{"id":9692,"date":"2015-04-03T05:00:46","date_gmt":"2015-04-03T12:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michellejolin.com\/wordpress\/?p=9692"},"modified":"2015-04-02T22:33:07","modified_gmt":"2015-04-03T05:33:07","slug":"my-week-in-few-words","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michellejolin.com\/?p=9692","title":{"rendered":"My week in few words"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Monday after work, I had silversmithing class. &nbsp;My silver is now bent into something bracelet-ish, and I am flattening out a piece to make a bezel for the shiny rock. That is what a Troy oz of silver looks like.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/michellejolin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_9608.jpg?w=660&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, I went to the gym and then I came home and stared at the wall in the dark for awhile. Did chores. Tried to do some writing. Texted back and forth with a bunch of people.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, I was supposed to have a date but canceled it. Then I turned down a date with someone I&#8217;ve seen several times and really like because I was too mentally or emotionally exhausted to go out. I went to the gym again instead. Did some more texting and writing. In bed by 10. &nbsp;Slept like I had been dead for months.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Thursday, I had a first date with a very sweet, very young man. Drank a very good Gueuze clone. Had some dinner. I think we both had a good time.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Friday night, another first date.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Saturday, I will rest. Maybe go to a spin class. I may go out for a quick drink with the guy I didn&#8217;t go out with on Wednesday. Secretly hoping not to because I do not want to end up spending every Tuesday sitting in the dark staring at the wall.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Sunday&#8230;Eugene for Easter dinner and then back home again to start another week&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Still working on how to fit everything in&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Monday after work, I had silversmithing class. &nbsp;My silver is now bent into something bracelet-ish, and I am flattening out a piece to make a bezel for the shiny rock. That is what a Troy oz of silver looks like.&nbsp; &nbsp; On Tuesday, I went to the gym and then I came home and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/michellejolin.com\/?p=9692\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">My week in few words<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9692","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-words"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7lr3R-2wk","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1065,"url":"https:\/\/michellejolin.com\/?p=1065","url_meta":{"origin":9692,"position":0},"title":"Sometimes things are just a little too surreal around me when they are combined","author":"Michelle","date":"August 22, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"\u00a0 At the gym,\u00a0 there's always a lot going on. 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