Just A Recently Normal Saturday

So I got a phone call from my son at 7:30 AM this morning. "Hey Dad, would you like to come over and enjoy some yummy breakfast with me and mom?" Why of course I'd love to come over Johnnie I replied. I just needed to wake up first because I had stayed up late watching all those things on Netflix last night. And so it was that I headed over to Lisa's house at 8 AM making sure that (a) I had the proper attitude of gratitude (b) I was prepared mentally for Lisa and whatever mode she would be in. You never really know, particularly since I knew she spent most of yesterday with Feifei and her boys. And that would be enough to trigger something. I do agree that Tony could use some strict parenting and be told how to talk and act and I'm not really all that concerned yet about how Johnnie might actually copy that behavior. That's because they're not around each other all that much. And that is something Lisa can control. And ultimately Johnnie has to learn by example. From Lisa and I. And so we are definitely on the hook here. And so it was that I went over and had a perfectly uneventful breakfast. Lisa made sausage and eggs. And pancakes for Johnnie. And made me take home the bacon i bought her a couple of weeks ago. Oh good... I can have real bacon for my breakfast next week. I did help wash the dishes - what else is new - and then Johnnie and I headed off to my apartment until later on in the afternoon as per usual Saturday. Johnnie had already packed himself and was ready to go LOL. Lisa had errands to run at her office and was overseeing another construction/maintenance project there. I was simply glad to spend some time with Johnnie for this weekend. Immediately we went to Target to pick up groceries for me and art supply stuff for Johnnie. And he immediately got busy making a dinosaur with colored paper. See? Who needs the Matisse online class?! He can do that stuff already on his own! And the thing about hanging with me is... Johnnie knows he will always have lots to eat. And lunch today was from Panda Express. I made sure he has enough protein for the day since I know he'll be eating nothing but noodles for the next day-and-a-half. The only thing was that my day of cleaning yesterday was already upended by the presence of Johnnie. The living room was unrecognizable from its clean state in almost an instant. I'm not complaining mind you. I'm simply going to have to clean it more often that's all. Starting from when Lisa picks Johnnie up a little bit later on.  

I actually tried to take a nap even with Johnnie there, and Johnnie did let me have 15 minutes before getting himself back into playful rough-housing mode. As I said, the 15 minutes was enough. And then before I knew it, Lisa was already on the phone ready to pick Johnnie up. It was 3 PM by this time and we had spent more time already than the usual non-work Saturday and I was simply grateful for that time. It was a kick to watch Johnnie run excitedly towards his mom's car and then watch his face drop when she tells him she's going to clean his teeth LOL. I couldn't say anything of course, it was simply a hand-off and the last time I'd get to see Johnnie until Monday night. I went home and immediately cleaned up after Johnnie and restored my living room to its pre-Johnnie state this morning. And when I got all that stuff all done and I was back to a nice, calm state, then and only then did I start doing internal work videos. I have all these Silva training stuff I still needed to do of course. And plenty more where that came from. I even held off buying any more stuff simply because I recognize my own pattern. I buy stuff but don't give myself time to ingest the material. I am aware that THAT itself is a block of some sort that I need to work through. Especially when I see myself easily getting distracted by the prospect of downloading more movies. Tonight I found Don Juan de Marco and Fools Rush In, two of my absolute favorites from the 90s. NOW it feels like I can dump all my DVDs and VHS tapes and still know my favorites are digitally saved. Of course there could also be a chance that I am finding these videos for a reason, and not just the aforementioned ability to save digital files. DJdM was actually not so much about Don Juan de Marco but a retiring psychiatrist that somehow finds the fire in living all over again. THAT after all is the secret sauce isn't it? To live life with a passion and purpose. No matter what I do or don't do, I simply need to remember THAT. And Fools Rush In? Maybe that other premise I just articulated should be balanced by the premise of this movie. There are signs everywhere. And you must pay attention so it leads you the way. A very good idea. Anyway, I thoroughly enjoyed travelling back to the 90s watching these couple of movies. Unfortunately, because I did, I'm up until 2:30 AM in the morning again. The night before golf Sunday. Sigh. How easily distracted am I...