Monday Post 470

 Good afternoon! Firstly, today I've been hard @ work plodding 2033 steps (ha, I'm just over two grand XD); secondly, John Piper's devotional topic from last night's 'Faith Honors Him Who It Trusts'; thirdly, TWFT topic's "The Reason You're Being Tested" and fourthly, Our Daily Bread's devotional topic's 'In Awe Of God' but fifthly  and way most importantly, I'm really still owed  THIRTEEN MINUTES online after I watch the 6pm news bulletin (Nine's) for the 126TH time!! Anyways, events for today?

• Yay, 2nd consecutive awesome sleep last night! Nature didn't call until 7:50am 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*
• Dearest comes to kiss me bye before leaving for church to do some kinda work; afterwards, Pijum, Pearl and I happily cuddle and snore, me waking again for the pot :P shortly after 9am just before PIG mum begins her daily a-THUMPING around upstairs. Soon, she's let herself into my room to hit me with the eye goo and help exceedingly slightly with not only the bra strap but the tee (since it's Winter and 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 finish with absolutely nothing bar Elf's AFO straps and both laces before I let her gleefully FORCE :( me to walk to the bathroom and brush teeth. That done, I sit over thew 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 was another (and the last) of the delicious but unhealthy coffee buns PIG mum had made, one warm mug of Ovaltine, all my usual drugs :P and another 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!
• 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. Obviously, she gleefully forces me to buckle my own seatbelt all day and we listen to her mix of Chinese pop all day, too.
• At Ray's, I use the loo for one tinkle and then lie down for some massage and acupuncture. My personal favorite's the shoulder CPR, since that's the most comfortable. PIG mum was in her element yapping unceasingly @ Ray with multiple repeated syllables; my grateful thanks to him who always replied and kept a conversation flowing.
• After another loo trip, PIG mum tootled us home where dearest dad had a yummy lunch of fried rice waiting for us!
• PIG mum took dearest dad out for some medical appointment after Narelle arrived to take me out grocery shopping with her @ the Warrigal Square Woolies.
• Then Narelle shouted us both a brown sugar duo (pearls and pudding) bubble tea from Tea Station! :D Will share the photo toms arvo when I'm @ the NAB for physio.
• Back home I took a nice hot shower - hairwash today. Also thanks to Narelle who rinsed out my hair for me, thus freeing Era to hold my stupid right eye tightly shut.
• Dried, creamed and rekitted, arvo tea was  one yummy kinda small banana, half a plain cracker and thanks to Narelle who made me one big mug of white tea sweetened with one teaspoonful of honey even though PIG mum had originally left peppermint tea out for me.
• Happiness was reading for one hour but still having ten minutes to play the HP version of Bejeweled - I passed two more levels!
• I thought Narelle was leaving @ 4pm so sat over the loo for two more tinkles @ 4:55pm but she's actually staying till 5pm!
• But since the parents arrived home around 4:45pm she was signed off and shooed away immediately.
• Looking forward to watching the 6pm news (Seven's) for the 126TH time!
• Toms: Lena's minding me from 10-4; presuming PIG mum'll help me up before going to her pilates class once Lena arrives. Wonder where she'll send us? I don't mind just hope PIG mum'll lemme get a crackling pork bahn mi from the Pinelands Bakehouse for lunch!
• Looking forward to spending my most important two hours of the day I'll read for one hour and then wait for Nisha to take me to Toastmasters; fingers crossed she'll buy takeaway from Maccas too and gimme her Minions takeaway paper bag; <3 the Minions! :D
• Anyways, hopefully bbl after dinner tonight else wishing everyone a smashing day toms!
  Cheers,
  Em. ^^
  P.S. All the interesting surnames I saw while watching the 6pm news (Seven's, read by Sharyn Ghidella and Max Futcher) for the 126TH time: Fentiman, Timotito, Cochetto, Robson (heard), Hammond, Reason, Emerson (heard), Novosel, Fram (heard), Knowles, Quinn (heard), Bethan (first name), Yeoman, Duval, Albanese (heard), Sarina (first name), Andaloro, Gough, Bowen, Rafique (first name), Memon, Dymock, Davila, Hart, Bhatia, Schleffler, Miles Caire, Aswell, Zorko, Fagan (heard), Averillo, Bostock (heard), Gillmeister, Robson, Moses (heard), Hunt, Starc, Hemsworth (heard), Kean,  Thomas,Dutton, Raven, Whitfeld, Mostyn, Kunowski, Mansfield, Benedetto, Blowers, Sindone, Laidler, Luai, Hurley (heard), Kroehn, Jelisa (first name), Apps, Meninga, Pizzoni, Brereton and Hammond. Gemma Acton read the finance report (1AUD = roughly 66.5USc), Shane Webcke read the sports report and Tony Auden read the weather report. Brisbane was 10-13 today. Brisbane toms: 12-23. Mt. Gravatt toms: 9-22. Sunrise 6:38am Sunset 5:03pm