Chill Out Thursday

So I started today thinking that the last TWO Thursdays had been such a gift in terms of not working much at all and enjoying non-work stuff in the middle of the week LOL. Watching Shang-Chi with Johnnie last week and playing golf at Roosevelt the Thursday before that would certainly qualify as giving me a taste of life without having to work at all. I thought about how to continue that today but I had no advance plans. So I took Johnnie to school as always, got back home before 8 AM as always, got a lot of early steps in as I have all week and simply let the day unfold. I actually had an interview today... as in me interviewing someone for the open EHR position. This was at 1 PM which pretty much ensures I wasn't going to do anything outside of work today. And that's ok. It was an older gentleman, and as far as fitting in with the current EHR support team as constituted, I don't know if he would bring the right chemistry to the team. But I interviewed him anyway and as far as getting along with me, he reminded me a lot of myself in some ways. He simply wanted to not be a consultant anymore and wanted a full time position somewhere. Been there done that. He's also not that young anymore... he has grandchildren after all. So he probably was close to my own age. He was a RAMS fan. So yeah, I saw some similarities between him and myself. But the similarities stop there. I reflect on that because here I am putting together a plan to not to have to work anymore and he was simply looking for a home. For that I AM grateful that QueensCare gave me one when the need arose 8+ years ago. I was him then. And so I did note how different life was a mere 8 years ago. A relatively short period of time. And it made me focus on the fact that it's about the journey not the outcome. There are and will be many outcomes. And its what we do along the way that counts the most. I remind myself of that. No bigger an example of how my routine is now. I picked up Johnnie at school on the dot at 5 PM today. He was playing basketball in the yard, his new NEW HOBBY I suppose. I hope it sticks because I just talked to STAR about getting him in to STAR NOVA basketball on Tuesdays. He was excitedly talking about it on the drive back. We made a pit stop at Mitsuwa. For the 3rd consecutive Thursday he had udon for dinner, now a large regular bowl compared to the small one I used to get for him just a year ago. And I got myself some pork katsu too. Of course tonight the thing was all about the hand-off. I know Lisa had been way off center the last few Thursdays. And I reminded myself yet again about how that is about ME PUSHING OUT stuff. Negative stuff. She merely embodied my own projections. And so tonight I focused on a different outcome. How she was going to be in a good mood and how hand-off was going to be a non-event. I focused on that all day. And what do you know Lisa would call in early tonight. 7:15 and here she was letting me know she was on the way. Her compressor at the office went on the fritz and they had to get a new one. But this time, she didn't do much dentistry. And she came in a good mood... MUCH better than the last few Thursdays. Gee, what a shock! She talked about breakfast on Saturday. Gave Claire a big old hug. And then drove off. A TOTAL non-event. In a very good way. WOW. I manifested that one huh?! And so it was that I ended my Thursday early too. After I cleaned up the kitchen. Going to clean the apartment this weekend I told myself. As I wound down I thought about Johnnie because he had left his Fuzzy yet again. But I didn't drive over there tonight. I didn't feel the need. Johnnie and I had a nice night anyway. I totally enjoyed his antics, talking about his day at school (I make him write it down these days), him getting ice cream, talking about the latest creature power from the Wild Kratts. My little boy is not that wee little toddler any longer. But him just clutching my hand walking around Mitsuwa this afternoon is still something that makes me feel good and raises my vibration just thinking about it. I may not have done anything today. But it was still a good day anyway. A very good day.