Friday Post 626d

 One final good evening and greeting for tonight! Em's final,  final plodding total for Friday now stands at 6033. Ha, I'm just over six grand.  XD J Righteo,  final,  final events for tonight?

- When nature suddenly called at 8:35pm,  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. 

-Then YouTube offered me the full match replay of last Sunday 's final match between the Kangaroos and England! Almost finished watching the first half!

-Toms: an early start! Dad will give me fifteen more minutes at 7:15am and once Sharon arrives I'm up,  since she's taking me to the toastmasters conference and I am competing in the Table Topics! Obviously I will either come last or second last . XD But looking forward to enjoying lunch out; yesterday marked one whole WEEK since I last enjoyed a proper meal out! But probably expect a super-pissy plodding total from me. 

-Righteo,  hope everyone has a smashing weekend ahead!

Cheers, 

Em. ^^

Friday Post 626c

 Good evening! Firstly, Em's new plodding total for Friday now stands @ 5942 (so trusting I'll have reached six grand before the night's out XD) and secondly, Joni's devotional topic's 'Breath Of Life'.  Anyways, continuing today's events?

• After the news ended, I called out to dad to please summon me once dinner was ready then read and shared the She Reads Truth devotional before reading and sharing some Facebook memories.
• When dad summoned me over for dinner @ 7:10pm I used the loo for one tinkle and 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 soup potato, lotsa soup carrot, lotsa soup onion, lotsa soup pawpaw, three slices of disgusting eggplant (I ate one then donated the other two to dad when he went to get some soup for me XD) and one chunk of pork. Food pyramid imbalance, maybe? Originally dad told me toms I could get a burger for lunch but then he changed his mind and said get a chicken wrap? 
• 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.
• Righteo, hopefully bbl   after one  last loo   trip @ 9pm with my final, final plodding  total for today, the final, final events for tonight plus what's happening toms else wishing   everyone a smashing  weekend ahead!
  Cheers,
  Em.    ^^

Friday Post 626b

 Good afternoon again and potentially one final greeting for today! Em's potential final, final plodding total for Friday now stands @ 5902. Righteo, potential final, final events for today?

• After publishing the first post, I started reading and sharing my Facebook memories.
• Precisely two hours after I started the most important two hours of my day online I used the loo for one tinkle then sat @ the gobbling :P table to start reading the new book club book for one hour, asking dad for some  arvo tea please.
• Unsure why dad chopped off the head of the banana, but the two plain crackers were nice as was the huge mug of vanilla chai but sadly 'twas without sweetener. Must remember to tell PIG mum to let dad know where she's hidden the sweetener for my tea tomorrow!
• It's really pathetic how slowly I read now; after reading for one hour, I hadn't even read twenty-five pages! >< *sigh*
• One more tinkle for me before returning online~
• Righteo, hopefully bbl after dinner, else wishing everyone a smashing weekend ahead!
  Cheers,
  Em. ^^
  P.S.  All the interesting surnames I saw while watching the 6pm news bulletin (Nine's, read by Melissa Downes and Joel Dry) for the TWO HUNDREDTH AND TWENTY-FIFTH time: Bavas, Howard (heard), Turnbull, Copp, Sussan (first name, heard), Ley (heard), Geran, Duncan, Yim, Dufficy, HGead, Duffy, Bellamy (heard), Sholji, Callay, Rubiales, Macron (heard), Hodge, Labuschahne, Weatherill, Rawson (heard), Daley, Tomic, McInnes, Kilkenny, Frecklington, D'Alessandro, Robinson  (heard), Sinclair, Montejano, Tsimpikas (heard), El Kekas, Patrick, Marshall, Ariana (first name), Grande, Crisafulli, Mostert, Sweeny, Duckett  (heard), Tomic, Brook, Arioti, Blair, Kearsley, Burke and Bradnam. Effie Zahos read the finance report (1AUD = 65.36USc), Adam Jackson read the sports report and Luke Bradnam read the weather report from Surfers Paradise. Brisbane was 19-29 today. Brisbane toms: 19-31. Mt. Gravatt toms: 18-30. Sunrise: 4:48am Sunset 6:17pm

Friday Post 626

 Good afternoon! Firstly, today I've been hard @ work plodding 5474 steps (am more than half a normal person today and will have cracked 5500 before today ends meaning I can record the number in my Larger Totals file, cool!  XD); secondly, John Piper's daily devotional topic from last night's 'Do Not Harden Your Heart'; thirdly, TWFT topic's "Speak 'Life (1)'" and fourthly, Our Daily Bread's devotional topic's 'Waiting For God'. Anyways, events for today?

• Nature  called once around 12:30am (I prolly  had too much fun yesterday XD); after another pot :P trip following 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*
• Mini Pearl and I happily cuddle and snore, me waking again for the pot :P around 9am. Around 9:25am, dearest dad lets himself into my room to kiss me good morning and gimme some eye goo.
• After dearest dad lets Jane in, Jane knocks, pushes the door open and calls good morning. When I nod Mini Pearl @ her, she says I'll come help you up in fifteen minutes, okay?" Mini Pearl nods again and she thankfully removes herself; phew, since Mini Pearl's anatomically incapable of giving the Bear Bum! XD
• When Jane returns, I use the pot :P  for one more tinkle, we get me kitted and then I head over to the bathroom   and brush teeth, before sitting over the loo  for one tinkle,  washing  and  drying Era and then heading out to   the gobbling :P table with Jane, who tells me that she had a breakfast smoothie for her morning meal today.
• Huh, how come dad didn't tell Jane I get Weet-Bix for breakfast when I've got physio and not just bird food? But Jane made me one big mug of white tea too; the only pity was that dad hadn't told her where she'd hidden the sugar/honey! >< *sigh* 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, Jane smothers my face and both hands with sunscreen, accompanies me back to   the bathroom then returns to the kitchen and washed up the breakfast stuff. 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 Jane's car, and she tootles me off to see Winnie for physio. Thanks to Jane who kindly helps me buckle my seatbelt all day/

• Physio today: Twenty laps room walking, 2.864km bike ride, 40 bar-assisted pushups, 40 steps for Erf with left weight shift ,36 v-cable rows for both hands, 40 leg curls for Elf, 40 leg extensions for Elf, tennis ball catching and throwing for Era and boxing! Plus nine minutes of massage with the theragun. I'm just getting stressed since I'm already @ 95.5hrs of physio today and willm prolly exceed 100 hours before the year finishes! ><  *sigh*

• After we both used the bathroom (CZ258 unlocks the ladies' bathroom and the second cubicle's an ambulant one; I used that while Jane used the normal one besides me), Jane tootled us off to the  Rochedale Coles, grabbed us  a trolley then we bought groceries before heading home.

• Took a nice warm shower -  hairwash today. Also thanks to Jane 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 yummy bowl of fried rice leftovers (thanks to Jane who   added some oyster sauce for me) plus another big mug of white tea without sweetener.

• Before I used the loo once more for two tinkles @ 1:55pm, dad suddenly rang and said Dorrie can't come since she's sick! o_O Hence why Jane helped me remove the bra when I sat once more over the loo before I signed her off with my thanks and byes @ 2pm. She's back next Wednesday, morning and afternoon!

• Once she left, some guy rang from My Rehab Team saying Dorrie will rebook a session after she's better. I've already told PIG mum and dearest dad's home~

• Once I've used up the most important two hours of the day I'll use the loo for one tinkle, sit @ the gobbling :P table and start reading the new book club novel for one hour!  Jane already helped me find the book this arvo~

• Toms: Sharon's minding me from 7:30am till 5pm; she's taking me to attend and compete in some Toastmasters conference! Obviously, I'll not win; I've only gotta speak for 1-2 minutes! Mostly I'm just looking forward to lunch @ the Story Bridge Hotel; the last time I enjoyed a proper meal out was Wednesday! (Not two days ago but one WEEK and two days ago)

• But expect a super-pissy plodding total from me, since I'm expecting I'll be using Sparkless3 and obviously won't have time to play table tennis @ church with dearest dad~

• Ooh, but since Sharon leaves @ 5pm, hopefully I can watch the 6pm news for the 225TH time!

• Anyways, hopefully bbl,  else wishing  everyone a smashing weekend ahead!
  Cheers,
  Em.   ^^

Thursday Post 626c

 Good evening again and one final greeting for tonight! Em's final, final plodding total for Thursday now stands @ 3834. Anyways, final, final events for tonight?

