Thursday Post 487

 Good afternoon! Firstly, today I've been hard @ work plodding 2797 steps; secondly, John Piper's devotional topic from last night's 'Fifteen Tactics For Joy'; thirdly, TWFT topic's 'Consult God On Your Daily   To-Do List' and fourthly, Our Daily Bread's devotional topic's "Listening For God's Face". Anyways, events for today?

• Wait, sorry! Wednesday's final, final plodding total's actually 4625! Dad took me to table tennis since CODA suddenly fluffed up the shift; for Gary's birthday we all got a mini Caramello Koala! 
• Had GG Bible study @ Serena and Leo's. Ten came last night and our Bible study was from Acts 1:15-26.
• Yay, 7th consecutive awesome sleep last night! Like yesterday, nature didn't call until 7:20am and even though May's only started today, it's already the 10TH time I've scored one consecutive week of awesome sleeps! :D
• Karina came @ 9:30am and we went grocery shopping @ Warrigal Square Woolies before I came home for a shower - hairwash today. Also thanks to Karina who helped me rinse out my hair for me, thus freeing Era to hold my stupid right eye tightly shut.
• Actually, we went grocery shopping not @ the Warrigal Square Woolies but the Sunnybank Hills one; I got PIG mum a Mother's Day card and present! 
• While Karina cleaned the bathroom I wrote out the card for PIG mum.
• Had our once-termly lunch with Pastor Grace and Reverend @ the new Sai Bistro!
• I had the eggs benedict with fried chicken; the fried chicken was delicious, but the hollandaise sauce tasted weird since it wasn't yellow but orange! o_O The iced chocolate was nice, though~ Pastor Grace even brought me a new pack of instant powdered HK-style milk tea! Pity rotten PIG mum won't lemme drink one since she said my iced chocolate already contained too much sugar. *sigh*
• Back home I used the loo for one tinkle and then plopped online.
• Annoying PIG mum's already made me return to the bathroom once to check sth.
• Once I've used up my most important two hours of the day I'll use the loo for one tinkle and then sit @ the gobbling :P table to read for one hour and await PIG mum to gimme some arvo tea. *still pining after my HK-style milk tea. ><*cranky*
• Toms: presuming Peggy's coming @ 9:30am and taking me to Breathe for physio @ 11am; have got the SMS text reminder from Breathe but Michelle's still not sent me May's roster yet.
• I've had two weeks off from having a formal OT session but I suppose Sin's coming back toms; hope it's a cooking session!
• Oh, fingers crossed that I can  watch the 6pm news bulletin (Nine's) for the 52ND time after I watch it for the 51ST time tonight!
• Anyways, hopefully bbl, else hope everyone has a smashing end to the week toms!
  Cheers,
  Em. ^^
  P.S. All the interesting surnames I saw while watching the 6pm news (Nine's, read by Melissa Downes) for the 51ST time: Ha-teya (first name), Gripske, Jackson, Lock, Cavallaro, Bates, Rawlings, Nash, Probyn, Dutton (heard), Chalmers, Albanese, Croucher, Heagney, Howard, Kafusi, Donoghoe, Woolf (heard), Jackson, Vobbo (heard), Dalton, Attenborough (heard), Arvier, Bleijie, Crisafulli (heard), Flegler, Johnston, Patterson, Geran, Dobbin, Walsh, Staples, Mander, Answerth, Brooke, Mangan (heard), Lawless, Abdo, Cooney, Ryan, Charlotte, Appiah, Madill, Bennet, Todhunter Gita (first  name), Mishra, Dyson (first name), Daniels, Jakara (first name), Ford, Anthony and Kohler. Chris Kohler read the finance report (1AUD = 63.99USc and Telestra shares are @ $4.54), Jonathan uptin read the sports report and Garry Youngberry read the weather report from Hamiliton. Brisbane was 16-26 today. Brisbane toms:  15-24. Mt. Gravatt toms: 13-23. Sunrise 6:13am Sunset 5:16pm

Wednesday Post 487

 Good afternoon! Firstly, Em's final, final plodding total from Tuesday's actually 3728; secondly, Joni's devotional topic from last night's "She's Not Gone"; thirdly, today I've been hard @ work plodding 2910 steps (so confident I'll have cracked 3000 steps before the day ends XD); fourthly, John Piper's daily devotional topic from last night's "The Day's @ Hand"; fifthly, TWFT topic's "When Others 'Don't Get It'" and sixthly, Our Daily Bread's  devotional topic's 'Truly Trusting God' but seventhly and way most importantly, I'm really still  owed ONE HOUR and THIRTY-THREE MINUTES online should Michelle find someone to take me to table tennis!! Anyways, let's start with yesterday's events briefly first!

• Had arvo tea, read for awhile, sat over the loo and was by the door waiting for Nisha's arrival @ 6:30pm!
• Only she came late (traffic), then she needed petrol, then there was Logan Rd. and highway congestion ... 
  Cheers,
  Em. ^^

Tuesday Post 486

 Good afternoon! Firstly, today I've been hard @ work plodding 3349 steps; secondly, John Piper's daily devotional topic from last night's 'The Great Exchange'; thirdly, TWFT topic's 'Take It Off, And Move Forward' and  fourthly, Our Daily Bread's devotional topic's Hopeless/Hopeful but fifthly and way most importantly, I'm really still owed ONE HOUR and THIRTY-FIVE MINUTES online after I get home from Toastmasters tonight!! *sigh* But I enjoyed my 5th consecutive awesome sleep last night (bid Pearl sweet dreams, fell asleep and didn't wake till 7:10am and then Asha took me to Coles and we brought groceries and my once weekly bahn mi from Coles.  Not only that, she shouted me a Vietnamese iced coffee! :D Came home for lunch and then saw Phillip for our second-last physio session together. Physio today: Perching on edge of the plinth with reduced thigh support,  reaching for Era with left weight shift,  ten laps walking along the parallel bars with more left weight shift and four laps long hallway walking. Came home and did my daily set of FitMi exercises before munching arvo tea and reading for one hour. Nisha arrived and I showered;  we're hitting Toastmasters tonight!  Toms I'm unsure what's happening in the morning but tomorrow's shifts for table tennis and shower afterwards are both TBAs! Dr. Lee's taking me to GG for the second Bible study. Oh, and fingers crossed someone brings me a bubble tea for national bubble tea day!! :D Anyways, hope everyone has a smashing day toms!
Cheers,

Em. ^^

Monday Post 486d

 One final good evening and greeting for tonight! Em's final, final plodding total  for Monday now stands @ 4207. Righteo,  final, final events for tonight?

