Tuesday Winging It With Johnnie

So while Johnnie slept next to me last night I got on the internet and tried to figure out how to keep him busy for the day today. Without the benefit of a lesson plan from Ms Gee, which I was completely dependent on all of a sudden I was at a loss. And today I had to work on my presentation for tomorrow's Tech Council Meeting too. All the more reason to keep Johnnie occupied for the day. And so as soon as I got up this morning and earlier than Johnnie did, I started looking for websites that offer some kind of instruction and entertainment. It was a given that I was going to have to park him in front of videos all day. I just had to make sure they were the educational kind. And so I tried to make it seem like a normal school day for Johnnie although his summer vacation has already started pretty much. I didn't have any time to check out the online offerings from LAUSD and from STAR but I did find Khan Academy for Kids and I thought simply perusing the sight that it would actually meet what I was looking for. And so right after breakfast, I embarked him on an art learning path from the site. And wouldn't you know that he stayed on that for a good 2 hours. I mean he really likes drawing and art and mixing and matching colors and shapes. And so THAT at least was perfect. In the meantime, with meetings all morning, I hadn't even gotten started with my presentation by lunchtime. I wasn't that worried about it simply because I knew what I wanted to talk about and it was actually ME giving the council some homework to do this time around rather than me having to pull something out of my ass to talk about. So ambivalent was I that I could be found getting myself an El Pollo Loco chicken lunch and churros for Johnnie and then some chicken McNuggets for him at mid day. It took me just a couple of hours to come up with a framework or outline for my presentation and I just had to fill it in and I knew I could do that in a couple of hours. 

In the meantime it still IS Tuesday and Johnnie actually looked forward to the afternoon when I promised him we'd go scooter somewhere and let's not forget Italian sausage barbecue night. Cookie night too actually but I already made them last night. I made an extra larger batch and I knew I'd be busy tonight so I got a bit ahead of myself. I started working on my presentation in earnest right after lunch and started filling in details. I had plenty of material which is why I wasn't really so concerned that I wouldn't get it done. I just had it in my mind that I would finish it before I went to bed tonight and I did not mean at 3 AM in the morning either. In the meantime I kept Johnnie busy with e-books from bookflix.net, exercises from Maximo, and math videos from Khan Academy. I kept him so occupied that we actually did not turn on the TV all day. And by 4:15 he was so done that he wanted to go scootering early. How could i turn that face down?! And so it was that he took his scooter, which he is getting pretty confident with actually and I took my electric one and off we went toward Mar Vista Elementary. The yard was empty now but a year ago it would have been full of kids starting summer camp. We didn't have to because Blue Oak had Johnnie until the end of July and so I have a whole 6 weeks to figure out stuff for him to do and learn. Hey I can do this. Even if I'm just winging it this week. And so it was that we had a nice ride and Johnnie had it in his mind that he wasn't going to fall today. And he didn't! And then just as soon as we got home off we went to the barbecue area to make dinner. Armed with his soccer ball, Johnnie played while I barbecued. See the pic I posted of him making up whatever game he could. And then he had a nice italian sausage with spaghetti dinner. Which was the exact same thing I had except that mine was mixed together. He of course ate his sausage and pasta separately LOL. Then and only after dinner did we turn on the TV so he could watch. And I even let him watch Frozen 1. That's to buy me time to work on my TC presentation. In the end I did get it done before I went to bed. And that was almost midnight. Still I felt good about that. I'm ready for tomorrow.