Monday Post 305

 Good afternoon! Firstly, today I've been hard @ work plodding 2325 steps; secondly, John Piper's daily devotional topic from last night's 'Dirty Rags No More' and thirdly, TWFT topic's 'What Are You Depending On?' Anyways, events for today?

• Nature called once @ 1:50am; I used the pot :P again around 6:15am before spending ten minutes 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* 
• Since Fiona was taking me to Underwood Park @ 8:30am, shortly after 7am PIG mum awakens me for another pot :P trip with 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 @ 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 :( mew to walk over to the bathroom and brush teeth (poor Ela). Teeth brushed, I sit briefly over the loo for just one tinkle, coming out when PIG mum orders I get off the loo NOW.
• After pouring myself one full mug of water, breakfast is two-Weetbix with the thinnest stream of honey ever, one of those DELICIOUS cupcakes PIG mum baked last night (I helped! 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*
• 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 sat inside the hallway and waited for Fi's arrival. She came several minutes late since C1 and C2 were having breakfast and when she arrived, told dad I'd not need the picnic chair anymore since due to forecast bad weather we'd relocated to the Lung residence.

• Once there, Fi helped me downstairs to the loo once; back upstairs, morning tea started! Fancy food; tum tum was very impressed~ Hoi Yan shared about her missionary journey and then taught us origami; we made a boot! 

• Reverend Chris returned home from their small group retreat just as everyone was preparing to leave.

• Aww, aren't they sweet? Since the parents still weren't home, Fi, C1 and C2 all kept me company until the parents returned! Huge thanks also to C1 who helped me lift the loo lid~

• After they left, dad drove us up three streets to the Cheung residence; PIG mum wanted to give them her cupcakes!

• PIG mum tapped @ Aunty Winnie, Uncle Colbert chatted with dad and I was left tapping @ my smartphone with poor TumTum growling that she's hungry and when's lunchtime?? Our hopes went up when Aunty Winnie went into the kitchen and fired the stove up...

• Woo hoo, we not only had fried vermicelli for lunch but some plain congee too! Sam joined us; the poor fella's feeling slightly off-colour but luckily it's not COVID.

• After saying our thanks and byes, dearest dad rolled us three streets back down to our ugly house, I visited the loo for one tinkle and popped online. PIG mum went swimming but was mean and refused to put my mobile on charger for me first; I can't ask dad to help coz he's busy firing the noisy water gun @ sth!

• Toms: think Hannah's minding me 9-2. Dunno where PIG mum'll send us; prolly Underwood MarketPlace.

• Originally David was gonna come gimme physio toms arvo but he's sick; Jo offered to come instead but I tried saying no way and for some amazing reason, PIG mum didn't insist! This may be the first time this whole YEAR where I've not had to endure a session of physio for the whole week! 

• Toastmasters isn't happening toms either; fingers crossed I can enjoy my most important two hours of the day online, read the book club novel for one hour and watch the 6pm news bulletin for the 56TH time!

• Anyways, hopefully bbl, else wishing everyone a smashing day toms!
  Cheers,
  Em. ^^