The LAST Day of 2020

It is the last day of 2020. But it's still a work day for me though it's supposed to be an early day. And it's still a Thursday morning for Johnnie and I. Which means the usual up-at-7AM-then-shower routine then breakfast from McDonald's. Lisa actually has the day off today as she has all week, but she agreed to let me have Johnnie until right after lunch since she has piano lessons with Vatche at mid-day. I don't know what she has planned for the rest of the weekend actually so I prepared myself mentally for a regular hand-off, albeit early and then maybe not seeing Johnnie until Monday. And that's ok really. I've had him all week. Since Monday really. It is simply Lisa's turn. Besides, I have all this stuff I usually do at the end of the year kind of the way an accounting firm turns over it's records preparing for the new year. This will be the last entry on this blog. Or maybe one more after this once I decide to do a reflection of the YEAR 2020. This morning I didn't really veer off routine. Which meant Johnnie still had his daily dose of Blippi, and Dr Binocs, and Coyote Peterson. And I still did one last IS Team Meeting, the last one of the year. I actually started reflecting back at a year ago this time. Lisa and Johnnie were still in Paris and I was preparing to pick them up from the airport the following days. Today we're spending the morning walking to McDonalds, enjoying a very nice, beautiful, sunny day to get Johnnie's McNuggets for lunch. And then before long it was already time to drop Johnnie off at Lisa's per our agreement for today. Lisa had actually called ahead and managed to turn a simple conversation about getting dropped off into a lecture on how Johnnie talks to people and needing him to learn how to talk with respect. I completely agree of course, but had no desire to listen to Lisa's nagging lecture. And I simply could not hold my reaction. Still I didn't have to spend any more time with her today which was good. I merely dropped Johnnie off and we made plans for me to come over for breakfast on Saturday morning. Cool! I get to see Johnnie once more this weekend! I was happy to leave it at that. In fact, I was happy to merely walk around her neighborhood, enjoying the last day of 2020 outdoors in the sun. It's going to be a strange New Years Eve worldwide. Usually the Las Vegas strip is packed body-to-body for miles and miles of the strip. NY TIMES SQUARE is full. Locally, there was always the option of going to the Rose Bowl festivities pre-parade where everyone stayed up on Colorado Blvd. Lisa and I have done just that a few times. Not today. As for me, I already had a bunch of movies lined up to watch to count down 2020. AND I had a nice sirloin steak to grill too. I can still have my steak and eat it too LOL. And then shifting back to Thursday night mode, I cleaned up the living room and kitchen. Mopped both areas. That would leave only the bedroom and bathroom for a complete clean-up of my apartment. I left that for tomorrow. Instead I watched VIKINGS Season 5 (last season) and then movies from the 90s. Mask of Zorro with Antonio Banderas and Don Juan de Marco with Johnny Depp. Maybe I was in a retrospective kind of mood. Whatever mood I was, it sure felt great to clean the apartment. THAT is how I ended the year 2020. There would be no fireworks heard outside, not much of anything. 2020 went quietly.