Tuesday of The Busy Week

I'm still trying to convince myself that this week was supposed to be busy. But I had been so organized since Saturday that I'm actually not in any rush to do anything. I've been knocking off tasks left and right and I'm not as behind as I thought. Or at least I don't feel behind. I for one like doing my "Johnnie's dad" job and dropping him off to school and putting together his lunch. And watching him walk off to the entrance gate with Brooklyn. Aww those two. So cute. And still I was home before 8 AM. And had enough time to walk for a mile or maybe even two. Got to 3000 steps before breakfast. And so it was that I did my IS Team Meeting and then I put my head down and kept on working on my Tech Council presentation. I need to be done by tonight after all. I have a feeling there isn't going to be a rousing attendance there tomorrow anyway but still I have content to provide don't I? I actually got done by mid-afternoon, after which I lost all the changes I made because of.. well Powerpoint carelessness. And so I had to start all over again. And still I got all done before it was time to pick up Johnnie. See what happens when one is focused. AND I was still able to do some internal work.  After all there is still the process of getting to financial independence that I am waiting on to allow, accept, and enjoy. That is the duality of my world these days too. And still I was able to take my late afternoon walk and I happened to notice how nice it was outside. I felt the cool breeze in the shade and simply being aware of that was pretty cool. By the time I picked up Johnnie it was 5 PM and he was his usual funny self when he got out of STAR. It was actually nice seeing pictures of what the kids do in there a few times a week. At least I know he's engaged and playing with the other kids. It was funny how he told us about a clique called the Bros headed by Aviv, a perceived troublemaker from their TK days. I hope this isn't a preview of the teen years for these kids because Johnnie is adamant he does not want to hang out with those "Bros" and that is probably a really good thing. What has to happen for me to keep him the sweet kid that he is? Johnnie and I went right to Panda Express from school. I mean it was already time for his dinner anyway and since we got there fairly early, there was no problem getting parking at the Westside Pavilion. In addition to Johnnie's teriyaki chicken I picked me up some broccoli beef for me too. I know I had food at home but I really didn't feel like cooking anything for dinner.  I didn't feel like cooking anything for lunch either. It was all I could do to put some turkey in between hawaiian bagels and eat that sandwich. I decided I was eating too much anyway. Something I can say for Johnnie too. He ate his chicken, then a couple of ice cream sandwiches, cookies. Look at the pic of him eating said ice cream sandwich yukking it up while I snapped a pic.  And later on popcorn. Because he started watching Space Jam Legacy again. I even watched some of it with him. AFter all, I was already done with my stuff. And so it was that this busy Tuesday didn't turn out to be too busy after all. Not urgent busy anyway. Felt pretty leisurely in fact. I even took Claire the dog out for a longer than usual walk. And then back to the routine of getting Johnnie showered and in bed by 9:30 PM. I already think that's just a tad later than I should especially when he mentioned last night that he was tired from not having slept enough from the night before. I didn't even want to know. For me, when he's under my watch, he's going to get plenty of sleep and he's going to get plenty of food too.  This day didn't turn out to be much more than routine. But that is exactly what i strive for, at least when Johnnie is with me. Routine. Because that so-called routine is plenty good enough for Johnnie and I.  Oh one more thing about today...today was the recall election for the Governor of California. I thought it was a stupid exercise, particularly if the replacement is some Trump fan boy like Larry Elder. Yeah right. Would heavily Democratic California really be apathetic and let a few loud Republicans win? Nope. The recall failed almost 2-1. Thank God there is some sanity in this world...