• Book club ended eleven minutes early tonight; when Jules originally came back and fetched me, I said we're sitting here till book club ends @ 7:30pm since your shift doesn't end till 8pm but she was like please go to the loo now and lemme leave once you get home since I've still got one more shift after you. Lol, fair enough~
• I feel loved: baba waited for me to eat dinner together! Just leftover fried rice from last night smothered with a blanket of boiled lettuce and choko.
• Dinner was spooned down with one bowl of soup; after taking the bowl over to the sink I walked myself slowly and safely 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 from 9:30am till 2pm and taking me to Breathe for physio.  I'm just grumpy since it's another longer session. >< 
• Presuming we'll buy groceries before I come home and shower?
• Dorrie's giving Ela one hour of unfunctional exercises @ like 2pm.
• Looking forward to start reading the new book   club novel for one hour, spending my most important two hours of the day online and watching the 6pm news for the 225TH time!
• Anyways, hope everyone has a lovely end to their week toms!
  Cheers,
  Em. ^^

Thursday Post 626b

 Heylo again and good evening! Firstly, Em's new plodding total for Thursday now stands @ 3732 (so yay I'm over 3.5 grand but won't hit 4000 tonight, sorry XD) and secondly, Joni's devotional topic's 'Our Advocate'. Righteo, continuing tonight's events?

• Once I'd used up the most important two hours of the day, I used the loo for one tinkle and then sat down to read for one hour, hoping to finish the Kylie Chan novel! Dad tossed me one banana, TWO plain crackers and one delicious mug of bol lei Chinese tea.
• At 5:25pm I went to sit over the loo for two tinkles before Jules arrived but when she arrived early, I'd only just done one tinkle! Still, dad DEMANDED I come out NOW; lol, he was so eager to get me off to book club he forgot to gimme my library card and last month's book to return! XD
• At the library I visited the loo   for one tinkle then entered the meeting room; obviously I was the first to   arrive!  But the man and his wife came back; he's called Lindsay and is actually a DOCTOR since he's got a PhD in linguistics!
• Nine attended tonight but poor Erika was away unwell! o_O I immediately sent her a get well soon e-mail and she's already replied! The librarian kindly made me one cup of white tea with two sugars and while she couldn't find a large print version of this month's book for me, it looks interesting and the main character's Jewish!
  Cheers,
  Em. ^^

Thursday Post 626

 Good afternoon! Firstly, Em's final, final plodding total from Wednesday's actually 4755 (sweet I'm even over 4.5 grand!); secondly, Joni's devotional topic from last night's 'Constant Troubles'; thirdly, today I've been hard @ work plodding 2242 steps (aww, how come I couldn't have plodded twenty steps fewer??  2222 would've looked cooler! XD); fourthly, John Piper's daily devotional topic from last night's 'How Satan Serves God'; fifthly, TWFT topic's 'The Conquering Spirit' and sixthly, Our Daily Bread's devotional topic's 'Kindness For The Suffering'. Anyways, just briefly, let's start off with yesterday's events first!

• Mia took me to table tennis yesterday  arvo, saw me home and showered before leaving   @ 6:30pm. I used the loo for two tinkles then sat by the front door awaiting David's pickup but instead Dr. Esther Whatsapped me, saying they're gonna be late since their car just got clipped! o_O Luckily no injuries~
• BYO'd dinner for GG (so hiked upstairs) then went downstairs for Bible study: Chaos Into  
•  Comfort; eleven attended and the Bible passage studied was John 6:16-21.
  
• David drooped me home, repeat the usual nightly events and zzz; didn't try find PIG mum since she was catching a train back down to HK!
• Today: yay, second consecutive awesome sleep last night! Nature didn't call until 6:30am~
• Karina arrived ten minutes late to help me up (hit the snooze button her alarm XD) and take me to GCCW~
• Eleven attended in Meeting Room Two today and Sattya not only brought cake, but she also gave me seconds then saved the last two slices for Karina and me! One more normal meeting next fortnight (homework topic's 'how to feel comfortable in your own skin) and then our Christmas breakup party's @ Stan's on the 2nd Thursday of December; everyone bring a plate to share!
• I'd clean forgotten, but Karina kept her promise to   get a bubble tea for me! Chocolate cookie milk tea with pearl; half ice normal sugar! While I enjoyed that, Karina went through the Macca's drive-thru and got herself a large frozen.
• Took a nice warm shower when I got home -  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 fried rice leftovers from last night (thanks to Karina who added some oyster sauce for me) and one packet of   powdered HK-style milk tea.
• Signed Karina off with my thanks and byes @ 1pm; she's back 9:30am next Thursday.
• Jules will take me to book club tonight!
• Toms: Jane's coming from 9:30am till 2pm and taking me to Breathe for physio.  
• Think Dorrie's giving Ela one hour of unfunctional exercises after Jane leaves?
• Looking forward to starting the new book club novel for one hour and fingers crossed I can watch the 6pm news for the 225TH time!
• Anyways, hopefully bbl tonight else wishing everyone a smashing end to the week toms!
  Cheers,
  Em.   ^^
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Wednesday Post 626

 Good afternoon! Firstly, today I've been hard @ work plodding 2896 steps; secondly, John Piper's daily devotional topic from last night's 'We Are His House'; thirdly, TWFT topic's 'God Has A Plan For Your Life' and fourthly, Our Daily Bread's devotional topic's 'Beyond Dreamscrolling' but  fifthly   and way most importantly, I'm really still owed ONE HOUR and THIRTY-EIGHT MINUTES online after I get home  from  GG tonight!! Anyways, just briefly, events for today?

• For the first time in four days, awesome sleep last night! Nature didn't call until 8:10am~
• Daisy helped me up and took me grocery shopping: I'm her first shift back @ work after having a baby!
• We bought groceries from Calamvale Central Woolies (originally went to Sunnybank Hills Shoppingtown but the lift was out ><) and enjoyed a chocolate Up&Go each coming home.
  Cheers,
  Em. ^^

Tuesday Post 625

 Good  evening!

Plodded 5658  steps today (more than half a normal person,   scoore!)

Mia helped me up, took  me grocery  shopping and bahn mi buying,   saw me to physio then   back home for a shower before leaving   @ 4pm and Lorraine took me to Toastmasters tonight!

Cheers,

Em. ^^

Monday Post 625d

 Good evening again and one final greeting for tonight! Em's final, final plodding total for Monday now stands @ 4351. Righteo, final, final events for tonight?

• Dinner tonight: rice, lotsa icky bitter vegetable, lotsa dearest dad's home-grown choko, two   tasteless slices of chicken, two little [ieces of scrambled egg and two small slices of luncheon ham. Dad annoyingly demanded I eat his 'correct' way again; I complied by taking one tiny nibble of meat, eating one grain of rice then stuffing my mouth full of vegetables meaning I still had some best for last. XD
• Dinner was spooned down with half a bowl of soup; after taking the bowl back 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.
• 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.
• Toms: Mia's back toms morning @ 9:30am. We'll buy groceries from Pinelands Coles plus my weekly crunchy pork  bahn mi from the Pinelands Bakehouse, come home for lunch   then @ 12:15/30pm Mia will drive me to the NAB for physio with Tam and Athena.
• She'll see me home and showered before leaving @ 4pm; 1.5 hours after that Lorraine's taking me to Toastmasters; must remember to ask dad to gimme some rice for arvo  tea!!
• Righteo, hope everyone has a smashing   day toms!
  Cheers,
  Em.  ^^

Monday Post 625c

 Good evening! Firstly, Em's new plodding total for Monday now stands @ 4235 and secondly, Joni's devotional topic's 'Numbering Your Days'. Anyways, continuing today's events?

