Friday Post 496c

 Good evening again and one final greeting for tonight! Em's final, final plodding total for Friday now stands @ 4190. Anyways, final, final events for tonight?

• After publishing the previous post, I got started creating my Birthday Wishlist for 2025; it's due out toms!
• At 9pm, I walked myself slowly and safely once more to the loo for one tinkle and back, always rising above the cruel and unfaithful God’s near-overwhelming hatred and not letting Him push me over.
• Toms: fingers crossed PIG mum helps me up around 9:15am by the latest ...
• Looking forward to playing table tennis with dearest dad @ church toms arvo!
• But not planning to read much toms, since tomorrow Autumn begins, and March arriving means I can publish my birthday wishlist and ask for presents!! XD
• But still hoping to watch the 6pm news for the 31ST time!
• Anyways,  hope everyone has a smashing weekend ahead!
  Cheers,
  Em. ^^

Friday Post 496b

 Heylo again and good evening! Firstly, Em's new plodding total for Friday now stands @ 4082 (sweet, I'm just over four grand; that doesn't happen too often!) and secondly, Joni's devotional topic's 'Me, Do'. Righteo,  continuing events for today?

• At Ray's, I used the loo for one tinkle and then lay down for some massage and acupuncture from Ray. Peggy sat away this time, playing with her mobile. 'Twas nice to just have a chat with Ray; usually it's just PIG mum yapping, him making some affirmative sound, PIG mum yapping again and me taking a nap! XD
• After another tinkle, Peggy tootled me back to Warrigal Square and grabbed a trolley for us. We both bought groceries; while Peggy was taking the items through the self-serve checkout, I had a chat with Rachael.
• Back home 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 tuna toastie with TWO cheese, HEAVILY on the inside) for lunch with one huge breakfast of delicious white tea sweetened with one spoonful of golden syrup.
• At 1:55pm I sat over the loo for two more tinkles before signing Peggy off with my thanks and byes. She's back next Friday but not 9:30am till 2pm, rather, 12:30pm till 4pm and taking me to the NAB for physio
• Dorrie came and gave Ela one hour of unfunctional exercises. She's not coming next week since she'll be @ the Logan Entertainment Centre and finally becoming an Australian citizen after seventeen years! Not only that, but Grace is also leaving!
• Had one mouthful of yummy passionfruit, one tasty cracker and one huge mug of green tea. Happily read The Second Sunrise for one hour, reaching pg. 400 @ 3:28pm.
• Popped online and watched the 6pm news bulletin (Nine's) for the 30TH time. All the things I like recording are in the previous post.
• When PIG mum summoned me for dinner just after 7:45pm I used the loo for one tinkle and then walked myself slowly and safely to the gobbling table, rising above the cruel and unfaithful God’s near-overwhelming hatred and not letting Him push me over.
• Dinner tonight: rice, lotsa cos lettuce, lotsa soup potato, lotsa soup tomato, lotsa soup onion, lotsa soup carrot and two small chunks of chewy beef.
• Dinner was spooned down with one bowl of soup and dessert was one delicious fried dumpling that the parents brought back home from lunch; after taking my 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 496

 Good afternoon! Firstly, today I've been hard @ work plodding 3912 steps; secondly, John Piper's devotional topic from last night's 'Radical Effects Of The Resurrection'; thirdly, TWFT topic's "You're In The School Of Faith" and fourthly, Our Daily Bread's devotional topic's 'Peace Of Christ' but fifthly and way most importantly, I'm really still owed THIRTY MINUTES online after I watch the 6pm news bulletin (Nine's) for the 30TH time!! Anyways, events for today?

• Yay, 4th consecutive awesome sleep last night! Nature didn't call until 7:30am, and after one pot :P trip, I spend ten minutes beginning a mostly silent chat to Percy the saint/angel, asking him please to help me with the patience, perseverance, strength and endurance I need to get through today with, giving PIG mum all the pleasure, all the satisfaction and just suffering for her whenever she decided that only she can be happy and/or satisfied. It doesn't sound very fair, but she's taught me through her actions, if not through her words, that it's enough she's happy and/or satisfied, and I guess whenever that happens, I've just got to grit my teeth and endure. >< *sigh*
• Pearl and I happily cuddle and snore, me waking again for the pot :P again shortly after 9am, just before PIG mum begins her daily noisy a-THUMPING around upstairs. Soon, she's let herself into my room to hit me with the eye goo before returning outside and awaiting Peggy's arrival @ 9:30am.
• After Peggy announces her arrival, PIG mum lets her in. Peggy knocks on my bedroom door, pushes it open and announces good morning. When I nod Pearl @ her, she then states fifteen more minutes. Another nod and she thankfully removes herself; phew, since Pearl's anatomically incapable of giving the Bear Bum! XD
• When Peggy returns, I use the loo for two more tinkles, we get me kitted and then I head over to the bathroom and brush teeth. Thanks to Peggy who's squirted some toothpaste for me. Teeth brushed, I sit over the loo for one tinkle, wash and dry Era and then head out to the gobbling :P table for breakfast, who said she had her usual two fried eggs for breakfast.
• For my breakfast, I had one bowl of the yummier (so flaky) bird food (what Dr. Ku calls All-Bran XD) with one slice of dry (unbuttered) toast lightly spread 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*
• Breakfast finished, Peggy slathers me with sunscreen and accompanies me back to the bathroom. 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 climb into the passenger seat of Auto (pronounced Alto) and Peggy tootles me off to see Ray for some massage and acupuncture. Thanks to her who helped me buckle my seatbelt all day.
  Cheers,
  Em. ^^
  P.S.  All the interesting surnames I saw while watching the 6pm news bulletin (read by Melissa Downes) for the 30TH time: Hackman,  Gollschewski, Crisafulli, Arvier, Chelepy (heard), Butler, Crisafulli, Adan (first name), Mendoza, Hoffman (heard), Eastwood, Freeman (heard), Krstsley, Nicholls, Ha-teya (first name), Gripske, Epstein, Jagger (heard), Baldwin (heard), Godfrey, Luchterhand, Wilson, Harding, Pezzulo, Moriarity, Probyn, Conroy, Keir (first name, heard), O'Hanlon, Jemma (first name), Banks, Bowen, Marnus (first name), Labuschahne,  McDermott, Starcevic, Ashcroft, Nicho (first name), Hynes, Hudson (first name), Young, Weidler, Gilbert,  Woolf (heard), Starmer (heard), Katy (first name), Perry, Sanchez, Albanese, Bessent, Schwarzanecker, Costello, Hudson, Bavas and Bradnam.  Effie Zahos read the finance report (1AUD = 62.14USc), Jonathan Uptin  read the sports report and Luke Bradnam read the weather report from Surfers Paradise. Brisbane was 20-31 today.  Brisbane toms: 21-31. Mt. Gravatt toms: 20-31. Sunrise:  5:40am Sunset 6:20am

Thursday Post 496d

 Good evening and one final greeting for tonight! Em's final, final plodding total for Thursday now stands @ 2824. Righteo, final, final events for tonight?

