A Little Johnnie Time, A Little Me Time
IF there was anything I could count on mos
t Saturdays since we've been on lockdown is that Lisa would call me in the morning first thing, most likely prodded by my son. And the call would be about me coming over for breakfast. This morning I actually got a lot of rest since I did not choose to binge watch anything last night. I still ended up sleeping in and was actually just waking up when they called at 8 AM. If the day would be true to form, then we would have breakfast, Lisa would ask me to watch Johnnie while she played the piano, and she would never get to that anyway since she would end up talking to a whole bunch of people on the phone. That much is certain, that she would get a spate of phone calls. I cared only in the sense that since she was going to be occupied anyway, what would she care if I took Johnnie with me and hung out around my apartment? I got to do that last week and especially if she was going to ask me to do some grocery shopping for her, then I was for sure going to take him with me. But actually, I had anticipated that she would be out of French brioche bread for breakfast this morning and I had already bought some for her last night. And she said she was out of eggs and milk too and so I gave her mine. Small price to pay for breakfast I thought. And so it was that we had a nice French toast breakfast this morning and true to form, just as soon as I washed dishes, Lisa got her first of what I was sure were a spate of phone calls. That's when I took the opportunity to take Johnnie with me since she DID ask me to pick some stuff up at the store for her. Not her usual list, but if I had to pick up just one item, then I was going to go. And I was taking Johnnie. And of course since we didn't get going until almost 10 PM, for sure we were going to hang out at the apartment for a bit. At least through lunch anyway. Johnnie's lunch to be sure. Apparently they had made plans to go hiking with Balwan, Sharon, and Varsha later on this afternoon. And so there would be no returning for me to have dinner with them. And that is perfectly ok. All the more reason to load Johnnie up for lunch. We went back to Lisa's when he got done with the Mcnuggets and my penne pasta in chicken noodle broth. At least you can be sure he had a good lunch with me. And then when we got to Lisa's, she almost insisted that she make lunch for she and I. And so she made one of her turkey wraps. As predicted, she never really got to play the piano. And they were supposed to leave by 3 PM. Oh well, I stuck around until almost 2 PM and then I told Johnnie I'd be seeing them for dinner tomorrow. After all I did buy Lisa some swai to make. And I was grateful that I did get to spend a few hours with Johnnie. Apparently they had gone biking yesterday and went to the beach. I'm glad mom and son had a nice day together too. It is not like we're competing for who gives him the better time mind you. But he does get the benefit of both his parents trying to maximize their time with him when he is with one or the other. I did think about inviting myself for their hike later but then I realized she would also be stopping by her dad's in Pasadena and so I didn't even bother to bring it up. I was perfectly fine just getting some more ME time in too.
I had started to clean the apartment as early as yesterday. I was done with the living room already. And I did the rest of the dining room by late afternoon. And even most of the kitchen. I only had the bathroom left. But by late afternoon, I also realized I barely had 3000 steps logged and so I did an afternoon walk. Was it just a week ago that I was having these muscle aches in my legs? No such problems this week. I'm back to averaging 11,100 steps a day. And felt no such aches. I'm pretty sure I was dealing with some bug. I know this because now I am feeling some pain in my lower right jaw couple with some anomalies in my right ear. As in I'm hearing some thumping against my ear drum that feels like my heartbeat. And so I'm now wondering if this is a new physical thing that has come up? Is the bug still present? All I know is that I'm finally back down to 70 bpm with my resting heart rate which was the normal before it started going down during the lockdown. Whatever I was dealing with last week was pretty much done. But now this? Do I still have energy issues I'm dealing with? What does my body want to tell me? Am I holding on to some more negative energy? Or is it stress starting to manifest itself once and for all? I did get my walk done, though it had turned from being such a nice day to something a little colder in the early evening. And then I ate some leftover bolognese and watched Snowpiercer. I didn't exactly have a ME Saturday, simply because now my focus is on physical issues and I know I have to deal with that. I don't think I had ever handled it well back in the day. Maybe it's time that I do.
t Saturdays since we've been on lockdown is that Lisa would call me in the morning first thing, most likely prodded by my son. And the call would be about me coming over for breakfast. This morning I actually got a lot of rest since I did not choose to binge watch anything last night. I still ended up sleeping in and was actually just waking up when they called at 8 AM. If the day would be true to form, then we would have breakfast, Lisa would ask me to watch Johnnie while she played the piano, and she would never get to that anyway since she would end up talking to a whole bunch of people on the phone. That much is certain, that she would get a spate of phone calls. I cared only in the sense that since she was going to be occupied anyway, what would she care if I took Johnnie with me and hung out around my apartment? I got to do that last week and especially if she was going to ask me to do some grocery shopping for her, then I was for sure going to take him with me. But actually, I had anticipated that she would be out of French brioche bread for breakfast this morning and I had already bought some for her last night. And she said she was out of eggs and milk too and so I gave her mine. Small price to pay for breakfast I thought. And so it was that we had a nice French toast breakfast this morning and true to form, just as soon as I washed dishes, Lisa got her first of what I was sure were a spate of phone calls. That's when I took the opportunity to take Johnnie with me since she DID ask me to pick some stuff up at the store for her. Not her usual list, but if I had to pick up just one item, then I was going to go. And I was taking Johnnie. And of course since we didn't get going until almost 10 PM, for sure we were going to hang out at the apartment for a bit. At least through lunch anyway. Johnnie's lunch to be sure. Apparently they had made plans to go hiking with Balwan, Sharon, and Varsha later on this afternoon. And so there would be no returning for me to have dinner with them. And that is perfectly ok. All the more reason to load Johnnie up for lunch. We went back to Lisa's when he got done with the Mcnuggets and my penne pasta in chicken noodle broth. At least you can be sure he had a good lunch with me. And then when we got to Lisa's, she almost insisted that she make lunch for she and I. And so she made one of her turkey wraps. As predicted, she never really got to play the piano. And they were supposed to leave by 3 PM. Oh well, I stuck around until almost 2 PM and then I told Johnnie I'd be seeing them for dinner tomorrow. After all I did buy Lisa some swai to make. And I was grateful that I did get to spend a few hours with Johnnie. Apparently they had gone biking yesterday and went to the beach. I'm glad mom and son had a nice day together too. It is not like we're competing for who gives him the better time mind you. But he does get the benefit of both his parents trying to maximize their time with him when he is with one or the other. I did think about inviting myself for their hike later but then I realized she would also be stopping by her dad's in Pasadena and so I didn't even bother to bring it up. I was perfectly fine just getting some more ME time in too. 
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