Lisa Workday Saturday
I'm at Lisa's house at 7:30 AM to pick up Johnnie and Lisa starts me off by telling me of her and Johnnie's day yesterday
. It should have contained nothing of note... until she mentioned she left Johnnie with a "friend", a random friend as she described him named Jacob in Venice for a little while so she could play the piano for a bit. W-h-a-t? I mean.. W-H-A-T? It took a lot of restraint on my part not to react and react negatively. I'm sure she wasn't describing things right or at least was leaving out some context because after all, who would leave their child with just some "random guy"? Still it annoyed me that Lisa seems to have stopped being so careful with the whole "contact with other people thing". What in the hell? She herself admits that she has started to lose control of being quarantined. She, of all people, the one who is immuno-compromised. Why she simply didn't call me when she needed a break to look after Johnnie perplexed me. Maybe this guy is someone she is dating and that isn't really any of my business. But I do wish she would be more careful regardless. She's doing her not-paying-attention thing again and it has always been irritating that she needs to get reminded. I mean I HATE HATE HATE giving her a lecture-type discussion like I was her father or something. But if not me? Who would remind her? I mean if she goes down, I go down. And so it is a matter of my own self-preservation and self-care too. And so with that, I got Johnnie dressed <he was still in his mom's shower> and got going to Westwood for breakfast. We got our usual sausage and eggs and OJ and tea at Elysee and we ate outside and headed to Target afterwards. I promised Johnnie I'd buy some replacement pens for those that have dried up. See the pic I posted of Johnnie at Target? We weren't there all that long I didn't really have much to buy today. And I'm sure Johnnie simply wanted to go back to the apartment to watch his Octonauts videos. The trick today as always is to make sure he isn't in front of the TV all day. And so I suggested that maybe we could take the scooter and get him a pizza at Whole Foods for lunch OR some chicken teriyaki at Panda Express. He chose the latter to my surprise not knowing that it was a far longer ride. And so it was that we scootered over to Sawtelle and Olympic nearly a mile and a half away, and in the midday heat too. I made sure I was in front of him leading him the whole ride and playing protect with cars and stuff. And I made sure we didn't go too fast so he wouldn't tire out. Result? He made it to Panda Express just fine. And on the ride back it was actually easier because it was a bit of a downhill slope home which I didn't know. So now we know that if Johnnie can scooter all the way to Panda Express, he can scooter all the way to his mom's office from my apartment. He and I had a nice lunch together, to complement this morning's breakfast. And then I tried to steal a 20-minute nap after while he was watching his videos. Funny, back in the day it was him that I would try to get to knock off for a nap after lunch. These days, it's me. I was expecting Lisa to stay at her office and write up her notes tonight and pick up Johnnie around 6-ish. And she hadn't told me there were any family or friends that she was spending time with tonight. Apparently all that was happening tomorrow. She called at 4 PM letting me know she had finished early and had gone on home to take a nap. We made arrangements for me to drop him off at 6 PM so she could get some rest. We also talked about our earlier conversation from this morning. She acknowledged that she may be getting too careless and told me she appreciated my point of view from someone who sees the front lines of all this coronavirus activity. That's actually something that didn't happen before when we were married. She actually made an effort to see things from my point of view. And I appreciated that too. And she basically agreed to be careful. That was all I asked was to make sure she didn't get complacent. And to make sure she remains careful with Johnnie. And with that Johnnie and I hung out for a couple of more hours, I gave him dinner and then at 6 PM took him back. Lisa had a nice nap by this time and was in a good mood. We split the food that she took home from lumch at her office... a whole tray of salmon kabobs and chicken too from Panini Cafe. Ahhh, those Saturday lunches at her office. I was only a part of those for many many years. But I'm happy to get free food for tonight's dinner. She's getting a visit from her parents tomorrow anyway and she's sure to get some more food. We chatted for a bit and then I headed home. I finished my 11,000 steps walking up and down the perimeter of Maplewood Elementary. It had gotten cool and breezy again, somewhat like a June gloom evening. I got to 10,000 steps and then went back to my apartment. I had a nice salmon and chicken kabob dinner to warm up and eat. No need to cook tonight. I don't really want to binge watch anything tonight. Tomorrow's tee time is at 8:20 AM and I don't want to play tired again. Still it was a pretty good Saturday. I spent most of it with Johnnie. That is good enough for me.
