{"id":7177,"date":"2017-07-07T03:06:08","date_gmt":"2017-07-07T08:06:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=7177"},"modified":"2017-07-07T03:08:35","modified_gmt":"2017-07-07T08:08:35","slug":"socializing-staycation-fireworks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=7177","title":{"rendered":"socializing, staycation, and fireworks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spriteshoots\/34921414493\/in\/photostream\/\" title=\"A Capitol Fourth\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4236\/34921414493_fb6eb56ed8.jpg\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" alt=\"A Capitol Fourth\"><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Three beautiful things from my past week:<\/p>\n<p>1. This week has held lots of chances for hanging out with friends: Susan &#038; Phillip had us over for a barbecue, Sarah invited me to a ballgame (which ultimately got rained out, but not before we spent two hours in the stadium chatting and eating supper), my coworker &#038; I walked over to the farmers market this afternoon, and tonight our friends invited us to attend a play with them. We also got to spend the evening at the ballpark with a couple of Rudi&#8217;s cycling friends, whose company I enjoy.<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spriteshoots\/35562394022\/in\/dateposted\/\" title=\"Nationals Park at Sunset\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4023\/35562394022_551840c3a0.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"75\" alt=\"Nationals Park at Sunset\"><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>2. My office decided it was cheaper to give everyone the day off than to expend the energy to open on a Monday just to close the next day. I responded by asking for last Friday off to give myself a relaxing five days out of the office. There were naps, outdoor movies, swims, work in the garden, Tour de France watching, reading, knitting, a trip to the library, and a couple meals out &#8212; one at a restaurant that was closing and one that opened earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p>3. Between Monday&#8217;s post-game display and Tuesday&#8217;s <em>A Capitol Fourth<\/em>, we got to see lots of gorgeous fireworks:<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spriteshoots\/35599858391\/in\/photostream\/\" title=\"Neon Display\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4211\/35599858391_0fcf1d4449.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" alt=\"Neon Display\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spriteshoots\/34889782664\/in\/photostream\/\" title=\"Kaboom!\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4063\/34889782664_4ef5381b06.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" alt=\"Kaboom!\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spriteshoots\/35599791101\/in\/photostream\/\" title=\"Fireworks within Fireworks\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4257\/35599791101_e0f3192cf4.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" alt=\"Fireworks within Fireworks\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spriteshoots\/35561941792\/in\/photostream\/\" title=\"Sparkly Sky Flowers\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4217\/35561941792_7d933d6143.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" alt=\"Sparkly Sky Flowers\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spriteshoots\/35691150836\/in\/photostream\/\" title=\"Post-Game Fireworks\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4092\/35691150836_074a9d46c1.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" alt=\"Post-Game Fireworks\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spriteshoots\/35731012745\/in\/dateposted\/\" title=\"Fireworks\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4232\/35731012745_896cff9609.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" alt=\"Fireworks\"><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>How about you? 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