• After publishing the previous post, I happily played the HP version of Bejeweled for a while. Didn't pass anymore levels, though. XD
• Since dad's fixing the downstairs loo, for my final 9pm loo trip before bed I hauled myself and used my upstairs toilet. After going next door and washing Era, before heading back downstairs obviously I had to visit my upstairs room although I couldn't lie down on my bed with the GORGEOUS Minion quilt covering it, since PIG mum's covered the bed with her stuff.
• Yay, tonight's ice cream night! Like I say every week, a very little's better than none @ all!
• Toms: Peggy's coming @ 9:30am and taking me to see Ray for some acupuncture and massage. 
• Presuming we'll buy groceries from the Warrigal Square Woolies afterwards. 
• Peggy'll see me home and showered before leaving @ 2pm.
• Dorrie's coming and giving   Ela one hour of unfunctional exercises after Peggy leaves.
• After she leaves I'm planning to read for one hour, pop online and watch the 6pm news bulletin for the 30TH time!
• Righteo, hope everyone has a smashing end to the week toms!
  Cheers,
  Em.  ^^

Thursday Post 496c

 Good evening! Firstly, Em's new plodding total for Thursday now stands @ 2389 and secondly, Joni's devotional topic's 'Forgiven And Forgotten Sins'. Anyways, continuing tonight's events?

• The parents began dinner without me just before the weather report started. Once the news ended, I used the loo for one tinkle, washed and dried Era and then walked myself slowly and safely to the gobbling :P table, rising above the cruel and unfaithful God’s near-overwhelming hatred and not letting Him push me over.
• Dinner tonight: rice, lotsa soup carrot, lotsa soup potato, lotsa soup onion,  lotsa soup tomato, lotsa broccolini and three small chunks of beef. Also, I traded dad one spoonful of rice for about three loops of spiral pasta.
• 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.
• Anyways, hopefully bbl after one last tinkle @ 9pm with my  final, final plodding total for today, the final, final events for tonight plus what's happening Friday else hope everyone has a smashing end to the week toms!
  Cheers,
  Em. ^^

Thursday Post 496b

 Heylo again, good afternoon again and potentially one final greeting for today! Em's potential final, final plodding total for Thursday now stands @ 2097. Ha, I'm just over two grand. XD Righteo, potential final, final events for today?

• After I'd used up the most important two hours of the day online, I used the loo for one tinkle and then sat @ the gobbling :P table to read for one hour, calling upstairs to PIG mum when I passed the stairs would she please gimme some arvo tea?
• PIG mum chopped up some delicious white dragon fruit for me, poured me one huge mug of green tea and passed me about half a tasty cracker.  I happily read The Second Sunrise for about one hour, reaching pg. 375 @ 4:21pm.
• One more tinkle for me before I returned online. The parents have gone out for walkies together.
  Cheers,
  Em. ^^
  P.S. All the interesting surnames I saw while watching the 6pm news (Nine's, read by Melissa Downes) for the 29TH time: Fanning (heard), Todhunter, Arvier, Wort, Van Lunteren, Parker, Hudson, Chicco, Geran, Mam, Sheargold, Ruston, Elon (first name, heard), Musk (heard), Trump, Keir (first name, heard), Starmer (heard), Arvier, Bavas, Zelensky (heard), Reece (first name), Fanning, Kotoni (first name), Staggs, Tsimpikas (heard),  Seaholme, Firth (heard), Heagney, Kidd, Hackman, Hrdlicker, Root (heard), Moseley,  Burgess, Isaah (first name), Yeo, Tapine, Dobbin, Hoorweg, Walsh, Godfrey, Crimmins (heard), Albanese, Sheargold, Werribone (heard), Greer, Convrey, Ward, Bilic, Toyah (first name) Cordingley (heard), Kuhnemann, Allan, Becker, Tindall, Probyn, Rajwinder (first name, heard) and Youngberry.  Effie Zahos read the finance report (1AUD = 62.88USc), Jonathan Uptin read the sports report and Garry Youngberry read the weather report from Fisherman Island. Brisbane was 20-30 today. Brisbane toms: 21-31. Mt. Gravatt toms: 19-30. Sunrise 5:40am Sunset 6:41pm

Thursday Post 496

 Good afternoon! Firstly, today I've been hard @ work plodding 1868 steps; secondly, John Piper's daily devotional topic from last night's 'When God Becomes 100% For Us'; thirdly, TWFT topic's 'Be Biblical; Be Bold!' and fourthly, Our Daily Bread's devotional topic's 'A Path Forward'. Anyways, events for today?

