Friday, June 26, 2026

Friday Post 330

 Good afternoon! Firstly, today I've  been hard @ work plodding 1720 steps; secondly, John Piper's devotional topic from last night's 'The Death Trap Called Covetousness'; thirdly, TWFT topic's 'Spiritual Pathways (1) and fourthly, Our Daily Bread's devotional topic's "Who's My Neighbour?' Anyways, events for today?

  • Grr  idiot nature called around 12:45am  and denied me the chance to  start an awesome sleep streak! ><  Don't worry, 'twas a sound sleep apart from that. *sigh*
  • Following the first daylight 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 until PIG mum wakes me for another pot :P trip with her daily noisy a-THUMPING around upstairs. Soon, she's let herself into my room to hit me with the eye goo before going back outside to await Fay's arrival. 
  • When Fay hasn't arrived by 8:01am she immediately reenters my room and says fifteen more minutes. I comply, reminding her to please ring CODA on-call should she not have arrived by 8:10am.
  • But phew, Fay arrives like eight minutes later; when PIG mum opens  the door for her she immediately apologies for being late; even toll roads get congestion!
  • At 8:15am, Fay helps me up. I use the pot :P for three more tinkles, we get me kitted and then I head over to  the gobbling :P  table and brush teeth before sitting over the loo  for one tinkle. After washing and drying Era, I walk out to  the gobbling :P  table with Fay.
  • Breakfast is  one bowl of plain porridge with one slice of dry (unbuttered) toast very lightly spread with avocado and foor some  reason the PLATE (not the toast) very lightly sprinkled with salt (so I licked the plate clean afterwards XD), all my usual drugs :P  and one tall cup 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 happily watched Sunrise; I'd asked Fay to please turn channel seven on for me, only for PIG mum to immediately chirp, "I'll do it!" Unsure why she only ever does it when there's a carer present; she's ALWAYS REFUSED when it's just us two @ home! Perhaps she's just trying to show the carer what a 'good' mother she is? XD
  • Breakfast finished, I asked  Faye to please gimme (my face and both hands) some sunscreen before she walked behind me back to  the loo then returned to the kitchen and washed the breakfast dishes. 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 Fay's car and she tootles me off to the  NAB for physio. We have a smooth run along the highway but then get stuck along Coronation Drive? Arrival time @ UQ was 9:58am but I needed to use  the loo before heading inside hence why I didn't sit inside the waiting room but hiked straight into  the NAB. Along the hallway a male forty-one year old student met me and was followed by Sarah. 
  • Physio today: Thirty barefoot Elf sit-to-stands with left  and forward weightshift, fifty steps for  Erf onto first stair block with three second hold and more left and forward weightshift, lying on right side on plinth and kicking Elf towards wall, two laps short hallway walking and ten laps long hallway walking.
  • Lol when Fay doesn't pick me up @ 12:10pm I ring CODA; turns out she's down near the lifts! I immediately ring back and reassure someone that I've been collected; lol, I'm using the toilet when Staffing Options rings Fay to ask where she is! XD
  • After sitting once more over the loo for two tinkles Fay tootles me home and I take a nice hot shower - hairwash today. Also thanks to Fay who helps me rinse out my hair, thus freeing Era to hold my stupid right eye tightly shut. While I  shower, Fay tells me that she's  twenty-eight, from Sudan and already has a son doing prep! She's a single mum and her parents look after the boy when she's working.
  • Dried, creamed and rekitted, PIG mum's cooked some delicious pork for lunch! With the rice there's also lotsa lettuce and lotsa soup carrot. Lunch gets washed down  with one huge mug of herbal tea; @ 2pm I say my thanks and byes to Fay and sit over the loo for two tinkles.
  • When I  come out, Ari's already arrived and Ela does one hour of unfunctional exercises with her. We end with playing two/three rounds of Spot It!
  • After sitting over the loo for one tinkle I have some fruit, one plain cracker and drink another huge mug of herbal  tea.
  • Arvo tea finished, I use the loo for one tinkle, read the day's Bible passages then plop online for myself.
  • Looking forward to watching the 6pm news bulletin (Nine's) for  the ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTIETH time!
  • Wolfing dinner down immediately afterwards and skipping soup; plan to sit on the sofa come 7:30pm and watching the Broncos play the Roosters!
    Cheers,
    Em.  ^^
    P.S. All the interesting surnames I saw while watching the 6pm  news bulletin (Nine's, read by Joel Dry) for the 150TH (yup, ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTIETH!) time:  Tomasi, Metcalfe, Suttar (heard), Pipovich (heard), Lambe, Millward, Gerber, Farmer, Probyn, Albanese, Lowe, Tsimpikas Lockyer, Sinclair, McKenzie, Canavan, Ryan, Walker, Shannon, Frecklington, Payten, Katoa (heard), Plath (heard), Fifita (heard), Stefanovic, Stanton, Dear, McGuire, Robinson, Ward,  Young, Markie-Dadds, Ariotti, Popovich, Hodgkinson., Fagan, Millward, Mickelberg, Quinlan, Frecklington, Bell, Steinberg, Greer, Weinstein and Kohler. Chris Kohler read the finance report (1AUD = 69.xxUSc),  Bronte Gildea read the sports report and Paul Bradnam  read the weather report from Dreamworld Brisbane was 13-19 today.  Brisbane toms: 12-21. Mt. Gravatt toms: 10-20. Sunrise: 6:38am Sunset: 5:04pm

