Monday Post 566

 Good afternoon! Firstly, today I've been hard @ work plodding 2691 steps (ha, I'm over 2.5 grand XD); secondly, John Piper's daily devotional topic from last night's 'Hope For Imperfect Christians' (sounds familiar?); thirdly, TWFT topic's 'The Traits Of A Champion' and fourthly, Our Daily Bread's devotional topic's 'Care Prayer' but fifthly   and way most importantly, I'm  really  still owed TWENTY-SIX MINUTES online after Lorraine  minds me from 4-6pm and I   watch  the 6pm news bulletin (Nine's) for    the 5th  time!! Anyways, events for today?

• Yay, not only 5th consecutive awesome sleep last night but my best for 2026 thus far! I was awake but not awake enough to know that I'm awake; does that stage have a name? When I was finally awake enough to realise that nature was urgently calling, I used the pot :P for one tinkle, glanced @ the clock and saw 'twas already 8:50am!
• I immediately tried falling back asleep but 100-odd breaths into counting myself back to sleep, PIG mum went THUMP upstairs and I realised sleep wouldn't return this morning. Instead, 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*

• PIG mum lets herself into my room to hit me with the eye goo and help me exceedingly slightly with absolutely nothing but the bra strap before leaving me to get myself mostly independently kitted, which I comply with after giving myself fifteen more minutes first. Mostly, I was just cranky that she wouldn't help me put on the tee too, since while I was giving myself fifteen more minutes, dearest dad came and kissed me bye before leaving for work somewhere and I couldn't hug and kiss him bye back else he'd have realised I was naked on top apart from the bra strap! >< *sigh*

• PIG mum returns to finish with absolutely nothing bar Elf's AFO straps and both laces before I let her gleefully FORCE :( me to walk over to the bathroom and brush teeth. That done, I sit over the loo for one tinkle, wash and dry    Era 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.
  Cheers,
  Em.   ^^ 
  P.S. All the interesting surnames I saw while watching the 6pm news bulletin (Nine's, read by Lily Greer), for the 5th time:

Sunday Post 566

 Good evening! Firstly, today I've been hard @ work plodding 3310 steps (sorry I'm not bothered to plod twenty-three more steps and make that 3333 steps XD); secondly, John Piper's daily devotional topic from last night's 'Hope For Imperfect Christians'; thirdly, TWFT topic's 'Bible Reading:  The Key  To Spiritual Growth (3)'; thirdly, Our   Daily Bread's devotional topic's "God's Beautiful Creation' and fourthly,  Joni's devotional topic's 'New Mercies' but  fifthly and way most importantly, I'm really still owed ONE HOUR and TWENTY-TWO  MINUTES online when I videochat Aunty Nga @ 9:45pm! Argh, only four days into 2026 and I'm already unable to enjoy the entirety of my MOST IMPORTANT two hours of the day online! ><  *sigh* Anyways, just super-briefly, events for today?

• th consecutive awesome sleep last night! Nature didn't call until 6:50am~
• Attended ESS, had lunch with other ESS people @ some Korean eatery around Underwood Marketplace then played boardgames @ Pastor Peter Pie's house; also had cake for his 38th birthday toms!
• Dr. Lee dropped me home; I showered then watched the 6pm news.

• All the interesting surnames I saw while watching the 6pm news (Nine’s, read by Lily Greer) for the 4^th  time: Trump, Maduro , Tomasi, Mangione (heard), Combs (heard), Hegseth, Rubio, Rodriguez (heard), Kearsley, Urribarri, Norieiga, Butler, Croucher, Shoebridge, Volodomyr (first name), Zelensky, Macron (heard), Albanese (heard), Martyn, Jiselle (first name), Manning, Gilchrist (heard), Meyer, Starc, Nova (first name), Peris, Fraser, Roche, Brown, Guseli,Hunter,Duckett, Crawley, Bavas, Beat (first  name),  Jans, Pearson, Sabalenka (heard), Zverev (heard), Walters, de Minaur, Ruud, Vucik, Kasatkina,  Tsimpikas, Kyrgios (heard), Kokkinakos (heard),Waugh (heard), Vettori  (heard),Brook, Root, Neser (heard), Houghton, Zahos (heard),Saxon  (first  name),  Moyes, Shinade (first name), Morris, Balme,  Fu, Littler, Purdie, Lametsos and Djodan. Garry Youngberry read the weather report from South Bank. Brisbane was 23-31 today.  Brisbane toms: 22-29. Mt. Gravatt toms: 21-29. Sunrise:  4:58am Sunset 6:38pm

