Early Day At Work

If yesterday's time at the Santa Monica Airport soccer league was somewhat way off routine, then so was this morning when I had to be at our East Third Street Location at 8:30 AM for round 2 of Strategic Planning meetings. Fortunately, I would get Johnnie checked in by 8:01 every day anyway and I figured a half hour is plenty of time to get to East LA. It was just that I had to be ready to go. Which meant I had to shower when Johnnie did, and I had to be dressed for work when I dropped Johnnie off. Check and check, even though I did feel rushed getting his lunch together and getting myself put together as well, all by 7:30 AM. I still managed to get him checked in by 8:01 and I was on the road and off to E3 shortly after. What I didn't expect was that E3 had a parking problem. Maybe it was Covid vaccinations, maybe it was my meeting but I barely got a parking spot in the tiniest of spaces. I still made it to the meeting on time.  As far as the meeting itself, all I really cared about was that there be no snafus like what happened last time a few weeks ago. And to that end, it was good to see Nelson there as I was walking in. No snafus today to be sure. As far as the meeting itself, I really don't know why I had to attend in person. Emma attended, as did Gloria and both attended via Zoom. But hey I wasn't going to get lectured at about my committment and my accountability. What I did worry about was that when we left this morning, for some reason, Claire was crying and whining about being left alone. I hope she doesn't do that all morning. My neighbors might think I'm torturing her or something! As it was, the meeting ended around 10:45 and although there was a ton of traffic going home, I was in my front door before 11:30 AM and Claire was resting comfortably on her pillow. It was all good. I walked her immediately as I got home and it was not lost on me that it had gotten pretty hot out there too. Like close to 80 degrees at midday. Yep, summer sure is around the corner. Today's lunch was ground pork and baby bok choy over rice and then I caught myself closing my eyes for about 10 minutes after. That's what happens when you have a heavy lunch.  But going in to the E3 location in person meant I could also tank the rest of the day since I had already put in work LOL. And it wasn't long before it was 3 PM already and time to pick up Johnnie.

The thing about picking up Johnnie anymore is that he seems to have lost interest in eating anything until he got home. Which today was 3:15. And then he'll ask for a pizza, or spaghetti. And not just any pizza either. He wanted Domino's. Huh?! Oh well, he gets the turkey filled ravioli that he didn't eat the first week of school. And he not only finished that, but I had to make him some macaroni and cheese as well! Nothing wrong with this kid's appetite. And I always have to be aware that there is a couple of hours between his "late lunch" and "early dinner" which is still going to be Panda Express. Look at the picture of Johnnie eating his dinner and Claire foraging for whatever food he drops on the floor. That dog is annoying that way, and especially tonight when she chewed up my power cord for the Thinkpad! I don't know how she didn't get a small shock because the thing was sparking after what she did to it. Damn that dog! Anyway tonight I decided to watch something with Johnnie. After all we had gone through SING last week. Tonight I sprung on him that Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous Season 3 is already here! The continuing saga of Darius, Kenji, Sammy, Brooklyn, Ben, and Jasmina. And whatever dinosaurs they're avoiding this time around. And this time around there was, in fact, a new hybrid dinosaur. It was called Scorpius Rex and it was for sure THE ugliest and meanest looking dinosaur yet. It jumps electric fences and shoots barbs at you. And needless to say, it did scare the bejeebies out of Johnnie. So much so that when I got up and tried to watch the Dodgers play the Astros and the Lakers playoff game, he immediately went to get me to make sure I was there watching with him. Awww. We did watch about 5 episodes and left the rest to tomorrow. AND by the time he went to bed, the Laker game concluded... a win against Phoenix in Game 2, even-ing up the series. Hey they started like this in Houston last year too. Lost Game 1, then won the next 4. Here's to hoping this is what is going to happen here. Of course I had to stay up to watch some post game after Johnnie fell asleep. We're still early in the play-offs. Hope it goes on a while for the Lakers... Hope it goes all the way...