A Hot Saturday, a Johnnie Saturday
So this being a Lisa work Saturday I'm over her house at 7 AM, after having just been here seemingly a few hours ago LOL. I brought my dirty comforter with me, as I didn't want to wash it in my smallish washer. Lisa's huge washer would work just fine and I called in a favor so I could do it there. Today she reminded me the mission for me was to get Johnnie his own chromebook at Target so he didn't have to use Lisa's computer. It was my idea really and I actually spent some time last night looking for one online. The problem was that this being the start of school for ALL kids, inventory is kind of low everywhere. I wanted to get a smaller touchscreen chromebook and they were simply not in stock anywhere. The next thing was to see WHAT chromebooks are actually in stock. I saw some at Target, but not the Target we usually go to. The one that had stock was the one on Jefferson in Culver City which was fortunate that it was still near my apartment. And so the second I got done with the wash cycle, and put my comforter in the dryer, off Johnnie and I went to Elysee for breakfast. It was another scorcher out there but since we got there fairly early, we had a table in the shade and we got our usual scrambled eggs and sausage and Johnnie's fresh squeezed orange juice. We ran into another patron that used to come every Saturday and it just feels good to be around the familiar, particularly during these times, which is why Johnnie and I continue to come here. And so from there it was on to the game plan of getting him a chromebook. Somewhere. Not at Target Westwood. The girl in the electronics department didn't even bother checking inventory. We did have to buy the book Goodnight Moon that Johnnie seemed to be fixated on to get for his mom. We used to read that book to him dozens of times when he was a baby. And now, apparently it is nowhere to be found. And so he wanted to get it once he saw it on the shelf. Ok then. We did manage to find THE last chromebook in stock at Target Culver City on Jefferson. And after that it was back to Lisa's house so I could pick up my comforter and so I could set up the chromebook so all Lisa has to do is to power it up. All that done, it was mission accomplished and finally we could go back to my apartment. By this time it was already lunchtime. And so I just picked up some McNuggets for Johnnie and a chicken sandwich for me and we were good to go for the afternoon. It was hot out there to be sure and I had no intentions of being outside any more than I had to. Besides I wanted to maximize the afternoon with Johnnie because Lisa already told me her plans this evening. She was having Courtney and Michael come over to spend the night and intended to get done with notes early... earlier than usual anyway. That was just fine with me as I still get to have pretty much the whole day with Johnnie. Of course I had to let him watch his Octonauts. I mean I was pretty hard on him last Thursday and I want him to learn the difference between school week and weekend. Johnnie went all the way to the end of the day until he asked me if we could bike to Panda Express to pick up dinner since it had cooled off considerably by 5 PM. How could I turn that down? So excited was he and so distracted was I that we forgot his bike helmet. And I did not discover that until we were already a mile from the apartment. And so we just kept on going but now with me in a much more heightened "protect" mode. No way I was going to let anything happen to him. It was like I was his personal barricade making sure I was between him and any vehicle and/or person on the way. And we managed to get there and back unscathed. And he happily ate his dinner and I even rushed him so I could hand him back to Lisa by 6 PM. Mark was already there when we got there. Courtney was... being Courtney and who knows when she would actually get anywhere?! Anyway my time with Johnnie was done, he was in play mode with Mike and so off I went home. It was still hot out but I did some steps around Walgrove Elementary just so I could get to 10,000 for the day. I actually made it all the way to 11,000. And then I spent Saturday evening watching the Lakers win, watching the Dodgers win. A very nice double double sports night. And I put on a clean comforter over my bed for the first time in months! And I even took a shower to clean up the stickiness of the day. Turned out to be a pretty good Saturday.
So this being a Lisa work Saturday I'm over her house at 7 AM, after having just been here seemingly a few hours ago LOL. I brought my dirty comforter with me, as I didn't want to wash it in my smallish washer. Lisa's huge washer would work just fine and I called in a favor so I could do it there. Today she reminded me the mission for me was to get Johnnie his own chromebook at Target so he didn't have to use Lisa's computer. It was my idea really and I actually spent some time last night looking for one online. The problem was that this being the start of school for ALL kids, inventory is kind of low everywhere. I wanted to get a smaller touchscreen chromebook and they were simply not in stock anywhere. The next thing was to see WHAT chromebooks are actually in stock. I saw some at Target, but not the Target we usually go to. The one that had stock was the one on Jefferson in Culver City which was fortunate that it was still near my apartment. And so the second I got done with the wash cycle, and put my comforter in the dryer, off Johnnie and I went to Elysee for breakfast. It was another scorcher out there but since we got there fairly early, we had a table in the shade and we got our usual scrambled eggs and sausage and Johnnie's fresh squeezed orange juice. We ran into another patron that used to come every Saturday and it just feels good to be around the familiar, particularly during these times, which is why Johnnie and I continue to come here. And so from there it was on to the game plan of getting him a chromebook. Somewhere. Not at Target Westwood. The girl in the electronics department didn't even bother checking inventory. We did have to buy the book Goodnight Moon that Johnnie seemed to be fixated on to get for his mom. We used to read that book to him dozens of times when he was a baby. And now, apparently it is nowhere to be found. And so he wanted to get it once he saw it on the shelf. Ok then. We did manage to find THE last chromebook in stock at Target Culver City on Jefferson. And after that it was back to Lisa's house so I could pick up my comforter and so I could set up the chromebook so all Lisa has to do is to power it up. All that done, it was mission accomplished and finally we could go back to my apartment. By this time it was already lunchtime. And so I just picked up some McNuggets for Johnnie and a chicken sandwich for me and we were good to go for the afternoon. It was hot out there to be sure and I had no intentions of being outside any more than I had to. Besides I wanted to maximize the afternoon with Johnnie because Lisa already told me her plans this evening. She was having Courtney and Michael come over to spend the night and intended to get done with notes early... earlier than usual anyway. That was just fine with me as I still get to have pretty much the whole day with Johnnie. Of course I had to let him watch his Octonauts. I mean I was pretty hard on him last Thursday and I want him to learn the difference between school week and weekend. Johnnie went all the way to the end of the day until he asked me if we could bike to Panda Express to pick up dinner since it had cooled off considerably by 5 PM. How could I turn that down? So excited was he and so distracted was I that we forgot his bike helmet. And I did not discover that until we were already a mile from the apartment. And so we just kept on going but now with me in a much more heightened "protect" mode. No way I was going to let anything happen to him. It was like I was his personal barricade making sure I was between him and any vehicle and/or person on the way. And we managed to get there and back unscathed. And he happily ate his dinner and I even rushed him so I could hand him back to Lisa by 6 PM. Mark was already there when we got there. Courtney was... being Courtney and who knows when she would actually get anywhere?! Anyway my time with Johnnie was done, he was in play mode with Mike and so off I went home. It was still hot out but I did some steps around Walgrove Elementary just so I could get to 10,000 for the day. I actually made it all the way to 11,000. And then I spent Saturday evening watching the Lakers win, watching the Dodgers win. A very nice double double sports night. And I put on a clean comforter over my bed for the first time in months! And I even took a shower to clean up the stickiness of the day. Turned out to be a pretty good Saturday.
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