  
  

• 1st  family  Sunday dinner for 2026: Korean  food again; same place as last  week and luckily they  had Korean fried chicken  available this week! Most  amazingly, I  was allowed to use Sparkless3!

• Bought  groceries from   Hanaromart afterwards then shared a little tub of black sesame ice cream!

• Toms: PIG mum'll help  me up, since I'm seeing Ray for some acupuncture and massage. Bet she's DYING to yap ceaselessly  @ him.

• Unsure  will we grocery shop and   walk aisles afterwards? Elf's going  ow,  but I'm  hoping for @ least 1000  steps!

• Lorraine's minding  me from   4-6pm; hoping  to   watch the 6pm news  bulletin for  the  5th time  after she leaves!

• Oh, and gotta do GCCW homework for  Thursday!

• Anyways, hope everyone has a smashing week  ahead!
  Cheers,
  Em. ^^

Saturday Post 566c

 Good evening again and one final greeting for tonight! Em's final, final plodding total for Saturday now stands @ 3142.  Anyways, final, final events for tonight?

• When PIG mum summoned me over for dinner, I used the loo for one tinkle then walked myself slowly and safely to the gobbling :P table, rising above the cruel and unfaithful God’s near-overwhelming hatred and not letting Him push me over.
• Dinner tonight:  rice, lotsa soup carrot, lotsa soup potato, lotsa soup onion, lotsa yummy cauliflower, lotsa sweet potato leaves, two little chunks of salmon and one wee tasty pork rib.
• Dinner was spooned down with one bowl of soup; after taking the bowl over to the sink I   walked myself slowly and safely back online, again rising above the cruel and unfaithful God’s near-overwhelming hatred and not letting Him push me over.
• Usually, I visit the loo for one more tinkle @ 9pm but when nature suddenly called @ 8:51pm I walked myself slowly and safely once more to the loo for one tinkle and back, always rising above the cruel and unfaithful God’s near-overwhelming hatred and not letting Him push me over.
• Toms: just church, nothing special. Actually, the special thing's Pastor Peter Pie's organised a boardgames arvo from 1-5pm @ his place and Dr. Lee says he'll take me! Was hoping he'd lemme know the details by now but he's not yet; presuming he's busy. Planning to stick around him once ESS finishes.
• Meaning prolly won't get to watch the 6pm   news bulletin for the 4th time since I've gotta shower after coming home but fingers crossed dad'll take us out for dinner together toms night!
• Anyways, looking forward to seeing everyone @ church toms!
  Cheers,
  Em. ^^

Saturday Post 566b

 Heylo  again and good evening! Firstly, Em's new plodding total for Saturday now stands @ 3142 (ha, I'm over  three grand XD) and secondly, Joni's devotional topic's "God's Glory In Your Trial". Righteo, continuing today's events?

