{"id":9637,"date":"2015-03-25T05:00:56","date_gmt":"2015-03-25T12:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michellejolin.com\/wordpress\/?p=9637"},"modified":"2015-03-24T22:50:26","modified_gmt":"2015-03-25T05:50:26","slug":"seriously-quiet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michellejolin.com\/?p=9637","title":{"rendered":"Seriously. Quiet."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The situation at home has escalated from sitting in a quiet house with the lights on to sitting in a quiet house in the dark staring into space. Apparently I really did need to take a few days off to recharge my introvert thingie. I only took one. Then someone cute wanted to have dinner. It seemed like a good idea at the time, and we did enjoy ourselves. It was worth it.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I certainly can&#8217;t say I didn&#8217;t have any warning.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>But now I remember what happens when I don&#8217;t do what I know I need to do.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s not that I&#8217;m unhappy or anxious or upset or emotional or overwhelmed or anything in particular. I&#8217;m just..tired, I guess. Shut down, maybe. It&#8217;s hard to describe. It&#8217;s not a bad feeling, necessarily. Squeaky Cat likes it because it means I am sitting down and he can sit next to me with his head on my feet and purr.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>There are worse things.<\/p>\n<p>I have no plans for the rest of the week. My introvert thingie will catch up.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Maybe I should have some more tea.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The situation at home has escalated from sitting in a quiet house with the lights on to sitting in a quiet house in the dark staring into space. Apparently I really did need to take a few days off to recharge my introvert thingie. I only took one. Then someone cute wanted to have dinner. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/michellejolin.com\/?p=9637\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Seriously. 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