No Tank Friday Today

And so it was that I surveyed my apartment after having dealt with a dog the past 3 days. I will say it wasn't bad at all really. More dirt from Johnnie than anything. How does that much dirt get accumulated under his study table? I did a quick once over with the broom and it was ok. In the meantime, it had stopped raining already but it was still cold. I did some meditation first thing and by the time I got up and about it was already 8:30 AM! Oh well, at least I had my breakfast in and gotten my shower BEFORE I did a 9:30 meeting.. and that one was about Data Analytics, in order to make sure James is on track, and also to get him to show me how to run some of the reports he should have been running. It only took that meeting to make me feel better about being more in control.. CONTROL being the operative word here. That and the fact that I was able to give some reports to the Finance Team about UDS, which I promised at the beginning of the week. It's all about accountability and credibility too. And I'm not letting James sow any seeds of doubt about either. I did remember that he did best when he was working with Justin and somehow Justin and he were able to be their most productive selves when it came to the reports. So much so I left them alone. Maybe I should have paid more attention. Anyway Justin is long gone and I still have a job to do. I wanted to do some early shopping too but I got so into the reports I was trying to run that by 3 PM, I was barely at 2000 steps. And I realized I was still going over to Lisa's tonight. And so I did a quick jog/powerwalk around the walkway area and I did manage to get the equivalent of a mile-and-a-half in inside of 45 minutes. That got me caught up real quickly. And by the end of the day, I had delivered on the reports I promised, including James' stuff and I was headed over to Lisa's. Funny, there was no TANK DAY today and I would even venture to say I'm actually working harder than I ever did when I reported to the office. I wonder why that is?   

Lisa had called earlier that they had taken the dog out for a walk and that they would be in by 5:30. I suggested we just call out for dinner. This being a chilly night and all, some nice pho would hit the spot I thought. And so I made a Grubhub order, noting that I paid $59 for tonight's dinner fees and all. I'm cheap huh? HAH! How do I politely tell Lisa that I only spend money on food these days when I'm buying a MEAL FOR HER??? Anyway I got there and she was on the phone. And it was Joy and the kids from Maui. Awww. I miss these guys. I miss Hawaii. Badly. Last year was the first time Lisa and Johnnie did not go to Hawaii for the year, and I would be going on the 2nd year. I'm ACHING to go, even by myself if I had to. But I do want to take Johnnie too. Although really he would have more a lot more fun if he went and hung out with Joy and the kids Kavena and Makahinu. And since Joy is Lisa's friend, of course he would have to go when she's going. And I'm not so sure I'd want to horn in on that vacation. It would just be too complicated I think. Or would it? Who says I can't go more than once? Anyway everything is still up in the air because who knows when Hawaii and California would actually open up for travel. We're hoping the vaccine accelerates a return to semi-normalcy on that front but we'll see in a couple of months or so. In the meantime, I let Lisa talk on the phone, made Johnnie's noodles for dinner and the pho actually DID hit the spot. In fact, i was really full afterwards. Lisa got to practice piano for almost an hour, Johnnie and I got to do our dad-and-son horseplay, and the dog? She was asleep that entire time. AND I got to finish out 10000 steps tonight. I didn't push hard for 11000 as I had already done plenty earlier in the week to keep on track. And of course, when I got home, I had to do Netflix night and I watched the latest movie that came out courtesy of a quick download. That would be Denzel Washington's Little Things: a crime drama with Rami Malek. Heavyweight acting, but not as compelling as I would have thought considering the actors. Oh well, at least I got movie night in. We're all good for the weekend. And I'm back at Lisa's first thing...