• At 9pm, I walk 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
• Toms: PIG mum'll help me up around 9:30pm, since Asha's not coming till 10am. Presuming we'll buy groceries from Coles Pinelands and get groceries from Coles before getting a crunchy pork bahn mi for lunch.
• Asha's taking me to my last NAB physio session with Phillip @ 12:15pm. Should we finally get to hike the Great Court once, I'll prolly  start crying: 2025 marks two DECADES since I first traversed around the Great Court myself, studying law and filled with hopes for the future. Alas, twenty years later, here I am, taking nearly one full hour to walk/hobble/limp/stagger/you pick a verb :P once around the circumference. Oh, how the mighty have fallen. >< Not that I've ever been mighty! XD
• Asha will see me home and showered before leaving @ 4pm. Will remind PIG mum Ela's gotta do those FitMi exercises for her once since Nisha's coming and taking me to Toastmasters (5th Tuesday meeting)!
• Looking forward to   getting dinner from Maccas; never mind that Unhappy Meals were what I got like three DECADES ago! *sigh*
• Righteo, hope everyone has a smashing Tuesday ahead!
  Cheers,
  Em. ^^

Monday Post 486c

 Good evening again! Em's new plodding total for Monday now stands @ 4059. Ha, I'm just over four grand; that doesn't happen often! XD Anyways, continuing tonight's events?

• So a nice hot shower for me - hairwash today. Also thanks to Catherine 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 banana, about half a plain cracker and one huge mug of white tea sweetened with two teaspoonfuls of sugar. Originally, PIG mum had already left me one huge mug of some herbal tea for arvo tea but I told Catherine that I'd already drunk herbal tea for lunch; can you please find some sweetener and pour a white tea for me? Catherine found the extra strong English breakfast teabags and the sugar, woot!
• Happily read the Terry Pratchett novel from Mrs. Burvill-Shaw for one hour, reaching page fifty @ exactly 4:20pm. Meaning I got thirty-five minutes to play Jewels!
• At 5:55pm, I sat over the loo once more for two tinkles (my monthlies arrived) then said my thanks and byes to Catherine.
• Happily watched the 6pm bulletin (Nine's) for the FIFTIETH time. All the things I like recording are in today's first post.
• When PIG mum summoned me over for dinner around 7:30pm, 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 cos lettuce, lotsa soup carrot, two/three wee chunks of tasteless soup beef and one slice of yummy chicken, which I obviously saved for last.
• Dinner was spooned down with one bowl of soup (it contained one extra slice of carrot, one extra slice of potato and one extra slice of beef); 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.
• PIG mum came over @ 8:15pm and gleefully forced poor Ela on one set of those FitMi exercises.
• Anyways, hopefully bbl  after one last loo trip @ 9pm with my final, final plodding total for today, the final, final events for tomnight plus what's happening toms else wishing everyone a smashing Tuesday ahead!
  Cheers,
  Em. ^^

Monday Post 486b

 Heylo  again, good evening and potentially one final greeting for tonight! Firstly, Em's potential final, final plodding total for Monday now stands @ 3878 and secondly, Joni's devotional topic's 'How Good God Treats You'. Righteo, potential final, final events for tonight?

• Like every other week, PIG mum yaps incessantly @ Ray with multiple repeated syllables in her excitement; my grateful thanks to Ray who always replied and kept a conversation flowing. As usual, I enjoyed the shoulder CPR the most. But some sad news: Jennifer's mother has contracted leukemia ... think that's what Percy passed away from twenty years ago?
•  After another loo trip, PIG mum tootled me back to the Warrigal Square Woolies to buy groceries (we couldn't find the free Bunch crackers, though) before coming home for lunch with dearest dad.
• Lol, dad buys frozen pizza and then adds topping on top; personally, I reckon that tomato on pizza tastes weird! XD Pity I was only fed two/three very thin slices, but hey.
• Lunch was washed down with one huge mug of herbal tea; after taking the cup over to the sink I used the loo for one tinkle and then walked myself slowly and safely online, always above the cruel and unfaithful God’s near-overwhelming hatred and not letting Him push me over. 
• Catherine doesn't arrive @ 3:30pm but she rang saying she's coming from Ipswich!
• Thanks to PIG mum who let Catherine inside when she announced her arrival around 4:20pm, thus freeing me from a potentially dangerous trip to the front door. I noted down the time and immediately headed into the bathroom myself.
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Monday Post 486

 Good afternoon! Firstly, today I've been hard @ work plodding 2073 steps (ha, I'm just over two grand XD); secondly, john Piper's daily devotional topic from last night's 'Children Of A Singing God'; thirdly, TWFT topic's 'Is God Shaking You Up?' and fourthly, Our Daily Bread's devotional topic's 'Imitate Me' but fifthly and way most importantly, I'm really still owed TWENTY-TWO MINUTES online after the carer leaves @ 5:30pm and I watch the 6pm news (Nine's) for the FIFTIETH time!! Anyways, events for today?

• Yay, 4th consecutive awesome sleep last night! Nature didn't call until 7:20am 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 again for the pot :P once around 9am, shortly 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 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.
• 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 down, 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 for breakfast, rising above the cruel and unfaithful God’s near-overwhelming hatred and not letting Him push me over.
• Breakfast's one bowl of healthy cereal with one slice of dry (unbuttered) toast very lightly spread with avocado and hopefully very lightly sprinkled with salt, my first round hollow Easter egg from Ray (so five left), 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 seatbelt (what I do all day). PIG mum tootles me off to see Ray for some massage and acupuncture. We listen to her mix of Chinese pop all day, too.
• I use the toilet once on arrival and then lie down for some acupuncture and massage. 

