Back To Work Monday

Man it is so difficult to head back to work on a Monday after a long weekend, and especially in my case, a almost an entire week off. Did I actually get R&R while I was not working? That's debatable considering I had to spend time with Silvia who was also here on vacation, and then the amusement parks I took Johnnie too.  Still it wasn't like I was working so that's a good thing. And then I reminded myself that my trek to work was actually getting up and going to the kitchen to get tea and then going back to the bedroom to my desk LOL. Then again Monday morning drama came in the form of Lisa calling at 8:15 right at the time marker between being on time and being late. She couldn't get the Daily pass she says... even though I got up specifically at 6:15 AM just to create one to send to her. Apparently Johnnie had thrown the dog down the stairs and Lisa was furious and had to stop and have a talk with Johnnie. Me being ME I would have said we WILL be talking about it after school since I also want to make sure he gets there on time. Just Lisa being Lisa. I do agree that he needs to be disciplined about not being too rough with Claire as I myself have observed that behavior from him. And he already knows it is not acceptable. This morning I tweaked my routine a little. Instead of walking around the neighborhood to get a start on a 15,000+ steps day, I decided I'd simply do aerobics in the living room while I was learning about some more cryptocurrency stuff. I do have to get the basics down on staking as I do not want Bud to come see me and be disappointed that I know less than I let on. Also the act of watching the basics gets me ever so closer to actually taking action. By mid-morning, it had warmed up considerably again and I got myself a nice turkey lunch from Marie Callenders and got my steps to 8000+ to boot. 

I was hoping it would get me primed to actually do work in the afternoon, but honestly there wasn't any that was tagged as urgent. And so I just kicked back on my couch.  And so I was willing to let the afternoon cruise into evening and simply waited for the time to pick up Johnnie from Lisa's house. By the time I headed over there it was nearly 7 PM. I figured I'd give Lisa no reason to feel rushed over spending any more time with Johnnie. I will admit that all her talk about how she felt a little depressed Friday night stayed on my mind. That was the night we stayed in San Diego and had a blast at Legoland for the day. Could there be a time when we would invite her to hang out with us? Maybe in the future. But not now. Besides, didn't I include her with our movie night on Saturday? Anyway tonight's hand-off was relatively uneventful and after I did the El Pollo Loco drive-thru and ate my dinner it was already almost 8 PM! By this time there seemed to be no more need to have any more discussion with Johnnie about how he plays with Claire. He didn't rough house with her more than usual. He did do so with me but I will admit I didn't mind it in the least. And so I let him watch his Wild Kratts, let him do his job sheets, and tried to plan what lunch I was going to send him off with tomorrow. One thing I can be absolutely certain about. We are NOT going to be late tomorrow. Tonight Johnnie actually declared that he was ready for bed by 8:30 PM. Wow. Early night for him tonight. I wonder if he needed extra sleep because he got up too soon this morning?  Eh. that hardly seems to matter does it? He also declared that he was going to sleep on the couch from now on. That's going to be ok for a while but now I really do have to think about getting us moved some place with a bedroom for him. And so it was that it wasn't even 9 PM yet but he was already prepped for bed, brushed and flossed, and it took all of 3 minutes before I heard him breathing softly. he was already fast asleep. All is good.