Johnnie Home Not So Sick

So LAUSD has this rule that if you pick up your kid from school sick, he can't be back for 24 hours. Which meant Johnnie couldn't go back to school today. Which meant I had to stay home to watch him. Oh well, I guess I get a day off at home too. I think I needed it anyway. Last night I finally got more than 6 hours of sleep and it felt good not to have to go anywhere. Johnnie and I just lazily had breakfast at home and we didn't get out of our sleepwear. As far as his supposed illness... he did have a fever last night, a slight one I think. And he was warm when he slept last night. But he must have just simply slept it off because he was already just fine when he got up this morning. In fact, if I wasn't forced to keep him at home, I would have sent him to school today, that's how ok I think he is. In fact, it was a weekday as usual for him. He had breakfast, watched his dinosaur videos and I was actually concerned I wasn't going to give him enough learning time. I did not want to sit him in front of the TV not even for a couple of hours. But I did relent to him watching Frozen again. Gotta love Frozen. Look at the video of him singing along. It's the cutest thing ever. And then afterwards we finally did go outside and it was an awesome warm day out. It did not feel like winter at all. More like late spring actually. And look at him kicking around a soccer ball. Does that look like a sick child to you? Anyway we played in the outdoor area, and then we went out and got lunch... chicken noodle soup for JOhnnie at his request, and I drove through Burger King so I could have an Impossible Whopper. Hey it's great that I can still have a BK burger and it's made of plant protein. And then we made one more stop. We stopped at Best Buy so I could get a new iPad. I had given up my old one for lost and that's ok. I had bricked it already anyway. Just means it's time to get a new one is all. And so I went and got one with Johnnie in tow. I will say that now that he's used to not taking an afternoon nap, he didn't take one today. In fact after lunch I launched a bunch of lessons for him. I made up some Math lessons, some reading lessons, and we even read a couple of books too. I made him read one himself. And in the middle of all of that, one glimpse on the internet and there continued a total outpouring of emotions from other people affected by the Kobe tragedy. I tried to keep from seeing them all lest I would start to cry again. I completely appreciate that I am here. now. with my son. And we're getting to spend the entire day together. And so I tried to do the afternoon as if he were at STAR. We did lessons, we played baseball, and finally right about the time I would pick him up I let him watch videos. I would transition into regular Tuesday night routine of course, which meant I would barbecue some Italian sausage and Johnnie would eat more penne pasta. And then of course I would make chocolate chip cookies. What would Tuesday night be without chocolate chip cookies. In the meantime, Johnnie was all over me on the couch. All our kids want is our attention right? I made sure he had mine. And so it was that by the time I gave him a shower and tucked him into bed I closed my eyes and felt an immense amount of gratitude that I got a nice day to spend with my son today. I thanked the Universe very very much.