{"id":9742,"date":"2015-04-10T05:00:51","date_gmt":"2015-04-10T12:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michellejolin.com\/wordpress\/?p=9742"},"modified":"2015-04-09T23:11:17","modified_gmt":"2015-04-10T06:11:17","slug":"to-sleep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michellejolin.com\/?p=9742","title":{"rendered":"To sleep"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sleeping is good. I should go to sleep, right? Instead of staying up writing. <\/p>\n

I could close my eyes and think about what a great first date I had, or how cute my hair looks because I just had it cut, or what I might be doing this weekend. <\/p>\n

I could lay my head on the pillow and wonder  if I will get the bezel setting done in class for the bracelet I am making, or when I will finish the green hat I have been knitting for months. <\/p>\n

I could think about getting a cute new dress for Summer, or maybe some new red shoes. <\/p>\n

That’s what I should do. <\/p>\n

Close my eyes and think of all of those things. <\/p>\n

<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sleeping is good. I should go to sleep, right? Instead of staying up writing.  I could close my eyes and think about what a great first date I had, or how cute my hair looks because I just had it cut, or what I might be doing this weekend.  I could lay my head on … Continue reading To sleep<\/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-9742","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-2x8","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10032,"url":"https:\/\/michellejolin.com\/?p=10032","url_meta":{"origin":9742,"position":0},"title":"0200 Daniel Boone and the moon","author":"Michelle","date":"May 15, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Wake up at 0150 because I am female and fifty-one, and drenched in sweat.\u00a0 Get up and take a shower.\u00a0 Come back to bed, see a missed call from a cute guy.\u00a0 Why would someone call at 0124 and not leave a message? 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