• Cheers,
  Em. ^^
  P.S. All the interesting surnames I saw while watching the 6pm news (Nine's, read by Melissa Downes) for the FIFIETH time: Bolt (heard), Dutton, Probyn, Albanese (heard), Croucher, Van Lunteren, Rawlings, Cook, Arvier, Crisafulli, Miles, Frecklington, Godfrey, Jihnston, Shannen (first name), Kai (first name), Nixon, Hockey, Hutchins (heard),Kellock, Trump, Tomasi, Andiso, DFunn, Virgo, Postecoglou, Chapman, Luai (heard), Moses (heard), Daley, Cleary, Abdo, Dalton, Ha-teya (first name), Gripske, Foord, Catley (heard)m,  Andersen, Scott, Rai, Kiss (heard), Moffat, Carney, Woolnough and Kohler. Chris Kohler read the finance report (64.02USc = 1AUD), Jonathan Uptin read the sports report from Howard Smith Wharves and Garry Youngberry read the weather report from Surfers Paradise. Brisbane was 19-28. Brisbane toms: 18-28. Mt. Gravatt toms: 17-27. Sunrise: 6:12am Sunset 5:19pm

Sunday Post 486d

 One final greeting for tonight! Em's final, final plodding total for Sunday now stands @ 3004. Ha, I'm literally just over three grand. XD Righteo, final, final events for tonight?

• After publishing the previous post, I read and shared my Facebook memories~
• At 9pm, I walked myself once more slowly and safely to the loo for one tinkle and back, again and always rising above the cruel and unfaithful God’s near-overwhelming hatred and not letting Him push me over.
• Usually I videochat Aunty Nga @ 9:45pm but she's asked for that to happen earlier tonight coz she's not feeling well. Awaiting her call now.
• Toms: PIG mum'll heelp me up since I've got a late morning appointment to see Ray for some massage and acupuncture. Bet PIG mum's simply DYING to yap ceaselessly @ him. XD
• Will hopefully grocery shop and aisle walk with her afterwards before coming home for lunch with dearest dad.
• Also hoping Michelle'll have replied toms morning and filled in all the TBA shifts for this week for me.
• Maybe I'll get to  watch the news for the SEVENTY-FIFTH time!
• Righteo,  hope everyone has a smashing week ahead!
  Cheers,
  Em. ^^
  Cheers,
  Em. ^^

Sunday Post 486c

 Good evening again! Firstly, Em's new plodding total for Sunday now stands@ 2910 (so will have hopefully cracked three grand before the night's out XD) and secondly, Joni's devotional topic's 'An Encouraging Word'. Anyways, continuing tonight's events?

• After the news ended, once PIG mum called dinnertime, I used the loo for one tinkle and then climbed into the backseat of the car. Thanks to PIG mum who helped me buckle my seatbelt both ways since I've got crap night vision post brain injury.
• Like previous Sundays, our once-weekly dinner out together was @ Ho Lin Wah and like previous Sundays, I got piss little. *sigh* I ate less than one bowl of rice, less than half a bowl of vermicelli but actually got one full bowl of congee! Oh, I also drank one cup of Chinese tea and just over one mouthful of the hot HK-style 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 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 hope everyone has a smashing week ahead!
  Cheers,
  Em. ^^

Sunday Post 486b

 Heylo again, good evening and potentially one final good evening for tonight! Em's potential final, final plodding total for Sunday now stands @ 2559. Ha, I'm just over 2.5 grand. XD Righteo, potential final, final events for tonight?

• Once I'd used up my most important two hours of the day, I used the loo for one tinkle and then sat @ the gobbling :P table to read for one hour and munch the arvo tea (one very ripe banana and half a plain cracker) PIG mum left me before she headed upstairs for her arvo nap.
• Didn't notice the Kylie Chan I'd already started but started the Terry Pratchett novel that Mrs. Burvill-Shaw had recently sent me! Today I reached page twenty-five @ exactly 5:10pm.
• When PIG mum eventually came downstairs, she poured me one huge mug of green tea. After reading for one hour, I happily played Jewels for thirty minutes - and I reached level 700!
• At 4:30pm I went and took a nice hot shower - I washed and rinsed my own hair today. I also slowly, softly 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 before tapping the nice hot water off and calling PIG mum back.
• Since PIG mum'll not even help me dry my back anymore, after she dried the back of the seat for me, I did everything else until my bra strap needed doing up, Elf's AFO straps needed sticking 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 both hands 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.
• Righteo, hopefully bbl after dinner tonight else wishing everyone a smashing week ahead!
  Cheers,
  Em. ^^
  P.S. All the interesting surnames I saw while watching the 6pm news bulletin (Nine's, read by Jonathan Uptin) for the 74TH time: Millward, Kelce (first name), Gussie, Robinson, Regeling, Assange, Trump, Farrell, Ricigliano, Probyn, Albanese, Butler, Dutton, Zelenskyy, Heagney, Kita (first name), Alexander, Johnston, Gane, Gilbert, Saifiti (heard), Payten, Dearden (heard), Gilbert, Donaldson, Mani (first name), Meyer, Cleary (heard), Galvin (heard), Hynes (heard), Reynolds and Humphrey.  Bronte Gildea read the sports report and Garry Youngberry read the weather report from East Brisbane. Brisbane was 19-29 today. Brisbane toms: 17-28. Mt. Gravatt toms: 16-27. Sunrise: 6:11am Sunset 5:20pm

Sunday Post 486

 Good afternoon! Firstly, today I've been hard @ work plodding 2171 steps (ha, I'm over two grand XD); secondly, John Piper's daily devotional topic from last night's 'You Were Made For God'; thirdly, TWFT topic's 'Refuse To Wear The Label' and fourthly, Our Daily Bread's devotional topic's "God's Love Never Runs Out". Anyways, events for today?