• Yay, 3rd consecutive awesome sleep last night! Nature didn't call until 7am 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*
• At 8:05am PIG mum's daily noisy A-THUMPING around upstairs wakes me for another pot :P trip; soon, she's let herself into my room to hit me with the eye goo before going back outside and awaiting Karina's arrival @ 8:15am.
• Suddenly, CODA calls! Michelle tells PIG mum that Karina's still coming but she's stuck in traffic.
• When Karina eventually arrives, I immediately use the pot :P for one more tinkle (Karina says there was a big crash around the Logan Rd. exit), we get me kitted and then I head over to the bathroom and brush teeth. Thanks to Karina who's already squirted some toothpaste for me.
• Teeth brushed, I sit over the loo for one tinkle, wash and dry Era and then head out to the gobbling :P table, rousing @! Karina AGAIN for skipping breakfast! ><"
• For my breakfast I get one bowl of the yummier (so flaky) bird food (what Dr. Ku calls All-Bran XD) with one slice of dry (unbuttered) toast lightly smeared with some avocado and lightly sprinkled with some 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* Also thanks to dearest dad/Karina who turns on Sunrise for my viewing pleasure~
• After breakfast, Karina accompanies me back to the bathroom. 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 climb into the passenger seat of Karina's car and she tootles me off to the Garbo library for GCCW! Thanks to her who helps me buckle my seatbelt both ways~
• At the library, I use the disabled loo for one tinkle and then enter Meeting Room One. Karina sees me with everything before leaving to buy groceries for PIG mum.
• Nine attended today; Ku didn't arrive until the break! I told her she'd timed her entrance well; made it for morning tea! XD Thanks to Tammy who helped me to the bathroom (I managed fine by myself), thanks to Mary who got me some morning tea and thanks to Tammy who got me an extra bikkie when I saw she had one on her plate that I didn't have! Also, I was very impressed with Mary for remembering my nut allergy; today Stan made some kinda slice/biscuit for everyone to try during morning tea and Mary said, "Em, I've already asked Stan are there any nuts in his thing and he says no, so you're safe to eat this." 
• But today Ken waffled until 11:55am when I raised my hand, politely interrupted and said um, there's only five minutes left; may I please share my homework yet? Ken said sure only while I was reading my piece out, he and Mary had already gotten up to clear away everyone's morning tea things! Hence why the meeting ended two minutes early. Oh, and homework for next meeting's 'write sth without the letter 'e'; I'm trying to think which symbol I could use to substitute 'e'? Before I left, Stan even gave me a stash of unripe green bananas!
• Karina took me once more to the loo and then tootled me home for my nice warm shower - hairwash today. Also thanks to her who helped me rinse my hair out, thus freeing Era to hold my stupid right eye tightly shut.
• Dried, creamed and rekitted, I had some fried rice for lunch! It tasted too yummy to have been home-cooked ... yup, dad ate lunch earlier out and bought a serve for me!
• Lunch was washed down with one mug of powdered HK-style milk tea; thanks to PIG mum for remembering since I'd clean forgot! XD
• At 12:15pm I signed Karina off with my thanks and byes; she's not back again until next writers' group; must remember to check who's coming 4-6 next Thursday.
• Before plopping online, I used the loo for one tinkle. Once I've used up the most important two hours of my day, I'll use the loo for one tinkle then sit @ the gobbling :P table to read for one hour and wait for PIG mum to finish her long arvo nap, come downstairs and feed me some arvo tea.
• Hoping to watch the 6pm news bulletin (Nine's) for the 29TH time.
• Best of all, it's ice cream night tonight; like I say every week, a very little's better than none @ all!
• Toms: Peggy's minding me 9:30am till 2pm. Will remember to transfer back into bed after just one tinkle @ 9:45am since I don't like having to hit the sack again before twelve hours have passed since it makes me feel like I've wasted the day
• Wonder where PIG mum'll send us?
• Peggy will see me home and showered before leaving @ 2pm but I don't think Dorrie's coming to gimme OT toms arvo since isn't she finally becoming an Australian citizen after eighteen YEARS??
• WOW: usually I endure blasted physio multiple times weekly from the very first week of the year until the week of Christmas, but I didn't have UQ physio on Monday since they'd somehow overbooked me and then Tuesday, I was unavailable for physio since I was @ the P.A. for my MRI! Dare I hope for one blessed week WITHOUT any therapies??
• Anyways, hopefully bbl else wishing everyone a smashing end to the week toms!
  Cheers,
  Em. ^^

Wednesday Post 496d

 Good evening and one final greeting for tonight! Firstly, Em's final, final plodding total for Wednesday now stands @ 4984 (aww, sorry, just shy of being half a' normal person today XD) and secondly, Joni's devotional topic's 'Considering Others'. Righteo, just briefly, final, final events for tonight?

• Olivia arrived late to take me to table tennis (accident on Logan Rd.) but there was CAKE to celebrate Renee's 60TH birthday! :D
• Watched the 6pm news (Nine's) for the 28TH time and then Mel Mel gave me a lift to Dr. Lee's for GG Bible study. Tonight we covered Second Samuel 9:18 and also read Ephesians 2:5. Very touched that Dr. Lee offered soup only mine had a BONE inside?!
• Toms: Karina's minding me from 8:15am till 1:15pm and taking me to GCCW! Pity there's no time for lunch afterwards but will ask PIG mum can Karina puh-lease buy me some takeaway for lunch.
• Nothing planned for the rest of the day; looking forward to spending my most important two hours of the day online, reading for one hour and watching the 6pm news bulletin for the 29TH time!
• Best of all, it's ice cream night toms night; like I say every week, a very little's better than none @ all!
• Righteo, hope everyone's having  a smashing week!
  Cheers,
  Em. ^^

Wednesday Post 496c

 Good afternoon! Firstly, Em's new plodding total for Wednesday now stands @ 1295 but secondly and way most importantly, I'm really still owed TWENTY-EIGHT MINUTES online after Olivia takes me to table tennis!! Anyways, continuing events for today?

• After breakfast, I walk myself slowly and safely back to the loo, 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 walk myself slowly and safely online, always rising above the cruel and unfaithful God’s near-overwhelming hatred and not letting Him push me over.
• Originally dad said we'd leave for grocery shopping @ 10am but we didn't leave till after 11am since he fell asleep on the couch; aww, isn't that adorable~
• Thankfully dad parked outside Coles' entrance and not all the way down the other end @ Momo's chicken but unfortunately, he'd not lemme push the trolley with him and had me walk ahead of him with Green Sticky. >< Luckily, I didn't stack it, phew. >< *sigh*
• Back home I used the loo for one tinkle and then we had plain noodles with lotsa soup vegetables for lunch. I also had like seven green grapes and washed that down with a 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.
• Olivia's taking me to table tennis @ 2pm; apparently there's cake! :D
• She'll see me home and showered before leaving @ 5:30pm while I'm hopefully watching the 6pm news bulletin for the 28TH time!
• Hope PIG mum'll gimme dinner when Olivia leaves since Mel Mel's picking me up for GG Bible study @ Dr. Lee's @ 7:15pm!
• Toms: Karina's minding me from  8:15sm till 1:15pm and taking me to GCCW! Will remember to return to bed after only one tinkle and unfortunately there's no  time for lunch out afterwards since I've gotta get home and shower. *sigh*
• But looking forward to my most important  two hours of the day online, reading for one hour and watching the 6pm news bulletin for the 29TH time!
• Best of all, it's ice cream night toms night; like I say every week, a very little's better  than none @ all!
• Anyways, hopefully bbl tonight, else hope everyone's having a smashing week!
  Cheers,
  Em. ^^
• P.S All the interesting surnames I saw while watching the 6pm news bulletin (Nine's,  read by AlisonAriotti) for the 28TH time: Cordingley,Baily, Crane, Greer, Burns Struhs, Cavallaro, Copp,  Collins, Repacholi, Croucher,  Dutton, Wagstaffe, Putin (heard), Lambie, Probyn,  Hastie, Zahos, Bowen, Allegra (first name),Bavas,  Gschwind, Spender, Chalmers, Clo, Luai (heard), Sergis, Cleary (heard), Jakob (first name), Funk, Trump,Danika ((first name), Mason,  Rudolph (heard), Young, Leisel (first name), Godfrey, Plath. Munster, Hurt, Rogers Bazzana,  Borrell, Sheargold, Bardwell, Brieger, Becker, Chia Hyde, Sermanni, Paterson, Kenzie and Youngberry. Effie Zahos read the finance report (1AUD = 63.23USc), Jonathan Uptin read the sports report and Garry Youngberry read the weather report from South Bank.  Brisbane was 3q-31 today.  Brisbane tomorrow: 20-30. Mt. Gravatt toms: 19-30. Sunrise 5:37am Sunset 6:22pm

Wednesday Post 496b

 Heylo again, good morning again and please excuse the first post; you know I still get too excited whenever I get to post online before midday. XD Firstly, Em's final, final plodding total from last night's actually 2262; secondly, Joni's devotional topic from last night's "Don't Miss The Obvious"; thirdly, today I've been hard @ work plodding only 752 steps (since obviously, I've not left the house yet); fourthly, John Piper's devotional topic from last night's "You Are Greatly Loved"; fifthly, TWFT topic's "Discover What's Special About You": and sixthly, Our Daily Bread's devotional topic's 'The Joy Of Giving" but seventhly and way most importantly, I'm really still owed FORTY MINUTES online after I get home from grocery shopping with dad!! Anyways, let's start with yesterday's events first!

