Meeting Day

I remind myself that when I lose patience, especially with Johnnie it means that I have something else that is on my mind that is bugging me. Could it really be because it is Tech Council Meeting week? Am I really struggling to keep my eye on that ball and also keep another eye on Johnnie? Well the quick answer is that YES he demands that much attention. Already he mentioned he wanted a baby brother so he could have someone to play with when I can't play with him because I'm working. How do you respond to that? All I want is to make sure I am raising a well-balanced, happy child. Because on the other hand, he is smart, he is funny and he is a good boy. With tons and tons of energy. And who has definitely developing high-twitch muscles. To the point where now he can really hurt you. Just look at the pic of him I posted jumping up and down the trampoline! This is what I have to do to keep him occupied. And this afternoon I promised we would go for a bike ride just as soon as my meetings are over. I fully intend to keep that promise obviously. No better idea than that to burn all this energy he has in the afternoon. Yesterday it was swimming, today it's the bike ride. But before that I first had to do my Tech Council Meeting. I was pretty confident I had plenty of material going in really. So much so that I was blasting through page after page, chart after chart barely stopping to let people catch up and discuss anything. I was simply throwing out information.  And then making sure I gave them homework and also make sure I touched on all those items that I need help making decisions on.  $9K for Business Continuity computers? Sure! why not. That's to follow all those tablets we bought for EPIC Welcome that nobody is ready to implement just yet.  Yet here I am worried about the IS Budget. Sigh. Anyway I zipped through my presentation so fast, I was cutting off people. Yep, including Barbara and Eloisa. So much so I got done a full 9 minutes ahead of schedule. By the time the 3 PM meeting rolled around I was all talked out. Fortunately that meeting zipped by quickly too and by 3:30 it was done. I gave myself exactly 10 minutes to breathe out and catch a breath. And then true to my promise, Johnnie and I headed out on our bikes and scooters, destination being Panda Express Westwood. I figured it wouldn't be so bad. After all there was the stretch of the bike path between Sepulveda and Westwood and then from westwood to Pico was pretty much a breeze. It was after that that was an uphill trek for Johnnie and he started falling behind. And I had to keep checking back to see where he was. Still we did manage to get to Panda Express and get our food just fine. And it was slightly downhill on the way back so I was less worried. We got as far as the bike path though and then Johnnie started to slow down. He must have hit a wall. At least he got all the way to the bike path. A couple of times we had to stop and walk because he had tired out. And then another time his legs were so tired he ran into the curb. The plan was to run him out of excess energy? Well I think it worked. So much so I got worried for him that he wouldn't be able to bike back. How am I going to walk him home AND his bike too? Fortunately he did get back on the bike like a trooper and biked back from Sawtelle on home. We never really stopped to rest. Sure we had a stretch where we stopped pedalling but that's ok. He'll build up stamina and leg strength for next time. It's a good thing that we did try though. Now we know we rode all that way and back. When we got home he wolfed down all his food. As in there was not one grain of rice even left. And ate 2 more chocolate chip cookies to boot. And he wasn't as energetic bouncing off the walls like he usually does. He really WAS tired wasn't he? And when it was time to go to bed, he didn't play like he usually did. He climbed in bed, did a Bert and Ernie video zonked out. So did I actually. I almost fell asleep before he did Two straight nights of 4 hours of sleep would do that to you. Before I did though I managed to feel grateful for another concluded Tech Council Meeting. Bad or indifferent, I got it done. And then there's just one more meeting tomorrow and the week would be done. But at least tonight I get to catch up on sleep. It's all good now.