So managed to mostly shake off my funk by Friday, Saturday morning I was all good again, right in time to have the Grandson.
Largely chilled out Yesterday arvo, he was frozen from swimming lessons in the morning, but thawes out slowly. Spent some time in his room playing and watching TV, did the whole set of Farm Lego i'd been collecting from Woolies together. (I'd ask for extras when I shopped and they'd just give me a fistfull instead of the 2 or 3 they were supposed to)
Introduced him to the Harmonica which he loved, pinched my Bush Hat from the lounge room and while I was laying on the swing having a beer he's walking round the yard saying "I'm a Coyboy" and playing "music". Got the hang of it really quickly and didn't actually sound bad.
Hard time getting him to sleep, but when he got up this morning it was like he's had 3 Red Bulls. I got up just before 7am and the feet had only just hit the floor when he's standing in my bedroom door asking for breakfast.
Breakfast No. 1 was Cocopops with blueberries.
Breakfast No. 2 30 minutes later was Nutrigrain with Raspberries.
By now I've had time to wake up, shit and shower so got him to get dressed and we went for about a 2km walk through the forest and back, saw some Roos, played on play equipment in 2 different parks, home right on 9am, time for his Ritalin and...
Breakfast No. 3 2 slices of raisin toast and a milo.
That kept him occupied and quiet while watching TV in his room until my Mum got up at 9:30. Once she made her breakfast, I quickly put dinner in the crockpot and took Ty to the Sunday Markets while she did her morning routine, which basically takes her til 11:45 before she's ready to face the day.
Good rest of the day, great overall weekend, dropped him back at 3pm. Love spending time with the kid . He's learning Basketball at school so I bought him one for here and we did some practice on the ring the Neighbour attached to the telephone pole in front of his house and then some more at the NBA size ring in the park next door. Little bugger is already better than me.
Before it's time to go home he asks if he can come back next weekend, I said I'd have to ask. Unlikely, plus I don't think mum could do it 2 weekends in a row much as she loves him, so maybe in 2 weeks but he wants to come over and I love having him over so there Jo, I'm fkn Happy.
Every dead body on Mt Everest was once a highly motivated person, so maybe just calm the **** down.
