{"id":1780,"date":"2003-12-24T08:34:07","date_gmt":"2003-12-24T08:34:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fubsy.net\/blog2\/?p=1780"},"modified":"2003-12-24T08:34:07","modified_gmt":"2003-12-24T08:34:07","slug":"happy_ho_ho","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/fubsy.net\/blog\/happy_ho_ho\/","title":{"rendered":"happy ho ho!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/fubsy.net\/images\/digicam\/xmascity.jpg\" class=\"photo\" alt=\"vancouver, christmas, night\" title=\"vancouver, christmas, night\" \/><\/div>\n<p>i really wish i could feel more festive, but i&#8217;ve got a wicked headache and i took my last ibuprofin last week (or was it yesterday).  regardless, i&#8217;ve got my xmas hat on and i&#8217;m all set for an evening of food, fun and friends.<br \/>\nshopping last night turned out surprisingly well.  seems i timed it to coincide with everyone going home for dinner, because i found easy parking and i never stood in line for any longer than five minutes (excepting the waiting for my grande decaf gingerbread latte, with whip, at starbucks).  the best thing was that everyone i encountered was in such a good mood.  although, i have to admit, i got a little upset with the rugrats without supervision, but i thought to myself &#8220;at least they&#8217;re not mine&#8221; and my serenity returned.<br \/>\ni&#8217;m quite disappointed that m&#038;m&#8217;s &uuml;ber-gift has not arrived for me to present it to them.  i was <i>so<\/i> excited about it.  it was <i>so<\/i> perfect for them.  i couldn&#8217;t wait to see their faces when they opened it.  alas, it&#8217;s been sucked into the gaping void known as international mail delivery.  i&#8217;m not even upset that it didn&#8217;t arrive, exactly.  i expect things like that to happen.  i just wish it would have happened to something not for my friends.   that being said, i will give it a couple more weeks and hope it turns up.  if not, i&#8217;ll just order replacements because it was just too good not to give to them.<br \/>\ni&#8217;ll be heading off to the island tomorrow morning to spend the weekend with my mom and the rest of my local rellies, so i&#8217;ll be scarce until monday.  i want to wish everyone who visits an especially wonderful season, no matter what you&#8217;re celebrating.  i hope santa (or jack) brings you everything you wish for, including a safe, happy, holiday with everyone you love close to you, or at least in your hearts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>i really wish i could feel more festive, but i&#8217;ve got a wicked headache and i took my last ibuprofin last week (or was it yesterday). regardless, i&#8217;ve got my xmas hat on and i&#8217;m all set for an evening of food, fun and friends. shopping last night turned out surprisingly well. seems i timed <span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span> <span class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"http:\/\/fubsy.net\/blog\/happy_ho_ho\/\" class=\"more-link\"><span>Read More &rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1780","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-words"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/fubsy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1780","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/fubsy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/fubsy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fubsy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fubsy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1780"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/fubsy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1780\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/fubsy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1780"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fubsy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1780"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fubsy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1780"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}