• After using the loo for one tinkle, I lay down for some acupuncture and massage from Ray. Again, 'twas nice to share a conversation with him: Ray said sth  and I replied, usually it's just PIG mum going yap  yap yap, Ray going uh huh, PIG mum going yap yap yap again and me just not bothering to join in! XD
• After using the loo for one more tinkle Ray escorted me back out; good, the rain had stopped~
• Our other trip was to Calamvale Square. Mia parked underground, grabbed a trolley for us and we both bought groceries from Woolies.
• Back home I took a nice warm shower - hairwash today. Also thanks to Mia who helped me rinse out my hair, thus freeing Era to hold my stupid right eye tightly shut.
• Dried, creamed and rekitted, Mia made me one yummy tomato and onion toastie with TWO slices of cheese and another big mug of white tea with one spoonful of syrup. At 2pm, I signed her off with my thanks and byes; she's back toms morning 9:30am till like 4pm and taking me to physio but first she's got a shift @ the Royal Children's Hospital first!
• After I finished lunch I took   my bowl over to the sink, used the loo for one tinkle and plopped online, saying bye and thanks to Bettina when she left four minutes early.
• When Angelica announced her arrival exactly @ 3:45pm I walked myself slowly and safely to the front door and let her in, rising above the cruel and unfaithful God’s near-overwhelming hatred and not letting Him push me over.
• So a nice warm shower for me   - hairwash today.   Also thanks to Angelica who helped me rinse out my hair, thus freeing Era to hold my stupid right eye tightly shut.
• Dried, creamed and  rekitted, I've forgotten what  arvo tea was (prolly some fruit) since Angelica made me TWO big mugs of white tea sweetened with one spoonful of honey!
• Happily read Blue Dragon for one hour, reaching pg. 500 @ 4:43pm before having nearly thirty minutes to play Royal Match and Squishmallows Bejeweled; not that I passed any levels! XD
• Used the loo for two more tinkles @ 4:40pm then signed Angelica off with my thanks and byes. Unsure when she's back next but she's off for her salsa dancing class now!
• Happily watched the 6pm news bulletin (Nine's) for the 224TH time. All the things I like recording are in the previous post.
• When dad summoned me over for dinner @ 7:23pm, 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.
  Cheers,
  Em. ^^

Monday Post 625b

 Heylo again and potentially one final greeting for today!  Firstly, Em's potential final, final plodding total for Monday now stands @ 4046 (sweet, I'm just over four grand for the 2nd consecutive day!) but secondly and way more importantly, I'm really still owed THREE MINUTES online after I watch the 6pm news (Nine's) for the 224TH time!! Righteo, potential final, final events for today?

• Once I'm kitted, I head over to the bathroom and brush teeth while Mia goes and gets some breakfast ready for me, Teeth brushed, I sit over the loo for one tinkle, wash and dry Era then head out to the gobbling :P table with Mia.
• Breakfast was one bowl of the less yummy (so sticky) bird food (what Dr. Ku calls All-Bran XD) 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, Mia accompanies me back to the bathroom before returning to the kitchen and washing up   my breakfast stuff. 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 passenger seat of Mia's car and she tootles me off to see Ray for some massage and acupuncture. Thanks to her who kindly helped me buckle my seatbelt all day.
• Mia's just  pulled into Ray's strret when  it starts  raining! I go eep  sorry I forgot to  bring an umbrella but Mia goes don't worry I've got one  in  the backseat and guess what? Ray actually comes out with an umbrella to escort me in! Mia decides to  just wait in  the  car.
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  Cheers,
  Em. ^^
  P.S.  All the interesting surnames I saw while watching the 6pm news bulletin (Nine's, read by Melissa Downes and Joel Dry) for the 224TH time: D'Alessandro, Miles, Nicholls (heard), Bavas, Rawlings, Vandenberg (heard), Fordham, Laws (heard), Albanese, Ryan, Crowe, Rajwinder (first name), Cordingley (heard), Alves, Williams, Leavers, Gollschewski (heard), Prior, Croucher, Elliot (heard), McKellar, Ryan, Hauser,  Borcheos, Kearsley, Trump,  Patterson, McKeown, Micaleff, Voges, Webster,  Head, Djodan (heard), Zane (first name), Harrison, Jakob (first name, heard), Cretan,  Portlock, Jackson, Norris (heard), Piastri, Antonelli (heard), Leclerc (heard), Dillon, Funk  (heard), Flinks, Denny, Civoneceva (heard), Foran (heard), Howen, White, Wyleen (first name, Geran, Hutton, heard), Bol, Ahern and Zahos. Effie ZXahos read the finance report (1AUD  =  65.28USc), Aisling Kriukelis read the\sports report and Garry Youngberry read the weather report from Surfers Paradise.  Brisbane was 20-25 today. Mt. Gravatt toms: 15-28.

Monday Post 625

 Good afternoon! Firstly, today I've been hard @ work plodding 3392 steps; secondly, John Piper's daily devotional topic from last might's "Marvelling @ The End Of History'; thirdly, TWFT topic's "Know The 'Season' You're In" and fourthly, Our Daily Bread's devotional topic's 'A God-Fearing  Woman' but fifthly   and way most importantly, I'm  really still owed FIFTEEN MINUTES online after Angelica minds me  from 3:45pm till 5:45pm!! Anyways, events for today?

• Nature called around 12:30am; after another pot :P  trip  following 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*
• Nature calls again just before 9:30am; when the new carer announces her arrival, I bang the door for dad but he's outside and doesn't hear me! 
• Luckily, it's only a few minutes before dad comes back inside; upon hearing the sliding door open I bang the wall again and call dad she's arrived, but you were outside! Dad hurries down the hallway calling "Coming!" and phew, the carer's still outside~
• Dad knocks, opens the door and says hi, Em ... I nod Mini Pearl @ him and dad next says Mia's here now. I nod Mini Pearl @ her too. Dad laughs and says fifteen more minutes, okay? Mini Pearl gives a third nod then gives the 'shoo' motion; dad laughs and tells Mia lemme show you around.
• When Mia returns, I sit up, say good morning and use the loo for one more tinkle. While we're getting me kitted for the day, Mia tells me that she's actually a registered nurse @ the Royal Children's hospital and she's got a shift there this arvo  after leaving my place @ 1:30! She's only twenty-two and lives northside~
  Cheers,
  Em.  ^^

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Sunday Post 625d

 Good evening again and one final greeting for tonight! Em's final, final plodding total for Sunday now stands @ 4721. Righteo, final, final events for tonight?

• After publishing the previous post, I did my weekly file backup since I'd clean forgotten to do that after showering this arvo!
• 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.
• Toms: Michelle emailed me back on Wednesday that Mia's minding me Monday and Tuesday? Don't know who Mia is, I thought Peggy was coming Tuesday and how come Angelica's down for Monday 3:45pm till 5:45pm? Wait, Peggy's having holidays Tuesday! Then just unsure should I   shower with Mia (who's taking me to see Ray for some acupuncture and massage, maybe?)/will Angelica come toms arvo  and supervise the shower?
• Think I'm seeing Ray for some acupuncture and massage; hopefully dad'll lemme grocery shop afterwards else expect a super-pissy plodding total from me.
• Looking forward to my most important two hours of the day, reading for one hour and watching the 6pm news bulletin for the 224TH time!
• Righteo,  hope  everyone has a  smashing week ahead!
  Cheers,
  Em. ^^

Sunday Post 625c

 Good evening! Firstly, Em's new plodding total for Sunday now stands @ 4622 (sweet I'm not only over four grand I'm even over 4.5 grand; that's rare!) and secondly, Joni's devotional topic's "God's Prerogative". Anyways, continuing tonight's events?

• After the news ended I called out to dad asking dinnertime yet?  When dad replied yes, I used the loo for one tinkle, climbed into the backseat of his car and buckled my own seatbelt.
• But both set meals from Ho Lin Wah tonight were yucky for me! Dad ordered one set meal for himself and ordered me the 'fu yong darn farn' (say that in Canto), although he lemme  eat less than 1.5 bowls before taking the rest home for lunch toms. I also drank one cup of Chinese tea, 1/3 the set soup and just over one mouthful of the HK-style hot milk tea.
• Back home I walked myself slowly and safely back online, rising above the cruel and unfaithful God’s near-overwhelming hatred and not letting Him push me over.
• Anyways, hopefully brb after one last loo trip @ 9pm with my final, final plodding total for  today, the final, final events for tonight plus what's happening toms else wishing everyone a smashing week ahead!
  Cheers,
  Em. ^^

Sunday Post 625b

 Heylo again and potentially one final greeting for today! Em's potential final, final plodding total for Sunday now stands @ 3894. Ooh, fingers crossed I'll have hit four grand by day's end! Righteo, potential final, final events for today?

