Middle of the Week

So I'm scrambling finding some place to play golf for the weekend because LA City golf courses and LA County golf courses cancelled all upcoming tee time appointments. You're supposed to only play with people in your immediate household. Wouldn't that wipe out about 99% of the 4somes out there? Greg and I hatched up a scheme for Altadena which had cancelled my existing appointment. He got a single appointment at 9. And then I took one at 9:10. We'll intersect at some point when no one is watching. So you can see where my priority lies at this time LOL. Certainly not at work. Johnnie is pretty chill this morning himself, focusing on his basketball skills even before his classes started. But I did get him to bear down once the 9:10 bell "rang". And then I actually did get busy on some reports that were due. People forget I actually wrote some of these reports already back in the day when I was still in charge of Data Analytics and Reporting. Lam took it to the next level obviously, but now it's back to the level I was at  2 years ago. A definite step back. Can't have that LOL. Still I could always simply remember how to run all those reports that he automated. I will admit I didn't really spend a lot of energy learning how to run them. I figured I'd just learn it on the fly. Well, it's on the fly already. Let's go a-learnin..  In the meantime, Johnnie is doing his usual art class this morning which I usually enjoy seeing his work afterwards, and then he got immersed in his Seesaw exercise, which turned out to be an exercise in patience as it took him a good 15 minutes to color in squares on the computer, slower than he would if he did it by hand, and then his goof dad had to delete everything instead of saving it, making him have to do the whole thing over again. He worked hard at it so much he had to take a couple of breaks just so he could rest his little hand. Sigh. It happens right? Yep, to the very best of us, even professionals like me. I made it up to him by granting him whatever he wanted for lunch... even spaghetti with red sauce. While I myself made fettuccini alfredo with the leftover chicken breasts from the other night. Hey at least we both had a really REALLY good lunch didn't we? Especially the fettuccini alfredo thing. That's something I can put on my I-can-cook-this list.

As far as the rest of the day, it was mostly me catching up on my steps and my nitric oxide exercises. My RHR had come back down to a good 70 for the entire week and even dipped below to 69 for a brief few hours. And of course I had work to do, but my focus is starting to shift from what I am used to in the mundane - the routine - if you will and the realization that I am going to have to do something more and something different in order to get to the outcomes that I want and manifest a different reality. The time with Johnnie is a given because it's something I still would do if I were retired and financially independent not needing to do anything. But then I thought to myself I still have to do stuff so he would still need to be occupied pretty much even if he was home with me. And maybe that's what I need to be spending a little bit more time on thinking about too. For today, he was just happy drawing, which is his go-to activity since he always has to have something he wants to show to his mom when she picks him up (tomorrow). And he could be doing things simultaneously too. He could be drawing, AND watching a Jurassic World video, AND putting together his elaborate dinosaur migration scene like I posted pics of. In the  meantime, he took a picture of a snippet from his point of view, while I am in the background with my legs chillin' on the couch. THAT would be the snapshot memory for the day. Of course we still ventured out to get teriyaki chicken from Panda Express. And it has gotten busier once more since it has now gotten stricter yet again about having just so many people inside one establishment. This creates a line outside. I wonder what it would be like when it rains? Oh well, for now, for today it is still business as usual and I remind myself that we've actually been at this for almost 9 months now. It's like there really isn't much to complain about unless you're in one of those red states that have denied mandatory face masks and even the existence of coronavirus itself until recently. You've got to shake your head at that one. They've been bamboozled by someone at the very top who denies stuff that makes him look bad. And then finds a way to twist it so that people are now confused about the truth. Cognitive bias they call it I think. No bigger example than a very conservative Trump-loving dentist friend of Lisa's from her class that probably took offense to one of my FB posts about the supposed election fraud and total lack thereof. He was pointing all these articles from right wing papers. I remind myself to let them just have their say and let them whine and cry and tantrum out just like if it were Johnnie. Sad that people devolve into little kids. Then again we all do don't we? To become aware and also realize that you're in that bucket at times? That's self-awareness, empathy, and compassion. And THOSE QUALITIES I will always welcome...