Is It The Last Week of April Already?

I was drained as of last night, probably due to talking my mouth off all afternoon. There really is something to spending an afternoon in a social situation and how that affects my energy. It's like I needed to replenish it. And so what I was doing staying up in front of the TV until 1 AM in the morning is beyond me. Truly self-destructive behavior I'd say. The thing was it wasn't only that today is Monday, it's also Business Continuity Meeting day, it's also run-all-Covid-vaccine-reports day, it's also the day I usually go for 15000 steps and to walk more than 7 miles. And so why I'd stay up and then acknowledge how tired I still was the second I got up is disappointing. Oh well, I guess I'll have to slog it today. And of course morning had to start with a brief meditation session on what I want this week to be like. Nothing on the horizon work-wise really, maybe I could even take the day off on Friday or something especially since I'm up over 400 hours of vacation again. And it will be a while before I actually take a legitimate one. In the meantime, I simply note how tired I look in the pic I posted. And that was already while I was putting in my steps first thing. The key is to start early and get to 4000 steps before my BC meeting. I got that done pretty easily and when I did start my meeting, I was already close to 5000 steps. I would spend the rest of the morning and afternoon alternating between doing my Covid Vax reports (which I am actually trying to optimize) and taking a walk around my neighborhood to get steps in. I even walked all the way to Ralphs to get some chicken strips. I don't know why with all the food I bought this past weekend why I wouldn't just cook any of them. Actually I do know why. Because I'm tired of cooking and washing dishes sometimes that's why. Besides I had to finish all that macaroni salad and baked beans I had in the fridge from the weekend. Or were they from LAST weekend? For sure I had to eat them already. So it seemed that the rest of the afternoon went by in a blink of an eye. And it was already time to head on over to Lisa's to pick up Johnnie for the week. That would be 4:45 PM and it IS hand-off night.  

To my surprise when I went over to Lisa's there was no one home. It would appear that they went for a walk, as I did get a note from Johnnie letting me know as much. When they did get home, I had to fight off an emotional reaction. Johnnie's hair looked like a bowl. Someone had cut his hair. And Lisa would tell me later on that she did it. And it looked like SHIT. He looked like Moe of the Three Stooges. All the shit about waiting for Elisha to cut his hair, warning me not to touch it. How she would think to do the same and expect no reaction from me is just Lisa being her usual self-absorbed self. To my credit, I held in what I needed to hold in. And I just vowed VERY SILENTLY that I WILL FIX it. Once we get home. What kind of shit is that? Tell me not to cut his hair and then go off and do just that??? I just hurried us out of that house so we could go home and I could get us all back in balance. Let's see, penne in chicken broth for Johnnie. And I gave him the rest of my chicken strips too. Made for a decent meal. Lisa told me Claire was having diarrhea as well. We'll see about that later on too. Hope she doesn't poop in my apartment! The surprise tonight was that Johnnie wanted to watch the movie Moana. I am 100% sure someone in Lisa's orbit told him about the movie. I don't care. I like the movie and so we did spend the next hour and a half or so watching it. And then right after it, I had him watch FROZEN <the first one>. It gave me just enough time to chill and let go being angry at Lisa. After all, I did make my 15000 steps today and so I was a bit tired and my lower back was feeling some of it. And I still had to catch up on the sleep I didn't get last night. Everyone in the apartment is in bed by 9:15 PM and we're all out before 9:30. Monday is all done.