Rant and Rave Kind of Mood

For some reason I woke up tired this morning even though I had a pretty good night's sleep. That is, of course a direct of the night before when I chose to watch Chuck reruns until almost 2 in the morning! Why do I that?! I know full well I'm going to be tired most of the following day, yet I did it anyway. Sigh. A behavioral shortcoming I need to work on. Anyway as I mentioned today I had much better sleep last night, yet I felt tired anyway. Probably because I had been pushing myself physically too. It bothered me that my resting heart rate is back in the 70s again and it has not dipped below that but once since the Elections. I probably am being affected by Trump's idiotic shenanigans to steal the election. I mean I can't believe 70M people voted for this asshole. But then again, maybe that's why. He gives them a champion and they sure don't care if he cheats to stay on top don't they? The challenge there is to still give them a little bit of respect instead of putting them down for their erroneous beliefs. After all, there is no holier than thou when it comes to beliefs. And besides, if someone gets swindled, are you really going to put them down because they were so trusting? Why did they end up trusting a charlatan, is the question that is bugging me. Anyway rant and rave over, time to focus on the fact that it is Thursday and likely the last full day I get to spend with my Little Bug until next week for a short Thanksgiving week. I've done well all week long and I don't intend to break the streak of at least not blowing up for Johnnie at anything. And if just for today only that would end up being the bright spot of my day. Today he went through his regular paces in school while I did my IS Team Meeting as per usual, and this time I was already in rant mode. That's because I'm trying to be cognizant of the IS Budget and I keep hammering to my team that it is NOT business as usual. That a doctor asking for a $300 touchscreen monitor is not usual and those kinds of things need the approval of their department head. Of course it is difficult to push back when people are kissing the asses of these providers simply because there aren't that many of them around to hire. THAT is a seller's market to be sure. And I agree that we need to keep them happy. Even if I'm grumbling under my breath to do it. And then for some reason the Wednesday afternoon huddle is now a Thursday afternoon huddle and so I did have one more meeting late. And the day wasn't over then too even as that meeting sailed right on by pretty quickly. Johnnie had his Build-A-Fort Zoom party with his classmates for all the November birthdays. We did a build-a-fort thing way back in April already for his TK class so we knew what we were doing. And that half hour gave me time to catch up on my steps tonight too. They sang and danced and read books, I walked up and down the walkway outside my door over and over. By the time he got done with his Zoom party, Lisa called letting me know she was already at her house. Michael Villanueva was supposed to come tonight as he's the designated driver for the weekend trip up north. And Lisa wanted time to play the piano too. OK then. I kept Johnnie until 8:30 PM and then I drove him to his mom's. I came home and immediately acknowledged that my place needed a cleaning. But not tonight. I was too tired to even get started. That will have to come this weekend. Maybe even tomorrow. I need a TANK DAy.