• Once I'd used up the most important two hours of my day, I used the loo for one tinkle and then sat @ the gobbling :P table to wait for PIG mum to gimme some arvo  tea and read until Faith came @ 5:30pm and took me to Toastmasters! 
• Even though the traffic was dreadful (didn't reach the highway till 5:55pm) Faith had like a perfect run and we still got the free parking, score!
• Nine attended last night, my warmup session went well and I even gave an impromptu speech about my MRI!
• Afterwards I had my Unhappy Meal with an orange juice and Faith had a medium McChicken meal with a Fanta - she even gave me some of her chips, score!
• Back home, repeat the usual nightly events and zzz~
• Today: yay, 2nd consecutive awesome sleep last night! Nature didn't call until 7:50am, 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*
• Shortly before 9am,  PIG mum's daily noisy  a-THUMPING around upstairs wakes me for another pot :P trip; when she  lets herself into my room  to hit me with the eye goo  and help me exceedingly  slightly with absolutely nothing but the bra strap before leaving me to get myself mostly independently kitted  I asked why she'd come earlier than usual and PIG mum replied duh I'm going to  play badminton! Oh yeah, that's right. XD
• After giving myself fifteen more minutes, I get myself mostly independently kitted. PIG mum returns to finish with absolutely nothing bar Elf's AFO straps and both laces before I let her gleefully FORCE :( me to walk over to the bathroom and brush teeth. That done, I sit over the loo for one tinkle, wash and dry Era then walk myself slowly and safely out to the gobbling :P table, rising above the cruel and unfaithful God’s near-overwhelming hatred and not letting Him push me over.
• Breakfast is one bowl  of yummy Special K (I like flaky things XD) very lightly sprinkled with some Minus :P with one slice of dry (unbuttered) toast very lightly spread with  some avocado and for some reason the PLATE very lightly sprinkled with salt (no worries; I just lick 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*
  Cheers,
  Em.  ^^

Wednesday Post 496

 Good morning! :P

Cheers,

Em. ^^

Tuesday Post 495

 Good afternoon! Firstly, today I've been hard @ work plodding 1695 steps (ha, I'm over 1.5 grand XD); secondly, John Piper's devotional topic from last night's 'God Opens The Heart'; thirdly, TWFT topic's 'Your Prayers Will Be Answered' and fourthly, Our Daily Bread's devotional topic's 'Responding To Generosity'. Anyways, events for today?

• Yay, for the first time in three days, awesome sleep last night! Nature didn't call until 7:05am and after one pot :P trip, I immediately fall back asleep, since I'm certain noisy PIG mum's gonna get really loud in one hour!
• Like  clockwork, @ 8:05am, PIG mum's  daily noisy a-THUMPING around upstairs wakes me for  another pot :P trip; after this second one, 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*
• At 8:15pm, PIG mum lets herself into my room to hit me with the eye goo and help me put a crop top on; she's smart and remembered not to gimme anything with metal since I'm going for my MRI today! After helping with that, she leaves me to get myself mostly independently kitted, which I comply with after giving myself fifteen more minutes and using the pot :P once more first.
• PIG mum returns to finish with absolutely nothing but Elf's AFO straps and both laces, before I let her gleefully FORCE :( me to walk over to the bathroom and brush teeth. Only amazingly, she puts the toilet seat down for me! Bumbum feels very loved. XD
• After brushing teeth, I sit over the loo for one tinkle, wash and dry Era and then walk myself slowly and safely out to the gobbling :P table, rising above the cruel and unfaithful God’s near-overwhelming hatred and not letting Him push me over.
• Breakfast is one bowl of yummy Special k lightly sprinkled with some Minus :P one slice of dry (unbuttered) toast very lightly spread with avocado and the PLATE (not the toast itself?) very 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 licking the plate clean (for the salt XD), I walk myself slowly and safely back to the toilet, 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!

• That done, I wash and dry Era and then climb into the backseat of PIG mum's car before buckling my own  seatbelt.  PIG mum's delighted; dad'll drive us to the hospital this morning and she won't have to!

   

• At the P.A., dad parks in the ten minute drop off zone and accompanies us to the radiology reception (we haveta catch a lift) before leaving to buy groceries and telling PIG mum to call him for pickup.

• Nick's still here! Lol I'll try remember his name for 2027. XD

• A Korean nurse fails with her first needle attempt to get me cannulated; she returns with a Filipino male nurse who succeeds with the second jab, phew! In my relief I say thanks in Korean first; when the Korean nurse starts laughing, I realise I've said thank-you with the wrong language and repeat the word again in Filipino, which makes the Filipino nurse laugh since he wasn't aware that I knew any of his language! XD

• The MRI goes for about twenty-two minutes, I think? The nurse said she'd put some AC/DC on for me; I decided they weren't bad but Linkin Park's better since they do angsty but after I came outta the tube the nurse told me 'twas actually Cold Chisel! 

• Nick wheeled my trolley back to the Radiology reception for my post-MRI scan then took me back to the waiting area and even grabbed a warm blanket for me, aww~

• I asked PIG mum to please summon the nurse for a bedpan since I needed to pee; afterwards, PIG mum fed me the Crunchie chocolate she'd picked for me from the stash Kat got me; I was very impressed that she'd picked my favourite Crunchie!

• Suddenly the phone rings. The nurse manning the waiting area picks up and speaks briefly into it. When he  puts down the receiver, he tells me, you're good to go. The doctor's reviewed your scan and everything's fine. Wow, it's only 12:40pm!!

• The male nurse removes the cannula and then holds a cotton swab over Era's cubital fossa for a while, since she's bleeding a bit. Then I'm good to go!

• Good timing: dad arrives just as I'm walking down the ramp towards the lone bench available and we climb right back into the car. Somehow, dad's got a chicken royale that PIG mum and I share half of?

• Back home, we all eat two-minute noodles for lunch. I drink one huge mug of the powdered green tea from Aunty Nga; once I'm finished, I take the bowl over to the sink, use the loo for one tinkle and then walk myself slowly and safely online, always rising above the cruel and unfaithful God’s near-overwhelming hatred and not letting Him push me over.

• Originally Nisha was coming @ 4pm for my shower and then taking me to Toastmasters @ 5:30pm but this morning CODA notified PIG mum and said Faith's coming instead?

• Looking forward to my UnHappy Meal for dinner, never mind that they were what I ate for dinner surely THREE DECADES ago!! *sigh*

• Toms: hope PIG mum helps me up not too late and takes me for walkies somewhere.

