Thursday Post 564

 Good afternoon! Firstly, today I've been hard @ work plodding 2012 steps (ha, I'm just over two grand XD); secondly, John Piper's daily devotional topic from last night's 'Jesus Prays For Us'; thirdly, TWFT topic's 'A Prayer From Addiction' and fourthly, Our Daily Bread's devotional topic's ' A Humble Thanksgiving'. Anyways, events for today?

• Yay, 4th consecutive awesome sleep last night! Nature didn't call  until 6:30am 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* Actually, since PIG mum’s overseas holidaying, I’m using the time to recharge my mental batteries and prepare for another year with her @ the helm! XD Although 'twas a broken sleep last night; suppose I was fretting that I couldn't reach PIG mum last night! I actually woke around 3am and my bladder asked pee? Only I said please wait for a few more hours; it's nearly Summer and the Sun rises very early. XD
• Mini Pearl and I happily cuddle and snore, me waking again for the pot :P shortly before dearest dad lets himself into my room to kiss me good morning and gimme some eye goo.
• Once Karina arrives, she knocks, opens the door, bids me good morning and says, "Hitting the snooze button for fifteen more minutes ..." Mini Pearl nods @ her and she wisely withdraws; phew, since Mini Pearl's physically incapable of giving the Bear Bum! XD
• When Karina returns, I sit over the pot :P once more for three tinkles, we get me kitted and then I head over to the bathroom and brush teeth. Thanks to Karina who's already squirted some toothpaste for me.
• After sitting over the loo for one tinkle and washing and drying Era, I head out to the gobbling :P table with Karina, rousing @ her for only having a liquid breakfast (she drank a cup of juice XD) and ordering her to buy sth to eat after she buys groceries for dad.
• My breakfast is one bowl of the less-yummy (so sticky) bird food (what Dr. Ku calls bird food :P) very lightly sprinkled with some Minus :P with one slice of dry (unbuttered) toast lightly spread with avocado and lightly sprinkled with 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, Karina covers my face and both arms with sunscreen then walks behind me back to the bathroom before returning to the kitchen and washing the breakfast stuff up. Over the loo proper, 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 passenger seat of Karina's car and she tootles me off to GCCW. I use the loo once upon arrival then discover we're using Meeting Room two today.
• For our final formal meeting of 2025, twelve attended. Tammy went with me once to the bathroom @ morning tea break, Mary got morning tea for me, Amina poured me a second cup, Agnes/Merlyn gave me some 'sar chi ma' (say that in Canto) then afterwards I asked Tammy for a 3RD cup of tea since that sar chi ma stuff was so sweet! XD First homework for 2026's The envelope slid under the door.
• After Karina fetched me, she took me once more to the loo then tootled me home for a nice warm shower - hairwash today. Also thanks to Karina who helped me rinse out my hair, thus freeing Era to hold my stupid right eye tightly shut.
• Dried, creamed and rekitted, lunch was one bowl of rice leftovers smothered with boiled vegetables and four tint little pieces of soup pork. I enjoyed one big mug of powdered HK-style milk tea; thanks to Karina who's stuck it into the fridge for me while I was showering to cool it down for me!
• When dad got home, he immediately signed Karina off and shooed her away. Her daughter's being moved to some new psychiatric facility near Wacol soon...
• One tinkle for me before I plopped online~
• Once I've used up my most important two hours online for today (dad's already bugged me about when I'm getting offline *sigh*), I'll use the loo for one tinkle, sit @ the gobbling :P table , munch arvo tea, read for another hour and then hopefully watch the 6pm news (Nine's) for the 224TH time!
• Tonight's ice cream night; yay! Like I always say, a very little's better than none @ all~ 
• Toms: Jane's minding me from 9:30am till 2pm and taking me to Breathe for physio. I'm just grumpy since that'll be the 100TH HOUR of physio I've endured this year! >< *sigh*
• But afterwards, I'm using Sparkless3 and we're hitting the Black Friday sales; PIG mum says I can buy sth! 
• Presuming I've got OT toms arvo?
• Anyways, hopefully bbl,  else wishing everyone a smashing end to the week toms!
  Cheers,
  Em. ^^