Time Travelling

For whatever reason I found myself back in 2013 today. I'm not sure why really other than it was the same time of year that had a lot of significance. That would be the time I left USC Stevens of course and started with QueensCare.  The time of interviewing for a new job, not really thinking about it then that this job could possibly be the last I would have. That is what I'm shooting for now of course, given that I don'tI want to start with another new company if I had to keep working. And now that I have more than a years worth of savings stashed away I am definitely favoring retirement once I create that comparable income stream. Passive income ideally too. But boy was that a long ways away 9 years ago. I was just trying to start over. And in a couple of weeks, I would be marking my 9 year anniversary at QueensCare. I remember meeting Barbara, Gary Grubbs and company for the first time at the MOB in Hollywood the day before the 4th of July. I remember thinking this job fit me and I was sure I would fit the role. Did I ever. Of course I had to relate it today. The one thing missing from that time of course was Johnnie. He would not come until a year and a half later. But even the timing of that was pretty remarkable. I would be barely a year and a half into the new QueensCare job and then a tsunami of a change LOL.

Today did not have the urgency of 2013 obviously. And it is a Tuesday to boot And what I thought would be a hectic day tomorrow because of the Town Hall isn't actually happening until next week. I was even timing how long it would take to bring Johnnie to Penman Camp and then getting on the freeway from there, hopefully to make it to the FRB by 8:30 AM. So I got home and there was nothing to rush to. Except breakfast. I even made a stop at Ralphs to pick up throwable for Johnnie's lunch on Thursday. That's when his camp is taking a field trip to the Long Beach Aquarium of the Pacific. How fun does THAT sound?! And today Johnnie has a pool day at Venice HS pool. Packed him up with his swim gear and everything. THIS is the job I want to focus on all the time. I think I'm pretty good at it too. But until I can not have to work at a job anymore <because I've created an alternative passive income source> I still do have to do my IS Team Meeting this morning, if not to check in on the guys. Nelson even called in from Hawaii which I appreciated though he didn't have to do that. I was jealous seeing the beach behind him too. It's been too long for me to hit the islands myself. I didn't have to do my slides for the TownHall because it isn't due until next week. I still had plenty of stuff to do but I also managed to 'fill the bucket' for my other team, the EHR team, passing on some compliments from another director. See? I'm still leading right? By the time I got to mid-day I shifted focus to exercise, hitting the apartment gym for a nice weight workout. I was not tired today. In fact, when I woke up this morning, I was groggy. That was after a full 8 hours of sleep. And I mean deep sleep. So much so I scored 80+ on the Fitbit sleep score. I hadn't done that in a while. I am pretty sure it's because of the morphic field stack I listened to yesterday. All those SHieLDs I listened to had to have some effect right? And they worked too. And as I said, I sure didn't get cheated on rest last night. I did 3 sets of 4 exercises of between 12-15 reps, totaling 150+ in all. I wasn't at failure either. But I got close enough. By the time I picked up Johnnie it was 4:30 PM already. We immediately went to Panda Express Westwood. Yes I wanted to take advantage of the discount I noticed Edna was letting us have. Not a lot but still nice of her to give to us. I did notice 2 times my EGO did its thing. Once when I was getting Johnnie to balance on the railing at Panda Express. I wouldn't let him quit. Even when he fell and claimed to hurt his thumb. <He wasn't hurt> and another time when he had to poop. I was in the shower by that time <yes a rare night shower to be sure. It was hot and I was sweaty> and I couldn't help him wipe his butt. And he got himself all dirty with his poop. I got frustrated. But really not at him. Because I couldn't help him. So I did the Lisa thing and lashed out at him instead. Fortunately I did recognize it, and I told him I was sorry for yelling afterwards. And I didn't mean anything I said. To make up, I made him some popcorn and we started watching old Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous episodes. Man, that's going back more than a year!  But we did have a good evening after all. I made some cookies, hung out with Johnnie. It was all good.