. It should have contained nothing of note... until she mentioned she left Johnnie with a "friend", a random friend as she described him named Jacob in Venice for a little while so she could play the piano for a bit. W-h-a-t? I mean.. W-H-A-T? It took a lot of restraint on my part not to react and react negatively. I'm sure she wasn't describing things right or at least was leaving out some context because after all, who would leave their child with just some "random guy"? Still it annoyed me that Lisa seems to have stopped being so careful with the whole "contact with other people thing". What in the hell? She herself admits that she has started to lose control of being quarantined. She, of all people, the one who is immuno-compromised. Why she simply didn't call me when she needed a break to look after Johnnie perplexed me. Maybe this guy is someone she is dating and that isn't really any of my business. But I do wish she would be more careful regardless. She's doing her not-paying-attention thing again and it has always been irritating that she needs to get reminded. I mean I HATE HATE HATE giving her a lecture-type discussion like I was her father or something. But if not me? Who would remind her? I mean if she goes down, I go down. And so it is a matter of my own self-preservation and self-care too. And so with that, I got Johnnie dressed <he was still in his mom's shower> and got going to Westwood for breakfast. We got our usual sausage and eggs and OJ and tea at Elysee and we ate outside and headed to Target afterwards. I promised Johnnie I'd buy some replacement pens for those that have dried up. See the pic I posted of Johnnie at Target? We weren't there all that long I didn't really have much to buy today. And I'm sure Johnnie simply wanted to go back to the apartment to watch his Octonauts videos. The trick today as always is to make sure he isn't in front of the TV all day. And so I suggested that maybe we could take the scooter and get him a pizza at Whole Foods for lunch OR some chicken teriyaki at Panda Express. He chose the latter to my surprise not knowing that it was a far longer ride. And so it was that we scootered over to Sawtelle and Olympic nearly a mile and a half away, and in the midday heat too. I made sure I was in front of him leading him the whole ride and playing protect with cars and stuff. And I made sure we didn't go too fast so he wouldn't tire out. Result? He made it to Panda Express just fine. And on the ride back it was actually easier because it was a bit of a downhill slope home which I didn't know. So now we know that if Johnnie can scooter all the way to Panda Express, he can scooter all the way to his mom's office from my apartment. He and I had a nice lunch together, to complement this morning's breakfast. And then I tried to steal a 20-minute nap after while he was watching his videos. Funny, back in the day it was him that I would try to get to knock off for a nap after lunch. These days, it's me. I was expecting Lisa to stay at her office and write up her notes tonight and pick up Johnnie around 6-ish. And she hadn't told me there were any family or friends that she was spending time with tonight. Apparently all that was happening tomorrow. She called at 4 PM letting me know she had finished early and had gone on home to take a nap. We made arrangements for me to drop him off at 6 PM so she could get some rest. We also talked about our earlier conversation from this morning. She acknowledged that she may be getting too careless and told me she appreciated my point of view from someone who sees the front lines of all this coronavirus activity. That's actually something that didn't happen before when we were married. She actually made an effort to see things from my point of view. And I appreciated that too. And she basically agreed to be careful. That was all I asked was to make sure she didn't get complacent. And to make sure she remains careful with Johnnie. And with that Johnnie and I hung out for a couple of more hours, I gave him dinner and then at 6 PM took him back. Lisa had a nice nap by this time and was in a good mood. We split the food that she took home from lumch at her office... a whole tray of salmon kabobs and chicken too from Panini Cafe. Ahhh, those Saturday lunches at her office. I was only a part of those for many many years. But I'm happy to get free food for tonight's dinner. She's getting a visit from her parents tomorrow anyway and she's sure to get some more food. We chatted for a bit and then I headed home. I finished my 11,000 steps walking up and down the perimeter of Maplewood Elementary. It had gotten cool and breezy again, somewhat like a June gloom evening. I got to 10,000 steps and then went back to my apartment. I had a nice salmon and chicken kabob dinner to warm up and eat. No need to cook tonight. I don't really want to binge watch anything tonight. Tomorrow's tee time is at 8:20 AM and I don't want to play tired again. Still it was a pretty good Saturday. I spent most of it with Johnnie. That is good enough for me.
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