• Have just   emailed Michelle and asked her who's taking me to table tennis @ 2pm and seeing me home and showered before leaving @ 6:30pm.

• Hoping to watch the 6pm news for the 28TH time!

• Will remember to wolf dinner down @ 6:30pm after the carer leaves since either Kwany/Mel Mel are coming @ 7:15pm and taking me to Dr. Lee's for GG Bible study!

• Anyways, hope everyone has a smashing day toms!
  Cheers,
  Em. ^^

Monday Post 495e

 One final good evening and greeting for tonight! Em's final, final plodding total for Monday now stands @ 1254. Feels like I've done more today, but hey. Anyways, final, final events for tonight?

• After publishing the previous post, I read and shared the She Reads Truth devotional and then happily played the HP version of Bejeweled; I even passed another three levels, taking my total today to five!
• 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. The annoying thing's that this morning I awoke with a slight wry neck (ow); also my right calf feels like she's got DOMS although I can't remember straining her yesterday?) 
• Toms: *gulp* It's my first bi-annual MRI! PIG mum says we've gotta arrive @ 10:30am so she'll poke me with fifteen more minutes @ 8:30am. Mostly poor Ela's just wailing that she'll haveta endure a needle, but I'll offer the nurse my 'three jabs else you owe me chocolate' deal and hope for the best.
  
• Hoping the neurosurgeon will hurry up, come and reset my shunt's pressure settings and lemme go home, since I've actually got Toastmasters toms night! I've given my apologies just in case and awesome Cha has said should take the warmup session for me should I not appear but I'm hoping I'll make it since I want my UnHappy Meal for dinner afterwards! XD
• Anyways, hope everyone has a smashing day toms!
  Cheers,
  Em. ^^
  P.S. Tee hee I've managed FIVE posts today! Yeah, that's possible some Mondays. XD

Monday Post 495d

 Good evening again! Em's new plodding total for Monday now stands @ 1225. Righteo, continuing tonight's events?

• When PIG mum ordered me over for dinner @ 7:19pm/7:29pm, I used the loo for one tinkle and 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 dearest dad's home-grown hairy melon, lotsa vermicelli and two tiny (pinky nail   sized) pieces of charsiu when I asked how come I didn't get any meat? 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, 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 Tuesday ahead!
  
  Cheers,
  Em.  ^^

Monday Post 495c

 Good evening and potentially one final greeting for tonight! Firstly, Em's potential final, final plodding total for Monday now stands @ 1189 and secondly, Joni's devotional topic's 'Learning To Wait'. Anyways, potential final, final events for tonight?

•  The new carer arrived like twenty minutes early today! Thanks to PIG mum who let her in, thus saving me from a potentially dangerous trip to the front door myself.
• At 4pm I headed into the bathroom for my nice warm shower - hairwash today. Also thanks to Jule 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 one yummy gloopy mouthful of passionfruit, one tasty cracker and one huge mug of green tea. Happiness was reading for one hour (today I reached pg. 333 @ exactly 4:44pm and reached pg.  350 @ 5:19pm) but having around fifteen minutes to play the HP version of Bejeweled afterwards - and I passed two levels!
• At 5:55pm I sat over the loo  for two more tinkles. Jule left promptly @ 6pm, lol she's only fifty-nine; I thought she was almost eighty! XD
• Happily watched the 6pm news bulletin (Nine's)  for the 27TH time. All the things I like recording are in  the previous post.
  Cheers,
  Em. ^^

Monday Post 495b

 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 1109 steps (ha, I'm over one grand XD); secondly, John piper's devotional topic from last night's 'The Hour Of Unusual Threat'; thirdly, TWFT topic's 'Live By Obedience, Not Emotion' and fourthly, Our Daily Bread's devotional topic's "Rainbows And God's Promises". Anyways, events for today?

• Aww, my awesome sleep streak ended this morning when nature called @ 12:45am; never mind, 'twas still a sound sleep~
• When nature called again around 7:30am, I used the pot :P again for another tinkle before 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*
• Pearl and I happily cuddle and snore, me waking once more for the pot :P around 9am just before PIG mum begins her daily a-THUMPING around upstairs. Soon, she's let herself into my room to hit me with the eye goo and help me exceedingly slightly with absolutely nothing but the bra strap before leaving me to get myself mostly independently kitted, which I comply with after giving myself fifteen more minutes and using the pot :P once more first.
• PIG mum returns to finish with absolutely nothing bar Elf's AFO straps and both laces before I let her gleefully FORCE :( me to walk over to the bathroom and brush teeth. That done, I sit over the loo for one tinkle, wash and dry Era and then walk myself slowly and safely out to the gobbling :P table, rising above the cruel and unfaithful God’s near-overwhelming hatred and not letting Him push me over.
• Breakfast is one bowl of the yummier (so flaky) bird food (what Dr. Ku calls All-Bran XD) very lightly sprinkled with some special K, another (the last) of the yummy charsiu buns PIG mum made, 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, 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 climb into the backseat of PIG mum's car and buckle my own seatbelt (what I do all day). PIG mum tootles us off to Pinelands Plaza, where first we buy groceries from Coles and then head into Pinelands Bakehouse to get my bahn mi (I'd asked PIG mum could I please buy one today since I'm gonna be stuck @ the P.A. hospital toms). When Aunty Nancy saw me, she asked why you here today? Since she's used to me coming Tuesdays. I reply tomorrow go hospital. Then I tapped my head and explained, MRI. Ah! Aunty Nancy replies. Which hospital? When I reply P.A., Princess Alexandra she replies ah, yes that good hospital. My husband go there too. Obviously, I didn't ask what for; I presume some routine follow-up.
• Our other stop's Underwood MarketPlace to buy me undies and bras from Big W. I'm rather pissed that PIG mum parks @ the entrance and gleefully FORCES :( me to walk all the way into Big W rather than parking around the side where Big W's located, but hey. *sigh*
• Back home, I use the loo for one tinkle and then sit and enjoy my yummy bahn mi for lunch plus one huge mug of green tea from Aunty Nga,
• One more tinkle for me before I return online.
• Someone new called Jewel/Julz's going to mind me from 4-6pm; hope she's nice!
• Toms: *nervous* it's my first ci-annual MRI @ the P.A. The appointment's not until 10/10:30am, so hopefully won't haveta get up too early.
  Cheers,
  Em. ^^
  P.S. All the interesting surnames I saw while watching the 5pm news (Nine's, read by Melissa Downes), for the 27TH time: Kenzie, Heagney, Probyn, Godfrey, Dutton, Meehan, Bolt, Higgins, Elon (first name, heard), Musk (heard),  Meyer,  Greer, Olson (heard), Witkoff, Millward (heard),  Zelenskyy (heard), Trump (heard), Kearsley,  Keir (first name,  heard), Starmer (heard), Kearsley, Heinnenberg, Clayton, Beaumont (heard), Mackenzie, Wilkinson (heard), Lehrmann (heard), Bosac, Chalamet, Harrington, Tsimpikas, Neale, Fagan (heard), Saifiti, Bostock (heard), Foran (heard),  Paisami  (heard), Curry, Armstrong (heard), Sorensen, Stuart, Gilmour, Hayes, Hogan (heard), Chang, Becker, Albanese and Youngberry. Effie Zahos read the finance report (1AUD = 63.77USc), Jonathan Uptin read the sports report and Garry Youngberry read the weather report from Kangaroo Point. Brisbane was 22-31 today. Brisbane toms: 21-31. Mt. Gravatt  toms: 19-31. Sunrise: 5:38am Sunset  6:24pm

