almost 59!!

in a few wks i'll be one yr shy of 6 decades. wowza! tomorrow two of my sponsees are taking me to dinner to celebrate my recent sobriety bd. 31 yrs w/o booze & drugs! wowza! this is the first time in the many yrs that i've had sponsees do this. they call themselves "sober sisters" & express to me gratitude & affection. i just adore them both as humans & am so grateful for their thoughtfulness!! we will chat, eat, laugh, & i hope set up a step 4 meeting for us three. i'm on that one too, again!, never-endingly!, since a 12 stepper's work is life-long. always, more layers of the onion must be peeled to ensure continued personal improvement. as they say, "uncover, discover, discard." i do NOT want to remain the person i was yesterday. every day brings a promise of better living, even with certain bumps in the life-road: our credo is to keep trudging (i think of the ancient r.crumb image w/its motto "keep on truckin'"). i bring up yesterday bc many occurrences then (not much other way to put this) SUCKED! however, the sun set & rose, & here we is still... today the worst has been that, while making curry with vegetables, i accidentally dumped a huge portion of chili powder in the mix. the dish now is delicious, but whoa nelly!: taste & swallow with caution! have an inhaler nearby!... here is a pic from the tunnel leading to leo carrillo state beach. carrillo was mythed to be a maternal relative until dad did geneo research & found that to be a grandiose grandpa falsity. on that side, the famous relative is john gavin (of psycho & u.s. politics), apparently reluctant to admit his hispanic heritage when contacted by dad for interview! i spose in his generation & career, non-white blood mebbe was a handicap... (???). this connection pales compared to james (of course), who counts among his several famous relatives bettie page! criminy jeepers!... we had gone on a central coast trip in our "new" (to us) car, silvia cristina murano, the most comfy ride we've together had, starting @ the museum of jurassic technology in sta monica & ending @ the historic sta maria inn. it was a trip of mild pleasures, lovely coastline, & some good good eats... well, just abloggin here, nothing much to say except siesta season has hit frazier mtn: cool morns & eves, warm daytimes. i'm happy to have fans, shade, & lovely places to rest my bones. going to go join the pets & spouse now w/hope of soon & restful sleepytime.