A Tale of Two Saturdays

I had already finished a half of my mug of Earl Grey before Lisa called to ask me to breakfast. "Would you like to enjoy us for breakfast" I heard my son ask on the phone.  How in the world could you say no to that! And so it was that I headed on over there around 9 AM this morning to start my long holiday weekend. I figured if this Saturday rounded true to form, we would have breakfast and then Lisa would want to play the piano and then end up talking on the phone to a couple of friends, usually someone different. And I would end up getting some groceries for her which would be my cue to take Johnnie with me. And then we could have some alone time and then be back after we've had some lunch. This was how it had played out for at least a few Saturdays by now. And it all started true to form, even more predictably so. Lisa had 4 pieces of last week's French brioche left and so she made French toast with some eggs, which worked out perfectly fine. I washed dishes and then since Lisa had an unusually long grocery list, I told her we'd head out immediately. That would be Johnnie and I. We started at Trader Joe's since we needed to get the brioche. And then ended up at Ralphs to get the rest of the stuff. She wanted fruits and fish and Ralphs had the best selection for those. And also where we could get cleaning stuff. There would also be at least one item that would be priced really high. Last week it was chia seeds and Illy coffee. This week it was vanilla extract. $12 for a really small bottle.  I didn't make Lisa pay me for this batch of groceries. I'll simply make sure she remembers. She is still acting like she's broke as hell and already groused about not wanting to pay for STAR for the summer.  I'm not even going to point out how many resources she has, which also now includes her dad who had offered to pay for her mortgage for the month. I guess I get to go do all that STAR programs alone if I want Johnnie enrolled. Anyway I was NOT going to get into an argument with her today.  I took great lengths to establish energetic protection zones in fact. Johnnie and I had lunch at my apartment, which also gave him the opportunity to watch a couple of Cat-In-the-hat videos. It was 1 PM by the time we headed back to Lisa's. I got in a couple of hours with him. And I was all set to go back home to take a nap. When Lisa actually offered to let me stay and take a nap in the guest room. For once I took her up on that. And I did take a nap. And so it was that I ended up spending a very quiet afternoon in the relative peace of Lisa's house. That by itself was no small statement. And I actually woke up to mom and son quietly doing stuff like he would at my house when I leave him alone on one of his projects. He was cutting up some art work and she was helping him. It was pretty nice to watch them go quietly about. I didn't involve myself to help either. This was something Lisa and mom was in the middle of together. And then they went on upstairs to look for something. Before I knew it I wasn't hearing anything. I went upstairs and looked. Apparently both mom and Johnnie had knocked off to sleep. It was after 4 PM. I figured I'd go on home leaving a text for Lisa that I'd be back in an hour if they wanted to have dinner together. It had been a quiet Saturday though and that was perfectly fine.