What To Do In the Middle of the Week

Why would we have a 3 hour Leadership Summit on the back end of a short week during Christmas week? Answer? Prerogative of the higher-ups. The idea was ok, maybe it was just me looking at my schedule which was otherwise clear for today and wondering if this was a waste of time. To cut a 3 hour story short, I was so restless by the third hour I kept getting up and down and I started to realize my bank had stiffened up. Maybe it was part of a reaction to the Covid booster shot I took yesterday. But then again it HAS been more than 24 hours already and I didn't really feel all that sick yesterday. I felt something, I felt a bit off, but definitely not sick. But today, the stiff lower back was something that was impossible to ignore. I felt like the last part was just a recycle of stuff we were already doing. The conflict resolution stuff during the first part was useful I thought. My takeaway was that I needed to give my staff a sense of SAFE SPACE. All of the time. Mercifully, the talk or the meeting ended right before lunchtime at noon and I was able to get back to more pressing issues such as what to do for Johnnie's lunch. Yesterday was dramatic enough, today since we didn't go anywhere or really do anything, I was surprised that Johnnie would actually agree to eat spaghetti. And with my leftover meatloaf from the weekend, that took care of lunch for both of us. Eezy-peezy. After eating, I didn't really feel like working anymore. I knew I had more than a few things left on my To-Do for the week but somehow it seemed like they were resolving without a lot of effort or drama. I delegated what I could and the Kennedy status request got punted yet again from Dennis to Sheila both senior director level back up to Eloisa. And so I put my request in writing and crossed my fingers. It is up to them now and I'm ok with their decision either way. We'll be ok. 

And so what did I do for the afternoon? Parked Johnnie and i in front of movies that's what. He watched Space Jam Legacy. Again. <Funny how last year it was all about Frozen 2> I watched the NEW Matrix Resurrections. I can not oversimplify the significance of a new Matrix movie with both Keanu Reaves and the original Trinity in it after 20+ years. I mean after all the first Matrix movie was an iconic movie. One of the greatest sci-fi classics. What would this new one be like? My quick reaction? Just like any Star Wars movie, it wouldn't have taken much for me to like it. And I like the new plot twists and the plot explanations and everything. Yes I liked the movie. A couple of hours later, Johnnie had not only watched his movie, but he created a fortified city in the living room. That's what happens when you leave him alone for a couple of hours. I had this idea that i wanted to get him a baseball mitt for his Christmas present. I mean he could hit, but he has to learn how to catch as well. And so off we went to Big 5 later on and then since it was already close to 5 PM, we also got a pizza from Domino's a couple of blocks from there. And so this errant run was another eezy-peezy jaunt. Johnnie got his mitt and was actually excited about it. We got pizzas for dinner for the both of us and that was it for the day. I knew Johnnie wanted to learn how to use his mitt immediately and I did talk him into doing it tomorrow since it was already dark. He then proceeded to eat 3/4 of a full medium cheese pizza with half pepperoni. I mean the kid can eat now. He ate more pizza than I did! And then later on we did Christmas stuff. Recorded a video of us singing Feliz Navidad and posted it on FB. Immediately got 20 likes. Hey we're getting into the Christmas spirit right? It's all good.