A Pretty Good Friday

So Lisa asked me to take Johnnie to Penmar camp this morning. Of course I would oblige, especially since the timing is not that far off from what has been our usual routine this past week. That means I go to Lisa's house armed with McDonald's breakfast for Johnnie. He should be done right around 8 AM and we're already not even 5 minutes away from Penmar. It was no trouble at all. Of course Lisa had some asks which was really more like asking me to do things the way she would do them. She asked if we could walk there, and asked if we could bring Claire. I didn't really say anything, which really meant that if I'm doing this, we're doing it my way. While walking is a good idea especially since it would give me a chance to log steps, I didn't really feel like walking Claire. I wanted to drop Johnnie off and be done with it. Sorry Claire, but your momma Lisa isn't going to be gone all that long... you can stay in her house until she gets back. In the meantime, drop-off was uneventful. Johnnie got to wear what he wanted today and was the first person there in fact. And I still did log some steps. I stuck around Penmar Park for a little bit and did some Power Walking. The difference between what I did and what Lisa asked? I did it on MY terms. And I was home by 8:30 having some tea and taking a shower. I mean I made myself some eggs while I was at Lisa's so I didn't have to eat much. I figured since she had over 2 dozen eggs in her fridge she wouldn't mind me eating a couple. OBTW, they're still coming over for Johnnie's swim class later around 3:30. Day is far from over.

I actually did have a meeting to do this morning, testing the webinar function of Zoom. But I got that done in about 20 minutes and so I had the rest of the day to do whatever. Hey, it IS Juneteenth today. Starting next year this would be a federal holiday. You will excuse me if I'm not busting my ass working. I kinda just goofed around on the internet like I would if it were a Friday and I was at the office, only today I was actually waiting around for Johnnie to come over the swimming pool to do his lesson. A couple of weeks ago he finally showed he was getting comfortable getting underwater and all we needed to do is to build on that. And he pretty much did the same today, the only difference was Lisa did come and brought him today. Last time she had to work. Not so today.  And so she too got some swimming in. Talk about taking full advantage that I had a swimming pool right? LOL. Johnnie was now showing that he could go the length of the pool with no problem, and so I think it is mission accomplished in terms of getting him to learn how to swim. He definitely can swim now. He just needs to get more comfortable going to the bottom of the pool and staying there until he needs to breathe. That will come I'm sure.  After the lesson it was already 4:30 and Johnnie complained that he was hungry. I'm sure he had to miss his usual lunch routine. I gave Lisa a pack of udon and they were off. At first they invited me to come over for dinner, but Lisa was too hungry herself. Predictably, they went home to eat. Why wouldn't they? Lisa wanted to wait for Courtney but given that may be not until 7 Pm or even much later, that was not going to fly. Certainly I was NOT going to wait until then to eat. Although... I did start watching episodes of MANIFEST until I got though the 3rd season. Who knew it actually did get better! Although it also did get cancelled in the middle of a cliffhanger. Hope Netflix picks it up. It was a little later by the time I decided on what dinner to get tonight. I decided to get ramen from Daikokuya right next to Panda Express on Sawtelle. It was strange being there on a Friday night when it was already dark. But then again look at the dish I ordered, even in takeout mode. It was sooo good. I hadn't had pork ramen in a really long time. I hadn't had restaurant grade gyoza in a really long time either. And their gyoza was supposed to be really really good. It was not only good, it was really rich. So much so I was full just on the gyoza. Bottom line was that I had a much better dinner experience tonight than if I had gotten some KFC fried chicken LOL. Needless to say I was really full and with having eaten late, I didn't want to go to bed early. And so I kept on watching TV until I finally knocked off on the couch around 1 AM. I figured I didn't need to be at Lisa's tomorrow to hang out with JOhnnie until 9 AM. I'm just going to sleep in for my Saturday morning. At least it's already the weekend. I'm all good!