeting and good evening for tonight! Em's final, final plodding total for today now stands @ 4044. Ha, I'm just over four grand. XD Righteo, final, final events for tonight?

• After publishing the previous post, I started writing another personal blog post! 
• 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: Hannah's minding me 9-1 toms. I'm guessing we'll go for walkies and grocery shopping @ Underwood MarketPlace but PIG mum's too busy watching YouTube and refuses to decide until toms. 
• Once Hannah leaves I've got a physio appointment with Jacky @ Breathe physio.
• Hopefully once that ends I'll have enough time for my most important two hours of the day online, coz someone (I'm guessing Hannah again else maybe Nisha) will take me to Toastmasters for our 700TH meeting! To celebrate that, we're not meeting @ QUT but @ some pub near The Gabba! Meaning PIG mum'll lemme buy dinner from there instead of buying a pissy little Happy Meal from Maccas; I've already asked them for their blackboard specials and whoever mans their Facebook page says once the chef tomorrow decides what they will be, he'll/she'll lemme know~
• Aww, baba just wandered over and handed me a nashi pear cheek~
• Righteo, hope everyone has a smashing day toms!
  Cheers,
  Em. ^^

Monday Post 304c

 Good evening again! Firstly, Em's new plodding total for Monday now stands @ 3907 and secondly, Joni's devotional topic's 'Oleanders'. Anyways, continuing tonight's events?

• Dad summoned PIG mum and I over for dinner within minutes of the news ending. Before joining them @ the gobbling :P table, I walked myself once slowly and safely to the loo for one tinkle and back, rising above the cruel and unfaithful God’s near-overwhelming hatred and not letting Him push me over.
• Dinner tonight: rice, lotsa little tong vegetable, two pieces of tasteless soup pork, two lil chunks of tofu and one lil yummy chunk of bony chicken from dinner last night.
• Dinner was spooned down with one bowl of soup; after taking the 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 following one last loo trip with my final, final plodding total for tonight, the final, final events for Monday plus what's happening toms, else wishing everyone a smashing Ruesday ahead!
  Cheers,
  Em. ^^

Monday Post 304b

 Heylo again, good evening and potentially one final greeting for tonight! Firstly, Em's potential final, final plodding total for Monday now stands @ 3757 and secondly, Our Daily Bread's devotional topic's 'Pulled To Safety' but thirdly and way most importantly, I'm really still owed TWENTY-SIX MINUTES online after I watch the 6pm bulletin for the 54TH time! Righteo, potential final, final events for tonight?

• When PIG mum comes back from swimming, she showers and then asks me, do you wanna eat arvo tea/shower first?
• I choose shower so head into the bathroom for a nice hot one - I wash and rinse my own hair today. I also softly, slowly but most hatefully sing 20% of my shorter second-favourite song out aloud, opening both eyes for all the important numbers. Actually, I'm all done after 10% but happily lean fully against the right siderail and water myself for another tinkle before calling PIG mum back.
• After she dries my back and the back of the chair for me, I do everything else and she doesn't feature again until Elf's AFO straps need doing and both laces need tying.
• Once I dry the toilet seat, I sit for one tinkle, dry inside both ears, wash and dry Era and then head out to the gobbling :P where PIG mum feeds me one banana, one mug of yummy peppermint tea and two/three green tea Hello Panda bikkies before going for walkies with dearest dad.
  
• I use the loo for one more tinkle before returning online.
• Looking forward to watching the 6pm bulletin (Nine's) for the 54TH time!
• Toms: Hannah's minding me 9-2. Dunno where PIG mum's gonna send us; prolly Underwood MarketPlace.
• Seeing Jacky for physio toms arvo.
• Then excitement: someone (prolly Hannah/Nisha's taking me to some pub to celebrate our Toastmasters club 700TH meeting! Will buy dinner from the pub instead of getting the Happy Meal, obviously!
• Righteo, hopefully bbl, else wishing everyone a smashing day toms!
  Cheers,
  Em. ^^
  P.S. All the interesting surnames I saw while watching the 6pm bulletin (Nine's) for the 54TH time: Palaszczuk (heard), Fegan, Charlton (first name), Kardis, Chips (first name), Pullar, Blackmore, Brebedr, Ruffin, Heinke, Hurwood, Fabian (first name), Greenbank, Boswell, Spollen, Macron, Sanchez, Telmelkos, Uhlmann, Marles, Dutton, Albanese, Bavas, Barnes, Anderzwan, French, Hartwig, Blinken (heard), Zelensky (heard), Aiken, Djodan, Lomax (heard), Molo (heard), Ricciardo, Sainz and Gamble (heard). Wally Lewis read the sports report and Luke Bradnam read the weather report from Southport. Brisbane was 17-20 today. Mt. Gravatt toms: 16-23. Sunrise 6:10am Sunset 5:21pm

