A Rainy Thursday

It was supposed to rain all day today. I only cared because it meant I wouldn't be able to walk the dog outside for him to poop or pee. He's been pretty good about that at least in terms of not pooping or peeing inside the house. So far he did it once. And that was yesterday morning when I got up really early and showered before Johnnie had even gotten up. The dog was with me in the bathroom and was watching ME poop. And pooped on the floor too. Fortunately, he was already there in the bathroom. All I had to do was pick up the poop with TP and flush it right down the toilet a foot away. Funny. All that to say that dog is now part of the point of focus for the time I have him, which looks to be the same time I have Johnnie. I don't think I've fully thought out what that means exactly but then again Lisa does tend to do these READY FIRE AIM kind of things that affect me and all I can bank on is my ability to deal with stuff and come out looking pretty good. Yep, dare I say it, I MAKE LISA and her decisions LOOK GOOD. And then I realize that's my ego talking and I have to talk my own self down. Today I realize I am also in the mindset that I just have to make it through today and that would be it for the week pretty much. Not quite so at work since James did not make my IS Team Meeting. What the heck is going on with that guy? It made my interview with a potential Lam replacement before lunch all the more important. And the funny thing was that this guy I interviewed was pretty much a Lam clone. Very well qualified but I have my doubts in terms of managing someone. Anyway we'll have to see how it turns out when he does his second interview with Dennis tomorrow.  

As expected it rained cats and dogs today though it really didn't matter much because Johnnie had Zoom classes all the way through 1:30 PM when he had a play-doh play date with some of his classmates too. Also online LOL. The photo I posted was a microcosm of the day really. Johnnie eating his Panda Express dinner while watching Tigger and Pooh and the dog is playing with my shoelaces while I'm kicking back at the end of the day. I was in the middle of running reports by this time so my day was not over by any means. I barely re-learned how to run these damn reports in Business Objects so at least I have a sense of control with the UDS Reports, the most important set that I can not fail on. And so there it is, still about CONTROL more than anything. I've spent a great deal of time molding the IS Infrastructure team into the cohesive unit that they are because i have taught them to have accountability with our users and with each other. And so far James is still his old unreliable self. But I have to put up with it don't I? And I have to work extra hard myself too don't I? Stay tuned. So Lisa actually called EARLY tonight to pick up Johnnie. Shocking. Now that she has the dog to think about, of course this would be expected. And I was only all too happy to hand Johnnie off early tonight. I was tired. And Johnnie was already bored. He wanted to go off and play with the dog. Best to let that happen at Lisa's. And so she came over in the heavy rain and we did the hand-off in the garage. All good. And then she half explained that most of the people she related the story to about the toothbrush and the dog was pretty much on my side. That she should simply say THANK YOU to me. Shocking. And she invited me to come over tomorrow to watch Johnnie while she practiced piano. I guess we're all good again. I went back in and finally got back to another project... how to make a USB stick work on my Amazon Firestick... that way I can watch all these other movies that somehow the media player won't decode. What a geek I am... But then again, by 11 PM, I got it working! Yes I'm a tech geek. Proud of it too.