{"id":9422,"date":"2019-08-30T01:55:40","date_gmt":"2019-08-30T06:55:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=9422"},"modified":"2019-08-30T01:55:40","modified_gmt":"2019-08-30T06:55:40","slug":"day-date-no-regrets-and-invitation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=9422","title":{"rendered":"day date, no regrets, and invitation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spriteshoots\/48645759008\/in\/dateposted\/\" title=\"Twilight at Wet Dog Tavern\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/48645759008_c6402d2f12.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" alt=\"Twilight at Wet Dog Tavern\"><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Three beautiful things from my past week:<\/p>\n<p>1. Rudi and I make the most of our mutual unemployment today, spending the afternoon at the zoo, checking out a new ice cream shop, and sitting on the patio at a bar I&#8217;m fond of.<\/p>\n<p>2. After soliciting advice from many of my friends and outlining a detailed plan with one with expertise, I attempt something new and foreign and terrifying to me &#8212; and utterly fail. There are tears in public (although later, not in the moment of failure itself), but words of comfort and congratulations drift in from across the country for having been brave enough to try.<\/p>\n<p>3. I made a new friend back in the spring and we have spent lots of time out together over the past few months. This weekend, she and her husband (and their dog, Molly) invited us over for supper and we spent hours chatting about their upcoming vacation, early computing languages (that was mostly Rudi and her husband), and how job hunting has changed since we were all young.<\/p>\n<p>How about you? 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