Monday Post 304

 Good afternoon! Firstly, today I've been hard @ work plodding 3406 steps; secondly, John Piper's daily devotional topic's from last night's 'The Liberating Power Of Forgiveness' and thirdly, TWFT topic's 'Competence Doesn't Compensate For Security'. Anyways, events for today?

• Aww, I missed out on starting an awesome sleep streak last night when nature suddenly called @ 12:45am; I used the pot :P again around 7am before 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* 
• When I next awoke for another pot :P trip around 9:30am I was like score, if PIG mum doesn't come help me up before 9:45am I'm gonna stay in bed ALL DAY and not get up till 5:45pm and watch the 6pm news!
• Unfortunately, PIG mum entered my room just past 11am and ordered mwe up, saying dad would take us out somewhere. But that means I'll be back in bed for sleep before twelve hours have passed ... feels like the day has been wasted. >< *sigh*
• But she hit me with the eye goo, helped me exceedingly slightly with not only just the bra strap but the tee also (because dearest dad's still @ home) before leaving me to get myself mostly independently kitted, which I did immediately without giving myself fifteen more minutes first coz 'twas already past 11am!
• PIG mum comes back to help with absolutely nothing bar Elf's AFOO straps and both laces, before I let her gleefully FORCE :( me to walk over to the bathroom to brush teeth (poor Ela). Teeth brushed, since dad had closed the toilet lid, I walked 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.
• Breakfast was one bowl of sticky bird food (what Dr. Ku calls All-Bran XD), one slice of dry (unbuttered) toast that I spread avocado and shook a minuscule amount of salt on, 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*
• Since either parent had closed the loo lid, I hiked upstairs and sat over instead my upstairs loo to do a stinky unspeakable. Lol, it's such a tiny space I just leaned against the wall and finished 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!
• Before coming back downstairs I went and visited my old bedroom. Also tried ringing PIG mum's mobile from the handset upstairs upstairs, but she chose that time to summon me downstairs. XD
• Dad drove us to some ... DFO? Only nearly everything was closed bar like the fruit shop!
• Instead, dad tootled us elsewhere and we had lunch @ The Coffee Club; beat this: eggs Benedict with DUCK! :D
• Came home, used loo for one tijnkle and popped online. PIG mum went swimming.
• She's back home now showering and dad's gone swimming.
• Toms: Hannah's minding me 9-2. PIG mum'll prolly send us to Underwood for walkies.
• Physio with Jacky toms arvo.
• Then excitement: hopefully Hannah's taking me to Toastmasters toms night for our 700TH meeting! Hence why we're going to some pub and I've asked for an extra thirty minutes out! :D
• Anyways, hopefully bbl else wishing everyone a smashing day toms!
  Cheers,Em. ^^

Sunday Post 304c

 Good evening again and one final greeting for tonight! Firstly, Em's final, final plodding total for Sunday now stands @ 5744 and secondly, the final, final spam count for the weekend's now thirteen but thirdly and way most importantly, I'm really still owed THIRTY-FIVE MINUTES online after I have Facebook Messenger videochat with Aunty Nga!! >< *sigh* Righteo, final, final events for tonight, just briefly?

