{"id":25720,"date":"2020-10-29T13:24:50","date_gmt":"2020-10-29T23:24:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pegbethany.org\/newblog\/?p=25720"},"modified":"2020-10-29T13:25:41","modified_gmt":"2020-10-29T23:25:41","slug":"take-back-in-the-country-in-5-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pegbethany.org\/newblog\/?p=25720","title":{"rendered":"Take back in the country in 5 days"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_25721\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25721\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pegbethany.org\/newblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/PXL_20201029_195204414-Edit.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-25721\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pegbethany.org\/newblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/PXL_20201029_195204414-Edit.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pegbethany.org\/newblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/PXL_20201029_195204414-Edit.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.pegbethany.org\/newblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/PXL_20201029_195204414-Edit-188x188.jpg 188w, https:\/\/www.pegbethany.org\/newblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/PXL_20201029_195204414-Edit-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.pegbethany.org\/newblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/PXL_20201029_195204414-Edit-88x88.jpg 88w, https:\/\/www.pegbethany.org\/newblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/PXL_20201029_195204414-Edit-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-25721\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">looking for the light<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A seriously cold bleak rainy day today. Extra bleak because 2 staff members on our skilled nursing unit have tested positive for Covid. Extra extra bleak because &#8220;my hotel&#8221; in Kona closed today until Xmas at least.<\/p>\n<p>The only light that I found was the blue light under the new Echo. It is all connected to our Wifi and has been renamed &#8220;computer&#8221;. A Zigbee plug is on order.\u00a0 The voice is noticeably different. And the sound is slightly better. I also moved it away from the wall that I share with my neighbors to the north. They are young enough to still be able to hear. But, our walls are very sound proof.<\/p>\n<p>Some serious &#8220;head work&#8221; is in order if I am to survive here at The Asylum without becoming a total asshole bitch this winter. A friend says that it is practice for when she &#8220;old&#8221; and can no longer travel around to country to visit family for the holidays. So, this is practice for when I am &#8220;old&#8221; and can no longer migrate to a friendlier clime.<\/p>\n<p>Carlton&#8217;s last winter, 2013-2014, we had to stay in Arlington until mid-January because he was having radiation. I survived that time by just adding a base layer to my fall and spring wardrobe. So, for now, at least, I have resisted the temptation to do therapeutic clothes shopping. And, it&#8217;s not like I am going anywhere except for a walk.<\/p>\n<h5>Gratitude<\/h5>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Going to have to kick my gratitude game up to the next level to make it. Through the election. Through 2020. Through winter. Through Covid. Through life.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Think I will be very busy with work tomorrow. And that will be a good thing.<\/p>\n<p>M\u0101lama pono<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A seriously cold bleak rainy day today. Extra bleak because 2 staff members on our skilled nursing unit have tested positive for Covid. Extra extra bleak because &#8220;my hotel&#8221; in Kona closed today until Xmas at least. The only light that I found was the blue light under the new Echo. It is all connected &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pegbethany.org\/newblog\/?p=25720\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Take back in the country in 5 days&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25720","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-daybook"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pegbethany.org\/newblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25720","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pegbethany.org\/newblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pegbethany.org\/newblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pegbethany.org\/newblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pegbethany.org\/newblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=25720"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.pegbethany.org\/newblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25720\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25724,"href":"https:\/\/www.pegbethany.org\/newblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25720\/revisions\/25724"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pegbethany.org\/newblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25720"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pegbethany.org\/newblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25720"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pegbethany.org\/newblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25720"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}