I intend and another rollercoaster

My intention list for today.
I intend to have my DocuSign contract approved by Risk Management today.
I intend to receive $100 today.
I intend to have a good huddle meeting that I moderated today.
I intend to have a zoo experience with Johnnie today. 

So as you can see I'm starting an intention list at the beginning of the day. I'm now all about putting the pieces together and creating a manifesting practice and routine that will work for me. I realize there is no one-size-fits-all and that there is no one hard and fast way to get it done. Intention + Action = Magic. And today I have the privilege of watching Johnnie simply be a kid and weave his magic. Look at him playing in the hallway. There is such magic and simplicity in a child's laugh. They truly can create anything... Johnnie wants a snack, I bring him some. That's magic too. Anyway I wanted to bring him a different magic too. I am saddened that we couldn't do anything for his Spring Break and I'm still stuck on how great it was last year when we spent Day 1 at the San Diego Wild Animal Park. And then visited Grace and kids afterwards. Johnnie still talks of spending a couple of nights at the hotel and then having a pizza at Seven Eleven for dinner LOL. So today I went to the San Diego Wild Animal Park. Virtually. They have animal cams set up all over the place. And so in a way we did get to see what was going on. Unfortunately, on a rainy day like today the animals were hunkering down too. We did manage to see a cheetah run at the Cincinnati Zoo although that one was a recording. Still I promised a zoo experience and I think I got that done. Johnnie wasn't as impressed as I was but then again he had other things he wanted to do today.

Quite spontaneously and I had no idea where this idea originated, Johnnie set up a restaurant... at least a make-believe one in the apartment. He put up a menu and even called the restaurant 10 BLOCKS. Made upa sign and everything. Believe me I had absolutely ZERO input in anything, except how to spell certain words. He even made up his own menu, including purple parfait (spelled phonetically POPOL PURFA). Now THAT has got to be a Lisa influence. When would he even see anything close to a parfait aroune me? Anyway it kept him occupied while I did 3 straight phone calls all the way to lunch. I tell ya I AM busier now that we're all working remote. I can't even remember the last time I had 3 meetings in a row when I was at the FRB. And CERTAINLY not on a Tuesday. Meeting with Maryam. Meeting with my Team. Meeting with the Telehealth Implementation Group. And all before lunch. For lunch I didn't want to fix or cook anything. I didn't care if Johnnie were here. It's his vacation after all. And so I took us to the Carl's Jr. Drive thru and got me a Beyond Western Cheeseburger and him some chicken strips.  He ate 3 of them too. No problems with him and protein in his diet today. Still, I could only keep him occupied inside for so long until he got wiggy. Got wiggy is pictured here. He was dancing to anything he saw on a video. Here is where it would have been nice if he still took naps in the afternoon. But alas those days are long gone I'm afraid. And so I did the best I could to keep him occupied for pockets of a half hour at a time and then still had to do a couple of meetings in the afternoon, including the Huddle with the managers which I moderated today. I intended for me to have a good moderation and I think for the most part I did that. Faith was her usual nosy, noisy self but I think with Barbara's help I kept that in check too. After the meeting was when a hammer hit me on the head. A text from Elisa that she needed access to Art Doi's email. He's being terminated on Friday. My heart sank. Art was the VP of Finance. He started 6 months after I did. He's part of the Lunch crowd and I thought was fairly untouchable. I guess not. Although he's way quiet and not exactly open, I still liked him and I still considered him a friend. Certainly he's the ONE person in Finance that was remotely technologically savvy. I HATE to hear he's getting let go. And not in least because it could be me too. Greg always said Eloisa had a bullseye for Art and myself from a year ago. I wanted to know why he was getting let go. Cost-cutting? Or his time had simply run out? I didn't want to ask. I just did my job. Did what Eloisa asked. But my heart was heavy no question. I sort of tried to do the best I can with the rest of the evening. It may be raining but I still went out there to barbecue Italian sausage. And I took Johnnie out there and had him kick soccer balls. Yes in the rain and all. And I had to catch up on my steps because I was barely at 4000 steps when we started barbecuing at 5 PM. Yep I got behind. But despite the whirlwind of emotions and sad thoughts, I got Tuesday routine done, Trader Joe's chocolate chip cookies and all. And I got to 11,000 steps by 8:30 even. I walked the equivalent of 2 miles inside the apartment, all with JOhnnie there watching Tumble Leaf. I will have to deal with the Art thing in the next couple of days no question. And I will have to do my job too. Otherwise, I might be the one being let go. But I think I should be ok. Still doing my job. Still providing as much value as i can.
My sleep was troubled tonight. But I did get to go to bed early. I was tired. At least the photo below was how we ended the evening...