• Fiona Mok takes me to the Lung residence for SG. Brian shares his testimony today and Pastor Grace takes everyone through session two of that twelve disciples series.
• Back @ church for ESS, I stay seated for worship and sing everything plus the harmony for three songs but like every other week, meant absolutely NOTHING. >< *sigh*
• Speaker today was Uncle Roger! His sermon topic was How to be liberated and transformed in the hands of the Potter.
• Bought takeaway lunch from Woka Warrigal and went to Rochedale High to eat.
• Played with mobile while others were doing volleyball training.
• Had a slice of Ric and Izzy's leftover wedding cake for arvo tea!
• Showered and went to Vietnam Corner/Dong Gei for dinner.
• Toms: ANZAC Day public holiday gets me outta one session 0f physio, woot! Hope dad takes us out else I'm staying in bed till 5:45pm before getting up and watching the 6pm news. XD
• Righteo, hope everyone has a smashing week ahead!
  Cheers,
  Em. ^^

Sunday Post 304b

 Heylo again and good evening! Firstly, Em's new plodding total for Sunday now stands @ 5686 (ha, I'm more than half a normal person today XD) but secondly and way more importantly, I'm really still owed ONE HOUR and SIXTEEN MINUTES online after I use the loo once more @ 9pm!! Righteo, continuing events for today?

• Sure enough, exactly one hour later I'm awakened by PIG mum's noisy a-THUMPING around upstairs and uyse the pot :P again, before 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*

•  Soon, PIG mum lets 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 and brush teeth (poor Ela). Teeth brushed, I sit over the loo for only one tinkle, coming out when PIG mum commands me to.

• Breakfast is two Weet-Bix with the thinnest streak of honey ever, one full mug of water, all my usual drugs :P and perhaps even one slice of toast? 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!
  Cheers,
  Em. ^^

Sunday Post 304

 Good evening! Firstly, today I've been hard @ work plodding 4764 steps; secondly, John Piper's daily devotional topic from last night's "Seek Your City's Good"; thirdly, TWFT topic's "Don't Be A Slave To The Wrong Things"; fourthly, Joni's devotional topic's 'Building On The Foundation; fifthly, Our Daily Bread's devotional topic's 'Feeling Dusty'; sixthly, the spam count for the weekend's actually seventy and seventhly, the spam count for the weekend's only nine but eighthly and way most importantly, I'm really still owed ONE HOUR and FORTY-SIX MINUTES online after I get home from our once-weekly dinner out together!! Anyways, events for today?

• Yay, 3rd consecutive awesome sleep last night! Like the previous two night's, nature didn't call until 6:10am and after one pot :P trip I immediately fell back asleep again since I knew PIG mum would get noisy one hour later!
• Like clockwork, one hour later I'm awakened by noisy PIG mum beginning her daily a-THUMPING around upstairs; after another pot :P trip - bbl!
  Cheers,
  Em. ^^

Saturday Post 304c

 Good evening again and one final greeting for tonight! Em's final, final plodding total for Saturday now stands @ 4056. Ha, I'm just over four grand. XD Rightteo, final, final events for tonight?

• After publishing the previous post, I read all the match reports I could find about the Broncos defeating the Bulldogs last night and basked in their glory. XD
• At 9pm, I walked myself once more slowly and safely 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: just church, definitely nothing special. Oh, the special thing's we'll have lunch together and sports afterwards! Peter Pie'll gimme a lift there and back home but I feel terribly guilty that I'm third wheeling with him and Yu Lam. Will try find another ride toms. 
• But before that, Fiona will come gimme a lift to the Lung residence for SG, before dropping me back @ BCAC for ESS~
• Fingers crossed dad will take us out for dinner somewhere OTHER than SCSC; we've been there for the last three straight Sundays already! XD
• Righteo, looking forward to seeing everyone @ church toms!
  Cheers,
  Em. ^^

Saturday Post 304b

 Heylo again and good evening! Firstly, Em's new plodding total for Saturday now stands @ 3736; secondly, Joni's devotional topic's 'A Lesson From A Sprig' and thirdly, Our Daily Bread's devotional topic's 'What Counts'. Righteo, continuing events for today?

