A Very Chill Saturday

I slept until 7 AM, which was still early but I could have kept on sleeping, except that I also knew I had to be at Lisa's to pick up Johnnie by 7:25ish. And so even though I was sluggish and felt like I had gotten the most sleep I had gotten all week, I am at Lisa's right on the dot at 7:30 AM and Johnnie opened the door still in his pajamas. No surprises this morning, we were headed to Elysee as per usual and then to Target to get supplies. He had started to run out of scotch tape and writing paper. And of course there was the Lisa order, which today consisted of just a couple of items: maple syrup and waffle mix. Of course she had to ask for the high dollar maple syrup which would cost me $17 a bottle but hey who's counting?! I reminded myself that today was a day to practice keeping my vibration high, which meant watching for flashes of impatience, either with Johnnie or pretty much anyone else and to make sure I release those negative energies just as soon as I became aware of them.  But Saturdays are also days to bond with Johnnie since there was no schoolwork to do and whatever he did he was fine just as long as he was doing it with me around him. Even watching his videos. Gotta be thankful for that don't I? Even all the routine stuff we did this morning I am totally thankful for. The carwash first thing before we headed for Elysee. The squeals of laughter he made when the swoosh of the water was bombing his side of the car. And then of course the breakfast at Elysee itself. See picture above. I will never be tired of keeping up this routine. Or at least to keep it going for as long as I can. I've been doing it for 5+ years now. Why stop? Sharing a croissant, his small OJ and my Earl Grey tea. I'm thankful for all of the above. And then afterwards we went to Target and Ralphs Westwood for today's shopping run. I had it in my mind that since it is getting older, it is time to start replacing some of Johnnie's colder weather clothes. I'm sure he has grown since a year ago and Lisa still has him wearing 3T size stuff for whatever reason. Anyway we went to Lisa's house to drop off her grocery order and THEN we went to the apartment once and for all. Surprise surprise he wanted to watch Cat-In-the-Hat this morning. And we found another Octonauts movie. You see my part in the balancing act of raising Johnnie is that he gets to watch videos with him and I am totally ok with it considering he won't get any videos AT ALL once he leaves my watch today, all through Monday. THAT too is part of the balance of it all.

Surprise surprise I got Johnnie to take a nap this afternoon. Must be the huge lunch he had with Panda Express teriyaki chicken. I know he didn't have much of a dinner last night. I was there. He had a huge breakfast AND a huge lunch. And so he fell asleep right there on the couch right there on my leg. Used to be I would drive up and down Sawtelle until he would fall asleep after a lunch at Lisa's office. That was way back in the day more than 2 years ago now. These days he is already used to not getting a nap in the afternoon anymore. But he was probably tired from yesterday too. Who knows what mom and son did all day. Anyway he napped for a good 2 hours just like he did a couple of years ago. And I let him of course. It gave me time to watch some of my Youtube videos. There are sooo many things I want to watch and learn. Today I'm focusing mainly on Bengston Image Cycling. I realize I am not done putting my list of images together. And therein lies the work isnt it? When Johnnie finally woke up it was well past 4 PM already. I thought Lisa would pick him up early, considering her mom is coming over to drop off groceries. Yep, she too is on grocery detail. You wonder what Lisa spends money on at all other than her mortgage right? As it was she finished her notes and didn't pick up Johnnie until it was almost 6 PM. Which I didn't mind at all really. I am always happy to spend whatever time I can alone with my son. I can never hear enough of him squealing and laughing and giggling when I tickle him or when he tickles me. And so as it turned out this would be a pretty quiet (or boring) Saturday for me. Lisa picked up Johnnie and I finished my steps by walking around the neighborhood. Something I am also very grateful about, to be able to live in this nice neighborhood of mine. And then I had some of that turkey meatloaf from trader Joe's and spaghetti for dinner. Not lost on me was that the Dodgers were playing for the 6th day in a row. Game 6 of the NLCS. I thought all was lost a couple of days ago when they fell behind the series 3-1. But they won yesterday to inch closer to 3-2. And even though I would pull my usual antics and not even try to watch the game, I couldn't hide my interest. yeah yeah I kept telling myself i didn't care. After all the Lakers had already won their title. I didn't want to push the sports gods by pushing for the Dodgers. Still, even without my emotional involvement, they went on to win tonight's game, evening up the series. And setting things up for a winner-take-all Game 7 tomorrow night for the NL pennant. How cool is that?!