{"id":4937,"date":"2017-01-08T22:03:03","date_gmt":"2017-01-09T03:03:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/?p=4937"},"modified":"2017-01-08T22:04:08","modified_gmt":"2017-01-09T03:04:08","slug":"staycation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/2017\/01\/staycation\/","title":{"rendered":"Staycation"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I had forgotten just how much I am a fan of a good staycation. <\/p>\n

A couple of years ago, I took one at the end of a grueling summer. That one was so sorely needed that it barely counts.<\/p>\n

Since I bought my car in 2013, I sort of got away from staycations and moved toward road trips.  In fact, Alex and I almost embarked upon a mini road trip that would have been ending right now, had I not decided to just stay home.<\/p>\n

It was the right move. Alex and I mostly hung out at home, him doing him, me doing me all vacation long.<\/p>\n

That is, until the night he decided that he wanted to teach me how to play a game that he learned at school. He taught me how to play a card game called, “Speed<\/a>.”<\/p>\n

He explained the instructions to me, and then we were off. He couldn’t believe how quickly I picked the game up. I think that he discovered just how competitive that I can be. I discovered that he inherited the gene. We stayed up past midnight playing the game. This alone made me grateful for our staycation.<\/p>\n

Even if I can’t beat him every round.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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