Turning a letter into another letter.

Notes
Starting with an uppercase Baskerville 'G'.
Thinking of turning it into a lowercase 'd', so I will remove some points on the right side and then work on turning it into the d.
Using delete anchor point tool to delete some anchor points.
Not sure how to joint the two open sides of the G to make it into the d which is a closed letter..there may be some options that include the scissor or eraser tool, but I am going to try to select some of the points involved and then use object>path>join. So far that is not working for me. I m now using the scissors tool to try and cut the end of one side off, though that is probably not the best or neatest way to go.
Scissors tool worked fairly well and it looks neat, but I'm sure there was a better way to do it by somehow joining the two areas.
Getting close to finishing the 'd' now, just need to complete the top..