{"id":2963,"date":"2015-05-08T18:18:08","date_gmt":"2015-05-09T00:18:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/?p=2963"},"modified":"2016-09-07T20:48:58","modified_gmt":"2016-09-07T17:48:58","slug":"first-normal-work-day-in-a-long-while","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/first-normal-work-day-in-a-long-while\/","title":{"rendered":"First Normal Work Day in a Long While"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Wow, done with a full day of work by 6PM, that hasn&#8217;t happened in a very long time! I&#8217;ve been so over booked the last six to eight weeks! But I&#8217;m not complaining about the workload. I know I need to take it when I need to!<\/p>\n<p>It was a quiet day. John came by in the morning to give me some salt and pepper shakers and then left me to my day&#8217;s hearing. By noon, I was halfway through my day, so I took an hour-long walk.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2964\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMGP15171.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2964\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2964\" src=\"http:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMGP15171-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"There was a raven flying around. Its wing flapping was very loud!\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMGP15171-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMGP15171-619x464.jpg 619w, http:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMGP15171.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2964\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">There was a raven flying around. Its wing flapping was very loud!<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2965\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMGP1520.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2965\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2965\" src=\"http:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMGP1520-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Just like home, impeccably groomed gravel roads form a T junction with no signage in sight!\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMGP1520-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMGP1520-619x464.jpg 619w, http:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMGP1520.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2965\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Just like home, impeccably groomed gravel roads form a T junction with no signage in sight!<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2966\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMGP1521.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2966\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2966\" src=\"http:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMGP1521-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"I love the combination of the wood barn in the foreground and the adobe building in the background.\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMGP1521-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMGP1521-619x464.jpg 619w, http:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMGP1521.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2966\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">I love the combination of the wood barn in the foreground and the adobe building in the background.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2967\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMGP1523.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2967\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2967\" src=\"http:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMGP1523-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Very random place for a telephone wire.\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMGP1523-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMGP1523-619x464.jpg 619w, http:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMGP1523.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2967\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Very random place for a telephone wire.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2968\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMGP1525.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2968\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2968\" src=\"http:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMGP1525-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"This property has adobe at the corners and gates and then the fencing is deadwood. I saw similar construction on Isla.\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMGP1525-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMGP1525-619x464.jpg 619w, http:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMGP1525.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2968\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This property has adobe at the corners and gates and then the fencing is deadwood. I saw similar construction on Isla.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I couldn&#8217;t figure out why yesterday and today I found myself a little short of breath at the top of short steep hills when I was power walking the Leandro Valle hill in Maz without breaking a sweat. It only hit me later that this is because I am at 7,000 feet!<\/p>\n<p>I typed through the afternoon, glad that it was an easy file, and then it was time for wine! And dinner. I&#8217;m having Brussels sprouts for the first time in about eight months! I am also using a toaster for the first time in I am fairly sure is nearly two years!<\/p>\n<p>My work came in for the next few days and I&#8217;m planning to do a few half days so I can go exploring in Santa Fe in the afternoons, beginning tomorrow!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wow, done with a full day of work by 6PM, that hasn&#8217;t happened in a very long time! I&#8217;ve been so over booked the last six to eight weeks! But I&#8217;m not complaining about the workload. I know I need to take it when I need to! It was a quiet day. John came by [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,635,863,3,16],"tags":[654],"class_list":["post-2963","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-new-mexico","category-north-america","category-santa-fe","category-travel","category-usa","tag-hiking"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2963","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2963"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2963\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2963"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2963"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2963"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}