Monday Post 495

 Good morning! :P

Cheers,

Em. ^^

Sunday Post 495c

 Good evening again and one final greeting for tonight! Em's final, final plodding total for Sunday now stands @! only 960. Lol, that's the first time since PIG mum's retirement that I've plodded less than one thousand steps over one day! XD Anyways, final, final events for today?

• All the interesting names I saw while watching the 6pm news (Nine’s, read by Alison  Ariotti), for the 36^th time: Kenzie, Wildman, Beaumont, Croucher, Albanese, Littleproud, Lantouris, Zmuda, Kugel, Bibas, Sinclair, Purdie, Todhunter, Crisafulli, Beasley,  Dutton, Godfrey, Butler, Gilbert, Eilish, ZmudaTheuns (heard), Bandt, Macron (heard), Ally (first name), Starky, Jakob  (first name, heard), Funk (heard), Cotter (heard), Kalyn (first name, heard), Ponga (heard), Tapper, MaxwellDuckett, Short, Inglis, Djodan,Weidler, Hosking (heard), Heagney, Ford, McKinney, Foran,Trump, Sermanni, Labuschagne (heard), Biden (heard), McMullen and Youngberry. Adam Jackson read the sports report and Garry Youngberry read the weather report from South Bank. Brisbane was 20-30 today. Brisbane toms: 21-31. Mt. Gravatt toms: 20-30. Sunrise 5:37sm Sunset  6:35pm

  
  

• When the parents said dinnertime, I used the loo for one tinkle then climbed into the backseat of the car. Thanks to PIG mum who helped me buckle my seatbelt to and from the dinner place; I've got crappy night vision.

• Another Sunday dinner @ Ho Lin Wah. Apart from the two set meals (I got about one bowl of rice, about one bowl of soupy thin ho fan and half a bowl of proper Hokkien noodles) I also drank half the set soup, one cup of   Chinese tea and just over one mouthful of HK-style milk   tea.

• Back home I walked myself slowly and safely 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 oncee 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. 

• Toms: think PIG mum says we're going underwear shopping?

• And I feel unloved! Originally I had NAB physio @ the UQ @ 1pm but they rang and said we double-booked so don't come! Wonder who I lost out to?? XD

• PIG mum's immediately rung CODA and switched the shift back to 4-6pm although I've forgotten who's coming from 4-6pm.

• Still hoping to read for one hour and watch the 6pm news for the 37TH time!

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

Sunday Post 495b

 Heylo  again and good evening! Firstly, Em's new plodding total for Sunday now stands @ only 862 and secondly, Joni's devotional topic's 'The Lowliest Servant'. Righteo,  continuing events for today?

• Once I'd used up the most important two hours of my day I used the loo for one tinkle then sat @ the gobbling :P table to read for one hour and wait for PIG mum to gimme some arvo tea.
• She eventually passed me one banana, about half a tasty cracker and one huge mug of green tea. When I read for one hour, I reached part VII @ exactly 4:45pm and then reached pg. 325 @ 4:49pm.
• At PIG mum's order, I went and took a nice warm shower - I washed and rinsed my own hair today. I also softly, slowly but most hatefully sang 20% of my shorter second-favourite song out aloud, opening both eyes for all the important numbers. Actually, I was all done after only 10% but happily leaned fully against the right-side rail and watered myself for another tinkle before tapping the nice warm water off and calling PIG mum back.
• Since she'll not even dry my back for me anymore, once she passed me the towel, I did everything else and she didn't feature again until my bra strap needed doing up, Elf's AFO straps needed sticking and both laces needed tying.
• After drying the loo seat I sat for one tinkle, dried inside both ears, stamped both feet dry, washed and dried Era and then 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. 
  Cheers,
  Em. ^^

Sunday Post 495

 Good afternoon! Firstly, today I've only been hard @ work plodding 588 steps (since I've used Sparkless3 @ table tennis today); secondly, John Piper's devotional topic from last night's 'Enjoying His Fullness'; thirdly, TWFT topic's 'Keep Going, And You Will Succeed' and fourthly, Our Daily Bread's devotional topic's 'Legacy Of Love In Jesus'. Anyways, events for today?

• Woo hoo, 8th consecutive awesome sleep last night! Not only that; 'twas my best for 2025: nature didn't call till 8:05am! After one pot :P  trip I spent 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*
• Around that time, PIG mum begins her daily noisy a-THUMPING around upstairs and soon, she's let herself into my room to hit me with the eye goo and help exceedingly slightly with absolutely nothing bar the bra strap before leaving me ton get myself mostly independently kitted, which I comply with after giving myself fifteen more minutes first.
• PIG mum returns to finish with only Elf's AFO straps and both laces, before I let her gleefully FORCE :( me to walk over to the bathroom and brush teeth. That done, I sit over the loo for one tinkle, wash and dry Era and then walk myself slowly and safely out to the gobbling :P table, rising above the cruel and unfaithful God’s near-overwhelming hatred and not letting Him push me over.
• Breakfast is one of the yummy little charsiu buns PIG mum baked while I was reading plus one bowl of the yummier (so flaky) bird food (what Dr. Ku calls All-Bran XD) very lightly sprinkled with some Minus :P all my usual drugs :P and one full mug of water. Over breakfast, I spent another ten minutes continuing my mostly silent chat to Percy the saint/angel, asking him please to help me get through today okay. I find it's exceedingly important to constantly remind the cruel and unfaithful God that He has no bearing on  my good day whatsoever, that I am perfectly capable of having a good day without Him, despite Him and apart from Him, because my good day's dependent on my own good attitude. If only God would remember that ... *sigh* He created the phrase 'live and let live', so why the heck can't He lemme live the free, independent life that I deserve? Okay, fair enough, we all only deserve death because of Him, but why can't He just lemme live the life that nearly everyone else gets to live?? *sigh*

   

• After breakfast, I walk myself slowly and safely back to the toilet, 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 climb into the backseat of dad's car and buckle my own seatbelt. Dad tootles me off to Brisbane table tennis for our first comp for 2025!

