A Busy Monday to Start A Busy Next couple of Days

So I must have felt guilty or motivated, one or the other. Because I woke up and immediately went on the computer and started to knock off all my 400+ unread emails. Yikes! And then I popped off a quick Nitric Oxide Dump exercise. And got my shower in. By the time I got around to breakfast, it was already past 9 AM. I could sense that I had a lot of energy today and that I was going to get a lot of stuff done. And even before my 10:30 AM Business Continuity Meeting I had already knocked off almost a mile walk just around my block. It was a nice, crispy day outside, the kind of breezy winter day that's usually cold but today I didn't even have to wear a vest. The sun kept it warm enough. Still pretty breezy though. Today I realized the reason I felt "busy-ness" was because it was Tech Council Meeting week, which means I better have worked on my Meeting Minutes by today and have at least a concrete idea of what to present by today too, at least start getting my material together. I have my KPIs I usually do so those I am almost automatic on. It IS December and usually it's the time I could even think about cancelling one of these. But I already did that last month, with the excuse that I was too busy since I was trying to pick up where Lam left off. That was the message I tried to convey to my team this morning, knowing full well that a few people were alarmed that he had left. Hey, if they could have shown him he was more valued, he probably would have stayed, but now we'll never know. I have to pick up regardless and I'm ok with that. Keeps me unusually busy though and I am a little disappointed in the people that have applied so far. In my mind I'm thinking that I found Lam the first time and I should be able to find another one too. But I also remember it took me 2 iterations to actually find him. And my first crack was that couple of guys that did turn out to be a couple. A mistake there. I mull these things as I continue my walk after lunch. But I focus more on how nice a day it was outside. And that all will turn out ok. 

In the meantime, Lisa was supposed to drop Johnnie off early today. She has to get a doctor appointment, medication appointment, AND a COVID test to do. And so in my mind, if I needed to be at 13,000 steps before I got to bed tonight, I better be at the halfway point of that by the time I got Johnnie. And so I got focused on getting lots of steps in, 2 miles worth before 3 PM.  And that included a couple of sets of Nitric Oxide stuff too. And later on 40 pushups in a minute or less, making the benchmark. I guess Mondays have morphed into my physical exercise day. Works for me. Of course with Johnnie in the house, that gives me even less time to think about work, which is why it was so important to get done what I needed to get done, although I fully realized that I was going to not be able to do much of anything. Still I was happy to see my Little Bug and he bounded all the way to my apartment when Lisa dropped him off, all packed with his books and his drawings for me, and his stuff for Winter Wonderland week at school. It's going to be a chill week at school with lots of activities and he is already very much looking forward to funny hair day on Wednesday. In the meantime, I got him busy with  Cat-In-the-Hat while I attempted to get some work done on my presentation for Wednesday. And of course when Johnnie is in play mode like he was this evening, he would be likely to interrupt whatever I was doing and play with me. Look at him in the pics I posted. Immediately he built his dinosaur fort on the floor and immediately he asked for McNuggets for dinner. Great... that would take away that option for lunch tomorrow. But then again it isn't a normal week anyway. And with the abbreviated schedule all week for Johnnie's classes, I'm going to have to find something for him to do when he finishes early, if I'm going to get all my stuff done. It's a busy week for me after all, and especially since next week is Christmas week and a really short one yet again. And of course the pandemic rages on as one by one departments at work are reporting staff shortages either because people are testing positive for Covid, or staying at home to take care of someone who has.  Fortunately for me,  all i have to worry about is Johnnie's attention and I remembered how I got him interested in all those EPIC read-to-me books that had adventure themes. The Bright Family. Cat Ninja. And tonight I actually had him read some of those books given to him to read. I'm also proud that I got my internal work done as well despite being so busy. That is the kind of thing that just snaps into place after doing it consistently for some time. How a long a time? It depends I guess. I do feel that despite all the interest I've had for a really long time on metaphysical things, I just haven't focused on them with enough clarity and consistency. And I think I can do that now. It doesn't guarantee results I grant you, but it does make me feel much more centered and calm. And so tonight I let Johnnie drift to sleep before getting to work on my stuff. I only worked through 11 PM. I had no intention of working late. Funny I only do those to watch TV shows I guess. Still I had a pretty productive day.