• Kelly arrived @ 1:30pm; unsure why dad insisted we wait till 2/3pm before leaving? Doesn't matter~
• After one tinkle I climbed into the passenger seat of Kelly's car and she tootled us off to Underwood MarketPlace although it took a while to find where ALDI was! XD
• She grabbed a trolley for us and we bought groceries from ALDI (their self-serve checkouts were all card only?) before ducking next door and buying one bag of oranges from Yuen's fruit market. It started spitting very slightly when we left
• Not far: the bubble tea place was only round the corner! I pointed out the free upsize sign to Kelly (she kindly grabbed a trolley for us even without my asking) when we headed inside; she immediately pointed out the finer print I hadn't noticed: only Monday and Tuesday! Wonder what my chances are of persuading Mina to get us one toms? XD
• Got home for a nice warm shower - hairwash today. Also thanks to Kelly who helped me rinse out my hair, thus freeing Era to hold my stupid right eye tightly shut.
• Dried, creamed and rekitted, arvo  tea was that cheeseburger dad had bought from Hungry Jack's during lunch plus one huge mug of yummy earl grey tea sweetened with one spoonful of honey. While Kelly cleaned the bathroom then kindly helped tidy the house some (like Bettina, she's with Provide Another Mother!) I happily read Blue Dragon for one hour, finishing pg. 444 @ 3:50pm, reaching pg. 450 @ 4:52pm and finishing pg. 475 @ 5:01pm
• Used the loo for one tinkle and then plopped online.
• Looking forward to watching the 6pm news bulletin (Nine's) for the 223RD time!
• Toms:  Michelle emailed saying Mia's looking after me toms and Tuesday? But usually, Peggy does Tuesday and my roster says Angelica's coming? Perhaps Mia's helping for the morning and Angelica the afternoon.  Can't remember will I see Ray toms/Thursday.
  Cheers,
  Em. ^^
  P.S. All the interesting surnames I saw while watching the 6pm news bulletin (Nine's, read by Mia Glover) for the 223RD time: Heagney (heard), Todhunter, Croucher, Tehan, Bragg, Quinlan, Dezi (heard, first name), Freeman (heard), Crisafulli, Becker, Volodymyr (first name, Zelensky, Waller, Burgess, Harrison, Croxford, Learoyd, Gillespie, Trump (heard), Kearsley, Jeffries, Burrows, Nicholls, Piastri, Norris (heard), Djodan, Schmidt, Anderson, Southwell (heard), Jakob (first  name, heard)(,  Funk (heard), Gill, Sutherland, Khawaja (heard), Green (heard),  Boland (heard), Piakura (heard), Iro, Foran, Haas, Weidler, Munster, Dalton and Youngberry. Jonathan Uptin read the sports report and Adam Garry Youngberry read the weather report from Kangaroo Point. Brisbane was 21-28 today. Brisbane toms: 18-26. Mt. Gravatt toms: 17-26. Sunrise: 4:50am Sunset 6:13pm

Sunday Post 625

 Good afternoon! Firstly, today I've been hard @ work plodding 2144 steps (ha, I'm over two grand XD); secondly, John Piper's devotional topic from last night's 'We Honour What We Enjoy'; thirdly, TWFT topic's 'You Will Never Be Perfect Enough (2)' and thirdly, Our Daily Bread's devotional topic's 'Radical Mission' but fourthly and way most importantly, I'm really still  owed FOURTEEN MINUTES online Kelly minds me this arvo!! Anyways, events for today?

• Aww, my awesome sleep streak  ended around 2am this morning when nature  called (I'd grumpily sung  myself to sleep  upon  hearing the parents wouldn't lemme out  for lunch with other ESS people since it's been  TWO  MONTHS since I last had lunch out  with everyone else *sigh*) but  doesn't matter; hopefully I'll start another one immediately) and following another pot :P trip after 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*.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

• Nature calls once more before Jane announces her arrival; after fifteen more minutes I use the pot :P for one more tinkle, we get me kitted and then I head over to the bathroom and brush teeth. That done, I sit over the loo for one tinkle, wash and dry Era then head out to the gobbling :P table with Jane, who tells me she's not had breakfast yet since after she drops me off @ church, she's having brunch with her partner somewhere!
• For my breakfast, I get one bowl of bird food (what Dr. Ku calls All-Bran XD) with one slice of dry (unbuttered) toast lightly sprinkled with salt 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, Jane slaters me with sunscreen then accompanies me back to the bathroom before returning to the kitchen and washing up the breakfast stuff. 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 Jane's car, and she tootles me off to church. Thanks to Jane who kindly helped me buckle my seatbelt. At church, after turning into the parking lot, I wind down the window and say to the parking usher, "Good morning uncle; my carer will just drop me off then leave"; he waves us forward. At the end of the concrete path, I point @ the ramp further down in the grass to some other parking usher uncle and again get the wave to   continue.
• Jane accompanies me up the ramp and takes me to the loo for one tinkle. I sign her off with my thanks and byes @ 8:58am; she's back 1:30pm Wednesday and taking me to table tennis!
• Service started promptly and yay, I got to stay seated for worship. I sang everything, plus the harmony for three songs but like every other week, meant absolutely NOTHING. >< *sigh*
• Speaker today was someone from City Bible Forum called Scott; his sermon was about Jonah.
• After service ended seventeen minutes early, dad picked me up; I used the loo myself for one tinkle, grabbed one packet of bikkies and then sat outside the service hall. Dad brought me over one cup of coffee (not tea? But no depresso, since I've had expresso today XD) but nicked half my scotch finger biscuit! ><  *hmph*
• Everyone else enjoyed lunch together from Zen  Flavours @ Sunnybank Plaza but dad made me have lunch with him @ Hungry Jack's again.  >< I ate a junior Whopper, ten chips, drank some orange juice, took two slurps of dad's frozen Coke and two sips of the disgusting free coffee. 
• Back home, 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.
• Kelly's minding me now till 6:30pm; hopefully bbl else wishing everyone a smashing week ahead!
  Cheers,
  Em. ^^

Saturday Post 625c

 Good evening again and one final greeting for tonight! Em's final, final plodding total for Saturday now stands @ 6201. Anyways, final, final events for tonight?

• 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. Actually, dad was mean and wouldn't pass me the home phone since I always ring Aunty Lai every Saturday @ 9:45pm meaning I had to get it myself. *sigh*

• Toms:  Jane's coming @ 7:30am and helping me up, then taking me to church. Her shift doesn't end till 9:30am but she's lucky and gets to leave thirty minutes early and still get two hours pay.

• Will hopefully share lunch with other ESS people; unsure why dad decided I'm only allowed to join for lunch once every TWO MONTHS while he and PIG mum get to enjoy morning/arvo tea out with their mates EVERY WEEK but tomorrow's the day; hope someone chooses somewhere delicious with copious amounts of good food!

• Kelly's minding me from 1:30pm till 6:30pm; unsure how late lunch will go to but if I'm not home by 1:30pm I'll just ring CODA on-call and tell Kelly to stay in the car and wait for me. She can still leave @ 6:30pm, obviously; I just need a shower!

• Unsure will dad take us out for dinner together toms night?

• Anyways, looking forward to seeing everyone @ church toms!
  Cheers,
  Em. ^^

Saturday Post 625b

 Heylo again and good evening! Firstly, Em's new plodding total for Saturday now stands @ 5935 (so will have hopefully reached 6000 before Saturday ends) and secondly, Joni's devotional topic's "God's Will For Your Life'. Righteo, continuing tonight's events?

• After using up the most important two hours of my day, I used the loo for one tinkle and then sat to read Blue Dragon; it's only Saturdays that I can spend a blessed three hours reading~
• Dad passed me the delicious honey chicken sushi roll I'd bought with Jane earlier plus one huge mug of green tea. While reading, I finished pg. 350 @ 4:48pm, reached pg.  375 @ 5:27pm, reached pg.  400 @ exactly 6:05pm and reached pg. 425 @ exactly 6:35. This book's only small (if thick); it takes me two minutes to read one page
• After using the loo for one tinkle, I plopped online and happily watched the 6pm news (Nine's) for the 222ND (nice number, eh?  XD)

• All the interesting  surnames I saw while watching the 6pm news (Nine’s,  read by Mia Glover) for the 222^ND  time: Jiselle (first name), Manning, Brokhof, Vitaly (first  name), Geran, Hussain, Fentiman, Burrows,  Richardson, Hawke (heard),  Keating (heard), Rivkin (heard), Konstas (heard),Djodan, Cummins (heard), Hazelwood),Rahn (first name), Hooper, Robinson,  Jiselle (first name), Manning, Minns, Copp (heard),  Quoincy (first name), Dodd, Tamika (first  name, heard), Uptin (heard),Crichton,Langer (heard)Nolan (first name), North, Combs, Pride, Smylie,Norris, Piastri,Zahra (heard),Waller (heard),Balme, Trump, Kearsley, Duffy, Foran,Weidler (heard),Lambetsos, Myers, Repacholi, Heagney and Stolz. Alice Stolz read the finance report, Adam Jackson read the sports report and Luke Bradnam read the weather report from Southport. Brisbane was 17-29. Brisbane toms: 22-27. Mt.   Gravatt toms: 21-26. Sunrise: 4:51am Sunset 6:12pm

  
  

• Once the news finished, I asked dad may I please come over for dinner; permission 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.

