More Johnnie Stuff More Work Stuff

So today we roll on towards the end of the week and don't think I don't remember that the rest of the week during Tech Council Meeting week are usually tank days. And the day after was usually followed by the HIT Roundtable at CCALAC and I usually just go there and then hang out at the 7th St and Fig mall afterwards and wait to go on home.  Of course we won't be doing that again for a while, if ever but I can still think of creative ways to tank it. Today I did do the CCALAC HIT meeting and I did my part as chair and led part of the meeting, even if there was relatively light attendance. Hey it's December after all. Usually we've even had to cancel the December meeting. Still I actually had to put some effort into all this what with the timing of the meeting and all. Johnnie's classes ended at 11:45 and I had very little time to fix him his lunch... and mine for that matter. So much so that the meeting had already started while I was still making my bolognese sauce for my pasta for lunch. And I actually had to EAT lunch WHILE in the middle of said meeting. In the meantime it is bandana day for Johnnie and fortunately I had my usual blue one that he usually uses for a scarf for his music class. Today they made some crafts stuff using marshmallow and beads. They made a candy cane that Johnnie immediately put away in his mom's present bag for her to see tonight. Even put in an I LOVE YOU note. Awww. How jealous am I huh? AND I could hear him do his dancing while I was trying to conduct my IS Team Meeting in fact. Turned out I was just as busy with meetings today as I was yesterday. No tank day I guess.  

And the funny thing was that even when I tried to focus on writing an email or something to do with work and I would leave Johnnie alone, he would usually come into the room and find a way to interrupt me. Most of the time I don't care when he does that. By now, the people I usually meet with are used to him doing that. Once in a while though he would interrupt me in the middle of an impassioned or articulate argument or something and I would lose my temper and get him out of my bedroom. Today, that happened and I immediately felt bad about it afterwards. Believe me, I would rather him bug me about a snack he wants to eat, or a show he wants to watch, or some trivia about geckos and reptiles and dinosaurs than not. Because him connecting with his dad is the most important thing in the world. After my batch of phone calls, which ended with the Afternoon huddle right around 3:30 I hugged him to apologize and then immediately I got him to gear up and take a scooter ride. Yes we hadn't done that since it was still warm more than a month ago. We scootered on to Panda Express where I bought his dinner. I realized it was much colder now. And that it was already starting to get dark when we got home. But we got out of the house and we did something active which was very good. I also realized it was hand-off night tonight and although Johnnie tried to be as patient as he could, by the time 7 PM rolled around he was already asking me where his mom was. He knows the schedule all too well. As it were, Lisa came a little later than usual but I didn't care. Who knows what drama she dealt with today huh? She did remind me that I was supposed to drive her to Cedars-Sinai tomorrow first thing for her medication round. I was happy to help. I guess I get my Little Bug for an extra day. Yay to that. My tank day tomorrow is not to be. I get to work and do interviews too. And that's ok. It'll all be ok. It's still Friday coming up.