After breakfast we read the paper, and then we went to the Gentle Yoga exercise class. I can do these exercises, which last only half and hour. We came back to the apartment, and we stayed here until a man came to clean the carpet. We left while he worked, and afterward he left a dryer blowing over the carpet to dry it. A good idea. (But tonight the spots have come right back!) We picked up sandwiches and drinks at the dining room, and then we went down stairs and waited for Karen to come pick us up, for a picnic at the beach. She called that she would be a little late, because the group she was taking on a tour of the Gemology Institute of America insisted on asking questions after the tour was officially over. But she did get here only 15 minutes later than usual. We had a nice visit as we had our lunch and watched the waves coming and going. There were only two surfers in our view, I guess because the tide was out and the waves small. Back at the apartment I tried to reach our dentist to make some appointments for next month, but all I could get on his phone was a message that they couldn't answer just now, and would I please leave a message and a phone number, which I did. And I have not received a call back, so maybe he is no longer practicing in this area. Karen and Terry have been going to him, also, I will check with them in the morning. My visiting teacher called, and I invited her to come over, and she said she would bring her husband. We had a nice visit, and they told us the orchid plants we had given them were covered with blossoms. That was nice to know, since they are dead at our house now.