• Hopefully I'll have enjoyed one bowl of the fried rice that Dorrie and I   cooked yesterday! Dad smothered the rice with so much yummy cabbage, soup carrot, soup potato and soup tomato I'm unsure how much fried rice there was! XD

• 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, Righteo, hopefully brb after one last tinkle with my final, final plodding total for today, the final, final events for tonight plus what's happening Sunday, else looking forward to seeing everyone @ church toms!

• Cheers,
  Em. ^^

Saturday Post 625

 Good afternoon! Firstly, today I've been hard @ work plodding 5204 steps (sweet I'm already more than half a normal person; that's rare!); secondly, John Piper's daily devotional topic from last night's "Is God's Love Conditional?"; thirdly, TWFT topic's "You Will Never Be Perfect Enough (1)" and fourthly, Our Daily Bread's devotional topic's 'Continual Praise to God'. Anyways, events for today?

• Woo hoo,  9th 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*
• Having misplaced Mini Pearl during the night (he prolly rolled outta bed himself, the messy sleeper XD) I happily snore, waking again for the pot :P around 8:30am. After a second tinkle, 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*
• When dearest dad opens the door for Jane @ 9:30am, she knocks, pushes open the bedroom door and bids me good morning.  When I nod Mini Pearl @ her, she says I'll come get you up after fifteen more minutes, okay? Mini Pearl nods again and phew; Jane removes herself. Phew since Mini Pearl's anatomically incapable of giving the Bear Bum! XD
• Only when Jane dares to return forty-one seconds too early, Mini Pearl loudly protests "Forty-one more seconds!" I'm sure I didn't fall back asleep today! Jane just laughs and replies I'll give you one more minute, okay? Well, I only needed forty-one more seconds; after that was up, I announced "Jane, I'm hungry" and swung myself over to the pot :P for one more tinkle.
• After we got me kitted, I headed over to the bathroom and brushed teeth. That done, I drank one tall cup of water then sat 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! 

• After washing and drying Era, I head out to the gobbling :P table with Jane, screeching @ dad this morning was my fried egg day, and I wasn't having bird food!  XD
• Breakfast is my once-weekly fried egg on one slice of dry (unbuttered) toast, another full cup of water, all my usual drugs :P and my first big mug of white tea sweetened with one spoonful of honey. Over and after breakfast, I happily read for thirty minutes first up.
• Less than thirty minutes left, so just briefly:
• Hiked Underwood Park then bought groceries from Woolies Underwood MarketPlace.
• Took a nice warm shower - hairwash today. Also thanks to Jane who rinsed out my hair for me, thus freeing Era to hold my stupid right eye tightly shut.
• Dried, creamed and rekitted, lunch was one delicious bowl of the fried rice I'd cooked with Dorrie yesterday plus two more big mugs of white tea sweetened with one spoonful of honey.
• Sat over the loo for two more tinkles @ 1:55pm then signed Jane off with my thanks and byes @ 2pm. She's back toms @ 7:30am to help me up and take me to church but will need to ring on-call and find out who's coming 1:30pm till 6:30pm.
• Once  I've used up my most important two hours of  the day online I'll use the loo for one tinkle, sit @ the gobbling :P table and munch my  arvo tea sushi and read all arvo;  it's only Saturdays that I  can spend a blessed three hours reading~
• Toms:  Jane's helping me up @ 7:45am (she'll arrive 7:45am and take me to church. The shift ends @ 9:30am but since she's already declined my invite to stay for ESS I'll sign her off before 9am.
• Will haveta ring CODA on-call and ask who's minding me from 1:30pm till 6:30pm coz the roster still says TBA.
• Also, will dad take us out for dinner together afterwards?
• Anyways, hopefully  bbl  else looking forward to seeing everyone @ church toms!
  Cheers,
  Em. ^^

Friday Post 625e

 Good evening again and one final greeting for tonight! Em's final, final plodding total for Friday now stands @ 2615. Anyways, final, final events for tonight?

• After publishing the previous post, I finished watching the first half of the test match between Australia and England back from Sunday!
• At 9pm I walked myself once more 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:   Jane's back minding me again   from 9:30am till like 2pm; presume we're buying groceries from Underwood MarketPlace and getting my honey chicken sushi roll for arvo tea.
• Hopefully dad will gimme a bowl of the fried rice I cooked with Dorrie this arvo   for lunch!  Will also try squeeze in two more big mugs of white tea with two   sugars.
• Dad says table tennis isn't happening toms; once Jane leaves I'm planning to spend my most important two hours of the day online then read all afternoon, since it's only Saturdays I   can spend a blessed three hours reading~ Willing to skip watching the 6pm news for the 222ND for   that!
• Anyways, hope everyone has a smashing weekend ahead!
  Cheers,
  Em. ^^
  P.S. Tee hee, today I've managed FIVE posts; that doesn't  happen very often for Friday!! XD

Friday Post 625d

 Good evening! Firstly, Em's new plodding total for Friday now stands @ 2571 (ha, I'm just over 2.5 grand XD) and secondly, Joni's devotional topic's 'Hungry For Home'. Righteo, continuing tonight's events?

• After watching the news, I read and shared the She Reads Truth devotional then started watching the Kangaroos vs. England NRL match replay from Sunday! Lol they are spirited: players binned from   both sides only ninety seconds into the match!  Only who forgot the line markings?? >< XD
• When dearest dad summoned me over for dinner @ 7:29pm 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: lol, I thought we'd have the fried rice Dorrie and I cooked this afternoon piled all over with boiled veggies but dad only gave me the boiled veggies and like one spoonful of fried rice? Dinner was mostly the leftover vermicelli he'd bought for lunch! Well, hopefully he'll save me one bowl for lunch toms!
• Dinner was spooned down with half a bowl of soup; after taking the bowl back 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.
• Gonna finish   watching the  first half,  use the loo for one more tinkle then  finish   watching the second half after logging in my final, final plodding  total; hopefully bbl then,  else wishing everyone a smashing weekend ahead!
  Cheers,
  Em. ^^

Friday Post 625c

 Good afternoon again and potentially one final greeting for today! Em's potential final, final plodding total for Friday now stands @ 2394. Anyways, potential final, final events for today?

