Tank Day

I woke up this morning feeling like today was going to be a TANK Day. I knew this because I had no intentions of getting out of my pajamas until necessary and I didn't even think about when "necessary" is. I figured most of the Leadership at QueensCare were tied up at the flu vaccine event we were having at CSLA and so I was pretty sure no one was going to contact me pretty much all day. I toyed with the idea of going to Westlake North to pick up my new iPhone 12 that came in on Monday. But I didn't even get around to having breakfast until well past 9 AM and by that time all I wanted to do was watch the Mandalorian Episode 4. Getting back to the Phantom Menace lore about the Force and midichlorians. Anyway suffice it to say it is getting really really good and i can't wait for the next few episodes. I did manage to read and answer some emails and by the time all this was done it was already 11 AM. Then and only then did I finally get dressed. Just so I could have lunch. I was thinking to myself does today seem different than many a TANK FRIDAY at the FRB? Other than the fact that if it really WAS a TANK FRIDAY at the FRB I would be heading out to catch a movie right about the time I got dressed. Everyone is pretty much otherwise occupied on most Fridays anyway. Also this time of year I'm revving up for the new NBA season usually. Almost exactly a year ago I watched the Lakers and the Heat at Staples. WHO KNEW they would end up playing each other for the championship...almost 10 months later! Was that just less than a couple of months ago? And now they're talking about starting up the new season again right around Christmas. Not sure I'm ready for it... we haven't even celebrated last season's championship. In any case the focus right about now is that Thanksgiving is less than a week away and I have absolutely no idea what I'm going to be doing. Probably same as today. Nothing. LOL.

So today doing nothing meant literally just hopping from one task to the next or just thinking about one task to the next and not finishing anything. I wanted to clean my apartment today. As in the whole apartment. But I never got around to it. Heck I was lucky just to fix myself lunch LOL LOL. And I did manage to walk to Ralphs and do SOME grocery shopping and at least get to a few thousand steps before 5 PM. And actually I did drive to Target on the Westside. Not Westwood, but a new one on Santa Monica Blvd. Since it is fairly new it still had a lot of Johnnie's 5T size. Lisa and I agreed to throw out any piece of clothing that is 3T or 4T because I hate seeing Johnnie with clothes way too small for him. It's like we were too poor to buy him clothes in the right size or something. I hate it. And so I picked up a bunch of pants for him. I figured I'd start systematically changing or replacing the clothes in his closet at Lisa's house. I wonder how long it would be before Lisa figures out that I did just that? LOL. I hate going into Target anymore, because I end up buying stuff I don't really even need. Although I'm pretty sure I'm going to use the cleaning stuff I picked up. And the one thing I really DID need, I forgot to pick up. That would be toilet paper actually. Since CA is imposing a quarantine and locking down a bit tighter, people are starting to panic buy certain essentials again. Sigh. Hope there's some left when i get around to remembering to buy some TP. Anyway for dinner I figured I'd get rid of the extra stuffing I picked up. Not to throw it out obviously but to fix my super -duper special stuffing I made for Lisa's Thanxgiving lunch. The stuffing I made didn't turn out as good as the one from last year. People ate it anyway. I think I put too much water. In any case I still needed to make the turkey. And I wasn't going to cook one. Fortunately Ralphs already has pre-cooked, right-off-the-oven turkey breasts. Kind of a 1/4 turkey which is actually plenty enough for one person for at least a couple of days. And so as it turned out I had a turkey dinner a week early LOL LOL Anyway after that it was back to watching TV and not cleaning the house. I guess I'll have to do that tomorrow. Anyway, it felt good not to do anything. Self-care means taking my mind off the routine of work and whatever else I get anxious about every once in a while. And for me that was today. And it was good. Very very good.