At the Pool Saturday

It was 7:30 AM in the morning when Johnnie called me inviting me to breakfast. I was half-awake at the time. I knew I was already coming to pick him up, it was Saturday after all and so I think Lisa was just making sure. After all, 2 weeks ago she was in her funk that led to Johnnie and I having breakfast ourselves without her. This time, clearly, Lisa wanted to make us all breakfast as she sometimes gets in her head she has to do.  And so it was that I came over before it was even 8 AM and Johnnie was already dressed and ready to go and Lisa was already in the kitchen cracking some eggs. And so I banked on the same magic that I did last Thursday and got myself emotionally ready for anything. And as it was, it was not necessary for this morning. Breakfast was uneventful and Johnnie and I were off to our morning without any kind of not-quite-normal energy. I gave Johnnie his morning bath in my apartment, and then gave my car IT'S bath in the carwash across the street and then I let Johnnie watch a couple of videos. This morning, we already agreed we were going to hit the pool. I framed it like we were going to play some pool games. And that it was going to be hot today like it had been all week long.  Wasn't it just a couple of months ago that Johnnie did a couple of Saturday lessons with Stacy? He isn't doing lessons anymore but I wanted to make sure he was still good to go in the pool. I mean here stories of him diving in Hawaii and at Mama Vicky's house, I had to see if he could go to the bottom of the 5-ft pool. And so it was that we went before mid-day and I posted pics of our morning at the pool.  We of course played the get-the-rock-from-the-bottom-of-the-pool game. He was much better at retrieving it at 3 1/2 ft than he was at 5 feet and I think that's because he simply wasn't inclined to swim downwards. But you can see from the video I posted that he could have easily done it.  Just not something he naturally thinks about doing. It's ok... hey at least I KNOW he wouldn't drown and he CAN swim. AND when we got done by the pool, Johnnie still wanted to go to the jacuzzi. And so we spent the rest of the morning there before it was even lunchtime. We played a little more then dried off and headed off to Panda Express Westwood for lunch.  And so this version of Saturday morning with Johnnie turned out to be pretty fun actually and when I dropped him back off around 1:45 at Lisa's I felt pretty content that dad and son had another pretty good day together.  I went back home and knocked off for a nap. Binge watching that Daredevil series had me pretty tired and that powernap lasted almost a full hour. And so it was at this point that I realized I had the rest of the weekend to myself. And I turned my attention to the UCLA football game which was being played in the middle of the afternoon. They were playing Stanford at the farm after all, where they hadn't won in more than a decade. I remember actually going to a Stanford - UCLA game at the Farm. That was when we were still visiting Joe and Sam at Palo Alto. That was almost 13 years ago. Heck Stanford's QB then was Andrew Luck and he retired 2 years ago already. Time flies.  Anyway tonight UCLA out-Stanfored Stanford. Played bully ball. RUN, run, RUN then pass to the tight end. Attack the QB. And UCLA won! How about that! Dare we get excited about their season? Anyway I made it through the 2nd season of Daredevil tonight. Made a DIY pizza for dinner using Trader Joe pizza doe. Not as good as Boboli I'll say. But I felt like I had to use it since I had bought IT and the ingredients to make that pizza. Oh well. So Saturday went much like Friday night and once again I am asleep with some binaural beats helping  me snooze. Still all good. I'm not letting myself think of anything else but to recharge this weekend. It's still all good.