• Hey, my post vanished? From the last post, then: after washing and drying   Era, I head out to the gobbling :P table with Sharon, who told me that she had two fried eggs for breakfast.
• Well, I only got one, on one piece of dry (unbuttered) toast very lightly spread with avocado, another tall cup of water, all my usual drugs :P and my first big mug of white tea sweetened with two teaspoonfuls of sugar. I happily read Ghost Boy for one hour, finding the book title on pg. fifty-six.
• While I use the loo for one more tinkle, Sharon washes my breakfast stuff up, closes and locks windows.
• After washing and drying   Era, I climb into the passenger seat of Sharon's car and she tootles us off to Underwood MarketPlace. Thanks to Sharon who kindly helped me buckle my seatbelt all day.
• Sharon parks around the side and grabs a trolley for us.  First we buy groceries from Woolies (the   checkout dude's this really nice African man) and then I order my honey chicken sushi roll from Sushi Creators for arvo tea while Sharon gets herself two teriyaki chicken ones for lunch.
• Back home I take a nice warm shower - hairwash   today. Also thanks to Sharon who helps 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 (thanks to Sharon for adding some oyster sauce for me) plus two more mugs of white tea sweetened with two sugars. I happily read for another thirty-five minutes, finding the book title of page sixty-two and finishing page seventy-five @ 12:31pm.
• While Sharon washed the lunch dishes up, I sat over the loo for two tinkles then climbed back into her car.
• Shron tootled me off to church to play table tennis with dearest dad! After arriving, I hiked up the ramp and into A7/8, where dearest dad had already setup the ping pong table. I immediately signed Sharon off with my thanks and byes; she's back same time next Saturday.
• Had great fun playing table tennis with dad and thankfully didn't give myself table tennis elbow this time! :P
• Back home, I  used the loo  for one tinkle then  settled down to read for another  110 minutes; it's only Saturday  that I get to spend a blessed three hours reading~  Today I found the book   title on page ninety-three, finished pg. 100 @ 2:53pm, found the book title again on  pg. 101, reached  pg. 111 @ 3:06pm, found the book   title on pg. 116, finished pg. 125 @ exactly 3:25pm,reached pg. 150 @ exactly 3:50pm (meaning this book takes  me twenty-five minutes to read twenty-five pages) then found the book titles  on pgs. 154, 156, 160 and 163.
• Used the loo for one tinkle, plopped online and happily watched the 6pm news bulletin (Nine's) for the 3rd time. All the things I like recording are in the previous post.
  Cheers,
  Em. ^^
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Saturday Post 566

 Good afternoon! Firstly, today I've been hard @ work plodding 2899 steps; secondly, John Piper's daily devotional topic from last night's 'What Jesus Did To Death'; thirdly, TWFT topic's 'Bible Reading: The Key To Spiritual Growth (2)' and fourthly, Our Daily Bread's devotional topic's 'The Friendship Bench but fifthly and way most importantly, I'm really still owed FIFTY-SEVEN MINUTES online after I watch the 6pm news (Nine's) for the 3rd time!! Anyways, events for today?

• Yay, 3rd consecutive awesome sleep last night! Like yesterday, nature didn't call until 6:35am 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*

• When nature called again about one hour later, following another pot :P trip 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*

• Mushroom, Mini Pearl and I happily snore, me waking once more for the pot :P around 9am shortly before noisy PIG mum begins her daily noisy a-THUMPING around upstairs. @ 9:30am, she lets herself into my room to hit me with the eye goo and gimme fifteen more minutes before returning outside and awaiting Sharon's arrival @ 9:45am.

• Once she arrives, I immediately use the pot :P for one more tinkle, we get me kitted and then I head over to the bathroom and brush teeth. After drinking one tall cup of water, I sit over the loo proper. 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!

  Cheers,
  Em. ^^
  P.S. All the interesting surnames I saw while watching the 6pm news bulletin (Nine's, read by Lily Greer) for the 3rd time: Reynard, Bavas, Kearsley, Maduro (heard), Lambetsos, Naveed (first name), Akram, Salmi, Copp, Scarr, Ruddock, Howard (heard), Trump, Joshua, Kearsley, Taafe, Payne (first   name), Haas, Renshaw (heard), Baerlett (heard), Lyon (heard), Webster (heard), Gaut, Green (heard), Djodan, Stokes, Kyrgios , Khawaja (heard), Hall, Rogers, Matheny, Kanowski, Annalise (first  name), Bolt, Lane, Jakob (first name), Funk, Wolven (heard), Aryna (first name), Sabalenka,  Keys, Emerson (first name), Ferguson and Cavallaro. Dominique Loudon read the weather report from Newstead. Brisbane was 20-28 today. Brisbane toms: 22-29. Mt. Gravatt toms: 21-29. Sunrise: 4:57am Sunset 6:48pm

• After washing and drying Era, I head out to the gobbling :P table with Sharon, who tells me she had two fried eggs for breakfast.

