Last Day In June

So it's the last day in June and waking up this morning I'm still a little sore from the fall in the shower yesterday. But not sore enough to hamper movement really. If you look at today's pics, it's like nothing happened at all. Besides, I'm supposed to be working on my self-eval which is due today and my goals for next year. I figured I should be done by lunchtime. If I don't get too distracted. So what did I do? How about I found myself at Target Culver City mid-morning. I have run out food for the dog so I had to buy some. And while at Target, might as well pick up Johnnie snacks. And oh since I saw him taking an interest in dribbling a basketball at camp (I was watching while I was walking around Penmar perimeter) I figured why not buy he and I a basketball to play with too. By the time I got all that done, it was lunchtime and so much for getting my work done by then. At least I brought home an Impossible whopper for my lunch. Something different. And some chicken fries too. And the satisfaction of being up and about town in the middle of the week and not worrying about being in the office. Gotta tell you that feels good even if it's just for an hour or so and even if said trip did not yield results since they ran out of the dog food for Claire. At least I brought home a basketball yuk yuk. Ok so I thought I was going to take a nap right after lunch too. But I decided to finish those pesky self-evals once and for all. And I did finish my work in an hour. Mission accomplished for the day dare I say it? And I even finished an assigned Paycom learning class to boot. By the time I was ready to pick up Johnnie I had even gotten in some meditation on my Image Cycling deck. Reminding myself full well to keep things light and treat it like a game. I did remember that a year ago Johnnie and I would hop on scooters so he could really practice and get good at it. We would scooter to Mar Vista Elementary and wonder when he would get to go back again. And how we would sometimes go to Whole Foods in the morning to line up and get him a huge slice of pizza. See how everything worked out a year later?

These days Johnnie pick up at camp is actually nice and dare-I-say pleasantly uneventful. It's like picking him up from STAR camp more than a year ago. He would tell me all the things he did today, the stuff he made <look at the pic of him with the Ooblech-looking thing they made>, the kids he played with naming them all by name. Heck he names his camp counselors by name too. Very different experience from the Walgrove camp before he entered TK. And then he comes home and wolfs everything down. The chicken ravioli. Ice cream sandwich to follow that up. And some Chee-tohs to finish it off. And then he pounds the trampoline while watching Wild Kratts. I guess I'm not that worried that he's not doing any learning stuff like I tried to do a year ago. I mean I'm not really worried about reading and math. I'm glad he's socializing with other kids. That's what the camp is for. In the meantime, there were other things going on in the world that would be part of summer. NBA play-offs for one. The Lakers were bounced a month ago but tonight the Clippers were bounced too and I am definitely rooting against them winning anything. Hard to believe the Phoenix Suns are going to the Finals. This after the Lakers had what looked like a comfortable 2-1 lead in the first round. Just goes to show you. Tonight was Claire bath night too. And I did notice she was a little meek all day today. Like she was looking for attention and when she didn't get any from me, she just sort of lay around the house. I'm sorry dog. I'm not like your momma Lisa. But I did give her a nice bath. And she was relaxed through the whole thing. dare I say she looked like she even enjoyed it. The best part is how clean she smelled after the whole thing. Not that she sleeps next to me anymore, but it's great that she still smelled nice. Later on I snuck out when Johnnie was asleep to watch this week's episode of Loki. And Claire knew I did and whined until I opened the door to let her through to the living room to hang out with me. We watched Loki together. And then we finally went to sleep. The last day of June. When I think of June 2021, I think of the ushering in of summer. End of school for Johnnie, and start of camp. Golf on Sundays. Johnnie swimming lessons. And eating out more often once and for all. Lockdown in LA is over.