Thursday, June 25, 2026

Thursday Post 330d

 One final good evening and greeting for tonight! Em's final, final plodding total for Thursday now stands @ 1370. Righteo, final, final events for tonight?

  • After publishing the previous post I read and shared the She Reads Truth daily devotional.
  • At 9pm I walked myself once more slowly and safely to the loo for one more tinkle and back, always rising above the cruel and unfaithful God’s near-overwhelming hatred and not letting Him push me over.
  • Tonight's ice cream night; yay, like I  always say, a very little's better than none @ all!
  • Toms: Fay's coming @ 8am, helping me up, taking me to the NAB for two hours of  physio then seeing me home and showered before leaving @ 2pm.
  • Have forgotten will Christina cook with me/give Ela one hour of unfunctional exercises?
  • Will skip reading for one hour and just pop online and do my daily Bible readings before plopping online since I'm planning to watch the 6pm news for the 125TH time since I'm hoping to wolf dinner down once the news ends,  skip soup and be seated on the couch @ 7:30pm to watch the Broncos play the Roosters!
  • Righteo, hope everyone has a smashing  end to the week toms!
    Cheers,
    Em. ^^

Thursday Post 330c

 Good evening again! Firstly, Em's new plodding total  for tonight now stands @ 1300 and secondly, Joni's devotional topic's 'Serve Him With Gladness'. Anyways, continuing tonight's events?

  • After using up the most important two  hours of  my day online I used the loo for one tinkle then sat @ the gobbling :P table to munch arvo tea (some fruit, one plain cracker and one huge mug of green tea. Happily read the witch book for forty minutes, noting down I'd read for twenty minutes more after dinner.
  • Used the loo for one more tinkle, returned online and watched the 6pm news bulletin (Nine's) for the 124TH time. All the things I like recording are @ the bottom of the previous post.
  • Like previous days, PIG mum got dearest dad to start dinner with her but without me. Once the news ended I  asked for permission to join; that given, I used the loo for one tinkle then walked myself  slowly and safely over 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 yummy cauliflower, lotsa soup potato, lotsa soup potato, lotsa soup onion and like two wee pieces of delicious pork.
  • Dinner was spooned down with one bowl of soup before reading for another twenty minutes since I like reading  for one hour each day when possible.
  • Reading finished, I used the loo for one more tinkle, washed and dried  Era the 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.
  • Anyways, hopefully bbl after one more loo trip @ 9pm  with my final, final  plodding total for today, the final, final events for tonight plus what's happening Friday, else wishing everyone a smashing end to  the week toms!
    Cheers,
    Em. ^^

