Tuesday Classroom

The Tuesday morning routine is now Johnnie classroom routine. That's because I would have picked him up the night before [which I did] and he would sleep until I nudge him to wake up. By THAT time I would have already had at least a 15-20 minute quiet meditation session to lock down my intentions for the day. For today the focus is to keep my vibration high and to make sure I am self-aware... that is to realize when my ego kicks in with negative thoughts. Part of my mental diet such as it were. I remind myself that all these negative thoughts, reactions, are simply "software programs" in my head. Boy when framed that way, it sure does take away a lot of its power. It means that this program got installed there a long time ago, no different than it is a piece of old software on an existing computer. And it needs to be upgraded, updated, and/or replaced altogether. For today I simply want to practice being aware when these programs kick in and be aware of my own reactions. Observation is the very first step and by itself already a very powerful act. And then I get to choose. Even the length of the reaction is by itself a part of the programming. What I need to do is to stick to my Mental Diet and make sure I minimize the external stuff that tends to pull me in that negative direction. Does that mean the external world is largely negative? I think it's the PROGRAM itself looking for stuff to get me to react. My learning objective is to remember that I DO have the power to override the program. And that I have a whole bunch of tools (NLP, EFT, etc etc) already in my toolkit to be able to do just that. And so it is that as soon as Johnnie got done with his breakfast, we move on to his lessons. It was about 8:30 when we got started. I took a pic of him doing his high-frequency words. And then later on in the morning I posted a pic of him doing his PE class. It was only 5 minutes long but at least I got it done. I even threw in yesterday's class that Lisa missed. And the ART class that Lisa missed as well. For someone so left-brained for the life of me I don't see how she is not able to follow the structure laid out by the lesson plan Ms Gee provides. It is SO simple. So much so we're done with the entire day's lesson before lunch almost always. And that is with plenty of breaks in between, usually coinciding with a Zoom meeting I have to be in. Today, it's just a huddle with my IS TEam so it really wasn't all that busy. I still managed to have the mid-morning sprint that Johnnie and I usually do. I can feel he's really starting to grow and fill out and get stronger. And THAT is a very good thing. Too bad he no longer takes a nap after lunch. It was just a year ago that he was still doing that. Today, after his lessons are all done, I have to figure out a way to keep him occupied until my last meeting of the day... which is the Huddle at 4 PM. Fortunately I also know that there are a lot of board meetings going on today as well. Which means all the C's are otherwise occupied. I sort of took advantage of the down time to do an online class of my own, which is really my own IS Security Training. I got myself with my own phishing test. Sigh. That and I finally got to signing a whole slew of invoices. Yes I spent the afternoon doing busy work. So what? I'm working aren't I?

Anyway I did manage to take a break early afternoon so Johnnie and I could take advantage of a nice spring day. Played baseball in the barbecue area in fact. There was a woman there making a phone call. Another tenant playing with his dog. All socially distanced of course but we're all making do. I wanted to make sure Johnnie was sharp. After all, the games have to start again at some point. We're simply hoping it is this summer, although that by itself is not a foregone conclusion. I thought about what a post-pandemic world would look like. All these people bugging on their businesses to open again. What do they think would happen once they open? You don't think some yahoo is going to sue you if he happens to get sick in your facility? It would be just the same as him slipping and falling wouldn't it? Anyway there would be no Huddle today because of all the Board meetings but right as it hit 5 PM Johnnie and i are out by the barbecue area like we had been the almost every Tuesday night, Johnnie kicking the soccer ball, me barbecuing. The kicking the soccer ball thing is losing its steam with him though. I think he's now bored of it... which means I have to figure out a different way to keep him amused and occupied while I barbecue Italian sausage. I could just as easily leave him in the house watching TV, but I do wish I would still be able to keep an eye on him. As it was, we did manage to finish the Italian sausage, Johnnie did play chase with me which was good to keep my steps number up. So much so I finished 11,000 steps by 8 PM!  And then I made myself some fried rice to boot. Italian sausage fried rice it is for me for my dinner. And of course I still had to make chocolate chip cookies. It is STILL Tuesday night isn't it? Later on, I would get to talk to Jodi via Google Duo and Johnnie basically kept watching Dinosaur Train all afternoon and pretty much for the rest of the evening. As far as Tuesday classroom... it was all pretty routine and I think I'm going to let Johnnie settle in with his current level before I look for more advanced stuff for him to learn. Maybe we will focus on other things... such as riding a real scooter.  The good thing is that with Johnnie in the house, I am sure to get some nice sleep tonight. And upon further review, I did manage to keep my vibration high for the most part today. Just another Johnnie daddy-and-son-bonding day such as it were. THAT is a very good thing.