The Last Zoom Call Of this School Year

And so today is Thursday and of course we're greeting Johnnie's Fuzzy another Happy Birthday as we do on Thursdays. I don't know why really but I'll go along with it. It's routine you know LOL. Today is actually the last official school day of the year and also the last Zoom call of this school year for Johnnie's class. I told Johnnie that after today, he won't be in TK anymore. He will be in kindergarten for the next school year! The big thing about today's Zoom call was that Ms Gee made a video of all the talent video snippets all the parents sent her, me included obviously. And I must say I was actually quite anxious about watching the whole thing. The second the first snippet came on and it was Dylan T playing basketball, I started second-guessing myself... why couldn't I put a video of Johnnie playing soccer... or hitting the ball. I mean I feel he has lots of talent athletically actually. And that may be surprising but I actually believe it to be true. Yet I chose to put him and his dinosaur book. I chose that because I was pretty sure NO ONE in his class was going to do anything similar. And I wanted to highlight how unique he was. And so with each video I actually FELT the anxiety of each parent(s) that put it together just as I did and the anxiety of making sure their child felt valued for their gift. So much so that I had to distract myself so I wasn't so anxious. And I actually never even saw Johnnie's part until it was already over. Fortunately, Ms Gee did send a copy of the video to everyone and I will be sure to watch it later. But the most important thing was that Johnnie was proud of his work and he high-fived me afterwards. And with that, the Zoom call was over and with that, so was the school year...

The afternoon became a whirlwind of Johnnie activity. A little Maximo, a little checking on the sundial to see where the sun was, a lot of baseball in the grass area by the barbecue. Yep, no question Johnnie does have the ability to hit the ball. And of course we had to go scootering for a third consecutive day. This time we went down McLaughlin because it had a really long stretch of wide sidewalk. And with all the activity, Johnnie was still quite amped for the rest of the afternoon. Only when I got him to make his own personal FINDING PLACE a la Tumble Leaf, connected with bells from his toy BB8 did I get him to not be so GO-GO-GO. As for me, this being a Thursday and all I didn't really focus on work much. Oh I did have a conversation online with my boss Eloisa who reached out and asked me about what she noticed in my face. My staff noticed it too. I guess everyone has. I guess I have to address it with everybody tomorrow at the final Huddle meeting of the week. I actually did appreciate Eloisa reaching out. I appreciate the gesture that showing she does care. I am also glad that i do have an appointment first thing in the morning to have a real doctor ckeck me out and examine the condition. By 7 PM JOhnnie had gotten really antsy. This is what happens everytime there is a hand-off. Tonight he was asking if every phone call I got was his mom getting ready to pick him up. I mean he was already mentally ready to go. I can imagine this is what he's like on MOndays with Lisa when it is MY turn to pick him up. Anyway she came by at 7:30 PM and I didn't even make any smalltalk. I already told her Johnnie was anxious to get picked up. I was like "just come and get him outta my hair already would you!". And she didn't even park to pick him up. No need, there wasn't much traffic. And with that I took off for my evening walk to finish up my 11,000 steps for the night. I also took a picture simply to document my facial appearance with the Bells Palsy condition of 2020. It's actually already feeling better again and it doesn't really look all that bad in the picture. Not when I'm not smiling anyway. In fact, the right side of my face actually looks younger because it is tighter LOL LOL. I had gotten those exercise balls I purchased from Amazon yesterday but I don't know if all the massaging I'm doing is making a difference really. Or has the icing made a difference? Anyway we'll see tomorrow at my doctor's appointment. In the meantime I finally finished up the beef stew leftovers I made last weekend, I chilled and watched some more Robin Hood <BBC> and also watched the last episode of Picard S01E10. I don't know why I was drawn to it really other than it had some really emotional stuff and I was maybe called so I could release some pent-up emotion myself. Anyway I did shower for the 3rd night in a row. Early appointment tomorrow you know. 8 AM. I'm off to bed early...