Monday

I sent a card and a joint birthday gift to my boy and his girl in Japan. Heard from my cousin's wife, Linda, about their visit on Friday/. They'll stay at the Best Western and suggested they come pick me up, then we'll go to lunch somewhere. Maybe I'll take them to the harbor after that; another day, we'll go to the Mission and also, to Ellen's in Ojai. Here are Kevin and Linda on one of their many trips or cruises:

Packed lunch and bused to town. Stopped at the library and took out the book on Johnny Carson by his lawyer, which I've read before. He was a real pistol, it seems, but I still look at him on YouTube. I don't think his wit, intelligence, and savvy interviewing skills have ever been matched. In life, however, he seems to have been a real SOB.

Ate at my usual spot across from the Mission (one of the places I'll take Kevin and Linda), strolled around a bit, then bused home. Ellen called and we had a good chat; her cold, I was glad to hear, is somewhat better. Also, she went to physical therapy and will exercise to help her knee.

After that, I finally tackled replacing the small chest of drawers in my bedroom with the white bookcase I had had there before. It took quite a while to remove the items from the drawers and put them in decorative boxes on the bookcase. I did it, though, and in the process, discarded a lot of stuff I never should have saved in the first place. It took me a long time to take the chest and drawers to the trash place, but I did it with the aid of my cart.