Friday Post 214

 Good afternoon! Firstly, today I've been hard @ work plodding 3193 steps (ha, I'm over three grand XD); secondly, John Piper's daily devotional topic from last night's 'Talk To God, Not Just About Him'; thirdly, TWFT topic's  "How To 'Renew' Your Mind" and fourthly, Our Daily Bread's devotional topic's "Safe In God's Hands". Anyways, events for today?

• Grr, nature spoiled my five-night awesome sleep streak when she called @ 12:45am! >< Never mind, 'twas still a sound sleep nevertheless; I was prolly  just too   excited after attending book club~ *sigh*
• After another pot :P  trip falling  the Sun's rising,  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*
• Daddy Bear and I happily cuddle and snore, nature calling once more around 9am, shortly before PIG mum begins her daily noisy a-THUMPING around upstairs. Soon, she's let herself into my room to hit me with the eye goo and give poor Elf's ankle a very brief rub, since she'd totally ignored my poor foot last night. That's alright; Era rubbed Elf for fifteen minutes last night and let her wear her sock to sleep last night although obviously tugged the sock off first thing this morning! XD
• When the home phone starts ringing, I yell "Phone!"  and mother hurries into my room and answers it, saying "Oh, it's prolly the NAB ringing to cancel your appointment."
• She's correct: physio has been cancelled since the student's ill! Usually, I must endure sessions of blasted physio weekly from the very first week of the year until the week of Christmas before I get two weeks of annual leave but since Monday past was Easter Monday and I didn't haveta have Breathe physio, it should mean I've not had to endure any physio this week! :D
• Once PIG mum lets Jane inside, Jane knocks, opens the door and says, "Good morning, Em, fifteen more minutes."  Daddy Bear nods his head @ her and Jane immediately closes the door and leaves, not giving him the chance to imperiously wave his paw 'shoo' @ her!" XD
• When she comes back and taps me up, I use the pot :P for three more tinkles and happily tell her that since NAB physio got cancelled, mother has decided that we can hike Underwood Lake today!
• We get me kitted; I head over to the bathroom and brush teeth then sit over the loo for one tinkle. After sitting over the loo for one tinkle, I wash and dry Era before heading out to the gobbling :P table with Jane, who tells me that she had her usual breakfast smoothie for her morning meal today.
• Since NAB physio was cancelled, I'd thought PIG mum would immediately reduce my dry (no honey) Weet-Bix from three to two and neither gimme a slice of dry (unbuttered) toast lightly spread with avocado and lightly sprinkled with salt, but she didn't, score!  I also pop all my usual drugs :P and drink 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 finishing breakfast, I call Jane back and ask her to please gimme some sunscreen (face and both arms/hands). That done, she accompanies me back to the loo before returning to the kitchen and washing the breakfast dishes up. Over the loo 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 Sarah and Jane tootles me off to Underwood Park for another hike; the first was three days ago (Tuesday!) Thanks to her who kindly helps me buckle my seatbelt all day~
• We get the disabled park; Jane takes a photo for me @ the map board and then we hike around the lake! I take a lie-down on one of the sunlounges and cheerfully greet whoever walks past. There's one couple with a beautiful long-haired German Shepherd who comes over and even lets me hold her leash for a while, saying her name's Celeste!
• After the 400m hike, our other stop's Underwood MarketPlace to buy a 2L carton of milk from   Woolies. Jane parks out the front and grabs a trolley for us. Why I like grocery shopping with the carers more than with the parents:  they lemme sit on the self-serve checkout machine. XD
  Cheers,
  Em. 
  P.S.  All the interesting surnames I saw while watching the 6pm news bulletin (Nine's, read by Melissa Downes) for the 65TH time: Sullivan, Gylenhall (heard), Costner (heard), Ha-teya (first name), Gripske, Mason (heard), Weir, Croucher, Albanese, Marles, Canavan, Sinclair, Netanyahu (heard), Cooper, Trump, Healey, D'Alessandro,  Lovell (heard), McGoverne, Anderson, Greer, Melania (first name), Trump, Epstein (heard), Maxwell (heard),  Ghislaine (first name, heard), Cavallaro, Day (heard), Reed, Burns, Fleetwood, Jakob (first name), Funk (heard), MacClean, Debenham, Radley (heard), Dufficy (heard), Keppie, Meninga, Bennett (heard), Duffy (heard), DSrinkwater (heard), Reid (first name), Butler, Costner (heard), Makenna )first  name), Baily, Sraper (heard), 😅😂oiss (heard), Picklum (heard), Stirling (first name), Lockyer,  Lambe, Shannon and Kohler. Chris Kohler read the finance report (1AUD =  70.68USc), Adam Jackson read the sports report and Luke Bradnam read the weather report from Southport. Brisbane was 20-30 today. Brisbane toms: 18-32.

