Busy Busy Busy Monday

How I allow myself to get sucked into Lisa's go-go-go frenetic lifestyle even now when we're divorced is beyond me. It is Monday and I get Johnnie later on tonight, but there's also Tech Council I need to put a presentation together for starting today. And then of course all that due stuff from Compliance about my policies and my contracts. And then I got a text yesterday that Lisa had arranged for Johnnie to have swimming lessons in my pool at 2:30 today. Can't knock her for that one because it was I that suggested it. And knowing Lisa and Johnnie were coming later on in the afternoon, I made sure that I had gotten in at least 5000 steps by lunchtime. I never know if I would have an opportunity later. Better to make sure. And so even compresses the day even further. The 10:30 meeting was pretty much a non-event and I spent the whole hour+ working on invoice approvals and such. And I started to formulate what I wanted to talk about on Wednesday. All about the survey really and it's funny that I pulled that one out of my ass just a week ago! The one thing that I did different today was that I went for a brisk walk early. As in before I even took my shower. As I said I wanted to get my steps in early. And so by the time I did get cleaned up from the weekend I felt like I accomplished something already and the walk actually did energize me. After the 10:30 meeting I put on another aerobics video so I could do even more steps and so I hadn't even eaten lunch yet and I was already at 40 active minutes and 30 cardio minutes. It felt pretty good too, so much so I was thinking i should be doing this more often. Of course reality dictates that I can't really do that when I get Johnnie for the next 3 days. But hey, it was a good thought. It would have been nice to take a nap too right after lunch but it was not to be. Lisa was already on the phone by 1:00 PM and she was reminding me again that they were going to be over in an hour or so. I did have a meeting scheduled but it was not a must-do meeting and I was happy to blow it off.

And so the highlight of the day with all the stuff going on was Johnnie's swimming lesson with Stacy at my pool. It's not like I hang out at my own pool either. So going there would be the first time in a while and brought me back to 2 years ago this time when Sylvia and Quentin would hang out here pretty much all day while I was at work. And first we had to deal with Johnnie drama. He has this fear of the water that both Lisa and I are determined to stamp out. He has GOT to learn how to swim. And so I posted the pic of him above complaining about not wanting to go in. He was crying about it. He was crying so much it almost breaks your heart. But Lisa and I both know he was just being overly dramatic and this was scheduled so he was going into the pool one way or another. As it turned out, I posted a gif of Johnnie actually doing a back stroke. It turned out just fine and Stacy is a very good teacher. She has lots of experience teaching kids Johnnie's age and this was actually perfect. By the end of the hour, Johnnie was pushing off the edge of the pool and actually getting his head under the water. It was much more than I was already expecting. As in I'm pretty sure he'll be swimming by himself after a couple of more lessons. That is AWESOME! Lisa and I ended up staying the whole time and then she and Johnnie took off for home while I went back to working. It would have been great to go pick Johnnie up at 5:30 without issue and go on to Johnnie week. After all, it IS his first day of school this week. But even while I didn't get to Lisa's until almost 6 PM, there was no one at her house and the bikes were gone. So it wasn't hard to figure out what they were doing. I tried to call her but her phone rang right there in the kitchen where she had apparently forgotten it. Sigh. Always something isn't it? I waited around until it was 6:20 and I even drove around the neighborhood to look for them. Finally they got back and I'm going to pat myself on the back for not blowing up at all. I showed irritation but that was it. Lisa knew she messed up because she forgot to tell me and even she said she didn't know how to apologize more. She and Johnnie had gone out with Claudia from her office and her niece. I was glad Johnnie got to have even more fun. And I was just thinking about how Lisa is still on go-go-go mode and filling her schedule even after Johnnie had already had his swimming lesson. Anyway, at least Johnnie had had his dinner already by the time we went to my apartment and I was actually surprised he didn't just plop off to sleep. He watched videos while I continued to work. I was determined to get all my stuff done by tomorrow. I was on my computer until 1 AM actually. Johnnie went to bed at his normal time. By the time I went to bed i felt like I accomplished a lot. It was a busy day today and it's going to get even busier. But hey, I'm ready. I'm good to go.