• Pearl and I happily cuddle and snore, me waking again for the pot :P around 9am. The coolest thing was that I fully fell back asleep before Jane arrived @ 9:30am!
• Jane gave me fifteen more minutes but I somehow managed to fall back asleep; when she came back, I still thought I had four minutes left!
• But I obediently got up, used the pot :P for one more tinkle and we got me kitted before I headed over to the bathroom and brushed teeth. That done, I sat over the loo for one tinkle, washed and dried Era and then headed out to the gobbling :P table with Jane, who told me she'd had a breakfast smoothie for her morning meal.
• For my breakfast I had one bowl of the less yummy (so sticky) bird food (what Dr. Ku calls All-Bran XD) lightly sprinkled with some Minus :P all, my usual drugs :P, one large mug of water and one slice of dry (unbuttered) toast lightly spread with avocado and lightly sprinkled with salt. 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, Jane walks with me back to   the bathroom then returns to the kitchen and washes the breakfast stuff 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 passenger seat of Jane's car and she tootles us off to Underwood MarketPlace to buy groceries for my cooking session with Dorrie this arvo! Only all the parks were taken? Out the front, all full. Around the side, all full. Underground, all full. Out the back, all full. Going back around the side phew, found a spot!
• Jane grabbed a trolley from Big W for us, then we went into Woolies and bought groceries. Back out near the entrance, Jane stopped @ the bakery (My Slice) and bought herself a chicken sandwich for lunch.
• Back home, I took a nice warm shower - hairwash  today. Also thanks to Jane who helped me rinse out my hair, thus freeing Era to hold my stupid right eye tightly shut.
• Dried, creamed and rekitted, Jane made me one yummy tuna in tomato and onion toastie with TWO cheese and one mug of earl grey tea although unfortunately she didn't know where dad had hidden the sweetener. The toastie was cut into four squares.
• Lunch finished, Jane accompanied me online then went back and washed up my lunch stuff before coming and giving Ela a massage.
• At 1:55pm I sat over the loo for two more tinkles before sitting @ the gobbling :P and signing her off with my thanks and byes. She's back again toms morning @ 9:30am.
• Dorrie came and cooked fried rice with me! Photos are on Facebook~
• Once Dorrie left I thought dad would gimme a bowl of our fried rice for arvo  tea but nope, he just tossed me a banana and one plain cracker, saying we'd have the fried rice for dinner. The white tea was nice although unfortunately still without any sweetener. *sigh*
• Happily read Blue Dragon for one hour, reaching pg. 222 @ 3:41, reaching pg. 225 @ 3:43 and reaching pg. 250 @ 4:19. Since it's a small paperback book, it takes me two minutes to read one page.
• Used the loo for one tinkle then plopped online.
• Looking forward to watching the 6pm news (Nine's) for the 221ST time!
• Also hoping to watch Sunday's full match replay of the Kangaroos vs. England; I   think I found it this arvo!
• Toms: Jane's back again from 9:30am to 1:30pm.  Will try my best not to fall back asleep this time! XD
• Must remember to ask dad about table tennis @ church toms; looking forward to my three big mugs of white tea with sweetener and planning to read Blue Dragon for three hours!
• Righteo, hopefully bbl  after dinner, else wishing everyone a smashing weekend ahead!
  Cheers,
  Em. ^^
  P.S. All the interesting surnames I saw while watching the 6pm news bulletin (Nine's, read by Joel Dry) for the 221ST time: Bavas, Cresta (first name), Richardson, Scanlon, Crisafulli (heard), Geran, Reynolds, Canham, Chilli (heard), Heagney, Austin, Balme, Schwarzenecker, Mooney, Stein, Tomasi Hannay (heard),  Millward, Epstein, Windsor, Connellan, Sussan (heard, first name), Ley (heard), Copp, Henderson, McGrath, Hawke, Bowen, Musk, Massilia (first  name), Aili, Joint,  Hudson,Marsh (heard), Wood,  Labuschagne (heard), Khawaja (heard), Green (heard), Cummings (heard), Butler,  Rogers, Dods, Weatherald, Waller, Jonassen, Gordon, Cleary, Kong, Tsimpikas (heard),  Strange (heard), Sungkar, Elon (first  name, heard), Bellamy (heard) Kendall, Trump Miller and Zahos. Effie Zahos read the finance report (1AUD =  64.80USc), Jonathan Uptin read the sports report and Ebony Cavallaro read the weather report from New Farm. Brisbane was 17-28 today. Brisbane toms: 18-31. Mt. Gravatt toms: 17-30. Sunrise 4:52am Sunset 6:12pm

Friday Post 625b

 Heylo again, good afternoon and please excuse the first post; you know I still get too excited whenever I get to post online before midday. XD Firstly, today I've been hard @ work plodding 2095 steps (ha, I'm just over two grand XD); secondly, John Piper's daily devotional topic from last night's 'Love One Another Gladly"; thirdly, TWFT topic's 'Show Appreciation For Your Pastor' and fourthly, Our Daily Bread's devotional topic's 'Working Together In Christ' but fifthly and way most importantly, I'm really still owed ONE HOUR and TWENTY MINUTES online after Dorrie  and I cook sth together!! Anyways, events for today?

• Woo hoo,  8th consecutive awesome sleep last night! Like the past two days, nature didn't call until 6:10am, 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*
  Cheers,
  Em. ^^

Friday Post 625

 Good morning! :P

Cheers,

Em. ^^

Thursday Post 525d

 One final good evening and greeting for tonight! Em's final, final plodding total for Thursday now stands @ 6291. Righteo, just briefly, final, final events for tonight?

• After physio we were both hot plus I was very tired. Tried asking Karina please to shout a bubble tea but she said too expensive. Instead, she offered a soft serve, deal!
• Only, the soft serve machine was outta order! o_O Instead, Karina got herself a large frozen lemonade and me a green tea latte! But the servers got the order mixed up and gave me a STRAWBERRY green tea latte!! :D
• Showered, read for one hour then watched the 6pm   news bulletin for the 220TH time. All the things I like recording are in today's first post.
• Used the loo for one tinkle, had the usual dinner, drank soup, took bowl to sink, returned online, sed loo for one tinkle @ 8:30pm and one more @ 9pm.
• It's ice cream night tonight, yay! Dad gives more than mother does~ XD
• Toms: Jane's minding me from 9:30am till 2:30pm; presume we're buying groceries for my cooking session with Dorrie toms arvo? 
• Presume I'll eat what we've cooked for arvo tea, hope to read for one hour and watch the 6pm news bulletin for the 221ST time!
• Righteo, hope everyone has a smashing end to the week toms!
  Cheers,
  Em. ^^

Thursday Post 525c

 Good evening again!  Firstly, Em's new plodding total for tonight now stands @ 6160 but secondly and way more importantly, I'm really still owed SIXTEEN MINUTES online after I use the loo once more @ 9pm!!  Anyways, just briefly, events for today?

• Woo hoo, 7th consecutive awesome sleep last night; that's the 23RD time this year I've achieved one straight week of consecutive awesome sleeps! 
• Karina minded me from 9:30am till 4:30pm today.
• Breathe physio: 3.3km bike ride, ten-minute walk, 40 bar-assisted push-ups, 40 steps for Erf, 40 leg curls for Elf, 40 leg extensions for Elf, 40 v-bar cable rows for both hands, tennis ball catching and throwing and boxing! NearAly ten minutes massage with Nearly two minutes theragun!
  Cheers,
  Em.  ^^
  
  

Thursday Post 525b

 Heylo again and good evening! Firstly, Em's new plodding total for Thursday now stands @ 6093 (sweet I'm just over six grand!) and secondly, Joni's devotional topic's 'Triple Trouble' but thirdly and way most importantly, I'm really still owed THIRTEEN MINUTES online after I visit the loo once more @ 9pm!! Anyways, just briefly,  lemme cover yesterday's events first?

• Yay, 6th consecutive awesome sleep last night! Nature didn't call (like yesterday) until 6:10am~
• Have forgotten who helped me up and took me grocery shopping before coming home for lunch then going to play table tennis Jane, maybe? The important/best thing was there was CAKE for Kim's birthday! Renee the coach was naughty, announcing to everyone, "Oh, no cake for Emily. She doesn't like cake." I'd screeched WHAT?! to general laughter then pouted @ Renne, telling her that for being mean she could jolly well gimme seconds! Renee had roared with laughter but after I told her I'd finished my first slice she obediently came over and gave me another! :D
• Last night Dr. Lee picked me up for the GG social! Lol, Fergus was so quiet in the car I didn't   realise  he was also a passenger until we arrived! XD
• For lunch @ Yahoo Kitchen, I chose fried chicken   with fried instant noodle (minus the chili). Very unhealthy, I know, but today would've marked ONE FORTNIGHT since my last proper meal out had it not been for last night! Just drank water~
• Used the loo then hiked over to the bowling place!
•  Lol, I've not been ten-pin bowling for YEARS; even with bumper bars I only scores sixty for my first game and fifty-seven/eight for my second! Thankful for bumper bars else the score would've been zero ><  XD Originally Cynthie had gotten the bowling ramp for me, but I told her no, I'll bowl the ball myself. Unsurprisingly, out of the girls I came last but when I apologised to Cynthie for my lack of talent, she excused it, saying everyone else gets a run up!
• Aww, people decided against bubble tea/ice cream before going home. Doesn't matter; I tried to  practise gratitude while sitting and awaiting my turn to bowl. Huge thanks to Cynthie and Vivian/Elena who helped me yank my daks up; I learnt to pull the up when my turn was next!
• Back home, repeat the usual nightly events and zzz~
  Cheers,
  Em. ^^