Thursday Post 214c

 Good evening again and one final greeting for tonight! Em's final, final plodding total for Thursday now stands @ 2226.  Aww, how come I   couldn't have plodded four steps fewer?? 2222 would've   been a cooler number!! XD Anyways, final, final events for tonight?

• Twelve attended tonight; Mr.  Lindsay came back and Second Mum was here!  Only she   ran outta time to make chocolate brownies and won't attend next month since she's attending some Lions AFL match. Coolest thing tonight: instead of tea/coffee, there was hot chocolate!
• Book club actually ended ten minutes early, but Erika and Lorraine were having a lovely chat and didn't make a move on until some library announced the thirty minutes before closing announcement!
• How cool: for the first time tonight, I used my digital library card! I still remember all the way back during primary school, my very first library card was light blue and started with 15/!
• Back home, dinner was rice, lotsa yummy cauliflower,  lotsa some green flat Asian vegetable, some tofu and a few slices of pork.
• Dinner was spooned down with one bowl of soup; after taking the bowl over to the sink I walked myself sand safely back online, rising above the cruel and unfaithful God’s near-overwhelming hatred and not letting Him push me over.
• At 9pm, I walked myself once more slowly and safely to the loo for one more tinkle and back, again and always rising above the cruel and unfaithful God’s near-overwhelming hatred and not letting Him push me over.
• Toms: Jane's minding me am till 2pm and taking me for 2hrs of physio @ the NAB. I missed; last Friday coz 'twas the Good Friday holiday meaning I'll have four weeks this rotation.
• After Jane sees me home, showered, fed with lunch and leaves @ 2pm; Ari's coming and giving   Ela one hour of unfunctional exercises.
• Will  skip starting  to  read the new book  club novel for one hour  since I've gotta  read the day's Bible passages and enjoy my most    important  two hours of the day online and watch the  6pm news for the 65TH  time,  wolf down  dinner then be seated on  the sofa and watching the    Broncos play   the  Cowboys! Will  be happy whoever wins. XD
• Anyways, hope everyone has a smashing end to their week toms!
  Cheers,
  Em. ^^

Thursday Post 214b

 Heylo again and good evening! Firstly, Em's new plodding total for Thursday now stands @ 2160 (ha, I'm over two grand XD) and secondly, Joni's devotional topic's 'Distracted By Service'. Righteo,  continuing  events for today?

• Once I'd used up the most important two hours of my day, I used the loo for one tinkle then sat @ the gobbling :P table to munch arvo tea (one juice pear, one plain cracker and one huge mug of green tea) and read Feist's newest novel for the forty minutes until 5:25pm.
• At 5:25pm I sat over the loo for two more tinkles, coming   out when dad called "Em, Lorraine's here" and demanded "Come out now!"
  
• Clambered into Lorraine's slightly bigger car (there's a step, I can manage it without the block dad made me for Hannah's car) and she tootled me off to the Logan Noeth Library for book club!
• After using the loo for one tinkle I was again the first to arrive, but Erika arrived right after and gave me a lovely handmade birthday card and perfume bottle!
  Cheers,
  Em. ^^

Thursday Post 614

 Good afternoon! Firstly, today I've been hard @ work plodding 1174 steps (phew, I'm over one thousand steps although I'd thought I'd done more since today GCCW was inside Meeting Room Three? Doesn't matter~); secondly, John Piper's devotional topic from last night's 'Talk To God, Not Just About Him'; thirdly, TWFT topic's 'Live On For A Purpose' and fourthly, Our Daily Bread's devotional topic's 'Prompted By Love'.  Anyways, events for today?

