No Rest Today

So the day after Tech Council Meeting is usual a breathe out day. As in I tank some. OK maybe I tank it a lot, especially if it's a day where I had the in-person HIT Roundtable Meeting at CCALAC. I would walk to that meeting, take my time walking back and THEN maybe stop for a cold coffee drink even. Or maybe stop at Macy's. Alas those days are gone for now. First of all we're all working from home. And then Macy's downtown isn't even open. But this morning I actually found myself busy. First my IS Team Meeting at 9 AM. And then a meeting with Greg (Purchasing) and Kennedy who had re-tooled the Approval Center and did it almost exclusively with Flow and PowerApp. I mean he did a pretty good job albeit he did the whole thing behind my back. And that's ok. THAT meeting lasted until almost 11:30. As in it was already lunchtime by the time the meeting finished. And then I had the online CCALAC meeting at noon! I had to dash to McDonald's to get Johnnie chicken nuggets and then to Burger King to get me an Impossible Whopper and a couple of tacos. I mean I had no time to cook something. All this time I kept Johnnie busy with some art stuff, and some music stuff and Weldon Woods books from Bookflix, all the way to 2 PM when my CCALAC meeting finally got done. Wow. I had spent 5 1/2 hours in meetings all morning. I felt bad that I wasn't actually with Johnnie looking over and supervising his work today. And maybe I just have to not be so hard on myself. I'm just doing the best I can. And we don't have any other alternatives anyway. I tried to make it up to him by doing another scooter ride around the neighborhood. At first he said NO, but then he changed his mind. And so for the third day in a row, we were riding around the neighborhood and Johnnie was so confident and happy. And by the time we got home, it was already 5 PM. 

So tonight IS hand-off night and Johnnie was well aware of that. But I did manage to get him to eat a hefty spaghetti dinner and pizza too. I had my own leftover bolognese over penne pasta. By 7:15 Lisa called and came by to pick up Johnnie. She reminded me that tomorrow she has the medication infusion appointment she has at Cedars-Sinai every 6 months and that I was her ride there first thing in the morning. I didn't mind of course since Fridays are not all that hectic anyway. Tonight the hand-off was pretty uneventful. No big discussions about how tough Lisa's life is coming back to the regular grind... although she had to point out that she accidentally got hit in the corner of her eye and that it was pretty bruised up. Ok then. Off they went as I said I'd be at Lisa's house before 8 AM in the morning tomorrow to pick mommy and son up. Of course I end up having Johnnie for the day too and that was simply icing on the cake. As in I NEVER see him on a Friday. This was most welcome. I didn't have many more steps to do to get to 11,100 tonight. I had been pretty consistently getting there by 8 PM all week and tonight was no different. I did have some more work to do... those department goals were due yesterday weren't they? Even though the organizational goals weren't even approved and disseminated yet. I did take a shower tonight as I had the last 3 nights... only because I had to get up early to do my errand with Lisa. And because I had started to clean up the apartment as I do when Johnnie is back to Lisa's for the weekend. There was no falling asleep at 9:30 PM though, not when Johnnie isn't around. I went to bed closer to midnight... I did indulge myself with a little TV time. Still, it's Friday tomorrow and I'm already thinking about the weekend...