Thursday Post 525

 Good afternoon! Firstly, Em's final, final plodding total from Wednesday's actually 7918 (my best for   2025 and I was more than 3/4 a normal person! XD); secondly, today I've been hard @ work plodding 5806 steps (sweet, the 2nd consecutive day I've been more than half a normal person!  ^^); thirdly, John Piper's daily devotional topic from last's 'Do You Neglect Your Salvation?'; fourthly, TWFT topic's 'Pass It On!'  and fifthly, Our Daily   Bread's devotional topic's 'Of First Importance' but sixthly and most importantly, I'm really still owed ONE HOUR and FORTY-SIX MINUTES online after I watch the 6pm news bulletin (Nine's) for the 220TH time!! Anyways, hopefully bbl with yesterday's and 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 for the 220TH time: Geran, Woulfe, MacFarlane, Chilli (heard), Castree, D'Alessandro, Butler, Inman, O'Brien, Ha-teya (first name), Gripske, Wilkinson, Croucher,  Doeblin (heard), Tyler, Fitz-gibbon, Sussan  (first  name, heard),  Ley, Albanese, Copp  (heard), Dalton, Tahli (first name),  Gill, Millward, Beasley, Rix, Dufficy, Kyrgios, Sabalenka (heard), Myles,  Parker, Dobbin, Jiselle (first  name), Manning,  Doran (heard), Rahim (first  name,  heard), Tino (first  name;  dunno how  his surname's spelt! XD) Weidler, Schrinner,  Smylie (heard), Morgan, McGuire, Munster (heard), Meninga (heard), Tomasi, Dunn, Maitland (heard), Todhunter,  Hanley, Cummins, Foran, Minogue (heard), Hubbard, Markle (heard), Evans and Zahos.  Effie Zahos read the finance report (1AUD = 65.14USc), Jonathan  Uptin read the sports report and Garry Youngberry read the weather report from the Surfers Paradise. Brisbane was 17-27 today.  Brisbane toms: 17-27. Mt. Gravatt toms:  15-27. Sunrise:  4:52am  Sunset 6:11pm

Wednesday Post 525b

 Heylo  again, good afternoon and please excuse the first post; you know I still get too excited whenever I  get to post online before midday. XD Firstly, today I've been hard @ work plodding 3445 steps (so certain I'll  have cracked 3.5 grand before the day's out XD). secondly, John Piper's daily devotional topic from last night's - bbl!
Cheers,
Em. ^^

Wednesday Post 525

 Good morning! :p

Cheers,

Em. ^^

Tuesday Post 524c

 Good evening again and one final greeting for tonight! Em's final, final plodding total for Tuesday now stands @ 4192. Anyways, final, final events for tonight?

• Used the loo for one tinkle, plopped online and happily watched the 6pm news bulletin for the 219TH time. All the things I like recording are in today's first post.
• Once the news ended @ 7pm, I called out and told dad please to summon me for dinner once 'twas ready. I repeated the question @ 7:15pm, 7:30pm and 7:45pm. Finally, @ 8pm I was like dad, it's 8pm!!  When's dinner? Come now, dad replied~
• 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 little tong vegetable, lotsa soup potato, lotsa  soup  carrot, lotsa soup tomato, three small slices of yummy pork and one small chunk of crumbed fish, which I obviously saved for last.
• 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.
• t 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.
• Toms: Jane's rostered from 9:30am till 1pm to help me up, take me to see Ray for some acupuncture and massage then back home for lunch.
• Apparently, she's leaving @ 1pm and then coming back @ 1:30pm and taking me to play table tennis?  Mostly I'm just looking forward to the CAKE Kim says she'll bring for her birthday; since she's our head coach, I'm expecting a marvellous cake!
• Jane will see me home and showered before leaving @ 6:30pm; I'll use the loo for two tinkles then be waiting by the door for Dr. Lee's arrival @! 6:40pm for a lift to our GG social; we're having dinner together @ Garbo somewhere then going ten pin bowling!
• Anyways, hope everyone has a smashing day toms!
  Cheers,
  Em. ^^

Tuesday Post 514b

 Heylo again and good evening! Firstly, Em's new plodding total for Tuesday now stands @ 4057 (sweet I'm just over four grand; that doesn't happen very often!) and secondly, Joni's devotional topic's 'Presemt-Age Problems'. Righteo, continuing tonight's events?

• Happily read Blue Dragon for one hour, reaching pg. 150 @ 3:37pm.
• Signed Peggy off with my thanks and byes @ 4pm. She's not back next Tuesday but the Tuesday after.
• Before plopping online, dad and I watched the replay of the Melbourne Cup: I finally picked a winner! XD
  Cheers,
  Em. ^^

Tuesday Post 514

 Good afternoon!  Firstly, today I've been hard @ work plodding 3881 steps today (so might have hit 4000 before the day ends?); secondly, John Piper's devotional topic from last night's 'The Meaning Of Suffering'; thirdly, TWFT topic's 'How Your Faith Can Produce Results (4)' and fourthly, Our Daily Bread's devotional topic's 'God Hears Our Prayers' but fifthly and way most importantly I'm really still owed FORTY-SIX MINUTES online after I watch the 6pm news (Nine's) for the 219TH time!! Anyways, events for today?

• Yay, 5th consecutive awesome sleep last night! Nature didn't call until  6:20am, 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 9am before Peggy arrives @ 9:30am to help me up after giving me fifteen more minutes first.
• After she comes back, I use the pot :P for one more tinkle, we get me kitted and then I head over to the bathroom and brush teeth. Thanks to Peggy who's kindly squirted some toothpaste for me. Teeth brushed, I sit over the loo for one tinkle, wash and dry Era then head out to the gobbling :P table with Peggy who told me that she had her usual two fried eggs for breakfast this morning.
• For my breakfast, I munched a bowl of some healthy cereal that wasn't All-Bran, popped all my usual drugs :P and drank 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*
• Breakfast finished, Peggy lathers my face and hands with sunscreen before accompanying me back to the bathroom then returning to the kitchen and washing up the breakfast dishes, etc. 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 passenger seat of Auto (pronounced Alto), Peggy kindly helps me with my seatbelt (thanks to her who does that all day) and then she tootles us off to Pinelands Plaza.
• After grabbing a trolley for us, we both buy groceries from Coles before I buy my once-weekly crunchy pork  bahn mi from Aunty Nancy @ Pinelands Bakehouse.
• Back home, I use the loo for one tinkle then sit down and enjoy my delicious crunchy  bahn mi for lunch, plus one huge mug of white tea sweetened with two teaspoonfuls of honey.
• Unsure why dad ordered I leave for NAB physio @ 12:10pm when my appointment isn't till 1pm; usually I leave @ 12:30pm (twenty minutes later)? No sweat, after arriving very early we just sat in the car and played with our mobiles before heading upstairs @ 12:50pm. I used the loo once for two tinkles before sitting in the waiting room with all the other clients.
• My two new students are both GEMS and Taiwanese girls! Athena is (from memory) the name of some Greek goddess and Tam says she remembers me from the beginning of the year! Athena's the missed one block while taking holidays and Tam replied family reasons when I asked her how come she's doing this replacement block and obviously I didn't ask any further!
• Physio today: Five rounds standing blaze pods with left weight, three rounds standing boxing and thirty double leg pushups on tower of power.
• After sitting over the loo for two tinkles Peggy tootled me home and I took a nice warm shower -  hairwash today. Also thanks to Peggy who helped me rinse out my hair, thus freeing Era to hold my stupid right eye tightly shut.
• Dried, creamed and rekitted, Peggy made me a sumptuous  arvo  tea of three small Ritz/Jatz crackers, and 1.5 plain rice crackers spread with raspberry jam plus another huge mug of white tea sweetened with two teaspoonfuls of honey.
  Cheers,
  Em.  ^^
  P.S.  All the interesting surnames I saw while watching the 6pm news bulletin (Nine's, read by Melissa Downes and Joel Dry) for the 219TH time: Melham, McEvoy, Ollie (first name), Haig, Epstein (heard), Lambetsos, Payne, Kokkinakos (heard), deKroo, Heagney, D'Alessandro, Taniela (first  name), Typou, Crichton  (heard), Leniu (heard), Bellamy, Frizelle,  Holbrook (heard), Croucher, Bullock, Dern (heard), Ladd,  Tomasi,  Trump, Weidler, Keary, Cuomo  (heard), Balme, Bradnam, Leary, Kingston (heard), Day, Bezos (heard)m Sc), Reid (first name), Crowe (heard), Beitz, Butler, Williams  (heard), Sinclair, Daylene (first  name), Miller, Barlow, Binge, Conroy, Kirk, Kinsey, Dunstan, Thomas, Bowen and Zahos.  Effie Zahos read the finance report (1AUD =), Jonathan Uptin  read the sports report and Garry Youngberry read the weather report from Surfers Paradise. Brisbane was 23-30 today. Brisbane toms: 17-30. Mt. Gravatt toms: 15-29. Sunrise: 4:54am Sunset 6:10pm

Monday Post 514f

 One final good evening and greeting for tonight! Em's final, final plodding total for Monday now stands @ 3670. Righteo,  final, final events for tonight?

