Thursday Zooming
I find it almost incr
edible that overnight it seems like we're all doing Zoom videoconferences now that everyone is sequestered at home. Even Johnnie has a Zoom meeting scheduled today with his TK class and I, for one, am happy to see his classmates and their parents again (at least a few of them) just to give some hint of normalcy. In the meantime, he still has to go through his lesson plan regimen today, which included a science lesson on FORCE and MOMENTUM. So the pic of him playing miniature bowling with paper cups and a ball is actually his science experience for the day. And actually as long as you make it a game he enjoys these kinds of things. And so it was that we finished his lessons by mid-morning and then went on the Zoom conference right before lunch with Ms Gee, his teacher. It was nice to see Brooklyn, and Cora, and Jennifer and Dylan J, and his other classmates. Amusing to note the stress in some of the parents voices with their kids being home all the time. I think I'm doing OK... but I will admit I stick pretty close to the routine in order to keep my sanity. After all, I'm busier than ever at my job even working from home. And to me, anything that nudges me from routine IS stressful. Case in point, Lisa asked to have Johnnie for half the day since she didn't get to see him yesteray all day and she's feeling much better today. I figured that was ok so that I can attend to my Zoom meetings in the afternoon. I asked her to pick him up after lunch at 1 PM. She was headed to her office to fill out her SBA Emergency Disaster loans. I don't know that filling out those loan papers is going to afford her time to pay attention to Johnnie but then again she hasn't seen him in a couple of days. Besides she said we can have dinner tonight all together. She hopped in to the Zoom meeting with the TK class.. by calling me. I guess she couldn't figure out how to do it on her computer. Sigh. One of those problem providers I'm dealing with on a regular basis. How I equate her to Dr Vakalanka at QueensCare is actually hilarious. Anyway she mentioned maybe picking up Johnnie earlier. I said "NO. Gotta Go. See ya at 1 PM." See? Don't mess me up from my routine. I wanted to make lunch for Johnnie and that is EXACTLY what I did. That would be my way of finishing my "shift" for the week. Besides she gets him all weekend anyway. But there she was at 1 PM and off they went and I was able to complete my spate of meetings for the afternoon pretty much uninterrupted. After the 4 pM huddle, which was yet again an exercise in frustration for me because I see it as merely a way to keep Barbara informed and occupied I went out, got my steps in around the neighborhood and then got a call from Lisa that they needed a dinner break. And that I should bring Johnnie some food. Off to Panda Express I went for the 2nd night in a row and brought him teriyaki chicken. And so it was that we all had dinner at Lisa's office in the break room. I myself hadn't eaten there in forever. Heck I hadn't been inside Lisa's office in months. Lisa was clearly not done with filling out her loan docs. I didn't understand what she was doing for the last 4 hours but then again I wasn't going to say anything. It turned out she needed me to keep Johnnie occupied WHILE she finished her loan docs. And she took another couple of hours to do that. In the end she even asked me to help her by scanning her documents so she could upload them. I'm pretty sure this whole thing would have taken me an hour to do. Instead I got a not-so-pleasant flashbacks to the many MANY nights I would hang around her office to help her to her work. I remember how TIRED I would get but I wouldn't say anything. Here I am doing it again. I chalked it up to the Arnel-good-deed-for-the-day bank. And I better be reimbursed for this somehow LOL LOL. At least I got to spend time with Johnnie and if that was the price, then I guess I have to pay it. It was 9 PM by the time we left her office. SMH SMH. Never doing that again. Off I went home and watched the season finale of Star Trek Picard. And a terrific finale it was. At least I ended today on a good note. And tomorrow is FRIDAY!!!
edible that overnight it seems like we're all doing Zoom videoconferences now that everyone is sequestered at home. Even Johnnie has a Zoom meeting scheduled today with his TK class and I, for one, am happy to see his classmates and their parents again (at least a few of them) just to give some hint of normalcy. In the meantime, he still has to go through his lesson plan regimen today, which included a science lesson on FORCE and MOMENTUM. So the pic of him playing miniature bowling with paper cups and a ball is actually his science experience for the day. And actually as long as you make it a game he enjoys these kinds of things. And so it was that we finished his lessons by mid-morning and then went on the Zoom conference right before lunch with Ms Gee, his teacher. It was nice to see Brooklyn, and Cora, and Jennifer and Dylan J, and his other classmates. Amusing to note the stress in some of the parents voices with their kids being home all the time. I think I'm doing OK... but I will admit I stick pretty close to the routine in order to keep my sanity. After all, I'm busier than ever at my job even working from home. And to me, anything that nudges me from routine IS stressful. Case in point, Lisa asked to have Johnnie for half the day since she didn't get to see him yesteray all day and she's feeling much better today. I figured that was ok so that I can attend to my Zoom meetings in the afternoon. I asked her to pick him up after lunch at 1 PM. She was headed to her office to fill out her SBA Emergency Disaster loans. I don't know that filling out those loan papers is going to afford her time to pay attention to Johnnie but then again she hasn't seen him in a couple of days. Besides she said we can have dinner tonight all together. She hopped in to the Zoom meeting with the TK class.. by calling me. I guess she couldn't figure out how to do it on her computer. Sigh. One of those problem providers I'm dealing with on a regular basis. How I equate her to Dr Vakalanka at QueensCare is actually hilarious. Anyway she mentioned maybe picking up Johnnie earlier. I said "NO. Gotta Go. See ya at 1 PM." See? Don't mess me up from my routine. I wanted to make lunch for Johnnie and that is EXACTLY what I did. That would be my way of finishing my "shift" for the week. Besides she gets him all weekend anyway. But there she was at 1 PM and off they went and I was able to complete my spate of meetings for the afternoon pretty much uninterrupted. After the 4 pM huddle, which was yet again an exercise in frustration for me because I see it as merely a way to keep Barbara informed and occupied I went out, got my steps in around the neighborhood and then got a call from Lisa that they needed a dinner break. And that I should bring Johnnie some food. Off to Panda Express I went for the 2nd night in a row and brought him teriyaki chicken. And so it was that we all had dinner at Lisa's office in the break room. I myself hadn't eaten there in forever. Heck I hadn't been inside Lisa's office in months. Lisa was clearly not done with filling out her loan docs. I didn't understand what she was doing for the last 4 hours but then again I wasn't going to say anything. It turned out she needed me to keep Johnnie occupied WHILE she finished her loan docs. And she took another couple of hours to do that. In the end she even asked me to help her by scanning her documents so she could upload them. I'm pretty sure this whole thing would have taken me an hour to do. Instead I got a not-so-pleasant flashbacks to the many MANY nights I would hang around her office to help her to her work. I remember how TIRED I would get but I wouldn't say anything. Here I am doing it again. I chalked it up to the Arnel-good-deed-for-the-day bank. And I better be reimbursed for this somehow LOL LOL. At least I got to spend time with Johnnie and if that was the price, then I guess I have to pay it. It was 9 PM by the time we left her office. SMH SMH. Never doing that again. Off I went home and watched the season finale of Star Trek Picard. And a terrific finale it was. At least I ended today on a good note. And tomorrow is FRIDAY!!!
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