{"id":13251,"date":"2026-04-11T06:20:49","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T11:20:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.fringewood.com\/?p=13251"},"modified":"2026-04-11T22:57:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T03:57:08","slug":"party-absence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.fringewood.com\/?p=13251","title":{"rendered":"party absence"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I have to say that I am getting a lot more rest this morning than I would have at the party.  And I have to say that I needed it.  And that doesn&#8217;t involve prep, loading, etc.  Granted, I&#8217;m not smiling as much.  I miss seeing friends, playing music, etc.  But it&#8217;s not like I&#8217;ve never had all that.  Right now, I&#8217;m not in party mode, so I&#8217;m better off staying here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br \/>The solar panel is on the move, heading south from Kansas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br \/>Sleep as much as I can, rest as much  as I can, eat good food, I&#8217;ll make it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230;<br \/>&#8230;<br \/><br \/>Well, I got chores done.  Myka was fed, the cabana sifted, forks washed, ice bin filled, new bag of ice procured, in the freezer.  I had stadium brats for lunch.  That&#8217;s about it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br \/>The solar panel departed Fort Worth.  Delivery due on Tuesday, could be Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230;<br \/>&#8230;<br \/><br \/>Chili cheese spuds for late dinner.  Yummy.  Shrimp cocktail for tomorrow&#8217;s lunch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have to say that I am getting a lot more rest this morning than I would have at the party. And I have to say that I needed it. And that doesn&#8217;t involve prep, loading, etc. Granted, I&#8217;m not smiling as much. I miss seeing friends, playing music, etc. But it&#8217;s not like I&#8217;ve [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13251","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-misc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.fringewood.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13251","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.fringewood.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.fringewood.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.fringewood.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.fringewood.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13251"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blog.fringewood.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13251\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13258,"href":"https:\/\/blog.fringewood.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13251\/revisions\/13258"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.fringewood.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13251"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.fringewood.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13251"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.fringewood.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}