{"id":427,"date":"2008-05-20T08:31:40","date_gmt":"2008-05-20T13:31:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/life.tanapageler.com\/?p=427"},"modified":"2008-05-20T08:31:40","modified_gmt":"2008-05-20T13:31:40","slug":"while-ive-been-gone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/life.tanapageler.com\/?p=427","title":{"rendered":"While I’ve Been Gone…"},"content":{"rendered":"

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When the world goes to the dogs, cats must be circumspect – walk on fences, sleep in trees – and know that all this barking is not the last word. <\/em>– Garrison Keillor<\/p>\n

Sorry for my apparent absence. The world went to the dogs for ten nail-biting days, and even though the cats have been back in charge for about a week now, it takes some time for things to get back in order again.<\/p>\n

Steve has been enjoying some unexpected time off. Of all times of year for this to happen, I would have to say May would be the best. The weather has been splendid. Since we’ve had a recent overdose on home improvement projects (and really, there isn’t much of that stuff left to do), we’ve been simply enjoying ourselves. Going to parks. Relaxing at home and listening to the breeze come in through the windows. Reading. Watching movies. Knitting. A splendid vacation.<\/p>\n

I’m telling you, it seems like the first time since I became a mother that I’ve had a real vacation. Usually when Steve takes time off work, we go somewhere. Going somewhere means extra work. I have to decide what to pack for myself and two small people and then keep track of it all. The boys are out of their normal routine, and they don’t have their<\/em> beds to sleep in so they aren’t quite themselves.<\/p>\n

Since we’re at home, everything is easy. Not only that, I have an extra pair of hands. Joey still takes naps, and Ben prefers to follow Daddy around like a shadow, so I’ve had more time to myself than I’ve had for a long time. Add to that perfect weather, I enjoying myself too much to do more than the minimum requirements of my usual routine. It’s like I’ve been in a completely different world.<\/p>\n

Such a vacation, though, does not lend itself well to blogging. Somehow I don’t find myself in the groove I need to be in in order to write. So forgive me if I’m a bit scarce for a while. I will be back. Promise.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When the world goes to the dogs, cats must be circumspect – walk on fences, sleep in trees – and know that all this barking is not the last word. – Garrison Keillor Sorry for my apparent absence. The world went to the dogs for ten nail-biting days, and even though the cats have been […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-427","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-life-at-our-house"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/life.tanapageler.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/life.tanapageler.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/life.tanapageler.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/life.tanapageler.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/life.tanapageler.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=427"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/life.tanapageler.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/life.tanapageler.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=427"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/life.tanapageler.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=427"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/life.tanapageler.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=427"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}