{"id":10910,"date":"2020-12-26T02:14:04","date_gmt":"2020-12-26T07:14:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=10910"},"modified":"2020-12-26T06:42:12","modified_gmt":"2020-12-26T11:42:12","slug":"happy-boxing-day-and-vacation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=10910","title":{"rendered":"happy boxing day &#8212; and vacation!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spriteshoots\/50762024461\/in\/dateposted\/\" title=\"2020 Christmas Tree (and Cat)\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/50762024461_75bc2e7e16_w.jpg\" width=\"225\" height=\"400\" alt=\"2020 Christmas Tree (and Cat)\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Happy Boxing Day, everyone!<\/p>\n<p>I hope you had a nice Christmas! Things here went fine. We ate cinnamon buns for breakfast, had a walk around the neighborhood, and talked with our parents. We cooked a modest feast together, opened presents, and watched <em>White Christmas<\/em> and the next episode of <em>Dash and Lily<\/em>. <\/p>\n<p>And now we will rest and relax for another week before I need to think about adulting again. There will be more cooking (apparently I can only handle three-four dishes a day, so our Christmas dishes are being spread out through at least one more day, if not two), baking, reading, and knitting. I will listen to Christmas music and new music and watch Christmas movies (which I just couldn&#8217;t do for the most part before the holiday). I am definitely sleeping in. There may be some video chats and phone calls with friends, and we are trying to set up a socially distanced movie night with a couple local friends in our bubble. There will be time outside during daylight hours, even on the chilly days. 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