• Yay, 5th consecutive awesome sleep last night! Nature didn't call until 6:50am  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*
• Daddy Bear and I happily cuddle and snore, me waking again for the pot :P around 7:45am.  Actually, PIG mum begins her noisy daily a-THUMPING around upstairs while I've over the commode! XD 
• PIG mum lets herself into my room to hit me with the eye goo and give poor   Elf a very brief rub, since she totally ignored poor Elf last night (as she's done for the past TEN DAYS) before letting Louiza inside when she announces her arrival @ 8am. 
• Louiza knocks, opens the door and says good morning. When Daddy Bear flops a paw @ her, she continues "I'll help you up in fifteen more minutes, okay?" Daddy Bear gives another paw nod then flicks his paw imperiously @ her 'shoo'. Louiza snorts with amusement and wisely withdraws.   XD
• When Louiza comes back, 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. Lol I ask Louiza to replicate the pretty pattern my Minion toothbrush has on the toothbrush, and she somehow manages the top tip! XD
• Teeth brushed, I sit over the loo for one tinkle, wash and dry Era then head out to the gobbling :P table with Louiza, who tells me that she had a bagel for breakfast.
• Me, I only get one 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* I also enjoyed watching Sunrise~
• After breakfast, I ask Louiza to please gimme some sunscreen before she walks behind me back to the loo then returns to the kitchen and washes 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 Louiza's car, she kindly helps me buckle my   seatbelt and then she tootles me off to the Garbo library for GCCW. Since traffic was pretty bad along Logan Road this morning, I don't arrive @ the library until 9:27am hence skip the toilet trip and just head straight into the meeting room.
• Today we were all the way down in Meeting Room Three but @ least we weren't @ the end! Only seven attended but I got a belated Easter present from   Tammy (a Humpty Dumpty Easter chocolate egg plus a Darrell Lea chocolate bilby that I ate immediately over morning tea) and my first Christmas present: a Minio tea towel; <3 the Minions!! :D <3
• Only the chocolate bilby was that sweet I asked Tammy to please make me another cup of tea, white and two! Phew she didn't charge me more cash than the initial five bucks. XD
• Meeting ended four minutes early today and homework for next meeting's "I didn't see it coming..."
• Louiza took me once more to the loo then tootled me home for a nice hot shower - hairwash  today. Also thanks to Louiza who helped me rinse out my hair, thus freeing Era to hold my stupid right eye tightly shut.
• Dried, creamed and rekitted  lunch was a tuna in tomato and onion with cheese toastie washed down with one cup of powdered HK-style milk tea. At 1:15pm I signed Louiza off with my thanks and byes; she's back same time next week.
• After taking the cup over to the sink I used the loo for one tinkle then walked myself slowly   and safely online, rising above the cruel and unfaithful God’s near-overwhelming hatred and not letting Him push me over.
• Once I've used up the most important two hours of the day, I'll head over to the gobbling :P table and ask PIG mum for some arvo tea before sitting over the loo for two tinkles @ 5:25pm:  Lorraine's taking me to book club tonight @ 5:30!
• Best of all, it's ice cream night toms night; like I always say, a very little's better than none @ all!
• Toms: Holidays are over; Jane's taking me to UQ for two hours' physio then toms arvo I'm cooking sth  with Ari. 
• Will prolly  skip reading the new book for one hour since reading the day's Bible verses and spending my most important two hours of the day online's more important, wanna watch the 6pm   news for the 65TH time, scoff down dinner then be seated on the couch to watch the Broncos play the Cowboys!
• Anyways, hopefully bbl tonight, else wishing everyone a smashing end to the week toms!
  Cheers,
  Em.  ^^

