Spontaneously with Balwan and Sharon

So I mentioned I binge watched Netflix until almost 2 AM last night. And so I was in no rush to get to Lisa's house for breakfast this morning. However, I didn't hear from them either and by 8:45 I just headed on over there. Turns out mommy and son were already getting packed and ready for a day at the beach with Sharon, Balwan, and Varsha. And only now were they getting around to breakfast. Works for me! I just waited for my French toast. Johnnie was not in an eating mood... strange that he is like this whenever he is here at Lisa's house. I can't imagine him missing breakfast at mine. I do know he WAS excited to go to the beach today. The original plan was for the visitors to come at 11. By the time we got done with breakfast it was already 10 AM. And by then, the rendezvous time was already moved to closer to noon. And so I figured Johnnie and I would just do shopping for Lisa as we always do on Saturdays. And give her time to play the piano as well. Usually we'd have lunch too but I'm sure they had packed food for that to eat at the beach. Still, off we went to Ralphs for Lisa's fish and then to the apartment where Johnnie was eager to get at least one video in. By then it was already noon. I knew they were going to have lunch and all, but I have to have lunch too. And so I packed up Johnnie after one video and headed to El Pollo Loco to get my lunch. Johnnie had already made me buy him a fried chicken breast for lunch so he was good to go.  When we got back to Lisa's house, it turned out that the guests were still a half hour away. Geez, when were they going to get to the beach? I told Lisa I had brought chicken from El Pollo Loco and enough for her too. She too was hungry. And so we ate right then and there. She brought out lavash and tabbouleh and made a wrap with the El Pollo chicken. It was perfect.  I had just gotten done when Balwan, Sharon, and Varsha finally got there. I hadn't seen Sharon and Varsha since that Sunday a couple of weeks before we all got sent home.  I hadn't seen Balwan in much longer than that. And so it was a bit of a reunion for us and I decided to stay and hang out. At first Johnnie wanted to do the water slide in the backyard. That was after playing in the sandbox with Varsha. And it became clear that perhaps the better idea was to simply stay here. And so Balwan and Sharon brought out their food and quite spontaneously we just had a picnic in Lisa's backyard deck. We hadn't talked to each other all 4 of us in a really long time and so we just talked and talked and talked. It felt like one of those Easter Sundays from years ago when we would hang out like this. And pretty much left Johnnie and Varsha alone to play. It worked out very nicely actually and by the time we unwound and started to move back in the house, it was already 4:30 PM.  Balwan wanted to go for a walk. Johnnie didn't want to. That's because it was clear he was tired.  And probably a little hungry as well.  And so I told Lisa that if she wanted to go walk with them, I'd stay with Johnnie while he slept. As if on cue, he knocked out on the couch before the walkers even left the garage. He really WAS tired. While he slept, and while everyone else walked around the neighborhood, I stuck around and watched Netflix on my phone and did some aerobic steps on the side yard. I did enough to get to 8000 steps in fact. I would easily get to 11,100 tonight even though I really didn't even need to. And when they got back, Balwan and Sharon just picked up their stuff and went on home. And I did as well. Johnnie was still asleep. Tomorrow is father's day and so I told Lisa if they were home for dinner then I'd like to hang out with them and then off I went. I thought to myself today is Summer Solstice Day. Which is officially the first day of summer. Even though it had been overcast all day long. I went home and binge watched the Order until the very last episode. And barbecued myself a nice sirloin steak for dinner. MMmmm. And then I reminded myself that I had a really early tee time tomorrow. 8:10 at Altadena. And I needed to sleep. But it was a nice day hanging out with old friends. And spending time with Johnnie. I was glad for all that.