• One hour later, PIG mum's expected a-THUMPING around upstairs wakes me for another pot :P trip, after which 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* 
• Once PIG mum dashes into my room with the eye goo before dashing off to work and after dearest dad retucks me back into bed and promises to cook me sth for lunch and stay quiet so I can snore in peace, I snore so happily that I don't realise Nisha doesn't arrive @ 10am! Dad doesn't ring the CODA on-call till 10:30am and since Nisha's car battery went flat, she doesn't arrive until 11am! Talk about a day wasted. >< I'll be back in bed before twelve hours are up. 
• Less than thirty minutes left, so just briefly:
• Brushed teeth, did stinky unspeakable, ate breakfast and then went to Underwood MarketPlace for tissue buying, walkies and sushi buying. Only perhaps the sushi place doesn't open over the weekend? Nisha lemme buy a gingerbread man instead.
• Got home and showered - hairwash today. Also thanks to Nisha who helped me rinse out my hair, thus freeing Era to hold my stupid right eye tightly shut. 
• Had two mugs of white tea with two sugars and the rice leftovers dad left me for lunch.
• Used loo once and then went to play ping pong with dad @ church. Uncle Wallace wasn't present, hence why 'twas really quiet. XD
• Got home, had my gingerbread man for arvo tea read a little so I've read for one hour today, used loo for one tinkle and popped online.
• Enjoyed watching the 6pm news (Seven's) for the 53RD time.
• Dinner tonight: rice, lotsa bok choy, lotsa soup carrot, a few lil chunks of chicken and the other duck drumstick with most of the meat already gone.
• Dinner was spooned down with one bowl of soup before I returned online. Actually then I returned to the gobbling :P table coz I'd originally forgotten to eat my duck drumstick! XD
• Back online, dad passes me a nashi pear cheek to munch. Only that sends my bladder screaming for attention and I visit the loo for one quick tinkle.
• Righteo, 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 Sunday, else looking forward to seeing everyone @ church toms!
  Cheers,
  Em. ^^

Saturday Post 304

 Good afternoon! Firstly, Em's final, final plodding total for Friday night's actually 3994; secondly, Joni's devotional topic from last night's 'The Fellowship'; thirdly, today I've been hard @ work plodding 3358 steps; fourthly, John Piper's daily devotional topic from last night's 'Five Reasons To Be Fearless' and fifthly, TWFT topic's 'Knowing When To Let Go' but sixthly and way most importantly, I'm really still owed FORTY-NINE MINUTES online after I watch the 6pm bulletin for the 53RD time!! Anyways, let's start off with last night's events first?

• After I'd used up my most important two hours of the day online, munched some arvo tea and read the book club novel for one hour, I used the loo for one tinkle and returned online. When dad still hadn't called dinner by 6:15pm, I called out and asked him dinnertime yet? Coz I'm a slow eater! Dad replied nah come @ 6:45pm; plenty of time.
• At 6:45pm I used the loo for one tinkle, had the usual dinner (rice, lotsa vegies and a little meat) and was ensconced on the sofa with my HUGEST Minion come 7:30pm, waiting for the game!
• Come halftime we were trailing slightly ... but stormed home in the second half to win! Meaning I watched most of Friday Night Knockoff before hitting the sack. A bit grumpy with dad coz he's said he'll not lemme watch that next week should the Broncos win; he just shut the television when I protested! >< Hope it's still available the day afterwards on Nine Now...
• Today: I used the pot :P once last night @ 1:50am and again @ 6:10am before falling back asleep immediately since I knew PIG mum would get noisy one hour later!
  Cheers,
  Em. ^^
  P.S. All the interesting surnames I saw while watching the 6pm bulletin (Seven's) for the 53RD time read by Katrina Blowers: McGraw, Foley, Golden, Bechwati, Frydenberg, Albanese (heard), Jensen, Fentiman, Blejie, Toole, Ribarach, Foley, Golden, Boichenko,Hartlet, Guerie, Blanchin, Berretta, Prior, Stirling, Dufty (heard), Cobbo (heard), Fagan, Muldeep, Riccardo,  Fentiman, Kusher, Sri, Kingsun heard), Weller, Gyte Birmingham, Pate, Hirt, Albanese (heard), Burns, Fury, Roach, Burden and Maric. Pat Welsh read the sports report and Georgie Chumbley read the weather report. Brisbane was 17-27 today. Mt. Gravatt tomorrow:16-29. Sunrise 6:29am sunset 5:23. Bertie read the surf report.
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Friday Post 304b

Heylo again, good evening and probably one final greeting for tonight! Firstly, Em's probable final, final plodding total for Friday now stands @ 3021 (ha, I'm just over three grand XD) and secondly, Our Daily Bread's devotional topic's 'Gratitude On Earth Day'. Righteo, potential final, final events for tonight?

