Thanksgiving Week

So it was going to be a short week to begin with but then I threw in vacation days for all 3 days prior to Thanksgiving so I could have the week off. I did this of course anticipating that Johnnie and I would be hanging out in Disneyworld Florida. But since that fell apart, I kept the days off anyway. I figured I'd still have some Johnnie time whether just us or with Silvia Tuesday and Wednesday. But today it felt just like a regular workday. And in fact, since I was reminded to do timesheets this morning and I didn't do them this last weekend. I ended up working a bit anyway. And when I headed out to do steps this morning, then it really did feel like a regular workday. I got the first 5000 steps done before breakfast and I actually fixed me a nice omelette as a reward. And then I realized while checking my email that I still had the HRSA survey to do. It is due tomorrow but why not just get it done today so I actually DO get a day off tomorrow without thinking about work. After all, I also discovered I had a problem. I promised Silvia we'd be going to Disneyland tomorrow. I even had Dexter buy his ticket and everything. But when I tried to get the required reservation for tomorrow, it was way WAY too late to get one. As in, the next open reservation was January 2022! Uh-oh. I immediately sent word to Dexter hoping he could help but... no go. And so I had to think about a Plan B. That would be Knott's Berry farm instead. I was SO disappointed.  You know how I hate disappointing people too.  But here's where I just have to shrug my shoulders and say it is what it is. Maybe there was something inside of me that simply did NOT want to spend $500 tomorrow though I saw how quickly I was willing to drop $600 for a Laker game when Johnnie was crying about not getting to go to the Clippers game with Lisa. Anyway, if I had any illusions that I'd knock off that HRSA report before lunch, that was dashed when I didn't even bother to download my data until after lunch. I was very firmly in vacation mode though clearly I was working. And so it was that I ended up getting my stuff done but not until well past 3 PM, and then got myself in the vicinity of 15000 steps. Then and only then did I reach out to contact Lisa for Johnnie hand-off.  

Lisa being Lisa, I was pretty much ready for anything and I was mildly surprised that all that turned out to be was that I was going to bring El Pollo Loco for dinner for everyone, including Dexter, including Courtney. No problemo. 10-piece meal deal it was! I was ok with all that of course, Silvia being around and being hosted. I was happy to have dinner with all. At the very least, it would finalize plans for tomorrow morning for myself, Dexter, and Silvia. Dexter, for his part, brought all kinds of Filipino desserts. Dexter being Dexter. And normally I would have jumped all over the buko pie, the bibingka. He mentioned it was fresh off someone coming off some plane. I was simply glad we had dessert. And so we got to catch up again... after all, I hadn't really seen Silvia since Friday night. That quickie drop-off of the dog last Saturday did not count as all that got me was a hug with Johnnie. And speaking of which, through all that, Johnnie played with the dog, played with some new Lego pieces, ate his pasta. It was like he and I were just waiting for everyone to get done with the socializing so we could go back to my apartment and on with the routine. And as it were, Lisa provided us with an out as she started socializing with a neighbor while bringing in her trash bins. Brought Gayane with her. And so with that, we didn't have to wait for her. Off we went home Johnnie, myself, and Claire. I swear I don't even remember her giving Claire a bath anymore. she stunk so bad. Clearly, Lisa was depending on me to do so <give her a bath> smh smh. I didn't care about any of that, it was time for prep for tomorrow at least for me mentally and emotionally. It is one thing when it's just Johnnie and I going around the park by ourselves. Quite another with Silvia AND baby Gayane. And anyway Johnnie is 3 years older from the time we went he and i back in the day. He could barely make some of the rides then. Not anymore. Hey I might not have really gotten time away from work but I will recover and at least my vacation will start tomorrow. It has to. We'll be at Knotts Berry Farm and I will otherwise be incommunicado.