{"id":7763,"date":"2014-01-22T22:53:34","date_gmt":"2014-01-23T03:53:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/forgetful.ca\/?p=7763"},"modified":"2014-01-23T10:38:52","modified_gmt":"2014-01-23T15:38:52","slug":"waiting-impatiently","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/forgetful.ca\/?p=7763","title":{"rendered":"Waiting impatiently"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7765\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/forgetful.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC_8632sm.jpg\" width=\"750\" height=\"498\" srcset=\"http:\/\/forgetful.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC_8632sm.jpg 750w, http:\/\/forgetful.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC_8632sm-300x199.jpg 300w, http:\/\/forgetful.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC_8632sm-200x133.jpg 200w, http:\/\/forgetful.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC_8632sm-290x193.jpg 290w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We are on day 4 or 5 of a deep freeze. \u00a0It is almost the end of January and still weeks away from any kind of real relief. \u00a0My three year old, while putting on his coat on the way to his sister&#8217;s evening soccer practice told me he missed summer. \u00a0And why wouldn&#8217;t he? \u00a0Everything kids love about winter &#8211; snow forts, snowmen, snowballs, skating, skiing, sledding &#8211; has been out of their reach for weeks! \u00a0Being outside is unbearable when your exposed skin begins to freeze within minutes. \u00a0This polar vortex can kiss it.<\/p>\n<p>We are all done. \u00a0Done with cold. \u00a0I hate to be complainy Janie, but this is just too much.<\/p>\n<p>I keep dreaming of spring. \u00a0Fresh air. \u00a0Renewal. \u00a0Freedom from layers. \u00a0Shoes outside. \u00a0Warmth. \u00a0Green grass. \u00a0Birdsongs. \u00a0Buds on trees. \u00a0Flowers. \u00a0Runs outside. \u00a0Sunshine past 5:30.<\/p>\n<p>Canadians are tough. \u00a0Surviving winter year after year proves it. \u00a0And we&#8217;ll survive this one too &#8211; even though we are on course to be enduring the coldest one in 20 years.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s a light at the end of the tunnel. \u00a0A warm, t-shirt and flip flop wearing light. \u00a0Only 56 days to go!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7764\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/forgetful.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/9a72657f3839041e58690d7ee3c08e8e.jpg\" width=\"420\" height=\"294\" srcset=\"http:\/\/forgetful.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/9a72657f3839041e58690d7ee3c08e8e.jpg 420w, http:\/\/forgetful.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/9a72657f3839041e58690d7ee3c08e8e-300x210.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are on day 4 or 5 of a deep freeze. \u00a0It is almost the end of January and still weeks away from any kind of real relief. \u00a0My three year old, while putting on his coat on the way to his sister&#8217;s evening soccer practice told me he missed summer. \u00a0And why wouldn&#8217;t he? [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[26,37,1,49],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/forgetful.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7763"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/forgetful.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/forgetful.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/forgetful.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/forgetful.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7763"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/forgetful.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7763\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7769,"href":"http:\/\/forgetful.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7763\/revisions\/7769"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/forgetful.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7763"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/forgetful.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7763"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/forgetful.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7763"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}