A Very Different Friday

So today's version of Friday couldn't have been any more different than most Friday's past. First, I get Johnnie right back again today because Lisa is spending the day at Cedar-Sinai doing her medication infusion, which also means she needs a ride there this morning and then a ride back home later. And so by the time I would have been watching the Season Ending episode of the Mandalorian first thing this morning - which was something I was excitedly waiting for all week long, instead I was knocking on Lisa's door to pick up mom and son. Son was already ready to go, since he didn't have to change at all, today being pajama day for his classes and all. Look at the pic I posted. Made things really eezy-peezy for the morning eh? Mom, on the other hand, still had to make tea, pack her breakfast and lunch, and whatever stuff she was bringing with her to the hospital, since she was going to be pretty much down  all day doing not much of anything. She even brought pastries from Portos, and I didn't really have the heart to tell her that Johnnie and I would be just fine for breakfast since I am now treating this like any other morning schoolday and we WILL be stopping at McDonalds on the way back to my apartment. I had an unusually busy Friday on tap already. I had to do 2 interviews today for Lam's spot and then I had reports that were due as well. No tank day for me as it turns out. Still we did manage to drop Lisa off by 8:30 AM which gave us j-u-s-t enough time to navigate home and pick up breakfast by 8:45. It was like I got everything done anyway. Well... almost everything. What I missed was taking a shower which I had no time for, and Johnnie's shower first thing. I had about a 10-minute gap between Johnnie's Science class and my 10 AM interview and THAT was the pocket I used to give Johnnie HIS shower at least so his hair isn't sticking up for the rest of the morning LOL. It turned out that I didn't need to rush because my 10 AM interview didn't show up for the Zoom call. And so for the rest of the morning, it was bam-bam-gam like routine clockwork for Johnnie and I. This was his last day of school before winter break. And then it's 3 weeks of nothing. It's also the last weekend of FALL. And although it hardly feels like the holidays... at least to me... I had to remind myself that it's going to be Christmas in less than a week! The fact that I have Johnnie today already makes it different than last year when they had already taken off for Paris by this time and I was pretty much left to myself for the next couple of weeks. Having Johnnie in the house means your hands are pretty much full. And even though we didn't really do much of anything, I still had to make his udon lunch and horseplay with him all day long. Even with my 1 PM interview, Johnnie managed to invade my space and got himself into my Zoom call LOL. Not that I cared.  

I picked up Lisa around 3:30 PM and I rushed her home. Her energy felt like that day we picked her up the last time she did this while we were still married and I still lived at Maplewood. She was anxious and skittish and basically had an energy I didn't want to be infused with. I could have tried to balance her energy and be a positive influence. But today, this afternoon, I guess my own energy was off too because I didn't feel like doing that. And so I wanted to drop her off at home as fast as I could. In the meantime, Johnnie had fallen asleep in the back seat which was really convenient. All I had to do was carry him into Lisa's house and I was good to go on home. I still had some reports I needed to run and that was what I spent the next couple of hours doing. Yep, on a Friday night. Finally I did eat the rest of my bolognese leftovers and the last of the beef stew. And so after eating finally, finally, finally I was able to sit down and watch the finale of Mandalorian Season 2. And it did NOT disappoint. There was the final battle between the Mandalorians and Mof Gideon and when they appeared trapped by the dark warrior robots about to just pummel their way through the blast doors... who comes to rescue them but a Jet wing pilot. Yes, it was Luke Skywalker about 6 years past the Return of the Jedi. By himself he blasted through the entire platoon of Dark Warrior robots and then finally took Grogu back with him to train. TALENT WITHOUT TRAINING IS NOTHING... he says. Kind of like my manifestation skills right now right? I need some conditioning and training. Anyway, there was the final scene of Mando saying goodbye to Grogu. As a dad, I can't help but get emotional with these kinds of scenes <sigh>. And then of course after credits, we return to Jabba the Hut's old lair. And Boba Fett came and took over. The Book of Boba Fett, coming a year from now. Boy there sure is a lot of Star Wars spawn stories coming next year! And so there went the 2nd season of the Mandalorian. But oddly enough, my night didn't end with that. Instead, it ended with me watching the old movie Meatballs with Bill Murray circa 1979. It's almost puzzling how I couldn't stop watching that movie. It's like a whole bunch of nostalgia that came gushing through all of a sudden. Not to mention 2 songs that I used to love hearing that I hadn't heard in a very long time. Good Friend by Mary MacGregor and Moondust by Terry Black. Yes it was a goofy summer camp movie that couldn't be more removed from the winter that we're in right now. But it did make me feel good and I'm not apologizing for staying up until almost 1 AM to finish the movie. It was all good. Hey, it's Friday and I had a long one and I deserved this one.