Chickenpox? Really?

So I noticed a week ago Johnnie had itchy red spots all over his torso. At the time I didn't really think all that much about it, other than maybe just another onslaught of bugs at Lisa's house because... what else could it be? We went on and about for the week until I picked him up Saturday and when I gave him a shower then, it had gotten worse. As in, there were lots more. Since it didn't get worse until I handed him off to Lisa's last Thursday, then my brain assumed this was yet another bug onslaught from Lisa's house. I did mention it to Lisa on Saturday and we simply agreed to watch it and see if it gets worse. This morning Lisa called me first thing and decided it was time to see the doctor since it had not gotten any better either. She already floated the idea that this looked like chickenpox. Chickenpox?? I thought he was vaccinated for that... Anyway, THAT would be something to be determined by a doctor. I figured Lisa was going to take him to Cedars-Sinai Urgent Care this morning. However.  in the event that THAT went sideways, I decided this morning I'd get a whole lot of my steps done first thing. And so I ran/walked from my house to BofA on Sepulveda and then on to Burger King almost a half mile away and then on home. I easily got to 5500 steps and 42 Active minutes. At least no matter what I knew the path to 15000 steps total for the day was not so bad at all. On the walk back Lisa called again and let me know Cedars-Sinai Urgent Care does not open until noon but that she had a 2 PM appointment. Oh well, I guess I take Johnnie to Urgent Care then. That by itself was not at all a big deal. I didn't really even think it was chickenpox. But it had to be something. Better to find out for sure. I got to Lisa's house to pick up Johnnie at 11:45, hoping to get to Urgent Care as soon as it opens at noon. Not a chance. Lisa was making Johnnie ramen for lunch. And was working on the pictures for Johnnie's collage assignment later on this week. Same assignment I just alerted her to when she called this morning. And all of a sudden our interaction devolved into an argument over what pictures to print for what. I told her I simply do not understand what she does with digital stuff or why she does what she does. Why she needs 2 sets of 80 printed pictures. But hey if that's what she wants I pulled the USB stick from her media player and told her to copy the pictures there. She can print whatever she wants as much as she wants. I told her I would handle whatever pictures Johnnie needs for his homework. As it should be. I mean I don't even understand why we're talking about the stupid pictures ANYWAY. I'm here to pick up Johnnie to take him to the doctors. PERIOD. And when we finally FINALLY left it was already almost 12;20PM. By the time we checked in at Cedars Sinai Urgent Care Playa Vista, we were told there was at least an hour wait. Sigh. Exactly what I was trying to avoid. Still I hadn't had lunch yet and they told us they'd call us when they an operatory for us. And so I took the opportunity to go to Whole Foods to grab lunch. And while we were at it, Johnnie and I got to hang out over the Playa Vista outdoor shopping area. We discovered he can now ride a 20" bike. That there is a HealthySpot that could probably do Claire's grooming over the weekend if Lisa wanted as they had open slots in Santa Monica. That Johnnie would enjoy fuzbol. It took an hour before they called us. And the NP didn't exactly say it was exactly chickenpox because he didn't have fever nor he had a lack of appetite. Quite the opposite on the last one actually. And he was current with his vaccinations. It's probably one of those breakthrough cases for virus. Meaning he has chickenpox lite. Sigh. But he still has to stay home for the next few days while his lab results officially come back. Double sigh. Look at him gulping down a milkshake afterwards. Does that look like a kid sick with chickenpox to you? LOL. Oh well we went by Lisa's and picked up the dog and did the hand-off early. And now I will have to figure out what to occupy him with for the next few days. Even with all the interruptions, I still managed to get to 15,000 steps tonight. All the way to 16,000 even! And Johnnie had his chicken noodle soup and I had my double chicken tostada salad from El Pollo Loco. We're all good, just like it were a usual Monday. I'm not sure what this bout of chickenpox is all about other than it just wrecks the entire routine for the week. And maybe THAT is the point.  I'm not going to overthink that one too much. Lucky for me, it doesn't seem to be a busy week at work. Not after TEch Council week anyway. Not busy for me at all...