• Yay, 3rd consecutive awesome sleep last night! Nature didn't call until 6:10am and after one pot :P trip I immediately fell back asleep, since I knew PIG mum would get very noisy exactly one hour later!
• Like clockwork, @ 7:10am PIG mum's noisy a-THUMPING around upstairs wakes me for another pot :P trip, after which I spend ten minutes beginning a mostly silent chat to Percy the saint/angel, asking him please to help me with the patience, perseverance, strength and endurance I need to get through today with, giving PIG mum all the pleasure, all the satisfaction and just suffering for her whenever she decided that only she can be happy and/or satisfied. It doesn't sound very fair, but she's taught me through her actions, if not through her words, that it's enough she's happy and/or satisfied, and I guess whenever that happens, I've just got to grit my teeth and endure. >< *sigh*
• PIG mum lets herself into my room to hit me with the eye goo and help exceedingly slightly with just the bra strap and the tee before leaving me to get myself mostly independently kitted, which I comply with after giving myself fifteen more minutes first.
• PIG mum comes back 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 healthy cereal (Special K and Minus :P) with one small but delicious slice of the carrot cake PIG mum made last night (slightly too dense but delicious icing!), 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 church, parking seven cars down from the ramp. I haul myself up the ramp, use the second cubicle of the normal ladies' loo, wash and dry both hands and then grab my usual spot in the service hall on the most left. PIG mum leaves @ 8:50am.
• Yay  I get to stay seated for worship today~ I sing everything, plus the harmony for four songs but like every other week, meant absolutely NOTHING. >< *sigh*
• Speaker today was a missionary called Chris Lurhy working in Indonesia, his sermon topic's "The Harvest's Plentiful".
• Service ended nineteen minutes early today; after PIG mum collected me, I used the loo for one tinkle, washed and dried Era, grabbed myself a packet of bikkies for morning tea snd sat outside the service hall.
• Everyone else @ EM shared lunch @ Market Square today but dad made me have lunch @ Hungry Jack's with him. *sigh* Ate a Whopper Junior, twelve chips and drank like 1/2 the orange juice.
• Back home, I used the loo for one tinkle and then walked myself slowly and safely back 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, sit @ the gobbling :P table waiting for PIG mum to gimme some arvo tea and start reading that Terry Pratchett book Mrs. Burvill-Shaw gave me!
• Toms: presuming PIG mum'll help me up and then I'm seeing Ray for some acupuncture and massage ... unless there's another public holiday happening?
• Will hopefully grocery shop and aisle walk somewhere else expect a super-pissy plodding total from me.
• Have e-mailed Michelle about this week's TBAs; hopefully she'll reply and lemme know who's coming to mind me when this week.
• Anyways, hopefully bbl, else wishing everyone a smashing week ahead!
  Cheers,
  Em. ^^

Saturdayday Post 486c

 Good evening again and one final greeting for tonight! Em's final, final plodding total for Saturday now stands @ 2414. Aww, not quite 2.5 grand. XD Another day, perhaps. XD Anyway, final, final events for tonight?

• After publishing the previous post, I read and shared the She Reads Truth daily devotional then read and shared Facebook memories.
• At 9pm, I walked myself slowly and safely once more to the loo for one 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: just church, definitely nothing special. Will tell dad @ Hungry Jack's after he brings back our lunch that it's the 5th Sunday I'm having lunch with him so next next next Sunday he'd better lemme out for lunch with other ESS people! Dunno why he came up with the ridiculous rule that I'm only allowed out for lunch with other ESS peoples once every two months. *sigh*
  Cheers,
  Em. ^^

Saturday Post 486b

 Heylo again and good evening! Firstly, Em's new plodding total for Saturday now stands @ 2249 and secondly, Joni's devotional topic's 'Playing Favorites'. Righteo, continuing tonight's events?

• Back home, I used the loo for one more tinkle then sat down @ the gobbling :P table to enjoy my honey chicken arvo tea sushi roll (Underwood MarketPlace does a good one with crispy batter!) and happily read, since it's only Saturdays that I get to spend a blessed three hours with my nose buried in a book. Today I reached pg. 525 @ 2:53pm, paused for a toilet trip @ 2:30pm, reached pg. 550 @ 3:17pm, reached pg. 555 @ 3:26pm, visited the loo again @ 4:30pm, reached pg. 575 @ exactly 4:10pm then reached pg. 600 and FINISHED THE BOOK @ 4:57pm! Author's note and entire book finally finished @ 5:01pm.
• After using the loo for one tinkle, 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.
• Happily watched the 6pm news bulletin (Nine's) for the 73RD time. All the things I like recording are in the previous post.
• When PIG mum summoned me over for dinner around 7:20pm, I used the loo for one tinkle and then walked myself slowly and safely to the gobbling :P table, again 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 shaved carrot two pieces of halibut and maybe two pieces of chicken.
• 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, always rising above the cruel and unfaithful God’s near-overwhelming hatred and not letting Him push me over.

• Listening to the funeral for Pope Francis now. Seven's airing it, since Nine's covering the telethon fundraiser for the Mater hospital.
• Righteo, hopefully bbl  after one more looo trip @ 9pm with my final, final plodding total for tonight, the final, final events for tonight plus what's happening Sunday, else looking forward to seeing everyone @ church toms!
  Cheers,
  Em. ^^

Saturday Post 486

 Good afternoon! Firstly, today I've been hard @ work plodding 2063 steps (ha, I'm just over two grand XD); secondly, John Piper's daily devotional topic from last night's "Paul's Salvation Was For You"; thirdly, TWFT topic's 'Keep Praying And Believing" and fourthly, Our Daily Bread's devotional topic's 'Action - Not Distraction' but fifthly and way most importantly, I'm really still owed ONE HOUR and TWELVE MINUTES online  after I watch the 6pm news (Nine's) for the 73RD time!! Anyways, events for today?

