Back to Doing Bare Minimum; The Return of Sports

So this week is far less busy than last week, but still I had stuff to do. Especially after meeting with Sheila the new HR Manager about her directives from Eloisa. But first things first: Today I celebrate a timemarker. That would be my anniversary at QueensCare seven years ago. This would make it my longest stint at any one organization. <of course I had to break up my USC employment into 2 parts: Dental School and USC Stevens although the total of both was more than 11 years> Hard to believe I've been working here at QueensCare longer than USC Stevens, longer than Cedars-Sinai, longer than USC Dental. I can remember Summer 2013 as a crossroads. A shift in the timeline of sorts. And that I did have a choice. I think I chose right and I give myself a pat on the back for sticking around at least this long. But back to present day. This morning was my Team Meeting. And really there wasn't much to talk about other than making sure they were ok mentally. Especially after that weird Staff Meeting yesterday. And realizing that a lot of people at the Health Centers are starting to get anxious seeing more and more people are testing positive for coronavirus. My message to my team was simple. Be SAFE. Avoid indoors where there are more than a few people. Mask up. Social distance. Wash your hands. Simple. And speaking of that, we had our first Director's Meeting as well since we locked down 4 months ago. A lot looser was our group and we actually talked about how we pulled off getting covid-19 testing done at the Westlake North location starting today. By all accounts it was real successful too. Which we were trying to share with Barbara real time but she was having  internet problems. I thought she had a hotspot? Anyway I spent the morning working actually and it as all I could do to keep Johnnie occupied with something.  He even ASKED me the second he heard me say goodbye if my phone calls were over. Awww... I'm sorry Little Bug.

Actually as early as right after lunch, Johnnie started to ask when his mom was coming over to pick him up tonight. He has developed an acute sense of time Johnnie has. He was so excited to share his new robot with his mommy. Hey it IS pretty cool isn't it?! This afternoon I spent pretty much all I could with him, doing some abbreviated lessons and then letting him watch videos at 3 PM. He was back to the Octonauts today, but after a while I told him we had to spend some time outside simply because... well, it's a nice summer day out and it would be a travesty to spend all day indoors, even if it WAS hot. And so I dragged him with his baseball and baseball bat and I had him hit a few shots. He got his timing after a few swings and then he was hitting overhand pitches even. Kind of appropos today because today is a big day in sports. Major League Baseball is back playing real games. And the Lakers are back playing in the Orlando bubble playing their first scrimmage game against the Mavs. I have really missed both sports, especially the NBA. It as like Yadira, Dex, and I watched the Lakers beat the Clippers and then that was that... the season shut down a couple of days after. The Lakers presumably would have won the NBA title by now. Presumably. Now we can find out if they will. And so Johnnie got his exercise in, and then I let him watch Lego videos on Guardians of the Galaxy and the Avengers. Lisa actually called at 7:30... from her house. She had already gone home. Why she doesn't just pick up Johnnie is beyond me. Maybe she took a nap. I don't really care. I mean she wasn't dressed in her scrubs which meant she probably changed and did something. Whatever it is, good for her. Johnnie was real excited to show his robot. Lisa had apparently taken a nap. And then asked me if I could pick up some brioche for them for tomorrow. Nice guy that I am, I went to Trader Joe's and took the time to get them the brioche. and some frozen tacos for me. Had to have a late snack now you see. And I spent the rest of Thursday night doing something unexpected... i watched the Dodgers game! Welcome back Blue. Welcome back Purple and gold. Boy did I miss you guys...