• At 9pm I walked myself 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.
• Toms: Peggy's minding me from 9:30pm till 4pm. She'll help me up, presuming we'll buy groceries @ Pinelands Coles plus my once-weekly crunchy pork  bahn mi from the Pinelands Bakehouse and come home for lunch.
• Holiday over: NAB physio resuming from 1-2pm. *sigh* 
• Peggy   will see me home and showered before leaving @ 4pm; hoping she'll gimme arvo  tea and then I'm planning to read for one hour!
• Toastmasters not happening toms night; looking forward to watching the 6pm news bulletin for the 219TH time.
• Righteo, wishing everyone  a smashing day toms!
  Cheers,
  Em. ^^

Monday Post 514e

 Good evening again! Em's new plodding total for Monday now stands @ 3670. Anyways, continuing tonight's events?

• At 5:55pm, I sat over the loo once more for two tinkles before signing Lorraine off with my thanks and byes. She's back next Tuesday for Toastmasters!
• Happily watched the 6pm news bulletin (Nine's) for the 218TH time. All the things I like recording are in today's 3rd post.
• Once the news ended, I called out to dad and said please summon me for dinner once it's ready, repeating the question @ 7:15pm.
• When dad summoned me over @ 7:34pm 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 potato,  lotsa soup tomato, lotsa soup carrot, lotsa icky asparagus and two tiny cubes of tasteless soup meat.
• Dinner was spooned down with one bowl of 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.
• Anyways, hopefully brb after one last loo trip with my final, final plodding total for today, the final, final events for tonight plus what's happening toms else wishing everyone a smashing Tuesday ahead!
  Cheers,
  Em. ^^
  P.S. Tee hee I've already managed FIVE  posts! Yeah, that's possible some Mondays.  XD

Monday Post 514d

 Good evening and potentially one final greeting for tonight! Firstly, Em's new plodding total for Monday now stands @ 3554 (ha, I'm just over 3.5 grand XD) and secondly, Joni's devotional topic's 'An Art Lesson'. Righteo, potential final, final events for tonight?

• When Lorraine announced her arrival one minute late, I walked myself slowly and safely to the front door and let her in, rising above the cruel and unfaithful God’s near-overwhelming hatred and not letting Him push me over. I was expecting Jane, unsure why Lorraine appeared instead and also, had she been stuck in traffic to arrive one minute late? No, replied Lorraine; I arrived on-time but needed to sign in. I asked her next time bang on the door first before signing in, else I'll think you're late! 
• So a nice warm shower for me - hairwash today. Also thanks to her   who helped me rinse out my hair, thus freeing Era to hold my stupid right eye tightly shut.
• Dried, creamed and rekitted, Lorraine made me a TWO cheese toastie with dad's sultana bread to celebrate World Sandwich Day! I also munched one yummy banana since dad had ordered fruit for  arvo tea and since Lorraine found the sweetener she made me one huge mug of white tea, woot!
• While she very gently massaged Ela for more than one hour, I happily read the Kylie Chan novel   for one hour, reaching pg.  100 @ 4:51pm and reaching pg. 111 @ 4:56pm. Then I had thirty minutes to play match three games, not that I passed anymore levels. XD
  Cheers,
  Em. ^^

Monday Post 514c

 Good afternoon! Em's new plodding total for Monday now stands @ 3117. Righteo, continuing today's events?

• Breakfast was one bowl of the less-yummy (so sticky) bird food (what Dr. Ku calls All-Bran 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*
• After breakfast I walk myself slowly and safely back to the bathroom, 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 sit outside the bathroom until the parents are ready to leave. I climb into the backseat and buckle my own seatbelt. Dad tootles us off to the airport, but we don't get very far since PIG mum suddenly realises that she left her mobile @ home!!  >< Not a very auspicious start, right?? XD

• Thankfully the rest of the trip goes smoothly. Dad unloads us then goes to repark the car; PIG mum sees me seated just inside the entrance then goes to check in. While waiting for them, I slowly, softly but most hatefully sing about 1/4 of my shorter second-favourite  song out aloud since I won't need to do that much while PIG mum's overseas.

• Dad comes back first and starts walking with me to the bathroom; PIG mum joins after she's checked her luggage in. Lol, the toilets @ Brisbane aren't as fancy as the ones in Singapore; while they've finally got automatic soap and water dispensers and hand dryers, you've still gotta manually flush them! XD

• After sitting outside the departure gates for several minutes; 'twas time to say bye for just over three weeks! Lotsa hugging and kissing~ The only disappointment's that we couldn't see PIG mum afterwards since the airport's undergoing renovations right now and everything's boarded up!

• Can you believe it; that short park for like thirty minutes cost twenty-five bucks! Once dad had left the airport he pulled over somewhere and we had a quick videochat with PIG mum, who was waiting to board.

• Back home, we immediately rang PIG mum again, who was boarding soon.

• Bettina arrived @ the same time dad summoned me for lunch!

• Eventually I had like two/three mouthfuls of two-minute noodles with like a piece of fried egg and two little pieces of luncheon ham but first had to eat my way through like a MOUNTAIN of boiled soup carrot and lettuce.

• Lunch was washed down with one cup of water; after taking the cup over to the sink I used the loo for one tinkle then plopped online.

• Jane's minding me from 4-6pm; looking forward to reading for one hour and hoping to watch the 6pm news (Nine's) for the 218TH time when she leaves!

• Toms: last week was probably the most relaxing week of 2025 for me: NO PHYSIO! XD Unfortunately, Peggy's coming toms @ 9:30am and taking me to Breathe for physio.  *sigh* 

• Presuming we're getting my once-weekly crunchy pork bahn mi from the Pinelands Bakehouse plus buying whatever groceries dad wants before coming home for a shower but unsure why Peggy's staying till 4pm?

• But looking forward to my most important two hours of the day online, hoping to read for one hour then watch the 6pm news bulletin for the 219TH time!

• Anyways, hopefully bbl, else wishing everyone a smashing day toms!
  Cheers,
  Em. ^^
  P.S. All   the interesting surnames I saw while watching the 6pm news (Nine's, read by Melissa Downes and Joel Dry) for the 218TH time: Ha-teya (first name), Gripske, Rue, Bragg, Rawlings,  Shellie (firt name), Doyle, Anderson, Waterhouse, Gai (heard), Loveless, Sinclair, Patterson, Combs, Barlow, Butner, Epstein (heard), Trump, Millward, D'Alessandro, Nina (first name), Bradman, Eskander, Rogers, Albanese, Barnaby  (first  name), Dametto (heard), Soars,Joyce, Washington, Jakob (first  name), Funk, Labuschahne (heard) Sussan (first name), Ley, Seiger, Probyn, Murphy, Williams (heard), Kennedy, Weidler (heard), Ramesh (first name, heard), White, Croucher, Gino (first name), Jarvis (heard) Pecoraro, Thomson, Grant, Munster (heard), Cotter, Hanmore, Katoa, Luai, Tallis (heard), Hughes, McEvoy, Waller (heard0, Vanderburg (heard), Berejiklian (heard) Ryan and Youngberry. Effie Zahos read the finance report (1AUD =  65.57USc), Jonathan Uptin read the sports report and Garry Youngberry read the weather report from Main Beach. Brisbane was 23-31 today. Brisbane toms: 20-29. Mt. Gravatt toms: 19-29.  Sunrise: 4:54am Sunset 6:09pm