Tuesday Post 449

 Good afternoon! Firstly, today I've been hard @ work plodding 1044 steps (ha, I'm just over one grand XD); secondly, John Piper's daily devotional topic from last night's 'What Jesus Did To Dath'; thirdly, TWFT topic's "This Year, Think 'Possible' (1)" and thirdly, Our Daily Bread's devotional topic's 'Rescue Mission'. Anyways, events for today?

• Yay, awesome sleep last night! Nature didn't call until 6:20am, 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* Mostly I was just relieved that the lbl from the night before was just a one-off thing; I was really relieved that I woke completely dry this morning! 
• Usually nature calls hourly after that initial morning pot :P trip, but happiness was snoring soundly with Pearl and the Pikachu bolster until dearest dad very thoughtfully walked silently along the hallway and unpopped the lock into the garage before waking again to relieve myself.
• After dearest dad kissed me bye, retucked me back into bed and left for his hard day's work, we all happily cuddle and snore, me waking once more and relieving myself 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 (and I made sure to tell her that she was right; the lbl from the night before really only came since I was too tired from staying up to await the new year two nights ago!) before going out to await Hannah's arrival @ 9am.
• When Hannah announces her arrival @ 9am, PIG mum lets her in. She knocks, says "Good morning Em; fifteen more minutes ..." and wisely leaves when I wave one of the Pikachu bolster's hand @ her, even though like Pearl, he's anatomically incorrect to give the Bear Bum (he's too long XD)
• After Hannah comes back, I use the pot :P 0nce more for three tinkles and we get me kitted while we share with each other what Christmas presents we got.
• While I head over to the bathroom and brush teeth; Hannah empties the commode for me, before going to prepare breakfast for me. 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.
• Breakfast is one yummy bowl of Minus :P, 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 back to the loo, again 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!
• Tank boarded, Hannah tootles us off to Calamvale Central for grocery shopping, walkies and bahn mi buying. She refuses to get a trolley for us, but hey.
• Our first stop's Woolies to get a 2L jug of milk.
• The other stop before sitting down outside Woolies to play with our mobiles is the Mega Discount Fruit Market for like pears and bananas.
• When PIG mum Whatsapps me saying she's home, I get my crackling pork bahn mi from Uncle Michael while Hannah gets herself three sushi rolls (tempura veggie, calamari and kaarage chicken). Uncle Michael hit the sack before 2023 arrived but told me that in Vietnam, firecrackers are let off to celebrate the new year! He didn't know the English word 'firecracker' but just made the sounds and I guessed it. XD
• Back home, I took a nice warm shower - hairwash today. Also thanks to Hannah who helped me rinse out my hair, thus freeing Era to hold my stupid right eye tightly shut. I also softly, 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 4%, but happily leaned fully against the side rail and watered myself for another tinkle before turning the nice warm water off and 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 Hannah was helping with Erf's sock and one last when she was giving Wally back to Ela.
• Back outside, lunch was my yummy crackling pork salad roll plus one delicious mug of Chinese tea. At 2pm, I signed Hannah off with my thanks and byes; it's her BIRTHDAY toms! Forgot to buy her a birthday card so just grabbed a piece of lined paper and scrawled her Happy Birthday; will text her happy birthday toms! Think she's turning twenty-eight.
• Lunch finished, I walked myself once slowly and safely to the loo for one tinkle before plopping online, always rising above the cruel and unfaithful God’s near-overwhelming hatred and not letting him push me over.
• Looking forward to watching the 6pm news bulletin for the first time this year!
• Toms: just a late morning appointment to see Ray for some acupuncture and massage. Bet PIG mum's simply DYING to yap ceaselessly @ him; me, I just hope he remembers my ice cream coz last week he made me BLEED! >< XD
• PIG mum had better take me grocery shopping nd aisle walking afterwards like she's promised to, else expect a super-pissy plodding total from me. 
• Then it's Annette coming to mind me from 4-6pm; Pearl can't WAIT to tell him how Peggy gave him a new pearl for Christmas! XD
• Fingers crossed I can watch the 6pm bulletin for the 2nd time!
• Anyways, hopefully bbl else wishing everyone a smashing day toms!
  Cheers,
  Em. ^^
  P.S. All the interesting surnames I saw while watching the 6pm news bulletin (Nine's, read by Jonathan Uptin) for the 1st time this year: Bavas, Katarina (first name), de Silva, Cavallaro, Bartsch, Charlton (first name), Tafua (heard), Haas, Albanese (heard), Littleproud, Ruston, Booy, Greenbank, Parra, Tsarkova, Nadal, de Minaur Lynn, Chappell, Palaszczuk, Navratilova, Renner (heard), Tomasi, Mast, Eliza (first name), Todhunter, Stallings, Kearsley, Infantino, Salters, Bolland (heard), Renshaw (heard), Agar (heard), Cummins) and Schefter. 67.34USc = 1AUD. Luke Bradnam read the weather report from Isle of Capri. Brisbane was 18-32 today. Mt. Gravatt toms: 19-33.  Sunrise 4:47am Sunset 6:48pm