Sunday Good Deed Day
The relationship between Lisa and I is at its worst when she gets sick. My first instinct is to simply take Johnnie with me and take care of him in my home. However, it's also a time when Lisa gets very needy and when she gets that way it is always a balancing act between trying to help her and be nice to her and still not get manipulated by her and not letting her suck up all your energy. This morning I made sure of that by making sure Johnnie and I had OUR breakfast, a normal pancakes and sausage pickup from McDonald's BEFORE heading over to Lisa's. Who knows when you get to eat when you're over there. This way at least I know Johnnie is good through the morning. When we got there, Johnnie instantly morphed into his quiet self, contentedly sitting next to his bed-ridden mom. I made her some oatmeal and cut up some strawberries for breakfast. And then just like yesterday played with Johnnie for a couple of hours. In the meantime, Jodi and I had exchanged texts and arranged to meet later on at Clover Park in Santa Monica since she's headed to the Palisades at lunchtime. I left by noon after making Lisa and Johnnie lunch. Turkey in turkey broth for Lisa, pasta in red sauce for Johnnie. I told them I'd be back to check in on them by dinner time. In the meantime, I was done preparing food, and especially for me. I drove by Burger King to get an Impossible Whopper and a couple of tacos for lunch and then settled in to do ME stuff for a Sunday. A little food, a little cleaning... cleaned up my kitchen and the bathroom, and then watched a whole bunch of the latest series I was about to binge watch. This series was Upload on Amazon Prime. A story of how people were able to get their consciousness uploaded in the future into a virtual reality world and basically a funny and sort of cute love story between the "upload" and his guardian "Angel" who was actually his customer service rep. And a side-story of suspicious circumstances with his death. Anyway he started getting used to the place and actually starts having different perspectives because of forced reflection. Hmmm... kind of like all of us having to stay at home and getting to reflect more. For myself I know we all have to get back to some semblance of the way it was in order for the economy to recover. At the same time, I'm kind of liking it without that much cars on the roads on a nice Sunday afternoon. I mean you could actually see downtown Culver City from my street. And I actually don't mind a little bit of a wait to get groceries. However, being the normally impatient person that I am anyway, there are some waits I still can't tolerate. Waiting for a hazelnut iced drink at Coffee Bean, which took about 20 minutes through the drive thru was very annoying. Not that I do it all the time mind you. I just thought I'd have something in hand when I go meet up with Jodi. And so she got done with her walk around 3:30 and we met up at Clover Park close to 4 PM. And so for the 2nd day in a row I would find myself at a park close to me. I forgot about how much I like this park. I loved coming here with Johnnie. Hadn't been here in a while. Like yesterday's adventure at Penmar, there were a lot of people here, most of them not wearing face covering, but keeping with social distancing. It was in the vicinity of Johnnie's favorite tower that I met Jodi. She looked like her pictures in person which was a good thing. I didn't really care all that much about the way I looked. I figured she gets what she sees and all I did was basically wet down my hair and put new shorts on. it WAS a beautiful day though and I enjoyed just sitting there and having a chat with her. We've always kind of talked for more than a half hour every time we did talk on the phone or on Google Duo. But I'll also be honest that I didn't really feel any sparks. Or at least not the kind of sparks that I usually expect when 2 people are really attracted to each other. That doesn't mean I don't like her or that I won't develop sparks. After all, isn't sparks and chemistry merely something that happens between your ears? All I'm saying is that it isn't immediate that's all. We'll have to see. So we talked for about 45 minutes and then she left. I went on to Lisa's house to check on them. And immediately I see Johnnie in the front porch. He tells me Grandma Vicky is here and that they're going to Carl's Jr. That is my cue to exit stage left. When I got home Lisa calls me and asks me if maybe I would want to drive them to Carl's Jr since she essentially isn't feeling up to par just yet. Great. Instead I went to Carl's jr. myself and picked up dinner for Johnnie and Grandma Vicky. I knew Carl's Jr. would have been Johnnie's idea anyway, no doubt thinking of the chicken strips. I got him those and Grandma Vicky a cheeseburger. And then delivered them to Lisa's house. That would be my good deed for the day. Lisa and her mom were busy cleaning the house of course, which left me shaking my head. I thought she was sick. That's ok. I dropped off the food and then went on home to make my own food. This time I made me some of the ground beef/lamb tagine style casserole. With garbanzo beans, raisins, carrots, celery. AND I also finished up my 11,000 steps. It wasn't that hard considering I had started today with 70,000+ steps already under my belt. And so it was that I finished my Sunday watching the rest of the episodes of Upload. It was a nice weekend... weather wise and enjoying a couple of parks DESPITE Lisa being grounded. I got to see Johnnie plenty and I got to chill. All I can ask for right?
