Johnnie Back to Normal

I went by Lisa's house early this morning. 7:30 AM early. Johnnie was sick yesterday but Lisa had a ton of errands to do today, including getting herself COVID tested once and for all [and only because people were pressuring her to do it might I add] and so I had to watch Johnnie today, sick or not. I was hoping he'd be better at least and when he was the one who greeted me at the other telling me he was hungry, I KNEW. I knew he was already much much better. And it only took a few minutes of seeing him bound around like his old self to realize that yes he had indeed fought off whatever he was sick of yesterday and he was back to normal. Lisa talked about making him breakfast but I talked her out of that, instead imploring her to get going with her day. Johnnie and I would pick up breakfast at McDonald's but before he even ate that, I gave him a really quick shower. Might as well fully rid himself of any bug coming from Lisa's house. And then he finished his breakfast and quickly did his lessons for the day. I was almost astounded by the turnaround from yesterday actually. It was like he was never sick. We did our usual stuff, which is to say sprints as a break from the school lessons and by 11 AM, we did our weekly Zoom meeting with his class. He was very much engaged actually, talking about his animal drawing [ostrich] and then later on talking about 2D and 3D shapes for the exercise about looking for these things around his vicinity in the house. And then just to be sure, he wolfed down a pizza for lunch. Yep, my Little Bug is BACK thank God. It was actually me that needed a nap after lunch, since I didn't have good sleep last night. And I eked out 20 minutes while Johnnie continued to do some learning videos.

The afternoon was pretty much a typical Thursday afternoon and it was nice that I had a clear schedule for the entire day actually. Although for the most part I can remember most Thursdays was pretty clear anyway. It was nice to be able to hang out with Johnnie for most of today AND gave Lisa a chance to rest for the rest of the day when she got back from her errands. It was like Johnnie and I were making up for the lost day yesterday LOL. He had a TON of energy today. So much so it was me that needed to keep up. Anyway, I was supposed to have him back at Lisa's around 5:30 PM and today I made sure he had at least gotten his dinner in before I did that, which was normal anyway for a Thursday. We gave Panda Express another go since he didn't really eat last night's dinner. He wolfed this one down yet again and off we went to Lisa's. She was lounging around the couch and asked if she could walk around the block. At first the question perplexed me, until I realized she thought she might need help doing that. Wow. She really WAS out of it. It's ok though since I needed to finish my steps anyway and I would have done it alone around this same neighborhood had I just dropped Johnnie off. This way Johnnie gets the treat of taking a walk with BOTH his mom and dad. With facemasks and everything LOL. And so we had a nice walk and went back to the house mainly because Johnnie was in play mode still and had plenty of energy to burn. I left him trying to build something in his sandbox while Lisa was on the phone with her mom. I figured Lisa could still manage though she was still complaining about still being sick. I have no doubt she isn't 100% still. But I also think a lot of it is in her head but then again who am I to say?! Anyway she only has a couple of hours left before Johnnie has to get ready for be anyway. And so hand-off all done, I went on home. I was so glad Johnnie had gotten better seemingly overnight.

I walked around my neighborhood at around 8 PM, trying to finish my 11,100 steps. The neighborhood had quieted down considerably. I thought of how nice it was that it was starting to get darker later. I mean I could still see the last slivers of sunset this late. And with it being warm and all, it is a definite reminder that summer is near and already less than a month away. It wasn't like the streets were deserted. Far from it. There are always people walking around anymore at all times. Just that it was still quiet. Not an eerie quiet, a nice quiet. I remember the same feeling when I would walk around the Lindbrook neighborhood in the early summer, with the smell of spring flowers in the air. And tonight I actually felt my vibration rise up as a feeling of contentment came over me. It HAD been a good day. A very good day. After I finished my steps, I just watched TV until I got tired enough to go to sleep. I had to remind myself I had one day to go for the work week.