Lazy Saturday

So I slept in this morning until 8 AM. Ahhh that felt good. Leisurely made myself some tea. And some of my bacon and cream cheese and tomato on Hawaiian bagel. I didn't think i was expected to pick up Johnnie until 9 AM. Heck the last time we did exactly the same thing and they had already eaten breakfast. Not falling for that again. Until of course Lisa calls to ask me if I still wanted breakfast. I can never get her mindset right. Why of course today she would want to reach out to see if I wanted breakfast. Why of course today would be the anomaly day that she would remember to ask me LOL LOL There is a small part of me - a very VERY small part of me that thinks she's doing this because she remembers it is Father's Day tomorrow. But then again I'm not falling for that too. Why would she remember? And even if she did why would she do anything? Last year in fact I did something for HER. I helped her wash her car. On Father's Day. Of course I did LOL Anyway I was grateful Lisa managed to make me breakfast although while talking to her about things, the thing about money crept up again. Something about dealing with money with her just puts both of us on the defensive. AND Lisa was visibly disturbed when she talked about her brother Joah. I guess he's in rehab right now and not doing well at all. As in they have him on propofol. That would be the opioid that killed Michael Jackson. The thing that I did want Lisa to focus on this morning was that she is finally getting her first Covid vaccine shot. It's about time.  She of all people I know remains vulnerable. And so I was happy to get Johnnie out of her hair for the morning so he and I could at least hang out. That would BE my Father's Day present. That I got to spend this morning with my son. Not much more a dad can ask for. And what did we do? I posted a pic of him making his latest invention while watching Emily's wonder lab. And then we went and got lunch and ate at Panda Express Sawtelle. Bought an ice cream sandwich pack at Ralphs which he devoured quickly. Which is to say we didn't really do a whole lot. I was feeling really really lazy today. Like I could have slept the rest of the morning too. Maybe my body is just sort of recuperating from the week? Whatever it was I was happy to return Johnnie by 1:30 though when we got to Lisa's house, she too was upstairs taking a nap. I thought maybe it was the Pfizer dose 1 shot. But then again I don't remember any effects from that first Covid shot from anybody. She mentioned something about catching up on notes while I kept on watching Johnnie, and I think that's just her way of making sure I didn't just jet 0ut like I usually do when I drop him off.

Anyway Johnnie and i went upstairs and while I was talking to Lisa, I told her that I wanted to take a nap downstairs. She asked why I don't just pull up next to her. It wasn't anything emotional or physical or anything remotely close to that. Johnnie was on the bed and so was the dog. And she just wanted us all to be on the same bed. It's what she does. But I will admit it felt strange. I will admit to being uncomfortable, though said discomfort was not enough to keep me from knocking off for a bit. I thought it was funny that whenever Johnnie mentioned stuff we did... like having ice cream together today or making stuff, Lisa clearly felt left out. She even commented that she felt like she was just an occupier of this house that I just happened to drop off my son at. I couldn't verbalize that yeah this is what divorce is. She IS merely the occupier of this house that I happen to drop Johnnie off at. And she is not invited to do things with us not because we don't want her there. It's because SHE chose that. She gets to do her things with Johnnie... like the Hawaii trip coming up in a few weeks where she gets him for 3 whole weeks. And I get my time with him as well, mostly during the week. I can't believe she actually doesn't see it that way. Anyway,  I napped for about 25 minutes and  when I woke up Lisa and Johnnie had already gone downstairs and was in the middle of another project.  Her mom had bought her a PEMF pad and she supposedly needed my help to put it together. The prospect of putting this thing together clearly overwhelmed her and she started getting really annoyed. But she kept on anyway. I think she was simply upset because of her brother Joah. I mean she complained about this thing but she kept on trying to put it together anyway didn't she? Apparently while at rehab he was exhibiting such erratic behavior that according to Lisa's mom that was the reason why he had been put on propofol. That perplexed me. How do you take a person who is already trying to get off substance abuse and then knock him out with heavy duty opioids? I don't understand that at all. Still she managed to put the PEMF blanket together and even had us try it. And that was my cue that she was much better from the vaccine shot and time for me to exit stage front and center. I hugged and kissed Johnnie and off I went home.  I had a couple of new movies to watch. The new Mark Wahlberg movie INFINITE, which had an interesting premise. And dinner tonight was from Marie Callenders. Beef shepherds pie with salad and an apple pie. And cornbread too. Worked for me! It was actually pretty darn good too. And so it was that I had myself a lazy Saturday with some time with Johnnie. That was all I could ask for and I am grateful for the day.