{"id":4025,"date":"2012-04-19T00:21:10","date_gmt":"2012-04-19T05:21:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=4025"},"modified":"2012-04-19T00:22:56","modified_gmt":"2012-04-19T05:22:56","slug":"quick-update-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=4025","title":{"rendered":"quick update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I meant to post yesterday, but our internet was giving us fits, so walking away from the computer seemed a far saner idea.<\/p>\n<p>A quick update on things:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I finished a book on Friday. It&#8217;s the first book I&#8217;ve finished since February. Pathetic? Yes.<\/li>\n<li>I planted potatoes at the garden this weekend. Fifteen starts each got chopped into at least two pieces, often more. I&#8217;m hoping that makes for a generous crop.<\/li>\n<li>We went to our first baseball game of the season. Rick Ankiel, the center fielder, had the most impressive throw home I may have ever witnessed in person. It was like he and home plate were having a game of catch. A throw to be remembered. Plus, the Nats won.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><center><iframe src='http:\/\/mlb.mlb.com\/shared\/video\/embed\/embed.html?content_id=20682027&#038;width=400&#038;height=224&#038;property=mlb' width='400' height='224' frameborder='0'>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sock Madness round 3 has begun. That means I knit everywhere. As opposed to when it&#8217;s not Sock Madness time and I merely knit nearly everywhere.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spriteshoots\/7092544263\/\" title=\"Sock at Union Station by kkfea, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5071\/7092544263_6ea0e9997b.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\" alt=\"Sock at Union Station\"><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I watched the space shuttle fly past D.C. yesterday. A post about that is forthcoming. Truly and surprisingly moving.<\/li>\n<li>I wrote a blog post for work that I was really proud of. (I love having written something well, which, sadly, is why you get a lot of lists like this right now, because I don&#8217;t want to spend the time and energy required to write good posts. This is a reflection on me, and not on you.)<\/li>\n<li>My volleyball team won all four games last night. We found a groove and communicated well, and it just felt right. It was nice.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>That is all for now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I meant to post yesterday, but our internet was giving us fits, so walking away from the computer seemed a far saner idea. A quick update on things: I finished a book on Friday. It&#8217;s the first book I&#8217;ve finished since February. Pathetic? Yes. I planted potatoes at the garden this weekend. 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