Friday Post 330b

 Heylo again, good evening and potentially one final greeting for tonight! Em's potential final, final plodding  total for Friday now stands @ 1161. Righteo, hopefully  bbl tonight with the rest of today's events else wishing everyone a smashing end to the week toms!
Cheers,
Em. ^^
P.S. All the interesting surnames I saw while watching the 6pm news bulletin (Nine's, read by Joel Dry) for the 124TH time: Greer, Flete, Rodriguez, Delcie (first name), Trump, D'Alessandro, Davies, Wit, Croucher, Albanese (heard), McKellar, Zali (first name, Allegra (first name, heard), Spender (heard), Palmer, Balme, A Dutton (heard), Reece, Geran, Cully (first name), Rose, Rogers, Rutte, Miles (heard), Stuart, Stefanovic, Tomasi, Beach, Popovich, Leckie (heard), Italino (heard), Probyn, Burgess, Burke, Asofa-Solomona (heard), Hodgkinson,  Meredith, Brigginshaw (heard), Southwell, Thurston, Moses  (heard), Galvin (heard), Paro, Fenech, Tsimpikas, Donaldson (heard), Robinson, Shibasaki (heard), Firkan  (first  name), Kirkland, Makenna (first name), Baily, Woodward. Robinson (heard), Maguire, Hutton, Sinclair and Kohler. Chris  Kohler  read the finance report (1UD = 68.96USc),  Bronte Gildea read the sports report and Garry Youngberry read the weather report from East Brisbane. Brisbane was 11-22 today. Brisbane toms: 13-20. Mt. Gravatt toms: 11-20. Sunrise: 6:38am Sunset: 5:04pm

Wednesday, June 24, 2026

Thursday Post 330

 Good afternoon! Firstly, today I've been hard @ work plodding 1032 steps (ha, I'm just over one grand XD);  secondly, John Piper's daily devotional topic from last night's "I Can Be Content In Every Circumstance'; thirdly, TWFT topic's 'Permissible/Beneficial?' and fourthly, Our Daily Bread's devotional topic's '"The Father's Open Arms". Anyways, just briefly. events for today?


  • Yay, 3rd consecutive awesome sleep last night! Nature didn't call until 6:35am~
  • Louiza arrived late to help me up  and take me to GCCW; wonder why there's congestion even on  the toll rads?
  • Only six attended GCCW today but there was CAKE, Mary even gave me seconds and Louiza bought me a 500mL Lipton's peach iced tea!
  • Got home, showered then had a tuna toastie (with TWO cheese and the inside HEAVILY buttered) with  a powdered mug of HK-style milk tea for lunch.
  •  Signed Louiza off with my thanks and byes @ 1:30pm; she's back 9:39am till 1:30pm next Thursday.
  • Did my daily Bible readings then popped online,
  • Once I've used up the most important two hours of my day I'll use the loo for one tinkle, read the witch  for as close to one hour as possible, use the loo for another tinkle @ 5:50pm  then watch the 6pm news (Nine's) for the 124TH side!
  • Tonight's ice cream night, yay! Like I say every week, a very little's better than none @ all!
  • Toms: Fay's minding me from 8am till 2pm  and taking me to  the NAB for two hours' physio with  Sarah. 
  • OT coming afterwards and giving Ela one hour of unfunctional exercises.
  • Will prolly skip reading the witch  book for one hour since I've gotta get through  tomorrow's Bible readings but I'm still hoping to watch the 6pm news bulletin for the 125TH time, provided I can watch it for the 124TH time tonight! 
  • Scoffing dinner down afterwards; planning to be seated on the couch @ 7:30pm and watching the Broncos play the Roosters!
  • Anyways, hopefully bbl tonight else wishing everyone a smashing end to the week toms!
    Cheers,
    Em. ^^