• We both use the bathroom on arrival. After Kim divides us into our playing groups, she tells me I'm not on yet so go eat cake first. Only dad brings me back a piece the length and width of my *finger*! *sigh*

• My first match's against Gary. He wins the first set but I win the second and the third set goes to a tiebreak: I WIN!! :D

• I think I'm so happy about my win I lose my other two matches in straight sets. *cringe* XD

• For doubles I'm with another Chris? The tall, younger won. Again, we win our first match (in straight sets) but lose the next to (in a tie break for the second but lost straight sets in the third.

• Lol, dad's in such a hurry to leave and get to his arvo tea and badminton session with his mates that he pushes me away while Kim's still handing out ribbons and certificates; we reach the car when everyone's singing happy birthday to someone! XD I'd better email Kim and apologise. XD

• Once home, I use the loo for one tinkle then walk myself slowly and safely online, always rising above the cruel and unfaithful God’s near-overwhelming hatred and not letting Him push me over.

• Once I've used up the most important two hours of my day, I'll use the loo for one tinkle then sit @ the gobbling :P table for to read for one hour and wait for PIG mum to gimme some arvo  tea.

• Toms: originally I had UQ physio this arvo but last week the NAB rang and said don't come we're overbooked? PIG mum immediately rang and changed my care shift back to 4-6 and I think she says we're going underwear shopping toms?

• Dunno who's minding me but hoping to read for one hour and then watch the 6pm news for the 36TH time!

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

Saturday Post 495b

Heylo  again, good evening again and one final greeting for tonight!  With a final, final plodding total of 4908, lemme just cover final, final events for Saturday?

• PIG mum had gotten dearest dad to start dinner without me, but after the news had finished, used the loo for one tinkle and then walked myself slowly and safely to the gobbling :P table, always rising above the cruel and unfaithful God’s near-overwhelming hatred and not letting Him push me over.

• Dinner tonight:  rice, lotsa yummy  wombok, lotsa dearest dad's home-grown hairy melon, lotsa string bean and one chunk of chicken from the chicken dish that Dorrie and I cooked yesterday.
• Dinner was spooned down with one bowl oof soup; after taking the bowl to the sink 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.
• At 9pm, I walk 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: instead of attending church, dad's taking me to attend the first table tennis competition for the year! Unfortunately, I'm only expecting a participation certificate and not any ribbons, coz Kim told me three days ago that she'd put me up a division since I was already the top player there but I'm the worst in the new division. *cringe* Never mind, I'm just hoping she'll save me a big slice of her chocolate cake! XD
• Dad will get me home before rushing out to play badminton and enjoy arvo tea with his mates; me, I'm looking forward to our once-weekly family dinner out together but for once I'm actually hoping we'll eat @ SCSC coz I've not had any chips this week! XD
• Righteo, hope everyone has a smashing end to the weekend toms!
  Cheers,
  Em.  ^^

Saturday Post 495

 Good evening! Firstly, I'm gonna login today's plodding total @ 4908 (that was my final, final plodding total from last last Saturday since Wally's gone bonkers today and only given me less than 1000 steps but last Saturday dad took PIG mum and I out to Capalaba Park and I walked more than usual); secondly, John Piper's daily devotional topic from last night's Our Servant, Jesus'; thirdly, TWFT topic's 'Want What God Wants'; fourthly, Our Daily Bread's devotional topic's 'Legacy Of Love In Jesus' and fifthly, Joni's devotional topic's 'Redefine Happiness' but sixthly and way most importantly, I'm really still owed TWENTY-SIX MINUTES online after I visit the loo once more @ 9pm!! Anyways, events for today?

• Woo  hoo, 8th consecutive awesome sleep last night! Nature didn't call all the way until 8:05am, 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*
• Pearl and I happily cuddle and snore, me waking for the pot :P once more @ 9:15am, when I'm woken by PIG mum's noisy daily a-THUMPING around upstairs. Soon, she's let herself into my room to hit me with the eye goo and help me exceedingly slightly with absolutely nothing bar the bra strap before leaving me to get myself mostly independently kitted, which I comply with after giving myself fifteen more minutes first.  Whilst doing so, 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*
• PIG mum returns to finish with absolutely nothing bar Elf's AFO straps and both laces, before I let her gleefully FORCE :( me to walk over to the bathroom and brush teeth. That done, I drink one tall cup of water before sitting 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 walk myself slowly and safely out to the gobbling :P table, rising above the cruel and unfaithful God’s near-overwhelming hatred and not letting Him push me over. 

•  Breakfast's my once-weekly fried egg on one slice of dry (unbuttered) toast (instead of butter, PIG mum had spread an extremely thin layer of avocado over the toast before sticking the fried egg on) with another tall cup of water, all my usual drugs :P and my first big mug of delicious white tea with one spoonful of honey. This morning, I read for seventy-two minutes first up, reaching pg. 250 @ 9:55am.

• When the parents are ready to get going, I use the loo for one tinkle and climb into the backseat of the car.

• Dad parks underground @ Underwood MarketPlace. First, we buy groceries from Woolies and then well dad grabs a mini pizza from Domino's for lunch, PIG mum and I both use the bathroom once.

• The parents also buy sushi and a bucket of soupy udon for lunch. We're eating when Joey suddenly appears! She goes to buy kimbap and bubble tea; when I joke with her to please bring me back one too, she really does! :D

• Back home, I sit over the loo for two more tinkles and then dad tootles us back to church to play table tennis with him! I play table tennis with Uncle Simon too~ Uncle Sam just grumbles that there's no watermelon to eat. XD

• One more tinkle for me when I get home and then I munch my delicious honey chicken sushi roll (I reckon Underwood MarketPlace does them nicer than Capalaba Park XD), drink my other big, delicious mug of white tea sweetened with one spoonful of honey and plan to read 108 minutes, since it's only Saturdays that I can spend a blessed three hours reading~

• But when PIG mum interrupts and orders me off to shower, I note down that I wanna read for 108 more minutes and obediently head into the bathroom. 

• So a nice warm shower for me - I wash and rinse my own hair today. I also softly, slowly but most hatefully sing 15% of my shorter second-favourite song out aloud, opening both eyes for all the important numbers.

• Since PIG mum'll not even dry my back for me anymore, after I tapped the nice warm water off and called her back, I did everything until Elf's AFO straps needed doing up and both laces needed tying.

• After I dried the loo seat I sat for one tinkle, stamped both feet dry, dried inside both ears, washed and dried Era and then walked myself slowly and safely back to the gobbling :P table, again rising above the cruel and unfaithful God’s near-overwhelming hatred and not letting Him push me over.

