Whenever I walk with Julie, I feel her hand lightly on my elbow as we walk up or down a curb. She knows I pause a second before stepping up or down.

Kindness.

Every Thursday morning, I am at Walmart and Costco. I am there when Costco opens. Today I had nothing to buy there. Instead I went to Walmart and Safeway which I did not get to yesterday because I had breakfast with Erik first thing in the morning.

Costco opened without my presence.

Was it Chex or Life cereal? It was the 1980s and there was a coupon on the box to gather points to fly Republic Airlines. Republic became Northwest and Northwest became Delta. My kids cut up the box and we gathered enough points.

Off to Florida. It was Chex.

880-101-280-87-85.
Do you know the way to San Jose?

I sent an invitation for a brunch to celebrate Carrie and Erik’s birthdays, an annual event I always do. Ari will be in Oregon and Isaac in Denmark. Isaac responded, suggesting that I change location to Nanortalilk in Greenland, midway between Copenhagen and Alameda.

Under consideration

Ari and Isaac came over for dinner last night. They each caught me up on their current activities and plans for the future. They asked about my relationship with my mother. Questions and answers came easily for all of us.

Comfortable.

The current administration is doing devastating things. I rarely make political comments on my blog, but I live with these thoughts all the time. We are being reduced to a country of white people (preferably men by those in power). And people are struggling financially. Many are choosing not to talk about it.

Please vote.

We had quite a few events together in a relatively short period of time. Dinner out, graduation, lunch out, brunch and then a second brunch to celebrate birthdays. It is easy and wonderful to be with them. We never run out of things to talk about.

Good people.

Many years ago a group of women exercised at Curves at the same time. We decided to start having lunch together once a month. We have been doing so at least ten years. We meet at Jim’s On the Course. Yesterday there were seven of us.

Great catching up.

The Mission Hub School was my son Erik’s idea. It would focus on medical and bio-tech for the high school students who chose to go there. The location is ideal. The school was built and opened recently. I am thrilled to be able to go on a tour with Erik this week. I am so proud of him.

And I am so happy for the students.