TUESDAY

I started off the morning with some annoying problems with Amazon Japan re Christmas gifts, but I don't want to go into detail. 

Left at 11:30 to meet Noreen at Danny's Deli, which is right across from the transit center, so very convenient. She had invited her friend, Gary, along, which was fine by me. We had a good time and they insisted on treating me for my birthday--nice. We all had salads and I an IPA, Noreen Chardonnay. After a leisurely meal and good talk, I asked the server to take our picture:

I'm usually the oldest one in any group, but in this, I'm the youngest--yahoo!

Said goodbye with thanks to Noreen and Gary, then walked the half block to the transit center. Stopped at Target for a few items, then took the 6 bus home. As I was walking in the gate, Julie called to ask if I was available today for dinner with her and Lora. Actually, yes. Ellen's coming over to help with my laptop questions after her P.T. appointment at 3:00, but  that shouldn't take long. As I hung up, I ran into Vickie outside her door and she invited me in. She gave me a card and a pretty "tomato cup" for my birthday:

We then talked, especially about the pending law suit, being brought by Mary's children and Vickie, against the facility where her former partner, Mary, was mistreated. 

When I got home, I found an email from the offspring in Tokyo saying they wanted to Zoom me on my birthday and what would be a good time? The time difference always have to be worked around, so I left it up to El. She decided on a change in our itinerary: I'll still bus to her place on Saturday, we'll have lunch, hang out, get the call, then go to Sea Fresh for dinner. I'll stay over that night, then we'd see Betty on Sunday, after which El would drive me home. Sounds like a plan and it works since Betty doesn't know our birthday's on Saturday, anyway. 😔 (I have NO IDEA when I can't get rid of the space!)

Called Great Clips to get my hair trimmed, but they don't take appointments, so I'll go in about 10:00 today and take my chances. 

Note: I called Grouper and find it's a new thing by my health insurance, SCAN. The fact that they trust their customers to tell the truth that they've been active blows my mind. In my case, it's true, but how is they trust everybody to report it? Doesn't make a lot of sense, but if they want to send me twenty bucks a month, that's fine by me. 

Note Two:  Blogger refused to update this entry when I tried to top it off this morning. I called and they were "doing maintenance" from 7:00 to 8:00 am. Had breakfast first and am now back to finish up at 9:37.