Can't Tank Today Either

So I couldn't tank yesterday because I had work to do and because you really can't in the morning when Johnnie is basically homeschooling and you're actually the teacher too. This morning I actually hoped to drop my car off at the Honda Dealer to  get maintenance done... my last one on this car before I have to turn it in next month. This car has served me well. I'll never forget that July day 2 years ago when I took the train and walked a mile to the dealer that Monday of the week I moved out, just to pick it up. But alas the best I could do was get an appointment for Monday morning. Ok then. Hey it's Friday and I actually wanted to do those little errands and things I've been taking for granted. I also made an appointment to get my flu shot at our Echo Park location later on today. Gets me out of the house that way. But maybe not really that good of an idea, considering I woke up a little later than usual and as it turned out, I never did take a shower this morning because I get a text from Chad that I'm supposed to be in a meeting with his team and I2I. I thought we nixed that tool?! Why do I have to be present? I tried to make an excuse that I had another meeting and really I would have been fine to say I was too busy. After all, Emma had reviewed my submission and said she needed the Word docs with tracked changes. I had uploaded just the pdf files because I thought it was faster to do that. Sigh. You mean I'm not done with those damn policies? And it's still due today? Shit. So much for a TANK Friday. Oh well, I did make the meeting after which it was decided that more homework had to be done. I hope it isn't by me now that i'm in charge of Data Analytics again. I didn't volunteer. And then I got no less than 12 policies reworked before lunch and asked Emma to check them out and let me know once and for all if they were in the proper format. I figured if I had only a dozen left I could breeze through those sometime this afternoon.

But not before my flu shot. I drove down to Echo Park and I left at 2 PM thinking I'd be there in 20 minutes. Until I saw the traffic on the 10 Freeway. How do we have traffic on the 10 Freeway? Am I the ONLY one working from home? This is what it looked like on a normal Friday. And it's not like I have to get off the freeway and the destination was already there. I had to drive clear across town on Vermont. Google Maps said i'd get there at 2:45. On time for the appointment considering they close shop at 3 PM. But 45 minutes to go anywhere? I hadn't done that in 6 months! As far as the flu shot itself, it took all of 5 minutes if that. But at least I got to experience first hand the entry protocols for our health centers. I got my temp checked. 98.6. And then I decided to drive to Westlake North since it was only a few miles away. I checked in on Larry and Kennedy. I had never seen their office since we all got sent home. I thought it was about time that I did. And so I posted a pic of them in their "room". And then took a picture of Vermont and Wilshire corner for good measure on this nice Friday summer afternoon. I'd be checked out mentally if I were still at the office of course. And by now, most of the management would already be long gone anyway. It was 4 PM.  I'd be thinking of walking to Staples Center to get a do-it-yourself pizza. And tonight was also Game 1 of the Western Conference Finals between the Lakers and Nuggets. Lots of stuff I would have done.  But that was if things were the way they were. Today I drove home and stopped by Burger King to pick up a couple of tacos. I was hungry. It was nice to get out of the house and see that the world is back to a new equilibrium. My equilibrium was to get my steps done and figure out what to eat for dinner. But not before I got ALL my policies done once and for all. I gave it one more sprint burst before 5 PM. And I got finished finally. I wanted to go to bed and close my eyes but I still had stuff to do. I went to the grocery store and picked up a nice sirloin steak. I'm rewarding myself with that for dinner tonight.  And Icaught up on my steps while I was grilling the thing. The problem was that I got caught up with the Lakers winning Game 1. You KNOW i had to watch the post-game. And so when I looked up at 10 PM, I was still barely at 7100 steps. Damn. Do I let my streak die tonight? Can I do 4000 steps in the next hour? The answer of course was yes. But do I want to?  After all Lisa called and let me know she needs to be in her office by 6:30 AM tomorrow. W-h-a-t? Another early morning for me? Sigh. Good news for me was that I DID finish 11000 steps by 11:30 PM. Which meant I didn't get to sleep until it was almost midnight. But whatever I needed to get done I was able to finish today. And that, at least, made me feel good.