The relationship between Lisa and I is at its worst when she gets sick. My first instinct is to simply take Johnnie with me and take care of him in my home. However, it's also a time when Lisa gets very needy and when she gets that way it is always a balancing act between trying to help her and be nice to her and still not get manipulated by her and not letting her suck up all your energy. This morning I made sure of that by making sure Johnnie and I had OUR breakfast, a normal pancakes and sausage pickup from McDonald's BEFORE heading over to Lisa's. Who knows when you get to eat when you're over there. This way at least I know Johnnie is good through the morning. When we got there, Johnnie instantly morphed into his quiet self, contentedly sitting next to his bed-ridden mom. I made her some oatmeal and cut up some strawberries for breakfast. And then just like yesterday played with Johnnie for a couple of hours. In the meantime, Jodi and I had exchanged texts and arranged to meet later on at Clover Park in Santa Monica since she's headed to the Palisades at lunchtime. I left by noon after making Lisa and Johnnie lunch. Turkey in turkey broth for Lisa, pasta in red sauce for Johnnie. I told them I'd be back to check in on them by dinner time. In the meantime, I was done preparing food, and especially for me. I drove by Burger King to get an Impossible Whopper and a couple of tacos for lunch and then settled in to do ME stuff for a Sunday. A little food, a little cleaning... cleaned up my kitchen and the bathroom, and then watched a whole bunch of the latest series I was about to binge watch. This series was Upload on Amazon Prime. A story of how people were able to get their consciousness uploaded in the future into a virtual reality world and basically a funny and sort of cute love story between the "upload" and his guardian "Angel" who was actually his customer service rep. And a side-story of suspicious circumstances with his death. Anyway he started getting used to the place and actually starts having different perspectives because of forced reflection. Hmmm... kind of like all of us having to stay at home and getting to reflect more. For myself I know we all have to get back to some semblance of the way it was in order for the economy to recover. At the same time, I'm kind of liking it without that much cars on the roads on a nice Sunday afternoon. I mean you could actually see downtown Culver City from my street. And I actually don't mind a little bit of a wait to get groceries. However, being the normally impatient person that I am anyway, there are some waits I still can't tolerate. Waiting for a hazelnut iced drink at Coffee Bean, which took about 20 minutes through the drive thru was very annoying. Not that I do it all the time mind you. I just thought I'd have something in hand when I go meet up with Jodi. And so she got done with her walk around 3:30 and we met up at Clover Park close to 4 PM. And so for the 2nd day in a row I would find myself at a park close to me. I forgot about how much I like this park. I loved coming here with Johnnie. Hadn't been here in a while. Like yesterday's adventure at Penmar, there were a lot of people here, most of them not wearing face covering, but keeping with social distancing. It was in the vicinity of Johnnie's favorite tower that I met Jodi. She looked like her pictures in person which was a good thing. I didn't really care all that much about the way I looked. I figured she gets what she sees and all I did was basically wet down my hair and put new shorts on. it WAS a beautiful day though and I enjoyed just sitting there and having a chat with her. We've always kind of talked for more than a half hour every time we did talk on the phone or on Google Duo. But I'll also be honest that I didn't really feel any sparks. Or at least not the kind of sparks that I usually expect when 2 people are really attracted to each other. That doesn't mean I don't like her or that I won't develop sparks. After all, isn't sparks and chemistry merely something that happens between your ears? All I'm saying is that it isn't immediate that's all. We'll have to see. So we talked for about 45 minutes and then she left. I went on to Lisa's house to check on them. And immediately I see Johnnie in the front porch. He tells me Grandma Vicky is here and that they're going to Carl's Jr. That is my cue to exit stage left. When I got home Lisa calls me and asks me if maybe I would want to drive them to Carl's Jr since she essentially isn't feeling up to par just yet. Great. Instead I went to Carl's jr. myself and picked up dinner for Johnnie and Grandma Vicky. I knew Carl's Jr. would have been Johnnie's idea anyway, no doubt thinking of the chicken strips. I got him those and Grandma Vicky a cheeseburger. And then delivered them to Lisa's house. That would be my good deed for the day. Lisa and her mom were busy cleaning the house of course, which left me shaking my head. I thought she was sick. That's ok. I dropped off the food and then went on home to make my own food. This time I made me some of the ground beef/lamb tagine style casserole. With garbanzo beans, raisins, carrots, celery. AND I also finished up my 11,000 steps. It wasn't that hard considering I had started today with 70,000+ steps already under my belt. And so it was that I finished my Sunday watching the rest of the episodes of Upload. It was a nice weekend... weather wise and enjoying a couple of parks DESPITE Lisa being grounded. I got to see Johnnie plenty and I got to chill. All I can ask for right?
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