Little Boy is Growing UP

So this morning Lisa needed a different plan. She scheduled her car maintenance at Culver City Mazda and so that was my destination this morning first thing to pick up mommy and son and give them a ride home. Look at the pic of Johnnie that I posted. That was about midday while we were picking up his lunch at Panda Express. And by then it had gotten back up to the mid-60s and sunny. No need for layers by that time. But it was chilly first thing and although we tried to go get croissants and muffins for breakfast at old fave Rockenwagner, the line in front of the store dissuaded both Lisa and I. And we ended up just going to her house and her fixing all of us breakfast.  Eggs for Johnnie, eggs for me, pancakes for all. And of course Earl Grey hot tea. Worked for me. And then it was time to head out so Lisa could do her piano lesson at mid-day. This time she asked that if we were going to go grocery shopping, to pick up Progresso chicken soup for Johnnie. And maybe Illy coffee for herself. This from the woman who called me cheap earlier in the week. But then again we had that all straightened out already. What I heard was "Can you fork up an extra $300 for vet expenses for a dog you never planned for?" What she was trying to say was "Hey would it be ok if I used the joint expense account since there is a lot of money in there still, a few hundred dollars for vet expenses". If that was the way she would have asked in the first place, I would have easily said YES without a second thought. Because it was money I was never going to miss. Funny... all miscommunication is a matter of decryption of where both people's minds are. At least we could discuss it today and all was good. AND off I went buying her Johnnie's chicken noodle soup AND Illy Coffee which required separate trips to Whole Foods and Ralphs. Wouldn't it be great if Whole Foods would sell Progresso soup? Wouldn't be even better if Ralphs sold ground Illy coffee? Anyway all that running around pretty much took up the entire morning and Johnnie barely got in a couple of episodes of the first season of Camp Cretaceous before it was already time to head out to pick up said lunch. We didn't have the dog with us because we left her at Lisa's. But as soon as she got done with her lesson it was already time to pick her up again. I was also her ride back to the dealer to pick up her car when it got done. I figured I was running errands anyway. No big deal.   

You will notice I also posted a pic of Johnnie missing his front tooth, which FINALLY came out today. He actually texted me via Lisa first thing this morning. I'm relieved it happened at Lisa's watch although the one next to it is loose too and is ready to go. Ahh another childhood timemarker in the books. And he's already sprouting past his 5T pants. So much so that after I dropped off Lisa and Johnnie at Culver City Mazda, I went to Target on Sepulveda to check out what the next size is for him. Turns out he has gone past toddler sizes and he now is officially in the child/boy sizes, albeit still SM and XS. Didn't I just buy him all this 5T pants not a couple of months ago? Thank God Cat and Jack at Target is cheap! And finally I get the rest of Saturday for some ME time. I reminded myself that I already did my Netflix movie night but honestly I just needed whatever downtime I could get... and if that meant just sinking into the couch and watching more movies, then so be it.  First things first was to catch up on this journal, which was a few days behind. And then of course I had to make sure I was on pace for my 10000 steps, although I wasn't behind at all courtesy of walking around grocery stores all day long. I had actually made my own run at Trader Joe's after Target. And so after all that and settling myself in I made myself some DIY pizza from Trader Joe's. Nothing to it... just put a bunch of pineapple on top of the pepperoni. Good to go. And I watched the movie "FINDING OHANA" on Netflix, which was sort of a 2021 version of Goonies. I must say I enjoyed the movie for a bunch of reasons but most so because it pulled me back to thoughts of  Hawaii yet again. <I'm going to have to find a way to find property there that I could go to in retirement huh? Shouldn't be a problem for a master manifestor right?> And then there were new faces and old faces too. Kelly Hu was the mom and she has gotten older too. Yet another reminder of my own age. Didn't i have a signed poster of her up in my Beverly Glen apartment 17-18 years ago? Now she has gray hair too. Anyway the other theme was reconnecting with family and also reconnecting with one's roots.  A message for me too perhaps. This as I saw a picture of Grace on FB taking a walk with my mom at her house in West Covina today. I'm SURE she sees my posts because she comments on them. Johnnie's tooth out, Johnnie's puppy video which was seen far and wide by all accounts. So much so Lisa had to ask to see it herself. And so by far the most emotional scene in the movie was Kelly and her previously estranged dad (played by Branscome Richmond... as in Renegade series in the 90s with Lorenzo Llamas) making things right because they had lots of emotional baggage. And then there was the Vietnamese kid from Indiana Jones Temple of Doom, an older man now obviously trying to help show Kelly the way. Anyway the dad-daughter  scene had Ho'onoponopono written all over it. And had me sniffling myself and asking the Universe for forgiveness. Needless to say the movie made an impression. And who's to say this wasn't the internal work I needed to get done today after all?!