• Precisely after my two most important hours of the day were up, I headed over to the gobbling :P table to munch arvo tea and read for one hour. The parents had left for walkies previously.
• Thanks to the parents who'd left me one yummy charsiu bun for arvo tea and one mug of yummy Chinese tea. I happily read Little Princes for exactly one hour, reaching pg. 100 @ 5:37pm and reaching pg. 111 @ 5:50.
• Before returning online, I used the loo for one more tinkle.
• Looking forward to the Broncos game tonight!
• Toms: Nisha's minding me 10-2. Will shower @ 12:30pm since I don't get 4-6pm Saturday support anymore.
• Still haven't asked dad about ping pong yet.
• Looking forward to my three big mugs oof white tea and fingers crossed for the chance to read  for three hours toms!
  
• Righteo, hope everyone has a smashing weekend ahead!
  Cheers,
  Em. ^^

Friday Post 304

 Good afternoon! Firstly, today I've been hard @ work plodding 2807 steps; secondly, John Piper's daily devotional topic from last night's 'They Key To Radical Love'; thirdly, TWFT topic's "Don't Lose Your Joy" and fourthly, the spam count for the week's fifty-three. Anyways, events for today?

• Grr... what's the point praying before bed Thursday night and asking God please not to send the noisy garbage truck THUNDERING down our road to tip bins until AFTER the Sun has fully risen enough for me to see the time on the wall clock when God says screw you and DELIBERATELY sends the garbage truck THUNDERING down the ROADD before dawn?! Yes, the sky had begun to lighten what the Sun definitely wasn't up. Well, two can play @ that game: if God's gonna ignore my request I'm gonna ignore Him and successfully fall back asleep without incident. Obviously I'm not trying to win God; it's impossible to win God! I'm just saying I'm not gonna let Him win, and today was a prime example.
• So, for the first time in four days, 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* 
• Unsure why dearest dad didn't haveta go to work today? I didn't wake again for the pot :P until PIG mum began her noisy a-THUMPING around upstairs @ like 8:45am! Soon, she's let herself into my room to hit me with the eye goo before going out and waiting for Peggy's arrival @ 9am.
• After Peggy bids both uber and me good morning, she asks fifteen more minutes? I use Uber to nod @ her and she wisely removes herself. When she comes back a second time, I use the pot :P once more for a few more tinkles, we head over to the bathroom and I brush teeth. Thanks to Peggy who squirts me some toothpaste; Ela enjoyed her second morning straight break from having to whole the toothbrush, score~ Teeth brushed, I sat over the loo for just one tinkle, coming out when I realise I felt like doing a stinky unspeakable.
• Breakfast is the yummy chocolate custard bun Karina bought for me yesterday, one full mug of water, all my usual drugs :P and probably some bird food (what Dr. Ku calls All-Bran. XD) 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 Peggy's car and she tootles me off to Calamvale Central for grocery shopping and lunch buying.

• She parked out the back, grabbed a trolley and off shopping we went!

• First we bought groceries from Woolies.

• Then we bought fresh fruit and veg from the Mega Discount Fruit Market. T'was super-busy today: the line for the checkouts started @ the first corner and then wound all the way down, around and out!

• Our last stop was the bakery for my pork salad roll. When our trolley nears their counter, the owner guy looks and and sees me. I see him, wave hello and he goes, "Which one (sic) you want?" Lol I said "Crunchy pork salad roll please. No chilli."When he brings it over and Peggy's getting my money out, I ask him, "Your Easter good?" (Keeping my English very simple coz I don't think he knows too much.) He grins and replies, "Yeah, kids happy." I grin back and say, "Yay, lots of Easter eggs!" He mock-scowls, "Too much," but I wave an admonishing finger @ him and scold, "Never too much chocolate." Uncle fellow laughs; we trade cash for pork roll and then say bye cya next Friday.