• Yay, 2nd awesome sleep last night! 'Twas five minutes better than my best for 2025 that I achieved Friday: nature didn't call until 8:50am!
• 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 successfully fell back asleep before PIG mum woke me with her daily a-THUMPING around upstairs around 9:15am. Following another pot :P trip, I spent another ten minutes continuing my mostly silent chat to Percy the saint/angel, asking him please to help me get through today okay. I find it's exceedingly important to constantly remind the cruel and unfaithful God that He has no bearing on my good day whatsoever, that I am perfectly capable of having a good day without Him, despite Him and apart from Him, because my good day's dependent on my own good attitude. If only God would remember that ... *sigh* He created the phrase 'live and let live', so why the heck can't He lemme live the free, independent life that I deserve? Okay, fair enough, we all only deserve death because of Him, but why can't He just lemme live the life that nearly everyone else gets to live?? *sigh*
• At 9:25pm, PIG mum lets herself inside my room to hit me with the eye goo and five minutes later, she opens the door for Gabby. Gabby knocks, pushes the door, says "Good morning, Em, it's Gabby here (phew; I hadn't known who was coming XD); fifteen more minutes, okay?" I nod Pearl @ her, and she thankfully removes herself; phew, since Pearl's anatomically incapable of giving the Bear Bum! XD
• When Gabby returns, I sit over 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 drink one full 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 head out with Gabby to the gobbling :P table, grousing @ her for skipping breakfast this morning and ordering her to buy sth to eat while we were shopping. Gabby laughs and promises to. XD
• At the gobbling :P are all my drugs :P and one big mug of white tea! I quickly down all the pills with the full cup and then please ask Gabby to make me another one for breakfast; score, she does!
• For breakfast I munch my once-weekly dried egg on one slice of dry (unbuttered) toast spread with a little avocado. I happily read for thirty minutes first up and reach pg. 550 @ 10:38pm.
• While Gabby closes and locks windows, I use the loo for one tinkle and then climb into  the passenger seat of her car. Thanks muchly to Gabby who helps me with my seatbelt thrice; to and back from the shops and the third time to church.
• Since all the disabled parks are taken out the front, Gabby drives around and finds one on the side. Didn't need to park underground today since the Sun was out.
• Gabby got a trolley for us and first we bought groceries from Woolies before I chose a honey chicken sushi for arvo tea and Gabby got two vegie tempura rolls (since she's vegetarian) for her own lunch.
• Back home I took a nice hot shower - hairwash today. Also thanks too Gabby who rinsed my hair out, thus freeing Era to hold my stupid right eye tightly shut.
• Dried, creamed and rekitted, lunch was some flat rice noodles that PIG mum had cooked with lotsa vegies and like two tiny slices of pork/chicken plus my third big mug of white tea sweetened with one spoonful of honey. The noodles were slightly tasty but too dry for me; I would've preferred more sauce~
• Over lunch I read for another twenty-five minutes before sitting over the loo for two more tinkles and then climbing back into the passenger seat of Gabby's car.
• Gabby drops me off @ church for table tennis with dearest dad. I sign her off with my thanks and byes and she leaves seven/eight minutes early. Since I'm unsure when I'll next see her, I said Merry Christmas to her just in case. XD
• Wow, today dad lemme win him FIVE STRAIGHT SETS! XD I also got to play with Uncle Simon once~
• Back home, I used the loo for one more tinkle then sat down @ the gobbling :P table to enjoy my honey chicken arvo tea sushi roll (Underwood MarketPlace does a good one with crispy batter!) and happily read, since it's only Saturdays that - bbl!
  Cheers,
  Em. ^^
  P.S. All the interesting surnames I saw while watching the 6pm news bulletin (Nine's, read by Paul Taylor) for the 73RD time:  Godfrey, Millward, Stamp, Giuffre (heard), Epstein (heard), Croucher, Jakob (first name), Funk, Plath (heard), Molo (heard), Plath (heard), Katoa (heard), Bellamy, Irwin, Lynagh, Dutton, Neal, Daniels, Albanese (heard), Palmer (heard), Geran, Howarth, Renrick, Anika (first name), Wells, Alexander (heard), Downes, Davies, Ha-teya (first name), Gripske, Karran, Shannon, Crisafulli (heard), Sive, Putin, Vitkoff (heard), Santos, Trump, Mangione, Gardner, Bieber, Ramsay, Cibilic, Trikoulis and Bailey. Luke Bradnam read the weather report from Newstead. Brisbane was 18-28 today. Brisbane toms: 17-29. Mt. Gravatt toms: 16-28. Sunrise: 6:10am Sunset 5:20pm

Friday Post 486d

 One final good evening and greeting for tonight! Em's final, final plodding total for Friday now stands @ 1710. Righteo, final, final events for tonight?

• After publishing the previous post, I read and shared the She Reads Truth daily devotional.
• When nature suddenly called @ 8:30pm, I walked myself slowly and safely walked myself once 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.
• Happily played Jewels until 9pm, when 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: Olivia's minding me from 12:30pm till 1:30pm. Looking forward to my once-weekly fried egg, two big mugs of white tea with two sugars and I'm planning to read for three hours; willing to skip watching the 6pm news for the 73RD time for that!
• Righteo, hope everyone has a smashing weekend ahead!
  Cheers,
  Em. ^^

Friday Post 486c

 Good evening again! Firstly, Em's new plodding total for Saturday now stands @ 1430 (so hopefully I'll have cracked 1.5 grand before the day's out) and secondly, Joni's devotional topic's 'Oleanders'. Anyways, continuing tonight's events?

• While I munched one yummy banana, one plain cracker and drank one huge mug of plain green tea, I happily read for one hour, reaching page 475 @ 5:13pm.
• After one more loo trip, 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.
• Happily watched the 6pm news (Nine's) for the 72ND time. All the things I like recording are in the previous post.
• The parents started dinner without me around the weather report; once the news finished, I used the loo for one tinkle and then walked myself slowly and safely to the gobbling :P table, again 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 dearest dad's home-grown hairy melon, one little piece of yummy chicken and like one teaspoonful of PIG mum's soft egg brisket.
• 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. ^^
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Friday Post 486b

 Heylo again, good evening and potentially one final greeting for tonight! Em's potential final, final plodding total for Friday now stands @ 1309. Lol, fingers crossed I'll have reached 1.5 grand before tonight ends! XD Righteo, potential final, final events for tonight?

• Once I'd used up the most important two hours of my day, I used the loo for one tinkle and then sat down @ the gobbling :P table to read for one hour, calling upstairs to PIG mum for some arvo tea, please.
  Cheers,
  Em. ^^
  P.S. All the interesting surnames I saw while watching the 6pm news bulletin (Nine's, read by Melissa Downes) for the 72ND time: Bavas, Young, Iain (first name), Carthy, Yoshida, Sky (first name), Naughton, Geran, Murielle (first name), Ahern, Burrup, Allan, Croucher, Albanese (heard), Kohler (heard), Pavlou, Jiselle (first name), Manning, Leacche, Andrea (first name), Fabi, Millward, Gofrey, Dutton (heard), Ha-teya (first name), Caddy, Depsey (heard), Ricigliano, Gripske, Bloom (first name), Luci (first name), Ellis, Trump, Putin, Mostyn (heard), Sinclair, Lyndy (first name), Flavia (first name), Ciccutini, Cobbo (heard), Reynolds (heard), Mam (heard), Hunt (heard),  Gerrard (first name), Kennedy, Gold, Rawlings, Horan, Thurston, Bellamy (heard), Sandon (first name),  Sexton, Curran (heard), Burton (heard), Reynolds, Higgins (heard), Kerbode and Bradnam. 171.6c'L's the average fuel price in Brisbane, MacCullough, Ward, Ewing, Web, Pallister, Swift, Jonathan Uptin read the sports report and Luke Bradnam read the weather report from Southport. Brisbane was 18-24 today. Mt. Gravatt toms: 17-26

Friday Post 486

 Good afternoon! Firstly, today I've been hard @ work plodding 1073 steps (ha, I'm just over one grand XD); secondly, John Piper's devotional topic from last night's ''The Liberating Power Of Forgiveness'; thirdly, TWFT topic's 'Find Prayer Partners'; fourthly, my final, final plodding total for Thursday's actually 2759; fifthly, Joni's devotional topic from last night's 'Building On The Foundation' and sixthly, Our Daily Bread's devotional topic's "Steps Of Faith". Anyways, let's start with yesterday's events first!

