Thursday Post 472

 Good afternoon! Firstly, today I've been hard @ work plodding 5359 steps (ha, I'm more than half a normal person today XD); secondly, John Piper's daily devotional topic from last night's 'The Final Reality Is Here"; thirdly, TWFT topic's "Don't Be Afraid Of Failing" and fourthly, Our Daily Bread's devotional topic's 'Appetite For Distraction." Anyways, events for today?

• Yay, third consecutive awesome sleep last night! Nature didn't call until 5:20am (my favourite thing about Summer's prolly how early the Sun rises every day! ^^) 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*
• Falling back asleep, I didn't wake again for the pot :P until 7:45am, usually the time when dearest dad leaves for his hard day's work but I presumed he didn't have any work today.
• Instead, Karina came fifteen minutes later. After PIG mum let her in, she knocked, opened the door and called good morning. When Pijum flapped an ear @ her she asked us fifteen more minutes? Phew, she leaves after Pijum gives her another earflap; I'm saying phew since Pijum's anatomically incapable of giving the Bear Bum! XD
• When she came back, I used the pot :P once more for @ least three tinkles, we got me kitted and then I went over to the bathrooom and brushed teeth. After sitting over the  loo for one tinkle, I walked  out to the  gobbling :P table with Karina, rousing @  her for AGAIN not eating breakfast! >< XD
• My breakfast was two dry (no honey) Weet-Bix with some  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* Also thanks to Karina who left Sunrise on for my viewing pleasure~
• 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 the backseat of Karina's car. Thanks to her who helps me buckle my seatbelt all day before she tootles me off to Woolies @ Warrigal Square to get dearest dad's Christmas present for him!
• Karina goes out first to find it; when she comes back and tells me it's still in stock I come out with her and grab it before she tootles me off to Sunnybank Hills Shopppingtown for my fortnightly shopping trip!
• Karina parks along level two somewhere and grabs a trolley for us; after I visit the loo for one tinkle, I grab this Star Wars book and happily read for about one hour, finishing page twenty-five @ 10:27am and finishing page thirty-three @ 10:42am. It's called Resistance Reborn by Rebecca Roanhorse.
• After I post an update onto Facebook, Karina takes me once more to the bathroom and then I begin shopping and buy PIG mum a birthday card from the Reject Shop.
• Next we buy groceries from Woolies, buy me one custard bun from New York Baguette then go upstairs and finish buying groceries @ Coles.
• Since I'd already  boought dearest dad a Christmas present this morning, I had to get PIG mum a birthday present and a Christmas present! Thanks to Karina who helped me find  a very appropriate one for her. XD
• Actually, I leaned against the bench @ some hearing clinic on level four to write out the 40th birthday card I'd got foor Pastor Grace from Daiso when getting gifts for PIG mum; the girl behind the counter was wearing an adorable Rudolph sweater with red pom pom noses, only from KMart!
• Then we  met Reverend  Chris and Pastor Grace for  lunch @ Woka Underwood! Karina was a champ and parked somewhere that didn't require me hiking up the stairs; I ordered the teriyaki chicken with rice with a cold mocha  but the Russian soup was spicy! o_O
• Unsure why Karina's shift ended @ 2pm? I didn't even get the chance to shower! >< *sigh*
• Can't remember who's takingf me to our book club Christmas party ... Mel?
• Toms: Peggy's minding me 9-2 but I don't think we're getting a photo with Santa until next week? Oh, think she's taking me to the CODA Christmas party!
• Okay, slight confusion: Mel arrived @  4:09pm? She thought she was coming 4-6 (she was late coming from previous client) but she's supposed to take me to book club Christmas party?? Dunno!
  Cheers,
  Em. ^^