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

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

• Back outside, I have my yummy crunchy pork salad roll for lunch; thanks heaps to Peggy who makes me one mug of white tea sweetened with one spoonful of honey.

• The parents get home from yum cha and PIG mum signs Peggy off. I say thanks and byes; she's back again 9-1 again next Friday.

• Since Tiff was coming to cook with me soon I couldn't be bothered popping online yet; just sat and passed for Jewels levels. XD

• When she arrived, we cooked chicken! I hacked up and wailed very dramatically for the chicken and carrot, then Tiff chopped the onion before I stood @ the stove and cooked everything. The chicken got steamed and then I added the salt and flour to it.

• Tiff left after the parents got home and I popped online.

• Once I've used up the most important two hours of my day I'll head over, munch some arvo tea and hopefully read for one hour!

• Unsure if I'll watch the 6pm news tonight coz hopefully the parents will feed me dinner earlier since I'm a slow eater - the Broncos are playing tonight!

• Toms: Nisha's minding me from 10-2. Dunno where dad will send us for walkies; also dunno is there any ping pong @ church toms arvo but I'm looking forward to my three big mugs of white tea with two sugars and the chance to read for three hours!

• So, maybe bbl but if not, hope everyone has a smashing weekend ahead!
  Cheers,
  Em. ^^

Thursday Post 304d

 Good evening again and one final greeting for tonight! Em's final, final plodding total for Thursday now stands @ 4585. Ha, I'm even over 4.5 grand; that's even rarer than four thousand! Righteo, final, final events for tonight?

• At 9pm, I walk 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 always say, a very little's better than none @ all!
• Toms: Peggy's minding me from 9am till 1pm. Fingers crossed PIG mum'll lemme buy a yummy crispy/crunchy pork salad roll from the Calamvale Central bakery; they were closed last week since 'twas Easter Friday but they should've reopened.
• Presuming Tiff will come gimme an OT session; she couldn't come last week since her cubby caught COVID and she had to isolate for one week but presumably she can come back out now.
• Hopefully PIG mum'll feed me dinner @ 6pm since the Broncos are playing toms night! If they win, I'll watch Friday Night Knockoff and get myself to bed; should they lose I'll sulk, note down my final, final plodding total and hit the sack. XD
• Righteo, hope everyone has a smashing end to their week toms!
  Cheers,
  Em. ^^

Thursday Post 304c

 Good evening! Firstly, Em's new plodding total for Thursday now stands @ 4496 and secondly, Joni's devotional topic's 'Lover Of My Soul'. Anyways, just briefly, continuing tonight's events?

• Let PIG mum nab half my sausage bun for arvo tea, did another stinky unspeakable and plopped online before watching the 6pm bulletin (Nine's) for the 52ND time.
  
• Used loo for one tinkle before having dinner with dad: rice tonight, lotsa yummy wombok, one chunk of pawpaw, some bean vermicelli and one chunk of chicken.
• Dinner was spooned down with one bowl of soup, after which dad demanded I finish watching the first half of Thursday night football with him. Manly are playing the Sharks; I presume the Sharks are @ home coz Manly are wearing purple and I keep thinking they're Melbourne!! XD
• Anyways, hopefully brb after one last loo trip @ 9pm with my final, final plodding total for today, the final, final events for tonight plus what's happening Friday, else wishing everyone a smashing end to their week toms!
  Cheers,
• Em. ^^

Thursday Post 304b

 Heylo again and potentially one final greeting for tonight! Firstly, Em's potential potential final, final plodding total for Thursday now stands @ 4234 (see, told you I'd pass four grand! XD)but secondly and way more importantly, I'm really still owed THIRTY-SEVEN MINUTES online after I watch the 6pm news bulletin (Nine's) for the 52ND time! Righteo, potential final, final events for today?

