Wednesday, July 22, 2026

Thursday Post 330

 Good afternoon! Firstly, today I've been hard @ work plodding 1655 steps (ha, I'm over 1.5 grand XD); secondly, John Piper's devotional topic from last night's 'Preach To Yourself'; thirdly, TWFT topic's 'Step Out And Do It!' and fourthly, Our Daily Bread's devotional topic's 'Prepared To Help'. Anyways, events for today?

  • Yay, awesome sleep last night! Nature didn't call until  6:30am, 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*

  • Daddy Bear and I happily cuddle and snore, me waking again for the pot :P when noisy 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 and give por Elf  a  very brief rub, since she'd totally ignored my poor  foot last night. Actually, she'd hit me with  the eye goo last night then left me to get myself to bed; since dearest dad had already headed  upstairs also, I scooted the kitchen chair to the  fridge and got the milk, scooted to the benchtop and poured myself one mouthful, scooted back to  the fridge to replace the milk  then scooted back  to the dining table and left the chair in it's original position. XD Yay also that Elf wore her sock  to sleep last night although obviously Era peeled the sock off first thing this morning! XD
  • When Morine hadn't arrived @ 8:01pm, PIG mum opened the bedroom door and snapped @ me, "She's not here Fifteen more minutes."  I immediately complying, asking  PIG mum please  to ring CODA on-call should she not have arrived by 8:10am.
  • Phew she arrives shortly afterwards and PIG mum instructs her to  help me up @ 8:15am.
  • When Morine taps me @ 8:15am, I sit up, say good morning  and use the pot :P for three more tinkles. Sure enough, she'd been stuck in traffic this morning.
  • We get me kitted, I head over to  the bathroom and brush teeth before sitting over the loo for one tinkle. After washing and dry 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 is  one slice of  dry (unbuttered) toast very  thinly spread with avocado and hopefully very thinly sprinkled with salt, one full mug of water, all my usual drugs :P and another mug of Milo. Thanks to Morine who turns on Sunrise for my viewing pleasure~  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 finishing breakfast, I ask Morine please to gimme (both hands, face and neck) some sunscreen then she walks behind me back to the bathroom then returns to the kitchen  and washes the breakfast stuff up. 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 Morine's  car (what luxury! Last night I enjoyed a ride in a BMW that had a SEAT WARMER and today I got a ride in Morine's Lexus! :D) and she tootles me off to GGCW! She kinda gets lost and doesn't park outside the library, meaning it's a longer than usual  hike for me, hence why I skip the initial bathroom  visit since I'm already ten minutes late but the meeting doesn't start until after I arrived and Nancy still  arrives LATER than me! XD
  • Nine attended today, Tammy helped me once to   the bathroom @ morning tea time and Merlyn brought tiramisu CAKE and I even got seconds! :D Actually I even had 3rds and 4ths since she left me the last two slices and I  said I'd share one with Morine but Morine said nah you enjoy I've already eaten! There's three weeks until the  next meeting and homework's A face in the mirror.
  • The meeting ended ten minutes early but since Morine and I stayed behind for cake and I used the loo once more before leaving I showered half-fast  after arriving home since Morine was leaving  @ 1:30pm.  Also, I bumped into Sarah Shakibaie (sp?) She was walking with one bub (maybe preschool-age?) and pushing another in a baby stroller but  said "Hi, Em!" when I  walked towards her (at the returns machine of the library). I've got awful facial recognition but phew, identified her.  XD
  • Showered half-fast after arriving home - hairwash today. Also thanks to Morine 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 rice leftovers plus one huge mug of powdered HK-style milk tea.  Alas that today marks one whole WEEK since I last enjoyed a proper meal out  but fingers crossed another comes soon!
  • Only thirty minutes left, so just  briefly: took cup to sink, used loo for one tinkle, washed and dried  Era then read my daily Bible passages before popping online.
  • Tonight's ice cream night, yay! Like I say every week,  a very little's better than none  @ all!
  • Toms:  TBA which carer's helping me up  then taking me to the NAB for  two hours' physio with Vincent but I've emailed Michelle and hopefully  she'll  reply soon.
  • That  carer will see me home, showered and fed with lunch  before Ari comes to give Ela one hour of  unfunctional exercises @ like 2:30pm. 
  • Don't think I've got anything happening after she leaves; looking forward to reading the Carmody book for another hour then watching the 6pm news bulletin for the 168TH time, provided I  can  watch it for the 167TH time tonight!
  • Anyways, hopefully bbl, else wishing everyone a smashing end to  the week toms!
    Cheers,
    Em. ^^
    P.S. All the  interesting surnames I saw while watching  the 6pm news bulletin (Nine's, read by Melissa Downes and Joel Dry) for the 167TH time: Margot (first name), Robbie, Crooks, Millward, Campbell, Liveris, Crisafulli, D'Alessandro,  Mander, Jonty (first name), Bush, Powell, Wells, Keoni (first name), Everythingo, Geran, Croucher, Albanese (heard), Taylor, Chalmers, Jackson (heard), Slater (heard), Mielkamp, Munster (heard), Trbojevic (heard), Hodge, Kennedy,  Nina (heard), Mostyn, Toohey, Sinclair, Clare, Burnham, Ryan, Buckland, Gretel (first name), Jakob (first  name), Funk, Kiss, Moses (heard), Cleary (heard), Arrow (heard), Mead, Jessop, Zahos (heard), Pullar, King (heard), Fagan, Camm (heard), Van Lunteren, Jai (first name), Greer, Trump, Seyed (heard), Partridge, Delamangas and Kohler (heard). Chris Kohler  read the finance report (1AUD = 70.13USc and Telstra shares fell   to $3.94) (heard), Gianopolous (heard), Bronte Gildea read the sports report and Garry Youngberry read the weather report from New Farm. Brisbane was 13-23 today. Brisbane toms: 12-23. Mt. Gravatt toms: 9-22. Sunrise: 6:33am Sunrise 5:16pm

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