• Happily read for another 108 minutes; it's only Saturdays I get to spend a blessed three hours reading~

• All the interesting surnames I saw while watching the 6pm news bulletin (Nine’s, read by Alison Ariotti) for the 36^TH time: Behan, Copp, Geran, Marles, Hastie, Luxon, Zelensky, Trump, Waltz, Wallis,Blaine, Jackson,  Menendez, Spies, Hagari, Netanyahu, Mullins, Hayes, Hogan, Hamer, Weidler, Staggs, Jakob (first name, heard), Funk, Dobbin (heard),Langbroek, Stolz (heard), Mostert, Waters (heard),Cummins(heard), Starc (heard), Hazelwoods (heard),Kiss, Hertl, Makenna (first name),  Baily,Ingate, Tapine (heard),Beaumont (heard), Putin (heard) and Bradnam. Adam Jackson read the sports report and Luke Bradnam read the weather report from Kangaroo Point. Brisbane was 20-30 today. Brisbane toms: 20-30. Mt. Gravatt toms: 19-29. Sunrise: 5:36am Sunset 6:26am
  Cheers,
  Em. ^^

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Friday Post 495c

 Good evening again and one final greeting for tonight! Em's final, final plodding total for Friday now stands @ 3707. Anyways, final, final events for tonight?

• After publishing the previous post, I read and shared the She Reads Truth daily devotional before finishing and sending around my GCCW homework!
• At 9pm, I walked myself slowly and safely once more to the loo for one tinkle and back, always rising above the cruel and unfaithful God’s near-overwhelming hatred and not letting Him push me over.
• Toms: hope PIG mum helps me up  and I'm outta bed before 9:45am ...
• Should  I try  to spend three hours reading?
• Looking forward to playing table tennis with  dearest dad @ church toms though~
• Also looking forward to my two big mugs of white tea and once-weekly fried eggf!
• Definitely planning to  watch the 6pm news for the 36TH time!
• Anyways, hope everyone has a smashing weekend ahead!
  Cheers,
  Em.  ^^

Friday Post 495b

 Heylo again and good evening! Firstly, Em's new plodding total for Friday now stands @ 3569 (ha, I'm just over 3.5 grand XD) and secondly, Joni's devotional topic's 'Who's Side Are You On?' Righteo, continuing today's events?

• After one more loo trip, Peggy tootles us  back to Warrigal Square, grabs us a trolley and we buy groceries, mostly for my cooking session with Dorrie this arvo!
• Back home, I take a nice warm shower - hairwash today. Also thanks to Peggy who helps me rinse out my hair, thus freeing Era to holds my stupid right eye tightly shut.
• Dried, creamed and rekitted, for lunch Peggy makes me a yummy tuna with tomato and onion toastie with TWO cheese, HEAVILY buttered on the inside and one giant mug of delicious vanilla chai sweetened with one spoonful of syrup!
• At 1:55pm, I sat over the loo for two more tinkles, while PIG mum signed Peggy away and shooed her away @ 2pm. She's back same time next week.
• Dorrie came and we cooked sth! Photos are on Facebook~
• Read for one hour afterwards and FINISHED Grass For His Pillow! Returned immediately to that first novel I started reading from the Bookfest before this book arrived.
• Did another stinky unspeakable, plopped online and happily watched the 6pm news bulletin for the 35TH time. All the things I like recording are in the previous post.
• When PIG mum summoned me over for dinner @ 7:20pm, I used the loo for one tinkle and 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 with what Dorrie had cooked with me this arvo! 'Twas yummy but rather bland, I thought ... hopefully we'll cook sth  tastier next time.
• 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.
• Anyways, 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 495

 Good afternoon! Firstly, today I've been hard @ work plodding 3361 steps; secondly, John Piper's daily devotional topic from last night's 'Amazed @ The Resurrection'; thirdly, TWFT topic's "What's Keeping You From Winning?" and fourthly, Our Daily Bread's devotional topic's 'Getting Back Up' but fifthly and way most importantly, I'm really still owed THIRTY-BIBE MINUTES online after I watch the 6pm news bulletin (Nine's) for the 35TH time!! Anyways, events for today?

• Woo hoo, 7th consecutive awesome sleep last night! That's already the 4th time this year I've enjoyed one consecutive weeks of awesome sleeps! :D Like yesterday, 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*
• Pearl and I happily cuddle and snore, me waking once more for the pot :P shortly after 9am just before noisy PIG mum begins her daily a-THUMPING around upstairs. Soon, she's let herself into my room to hit me with the eye goo before returning outside and awaiting Peggy's arrival @ 9:30am.
• Once PIG mum lets Peggy inside @ 9:30am, she knocks, pushes open the door and announces good morning. When I nod Pearl @ her, Peggy next announces, "Fifteen more minutes." Pearl nods again, she announces okay and leaves; phew, since Pearl's not anatomically capable of giving the Bear Bum! XD
• When Peggy 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 already squirted me some toothpaste. Teeth brushed, I sit over the loo for one tinkle, wash and dry Era and then walk myself slowly and safely out to the gobbling :P table, rising above the cruel and unfaithful God’s near-overwhelming hatred and not letting Him push me over.
• Breakfast is one bowl of the yummier (so flaky) bird food (what Dr. Ku calls All-Bran XD) with one slice of toast surprisingly THICKLY (thanks, Peggy!) spread with butter and strawberry jam (when PIG mum does it, the butter and jam layers are so thin I can still see the bread clearly beneath! XD), 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, Peggy follows me back to the bathroom before returning to clean-up my breakfast stuff. 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 climb into the backseat of Auto (pronounced Alto) and Peggy tootles me off to see Ray for some massage and acupuncture, just like last week. Thanks to her who helped me buckle my seatbelt all day~

• At Ray's I used the loo for one tinkle and then lay down for some massage and acupuncture. 'Twas nice to have a proper conversation between him, Peggy and I where we all equally participate; usually, it's just PIG mum yapping, him making affirmative sounds (which sets off PIG mum with more yapping XD) and me taking a nap! XD
  Cheers,
  Em. ^^
  P.S.  All the interesting surnames I saw while watching the 6pm news bulletin (Nine's, read by Melissa Downes), for the 35TH time: Cavallaro, Hagstrom, Bavas, Probyn, Shoebridge, Geran, Berkhout, Kowald, Chicco, Trump, Millward (heard), Albanese, Netanyahu, Mulvwy (heard), Dutton, Kellogg (heard), Butler, Volodymyr (first name,  heard), Zelenskyy (heard), Rubiales, Weidler, Vleary (heard), Woolf, Gilbert (heard), Burt, Gilchrist, Hewton, Lewis, Menendez, Nicho (first name), Hynes (heard), Papaliii, Leota (heard), Bullock, Van Lunteren, Bailey, Sullivan, Cooper, Waters (heard), Feeney (heard), Cummins, Konstas (heard), Lohmann, Lombard (heard), Liersch, Brigginshaw,  Arvier, Fink and Bradnam. Have forgotten who read the finance report (but 1AUD =  63.88), Jonathan Uptin read the sports report and Luke Bradnam read the weather report from Surfers Paradise. Brisbane was 20-29 today. Brisbane toms: 1`-20. Mt. Gravatt toms: 20-29. Sunrise 5:36am Sunset 6:37pm