• Once the news finished, I used the loo for one tinkle then headed down to the gobbling :P table and wolfed dinner down quickly; NRL started coverage @ 7:30pm!
• Dinner finished, I skipped soup and then sat @ the couch. Only 7:15pm; dad was watching YouTube and refused to change the channel until 7:30pm; luckily I'd brought my mobile along to play with, but I wish he didn't take it off me the moment NRL coverage started. *sigh*
• But I liked how the teams walked out together in solidarity, how both captains laid wreaths and before rejoining the Broncos, our captain gave the opposing captain a friendly pat on the back~ The army lady who read the oath out nearly lost it; she shouted the first two lines ... then stopped! But then she started again from the beginning and 'twas flawless, phew~
• The clever Broncos had like already won the match by halftime, 'twas already 34-0!
• But Canterbury dug deep and produced three tries themselves during the second half; not enough though since the Broncos continued scoring; their last try was like right on the 80th minute~
• Hence why I watched Thursday Night Knockoff before getting myself off to bed; zzz~
• Today: woo hoo, best awesome sleep last night for 2025 yet: nature didn't call until 8:45am! 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, PIG mum's noisy daily a-THUMPING around upstairs waking me for another pot :P trip when she wakes me with her daily noisy a-THUMPING around upstairs shortly after 9am. Soon, she's let herself into my room to hit me with the eye goo before going back outside and awaiting Peggy's arrival @ 9:30am.
• After PIG mum lets Peggy in, she knocks, pushes open the door and announces good morning, stating "Fifteen more minutes" when I nod pearl @ her. Phew, she leaves us be after that, since  Pearl's anatomically incapable of giving the Bear Bum!
• When Peggy 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. Thanks to Peggy who's already squirted some toothpaste for me.
• Teeth brushed, I sit over the loo for one tinkle, wash and dried Era and then walked out to the gobbling :P table with Peggy, who told me she had her usual two fried eggs for breakfast this morning.
• Less than thirty minutes left, soo just super-briefly: ate breakfast, did a stinky unspeakable then went to Underwood Park with Peggy.
• Didn't hike around the lake since 'twas raining; we just sat inside the pagoda with some male carer and his client who had headphones on.
• Got home, showered and had two little slices of pizza for lunch.
• Used loo once more @ 1:55pm then signed Peggy off with my thanks and byes.
• Once I've used up my most important two hours of the day I'll uswe the loo for one tinkle and then sit and read for one hour.
• Looking forward to watching the 6pm news (Nine's) for the 72ND time!
• Toms: Olivia's minding me from 9:30am till 1:30pm. Presuming we'll grocery shop and sushi buy @ Underwood Marketplace?
• Must remember to ask dad is there any table tennis @ church toms arvo~
• Hoping to read for three hours toms; will skip watching the news for that!
• Anyways, hopefully bbl, else wishing everyone a smashing weekend ahead!
  Cheers,
  Em. ^^

Thursday Post 486b

 Heylo again, good evening and potentially one final greeting for tonight! Em's potential final, final plodding total for Thursday now stands @ 2337. Righteo, potential final, final events for tonight?

• Once I'd enjoyed my most important two hours of the day online, I used the loo for one tinkle and then sat @ the gobbling :P table to read Blue Dragon and wait for either parent to gimme some afternoon tea. I'd called upstairs to PIG mum for some afternoon tea please while I was walking down the hallway, but she'd not replied.
• 'Twas actually dearest dad who passed me one yummy banana, one plain cracker and one huge mug of green tea.
• Happily read Blue Dragon for just over one hour; today I reached page twenty-five @ exactly 4:25pm and reached page fifty @ 5:02.
• Reading finished, I used the loo for one more tinkle 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.
• Righteo, hopefully bbl after dinner, else wishing everyone a smashing end to their week toms!
  Cheers,
  Em. ^^
  P.S. All the interesting surnames I saw while watching the 6pm news bulletin (Nine's, read by Melissa Downes) for the 71ST time: Jobson, Croucher, Albanese, Cash, Dutton, Godfrey, Bremner (heard), Pitt, Janetzki, Kearsley, Trump, Husic, Heagney, Cool, Weidler, Cook, Kiss, Flanagan, Powers, Kimmel, Cox, Kenzie, Sinclair, Franetovich, Passfield, Brandt, Mostyn, Woodward, Nicholls, Inglis, Tahnee (first name), Norris, Jakob (first name), Funk, Brigginshaw (heard). Ha-teya (first name, Gripske (heard), Humphreys, Gallagher, Chabowski, Laurie, Ariotti, Bennett, Fagan, Lohman (heard), Kenyon, McDermott, Kiss, Bellamy, Makenna (first name), Baily, and Kohler. Chris Kohler read the finance report (1AUD = 63.51USc), Adam Jackson read the sports report read the sports report and Garry Youngberry read the weather report from Kangaroo Point. Brisbane was 18-23. Brisbane toms: 18-25. Mt. Gravatt toms: 17-24. Sunrise 6:09am Sunset 5:22pm
• P.P.S. Actually won't bbl; I'm  watching the NRL!

Thursday Post 486

 Good afternoon! Firstly, my final, final plodding total from Wednesday's actually 4339 (sweet, I'm not often over four grand!); secondly, today I've been hard @ work plodding 1936 steps (so must have cracked two grand before Thursday runs out XD); thirdly, John Piper's devotional topic from last night's "Seek Your City's Good'; fourthly, TWFT topic's "Growth's About Enlargement" and fifthly, Our Daily Bread's devotional topic's 'Confessing To Christ'. Anyways, let's start off with yesterday's events first!