Wednesday Post 614d

 Good evening and one final greeting for tonight! Firstly, Em's final, final plodding total for Wednesday now stands @ exactly 2500 (nice number, eh? Actually, 'twas 2496 but the number pissed me off so much I stood up, walked four steps forward and sat back down again XD) and secondly, Joni's devotional topic's 'An Inventory Of Tears' but thirdly and way most importantly, should PIG mum really boot me off to bed @ 9:45pm, I'm really still owed THIRTY-THREE MINUTES online!! >< *sigh* What a crummy way to end an otherwise good day ...  but just noting down that after PIG mum helped me up late (didn't get   outta the bedroom until 9:50am) we bought groceries from the Woolies @ Warrigal Square before coming home for lunch. Jane took me to play table tennis and saw me home and showered before leaving @ 6:30pm. She's back Friday and taking me to the NAB for two hours of physio with some new student! Happily watched the 6pm news (Nine's) for the 64TH time (all the things I like recording are @ the bottom of the previous post) had the usual boiled and tasteless dinner then went to play table tennis with dad again, this time @ church! Usually the session ends @ 9pm and unsure why dad demanded I leave @ 8:57pm but hey. Louiza's minding me from 8am till 1:30pm toms and taking me to GCCW! Don't have time for lunch out since her shift ends @ 1:30pm but I need a shower but I'm excited since Lorraine's taking me to book club @ 5:30pm and Second Mum says she's coming! Best of all it's ice cream night toms night; like I always say, a very little's better than none @ all! Righteo, hope everyone's having a smashing week!

Cheers,

Em. ^^

Wednesday Post 614c

 Good afternoon! Firstly, Em's new plodding total for Wednesday now stands @ 1307 but secondly and way more importantly, I'm really still owed ONE HOUR and FIFTEEN MINUTES online after I get home from table tennis!! Anyways, continuing today's events?

• Daddy Bear and I happily cuddle and snore, me waking again for the pot :P when dearest dad comes to kiss me bye @ 7:45am, saying he's going to pick Uncle Man up from the airport!
• More happy cuddling and snoring for Daddy Bear and me, nature calling once more around 9am just before noisy PIG mum begins her usual 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 absolutely nothing bar the bra strap before leaving me    to   get myself mostly independently kitted, which I apcomply with after giving myself fifteen more minutes first.
  Cheers,
• P.S All the interesting surnames I saw while watching the 6pm news bulletin (Nine's,  read by Melissa Downes) for the 64TH time: Trump, Reid (first name), Last, Albanese, Olsen,  Caine, Anderson, Todhunter, Shannon, Crisafulli, Natoli, Doyle, Hynes, Lowry, D'Alessandro Tomasi, Parry, Cavallaro, Grugan, Albanese, Katter, Van Lunteren, Madge, Parolin, Hamilton, Ryan, Probyn, O'Toole, Wheeler, Dick, Hendling, Kelsey (first name), Young, Jakob (first name), Funk,  Reynolds, Tsimpikas,  Walters, Henderson (heard), Howard, Purdue, Fuller(heard), Duffy (heard), Megginson, Emerson (first name),, McIlroy, McKeown, Pallistrt, Short (heard),Massimo (first name),Kanye (first name (, West, Bolt, Terauds, Knoff, Geran, Hanson, Butler, Fedrigo, Poate and Kohler (heard). Chris Kohler read the finance report 1AUD = 70.65USc), Adam Jackson read the sports report and Garry Youngberry read the weather report from SouthBank. Brisbane was 17-34. Brisbane tomorrow: 20-30. Mt. Gravatt toms: 16-30. Sunrise: 6:01am Sunset: 5:31pm
  Em. ^^

Wednesday Post 614b

 Heylo again, good afternoon and please excuse the first post; you know I always get too excited whenever I get to post online before midday. XD Firstly, today I've been hard @ work plodding 1222 steps; secondly, John Piper's daily devotional topic from last night's 'Make Satan Know His Defeat'; thirdly, TWFT topic's 'You Can Make A Difference' and fourthly, Our Daily Bread's devotional topic's 'God Our Provider' but fifthly  and way most importantly, I'm really ONE HOUR and FORTY MINUTES  still owed  online after I get home tonight!! Anyways, events for today?

• Yay, 4th consecutive awesome sleep last night; awesome sleep streak started! Nature didn't call until 6:45am, when  dearest dad suddenly let himself into my  room and kissed me bye, saying he was gonna collect Uncle Man from the airport! 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*
  Cheers,
  Em.  ^^