A Tank Day At Home?

I've been busy working the last couple of weeks. And when I hear Eloisa talking about the need to unplug, hear Barbara encouraging each of us to take care of ourselves because after all, how can we help take care of others if we can't help ourselves? And for me, my bad habit of binge watching has again caused me to not go to bed until well past 1 in the morning. Which means that a TANK DAY today would be just what the doctor ordered. In terms of doing that while working from home, that means getting up and not exactly rushing to get showered. Actually, it means not rushing to do anything. Actually I woke up and wandered into the living room... and I had to rub my eyes. I had forgotten that before I took Johnnie home last night, I heard him running around in the living room. I thought he was playing actually but later on I realized he had been cleaning up. Not just his mess, he had cleaned up the dining room from all the drawing stuff, cleaned up his toy area, even put the pillows back where they belonged on the couch. And he arranged all the shoes just so. It was almost shocking to see how clean the place was. Look at the pic I posted. It was like I had cleaned it myself! You KNOW he didn't learn how to do that from me. Boy that Lisa sure is rubbing off on him. Anyway the couch area was so clean it actually felt pretty good to sink into it while still in my undies and try to do some more centering meditations. After a while I did manage to make myself breakfast. And by the time i was done with my Earl Grey it was already well past 10 AM. I ventured out to Trader Joe's before lunch because I wanted to get some bok choy I could make for lunch. And while there of course I had to finish the rest of the grocery run too. It was Friday after all. And so lunch was spent fixing ground pork and bok choy and then trying to take a nap after eating it. 

I never did get to the nap. That's because I started to watch the Umbrella Academy Season 2 on Netflix. Great. Another thing to binge watch. Why do I do that? Anyway I didn't get to the nap because Lisa called. We had talked earlier about possibly me looking after Johnnie at some point today while she practiced piano. She DOES have a class with Vatche after all. Of course I'm ok with that. It's not as if I had so much to do later on LOL LOL. AND the last time she looked for someone to watch Johnnie he ended up with someone I didn't even know. And so I very much preferred that I watched him and she was simply taking me up on that. We made arrangements to meet up at 5:30 and have dinner. Of course I have to bring the cheese pizza too. Double LOL. Anyway by the time I finished talking to Lisa, it as almost time for the Friday afternoon Huddle and so there went my nap. And then right after the meeting I figured i'd get some exercise in because who knows if I'll be able to get anything done while I'm at Lisa's tonight?  I got to 5500 steps when it was time to pick up the pizza from Pizza Hut right down the block. That's when Lisa called again to let me know they had gone to the beach and that they were still there. And that the 5:30 meetup would need to be moved to 6 PM. Which means that it would actually be 6:30PM. I was already at Pizza Hut when I took her call. And I couldn't let that hot pizza right out of the oven not get tasted. I immediately took a slice. We can eat the rest whenever. I was just thinking to myself that the time right after the Huddle on a Friday is my best time. That's because I know 100% I have the entire weekend right ahead of me and I don't have to do anything for work. Anyway I went to Lisa's as she requested and she made us salads to go with the pizza. I even brought the leftover pork chop that Dexter grilled last night. And so we actually had a pretty good dinner together and Johnnie even wolfed down 2 whole pieces of pizza. I did my good deed afterwards and played with Johnnie while Lisa played the piano. Look at the straw space helmets Johnnie made for us. We actually did play with all those straws for an entire hour. And when we got done, he put it away dutifully and then for the 2nd night in a row, I gave him a shower upstairs on nights I didn't have him. Am I letting myself get used or what? Actually I did tell Lisa I preferred to watch him whenever she would need me to and not only did I mean it, I actually enjoyed doing it the last 2 nights, even if it was at Lisa's house. By the time I got him all showered up Lisa had practiced for 2 hours. And I went on home. After all, I'm just coming back early in the morning. I'm watching Johnnie again while Lisa does her piano lesson. Wouldn't have it any other way.