{"id":13614,"date":"2026-07-26T10:24:52","date_gmt":"2026-07-26T15:24:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=13614"},"modified":"2026-07-26T10:24:52","modified_gmt":"2026-07-26T15:24:52","slug":"belatedly-brunch-do-it-again-and-just-sprained","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=13614","title":{"rendered":"belatedly: brunch, do it again?, and just sprained"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I thought of this blog post in bed Thursday night and thought, there&#8217;s no way I&#8217;ll forget to take care of that first thing in the morning&#8230; Here it is Sunday morning, and I just circled back to see if I had, in fact, taken care of it, and, surprise! I had not.<\/p>\n<p>So, here are three beautiful things from last week:<\/p>\n<p>1. Anna and I meet for brunch and a catch-up.<\/p>\n<p>2. John and his friend so enjoyed the Fort Reno concert that we met up to attend again this week! He brought his girlfriend, as well, so we were able to get to know each other better.<\/p>\n<p>3. My teammate Harmony aggressively rolled her ankle during our game on Wednesday. She took herself for x-rays the next day and they came back negative for a fracture, so thankfully, it&#8217;s just a bad sprain. (She tells me she&#8217;s able to stand with crutches, so I&#8217;m hoping this means she&#8217;s able to be back at work this coming week.)<\/p>\n<p>How about you? What&#8217;s been beautiful in your world lately?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I thought of this blog post in bed Thursday night and thought, there&#8217;s no way I&#8217;ll forget to take care of that first thing in the morning&#8230; Here it is Sunday morning, and I just circled back to see if I had, in fact, taken care of it, and, surprise! I had not. 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