Wednesday Post 330b

 Heylo again, good evening and one final  greeting for  tonight!  Firstly, Em's final, final plodding total for Wednesday now stands @ 2266 (nice number XD) and secondly, Joni's devotional topic's 'Watch  How You React' but thirdly and way most importantly, I'm really still  owed ONE HOUR and TWENTY-FOUR MINUTES online should PIG mum  boot me off to   bed @ 9:45pm!! >< *sigh* But just noting  down that  dad took me to  church to  play  table tennis with him  (he lemme win and Uncle Albert was our boy  ball,  no, boy manager, calls dad XD) and toms  Louiza's taking me to GCCW! Fingers crossed for cake ... XD Don't think I've anything happening  after she leaves @ like 1:30pm; looking forward to my most important two hours of the day online, reading the  witches book for  one hour  and watching the  6pm news bulletin for  the 124TH time! Oh, and 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. ^^

Tuesday, June 23, 2026

Wednesday Post 330

 Good afternoon! Firstly, today I've been hard @ work plodding 1407 steps (so trust I'll have reached 1500 steps before the day's out XD); secondly, John Piper's daily  devotional topic from last night's 'Pray Before The Throne'; thirdly, TWFT topic's Rahab: Redeemed And Redirected and fourthly, Our Daily Bread's devotional topic's 'Faith Rooted In God' but fifthly  and way most importantly, I'm really still owed ONE  HOUR and FORTY-FIVE MINUTES online after I get home from table tennis!! Anyways, events for today?

  • Yay, 2nd 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*
  • Oh, yesterday: final plodding total for Tuesday was 2975 (sorry, not  quite  three grand  XD); I had NAB physio  with   Sarah (Barefoot elf movement seated and standing reaching for Ela, eight laps long hallway walking four laps short hallway walking and standing table tennis) them attended YA @ QUT Toastmaster's 800TH meeting and snacked on  red,   white and  pink lollies in keeping  with the theme! 
  • Today, super -briefly: bought groceries with PIG mum in the morning, went with Jane to play table tennis in the afternoon (there was cake 🎂 🎂; Matty is only twenty -three!), watched the 6pm news bulletin (Nine's) for the 123RD time (all the things I like recording are at the bottom of this post) and going to church and playing table tennis 🏓 again with dad tonight! Tomorrow Louiza will take me to GCCW and that's the day, I think. Oh but best of all it's ice cream night tomorrow night; like I always say, a very little is better than none at all!
    Cheers,
    Em.  ^^
  • P.S All the interesting surnames I saw while watching the 6pm news bulletin (Nine's, read by Joel Dry) for the 123RD time: Braithwaite, O'Dempsey (heard), McDonald, Bradford, Croucher, Lemuelu, Averillo (heard ), Chalmers, Wilson, Canavan, Rishworth, Farage (heard), Hanson, Heagney, Baron, D'Alessandro, Janetzki, Bowen, Leahy, Hutchinson (heard), Trump, Tiffiny (first name), Genders, Sakr, Burrows, Macdonald, Malinauskus, Tomasi, Weatherly, Okon, Infantino, Mimi (first name), Millward , Irwin heard), Becker, Zahos,  Gutuerres, Guthrie, Quinn, Barry, Savannah (first name), Powell, Dufficy, Ronaldo (heard), Trbojevic, McConnell, Todhunter, Lensen, Fagan, Lester (heard ),Middleton, Nanai,  Taumololo Rogersand Kohler. Chris Kohler read the finance report (1AUD =69.19USc), Bronte Gildea read the sports report and Garry Youngberry read the weather report from Kangaroo Point. Brisbane was 11-22 today. Brisbane tomorrow: 12-22. Mt. Gravatt tomorrow: 10-21. Sunrise: 6:38am Sunset: 5:03