• But I only get one! That was on one slice of toast very lightly smeared with avocado. I also pop all my usual drugs :P and drink another tall mug of water. Over and after breakfast, I happily read Ghost Boy for thirty minutes

• After Sharon slathers my face and both arms with sunscreen, she accompanies me back to the bathroom before returning  too the kitchen to close and lock windows. I use the loo for one tinkle, wash and dry Era then climb into the passenger seat of Sharon's car.

• Sharon tootles us off to Underwood Marketplace, parking around the side and grabbing a trolley for us.

• First, we buy groceries from Woolies (the African checkout dude that's really nice scans our items for us) and that @ Sushi Creations I buy my honey chicken sushi roll for arvo tea and Sharon buys herself two teriyaki chicken sushi rolls for lunch.

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Friday Post 566d

 Good evening again and one final greeting for tonight! Em's final, final plodding total for Friday now stands @ 1944. Aww, sorry: not quite 2000. Maybe toms. XD Righteo,  final, final events for tonight?

• After publishing the previous post I started a read the Bible in one year plan! Should've started yesterday but forgot to.  XD
• At 9pm I walked myself 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: PIG mum'll  gimme fifteen more minutes @ 9:30am; when Sharon arrives @ 9:45pm I'll get up immediately~
• We'll buy my arvo tea honey chicken sushi roll and any other groceries PIG mum wants from Underwood Marketplace before coming home for a shower and lunch. Phew PIG mum says I may use Sparkless3 toms and give poor Elf's ankle a break~
• Looking forward to playing table tennis with dearest dad then coming home and reading Ghost Boy all arvo; doubt PIG mum'll get me one of the new books I bought recently (if I have?) It's only Saturdays I   can spend a blessed three hours reading~
• But may  haveta skip watching the 6pm news bulletin for the 3rd time since I've gotta follow that one-year Bible reading plan!
• Righteo, hope everyone has a smashing week ahead!
  Cheers,
  Em. ^^

Friday Post 566c

 Good evening! Firstly, Em's new plodding total for Friday now stands @ 1795 and secondly, Joni's devotional topic's "In The Lord's Presence'. Anyways, continuing today's events?

• With some yummy, cubed mango, one plain cracker and one mug of herbal tea in the new 'E' cup I'd just bought that morning, I happily read for one hour, reaching pg.  250 @ 4:46pm, finding the chapter 22 title the same as the book's name, FINISHED THE BOOK @ 5:14PM and finishing the about the author section two minutes later!
• Thanks to whichever carer who'd found me 'The Ghost Boy' to read; I reached page twenty-five @ 5:24pm.
• r reading for one hour, I checked my Whatsapp messages, used the loo for one tinkle, washed and dried Era then returned online, watching pm news bulletin (Nine's) for the second time. All the things I like recording are in the previous post.
• After the news ended I called out asking may I please join dinner? PIG mum replied   come.
• I used the loo for one tinkle then walked myself slowly and safely to the gobbling :P table, rising above the cruel and unfaithful God’s near-overwhelming hatred and not letting Him push me over.
• Dinner tonight: rice, lotsa sweet potato leaves, lotsa lettuce, lotsa some other vegetable I've since forgotten, one baby corn cobette and one tasty pork bone with most of the meat already removed.
• Dinner was spooned down with one bowl of soup; after taking the bowl over to the sink I walked myself slowly and safely back online, again rising above the cruel and unfaithful God’s near-overwhelming hatred and not letting Him push me over.
• When nature randomly called @ 8:30pm I walked myself once more slowly and safely to the loo for one tinkle and back, always rising above the cruel and unfaithful God’s near-overwhelming hatred and not letting Him push me over. Unfortunately, Elf's ankle's going ow. >< But new plodding total for Friday: 1845.
• Anyways, hopefully bbl after one last tinkle @ 9pm with my final, final plodding total for today (won't quite reach 2000, sorry XD), the final, final events for tonight plus what's happening toms else wishing everyone a smashing weekend ahead~
  Cheers,
  Em. ^^