{"id":115,"date":"2002-06-26T22:01:00","date_gmt":"2002-06-27T04:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thefranciscos.net\/wordpress\/?p=115"},"modified":"2002-06-26T22:01:00","modified_gmt":"2002-06-27T04:01:00","slug":"wow-its-been-almost-a-week-since-i-last-blogged","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.thefranciscos.net\/wordpress\/2002\/06\/26\/wow-its-been-almost-a-week-since-i-last-blogged","title":{"rendered":"Wow, it’s been almost a week since I last blogged!…"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wow, it’s been almost a week since I last blogged! Blogging just isn’t the same if you’re using a dial-up connection. I really need to get broadband soon. Maybe when we move into our new place…<\/p>\n

Anyway, things are all right here in Elf & Whale-land (all things considered). I’m still working on getting a new job, but there seems to be some sunlight starting to shine over the horizon (more news on that when there’s something more concrete). We’re closing on our new house in 2 days, so I’ve been a bit busy with that – calling utility companies (making sure we have at least water and electricity when we move in), and getting in touch with my realtor, lender, and the whole real estate gang to make sure that we’re all on the same track. <\/p>\n

Aileen and I have also been busy with picking out the appliances for our new place. We finally settled on a Whirlpool refrigerator and a Kenmore washer and dryer. I’ve really gotta hand it to my wife – she really did her homework when it came to the appliances. She hit the websites, and read the consumer review books about stuff we were looking at. If it were up to me, the “coolness” factor would’ve been the first priority in picking these things out (yes, I admit it dear, you’re the practical one in the family). In the end, I think we came out with very good choices (and excellent deals as well). <\/p>\n

I’ve been hampered for the past 2 days with a swollen tongue (don’t ask how I got it). It’s been very painful, but seems to be subsiding slowly. Because of this, I haven’t been able to speak properly (think Jodie Foster in Nell<\/a>) so people talking with me over the phone have probably been thinking that this state of unemployment has made me dumb. It’s been great at discouraging telemarketers though What’s driving me even more crazy though is that I haven’t been able to eat properly – I’ve been living on a soup and soda diet for 2 days<\/b>! I tried eating some tinola and rice for lunch today and it was like eating thumbtacks. I had to mash the stuff into the consistency of Gerber baby food so I can eat it with only some moderate pain. Thank God that Aileen prescribed some livocaine for this so I can numb my tongue for a couple of hours at a time. Otherwise, I might have gone insane from the pain (hey that rhymes). Anyway, all this has taught me not to eat food that is blazing, searing hot!<\/p>\n

Zoe’s new word for the day – “stinky butt”<\/i>. I’m pretty sure that we didn’t teach that one to her. It was hilarious when I heard her say it though. She also did a pretty good practical joke on me recently. While sleeping one night, Zoe apparently stuck a small circular sticker right on the tip of my nose. Aileen saw it and broke down laughing. I took it off though before she could take a picture of it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Wow, it’s been almost a week since I last blogged! Blogging just isn’t the same if you’re using a dial-up connection. I really need to get broadband soon. Maybe when we move into our new place… Anyway, things are all right here in Elf & Whale-land (all things considered). I’m still working on getting a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-115","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thefranciscos.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thefranciscos.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thefranciscos.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thefranciscos.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thefranciscos.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=115"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.thefranciscos.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thefranciscos.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=115"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thefranciscos.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=115"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thefranciscos.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}