Another Tech Council Meeting

Another 3rd Wednesday of the month, another Tech Council Meeting today and it was more like a ho-hum thought actually since I had been long done with my presentation. So much so my focus this morning was getting product on Johnnie's hair since it had gotten so long it is literally covering his eyes now. This time though i don't think I want to cut it. It is growing long in such a way that he actually looks good. We will see what his mother says of course since she calls the shots there. In the meantime, at least I took a picture of him with his hair all neat, of course while goofing around with Brooklyn. She actually left him another love note, and told me to read it with him when we get home later. Ahh those two. And so I did the school drop-off, did my Data Team Meeting which took all of 20 minutes really since everything seemed to be under control, and then it's chill time until the Tech Council Meeting. What do i do during chill time? I walked to Chase Bank and activated the debit card for the joint account so I could start using it to pay for STAR. That was good for a 25 minute active walk. I made myself some lunch... did the whole noodles and ground beef thing. It is strange that I buy all this food for me to cook but then I don't feel like cooking it. And then of course I walked the dog and did steps at the same time. AND I watched some trading live action too. That one I know I'm not actually doing any trading but I'm hoping to keep it in front of me enough to get me going sooner rather than later. I realize now that my mindset wasn't right. It's not about getting to a certain point and then stopping after that. Not really. It's about learning a new skillset that will provide me income even AFTER I retire. If I feel like working to the degree I want. That's the key really. To the degree I want. My choice. I'll do it when I feel like it. And certainly judging by my lack of effort right about now, it doesn't feel like I want to put a whole lot of effort into it already. Anyway finally 1:30 PM came and guess what?! No Faith, No Eloisa, No Dr Liao, No Emma. All of 5 people came to my meeting. Including myself. LOL. It did not bother me in the least. Barbara was still there. And although my presentation got done in 45 minutes, she did bring up the Business Continuity Meeting yesterday when she and a couple of other people started bugging Daisy our Enrollment Manager about a dashboard my team helped her build. She was trying to show it off. Instead she got barraged by questions. The questions were legit no doubt. But I was not going to let the meeting devolve in one of our typical, let's solve this thing right here right now thing. So I cut it off. And Barbara must not have liked it. But really I wanted to say talk about not learning Emotional Intelligence. All she will hear no matter the intention was that it wasn't good enough. Is she likely to do the same moving forward.  I understand it's one of the things Barbara wanted to solve but hey c'mon. I told her flat out I wanted to give Daisy a lifeline. We should meet outside of that forum. Not with Eloisa not there anyway. So I am standing my ground on this one. Anyway, despite that ending, it was still a quick and painless meeting and afterwards a breathe-out was in order. I took a walk around the neighborhood and enjoyed another nice late summer day. I know it won't be long before it isn't hot anymore. But I think we still have a few weeks. And by the time it was close to 5 PM and time to pick up Johnnie, it was yet another quick trip to Panda Express to get him dinner. That is now the new routine. Pick him up from STAR, then go pick up his dinner. Tonight all I picked up for myself was a chicken egg roll. That's because I heated up the grojnd beef and bok choy that I froze from this past weekend. See I had a LOT of food. In the meantime, Johnnie ate dinner, then ate TWO Klondike bars again. I hope he doesn't get a tummy ache the way this kid is eating. I KNOW he doesn't eat like this at Lisa's house. So usually I take the dog out for an early evening walk and then give her a bath. But tonight I didn't do that. Give her a bath I mean. I simply didn't feel like it. I got ready to do it. And then sat on the computer instead. That would be the third week in a row that I am not giving her a bath. Hey it's not like she stinks right now. And with far less hair she is far less dirty... though she has gotten used to jumping on the couch and chillaxing there. I wasn't worried like I said. She wasn't that dirty. Johnnie on the other hand knew he doesn't have school tomorrow. And told me he didn't want to take a shower until tomorrow morning. Ok then. It's a cut-all-of-us-a-break night. We will all just chill.