• At 1`:55pm I sat over the loo for two tinkles and then climbed into the passenger seat of Olivia's car when she arrived @ 2pm. 
• Lol I was so excited when Howard brought over a card; I thought there was FINALLY gonna be cake! But then Howard said she's not here today! I mean, WTF?! >< XD
• Got home and took a nice hot shower - hairwash today. Also thanks to Olivia 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 some yummy grapes and one delicious mug of vanilla chai.
• At 6:30pm I signed Olivia off with my thanks and byes, used the loo once for two more tinkles then sat by the front door and awaited Dr. Lee's pickup.
• Once he arrived, I climbed into his car's passenger seat and PIG mum passed me a container of rice leftovers for dinner.
• Dr. Lee also collected Owen and another girl before driving us to Serena's place.
• Lol, lucky I can walk some! The living room for Bible study's downstairs but the dining room's upstairs and I had to haul myself up eight steps first! Luckily there were handrails~
• Leo microwaved my dinner for me and Dr. Lee told me to put my mobile away but I wonder why he didn't tell Owen to do the same?
• Nine joined for dinner and one more appeared for Bible study, which Dr. Lee led from Acts about how God builds his church.
• Afterwards, Dr. Lee suggested I hike up the stairs instead of walking around back to the car. I complied but there weren't any handrails I've got sh*tty balance; @ least three steps he caught me when I tried to hike up but fell backwards instead!
• Back home, repeat the usual nightly events and zzz~
• Today: grr, I was *one* measly day from achieving another straight week of consecutive awesome sleeps but stupid nature nudges me  awake with a full bladder @ 12:35am! >< Doesn't matter; 'twas still a sound sleep nevertheless ... *sigh*
• I used the pot :P again after the Sun had risen, 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, PIG mum's daily noisy a-THUMPING around upstairs waking 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 waiting for the carer's arrival.
• After Caren arrives, she knocks, says good morning and offers fifteen more minutes? Pearl nods @ her and she thankfully withdraws; phew, since Pearl's anatomically incapable of giving the Bear Bum!
• When she comes back, I use the loo once more for three tinkles, we get me kitted and then I head over to the bathroom and brush teeth before sitting over the loo for one tinkle.
• After washing and drying Era, I head out to the gobbling :P table with Caren.
• Breakfast is one bowl  of yummy flaky Special K sprinkled very lightly with some Minis :P with one slice of dry (unbuttered) toast very lightly spread with avocado and hopefully sprinkled with some 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, Caren accompanies me back to the bathroom before returning to the kitchen and washing 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 passenger seat of Caren's car and she tootles me off to the Garbo library for GCCW! Lol, she gets lost; when I bemoan that I'm gonna be late she screeches it's not my fault!! I reply mildly of course it's not. Please keep trying to find it. XD
• But we eventually arrive and GCCW's in meeting room two today.
• Nine attended; Tammy helped me to the bathroom @ morning tea and there were leftover hardshell Easter eggs and two mint slices for morning tea! 
• Homework for next meeting's rewriting a fairytale and the meeting ended eight minutes early today.
• Caren took me once more too the loo and then tootled me home for a nice hot shower - hairwash  today. Also thanks to Caren 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 totally tasteless rice leftovers. Wonder when I'll next enjoy a proper meal out? *sigh* But @ least I enjoyed one big mug of powdered HK-style milk tea~
• After lunch, I took the cup over to the sink, used the loo for one tinkle and 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.
• When nature randomly called @ 2:20pm, I walked myself slowly and safely to the loo for one tinkle and back, again rising above the cruel and unfaithful God’s near-overwhelming hatred and not letting Him push me over.
• Once I've used up the most important two hours of the day, I'll use the loo for another tinkle then sit and read the Kylie Chan novel that Caren found me for one hour! Hoping PIG mum'll gimme some arvo tea too~
• Looking forward to watching the 6pm news (Nine's) for the 71ST time, wolfing down dinner afterwards and then watch the Broncos play!
• Toms: ANZAC Day public holiday; I get let off another Breathe physio session!
• Peggy's minding me 9:30pm till 2pm but I'm unsure where we can go; everything's closed for ANZAC Day but it's gonna rain toms so cann't hike around Underwood Park?
• No OT  either; looking forward to spending my most important two hours of the day online, reading for one hour and then watching the 6pm news for the 72ND time!
• Anyways, hopefully bbl, else wishing everyone a smashing end to the week toms!
  Cheers,
  Em. ^^

Wednesday Post 486c

 Good afternoon! Em's new plodding total for today now stands @ 2683. Anyways, continuing today's events?

• 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. Lol, dad continually nagged @ me to eat faster once PIG mum left to play baddy with her mates; now I'm ready he's upstairs doing sth! XD
• When dad's finally ready to leave I use the loo for one more tinkle then climb into the backseat of his car and buckle my own seatbelt.
• How annoying: @ Rochedale Coles dad gets a trolley but refuses to lemme push it with him, instead demanding I walk out in front! Luckily I didn't stack it and since dad insists walking from  the  beginning of the store to the end and back again, I tried to just walk straight and not turn into every single aisle like dad prefers. *sigh*
• Back home, I use the loo  for one tinkle and then walk myself slowly and safely online, rising above the cruel and unfaithful God’s near-overwhelming hatred and not letting Him push me over.
• Bettina arrived around midday and started cleaning.
• When dad summoned me for lunch I noted how long I still had left online 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.
• For lunch, dad boiled us two minute noodles with lotsa yummy, boiled cauliflower, lotsa not-very-yummy pumpkin and two wee slices of tasteless soup beef. While I ate, dad persistently nagged @ me to eat faster since Bettina needed to clean under the table.
• Meaning once I'd finished lunch and drunk one cup of green tea I didn't bother taking the bowl over to the sink and just immediately returned online. XD
• ]Will sit over the loo once more for two tinkles before Olivia takes me to table  tennis; let there be cake! XD
• Will shower after getting home; once Olivia leaves @ 6:30pm I'll use the loo for two tinkles then await Dr. Lee's pickup for our first Term Two GG! Have asked PIG mum to get  me a bowl of rice leftovers to microwave for dinner; wonder does Serena have  any oyster sauce? XD
• Toms: My roster still says TBA for the 8-1:30pm shift? Think Karina said last Thursday that she's not coming this Thursday ...
• Well, as long  as someone comes, takes me to GCCW then sees me home and showered before leaving @ 1:30pm! Just missing my Thursday lunches out ... *sigh* 
• But hoping to watch the 6pm news for the 71ST time, wolf down dinner and be seated on the couch @ 7:30pm to watch the Broncos play the Bulldogs! Don't mind who wins since Brisbane's my home team but Canterbury'sa my high school!\
• Anyways, hope everyone's having a smashing week!
  Cheers,
  Em. ^^

