Gonna Be A Busy Week

So i was a little more intentional about taking breaks today, which is why I posted a picture of me walking around the neighborhood and spotlighting the outcropping of Halloween decorations on people's yards. That's because I was working on my presentation for Tech Countil Meeting on Wednesday and I was reading Microsoft's Work Study Index. It focused on wellbeing believe it or not, and the usefulness of taking breaks when you're in the middle of Zoom meetings all day. I'm NOT in the middle of all that many Zoom meetings, at least not today but I feel like I am busy all day anyway. I got started working very early in fact, getting showered and done with breakfast by 9 AM and plowing right along with my email messages first thing. Since it is TECH COUNCIL meeting week I know I have to get my presentation done which I wanted to do by today, I had to do meeting minutes AND I wanted to at least get to the Intranet mock-up that I had neglected for almost 2 months now. And so those 3 things actually dominated my attention ALL DAY. I mean all 3! I was hopping from one work project to the next without actually finishing any of them but I was making significant progress on each. I guess that's how my brain works is that I can't just sit still focusing on just any one thing.  Which is why I felt it was important to actually get up and walk around for a bit. I mean my body was actually telling me to do that. My upper shoulders and neck started to feel sore and I had to walk it off and shrug off the sore. And then while I was out and about, I thought I might as well load up on the steps so I can get as much as I can before I pick up Johnnie. I had made it a habit of getting to 12,000 steps for the last few Mondays actually and I wanted to keep on doing that today. By 5 PM, I had actually finished Meeting Minutes and had sent it off already and I was halfway done with my presentation too! It was a very good start and I actually don't doubt that I am going to get everything done because, honestly, I do. ALWAYS.  And so the next pic I posted was me driving off to Lisa's house to pick up Johnnie. The sun was already starting to set and it looked great as usual. I remembered the many times I would walk home from the bus stop and enjoy such a sunset. It was a 2 mile walk but it actually was pretty pleasant AND it gave me the step mileage that I needed too. These days I may not be walking as much or am I?  I thought to myself that it's fall for sure because it is starting to get dark earlier.  Pretty soon it will be totally dark anymore when I pick up Johnnie. And so I am enjoying this as my stop-and-smell-the-roses moment for the day.

By the time I drove up to Lisa's, mom and son were cleaning up around the garage. Johnnie was sweeping up leaves around the driveway and mommy was doing... whatever it was that she does to keep busy cleaning. I felt like I rescued him from all that and went on home to do our Monday night thing. Dinner may have been the usual chicken McNuggets from McDonalds and I still had my leftover ground beef unstuffed cabbage of course but tonight I felt like changing things up by baking Trader Joe's chocolate chip cookies. Johnnie had reminded me that we used to do that a while ago. We sure did... Tuesday nights. And so tonight I thought I'd resurrect it. And so dad and son shared some great chocolate chip cookies while watching another round of Isla Nublar Jurassic park together. And of course while Johnnie was jumping up and down on the trampoline too. How he does that after a full meal is beyond me. All went according to routine... until Johnnie fell asleep. I was trying to rig his "bed" which is the futon next to my bed and let him sleep on it with his feet on the trampoline. Yeah yeah, I know it's ghetto. I'm going to need to buy him a real something to sleep on but I did not get that done over the weekend so I'll have to do it next time. Anyway the second I heard him breathing softly asleep, I went to work. I got right back on my computer and got about 90% done with my presentation actually. And then started doing the Intranet mock-up. I noted how I actually got into that. I was tired doing the presentation.  But I didn't feel tired doing the intranet stuff. Hmmm. I think I like doing all that stuff. Something to think about when I move on to doing something for others that I do well huh?