• Sure enough, exactly one hour later, PIG mum's noisy a-THUMPING around upstairs awakens me for another pot :PO trip, after which 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* 
• When Karina arrives promptly @ 7:30am, PIG mum lets her in. She knocks, pushes the door open, bids both Uber and me good morning before saying, "Hitting the snooze button for fifteen minutes, yes?" Uber nods @ her and Karina wisely makes herself scarce. XD Both parents come and say goodbye and then leave for work.
• When Karina gets back, I swing myself over to the pot :P for a few more tinkles, we get me kitted and then I head over to the bathroom and brush teeth. Teeth brushed, I sit over the loo for just one tinkle, coming out when I realise I feel like doing a stinky unspeakable.
• Originally, PIG mum said she'd leeme eat one little box of fun cereal every Wednesday, since we both forgot yesterday, she let Karina gimme the little box of Rice Bubbles today instead, and just like Coco Pops, after you initially pour the milk in, you hear the ceral softly going pop pop pop! For breakfast, I also munch one slice of dry (unbuttered) toast lightly spread with some avocado and sprinkled with a little 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*
• After breakfast, I sit over the loo once more.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 Sunnybsnk Hills Shoppingtown for my fortnightly shopping trip, doing a side park on level two.

• After using the loo once, I grabbed a new Feist book to read, Firemane book one written by Feist! I thought he'd retired after Magician's End, I didn't realise he'd kept going until I received a book catalogue with the Firemane series book two! Happily read that for one hour, finishing page twenty-five @ 10:10am! Unfortunately I've lost my notes app? But Karina recorded in her mobile that I'd reached page forty-eight. 

• After one more loo trip, we started grocery shopping @ Woolies; Caitlin and I had a brief chat while Karina was taking my items from the assisted checkout. Poor thing has been working since 7am!

• Next, we took the elevator up onto level four and bought more groceries from Coles.

• Finally, I sat on the bench outside New York Baguette and hooked Erf onto the trolley while Karina ducked into New York Baguette to buy me one sausage bun and one custard bun. Lol, she was feeling peckish herself and bought herself a sausage bun also; when I told her that sharing's caring and gestured @ her sausage bun, she tore a little chunk for me! 

• For lunch, Karina tootled us off to C Cafe in Sunnybank Plaza. All the upstairs disabled parks were taken but luckily she found one downstairs. 

• Lol, I feel like a loyal customer: as Karina and I were walking into the end of the restaurant where the comfy leather seats were, Jacky was walking towards us holding platefuls of food. When I waved Green Sticky in the air saying hi, he nodded hello back and then jerked his head in the direction of the leather seats @ the back of the restaurant; who needs words? XD

• Today I got the chicken wings with fried egg lunch special with spaghetti and not rice! Karina was even fancier: she ordered a STEAK! It came with crinkle cut chips; when her sizzling plate arrived, she waved her hand @ the chips and then @ me, gesturing 'take one'. I say thanks, grab one, stick it into my mouth and ... oww, singed tongue. >< Eating anything will feel slightly tingly tingly for several days now. I've learnt from experience never to let a hot drink enter my mouth until my lips have tested the temperature first (years ago, I burnt my poor tongue red gulping one mouthful of rice green tea ><) but I never thought CHIPS would be that hot too! >< Lesson learnt. *sigh* I drank a cold HK-style milk tea coffee with that while Karina had her usual Coke. Her meal was super-expensive, like twenty-seven bucks!

• Back home, I turned the alarm off and then took a nice hot shower - hairwash today. Also thanks to Karina who helped me rinse my own hair out, thus freeing Era to hold my stupid right eye tightly shut.

• I had one tinkle before Karina flipped the nice hot water off, got dried, got creamed and had another tinkle. When Karina 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.
  Cheers,
  Em. ^^
  P.S. All the interesting surnames I saw while watching the 6pm news (Nine's) for the 52ND time: Albanese (heard), Uhlmann, Kramer, Butler, Fabris, Linard, Crisafulli, Harvey, Bavas, Boulton, Genders, Charlton (first name), Putin (heard), Biden, Walpole, Arvier, Bates, Fegan, Rooy, Orel, Trump, Macron (heard), Depp, Genovese, Heard (heard), Mortimer, Haining, Schrinner, Presley, Munster (heard), Jock (first name), McCluggage, Huni, Goodall (heard), Sydes, Sadlier and Walters. 1AUD = 74.34USc. Wally Lewis read the sports report and Garry Youngberry read the weather report from Kangaroo Point. Brisbane was 17-27 today. Mt. Gravatt toms: 17-26 Sunrise 6:08am Sunset 5:25pm