Wednesday Post 486b

 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, my final, final plodding total from Tuesday's 3792; secondly, Joni's devotional topic from last night's 'The Fellowship' thirdly, today I've been hard @ work plodding 2588 steps (ha, I'm just over 2.5 grand XD); fourthly, John Piper's daily devotional topic from last night's 'Five Reasons To Be Fearless'; fifthly, TWFT topic's "Today Expect God's Favour and sixthly, Our Daily Bread's devotional topic's 'To Infinity And Beyond!' but seventhly and way most importantly, I'm really still owed THIRTY-SEVEN MINUTES online after I get home from GG tonight!! Anyways, let's start off with yesterday's events first!

• After physio, I come home for a shower, munch arvo tea and plop briefly online until Nisha comes and takes me to Toastmasters! She arrives about three minutes late; she was stuck in traffic.
• Oh drat: we had a great run along Logan Rd. but traffic was terrible along the highway and the free parking was already taken after we arrived! ><
• Only five attended last night; originally 'twas only Neil and me; I immediately approved the idea Neil suggested when he saif if nobody else comes let's hit the pub but then three more arrived. >< XD
• Damian led last night's theme about Easter and while he didn't bring any Easter eggs for us, he bought a box of Lindt chocolates! I was very impressed that Neil remembered I could only have the red (milk chocolate) ones because on my nut allergy!
• Afterwards, Nisha took me back to Maccas for my Unhappy Meal with an orange juice. We also had a video chat with her dad; his English's pretty good!
• Back home, I signed Nisha off with my thanks and byes. She's back next Toastmasters; I'm hoping with her cousin's Mercedes-Benz since it turns out he didn't sell it after all!
• But mostly I was just frustrated that I was really still owed TWENTY-SIX MINUTES when PIG mum ordered me off to bed! >< But @ least Elf got to wear her sock to sleep since PIG mum couldn't be bothered giving her a rub before bed. *sigh*
• Today: yay, 6th consecutive awesome sleep last night! Nature didn't call until 7:40am, 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 around 9am shortly before PIG mum began her daily noisy 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 (and maybe even the tee) before leaving me to get myself mostly independently kitted, which I comply with after giving myself fifteen more minutes first.

• PIG mum returns to finish with absolutely nothing bar Elf's AFO straps and both laces before I let her gleefully FORCE :(b me 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 two healthy cereals plus one tiny slice of dry (unbuttered) toast very lightly spread with some avocado and hopefully sprinkled with some 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, 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!

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Wednesday Post 486

 Good morning! :P

Cheers,

Em. ^^

Tuesday Post 485

 Good afternoon! Firstly, today I've been hard @ work plodding 3368 steps; secondly, John Piper's daily devotional topic from last night's 'The Key Too Radical Love'; thirdly, TWFT topic's "Governed By Christ's Love For Us" and fourthly, Our Daily Bread's devotional topic's "Loving Other's With God's Love"  but fifthly and way most importantly, I'm really still owed FIFTY-FIVE MINUTES online after I get home from Toastmasters tonight!! *sigh* Anyways, events for today?

• Yay, 5th awesome consecutive 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 once more for the pot :P around 9am, just before PIG mum begins her daily noisy a-THUMPING around. Soon, she's let herself into my room to hit me with the eye goo and help exceedingly slightly with absolutely nothing but the bra strap before leaving me to get myself mostly independently kitted, which I comply with after giving myself fifteen more minutes first. Actually, I forgot to tell her my latest dream: I'm about to jump off sth but wake up!
• PIG mum comes back to finish with absolutely nothing bar Elf's AFO straps and both laces before I let her gleefully FORCE :(n 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 yummy flaky Special K with one slice of dry (unbuttered) bread very lightly spread with avocado and hopefully very lightly sprinkled with some 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*
• Leah arrived two/three minutes late; once I'd finished breakfast, she accompanied me back to the bathroom then went back to wash up, close windows and lock them. 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 Leah's car and she tootles us off to Pinelands Plaza. Thanks muchly to her who helps me buckle my seatbelt all day. While she drives, we chat and I learn that Leah's only twenty-seven, from Kenya and studying sth @ uni called human services?
• At Coles, she grabs a trolley for us and we buy the groceries PIG mum's after.
• Our other stop's to Pinelands Hot Bread, where Leah and both get a crunchy pork bahn mi from Aunty Nancy.
• Back home, I use the loo for one tinkle and then we sit @  the gobbling :P table and eat our bahn mis. Thanks to PIG mum who left a vanilla chai teabag for me, but unfortunately, she'd hid the sweetener again. *sigh*
• At 12:15pm, I climb back into the car and Leah tootles me off to the NAB for physio.
• After visiting the loo for one tinkle, I hike down o the NAB, where Phillip's waiting just inside.
• Physio today: Sitting with minimal thigh support perching on edge of plinth, reaching and stacking cone work for Era both Sitting and standing, walking six laps along the length of and back of plinth and six laps long hallway walking. Cheers, Em. ^^

Monday Post 485d

 One final good evening and greeting for tonight! Em's final, final plodding total for Monday now stands @ 4761. Righteo, final, final events for tonight?

• After publishing the previous post, I finished sharing my Facebook memories.
• 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: PIG mum'll help me up first, since once Asha's not coming till 9:30am. 
• Presuming we'll buy groceries from Pineland Coles plus my once-weekly crunchy pork bahn mi from the Pinelands Bakehouse before coming home for lunch. Will use the loo again after returning home but not when we'll leave again @ 12:15pm for my second-last NAB session of physio with Phillip.
• Asha will see me home and showered before leaving @ 4pm and then Nisha's taking me to Toastmasters @ 5:30pm!
• Will ask PIG mum to gimme some rice for arvo tea since I'll get an Unhappy Meal for dinner tonight. *sigh*
• Righteo, hope everyone has a smashing day toms!
  Cheers,
  Em. ^^