A Short Thanksgiving Week

Thanksgiving week is usually quiet. And short. And goes by fast. But sometimes there are unusual things that happen. Today that would be a photo shoot at our Westlake North center. I.S. is supposed to have some written accolades in the upcoming company annual report and so the I.S. Team is supposed to get some pictures in it. I'm supposed to get some pictures in it. Which means I actually have to get dressed up today and drive to work albeit at 1 PM in the afternoon. I must admit it felt strange wearing work clothes again. It has been at least 8 months after all. I hadn't worn work socks and work shoes in that long. And it did feel strange getting dressed up. The good thing was that as soon as I got to Westlake North, I ran into their Halloween pot luck. There was SOOO much food! Carnitas, chips, pizza, lasagna. I don't know if they had even a dozen people working at that Center and there was enough food for at least 30 people. See the pic attached. As far as the photo shoot was concerned, Kennedy called in sick so it was Larry and I. There's the head IS guy looking over the shoulder of his staff. There's the IS head guy with a laptop. Head IS guy in front of the regular everyday mess of the Helpdesk room. The entire thing lasted 15 minutes and honestly the best part of all was that I had a couple of pieces of pizza and some lasagna for lunch! No need to make a pit stop in Echo Park. And when I got home I started working on my regular routine finally. That would be getting my steps in, especially since I really didn't do much in the morning other than do the Business Continuity Meeting. I got out of those work clothes the second I went through the door. And instead put on regular clothes and walked around my neighborhood area. It turned out to be a nice day for fall actually and I was aware that I really only had just about an hour before it was time to head on over to Lisa's for the Johnnie pickup.  I also needed to fix myself dinner of course. That was the plan anyway until I did call Lisa at 5:30. I just knew I had to do that before heading on over, because of course you never know with her. Turned out that my instincts were spot on. Lisa said they were still 4 hours away on the road. And they weren't supposed to get to LA until well past 9 PM. Yep, THAT would be Lisa. It IS different when you expect that she didn't think about the routine actually. That means you don't get to be disappointed. For me it simply meant that I didn't have to rush getting my steps in after all. Didn't have to rush making dinner, didn't have to rush doing anything. I reminded myself that a year ago, Lisa and Johnnie had already left for Hawaii by this time and I had the entire week to myself. It's already going to be different, and pleasantly so, that I get to have Johnnie for a couple of days this week. And so what did I do for a Monday nite to myself? Well it turned out that the LA Rams were playing on MNF against Tom Brady and the Buccaneers. And it was billed as a heavyweight fight between 2 really good teams! And by the time I got my spaghetti bolognese all done, the RAMS had gone into halftime with a lead! OK then. And so it was that I took my time and actually got to 13.000 steps before Johnnie by 9 PM. And I did a couple of reps of the Nitric oxide dump exercise too. And for good measure the RAMS won and now all of a sudden they are the talk of the pundits again. Could there be another Super Bowl for them this year? Making LA really the center of the sports universe for the Big 3 football, basketball, AND baseball? Wouldn't that be something?! Finally around 9:45 PM I looked out my window and Lisa's car pulls up the curb almost right outside my living room. I see my Little Bug hop out excitedly! His butt must be sore, being on the road for that long! I'm just glad Johnnie was able to make it. It used to be I hated driving even to San Diego with him because you had to figure out how to keep him occupied the whole time if he didn't fall asleep. Anyway, Lisa babble on about them watching the movie Spaceballs... What? The Star Wars parody from the 80s?? Apparently that was the one and only DVD they had to watch up at Courtney's. I remember it was not exactly suitable for Johnnie's age, I mean this IS a John Candy movie after all! But no matter. I promised Johnnie we'd watch it again together. After all, it is probably on YouTube right? And then since he's had his nap I let him stay up until past 10 PM. Lucky he does not have school tomorrow. And for me, it IS still a short work week. But I fell asleep early regardless. I must have tired myself out eh?!